Noah, who never expected such a development, fell into silence, unable to keep up with the brain circuits of his fellow wizards.
And he had a hunch that there would be big trouble later.
It turns out that Noah's hunch was correct. He was like a trigger, and the dispute between Slytherin and Gryffindor gradually began to escalate.
After the professors noticed it once or twice, the students on both sides learned the lesson. They no longer argued verbally in the castle, but started fighting privately.
Hogwarts does not prevent duels between students, so professors cannot intervene and can only allow such disputes to continue.
Noah could not stay out of this dispute.
Gryffindor was somewhat angry with him, and Slytherin's genius seemed to become hateful, so Noah would be glared at by Gryffindors when he walked in the corridor.
Until one day, a Gryffindor targeted Noah while playing a prank in the corridor.
Noah, who had just come out of the classroom, was walking with his three roommates. Before he could take a few steps, an unknown object flew towards him.
Noah subconsciously raised his eyes and froze the thing in mid-air.
There are also some aftereffects of being in the Forbidden Forest. Just like now, he subconsciously used magic before he had time to pull out his wand.
Fortunately, it was not too late to show off the wand at this moment. He held the wand in his hand and looked at the object frozen in mid-air. It was a transparent water ball filled with a strange purple liquid. Noah, who had dealt with the Weasley twins, knew him. what is that.
This is a "swollen water balloon", a prank product. Once the water balloon is hit, it will burst, and the potion inside will be sprinkled all over the unlucky guy, causing the hit area to turn blue and purple and swell. It lasts for ten minutes.
Noah looked in the direction where the water ball came from, and saw a Gryffindor with a surprised look on his face.
Noah flicked his wand, and the water ball instantly flew back and hit the attacker's face hard. As the purple potion exploded, the attacker's face immediately swelled like an eggplant.
Only then did the three Warringtons react, and they burst out laughing when they saw Gryffindor's miserable situation.
This ridicule made other Gryffindors feel dissatisfied. Although they were the ones to do it in the first place, ridicule was not enough. Although they would have laughed rudely if Noah had missed the catch and was hit, but who cares about that now.
The angry Gryffindors started quarreling with Warrington and the others.
Although these Gryffindors are all one level higher than Noah and the others, who cares now, and the three people with Noah's "backing" are not afraid.
Professor Flitwick, who had just walked out of the classroom, was stunned for a moment when he saw this posture. He quickly walked between the two parties and raised the wand and book in his hand to stop the quarrel from escalating: "What are you doing?"
The professor's appearance quickly calmed down the scene. Only then did Professor Flitwick notice that a poor Gryffindor's face was swollen into an eggplant: "Oh, Merlin, what happened?"
"Professor, this is just a swollen water ball playing a prank," Noah said calmly, and Warrington and the others took a few steps back knowingly, "It was just a little quarrel."
He turned the "dispute" into a "prank" with a few words in an understated manner, and professors always have a filter for good students. Flitwick, who knew that the relationship between the two colleges had always been tense, believed Noah's words. After saying a few words without any pain, he left with peace of mind.
The professor left, but the students did not.
Noah turned his attention to the Gryffindors opposite. His reputation as a genius has been exaggerated so far, and there are some unrealistic rumors, especially since Noah almost disappeared from the public some time ago. , those exaggerated rumors that were true or false cast a layer of mystery over him, especially at this moment, when he was stared at by Noah's inorganic eyes, several Gryffindors made some noise. Winced.
Many students around noticed the unpleasant atmosphere and stopped to watch the show. Before more Gryffindors arrived, Noah withdrew his gaze and left the corridor with the three Warringtons.
After coming down the stairs, Montague asked in a low voice: "Noah, are we just going to let them go?"
"The school seems to be very lively recently," Noah said slowly, "What do you think it would be more lively?"
The three Warringtons looked at each other, with eagerness in their eyes.
…
In the evening, Noah successfully waited in the common room for the returning prefect.
The next day, Slytherin met with the two Gryffindor prefects in class. They heard that the two seemed to have reached an agreement, and asked Professor Ulysses, who was in class, to act as a notary.
Professor Ulysses readily agreed and said that he would explain the matter to Principal Dumbledore later.
There was also a temporary truce between the two colleges at the suggestion of the prefects, allowing the school to be temporarily peaceful for a few days.
But everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm.
The students of Ravenclaw began to consciously avoid Slytherin and Gryffindor. They were so smart that they could vaguely realize that the two houses were holding back big moves. To protect their own safety, the students of Ravenclaw chose to stay away.
But that's not necessarily the case for Hufflepuff. This group of guys who like to watch the excitement almost stare at the little wizards of these two colleges, and report each other's intelligence information to each other in the lounge every day, even the snacks in their pockets. The numbers began to increase.
Even Noah felt helpless after being stared at by this group of people too much. Every time he wanted to go up and say something, he would be given a handful of snacks as a "bribe".
Noah: “…”
The atmosphere among the colleges has changed, and the professors naturally cannot turn a blind eye.
Professor McGonagall strongly disagreed with Professor Ulysses and reported the matter to Principal Dumbledore. The stern professor felt that this was an inevitable dispute between students, but the principal should not be alarmed again.
Professor Ulysses did not hide his love for theater at all. While verbally responding to Professor McGonagall's teachings, he turned back to Principal Dumbledore and even shared various small stories with the Hufflepuffs. When it comes to eating snacks, I just want to shout out the slogan "Let's fight".
In comparison, Professor Snape was relatively quiet. Except for his still sinister expression, the professor's only concern was to speak harshly so that the Slytherins would not lose face to the academy.
This default attitude is one of the reasons why Slytherins admire this dean. Everyone knows how biased their dean is.
But correspondingly, once you lose...
Well, proud Slytherins never think they can lose.
It just so happened that Noah was too.
