Penelope Attacked

Although Ron's words were interrupted by Neville halfway through, Hermione had already guessed what Ron wanted to say even without hearing the end.

Hermione was furious. She just couldn't understand how someone could be so unreasonable.

There's absolutely no evidence. Just because Bell isn't Gryffindor House student, they're accusing Bell of stealing Harry's things? That's utterly absurd!

Taking a few deep breaths, Hermione barely managed to suppress the urge to unleash a curse on Ron, and turned her gaze to Neville, who was using his weight advantage to pin Ron down.

"Neville, you tell me, what exactly happened?"

"Forehead..."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Neville felt like crying.

If he could, he really wanted to run away immediately without looking back. But why! Why was it Hermione who had to ask the question!?

You know, even if Bell were questioning him right now, he might still have the courage to run away without looking back.

But Hermione was the one person Neville couldn't refuse. Otherwise, if he offended Hermione, no one would teach him how to do his homework in the future!

If he doesn't hand in his homework, the professors will definitely tell his grandmother, and then his grandmother will definitely kill him!

As for asking Harry and Ron for advice?

Forget it, why should the eldest brother make things difficult for the second brother?

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that Hermione is the one who holds the power of life and death over him!

"Actually, the thing is..."

Neville began by recounting to Hermione the entire story, starting with Harry finding a diary outside Moaning Myrtle's abandoned bathroom.

While Hermione listened attentively to Neville's testimony, preparing to overturn Bell's case, Bell yawned out of boredom.

When Harry uttered the word "diary," and recalling what Lim had reported to him earlier, Bell had already roughly deduced what was going on.

It's been so long, he'd almost forgotten about the Basilisk. No wonder he'd been feeling something missing from his wrist lately; it turned out the Ten Thousand Snakes was still with Hermione.

It is well known that introverted people are most afraid of receiving attention from others.

Neville, who is very introverted, was trembling under the watchful eyes of everyone, especially Bell.

This resulted in Neville having to stammer and take forever to say a single sentence, which was incredibly difficult for him!

By the time Neville was finally finished speaking, the crowd had mostly dispersed, and Bell was almost asleep.

Meanwhile, poor Ron, forgotten by everyone and still pinned down by Neville, was foaming at the mouth.

"Harry! What are you still doing here?"

Harry, who was locked in a fierce battle with Sandman, was startled awake by a sudden greeting. He turned around and saw Oliver Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, walking briskly toward him.

"Hurry, Harry, it's almost 11 o'clock! We need to get to the stadium early to get ready!"

Harry then realized that an hour had already passed without him noticing. No wonder he had almost fallen asleep.

Where did Ron go? It seems like he hasn't seen Ron in ages.

"Okay, Captain, I'll go get the Flying Broomstick right away."

Harry, finally having an excuse to get away with it, happily agreed.

Honestly, it was the first time he felt that Wood's face was so familiar.

"Bang!"

However, before Harry could take a step, a loud bang came from the direction of the Great Hall door.

Because the Gryffindor dining table was right next to the door, Harry clearly saw a woman, presumably an upperclassman, burst through the door and into the Great Hall.

Penelope burst through the Great Hall doors, her hair disheveled. She had never been so disheveled; she had never been so panicked; and she had never wanted to see Bell so much.

Since early November of last year, Penelope, filled with grief and regret after learning that Bell and Hermione had started dating, chose to accept Percy's confession. She hoped to heal her inner wounds through a new relationship.

Since then, she has been avoiding Bell because she thinks she needs some time to think about how to get along with Bell in the future.

Penelope doesn't think she's mentally prepared to face Bell right now. But she doesn't have time to worry about those little things!

"Bell!"

For some unknown reason, perhaps it was a woman's intuition? In any case, as soon as Penelope entered the Great Hall, she instinctively spotted Bell. She called out his name and ran towards Bell.

"Penelope... senior? What happened to you?"

Bell stood up in surprise. He was astonished that Penelope would actually come to him.

But clearly, now was not the time to concern himself with those things. Seeing Penelope's disheveled and disheveled appearance, Bell quickly went to greet her.

Hermione, a woman by nature, sensed something amiss in Bell's subtle pause in her speech.

However, Hermione also knew that now was clearly not the right time to question Bell. She wasn't the type to start a fight regardless of the situation.

"Bell..."

Penelope gripped Bell's arm tightly, panting as she spoke.

"Earrings... the earrings you gave me... tell me... there was danger, I... I barely... I managed to escape!"

"What!?"

Bell was shocked.

Of course, he wasn't shocked that the Basilisk had come out to cause trouble again.

Ever since he learned that Harry's diary had been stolen, Bell had foreseen that the Basilisk would reappear.

He was shocked that the prisoner had only stolen the diary last night, yet they had already launched an attack this morning?

No, are terrorists these days really this unscrupulous?

"Where did you encounter danger? Take me there."

Although Bell didn't intend to get involved in Dumbledore's plan, seeing Penelope's disheveled state, Bell decided to stand up for his friend.

Although he wasn't sure if he could defeat a Millennial Basilisk, if he couldn't, wouldn't he call for help?

The Ministry of Magic spends so Galleon every year to support a large group of Auror. Are they just there to freeload?

"No!" *2

Penelope and Hermione said in unison.

After speaking, the two women looked at each other. Hermione also glanced at Penelope's earring, her expression becoming even more subtle.

"Penelope! What's wrong with you!?"

Before Bell could say anything more, a loud shout interrupted him.

From the Gryffindor crowd, a man rushed out anxiously.

"What happened? How did you get like this?"

Percy rushed anxiously to Penelope's side.

In his mind, Penelope had always been synonymous with elegance and sophistication, so at first, he didn't even recognize that the disheveled witch in front of him was his girlfriend.