Mysterious Journey

Chapter 428: Everyone with Their Own Agenda

The Herbology class that day was as wonderful as ever. Professor Sprout, the Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor first-year students all felt quite happy and satisfied.

This was not only because of Professor Sprout's careful preparation but also because of the energetic learning attitude of Ailiana, Hermione, and Luna, and the students' growing sense of connection with the land and planting.

You see, after hearing some blush-worthy "dare" punishments from Hannah, Luna, who had originally been half-hearted about participating, couldn't help but take it seriously and fully participate in today's quiz.

In Professor Sprout's memory, the Herbology class had not had such a vibrant learning atmosphere for a long time. This was thanks to Ailiana's appearance and the girl's creative ideas.

With the establishment of the Hogwarts "Academy Vegetable Garden," students throughout the school showed varying degrees of renewed interest after returning to the Herbology greenhouse. If she weren't afraid of causing inter-house conflicts, she would even want to give Ailiana a hundred points as a reward.

"Alright, children, goodbye."

Professor Sprout stood up straight, clapped her hands happily, and announced the end of the first lesson.

Accompanied by the melodious chimes of the castle clock tower, the dirty first-year wizards chatted excitedly as they walked towards Hogwarts Castle. They needed to hurry back to their dormitories to wash up quickly and then go to the next Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

On the other side, the Ravenclaw and Slytherin upperclassmen, who had just finished their first lesson, also walked out of the castle one after another, passing by the little ones returning to the castle, ready to head to the greenhouse for their Herbology class today.

"Remember? The time is after the first Herbology class in the afternoon. Wait until the third-year Gryffindor and Slytherin Care of Magical Creatures class ends, and then start fighting uniformly when they start arguing."

Penelope, a fourth-year Ravenclaw, glanced at her besties next to her and whispered.

"Our task now is to locate the crops in advance according to the recipe, so we don't get flustered in the afternoon."

It must be admitted that after the Hufflepuff vs. Slytherin battle a few weeks ago, the Hogwarts wizards had a new understanding of the fighting power of these "honey badgers."

Faced with such a group of honest people who were not afraid of "death" and never retreated, it was always good to be cautious.

According to news from Slytherin and analysis from Ravenclaw, the Hufflepuff first-years, who seemed the most inconspicuous, played the most critical role in the "snake-badger" street fight.

Therefore, in this "big deal" jointly planned by the three houses, they paid special attention to the class dynamics of these dangerous little fellows, and deliberately chose to act when Ailiana and others were in the castle in the afternoon.

After so many days of classes, everyone knew that Ailiana, as a teaching assistant, would sit in the classroom during the second Potions class every afternoon, assisting Professor Snape in teaching, and had never been absent.

Undoubtedly, Professor Snape, as the "cold-faced devil," could easily lock the fifth-year Hufflepuff students and Ailiana, who possessed powerful healing magic, in the underground classroom—and by the time the second class ended, the war outside would probably have been over long ago.

"But... Penelope, what if the professors find out...?"

A Ravenclaw girl turned her head worriedly and glanced at Professor Sprout standing not far away at the entrance of the greenhouse.

As the Herbology professor, the short, chubby witch had been guarding the Hufflepuff vegetable garden almost all the time. Once they revealed their fangs to the Hufflepuff vegetable garden, there was no way to get around the head of the Hufflepuff house.

"Don't worry, when the scene gets chaotic, Professor Sprout's attention will definitely be on stopping the fighting. Besides, this time we're acting together from three houses, and Hufflepuff will definitely suffer in silence."

Penelope smiled and shook her head, reassuringly.

Almost all factors had been considered. Even the time when the latest batch of Hufflepuff students would arrive, who should notify the heads of the houses, and what kind of statements should be prepared had all been arranged.

Besides, even if they were to be punished in the end, it would definitely be the students of Slytherin and Gryffindor who took the initiative to fight that would be mainly punished. Their Ravenclaw house was only responsible for creating chaos and stealing some vegetables to take back. It could be said that they were in a fairly safe position from the beginning.

At the same time, the other two houses also had a fairly relaxed attitude.

Gryffindor, with the mentality of those who have nothing to lose, naturally had nothing to say. Anyway, the "labor" to take the blame had been determined, and it was impossible to be exploited again. At worst, they would plant more potatoes as compensation.

As for the Slytherin students, they had prepared a series of means to intensify the "hate-badger" emotions of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. If necessary, they could even unite with the irrational Hufflepuff students and go to the territories of the other two houses to harvest another wave of spoils.

Well, forget about the Gryffindor house, which is all potatoes. The main thing is to bully the girls in Ravenclaw.

Anyway, in the eyes of Slytherin, all alliances are extremely fragile, and only their own interests are the most important—not to mention, if Hufflepuff really comes to their door, they can't stop them alone.

This is the shrewd and long-standing Slytherin house: Before any cooperation and action begins, first think about all the retreats and response methods, and always be in an invincible position.

Amidst such calculations with ulterior motives, time unknowingly came to three o'clock in the afternoon of this day...

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*Goo ya! Chapter Two!*

I'll start updating tomorrow, and strive to finish this little climax in one breath.

Remember to give Ailiana a bi xin, plump chickens! It’s finally her birthday in the book!

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