Chapter 420: Odor (Edited)

Harry, Ron and Ginny were lined up in the crowd with a pot of tea and a pot of stew each when they suddenly heard Fish's voice coming from the side.

The three of them turned their heads together and saw Fish, who had grown a little taller, beckoning to the three of them, standing next to him were Professor McGonagall, Hermione and a small boy they didn't know.

They hesitated for a second before decisively breaking away from the group and heading towards Fish, since they could go fetch water at any moment anyway.

"No wonder Hermione didn't accept our invitation..." muttered Ron in Harry's ear, "She responded by saying she wasn't interested in Quidditch."

"Hermione isn't lying, she really doesn't like Quidditch," said Harry fairly, "She should have come with Professor McGonagall."

As they spoke, the trio arrived in front of Fish and the others.

"Professor, Fish and Hermione, good morning."

"Hello."

Professor McGonagall nodded at them, then pulled a plaid cloth bag out of her bag and tossed it into the open space in front of her.

The cloth bag quickly unfolded after landing, turning into a domed tent.

"Uh... professor, isn't it forbidden to use spells in here?"

Harry asked hesitantly.

"It's not that they're not allowed," Professor McGonagall replied with a smile, "You're not allowed to use it in front of Muggles, as long as they don't see it, there's no problem."

As soon as this answer that did not fit Professor McGonagall's personality came out, even Fish looked surprised, not to mention the others.

"I'm not taking advantage of the situation," calmly explained Professor McGonagall, who knew what they were thinking by the looks on their faces, "It's allowed, I've watched the Quidditch World Cup many times."

Everyone else was convinced by Professor McGonagall, except for a certain kitten who kept looking at her suspiciously, because this excuse sounded a lot like the cat's own "if you don't get caught, you're not in trouble" logic.

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"By the way, Fish, who is this?"

Harry interrupted the cat's stare, Fish put the matter aside for the moment and turned to Harry and Ron, "His name is Rolf Scamander, he's a good friend Fish made last summer nya."

Then Fish turned to Rolf and introduced him, "This is Harry Potter, this is Ron Weasley, both classmates and housemates of Fish nya, and this is Ginny Weasley, Ron's sister."

"Hello."

Rolf greeted shyly, and then, like the others, his eyes unconsciously glanced at Harry's forehead.

Although he was studying in America, his family had strong ties to England, so Rolf had heard of "The Boy Who Lived," only he didn't get as excited as the wizards in England.

Harry was used to such looks and, with the more flamboyant Fish at his side, he lifted his bangs and showed Rolf his scar.

After a brief chat with Fish, Harry and the others left, as more and more people were leaving the tent and there would be a long queue for water if they didn't go.

But when the three were done fetching water, they approached again and invited Fish to join them for breakfast.

"Well..." Fish rubbed his stomach, "It's almost time for lunch nya.... Minerva?"

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For Fish and others who had just arrived from America, it was time for lunch.

Professor McGonagall nodded, "Excuse me then."

Then, a group of people took water and ingredients and walked to the other side of the place.

Y...

The group grew as they went, as they always ran into Hogwarts students, and their parents joined Fish's group with food they had prepared or were preparing.

The girls naturally gathered around Fish, the parents walked with Professor McGonagall, and the boys had no choice but to gather around Harry and Ron, and the squeezed Rolf, and joke and laugh.

Harry was in no mood for banter with the boys, he was in a mixed mood, excited and sad at the same time.

He was excited that the Ravenclaw girl, Cho Chang, had joined the group, but saddened that she had only casually greeted him and, like the other girls, had gathered around Fish.

Hermione, who was clinging to one of Fish's arms, had mixed feelings, for although she had sworn her sovereignty to the other girls and had announced that she and Fish were sweethearts at the first opportunity, the girls who were lusting after the cat did not seem to give up, but regarded her with hostility and a fighting spirit....

For they all thought that Hermione must have used some trick to get Fish to admit that she was his girlfriend.

Not only did the girls who wanted to take her place not give up, but even the ones who didn't think very highly of Fish began to look at Hermione with disdain.

This is not what I had planned....

Miss Know-it-all may be smart, but she's still too simple when it comes to people's hearts.

As the group grew, so did the commotion, especially when they reached the "aristocratic campaign tents" area and pulled Draco, Daphne and the others out, the scene became even more chaotic.

"What good things can the Weasleys have to eat? Fish, but try the cod my father brought back from Australia."

As soon as Draco opened his mouth, he spoke of his almighty father again, and next to him was a man with the same platinum blonde hair, it was Lucius, who fought with Mr. Weasley in Diagon Alley last year.

Lucius gave a small bow to Professor McGonagall and then his gaze swept contemptuously over Harry and Ron's faces, only to turn serious at the sight of Fish.

He already knew from Draco that the diary he had secretly passed to Ginny had been found by Fish and given to Dumbledore to destroy.

But he also knew that Fish was a pupil held in high esteem by Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and even Snape, and that the young man had been able to bear the diary of a suspected Horcrux of the Dark Lord, and would probably be another Dumbledore.

So Lucius had mixed feelings about Fish, both because of the fact that his son had made a promising and powerful friend, and because of the fear that, when the Dark Lord returned, he would take it out on Draco.

Y... Lucius looked at Hermione, who was holding Fish's arm, and unconsciously frowned.

At that moment, Fish also had a sullen look on his face, and looked at Lucius because from the other side, Fish had smelled Dobby's scent earlier.

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"This is my father, Lucius Malfoy," Draco said, oblivious to Fish's unusual expression, and stepped forward to introduce him, "And my mother, Narcissa Malfoy, next to him."

Narcissa's considerations were not as complicated as Lucius', she approached Fish and greeted Fish cordially, "Pleased to meet you, Fish, Draco has often told us about you, that you are the most powerful young wizard in all of Hogwarts...he rarely praises his peers like that."

With Narcissa's interruption, Fish's expression relaxed a little, and he looked at Draco, and then at Narcissa in front of him, the scent of this person, which had been slightly lingering on Dobby at that moment.

So...

Voldemort's diary was put at Hogwarts by Draco's father?

But considering what had happened to Sirius before and some of the episodes he'd seen on Muggle television, Fish didn't blurt out his suspicions like before.

And Draco was still a good friend of his, Harry and Ron had asked him with the Multijuice Potion at first, and he seemed to ignore it completely....

So, after a few moments of silence, the cat decided it would be best to tell Professor McGonagall alone later and let her decide.

"Hello nya" Fish, who had been grumpy, smiled again and replied, "Nice to meet you."

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