HP: Wizards at Hogwarts

Before dinner was over, Dumbledore finally made his decision.

He trusted Professor McGonagall's judgment!

Isn't it just applying to form a club?

Approved!

Whether it's the stationery needed by the Study Club, the sports equipment needed by the Sports Club, the music tapes and drawing tools needed by the Art Club, or the boiler spatulas needed by the Gourmet Research Club, everything is paid for by Hogwarts!

Not only that, Dumbledore also personally led the professors to participate in these clubs and mingled with the students!

Meanwhile, on the other side of the dinner party, Harry and Ron approached Elaine.

Harry excitedly told us that Professor McGonagall had chosen him to become a new member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and that he had received Elaine's blessing. He then went on to talk about his duel with Malfoy that night.

"Please, Elaine, help me."

"Ron said that formal wizarding duels are divided into main fighters and assistants. Malfoy will definitely bring Crabbe and Goyle, so we'll be short one. You have to help me!"

Harry's eyes were pleading.

"Harry, don't panic. You're my friend, and of course I'll help you if you're in trouble!"

Elaine reassured him, "But are you sure Malfoy will really show up? Don't let him play a trick on you."

Harry frowned upon hearing this: "The duel was Malfoy's idea; how could he possibly back down?"

"That's not necessarily true!"

Ron, finally realizing what was going on, said, "Eleven's thinking makes sense. Maybe Malfoy is deliberately trying to trick us into going out at night so we'll get caught by Filch and put in solitary confinement!"

Elaine glanced at Ron subconsciously and nodded in satisfaction.

Sure enough, once Hermione was gone, Ron became Harry's strategist.

In fact, Ron's abilities are by no means inferior. His wizard chess skills are the best in the entire Hogwarts, which proves that he has extremely strong strategic planning, command, and data analysis abilities.

If placed on the battlefield, he would be an excellent strategist and general.

Perhaps his talent lies in war, but it's just that we live in a time of peace, so he can't bring it out.

Just as someone might have a talent for music, but if they are born in the mountains and spend their whole life doing farm work without ever having any exposure to musical instruments, their talent will simply be buried.

Harry was stunned by Ron's words: "Malfoy... he can't be that cunning, can he...?"

He himself didn't sound very confident when he said that.

"Why don't you go ahead and find Professor McGonagall, and tell her that Malfoy seduced you into a nighttime duel?"

Elaine chuckled and offered a suggestion: "If Malfoy really had that intention, he would definitely wait until you showed up before calling Filch to make sure you were being tricked."

"If he doesn't have this intention, then we'll just consider it as us standing him up and deliberately giving him a hard time."

Harry, his face flushed and neck red with anxiety, said, "But...but if I do that, wouldn't that be the same as backing down?"

"Even if this really is a trap set by Malfoy, even if I get caught by Filch and put in solitary confinement, I don't want to be looked down upon by someone like Malfoy!!"

Elaine glanced at Harry with slight surprise.

To be honest, this guy is definitely a Gryffindor.

You might not notice it normally, but when something really happens, they become very opinionated and have a very firm attitude.

"In that case, I'll go with you."

"Really? That's great!"

Harry exclaimed excitedly, "Thank you, Elaine! You really are my best friend!"

Ron's eyes widened instantly: "Hey! I thought I was your best friend!!"

"Ah...this...this..."

Harry's smile froze instantly, like a man caught cheating by his wife, stammering and unsure what to say.

Elaine continued, "Harry, even though you've decided to go to the meeting and are prepared to be caught and put in solitary confinement, you can't be unprepared. Otherwise, if things turn out as I say, you'll suffer for nothing!"

"What should I do?"

Harry is a stubborn guy, that doesn't mean he's stupid.

"You should first publicize the fact that Malfoy has challenged you to a duel, and when you do so, you should emphasize that it's a gamble for the honor of the Potter and Malfoy families, and whoever doesn't come is a coward."

"Once everyone finds out, if Malfoy dares to stand you up, he'll be the one who loses face!"

Harry and Ron gasped. "That's a brilliant idea! How did you come up with that?"

Elaine raised an eyebrow smugly: "You can learn these little tricks by reading more books."

Harry asked curiously, "What kind of books do you usually read?"

"The military strategies and classic works of an ancient Eastern country!"

"In a book called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is a story called 'The Eastern Wu Marriage,' in which a person encounters a similar predicament to yours, and the wise man beside him gives him this idea."

"Making a scene so public that the other party is left with no choice but to proceed according to the original plan—this is what's known as the 'removing the ladder after someone has climbed onto the roof' strategy!"

Harry paused, seemingly lost in thought: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms? I heard people talk about that book when I was in a Muggle elementary school."

"I only knew it was a world-class classic, very famous, but I never imagined its content was so insightful."

Ron scratched his head, looked at Harry, then at Elaine, and decided to say something: "Didn't you say you grew up in an orphanage and almost ended up on the streets? How do you have the money to read these books?"

Elivin was also taken aback when he heard this.

But he soon realized that Ron's doubts stemmed from differences in mindset stemming from their families of origin.

"Let me think... You wizarding families, especially pure-blood wizarding families, probably rarely come into contact with Muggle books, right?"

"In fact, the Muggle world is different from the wizarding world. Books are not that valuable because they do not record magic or pass on power."

Ron then suddenly realized, "Oh, I see!"

Once the idea was made up, Harry and Ron immediately got to work.

The two first promoted the idea at the Gryffindor table and the Hufflepuff table, and then went to the Ravenclaw table.

"Attention, attention, tonight..."

"That's right, it's Harry and Malfoy!"

"It was Malfoy who proposed it, of course!"

"They've staked their family's honor on this; Malfoy wouldn't want to bring shame to his family, would he?"

By the time dinner was over, at least half of the students knew about it.

Everyone tacitly refrained from reporting the issue to the professors.

Although the professors noticed the students' little actions and found them strange, they ultimately did not go down to inquire about the situation.

In their view, since the students hadn't come looking for them, the situation shouldn't be too serious.