"Krum seems to really like Hermione, doesn't he?" Ron said to Harry after dinner on the evening of the second day after the Yule Ball.
The Christmas holidays had begun, and a large number of the young wizards had gone home. Many others had chosen to stay in the Castle, though. After all, almost none of the students from the other six schools had left, especially the champions, who had all stayed to study the clues left after the First Task.
Although so far, none of the champions had shown any sign of having found a clue.
That afternoon, Harry and the others had been reading in the Library.
Well, that was worth mentioning.
Qiu had chosen to stay at Hogwarts, partly because her family had no concept of Christmas to begin with, and partly to keep Harry company.
But Qiu spent most of her time at school reading in the Library, preparing for her Ordinary Wizarding Levels the following June. Harry, meanwhile, kept her company there.
Ron was in the Library too.
Normally, with no homework to do, he would hardly ever set foot in the place. But Lavender had asked him to come along, and after thinking it over, he had found no reason to refuse, so he had followed her there.
After the ball, Lavender had gone back to dressing as she had before, wearing her Hogwarts robes every day and concealing the figure that had previously been so stunning.
But that earlier sight had already been deeply branded into Ron's mind, so whenever he sat with Lavender, he could not help glancing at her chest.
Hogwarts robes were truly the worst things in the world. Just how much did they hide?
Ron had secretly complained to Harry about this in their dormitory.
Harry had responded with