Midway through the feast, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all a little tipsy.
Although butterbeer isn't very strong, they still wanted to try red wine.
The sweet, mellow, and fragrant red wine tasted like a beverage, but its after-effects were much stronger than butterbeer.
Just one glass of red wine, and soon Hermione's face began to flush.
The young girl couldn't hold her liquor.
"Down with Slytherin! Victory belongs to Gryffindor!"
"To the great Harry Potter, who is now ascending to his throne!"
"Merlin's socks, if you steal my drink, I'll kick your butt with my shoe!"
Watching the Little Wizards gradually get rowdy after drinking, Chen Yu quickly stopped Harry, Ron, and Hermione from wanting more red wine.
He handed each of them a glass of butterbeer, then began to ask why Harry had been giving him such strong glances earlier, not wanting to miss any interesting plot developments.
Although Harry was a bit tipsy at the moment, his little head wasn't too muddled, and his thoughts were still relatively clear.
Harry first cautiously looked around, saw that everyone was quite drunk, and no one was really paying attention to them, then began to tell Chen Yu what had happened when he went to the broom shed to put away his flying broom.
"I'm telling you, Chen Yu."
"When I was putting my Nimbus 2000 in the broom shed, I saw Snape sneaking towards the Forbidden Forest."
"I rode my Nimbus 2000, carefully following behind Snape, and then I saw Snape actually meet with Professor Quirrell."
"Snape was asking Professor Quirrell how to subdue the Cerberus that Hagrid had placed on the fourth floor, and he threatened Quirrell to tell him the method."
"I also heard Snape tell Professor Quirrell that he knew Professor Quirrell's 'secret little tricks,' which scared Professor Quirrell quite a bit."
"After Snape left, Professor Quirrell just stood there foolishly, like a wooden dummy, apparently frightened by that villain Snape."
Ron added from the side: "On the way to the common room, Hermione and I analyzed it. We suspect Snape is forcing Professor Quirrell to help him get the Philosopher's Stone. And he also mentioned a phrase—'secret little tricks'—so we also suspect that besides the Cerberus Hagrid put there, there might be other things guarding the Philosopher's Stone, very likely some other magic, mechanisms, or monsters. Snape needs Professor Quirrell's help to undo some spells he cast, which is why he's threatening Professor Quirrell."
"Now Professor Quirrell hasn't succumbed to Snape's threats. We should find a way to help Professor Quirrell. Only then will the Philosopher's Stone be safe."
After listening to Harry and Ron, Chen Yu almost sprayed the butterbeer in his mouth all over their faces.
What?
Harry ran into Snape threatening Quirrell again?
And they want to help Professor Quirrell deal with Snape?
Is Snape the villain, or is Quirrell the villain?
Are they sure it wasn't Professor Quirrell threatening Professor Snape, or Professor Snape discovering something and going to Quirrell to confirm it?
Watching the trio become increasingly convinced that Professor Snape was the one causing trouble and trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone, Chen Yu could only silently think, "Six."
So he asked, "How do you plan to help Professor Quirrell?"
"We plan to encourage Professor Quirrell. When we see him, we'll give him a bright smile, believing he'll feel our inner support for him, and strengthen Professor Quirrell's confidence to resist Snape."
"Right, we also need to persuade other students not to mock Professor Quirrell's strange smell and stutter anymore, to change Professor Quirrell's image in everyone's minds. He is a hero against Snape."
"And, we need to continue secretly monitoring Snape's movements. As long as Snape's temper remains so volatile, it means he hasn't succeeded yet, and the Philosopher's Stone is still safe."
So, besides providing moral support, they can't offer any material help?
Listening to Harry and Ron's statements, Chen Yu took another sip of his butterbeer, and silently thought "Six" again.
Well, let them be. After all, Dumbledore is there to take the blame.
Consider it training for the three of them.
As the feast entered the late night, many Little Wizards got drunk.
Those who weren't drunk used the Levitation Charm to lift the drunken Little Wizards and then shoved them into their dorms by their heels.
That's how Harry and Ron treated Neville.
Chen Yu personally saw Neville's head hit the wall, and he didn't even make a sound.
It seemed Neville was truly drunk.
Seamus, another roommate who saw this, had been feeling a bit muddled, but now he was completely sobered up and insisted on walking back to the dorm himself.
However, the other Little Wizards' drunken behavior was quite good.
At least Chen Yu didn't see any Little Wizards drunkenly waving their wands and casting spells.
Only the Weasley Brothers, after getting drunk, insisted on dancing on the tables.
They even invited other Wizards to dance with them.
Chen Yu took out his phone, played some catchy background music, and a group of Little Wizards danced even more wildly on the tables, just like in a bar, a true chaotic dance.
Eventually, the table legs couldn't bear so much weight and were broken.
As soon as the table legs broke, the Little Wizards on top fell to the ground like dumplings.
Damaging public property isn't terrible, and it's no big deal; a Reparo spell can fix it.
Everyone had a lot of fun tonight.
Chen Yu also discovered that his phone, which had been struck by lightning and then repaired, seemed to have undergone some mysterious change.
Tony's luxury watch and high-end projector, after being brought to Hogwarts, seemed to be broken.
But his own phone could still be used normally, unaffected by Hogwarts magic.
This indicated that the phone must have also undergone a mutation after being struck by lightning with him.
However, besides being immune to Hogwarts' magic, no other uses were apparent yet.
After the feast ended, Chen Yu was one of the few Little Wizards who stayed to clean up the mess.
Actually, not much cleaning was needed; a Cleaning Charm cleared the trash from the room.
A Reparo spell restored the damaged tables, chairs, and sofas to their original state and also arranged them neatly.
With spells, tidying up the aftermath seemed much easier.
It's no wonder these Little Wizards loved feasts.
Besides not having to wash dishes or cook, not having to clean up was also an important reason.
The food was basically taken care of by the Hogwarts pixies.
Cleaning up after a feast could also be done by asking the pixies for help, or simply by using spells.
That left only playing, so all the Little Wizards could play to their heart's content at the feast, without much thought for the consequences.
Fortunately, tomorrow was Sunday, and Hogwarts had no classes.
Otherwise, if Professor McGonagall found out that her Little Wizards were secretly drinking, their House Cup points would probably be reset to zero, and they might even owe the school a lot of House Cup points.
It's just unknown whether, under such circumstances, Dumbledore could still make up Gryffindor's House Cup points to allow Gryffindor to win this House Cup again.