Because he was male, Basil could not enter the girls' bathroom.
And with classes still to attend, he could only leave through the bathroom entrance as it gradually grew crowded.
He stopped calling Hermione's name in vain.
But that only made the onlookers assume Basil was a scumbag, two-timing girls.
After all, he was so charming.
Just as some girls could not resist volunteering themselves, hoping to become the extra boat, Ron and several girls who knew the truth stepped forward.
Ron clarified that he had made Hermione cry because he had called her nosy and said she was like a nightmare.
But those girls clarified that Basil was actually single. He and Hermione were not boyfriend and girlfriend at all.
They had thought so at first, but as time passed and they kept observing, they discovered the truth.
So the moment class ended and Basil stepped outside, he found himself surrounded by a huge crowd of girls.
He could only flee back to the dormitory without looking back.
Only when the sky had grown dark and it was time for dinner, with the moon gradually hanging in midair beneath the enchanted ceiling,
did he dare head for the Great Hall amid a crowd of people.
The moment he entered the dining hall, the entire Great Hall's decor had changed.
Wizards really did have strange taste.
Anyone who did not know better would have thought they had stumbled into a vampire banquet.
Countless bats fluttered across the walls and ceiling, while others swirled above the tables like low, dark clouds, making the candle flames inside the pumpkins flicker again and again.
Even the delicious food that suddenly appeared on the golden plates lost some of its appeal.
Aren't you afraid of catching some kind of virus?!
Ron looked extremely uncomfortable.