You had to admit it, young Master Malfoy really did stubbornly hold out alongside Crabbe for an entire night.
Winter nights in the Greater Khingan Range were no joke.
Minus thirty-five degrees Celsius was the daytime temperature. By midnight, it could drop to minus forty-five.
By the end, Malfoy's consciousness had begun to blur. Crabbe was not much better off. He was sturdier and had more body fat, so he could endure a little more than Malfoy, but not by much. His head kept drooping, as if falling asleep would somehow make him warmer.
Fortunately, Pansy had been worried and rushed over early that morning...
"Did you tough it out all night? You were frozen stiff and couldn't even walk! If I hadn't gotten there in time, you two would've turned into ice sculptures!"
In the bedroom, Malfoy and Crabbe sat together on the heated kang, wrapped in thick blankets and shivering. Pansy had warmed them up for a full half hour before they regained even a little mobility. At the very least, they could shiver now.
"Honestly, I can't believe you two nearly became the first students in Hogwarts Academy's history to freeze to death while fishing!"
Callis brought over hot tea and had Pansy feed it to them. Those two idiots had even forgotten their badges, and they had been too proud to go back for them, so they ended up in this state.
Given young Master Malfoy's ridiculous stunt, Isolde banned them from fishing again and even added it to the school rules.
All Hogwarts Academy students were forbidden from fishing in winter.
Back at Hogwarts Academy, Ron stared blankly at the new rule, then turned to look at Harry. Harry merely spread his hands, indicating that he knew nothing.
"Why does the school get to forbid