Hogwarts: I Obtained the Paternal System

Ron said seriously.

Darren felt that Ron's taste was terrible.

Though Lini was not as beautiful as Hermione and the others, she was still a pretty girl when she dressed up.

More importantly, the girl had a clear head on her shoulders.

Other than handing Darren a love letter once, she had never appeared before him again after being rejected.

Unlike some girls, who clearly had boyfriends everywhere, kissed other boys passionately, and still came over to hand him love letters.

So Darren had a fairly good impression of her.

At least, it was better than his impression of Romilda.

Therefore, he had no objections whatsoever to Harry starting a relationship.

Harry looked utterly speechless.

"I'm not dating her. I just think she's pretty pitiful and could use a little happiness. I could bring anyone anyway, so I might as well bring her!"

Eight o'clock that evening.

Darren arrived at the entrance hall.

There, he saw Ginny, dressed exceptionally beautifully.

Except for Hermione.

Hermione had hardly dressed up at all.

She was still wearing her school uniform, making it abundantly clear that she did not want anyone to invite her that night.

But she happily hooked her arm through Darren's other arm.

Some of the girls around them looked at Ginny and Hermione with resentment in their eyes—except Luna.

She seemed to just be passing by.

She still looked a little dazed.

When she saw Darren, she smiled and greeted him. "I heard a vampire is attending the party!"

Darren nodded.

Luna lowered her voice mysteriously. "The vampire is Rufus Scrimgeour. When my father had just taken office, he wrote an article about it, but it was banned.

"They won't let anyone know the truth!"

Darren really wanted to say that the Ministry of Magic had been rather tolerant not