"Ron, you bastard! You actually learned that spell in secret!"
"Ron, you're seriously too cool! You're practically our trump card!"
"Yeah! You didn't tell us anything! You wanted to give us a huge surprise, didn't you?"
Ron rarely got to enjoy being the center of attention. Luckily, Wizet had drawn most of the crowd, so there weren't too many people surrounding Ron.
After showing off to his classmates for a while, he went over to Hermione and Harry.
"Well? I didn't disappoint you, did I?" He could barely hide his excitement as he rattled on. "You totally didn't expect it, right? Want to know how I did it? I'll tell you, it was actually—"
Hermione quickly cut in, "Felix Felicis?"
"Huh?" Ron choked on his words and asked in astonishment, "How did you guess?"
"I could tell from the way you were acting..." Hermione looked him up and down. "Your whole body was giving off this sort of..."
Her words were interrupted by Percy Weasley's serious voice. "Were you just talking about Felix Felicis?"
Percy Weasley appeared beside Ron with a stern face, his brows already tightly furrowed. His tone carried a hint of accusation. "Ron, did you use Felix Felicis in private?"
"Uh..." Ron tried to explain. "It was Wizet and Lu—"
"You could have refused!" Percy Weasley's expression remained severe, his tone even harsher than before. "That was Felix—"
"I know!" Ron couldn't help raising his voice as he cut in. "Felix Felicis is expensive, but I only used one drop!"
"How could I possibly go back on my word? Wizet and the others said I should prepare for the open class first, and we'd talk about everything else after it!"
"I was planning to go find Wizet anyway..." He turned to look into the distance. "Huh? Where's