Chapter 1038 - 431: Reliable Harry

Chapter 1038: Chapter 431: Reliable Harry

Arachnophobia...

It’s really not a secret anymore, after all, when we were on the train back then, Lee Jordan got a big sack spider, and Ron started shaking all over.

Plus, he told Hermione several times how Fred and George scared him with spiders when he was a kid, causing a shadow.

This led to Hermione’s maternal instinct kicking in, hugging him tightly and comforting him.

Ron enjoyed the benefit, that kid’s mind is quite deep.

"I think your idea is pretty reliable." Seamus said to Harry, "But when should we go into the Forbidden Forest? I feel like I’m rusting staying at school lately."

"No rush," Ron said, "We should wait until after the apparition test, let’s prepare for that first."

Clearly, Ron still has quite a bit of fear of spiders.

In fact, arachnophobia is one of the world’s major phobias.

This isn’t being pretentious...

"I think we should find something meaningful to do," Neville suddenly said, "Harry is right, we should experience some new life in the Forbidden Forest...but, what do you think the meaning of life should be?"

"To go to the hall and eat some chicken legs," Ron said with an air of expertise.

"No, mate," Neville said again, "I’m not saying what we should do, but what the meaning of our life is..."

"To go to the hall and eat some chicken legs," Ron answered with a serious face.

Neville rolled his eyes and decided to ignore him.

The day for the apparition displacement exam came quickly, Harry didn’t need to participate, and Neville was not old enough, he had a few months to go until he turned seventeen...

They stayed in the common room until evening, just as Harry was about to leave, he saw them return.

"Harry!" Hermione called as she climbed through the portrait hole, "Harry, I passed the test!"

"Well done! What about Ron?"

"He—he was just a bit off," Hermione said quietly. Ron crawled over looking utterly dejected. "What bad luck, just because of a little thing—the examiner happened to see him lose half an eyebrow..."

"Tough luck." Ron walked over, Harry said, "Bad fortune, buddy. But you’ll definitely pass next time—you can take it with Neville."

"I suppose so," Ron said gloomily, "Just half an eyebrow! As if it’s a big deal!"

"I understand," Hermione comforted, "It’s very harsh..."

They spent most of dinner cursing the apparition examiners, by the time they walked back to the common room, Ron seemed to be in a better mood.

"I was thinking about reopening the Dueling House, Hermione," Harry said rubbing his eyes, "We plan to do some activities in the Forbidden Forest, are you interested, do you want to join?"

"I won’t be going, Harry." Hermione said apologetically, "You know, I have my show to do..."

"How’s your show going?" Harry asked curiously.

"Prepared quite well." Hermione said enthusiastically, "See, how’s this for an intro?—I’m Little Hermione Khan, I’ve got many ’Outstanding’ at Hogwarts..."

"No way!" Ron almost instantly disagreed, "You seem too high and mighty like this, eager to show off your Hogwarts achievements makes it feel like you’re bragging..."

"What should I say then?" Hermione asked with a frown.

"Let me think..." Ron muttered, but then fell silent.

"How about this." Harry suddenly said: "You introduce yourself like this—I’m Little Hermione Khan, a not-so-eloquent newbie broadcaster."

"Why call it broadcaster?" Hermione asked suspiciously.

"Creating some memes." Harry chuckled, "Sometimes introducing yourself too seriously won’t leave a deep impression, doing it this way adds some flair—look, for example, when someone criticizes you, you can say—broadcaster is dumb, the heart can also hurt."

Yes, sting people, he’s like Hu Ge (laughs), did he festival yet?

"Uh?" Hermione apparently didn’t get Harry’s point.

"I mean, don’t reinforce your nerd persona too much, it might backfire." Harry patiently explained: "People are super strict about academic knowledge, any small error will be collectively criticized—but as an ordinary person, it’s not as harsh, especially as a seemingly silly girl, it evokes some sympathy, and the aggression isn’t as strong."

"Makes sense." Hermione gave a thumbs up and took Harry’s advice.

"Look." Harry took the script from his good friend and said to Hermione: "This part doesn’t feel right...people won’t be curious about such a formal intro...directly introducing a person’s life story is too plain, you have to use an explosive story to hook people right from the start, understand?"

"How should it be done?" Hermione showed interest.

Indeed interested, after all, Harry spoke convincingly, she couldn’t help but trust.

"Like here, you directly introduce the Strange Yuri’s life, when he was born and when he died, it’s just quoting facts. Who do you think could find such writing interesting?"

"Teach me, Harry!" Hermione’s eyes flashed with little stars.

"Look." Harry pointed in front and said: "Let’s think differently...like at the beginning when you reveal something Strange Yuri did...In 1059, a strange man walked into the Wizard Council, starting to present his findings. He claimed that the cries of the Evil Witch Bird were actually beneficial to humans, and to prove his point, he listened to it for three months straight. But when he arrived on the scene, everyone found that apart from a small wig, he wore nothing else, and upon closer inspection after entering, the wig turned out to be a dead badger....Then, you start detailing his life...how about it, doesn’t it open up your mind?"