In the very beginning, Hannah hadn't considered establishing any secret small group.
In fact, she was merely tirelessly answering the questions of each new student. However, before she could finish resolving one person's worries, a new little one would timidly find her, so she had no choice but to repeat the same, similar content over and over again, until she couldn't bear it anymore...
As the future heiress of the Leaky Cauldron, Hannah quickly found a solution from the family's inherited culture:
Gather everyone together in one breath, have everyone sit together to eat and chat, and solve all the problems directly in one go.
As for why it later turned into the "Witch Club," and even drafted assembly times and joining rules, these were completely beyond Hannah's control—Ginny, Danilova, and Irina, these three first-year students, when put together, were almost equivalent to a miniature version of Aileen, while Hannah, as the "official witch" on the surface, quickly returned to her usual state, she just needed to nod calmly and pretend to understand.
As for the problems, there were plenty of those clever, cunning "apprentice witches" to solve them themselves.
Of course, there were still times when she was needed to make decisions, such as now—
"Um... so you're saying... how should we deal with Cedric's parents secretly complaining..."
Hannah sat on the cushion, imitating Aileen's usual tone, and repeated Ginny's question in a low voice.
Not to mention that emotional disputes were not her forte in the first place, the most crucial thing was that Cedric Diggory was also the Quidditch team captain of Hufflepuff House. As a member of Hufflepuff House, her usual simple and crude solution might not be so appropriate.
After all, judging from the current description, Cedric Diggory seemed to be unaware of it.
Thinking carefully, if Uncle John encountered such a problem in the bar, how would he usually advise?
Hannah frowned tightly, trying hard to find memories she had overheard in the bar.
It would be simple to ask Aileen, but that would inevitably expose the "Witch Club" in advance. She was still hoping to rely on this to show off in front of her three best friends. She finally had a little secret, and Hannah didn't plan to stop because of this small difficulty.
Of course, on the other hand, she didn't advocate using violence to solve problems either—she wasn't the black-hearted witch like Aileen who was almost broken.
As Hannah began to speak, the surrounding "apprentice witches" each found cushions to sit down on and quietly watched Hannah.
"Um," Hannah said nervously, "I think it's best not to think about revenge or anything, I mean—this matter—um—although adults' promises to us often don't count—but this is Hogwarts after all, and everyone is a classmate we see every day, so—"
"That's great, I understand what you mean!" Ginny's eyes lit up, and a few people whispered to each other.
"That's right," Irina nodded lightly, her eyes sweeping across the vibrant red magical words on the wall, "This is Hogwarts, adults don't keep their promises, but Cedric can't go back on his word. Danny, what do you think? You're more familiar with the Ravenclaw side..."
"Um, Hannah-jie-jie, can you help us make an appointment with Cedric-xuezhang alone?"
Danilova frowned and looked at Hannah, asking softly with a thoughtful expression.
"I can, I can—"
Hannah looked around at the "apprentice witches" whose eyes were shining with cunning excitement, her tone a little weak.
"But, do you really understand what I mean? I mean—"
She hadn't said anything yet!
What did these lower-year students understand?!
And what was worse than before was that in order to maintain her image, she couldn't take the initiative to ask what was going on.
"Of course, instead of complaining and being angry here, it's better to go directly to Cedric and talk it out clearly—um—"
Ginny suddenly stopped halfway through her sentence. She noticed that Irina and Danilova were whispering something, and their eyes occasionally glanced at her secretly. "What's wrong? Are you two thinking of some bad ideas, about me?"
"Irina thought of a good idea." Danilova stuck out her tongue.
"So—" Miss Weasley raised an eyebrow, staring suspiciously at the girls with strange expressions.
"I think we should prepare a competitor for Cedric," Irina said calmly, looking at the little witches around her, "Only in this way can we take the initiative when negotiating with him. So—do you think Harry Potter is a good opponent? I just don't know if you're willing to..."
"This has nothing to do with me—" Ginny said, slightly agitated.
"Um, wasn't he your idol before you came to school?"
Not far away, Astoria Greengrass, who was sitting quietly with her knees hugged, said softly.
"Everyone knows about this. If he's your target, we can try to change one—for example, your brother?"
"Don't be ridiculous." Ginny curled her lips, looking disgusted, "Charlie likes dragons more, Bill is probably going to find a banshee, as for Ron... I don't think Ron can pose a threat to Cedric. As for idols... didn't Professor Lockhart say that admiration is the furthest distance from understanding? The truly respectable idols should be the wizards who fought against You-Know-Who back then—"
"Ah—I said—" Hannah blinked helplessly, "You—are establishing... opponents?"
"I think we also have to find a way to keep an eye on Cedric," Irina said seriously, looking at the little witches around her, "Right now, even if Harry Potter likes Cho Chang, he's too late in terms of both grade and time. It would be unfair, wouldn't it?"
"Then Danny and I will hold up Cedric's progress?" Ginny said thoughtfully.
"For example, giving him something to do to exhaust his energy?" Danilova suggested.
"I think," Ginny frowned and looked at Danilova, "it's best not to let people find out that we're deliberately interfering, otherwise maybe Mom's Howler will be sent directly to me next time. It's best to have some legitimate reasons, at least reasons that make sense to the boys..."
"Quidditch training camp?" Irina said. "What about a Quidditch scrimmage to exhaust his energy?"
"Um, a Quidditch scrimmage is good," Ginny nodded excitedly, "Anyway, Wood will definitely agree. If the Gryffindor team and the Hufflepuff team train together, Cedric won't have time to find Cho Chang, right? But, this may still have to..."
As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the "official witch" not far away, who was calm and quietly guiding them to find the answer.
"Sorry, Hannah-jie-jie, maybe we still have to trouble you..."
"Can you find a way to persuade the Hufflepuff team and the Gryffindor team to train together for a while..."
"Eh? Joint training? That's not a problem—"
Hannah was stunned for half a second, finally there was a clear request that she could understand.
Anyway, she was the main attacker of Hufflepuff, and the current head coach of Gryffindor was Aileen. This request was too simple for her—anyway, the lower grades could take care of the twists and turns in the middle themselves, that's what the Witch Club was all about.
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Coo~