Chapter 183: Political Trap

"Setting those aside, I say, Ma Erfu is also a very noble surname. You are still very eye-catching at school, aren't you?" Harry changed the topic and started testing.

"That's not quite it." Ma Erfu showed humility in his words, but the corners of his mouth were about to touch his eyes.

"So, who the girl beside you is is still very easy to spark discussion." Harry said.

"Oh oh, no, you misunderstood." Ma Erfu hurriedly covered up, but his face was also slightly red. Harry thought to himself that he wouldn't see it wrong.

"I originally wanted to say, uh, because Tom told me, he said Ivy has a good impression of you. I think this is quite... shouldn't be a thing, you are siblings after all." Ma Erfu dodged his eyes. "And, I sincerely feel that the Potter family is in urgent need of some pure wizard blood, so I can't help but worry about you."

Harry had a headache whenever he thought about this, but the good news was that Ivy had started to set her sights on Luo En. Ginny must have said a lot of good things about her brother.

"Yes, so I am considering letting her contact more other boys." Harry suddenly remembered a story Zhang Qiu had told, so he continued. "I think you can be considered well-informed. I don't know if you have any good recommendations?"

"Theodore Nott, smart and wealthy, pure blood, worth seeing." Ma Erfu said with drifting eyes.

"His Potions are not as good as mine, not worth mentioning." Harry waved his hand with a smile.

"Then, Cedric Diggory, excellent in every way, tall and handsome, every gesture shows a gentleman's demeanor, what do you think?" Ma Erfu seemed to be testing too.

"Excellent in every way, which means mediocre in every way. Besides, he is arrogant and doesn't get along with me. I'm afraid it's not satisfactory."

"Looking at it this way, Ernie Macmillan is simple and honest, can be considered?"

"How can I rest assured to hand Ivy to such a cowardly person?"

"Then Colin Creevey has courage, and worships you, what do you think?"

"The bloodline is slightly worse after all, let's put it aside first."

"Then what about Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Justin Finch-Fletchley?"

"They are all mediocre people with no characteristics." Harry waved his hand with a smile.

"According to what you say, isn't it only Luo En left?" Ma Erfu used a rhetorical question, but his tone carried a trace of expectation.

"To tell you the truth, the candidate I have in mind," Harry paused, "is only you and Luo En."

Ma Erfu's face turned red all at once. He said incoherently, "But, but you have to know, Pan Xi she, I mean, actually things haven't been determined yet, they will all change, won't they?"

"Yes, I won't deliberately avoid those boys who already have girlfriends, but Neville's thinking is too extreme and dangerous, and Trig's personality is too jumpy and not stable enough." Harry said nonsense without hesitation. "But if you don't come to talk to me about this, of course I won't deliberately come to break you up."

Ma Erfu took a deep breath and explained: "I actually haven't considered it well yet, just wanted to understand first. And, it seems Luo En and her are not very compatible?"

"Luo En, well, he has been obsessed with Hermione recently." Harry said bluntly. "After all, he is my good friend, I have to respect his choice first."

Ma Erfu showed an unhappy expression. "What a traitor through and through, losing all the face of pure blood."

This sounded like he was scolding Luo En, but in fact, Harry's parents were also scolded in. Harry sighed, so Ma Erfu could only be a surface friend forever, but that was fine; he could use him without any psychological burden.

"You see, this is the problem." Harry said. "Everyone knows that Ma Erfu hates Muggle-borns extremely, so once Ivy starts dating you, everyone knows she must have some noble bloodline. If someone who is very familiar with the Soviet Union comes, maybe they will recognize what kind of person she looks like all at once?"

Ma Erfu showed a hesitant expression. He said slowly: "In other words, I still have to be nice to Muggle-borns?"

"I know you don't like Muggle-borns, but they haven't hindered you in any way." Harry persuaded. "And, targeting a certain group too much is easy to make you look narrow-minded."

"How about this, you can announce in a high profile that pure-blood families should adjust their concepts and treat Muggle-borns with more modern concepts." Harry revealed his true purpose. "And Ivy can be a very good 'show' object. People easily understand that you prioritize favoring Muggle-borns who are closer to you, and most will think this is just the hypocritical kindness of pure-blood nobles. But no one knows that you don't care how others treat Muggle-borns at all; you just need an excuse to date Ivy, an excuse that Ivy, Pan Xi, and Soviet informants will all think is reasonable."

"You are simply a genius," Ma Erfu slapped his thigh excitedly, without realizing that doing so was undoubtedly tearing down Voldemort's stage. "But what does more modern concepts mean? Do we want to treat Muggle-borns equally?"

"You can go further. Muggle-borns are already very pitiful to be born with lowly bloodlines, so they are a vulnerable group, so we must take care of them more, show benevolence and kindness, and reflect noble demeanor." Harry added. "Neville's grandmother once said that the sun is great because even dust can be illuminated."

"It can be seen that the Longbottom family still has a lot of heritage." Ma Erfu nodded in deep agreement. "These words are very high-level."

"So, what should I do next? Find a suitable opportunity to launch some movement?" Ma Erfu thought.

"There is news, I believe you have heard it too." Harry focused his spirit on Ma Erfu's expression. "Someone will launch a large-scale attack on Hogwarts this year."

"What???" Ma Erfu was furious. "There's such a thing?"

"Don't you know? Didn't your father tell you anything?" Harry asked.

"It must be those low-level Death Eaters, thinking they are smart!" Ma Erfu said angrily. "The Dark Lord never intended to destroy a single blade of grass at Hogwarts! He even specifically designed for Deng Buliduo to leave the school to duel with him!"

Harry looked at his expression and didn't look like he was faking it. It seemed Draco was still kept in the dark. If Lucius didn't intend to attack Hogwarts, that was fine. If he intended to do so, being led by his son to resist would definitely deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Death Eaters.

"Since that's the case, I think Torchwood can also take action." Harry used the original oath to set up Ma Erfu. "We can teach self-defense magic and dueling skills among the students. That way, if any blind bastard comes to invade, you can organize the students to beat them back. This will definitely leave a heavy stroke in the school history."

"What about you? Oh right, you want to participate in the Triwizard Tournament." Ma Erfu paused, but quickly reacted. "You have a way to break through Deng Buliduo's restrictions, right?"

"Not 100% sure." Harry shrugged. "There is one more thing I didn't tell you, and that is that Professor Moody intends to reopen the Dueling Club."

"He will let students fight in the ring by house, for the honor of their respective houses. Neville also used all his skills, you have to be careful not to lose to him—but winning or losing is a common occurrence, what's important is that this can promote the children to hone their dueling skills." Harry used house conflict to stimulate him again, and Ma Erfu was clearly hooked.

"Yes, yes, you can't tolerate a little failure in life." Ma Erfu had tasted failure since he entered school. "But this time I don't want to lose. It's not only about the honor of Slytherin, I can't afford to lose face myself."

"Especially Crabbe and Goyle, two idiots who can't put together half a brain!" Ma Erfu gritted his teeth. "I wouldn't be surprised if they lost to anyone in the ring. No, they must be trained well."

"By the way, are there any Muggle-borns in Slytherin?" Harry asked.

"Impossible, we know their bloodline as soon as we hear the surname. Basically, everyone's parents have at least one party who is a wizard." Ma Erfu said, and suddenly remembered something. "Oh right, except for Trig, we don't know his American surname, which means there is another one, Abbas!"

"Who?"

"Abdullah Abbas." Ma Erfu said. "He is a Middle Easterner, and I am not familiar with Middle Eastern genealogy. However, he is very humble and self-disciplined, but it seems he is not very wealthy. How should I put it, I think he is also a half-blood."

"Actually, there is one thing I am not very sure about," Harry suddenly remembered, so he asked casually, "If a wizard whose parents are both Muggle-born, is the child considered pure-blood?"

"Considered half-blood?" Ma Erfu hesitated. "Some absolute pure-blood supremacists will think that this kind of person also belongs to Muggle-borns."

"Then according to this, Trig can actually be Muggle-born." Harry had heard about his background before. "Tang Tang Nade's parents are both Muggle-born, and his mother is also a Muggle-born from Yingzhou."

"What does this have to do with Tang Tang Nade?" Ma Erfu was stunned first, then realized. "Oh right, Tang Tang Nade is his uncle, but are you sure his mother is Muggle-born? Do you know the genealogy a bit higher up?"

"It is said that she passed away very early... I mean, it's better to just treat him as Muggle-born." Harry said. "You can take extra care of Trig when organizing training, and then appropriately say your new concepts about Muggle-borns. At that time, someone will definitely hold opposing opinions, and you can 'refute him with action' and start dating Ivy."

"Good idea, Harry, you are really smart." Ma Erfu's face was full of expectation. "Such an exquisite layout is truly breathtaking."

"It's nothing," Harry said politely, though his mind was filled with the awkward scene of the elder and younger Ma Erfu meeting on the battlefield.