"Oh, sorry, my friends are here." Seeming to notice Harry and Ron's gazes, Hermione looked up. Seeing the two staring at her in disbelief, she paused briefly, then smiled and said a few words to Krum before gathering up a large stack of books, standing, and coming over to Harry and Ron.
"Hermione... you, how could you-no, I mean, why are you with Krum?" Ron looked from Hermione to Krum in disbelief.
Krum was also looking over at Harry and the others.
Harry did not know whether he was imagining it, but he vaguely sensed hostility coming from Krum.
Harry was not sure whether he had got it wrong. After all, there were six or seven young wizards here, and the area had been steeped in hostility ever since Harry and Ron had come looking for Hermione.
This left Harry rather puzzled. Why was there so much hostility in the Library?
Now there was another source of hostility. Although it seemed to be coming from Krum's direction, the girls beside him were not far from him either, so Harry was not sure whether he had mistaken its source.
What reason could Krum have to be hostile toward him and Ron?
In fact, over the past month, Harry and Ron had exchanged a few words with Krum. Their conversations had all centered on Quidditch.
To Harry's surprise, Krum even knew Ron's name-Harry would not admit that he had been equally surprised that Krum did not know his.
Although Krum was not in the All-Britain League-to be precise, while he had played in the Quidditch World Cup and signed with a top club, he had yet to play an official match for that club-scouts from teams in his league were interested in Ron too.
He had also watched Ron's performances in matches