"Spare me, Hermione!" Ron wailed.
"Hermione, when are you going to give up this S.P.E.W. thing?" Harry asked.
"Until the day when house-elves get decent wages and a decent working environment!" She said seriously, waving the list in her hand in front of Harry. "I have many supporters now, and they all think that my ideas are correct."
Harry saw that at the top of the list were his, Hermione's, Elwyn's, and Ron's names.
Elwyn was the president, Hermione was the vice president, Harry was the secretary, and Ron was the chief financial officer.
This was the organizational structure that Hermione had planned at the beginning, and there were many students of Gryffindor.
Even Gabriel's name was written on it, and she was the first foreign member that Hermione had developed.
But Harry was surprised to find that there were even more names that he didn't know, densely written on several pages.
These were all wizards who had voluntarily written to Hermione to join the S.P.E.W. after seeing the news in the newspaper.
The Hogwarts Magic Newspaper had a special issue that cared about defending the rights and interests of house-elves, which was maintained by Hermione.
The effect of the special section gradually became apparent. At first, everyone thought that Hermione was crazy, asking for wages and holidays for house-elves.
But as Hermione persisted in explaining her position, more and more people began to agree with her.
In all fairness, everyone thought that what Hermione said made sense.
And it was very courageous to say such a thing, to go against the ancient tradition of the magic world that had been passed down for centuries.
This era had changed a long time ago. Whether it was the Ministry of Magic or the mainstream of the magic world, there were more and more wizards who were Muggle Apprentices.
The dark days when pure-blooded wizards held power and had the right to speak were gone forever.
As the biggest bad habit left behind by the old system, the status of house-elves needed to be improved.
This was the result of Hermione's efforts, but the number of wizards who opposed her was even greater.
Almost every week, she would receive dozens of emails with unbearable insults written on them.
"We now have three hundred members. This is a great achievement." Hermione said excitedly as she replied to her supporters. "I think it's time to take some more direct action. I don't know how to get into the school kitchen."
"I don't know. Ask Fred and George," Harry said. "Elwyn should know, too."
Hermione fell into deep thought again, while Harry sipped on his Butterbeer while sizing up the people in the pub.
They all looked relaxed and cheerful. Ernie McMillan and Hannah Abbot were exchanging cards from chocolate frogs with the people at the next table. Both of them wore badges supporting Cedric Diggory on their robes.
Just by the door, he saw Autumn Zhang and her large group of Ravenclaw's friends.
Harry could not help but think that if he became a Warrior, maybe Autumn Zhang would cheer him on …
Ron lay there, not intending to communicate with the others, nor did he want to talk to Harry or Hermione.
He was now very upset and in a terrible mood. He had an inexplicable sense of anxiety and fear.
The people outside would attack him with badges or words from the newspapers whenever they saw him.
He had had enough of this, especially when he was about to face the Fire Dragon. For the first time, Ron realized that becoming a Warrior was not so good.
He did not want to embarrass himself. Unless Elwyn could lend him the Sorcerer's Stone, he had no chance.
"The Sorcerer's Stone!" Ron murmured.
He could not help but think that after he obtained the Sorcerer's Stone, he could also get the same honor as Elwyn.
To be honest, it was very tempting.
Elwyn had said before that the four founders of Hogwarts each left behind a secret treasure key, which was the Sorcerer's Stone.
Ron felt that he could also get one, and there was an even more tempting secret treasure. This might be the only chance for him to become a powerful wizard.
This was not the first time he had dreamt that he had obtained all the treasures by himself …
Elwyn squeezed to the bar with Gabri, and the beautiful owner, Madame Rosmerta, greeted them warmly.
Gabri was choosing a drink, and Elwyn saw Hagrid and Keresis, who was pretending to be Professor Moody, also sitting at the bar.
In front of Hagrid was his usual mug of beer, and Keresis was drinking the compound soup from Moody's curved bottle that he always carried with him.
Madame Rosmerta seemed to be very dissatisfied with this, and kept glancing sideways at Keresis.
Judging by her expression, she probably thought that Moody drinking other drinks in her bar was an insult to her.
"We were just about to go look for you, Elwyn!" Hagrid said to Elwyn, and his eyes lit up. He leaned over and whispered mysteriously, "Tell Ron to find me at my house at midnight. Remember to bring Harry's Invisibility Cloak, I have something to show him."
After Hagrid finished speaking, he straightened up and said loudly, "It's nice to meet you, Elwyn. See you next week!"
"Good luck!" Keresis said softly, and left with Hagrid.
Elwyn and Gabri returned to the small table in the corner with their mugs of Butterbeer, and told Harry, Ron and Hermione about this.
"Hagrid wants me to go to his house at midnight?" Ron said in surprise, "Why?!"
"Probably because of the Fire Dragon," Elwyn replied.
Obviously, under Keresis's persuasion, Hagrid finally decided to tell Ron about this secretly.
But it was also very likely that he had planned to do so all along.
"I'm not going …" Ron said stubbornly, "There's no such thing as a Fire Dragon."
"It's not a bad thing to go take a look, Ron, we'll go with you!" Hermione said, "Hagrid definitely wants to tell us important information about the competition. Even if it's not a Fire Dragon, it could be some other monster. We need to be prepared in advance."
Harry agreed, and Ron mumbled and lay down again.
If it was said that he still had a glimmer of hope, then …
But when everyone met Sirius, that glimmer of hope would be gone.
At three in the afternoon, the five of them left the Three Broomsticks Tavern, and prepared to meet Sirius at the Screaming Shack.
Under Sirius's suggestion, their meeting this time was carried out in secret.
When they climbed the long hill to the Screaming Shack, Sirius was already there waiting for them, just like the first time they met last year, when he hid in this haunted house for a long time.
Seeing Sirius, Gabri was very excited. She had read a lot about Sirius in the newspaper.
Harry was even more excited than Gabri. He hurried over and asked, "Sirius, what's up with you recently?"
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