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Just as Pansy was enjoying Jade alone in a corner, she suddenly received a complaint from the little witch.
“Prefect, we really want to sleep, but the argument next door is too loud. They're still making a scene so late, which is against the Slytherin dormitory rules.”
The little witch tilted her head back, her high-pitched voice sounding quite excited.
Pansy raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes. She had been looking for an outlet for her anger.
She stood up, tapped her palm lightly with her wand, and smiled impatiently: "Very good, you did the right thing. Take me to see them quickly, I need to teach them a lesson, I need to lock them up."
"Yes, Prefect!" The praised little witch happily led the way. "I'll secretly tell you anything else in the future."
Chapter 504 The January Revolution – The People Occupy Capitol Hill
The two quickly arrived at the dormitory where the argument was taking place.
Seeing the tightly closed door, Pan Xi frowned, pushed hard, and the dormitory door slammed heavily against the wall with a bang. It opened and closed weakly a few times, making a creaking and groaning sound.
The sudden loud noise silenced the dormitory.
Pansy scanned the dormitory room and her gaze settled on a little witch wearing a green bathrobe, her body stiff.
Gabrielle stood to the side, holding a wand and clapping her hands, saying something to the poor soul whose only remaining ability was to move his eyeballs.
Seeing this, Pansy already knew what had happened.
Hearing the commotion, the little witches from the other dormitories also ran over to watch.
After seeing the horrific state of the little witch who was frozen in place, their eyes turned to Gabrielle with obvious fear.
The moment Gabrielle saw Pansy, her expression instantly turned pitiful, like a frightened fawn.
She spoke timidly, "Pansy, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to."
She swallowed hard, and continued to explain in a trembling voice, "I just casually complained a bit, saying I wanted to go to Levin's academy, and I didn't expect her to rush over and try to teach me a lesson. In a moment of panic, I used the spell Levin taught me... Pansy, can I undo the spell for her right now? Will I be punished?"
Gabrielle's current demeanor was completely different from when she had been looking at the other person with smugness.
"Oh, little cutie, what are you afraid of?" Pansy, who had been furious, now had a fawning smile. "She asked for it, and you were just defending yourself. Come on, let's move her to the lounge and let her reflect on her actions."
With that, she waved her wand, and a Levitation Charm shot towards the frozen little witch, gently lifting her up.
While directing the Levitation Charm, Pansy exclaimed, "Generally speaking, when first-year wizards have conflicts, the most they do is throw sparks at each other. They know too little magic to cause any real harm. But I never expected that Gabrielle, you haven't even had a single Charms class yet, and you've already mastered such an advanced spell as the Human Freeze Charm."
She paused deliberately, glanced around at the little witches watching, and then continued, "It seems you learned quite a bit from our Learned Society's activities last semester. No wonder you're Miss Fleur's sister, you're truly gifted."
Finally, Pansy scanned the little witches who were watching with a scrutinizing gaze.
The little witches watching were all bewildered. Wait a minute, weren't the Slytherin prefects supposed to have a lot of power and be very strict?
Logically, shouldn't Prefect Pansy be giving this troublemaking newcomer a good scolding right now?
How did it suddenly become like this?
They wanted to ask why, but they dared not speak out because of the prefect's fierce gaze.
When they saw the prefect turn to the beautiful new student with a broad smile, they recalled what the prefect had just said: these young witches, upon entering Hogwarts, were realizing for the first time the filth of the adult world.
In fact, Hogwarts is not just a place of adult filth; it is also a temple of magic, a sanctuary for gossip, and a breeding ground for rumors.
Anything slightly outrageous can be transformed into the most captivating and imaginative story in the shortest amount of time here.
Take the incident between Ron and Harry, for example.
Originally, Ron was only trying to help Harry suck out the poison from his neck out of good intentions. This should have been a brave and selfless act, but at the end of the dinner, some people exaggerated and distorted it into Ron giving Harry a hickey.
As students returned to their respective colleges, rumors spread rapidly like wildfire.
Some people described the scene of Ron and Harry's passionate kiss in the Great Hall as if they had witnessed it themselves, speaking vividly and realistically. The single hickey on Ron's neck has now turned into hickeys all over his body.
By the time the students left the common room and returned to their dormitories, some were already claiming with certainty that Ron had left his "special mark" on Harry's body, with such vivid details that they were astonishing.
If these rumors were transcribed into text and posted on a platform, they would likely be forcibly censored as soon as they were published because the content was too pornographic.
The next morning, Levin slowly opened his eyes, still drowsy. A ray of morning light shone through the gap in the curtains, warming his face. He rubbed his eyes, trying to shake off the lingering sleepiness. Just then, he heard his roommates Steve and Kevin's voices coming from the bed next to him; the two were discussing something animatedly.
"Did you hear? Harry and Ron announced their engagement last night!" Steve's tone revealed a hint of excitement.
"Really? That's amazing!" Kevin's voice was full of surprise.
Levin listened to their conversation, feeling somewhat bewildered.
He never imagined that rumors could evolve to this extent, that a story could be distorted beyond recognition overnight.
Yesterday we were just planting strawberries.
Well, there are some special circumstances that have allowed this rumor to develop to this point.
The special relationship between Harry and Ron is simply too deeply ingrained in people's minds.
If Rita Skeeter had covered Harry and Ron less last semester, no one would have believed such outrageous rumors.
Of course, there is another reason for this: the young wizards harbor some kind of malice towards them.
This malice stemmed from the belief in Voldemort's return. Harry's insistence that Voldemort had returned angered many wizards who refused to believe it, and their attitude, in turn, influenced their children.
Therefore, there were indeed quite a few young wizards in this castle who were dissatisfied with Harry, and this dissatisfaction extended to Ron. These people spread rumors about Harry and Ron without any sense of guilt.
At breakfast time, Hermione did not sit at the Gryffindor table as usual, but instead rushed to the Ravenclaw table with Ginny.
"Hey, Levin, we're here!" Hermione greeted with a smile. "I told them it's the Erudite Society leadership having a morning meeting, and they don't mind if we borrow a place, do they?"
Levin looked up at Hermione and Ginny, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. "Of course not, you're welcome."
Less than two minutes later, Gabrielle and Astoria also walked over from the direction of Slytherin, their faces also bearing excited smiles.
"Hey Levin, we're here to join in the fun too!"
Gabrielle winked mischievously.
Looking at them, Levin couldn't help but sigh: as his reputation at Hogwarts grew, the witches around him became bolder and bolder.
He remembered that last semester, people were pointing fingers at them for "sharing the same boyfriend with other girls," but now, the girls seemed to completely ignore the gossip.
They became increasingly unafraid to appear alongside Levin with their other "sisters".
As everyone ate breakfast, they chatted and laughed. Halfway through the meal, the owls arrived as scheduled, bringing Levin the day's newspaper.
"puff--"
After reading the headline of the Daily Prophet, Levin quickly put down his half-eaten sandwich and covered his mouth with his hand to prevent himself from spitting out the milk tea.
"Levin, what news is so funny?" Hermione's voice suddenly rang out.
On the first day of school, Hermione, the prefect, did not stay at the Gryffindor long table for breakfast. Instead, she and Ginny went to Ravenclaw, using the excuse that the Sophists leadership was having a morning meeting.
Not only them, but Gabrielle and Astoria also wandered from Slytherin to the Ravenclaw Long Table.
Hermione curiously took the Daily Prophet and read the news article:
"Wizards led an invasion of the Ministry of Magic, claiming to be members of the Order of the Phoenix, chanting 'Make wizards great again' and seizing the podium—Fudge declared: it was a riot against the Ministry of Magic!"
The accompanying image shows a shirtless man wearing a strange horned hat, resembling a barbarian shaman.
"The Order of the Phoenix? A riot?" Hermione exclaimed in shock. "What on earth is going on?"
During her summer vacation, 773 also took the opportunity of visiting Harry to visit Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, which is the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.
She knew that Dumbledore had organized this secret society to fight Voldemort, and that Sirius Black, Lupin, the Weasleys, Moody, Kingsley, and many others were members of the Order of the Phoenix.
She also knew that because of the conflict between Dumbledore and Fudge, the members of the Order of the Phoenix were very dissatisfied with Fudge.
But when did the Order of the Phoenix start attacking the Ministry of Magic? Were they really that brave?
She quickly read on and found that the article only mentioned a wizard named Stoddill Podmore who broke into the Ministry of Magic and caused a great disturbance. After describing this incident, the article discussed Stoddill's relationship with the Order of the Phoenix and even with Dumbledore at length, and it seemed to imply that Dumbledore intended to overthrow Fudge's rule.
"But where's the humor?"
Hermione looked up, casting a questioning glance at Levin.
Levin barely managed to suppress his laughter, removed his hand from his mouth, and told Hermione, "Actually, Tonks already told me about Stoddard's illegal trespassing into the Ministry of Magic yesterday. Coincidentally, Stoddard was caught by her men."
Even as he said this, Levin couldn't help but let the corners of his mouth turn up in a wide grin.
He tried to make his voice sound serious: "In fact, during the entire invasion of the Ministry of Magic, only Stoddill was involved. He sneaked into the Department of Mysteries, seemingly looking for something. When he was arrested, the Aurors found him carefully examining an old lectern. Just as he was being dragged away by the Aurors, he suddenly shouted that he was doing this to restore the wizarding world to its former glory... *splat*—"
Despite Levin's best efforts to hold it in, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
It was just a minor incident of a thief breaking in, but the Daily Prophet made it sound like the Order of the Phoenix had launched a full-scale invasion. Anyone who didn't know better would think it was a reenactment of that famous painting: the January Revolution—the people occupying Capitol Hill!
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The photo shows the innocent Gabrielle.
Chapter 505 The Perfect Industrial Closed Loop
George and Fred moved like the wind among the long tables of the various colleges in the auditorium, waving a stack of leaflets and handing them out to each person.
As they passed the Ravenclaw table, Levin curiously reached out and took a note that read:
You are who you are, and wealth is calling you!
Still worried about money? Always feeling like you don't have enough Galleons in your pocket?
Want to easily earn extra gold?
Then hurry up and contact Fred and George Weasley in the Gryffindor common room! They offer incredibly simple, almost painless after-school part-time jobs.
(Note: All job opportunities are subject to job seekers' own risk. Thank you for your understanding.)
The flyer also included a cartoon image of the Weasleys' two backup lovers, pointing a finger at the person looking at the flyer.
"So that's where the images you asked me to design were used," Levin said, suddenly realizing.
Hermione witnessed this as well. She frowned, stopped them with a displeased expression, and said, "The Great Hall is for meetings and meals, not for you to hand out flyers."
“What does it matter? But there doesn’t seem to be a rule in the school regulations that forbids doing this…” George said with a grin.
However, Hermione was not buying this excuse and firmly refused to allow them to use the Great Hall as a place to place advertisements.
"Not only that, but selling skip-class candy, cheat quills, and magic fireworks in school is absolutely forbidden! These are all serious violations of school rules!" Hermione said, glaring at the two of them.
Her gaze shifted to Levin, who was quietly observing from the side, and she asked, "Aren't you going to do anything about them? As a Ravenclaw prefect, shouldn't you have a responsibility to maintain order in the school?"
Levin felt conflicted.
As the major shareholder of the twins' business plan, he naturally hoped that they could expand their business smoothly.
But at the same time, he didn't want to argue with Hermione about this.