Neither of them mentioned it to Harry, but what happened in the library spread like wildfire.
Now, almost everyone is avoiding them.
It's as if they will grow rotten teeth at any time and spew poisonous juice to attack others.
On Monday morning, during breakfast, Ivan, Harry and Hermione sat together alone, and people pointed and murmured to the three of them.
"That's interesting, it's a pity Ron didn't see it," said Fred, coming up.
"Yeah, Harry!" George went on, "you've got everybody scared. You've done what Snape's always wanted to do."
"This joke is not funny at all!"
Ivan is in a very bad mood now. In addition to being suspected by others, the low sales volume of this issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry" is also the main reason.
"Be happy, Ivan." Fred patted him on the shoulder, "Our joke products are also selling poorly, but that's nothing."
"In difficult times like this, we need a little more humor," George said.
And they did, after breakfast, Fred and George made a point of running ahead of Harry, strutting along, shouting, "Make way for the Heir of Slytherin, the most wicked wizard!"
"It's not something to make fun of." Percy resented the behavior.
"Get out of the way, Percy!" said Fred. "Harry is short on time."
"Yes, he's going to the Chamber of Secrets to have tea with his toothy servant," said George, laughing.
This is what Fred and George call humor, and Ginny wants to stop them.
Harry didn't mind, at least he was relieved that the idea of the twins thinking he was the heir of Slytherin was ludicrous.
Their antics seemed to irritate Draco Malfoy, though, and every time he saw them do it, his face grew uglier every time.
When everyone went to visit Ron in the ward, they told him about it.
"It's because he's eager to claim that he actually did it."
Ron, who seemed to be recovering well, said wisely, "You know how much Malfoy hates being surpassed in any way, he did a dirty trick and now Harry gets all the credit."
"Yeah, but it won't be too long." Hermione said in a satisfied tone. "The Polyjuice Potion will be ready soon, and we can get something out of him at any time."
"I wish I could go too. I'm almost fine, but Madam Pomfrey insisted that I stay here until the end of Christmas."
"Don't worry, we'll let you know the result as soon as possible, Ron."
Three days later, the semester ended.
In view of the current situation in Hogwarts, most of the young wizards chose to go home for Christmas, and the castle was as thick and silent as snow on the ground.
This made Harry breathe a sigh of relief, and he was very happy to think that he could walk around Gryffindor Castle at will without being judged by others. Aiwen also stopped his current research. His recent progress has been very slow. Up to now, he has not found a magic spell to replicate the crowing sound of a rooster or a way to deal with the basilisk. To make matters worse, Hagrid's roosters were almost dead.
Hagrid said either a fox or a blood-sucking ogre was attacking his cock.
But Hermione insisted it was weird, and wondered if she had noticed anything.
In the morning, they went to the school hospital to play the wizard flag with Ron, and they discussed matters related to the secret room for a while. After lunch, Ivan and Harry went to practice dueling in the secret passage, while Hermione continued to read in the library.
Besides them, Colin, Ginny, Fred and George stayed at the school, and they built a snowman outside the castle.
Percy was unimpressed by these childish behaviors, and he made frequent visits to the school hospital.
Ron said in surprise that he never knew that Percy cared so much about him. He had visited him in the hospital more often than everyone else combined, even though Ron had almost nothing to say to him.
But Percy still made frequent trips to the school hospital, and he proudly told a few of them that he stayed for Christmas only because, as a straight A student, it was his duty to support the teachers during this turbulent time, and Watching Ron keep him from getting into trouble.
While having dinner, Ivan saw Malfoy and his two followers, Crabbe and Goyle. In addition, he was also surprised to see Justin Fenriely, who had disappeared for a long time, and he also stayed.
Justin was in a bad state, especially after seeing a few of them, and he seemed to be still worried about the fact that Harry was going to attack him.
Harry tried to go over and apologize to him, but it didn't work.
As soon as he saw Harry approaching him, Justin took a few pieces of bread from the table and ran out in a hurry, which spoiled Harry's mood that had just recovered.
Early the next morning, Ivan was woken up by Colin.
"Ivan, thank you for the magic camera you gave me. It's too expensive. I guess it must have cost a lot of money!" Colin shouted in surprise.
Ivan saw that Colin was sitting on his bed unwrapping gifts, and his own bed was also full of gifts. His parents ordered him a Nimbus 2001, which fits the Muggle perception of wizarding, and they also wanted Alvin to take part in more sports.
Colin gave him a precious photo, which was a group photo of everyone standing together when the first issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry" was sold successfully.
The gift that Lockhart gave was also a photo, which was a signed photo of himself, and Ivan was going to pass it on to Hermione later; Hagrid gave him a big bag of fudge, but it was almost the same as Rockhart. Hard as a pie.
Ron gave him a book called "How to Better Run a Magic Newspaper", and Harry and Hermione also gave him the same books, namely "Basic Quidditch Rules" and "Duel Secrets: Detailed Explanations of Common Spells" ". It seems that Aiwen likes to read books, which has left a deep-rooted impression in the minds of the three of them.
Fred and George also gave some of their recently successful products to Ivan; just as the two agreed in Diagon Alley, Ginny gave him a thick black diary, which was of high quality. good.
If Aiwen plans to make Horcruxes in the future, he will definitely give priority to it.
By the way, Mrs. Shusley gave Ivan a brand new hand-knitted sweater with a greeting card inside, thanking Ivan for helping Ron. They learned everything from Dumbledore. If Ivan hadn't discovered that Ron had taken the Imperius Curse, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
When Ivan finally crawled out of the pile of gifts, he found that Harry and Hermione had already arrived in the common room, and the compound potion had already been brewed.
The three of them went to the school hospital to find Ron and reorganized the plan.
After confirming that there was nothing missing, they decided to do it tonight, and they must ask Malfoy for clarification.