Although most of Pansy's attention had always been fixed on Draco and Hermione, her romantic rival, and she had never paid much mind to anyone else, she had still done some targeted preparation before carrying out this bold plan.
Namely, how she should convincingly play the wizard Ginny Weasley.
On that front, Hermione and the others might not have been professional psychological profilers, but based on Pansy's own observations and the information Hermione had provided, they could still roughly identify some of Ginny Weasley's traits and habits...
She was very pretty, warm, and full of a sense of justice, as well as the newest rising star of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
More importantly, she seemed to have feelings for Harry Potter.
Of course, Hermione's assessment had been made before everything with Draco happened.
In short, the first few traits were manageable enough, but the last one was not so easy to act out...
As she slowly walked toward Harry Potter, a trace of confusion and disdain appeared in Pansy's eyes. The Weasleys really did have terrible taste, whether in friends or in people they fancied.
Pansy, who could not understand at all why any girl would like Harry Potter, kept rolling her eyes inwardly.
At that moment, while suppressing the rejection in her heart and keeping the disgust off her face, Pansy slowly sat down in the armchair opposite Harry Potter.
The way she instinctively gathered her robes closer and pressed her legs tightly together made it look as though she was worried Harry Potter might do something awful to her.
Only after confirming that the distance between them was safe did she lift her eyes toward Harry Potter, who did not seem to have noticed her. Slowly, Pansy opened her mouth. "Ha... tsk!"
Draco, who had come to a spot nearby where he could hear Pansy's conversation clearly, saw her falter and could not help the sharp twitch that crossed his round face.
He knew Pansy hated Harry Potter, and even everything around him.
But he had not expected that she would be unable to say the other party's name at all. There was already a problem right at the start...
It was also at that moment that Harry Potter noticed Ginny Weasley.
"Ginny?"
"Mm."
"You look..."
"Huh?! What's wrong with me!?"
"Like you have something you want to say to me?"
Pansy, thinking she had exposed herself somehow, almost failed to keep her nerves under control.
Fortunately, Harry Potter did not seem to notice anything strange about her, nor did he realize that the Ginny Weasley sitting before him was not the red-haired girl he knew at all.
Seeing the hesitant look on "Ginny's" face, Harry Potter went on by himself, his tone tinged with impatience.
"Are you here to lecture me with all that reasoning of yours again? I haven't changed! I'm still the same Harry Potter I always was!!"
The sudden outburst caught Pansy completely off guard. She had not expected things to turn out like this.
But Pansy reacted very quickly. Her eyes lit up, and she gave an outstanding performance of disappointment and frustration.
"You never used to be like this. You've changed, Potter!"
The disgust in Pansy's eyes, along with the form of address she would not normally use, not only failed to make him suspicious, but even elevated her acting.
But it only provoked Harry Potter further...
He lowered his voice and let out a beast-like growl. "You're the ones who've changed! You and Granger! Damn it, you've all been fooled by that evil Death Eater. Just like Ron said, a despicable Slytherin!"
"You..."
"If you're still going to keep telling me that impossible nonsense about not being hostile toward Malfoy, then get out of my sight! Don't talk to me anymore!"
If Ginny Weasley herself had heard those vicious words, she would certainly have been both hurt and furious.
Unfortunately, the Ginny Weasley in front of him was Miss Pansy in disguise, so she did not feel anything at all.
No...
At that moment, Pansy widened her eyes in disbelief and looked suspiciously in Draco's direction.
Why would that woman Ginny speak up for Draco?
Seeing Pansy's dazed expression, Draco irritably slapped a hand to his forehead.
Was this really the time to care about that...
...
Fortunately, Harry Potter had only told her to get out of his sight.
That meant that as long as Pansy was shameless enough to stay, their conversation would not end so easily.
As for whether she could do it?
Hmm... the shameless one was Ginny Weasley. What did that have to do with Pansy?
In any case.
After receiving Draco's signal, Pansy finally remembered her mission.
Without feeling the slightest bit affected, she spoke up. "I heard them say you have a magical map?"
She made no attempt to hide her intention. This line had been planned before they came here.
It was a leading question.
The "them" Pansy mentioned could refer to the Weasleys, a professor, Dumbledore, or anyone at all.
Harry Potter, who had just begun to regret saying such things, had not expected Ginny to not be angry. He instinctively answered.
"Them? Fred and the others told you, didn't they? Yeah, it's an amazing gift, and it means a lot to me."
"Can I see it? You know, we Gryffindors have that damn curiosity."
"I mean, I can... but what kind of weird way is that to put it?"
Perhaps because the Ginny in front of him was Fred and the others' younger sister, Harry Potter did not suspect anything. Instead, he felt a little relieved.
After all, he had indeed lost control of his emotions just now...
Just as Pansy secretly clenched her fist and felt that this mission was practically in the bag, several voices suddenly reached her ears, making her furious.
"Oh, isn't this our scatterbrain, Mr. Neville Longbottom?"
"What's wrong? Didn't drop something again, did you?"
"If that's the case, your grandma will be very upset. Then she'll have to send more useless things to school."
"Hahahaha."
As the saying goes, even the tallest tree has dead branches, and wherever there are people, there are idiots.
Even in Gryffindor House, where everyone seemed to have a sense of justice by default, there was no guarantee that a few rotten people would not appear.
And from the looks of it, Neville Longbottom had been surrounded by them.
Only...
These little lions had no idea that the little lamb they thought they could bully at will was actually a ferocious dragon!