Chapter 450: Great Dragon

"Can I do it too?" Pan Xi said with a flushed face, somewhat uneasy. "Am I... worth it?"

"What's wrong with that?" Ron waved his hand carelessly.

Harry smiled encouragingly at her, then said: "It's okay, you can ask Ma Erfu, perhaps he will give the answer."

Harry and Ron returned to the dormitory. After tidying up their things slightly, they came to the library again. Zhang Qiu was still sitting in her usual seat, flipping through that book about flower language.

"Qiu, we met Pan Xi today, but I feel something is a bit wrong," Harry sat down and asked in a very low voice. "Do you think she and Ma Erfu are true love?"

"Definitely not," Zhang Qiu said decisively. "Ma Erfu's destined true love is Greengrass; Pan Xi just happened to be by his side during his student days."

"What? Weren't we discussing last year that we absolutely couldn't let Malfoy get Greengrass?" Ron said in surprise.

"In fact, what we are doing is helpful to Pan Xi. If there were no interference from fate, based on their personalities, I think Ma Erfu and Pan Xi would eventually enter the hall of marriage," Zhang Qiu paused here and revealed an meaningful smile. "But what it will be like after marriage, and how many lovers each will have, is hard to say."

"But their relationship seems very good at the moment. Pan Xi constantly helps Ma Erfu, making up for his social loopholes, and Ma Erfu is also determined to protect Pan Xi, and even the dragon bottle has half turned golden," Harry said. "I just heard Pan Xi doubting whether she was 'not worth' Ma Erfu doing this today, so I vaguely felt something was wrong."

"Harry, you have to think about it this way: what do you think Pan Xi loves about Draco? She only loves that bloodline and family background, not the person himself." Zhang Qiu said, "Perhaps you think Pan Xi seems to love Draco very much, but you have to think, would a girl who is purely a 'love-brain' be in Slytherin? Slytherin requires ambition."

"Oh..."

"As a girl from a small family, wanting to cross the class through marriage is very natural. So when she heard Ma Erfu promoted the evolution of the Rider system because he loved her, and she herself didn't love Ma Erfu much, she would naturally feel guilty and ashamed," Zhang Qiu analyzed. "Because there is another very realistic problem, that is, she is not good-looking."

"I think she's actually okay today, even a bit good-looking," Ron said objectively. "Can't always look at people with stereotypes."

"That's because she studied the makeup spell very deeply!" Zhang Qiu rolled her eyes. "Two layers of foundation spell, don't know how many setting powder spells, so many that three setting spells are needed; three different eyeshadow four-series spells superimposed, a full set of sixteen nose-shaping spells, from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth, there isn't a line that doesn't need to be drawn, and finally two fake-bare-face spells, adding up to be longer than the text."

"Can you imagine a girl who has to recite spells in front of the mirror every morning, reciting for an hour like giving a speech?"

Harry thought it was terrifying just thinking about it; this was too much of a waste of time.

"But it's fine to draw it once, right? Why recite it every morning?" Ron questioned.

"Because the essence of the makeup spell is to use Transfiguration to generate some cosmetics covering the face. If she doesn't remove her makeup, her skin will rot," Zhang Qiu sighed. "Removing makeup at night also takes at least twenty minutes, and all this work is to maintain this opportunity to marry into a wealthy family."

Harry spent a bit of effort to process these things outside his knowledge range, then reached a conclusion: "You mean, Pan Xi is trying very hard to marry Ma Erfu, but she herself doesn't love Ma Erfu much?"

"Yes, that's it."

"Then that seems to be explainable," Harry pondered. "Because of the family, they Slytherins value these things very much."

Zhang Qiu expressed a mocking disdain for the relationship between the two, but the two parties involved were happy with it. Just on Sunday evening, during the Torchwood gathering, Ma Erfu personally said the news that they were preparing to get engaged, which made Pan Xi ecstatic.

"I just have this idea. I think I need to ask your father and mother to come and talk to my father and mother," he said. "I think my father shouldn't refuse."

"My family will also definitely support us being together," Pan Xi said moved. "Let them meet next weekend, how about it?"

Harry, upholding the impartial attitude of a pure passerby, said: "But getting engaged in the sixth year is a bit too early, you haven't come of age yet."

"Just engaged, it doesn't matter if it's a bit early. We can wait until we come of age to get married," Ma Erfu explained. "If it really doesn't work, just treat it as simply drinking afternoon tea and discussing the future."

Amidst the blessings and gossip of the Torchwood members, the two leaned closer, which made Harry feel somewhat nauseated—especially since he could see those suspected powder-like substances on Pan Xi's face. Makeup is so magical; when someone tells you she has heavy makeup, looking at that makeup again will make it look more awkward the more you look at it.

The gossip spread quickly, and many Slytherin girls expressed some regret, while those from other houses were more indifferent, and some even went up to be sarcastic and mocking. After all, the passerby popularity of the Snake House had always been poor.

Of course, Lu Na still expressed her view on this matter from another angle as always. She felt Ma Erfu intended to use this matter to further improve Pan Xi's status in his heart, so as to better promote the evolution of Rider power. This made Harry feel somewhat disgusted, but Pan Xi herself was happy in it, so he didn't find it convenient to say much.

In such plain days, a small piece of gossip could also make students discuss it for a week. By the weekend, they were starting to guess how the parents of the two families would handle this matter. Harry believed that if Fred and George were still there, they would definitely seize this opportunity to open a market and sit as the banker.

On Saturday afternoon, Harry and Ron were originally sitting in the common room chatting, but Harry sat up straight suddenly. He felt his ring was heating up.

"No way, they can encounter trouble at home too?" Harry muttered. "Ron, we have to go out."

They ran to the outside of the common room quickly. Harry and Ron stretched out their hands to compare. Indeed, Harry's finger phoenix was heating up, its little tail floating around, while Ron's finger phoenix had no reaction. This meant that according to his agreement with Pan Xi, Ma Erfu had encountered a strong enemy that even a Kamen Rider couldn't defeat at this moment.

"Where are they?" Ron asked. "If it's at the Malfoy manor, how do we get over there?"

"Apparate directly, I know where that is," Harry said, and immediately started moving. "But we'd better find Zhang Qiu, in case there is more than one enemy over there. And Cui Ge, but I want to not rush..."

"Wait, buddy, I mean," Ron added, "there will be protective spells there, can't go in directly, unless you've been there, but have you really been there?"

"I of course—oh, no, I shouldn't have been there."

Harry suddenly thought of this loophole: although he had been to Malfoy Manor many times, every time it was in the disguise of Hofa. Harry Potter himself shouldn't have been to Malfoy Manor.

"So I can't go over directly yet. I have to find Sirius, no, that's not right either. Sirius is Regulus over there; he shouldn't know me," Harry tried hard to run his somewhat panicked brain. "Right, Snape, it's reasonable for me to find Snape to take us there."

Thinking this, he immediately rushed toward the Headmaster's office, but after knocking on the door several times, he didn't wait for a response. Harry spent some more time thinking, then ran back to his dormitory to dig out the Marauder's Map, only to see that Snape was in the Herbology room.

"I'll go find Snape, you go to the Ravenclaw common room to find Zhang Qiu," Harry hurriedly stuffed the Marauder's Map back into the box. "We'll meet at the entrance of the Great Hall."

From the finger phoenix starting to heat up to Snape leading them into the fireplace, thirty-five minutes had passed. Harry was somewhat worried about not making it in time.

After a spin, Harry appeared in a place that made him feel very familiar. It was the fireplace used to connect to the Floo Network in Malfoy Manor.

"Outside, follow me," Snape walked at the very front in big strides. "I heard movement."

When Harry and the others came to the door, they happened to see a very terrible scene: Evolt used a powerful flying kick, hitting Magma Dragon, who was already unable to stand straight, fiercely.

When Evolt landed gracefully, Magma Dragon flipped several times in the air, then landed on the lawn, painfully lifting the transformation.

Evolt clapped the dust on his hands playfully and sneered: "Told you not to waste your effort."

Pan Xi on the side walked quickly to Ma Erfu's side, but this time she wasn't going to help him up, but snatched the belt and stood in front of him.

"Phew, Lu Na can do it, so can I. I can do it too," she kept saying. "Can't let you go in!"

The belt responded to her and was firmly buckled on her waist, but the dragon bottle rejected her. The fist cover emitted extreme high temperature. Pan Xi didn't catch it firmly, letting the energy bottle fall to the ground.

Just when Harry was ready to attract Evolt's attention by shouting, and Ron had already inserted the Dangerous Trigger into the belt, Snape suddenly made an interesting "tsk" sound.

A hand picked up the dragon bottle that fell on the ground, and then burst out a gas wave like blue flames.

"How can I let you do this kind of thing." Ma Erfu gently took back the belt. "After all, this is my home."

"Great Cross-Z Dragon!"