When Draco looked at Harry, he noticed that Harry's nose was visibly red and swollen.
Fred and George refused to let it go, returning to the earlier topic. "Malfoy, you still haven't answered our question! Did you duel with another student?"
At that question, Astoria Greengrass's parting words echoed through Draco's mind again.
And every time Astoria Greengrass's words echoed in his head, he felt his ears and cheeks grow a little hotter.
To keep himself from embarrassing himself, he instinctively pointed at Harry. "What about Potter? Was he injured in a duel too?"
"Oh..." Fred and George cried out strangely. "Then we understand!"
Fred wagged his head at Draco. "Tsk, tsk, tsk! What an exciting duel!"
George made the same motion. "A fierce duel! Heart-pounding!"
Naturally, Draco could sense the suggestive looks in Fred and George's eyes.
He also noticed Harry's expression and immediately understood everything. So that was what Fred and George had been waiting for when they said those things.
With that in mind, he opened his mouth to explain himself. However, what had just happened was so sudden that only now had he fully processed it and noticed the taste of blood in his mouth.
As a result, even though he wanted to defend himself, he could not think of what to say.
"It was far too dangerous!" Fred and George had no such difficulty. They even began waving their arms around. "Harry didn't react at all before he just..."
"Fred! George!" An enraged female voice came from nearby.
That voice seemed to carry some kind of magic. The moment Fred and George heard it, they froze on the spot.
They remained in the poses they had struck while waving their arms, looking like two windmills that had suddenly jammed.
Draco looked toward the source of