Draco was quite innocent.
Even Ron, who had always disliked Draco, thought so at that moment.
The unfortunate kid basically knew nothing, except that the deaths of Harry's parents had something to do with Black.
In fact, he knew less than Harry, Ron, and Neville did now.
That was perfectly normal. Something like the Fidelius Charm could hardly be known to too many people. Otherwise, it would lose its intended purpose.
Draco had merely overheard a few snippets from his father, Lucius Malfoy, and planned to use them to get under Harry's skin at school.
But Harry's display on the train at the start of term had rattled Draco a little, so he had only brought it up once and never dared say any more.
Yet precisely because he had only mentioned it once, Harry had mistakenly thought he knew quite a lot, which had led to this beating.
"If you don't know anything, what were you showing off to me for?" Harry looked at the indignant Draco rather helplessly.
He could sense emotions. Though it was not particularly accurate, it worked quite well on Draco, who was completely unguarded and had never practiced Occlumency.
He could tell that Draco was not lying. He genuinely knew very little.
At those words, Draco's eyes nearly reddened again. What was I showing off about? Didn't I only mention it once at the start of term? It's been months! I'd nearly forgotten about it myself!
Looking at Draco's anguished, indignant expression, Harry even felt a little embarrassed. That was exceedingly rare for him.
"All right, all right. I'll give you a little treatment." As he spoke, Harry flicked his wand gently. "Ease the pain..."
This was a minor spell called the Pain-Relief Charm. It had no actual healing effect and could only alleviate