Harry Potter and the Candy Factory

Harry couldn't help but look embarrassed at this moment, because from an outsider's perspective, the facts were indeed as Draco had said.

After all, although Draco's attitude wasn't great when he first came in, it was Ron who first broke his word and provoked Draco, and it was Ron who raised his wand.

But at this time, Harry couldn't really just stand by and let Draco teach Ron a lesson.

He turned his head and glanced at Ron behind him, whose face had turned from flushed to pale. Although he felt helpless, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and apologize to Draco on his behalf.

"Sorry, Draco! ...I apologize to you for Ron. He was indeed too impulsive, and I hope you can forgive him."

"..."

Faced with Harry Potter standing in front of him, Draco rarely continued to press his advantage, or even mock him.

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly flicked the wand in his hand downwards.

"VIPERA EVANESCA!"

The black phosphorus serpent, accompanied by Draco's spell, once again turned into a puff of smoke and returned to his wand, becoming the tip of his wand.

"Remember... Harry Potter."

Draco put his wand back into his robe, no longer paying attention to Ron behind Harry, who was almost scared half to death.

He looked into Harry's eyes and said deeply,

"The reason I'm letting him off this time is because of you..."

Suddenly, Draco paused, and then quickly added,

"No, to be precise, it's because you know my uncle that I'm giving you face and forgiving this Weasley idiot—do you understand?"

"...Uh, I guess so."

Harry was a little dazed listening to Draco's long speech, but he still nodded subconsciously, indicating that he understood most of it.

"Excellent..."

Getting a positive answer, Draco nodded in satisfaction, and the expression on his face returned to its original arrogance.

After slightly raising his chin and glancing at Ron, he gracefully flicked his robe, turned around, and walked straight out of the compartment where Harry and Ron were.

"Let's go! Goyle, Crabbe."

Then, without turning his head, he shouted to the two followers who were still standing at the door, looking at his back with adoration.

Causing the two to quickly and busily drag their luggage and excitedly followed him.

"Coming, Draco!"

"You were so cool! Draco!"

"Hahaha, did you see that Weasley's expression? I felt like he was about to pee his pants!"

Goyle and Crabbe's voices were not deliberately lowered, and could even be said to be deliberately shouted out.

Even after leaving the compartment quite a distance, Harry could still hear their cheerful voices.

After the three of them had completely left and there was no more movement, Ron, with a face as red as a monkey's butt, sat back in his seat in a fit of pique.

He raised his head and glanced cautiously at Harry. Seeing that the other party was still looking at him, he stammered an explanation in a low voice.

"That was an accident... Actually, falling to the ground just now was my plan. I was going to take advantage of him releasing the snake to slide tackle him, and then snatch his wand... But, but you stopped him! Seriously! Otherwise, he would definitely be on the ground crying right now!"

"..."

Harry was speechless.

He wasn't stupid, and naturally knew that what Ron said was no different from nonsense.

But in order to save his new friend's face, he didn't refute anything, and sat back in his seat, comforting Ron with a few words.

After a while, Ron finally recovered from the awkward mood just now. However, the depression of being beaten in front of a new friend had not disappeared, and he was still babbling to Harry while sitting in his seat.

"What's so great about him? Seriously! If I also had a new wand, he would definitely not be my opponent! At that time, he would be the one scared to the ground!"

"I bet he definitely cheated! Maybe the snake he summoned wasn't magic at all, just a prank prop—my brothers often research these things, so I know them very well..."

And Harry could only lower his head and play with the wand in his hand, occasionally answering with a word or two like "Um" or "Right" to show that he was still listening.

But Ron didn't care about Harry's obviously perfunctory attitude at the moment. He just wanted to find a channel to vent.

It was also good to find a good reason to embellish his failure so that it wouldn't be so much of a failure, and to reach a certain height of spiritual victory.

"I bet he definitely can't suck up eighteen chocolate beans in one breath with a straw!"

.........

Just as Ron was continuing to chatter and make up for himself, the voice suddenly coming from the door happened to interrupt the new set of reasons he had just thought up.

"Excuse me, have you seen a toad... There was a boy named Neville just now..."

"No, get out of here!"

Faced with another sudden interruption, Ron, who was still angry, became even more annoyed.

Without even looking at her, he waved his hand impatiently at the door, and shouted angrily.

"Hey!"

At the doorway, the girl, who was looking inside while asking, never expected to receive such sudden hostility.

She was stunned in place for a moment, and the words she had originally planned to continue explaining were also stuck, and she looked at the two boys in the compartment in a loss.

But then, she reacted, her eyebrows slightly raised, and a pair of bright eyes stared at Ron, directly questioning,

"I don't think I've ever met you before, have I? Is that how you greet people you're meeting for the first time!?"

And Ron no longer even looked at her, put his hands on the table, buried his head in them, and didn't bother to pay attention.

"...Sigh."

Harry pinched his eyebrows in pain, sighed deeply, and stood up from his seat again.

It had only been less than three hours since he boarded this Hogwarts Express, but he already felt a burst of mental fatigue.

He even had a faint premonition in his heart that after arriving at Hogwarts, this kind of mental fatigue would probably continue in a different way...

"Sorry, I apologize for my friend. Something happened just now that caused him to be in a bad mood."

"I'm Harry Potter, and he's Ron. We're glad to meet you."

"Hermione, Hermione Granger... I hope your friend is really as happy as you say."