"I'd be happy to hear him say that!" Draco raised his eyebrows. "My father told me that, right now, one of the Ministry of Magic's most important tasks is promoting this 'Charm to Repel Weapons'!"
"We already knew that!" George said.
Fred added with a wicked grin, "My father said so too."
At Fred and George's teasing, Draco's cheeks immediately flushed red.
But he recovered quickly. He let out a soft breath, and his complexion gradually returned to normal.
He turned his head slightly, his gaze flicking toward Fred and George. "Of course! As long as someone's an official employee of the Ministry of Magic, no matter which department they're in, they'll know about this."
Draco recovered so quickly that Fred and George curled their lips and muttered in unison, "Boring!"
"What I actually wanted to talk about is something else..." Draco continued. "Compared with the news that the Ministry of Magic is going to promote the 'Charm to Repel Weapons,' this matter is much closer to us students."
Draco propped his elbows on the tabletop. "What I actually wanted to talk about is something else..."
"Compared with the news that the Ministry of Magic is going to promote the 'Charm to Repel Weapons,' this matter is much closer to us students."
"Something very close to us students?" Neville scratched his head, a note of confusion in his voice. "What sort of thing is it?"
Draco folded his arms across his chest and looked at Fred and George as he continued, "Weasley, I've already given you more than enough information, and the hint was that obvious..."
A touch of provocation entered his tone. "Don't tell me you don't know about this?"
Fred and George pressed their lips together and exchanged a glance, not immediately taking up Draco's words.
From what