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The answer is, wouldn't that scare Qiu Zhang?

After all, intimate contact between girls and intimate contact with ketones are two completely different things.

The former is close friendship, while the latter is love in a sexual sense.

So Dolly could only vaguely reply, "I don't know either. After all, I haven't met any other boys, and I have no interest in being in a relationship."

"So I was wondering if I'm not interested in boys, or if I'm just not grown up yet?"

Then Dolly mustered her courage, looked up at Cho Chang, and said in a joking tone, "If I find out that I really only like girls, will you be scared and run away and stop being my friend?"

"No, how could it be?"

Qiu Zhang quickly replied, "Whether you like boys or not, we are still best friends."

"Our friendship will not change because of your orientation."

Looking at Qiu Zhang's gentle and tolerant smile, Dolly had an urge to kiss him right away.

However, she didn't do that; she understood the importance of knowing when to stop.

Today, it's enough for Cho Chang to understand that Dolly's orientation is a bit unusual, because Dolly can't be sure whether Cho Chang is just putting on a brave face or if he truly accepts and tolerates her.

Even accepting inclusion and recognition and joining in is a very big step, and Dolly must be careful.

She's made enough progress today; she should just collect some interest and call it a day.

Dolly excitedly hugged Cho Chang and said, "Cho, you really are my best friend. I like you."

Dolly kissed Cho Chang's cheek, then stretched and said casually, "The sun is about to set, shall we go eat?"

Qiu Zhang touched her face in a daze, and only realized what was happening when Dolly reached out to pull her. She quickly said, "Okay."

After saying that, a bright smile appeared on his face.

Although she knew perfectly well that what Dolly had just done was simply retaliation for what she had done before, and even her favorite word was "Like," it was still a significant improvement for Cho Chang.

What else could she possibly be dissatisfied with?

What's more, there's still a long time left this year, so she can stay by Dolly's side indefinitely.

Just as the two were about to push the door open to leave, the bathroom door opened.

Hermione stared in astonishment at Dolly and Cho Chang, who also looked at Hermione with surprise and said, "You...you were in the bathroom?"

Hermione had intended to question Dolly and Cho Chang about what they were doing, but Cho Chang's questioning made her flustered, and she said, "Oh no, I just got here... Actually, I asked Spot to help me because I have a bit of a stomachache."

Cho Chang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Now it was Hermione's turn to speak, asking, "What are you doing here? What just happened?"

"Well, that's a bit complicated."

Dolly, seemingly unfazed by Hermione's elusive nature, said, "Are you going to eat? We can talk as we walk."

"Ah... I might have to stay in the room a little longer, my stomach is still upset."

"Do you need us to take you to see Mrs. Pomfrey?"

Cho Chang calmed down and asked with concern, but Hermione quickly waved her hand and said, "Oh no, it's not that kind of stomachache, it's something else... Don't make me explain too clearly!"

Cho Chang then realized what Hermione was talking about, quickly straightened his expression, and said, "Ah, I understand, I'm sorry."

"Alright, Dolly, come on over. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

"Do you think I'm a child? How could I not understand?"

Dolly naturally had the same need, but it was all sacrificed.

In this respect, she really should thank Miss Men, but unfortunately she remained silent.

After Dolly and Cho Chang left, Hermione suspiciously took out her wand and used several spells to check what had happened, but none of them had any effect.

She then realized that the room they were in had been reinforced with dragon skin, and ordinary magical traces wouldn't last long there.

After a moment's thought, Hermione finally gave up on the idea of ​​using the Time-Turner to see what was going on here, because she still had two classes to attend.

Finally, she went to the restroom, used the time converter, and returned to the beginning of noon to begin her new day of hard study.

As for Dolly, she and Luna Chochang entered the Room of Requirement again and began their latest day of training.

After completing this cultivation, only a tiny bit of the Life Gem remained. Luna couldn't help but say, "Perhaps we should save it; maybe it will be of greater use in the future?"

Qiu Zhang also spoke up, saying, "The effect of our cultivation is not very obvious, and perhaps this is not the correct way to use it."

Clearly, both Cho Chang and Luna were heartbroken over the gem, but Dolly felt that no matter what the gem's origin was, it was less important than the two girls beside her having the ability to protect themselves.

Starting this year, the magical world will gradually become less peaceful.

Even Dolly couldn't guarantee that she could protect the girls around her at all times, so sacrificing these gems was nothing.

But since they put it that way, Dolly nodded in agreement: "Then I'll keep this."

The three then began practicing magic. With the help of the gem and Dolly's guidance, Cho Chang and Luna's magical skills improved rapidly.

Furthermore, the two individuals exhibited distinctly different learning abilities.

Cho Chang has a very comprehensive and detailed grasp of spells, but her power is somewhat lacking. However, she has excellent motor skills, so in actual spell battles, once she starts moving, even Dolly has a hard time hitting her.

Of course, if Dolly were to get moving too, the outcome would be obvious.

Luna is a relatively traditional static wizard, but her understanding and control of spells is very flexible. She can cast spells very quickly, and there are often two or three spells that seem to come out of her wand in a line.

However, the cost is that her spells are less powerful. But if she wanted, she could make her spells more powerful, but that would mean losing her flexibility.

Dolly couldn't say which of these two different spellcasting tendencies was better.

Theoretically speaking, even if the body is agile, it cannot withstand the magic machine gun. However, Luna is an ordinary person. If she uses the magic to cast spells in rapid succession, her body will soon be unable to withstand it.

Dolly didn't have much experience in this area, so she didn't interfere with them figuring it out on their own. Anyway, they were all still young, and it would be fine to correct the problems later when they realized them.

The group didn't cultivate for very long today, and Dolly suggested going back to the dormitory to rest.

It wasn't because Dolly was tired from confronting Rita, but because she was going to increase her magic power again tomorrow, and planned to rest well today.

250

Chapter 250 Staying out all night.

Back in the dorm, Hermione's bed was empty.

Since she wasn't in the common room, she must still be studying in the lobby.

Even now, Dolly can't say she understands Hermione.

After all, Hermione is already number one in the school, and elective courses don't count towards the final grade. So why is Hermione studying so hard?

Of course, Dolly didn't understand, but she wouldn't say anything.

Given Hermione's strong-willed nature, and the fact that she was doing something that couldn't be called wrong, Dolly naturally wouldn't stop her.

Unfortunately, it seems that the two of them have almost no time to communicate outside of class time.

For Hermione, class time was clearly not for socializing.

Forget it, I'll just wash up and go to bed.

Dolly slept soundly through the night, and when she woke up in the morning, Hermione was already fast asleep in her own bed.

Dolly still didn't wake her up; after all, she had a time converter and could manage her own time.

Soon, Dolly and Luna Cho Chang met in the lobby, and two pieces of news began to spread throughout the lobby.

First of all, the news that Dolly was going to start a giveaway has already spread among the readers. Yesterday, she took some time to write a letter to Lovegood, and Lovegood spent the whole night sending the news to readers who had already subscribed to Owl.

Subscriptions remain the primary way to purchase newspapers in the magical world, given the small population and scattered residences; street vending is simply the least efficient method.

This is why the news spread, and many students and teachers at Hogwarts subscribed to Dolly's Four-Colored Collar.

Some people even came to Dolly to ask if it was true that the number of Galleons given away would be based on the number of subscribers.

The Daily Prophet only holds a lottery once a year, but Dolly's lottery is held once a week.

To this question, Dolly simply smiled and replied, "If anyone at Hogwarts wins the prize, how about I personally deliver it to you?"

Dolly's answer was met with cheers from the students.

With Dolly personally presenting the award, the matter was definitely settled, so early in the morning, countless Hogwarts students began writing letters to subscribe to the Four Collars.

Anyway, subscribing to newspapers doesn't cost much, and apart from Ron, who is extremely strapped for cash, almost everyone else has that much spare money.

Of course, Dolly wouldn't embarrass Ron's family either.

Dolly subscribed to the Four Color Collar for free to Harry, Neville, Ron, and a few of her close friends from the very beginning.

However, this wasn't a freebie; they also had to take on the responsibility of salespeople. But this was just an excuse Dolly used to appease them; Dolly never intended to actually rely on them to make sales.

In this atmosphere of silent letter writing, today's Daily Prophet was delivered.

Malfoy quickly became the focus of attention.

Rita is indeed a very clever person; she knows how to shift the reader's focus.

She learned from Dolly about Lucius's plan to invest in the Four Color Collars, and then began to comment extensively on the matter.

Just a few days ago, Lucius was trying to get public opinion to help him regain his reputation in the Daily Prophet, and now he's gone to the Daily Prophet's competitor and taken over the position. Isn't this a betrayal?

Although Rita didn't dare to curse Lucius, such a condemnation was enough to attract readers' attention. Who wouldn't want to see the embarrassing moments of the rich and powerful?

Malfoy blushed and, holding the newspaper, wanted to confront Dolly, but he didn't dare.

Raising his head to glare at those subtle gazes, the Slytherin students turned away discreetly to give him face, but the Gryffindors were far more ruthless.

"Hey!"

Fred held up one finger, standing on his chair: "I'm going to tell you a story."

George put his hand to his mouth as if to call out, "What story?"

"Of course, it's a story about a two-faced traitor!"

"Oh, who is this traitor?"

"Of course it is..."

George's voice drew everyone's attention, and just as Malfoy was about to reach for his wand in anger, George continued, "The story of Bru is one of the Eastern historical novels I've been reading lately."

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