The Gryffindor team members hastily grabbed Harry, who was about to fly away, and pulled him back to the ground.
Looking at Harry, who had inflated like a balloon, everyone wanted to laugh but managed to suppress it due to the situation.
Harry, who had been pranked, opened his mouth wide, intending to say something, but couldn't produce any sound, perhaps because even his throat had inflated. He could only breathe heavily.
Seeing this comical scene, the team members could no longer hold in their laughter and burst into giggles. The Weasley twins laughed the loudest, praising Ye Ting as a genius prankster.
After a good while, the laughter subsided. Captain Wood pulled out his wand, intending to revert Harry to his original form, but no matter what spell he used, it had no effect. When he used "Finite Incantatem," instead of reverting Harry to his normal size, the balloon-like Harry inflated several times more. Originally, one person could have kept him grounded, but now it required several people to barely hold him back.
In desperation, they had to seek help from Ye Ting, the "culprit."
Instead of acting personally, Ye Ting set down Himari, who was perched on his shoulder.
Himari understood and climbed onto Harry—so enormous was the balloon that she nearly fell off several times—then she extended her claws hidden under her padded paws, lightly poked Harry, and jumped away as if escaping.
In the next moment, the spot where Himari's claws had pierced began to deflate, and Harry himself, like a deflating balloon, was carried around wildly by the escaping air—along with the Weasley twins, Angelina Johnson, and Alicia Spinnet, who were holding him, were all swept up into the air. Finally, all five of them fell hard, leaving the scene in chaos.
But to their surprise, Harry spat out a Golden Snitch—Gryffindor had inexplicably won, defeating Slytherin with 170 points to 60.
After the match, Hermione hurriedly caught up with Ron and Harry, dragging Ye Ting along, to discuss Harry's accident—Harry and Ron didn't join the celebrations but instead visited Hagrid's hut.
Inside the hut, Hagrid brewed a pot of strong tea for the four of them.
"Oh, I know both of you." Hagrid said, pouring tea for them while looking at Ye Ting and Hermione in amazement.
"The genius duo of Ravenclaw, 'Mr. Charming' and 'Miss Know-It-All.'"
"Thank you for the tea." Ye Ting nodded slightly, somewhat helplessly. He was accustomed to such teasing nicknames, but Hermione blushed a little.
Hagrid brought them a packet of butterbeer fudge, a sweet and soft treat that could stick to your teeth if toasted over a fire.
Soon, they started discussing the accident that happened during the Quidditch match.
"It was Snape," Ron explained to everyone, "I saw him. He was casting a spell on Harry's broomstick, muttering under his breath and staring at Harry the whole time."
"I saw it too," Hermione added, "If it weren't for Ron stopping Snape, Harry might still be up there."
"That's not true." Hagrid said, oblivious to what had happened around him in the stands.
"Why would Snape do such a thing?"
Ron and Harry exchanged glances and finally decided to tell the truth. They described what happened on Halloween and their discoveries from the previous day to Hagrid.
Hagrid slammed down the teapot.
"How do you know about Fluffy with three heads?" he asked.
"Fluffy with three heads?" Ron and Harry looked confused.
"Yes—it's mine—I bought it from a Greek guy I met last year at a tavern—I lent it to Dumbledore to guard—"
"What?" Harry asked eagerly.
"Stop asking questions," Hagrid said roughly, "It's top-secret, understand?"
"But Snape tried to kill Harry."
"That's not true," Hagrid repeated, "Snape is a Hogwarts teacher; he would never do such a thing."
"Then why did he try to kill Harry?" Hermione asked loudly. The events of this afternoon seemed to have greatly changed her perception of Snape.
"If I see a malicious Dark wizard, I'll recognize them. I've read all about them in books! You have to make eye contact with them. Snape's eyes didn't blink at all, I saw it!"
"I'm sorry, but I think you're mistaken." Ye Ting said helplessly.
"When I was controlling Harry's broomstick with magic, I clearly detected that there were at least two forces acting on it before me. That means, besides me, at least two other people cast spells on the broomstick.
"And the reason Harry didn't die from the fall was that these two people didn't both want to kill him. In fact, only one of them wanted to kill Harry, while the other was trying to save him. Snape was just one of them. Fairly speaking, you can't judge someone's intentions by their gaze alone."
At this point, Harry earnestly thanked Ye Ting—including for the magic that turned him into a balloon.
"But Snape has never liked Harry; why would he want to save him?" Hermione countered.
It was because during their student years, Snape had a crush on Harry's mother, and he only loved Harry by association.
As for why he hated Harry, it was because Harry's father often pranked him and married the woman he loved the most.
Ye Ting really wanted to explain this, but he couldn't say it out loud.
"I'm telling you, you're wrong!" Hagrid continued impatiently, "I don't know why Harry's broomstick behaved like that, but Snape would never try to kill a student! Now, listen to me—you're meddling in things that are none of your business. It's dangerous. Forget about the big dog and what it's guarding. It's between Professor Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel—"
"Ah ha!" Harry said, "So it involves someone named Nicolas Flamel, huh?"
Hagrid flew into a rage, angry with himself for accidentally revealing the secret through a slip of the tongue.
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