Wanting to Fly Higher

Wanting to Fly Higher

Goyle's mouth fell open as he stared in astonishment at Malfoy's sudden silly grin. Yes, in his eyes, Malfoy had clearly been stunned stupid by the terrible news.

He waved a hand vigorously in front of Malfoy's face and cried in utter grief, "Oh, Malfoy, no!" Malfoy blinked and saw that everyone in the dining hall had been drawn over by Goyle's shout and was looking their way.

He shot Goyle an awkward glare, then quickly left this troublesome place.

Goyle wiped at his tears and followed after him. The moment they left, everyone in the dining hall burst into laughter.

Hearing the laughter erupt behind him from the hall, Malfoy felt utterly humiliated and walked even faster.

"Hey, Malfoy, wait for me!" Goyle ran after him.

As a fat person, running was truly difficult for him!

So many things in this world were full of malice toward fat people! Maybe God simply had not liked fat people when creating humans.

"What is it?" Malfoy asked impatiently.

Goyle took a few breaths and said, "I thought you..." Before he could finish, Malfoy glared at him as though he had seen his father's murderer. Goyle jumped at the look on Malfoy's face and did not dare say the rest...

"Why were you so happy when you heard we'd be having flying lessons with Gryffindor?" Goyle asked in confusion.

Everyone in Slytherin knew that Malfoy intensely hated Harry and every Gryffindor student. Goyle knew that better than anyone.

Once, when he had gone to the bathroom at night, Malfoy suddenly started talking. At first, Goyle thought he was speaking to him, but after listening carefully, he realized Malfoy was cursing Harry! So when he saw Malfoy suddenly laugh just now, it was not strange that, with Goyle's intelligence, he assumed Malfoy had been driven mad by anger.

Malfoy had not wanted to pay Goyle any attention, but hearing the question, he could not help revealing a smug smile. Proudly, he said, "In other classes, we can't compare to Harry. He's always stealing the spotlight, but flying lessons will be different. You should know that I started learning to ride a broom two years ago! No matter how smart Harry is, he definitely won't be any good at flying. Could he possibly master a broom the first time he touched one? Maybe because his head is stuffed full of books, he'll be worse than a Muggle at riding a broom! His expression will definitely be wonderful then, hahaha..." Thinking of it, Malfoy could not help laughing, as if he had already seen the moment Harry humiliated himself.

Goyle had wanted to say, "But Harry is a genius!" But after thinking about it, he knew he would definitely suffer if he said that. Besides, he did not quite believe Harry could really be the best at everything, so he said nothing.

Calculating the days, Malfoy said regretfully, "It's only Friday today. There are still six days before flying lessons, and six days before I get to see Harry make a fool of himself... So slow!" Malfoy was brimming with energy. Never before had he been so eager for a class with Gryffindor to arrive!

He thought about what he should say if Harry truly turned out to be hopeless. He had to plan this carefully, or would he not be wasting such a wonderful opportunity?

Like this... Harry would just get on his broom and fall straight off. He would surely look completely confused, helpless, and crushed! At that moment, Malfoy would kick off on his broom, hover steadily above Harry's head, look down at him with a smile, and mock, "Well, if it isn't the famous Harry Potter. Can't even handle something as simple as riding a broom? Looks like your reputation doesn't mean much after all... Hahahaha..." Then Harry would surely lower his head like a clown and not dare raise it again! It would be even better if he could capture that scene in a photograph!

This plan was absolutely perfect!

Naturally, Harry had no idea that Malfoy was thinking about how to make him embarrass himself, then mock him with every ounce of strength he had and vent all the anger he had built up over the past few days!

But regardless, the news of the upcoming flying lessons filled both Gryffindor and Slytherin students with excitement and anticipation.

Flying was absolutely an exciting topic, whether because of flying itself or because of the wizarding world's most popular sport most closely associated with it—Quidditch!

In fact, it was easy to see just how popular flying and Quidditch were. Since the start of term, quite a few first-years had boasted to their classmates about riding brooms at home. Whenever someone brought up such a topic, people would immediately start listening closely. It never failed!

But after hearing it a few times, Harry could only shake his head speechlessly and drag away Hermione, who still wanted to keep listening.

I don't object to you wanting to attract your classmates' attention and show off a little, but... could you at least make your bragging believable?

Seamus said he had known how to ride a broom since he was little and flew around the wilderness all day. As if his parents would not care whether he lived or died.

Ron said he had secretly learned to ride a broom himself, and once he had nearly crashed into a ******!

Malfoy was the most outstanding among them. His boasts were the grandest of all! Whenever flying came up, he would put on the air of an old hand and talk at length, from the origins of flight to the highlights of several Quidditch matches. Then he would fiercely criticize Hogwarts's rule prohibiting first-years from joining the school Quidditch team, as though the teachers were all blind for failing to notice that he was a future Quidditch star. Finally, he would tell everyone about the most dangerous thing he had ever done—passing right by a helicopter.

For fuck's sake. Could you at least make your bragging believable? Ron had only gone as far as a ******, but you jumped straight to a helicopter!

But without question, those who had never touched a broom were extremely curious and interested in hearing about other people's flying experiences! And there were quite a few such people. Muggle-born students had naturally never seen one, while in most wizarding families, parents worried about their children's safety, so their children rarely came into contact with dangerous things like brooms either. As a result, when it came to flying, they were not much different from Muggles!

Therefore, once news of the upcoming flying lessons spread, it became the topic students discussed most, whether in the dining hall, while doing homework, or even in class! The first-years were all eager to try, imagining themselves soaring freely through the skies.

However, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw had not yet set the times for their flying lessons, so over the next few days, they could only look at Gryffindor and Slytherin students with envy.

Luo Bei: Offensive Charms:

Expelliarmus—Disarming Charm, causes the opponent's wand to fly from their hand."

Stupefy—Stunning Spell, causes the opponent to collapse unconscious.

Petrificus Totalus—Petrifying Charm, turns the opponent's entire body to stone.

Legilimency—allows one to see the opponent's thoughts (can be resisted with Occlumency or Protego).

Levicorpus—causes a person to hang upside down in the air. Its counter-charm is "Liberacorpus."

Silencing Charm—prevents a person from speaking.