NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 113: chapter:113
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"He seems to be someone's pet." Another woman approached, this one fully nude as an assistant wiped the sunscreen from her body. "But there's no collar."
"It's obviously well cared for." The brunette said. "Should we hand him to the hotel staff?"
"Just let him go." Olivia replied. "He made his way here, he can find his owner easily enough. They're probably out there in one of the pools."
"Why was he doing perched on the top of that rock sculpture?"
"It's nice and sunny up there, and cats enjoy the warmth." Olivia answered. "There, he's perfectly dry. Why don't you hand him to me while you get changed."
"Thanks. Let me cuddle him again after. His fur is really soft."
"Me too!"
"Same here!"
The pageant contestant finally finished changing to their normal clothes and moved out of the covered tent. Unfortunately for many of them, the cat accompanied them escaped under the fabric wall of the tent. The poor thing was probably traumatized by the water.
One of the contestants, Olivia was stopped by a shirtless man, asking for her autograph. She narrowed her eyes when she recognized him as the instigator that splashed the innocent cat sunning himself before he was disturbed.
Unaware of the cameras around them because of her anger, Olivia narrowed her eyes and scolded the man. "You! I know what you did to the poor cat?"
"Huh?" The man stepped backward as attention shifted to him.
The other pageant contestants realized what Olivia had said and decided to join her.
"You splashed a poor innocent cat who was just trying to get some sun." Olivia folded her arms and pinned an amused stare at the man.
"Hey, it wasn't just me!" The man replied with a British accent. He was obviously a tourist. "There were a couple of lads as well that did the same."
"They only did it after they followed you. They're kids, what's your excuse?" Olivia asked. Around her, she heard the shutters of cameras.
"I don't know about men in Britain, but, here we don't abuse our pets." Olivia said firmly and walked away.
The British tourist hung his head in shame and walked away, trying to ignore the attention of the crowd around him.
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2 days later, London
Pageant contestant scolds British animal hater!
Emma Granger was not amused as she read the article in the tabloid. Her husband flew for a business trip in Las Vegas and gave all the details. There was a conference in one of the hotels and she knew it wasn't located at the Excalibur. But he was, judging by the picture of her husband, his face filled with guilt as he was surrounded by a group of angry models.
She looked at the newsstand and saw similar articles about her husband, his picture clear but from different angles. His fair was still dripping wet in the pictures, and he wore red trunks. She handed a crisp note to the vendor and decided to purchase all of them.
She couldn't wait for Dan to return.
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Ancient Runes classroom
Hermione quickly wiped the sweat from her brow and sat beside Padma. It was a near thing, running from the very top of the divination tower to the Ancient Runes classroom. She wondered if it was worth keeping divination since she was not learning anything at all.
She tucked her golden necklace back beneath her robes and as expected, Padma jumped in surprise. "Hermione! When did you get here?"
"What are you talking about?" Hermione repeated the coached phrase from Professor McGonagall and pulled out her rune carving kit. Only her head of house, the headmaster, and his deputy knew about her special schedule and arrangement. "Honestly, you should be more aware of your surroundings."
She hid a sigh of relief as Padma shrugged and turned back to her own task. She was lucky that most of the Ravenclaws did not take divination as their elective, since they viewed ancient runes as more rewarding.
She looked around and tried to ignore Harry's gaze and turned back her focus to her task for the day. She didn't need to turn back around to know her friend was still observing her. Of all her friends she didn't even realize how observant Harry Potter is. He was always the first one to spot her at first, but after a week he didn't comment further, but merely watched her appearances. Behind the aloof, somewhat lazy teen was a highly aware and observant wizard, she realized. She wondered if that was what made him compete in grades with her in some subjects.
As the class continued with their carving exercises on the clay tablets, she heard laughter behind her and quickly turned around. She rolled her eyes at Harry and Michael's antics. If it weren't for their grades she would have scolded the two Harry was using the dense clay to create a castle, while Michael was trying, and failing to create a figure of a woman. She knew he was trying to make a female figure because of the enormous breasts on the poorly made clay doll. She looked up at their professor and realized that she also heard the noise and was quickly moving to their tables.
"While I appreciate your carving skill, Mr. Potter, this isn't the time for it." Professor Babbling snapped. She waved her wand and Harry's clay castle fell back to its wooden base, once again in the form of a tablet. She did the same with Michael's but with more vehemence in her movements. "And I don't know what you're doing with this… sculpture of yours Mr. Corner.""Sorry professor."
Bathsheda Babbling pursed her lips and crossed her arms in front of the two Ravens. "Five points from each of you for not paying attention to the exercise. Now, I'll wave off your detentions if you can carve the Celtic rune set without any mistakes, and in the correct order.
"The two boys shared glances while the rest of the class paused in their work to watch the entertainment.
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