Watching Neville stagger off after Daphne, Harry smiled with the pride of an old father. It earned him a disdainful eye roll from Cho Chang beside him.
"Daphne was pretty brave, though." Hermione smacked her lips, her tone a little odd.
Harry understood at once and instantly switched into sarcastic jerk mode. "Yes, Corvinus isn't nearly brave enough. He still refuses to come out and say it."
Unsurprisingly, Harry, who had just kicked Neville, received a kick from Hermione. Cho felt no sympathy at all. In fact, she thought Hermione could have kicked him harder.
Her young boyfriend was pretty good in every respect, especially in how he treated her. But sometimes, that mouth of his was so obnoxious that even people on his side often couldn't stand it.
Why had the Slytherins become so reluctant to deal with Harry these past two years?
Harry's mouth deserved a great deal of the credit.
His sarcasm could leave them positively fuming, rolling up their sleeves to fight him. But here was the important part: Harry would knock these furious people flat with a few punches and kicks, then subject them to another round of sarcasm.
They couldn't outtalk him or beat him.
There was no living like this.
So the Slytherins could only keep their distance from Harry of their own accord. After all, although Harry had an obnoxious mouth and hard fists, he rarely started trouble himself.
Well, one thing needed mentioning here: it wasn't that Harry disliked starting trouble, but that Cho Chang disliked him doing it. Otherwise, he was actually quite interested in provoking people into fights when he had nothing else to do.
Especially since he was always the only one doing the beating.
Harry wouldn't bully people unprovoked, but if someone else attacked first and got