Chapter 209: School War (Part 2)

Unlike the noisy Gryffindor table, the news announced by Professor McGonagall did not seem to cause much ripples at the Slytherin table.

On the contrary, the long table of the little snakes was very quiet, except that many people sped up their eating movements.

Daphne's demeanor remained the same as always. She tasted every dish on the table and carefully selected the ones she thought were the most delicious to pack.

But the silence was soon broken. Unable to suppress his curiosity and gossip, Brace quickly asked:

"Daphne, where is Jade? Do you know who her dance partner is?"

Daphne glanced at him, and knowing what he was thinking, she lazily responded:

"How should I know? I just need to catch up on my homework and want to have a midnight snack."

Blaise, who was looking for trouble, raised his eyebrows, and soon his eyes began to scan back and forth between Draco and Theodore.

As soon as he took a look, he realized something was wrong.

Draco, who had just been talking about the black velvet high-collared dress robe that his parents had specially made for him, became very frugal with his words. His fork-wielding movements while eating were almost leaving afterimages, and he even ignored Pansy's occasional hints.

On the other hand, Theodore, who is always frugal with words, wore a black suit today and even a silver-green tie. He symbolically took two sips of soup, a hint of anxiety hanging over his brow, and then put down the spoon.

Some senior Slytherins began to pack their meals in a hurry, which made the whole long table shrouded in an atmosphere of urgency.

Blaise secretly sighed in his heart, then his eyes swept over the other three long tables in the auditorium and added fuel to the fire for the little snakes:

"Although I think our Slytherin warriors would not choose students from other houses as dance partners——"

"But those students seem to eat much faster than we do. Look at the Weasley twins. They're almost out the door—"

Theodore suddenly stood up from his seat and wiped his mouth with a napkin:

"Excuse me, I have to go back to the common room first. I haven't finished my group assignment for Potions class yet--"

"Okay, come on," Blaise replied perfunctorily. He found that observing humans was really a pleasure. "The Hufflepuffs also stood up, and the Ravenclaws - oh? Who is that Gryffindor girl? She has a lot of pizza in her hands!"

Daphne looked up and her face turned pale. She hurriedly wrapped up the food she had packed for Jian Yu.

"I'm leaving now! Take your time eating, I suddenly remembered that I haven't finished my Charms paper yet!"

Blaise could hardly hold back his smile as he continued to scan the Gryffindor table:

"Well, let me see, Potter seems to be getting up too—"

"How dare he?" Draco jumped up from his seat, which made Pansy's nose crooked in anger. "I mean, I still have some homework to do, I have to go back and catch up!"

Blaise couldn't control the upward curve of his lips, and he quickly sent away half of the people at the Slytherin table by adding fuel to the fire.

It seems that the Hogwarts homework really makes them anxious, so much so that they can't even eat.

......

Unfortunately, the little snake and the little lions met each other near the end of their journey.

The two groups looked at each other at the door of the Slytherin common room.

After a brief 30 seconds of silence, Draco was the first to regain his brain and began to use his verbal skills.

"Isn't that Potter?" he said loudly, with Goyle and Crabbe standing behind him, staring at him eagerly. "Why, there's no girl in your stinking lion's den willing to pay attention to you, so you have to come here to show off your presence?"

"Go away, this is none of your business, Malfoy." Harry responded coldly.

Hermione and Ron caught up with him, panting, and glared at Draco and the Slytherins around him.

"Oh, Potter, you brought Butterfly and the Red-haired Mole with you." Draco sneered, and glanced at the Weasley twins and Ginny beside him, "The whole family of Moles is here. Have you dug your burrow from Gryffindor Tower to Slytherin?"

The Weasley twins had their wands drawn, ready to teach him a lesson.

"You're a twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?"

Hermione shot back scathingly, which immediately caused a laugh from the Gryffindors.

On the other side, Daphne, who was holding a large bag of food, looked at Ginny and the pizza in her hand warily:

"You don't think Jade likes pizza, do you, Weasley?"

Ginny hit back bluntly:

"Of course she does. You must not know that her favorite thing in my house is the pizza baked by my mother--"

Daphne was so angry that she started to act sarcastic:

"Really? That Yu is so pitiful. She must have suffered a lot in your house, and even had to endure food she didn't like."

"And what I brought her are her favorite foods. Look at this sweet little cake. Can your mother make such delicious food?"

Ginny felt the rage in her chest almost uncontrollable.

She began to imagine herself smearing pizza all over Daphne's face.

But Harry and Draco were several steps faster than her, and they glared at each other and drew their wands.

"It's hot!" Harry shouted.

"TEETH STRIPS!" Draco screamed.

Harry's beam hit Goyle in the face, and Draco's hit Hermione. Goyle screamed and covered the ugly boil on his nose, and Hermione's front teeth were growing rapidly, even reaching her chin.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Theodore, who had been frowning quietly, said nothing. He drew out his wand and cast a Leg-Locking Curse at Harry, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.

But the Weasley twins immediately discovered his intention and gave Draco and Theodore a tarantella each.

Ginny also successfully picked up the pizza and smeared it on Daphne's face. Daphne immediately threw two small cakes at her head in response. The two struggled and shouted in the cream, cheese and various foods. They seemed to have forgotten their identities as witches and smeared food on each other's faces.

There was chaos in the corridor.

Seeing that we were outnumbered, Crabbe, who had escaped, quickly returned to the Slytherin common room and shouted:

"Gryffindor is calling!"

The Slytherin students who had returned early filed out, with spells flying in the corridor; soon the Gryffindors, unwilling to be outdone, called for help, and the two sides began to fire spells at each other, even accidentally hitting the innocent badgers and eagles who were "passing by to deliver invitations to the ball."

The enraged Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs quickly brought in reinforcements and joined the melee.

The situation got out of control.

"Don't think I don't know what you are up to!" Daphne roared, "And you Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs, you want to fish in troubled waters and invite Jade, right? You have to get past me first today!"

She was knocked unconscious by a spell cast by Susan and fell face down in the pizza.

Daphne's sister Astoria, who had returned from the hall, screamed, drew her wand and took over her sister's battle.

It was no longer possible to tell who was friend or foe on the field. Everyone was firing spells in confusion. The corridor was flooded with feces thrown by Fred and George. Everyone's robes stank, and there were shouts and groans everywhere.

They even ignored the angry shouts of "deduct regular points" and "deduct college points" from the class leaders.

The battle gradually became more intense, and the number of participants slowly increased.

Until everyone was fixed in place by the spells cast by the deans who hurried over.