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Chapter 664 If You Are Too Idle, Just…!!
Snowflakes began to fly again.
Christmas was just around the corner.
Hagrid had prepared a Christmas tree and some Christmas decorations.
There were a lot of parasites hanging in the corridor.
Every time Darren passed under the Parasitoe, many girls would block the way and stuff him with love letters.
Darren felt as if he were handing out flyers.
At first, he could only explain one by one that he had no intention of falling in love.
Then he started hiding from the girls.
This had happened before.
Ron would definitely have been jealous.
After all, he never received this kind of treatment.
But Romilda Vane had clearly hooked him.
He started laughing instead.
As for Harry.
He was now looking at Hermione with a somewhat wary gaze.
He seemed to want to talk to Hermione alone.
One day, when he finally blocked Hermione alone in a hallway, Hermione glared at him angrily.
"I think Darren is sixteen years old, and you are his brother, not his father!"
Of course Harry knew that.
But he was just worried.
"If you want to fall in love with him… if you break up…"
"I won't fall in love with him for the time being. I know your thoughts and scruples, and I'm worried about them too.
Besides, he would not agree to fall in love at this time.
So, if you are too idle, go get into a relationship yourself instead of being here to prevent others from kissing your brother!"
Hermione said angrily.
The scene that day had been interrupted by Harry.
Not in the common room.
Harry felt his intelligence had been insulted.
Because it was clearly she who had done that kind of thing while Darren was drunk, yet she turned around and blamed him!
"Anyway, I advise you to be less nosy!"
Hermione said angrily.
Then she turned and left.
However, when she was about to walk out of Harry's sight, she suddenly said, "You should also be careful lately, especially with things of unknown origin. Even if they are handed to you by those girls, don't eat or drink them.
I heard they seem to be planning to give you and Darren a love potion!"
"Did you remind Darren then?"
Harry was stunned.
Hermione rolled her eyes.
"I reminded him, but it's fine. He now smells everything before drinking. For him, a love potion can be detected by scent."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he suddenly became alert.
"Since those people can get the potion, then maybe Malfoy could also bring the necklace in!"
"The two are not the same. The love potion is harmless, while the necklace is full of evil spells and would definitely be detected."
Hermione said solemnly.
Harry had nothing to say.
He could only follow Hermione back to the Gryffindor common room.
Then he saw Romilda Vane avoiding Ron's gaze and seeming to want to hand Darren a glass of canyon water.
Fortunately, Darren sniffed it, put it aside and said, "I'll drink it later."
When Darren saw Harry and Hermione, he almost rushed over.
He showed horror and condemnation, whispering with an incredulous expression, "She—how can she be with Ron and still try to give me canyon water with a love potion?"
"Don't you think it's pleasant to have a girl like you, even if her boyfriend wouldn't agree?"
Hermione said teasingly, though with a hint of jealousy.
Darren quickly shook his head.
"That's so immoral. I can't accept it. I need to tell Ron…"
"What about the evidence?"
"Evidence? Isn't the evidence that glass of canyon water?"
Darren turned to point at the cup he had placed on the table.
Then he saw Romilda Vane vanish the glass of water.
What a master move!
Darren pretended to look stunned.
Harry and Hermione wanted to laugh.
Still, he insisted, "Anyway, I'm going to tell Ron."
But he stopped speaking.
Because Hermione pointed at the two people who were kissing passionately.
"Look, Ron will only think you're trying to ruin their relationship. He's only been in love once in six years. He even dreams about Romilda. She has him completely charmed."
Harry said with a smile.
Darren could only show a shocked expression.
"But… no, I still have to mention it to him… I can't let him stay in the dark."
Darren insisted.
But when he brought it up with Ron, Ron said he already knew.
"Romilda told me that she saw you were too thirsty, so she casually handed you a glass of water.
And she knows you are like a brother I care about most. So she loves my cousin deeply."
"But… but that glass of water…"
Darren pretended to be earnest.
Hermione covered his mouth.
"Enough. If you keep talking, Ron will get angry."
Hermione said helplessly.
Harry also sighed.
At Darren's honesty.
While he sighed, a girl happened to pass by.
Her face was full of tears.
Harry turned back.
Hermione shook her head and sighed, "It's Lini. She still cries every day because of Katie.
She was even questioned by Katie's parents about why she had to grab the necklace.
If she hadn't snatched it, maybe it would have been checked at Filch's entrance and Katie wouldn't have touched it."
"How can they say that?"
Darren frowned.
Harry was also incredulous.
Did they have a problem with their brains?
"This is the truth. It's useless for you to ask me."
Hermione stated calmly.
Slughorn's ball was finally approaching.
Each of them needed to invite a partner.
Of course, it was fine not to invite anyone.
But Slughorn encouraged them to do so.
Or to invite a girl already at the banquet.
Darren's dance partner wasn't Hermione.
Hermione asked him to go with Ginny.
"You already had me as your partner in fourth year. I don't care about that.
But Ginny cares. If you don't invite her, some other boy will."
Darren pretended not to hear Hermione, yet he obediently invited Ginny.
Harry looked at him in shock.
"You… Hermione agreed?"
"Hermione asked me to invite Ginny."
Darren showed an innocent expression.
Harry was incredulous.
But Hermione was right there.
She wasn't angry at all.
Instead, she smiled approvingly.
This made Harry feel as if Hermione had gone mad.
But he didn't dare say anything.
And seeing Ginny sitting together with Hermione and Darren made him feel even stranger.
So he found an excuse and left.
He needed to think carefully about what these two women were planning.
As soon as he walked out of the Gryffindor common room, he bumped into another girl.
Lini…