Chapter 77: bet with Penelope Clearwater
During the conversation Jack asked her about Percy based on his predetermined plan. Actually Penelope came to him to discus knowledge is because of others from raven claw that talked about the intelligence of Jack.
So even though she is at the final years she still decided to give it a try. After all she cannot go and ask the professors for everything. Sometimes things are understood differently by different people.
What Jack did is to give her curiosity a way out flowing towards him to get some answers from him. It might look absurd for her to ask and discus things with a second year student. But that is how things are.
When they are talking Jack specifically talked about Percy that came over to say something to her when she came to Jack to talk. Even this was arranged by Jack as Percy has a peculiar personality.
Percy could not stand his women getting close to some other men. It is especially so for someone like Jack that is quite handsome and charming that is talk of the female students at Hogwarts.
Percy came over to claim that she is his and Jack should not have any thoughts about her. Also it is not strange that a man and women to marry with age difference. Taking this opportunity, Jack enquired Penelope and Then Jack decided to divine her future.
"Your loved one would betray you for his ambition."
This is the result that Jack saw, at least that is what he said. Penelope did not believe the words of Jack. So he made a bet that is to bring the brother of Percy Weasley that is Ron to speak the truth about Percy.
The stakes of the bet is for Penelope to fulfill one thing that Jack asked of her and the stakes of Jack is to give her a valuable piece of knowledge that she is interested in. This looked like a fair bet but it is not.
Penelope is a clever woman and knows that Ron and Harry hate Jack for all the things he did in the past year and even now. Because of this she thought that her winning chances are higher.
Any way she would not lose anything betting against Jack. If Percy's character is really as Jack said then he has really saved her from a sad future. If not she would receive a valuable piece of knowledge that she is interested in.
Any way she is going to gain. That is what she thought. She did not think that Jack would pull her into a trap as Jack is still a slightly charming kid in her eyes. With this kind of thinking, she accepted the bet with Jack.
Jack smiled happily as his plan is working perfectly. So he took the chance to find Ron alone and told Ron. "You have made an oath that you would tell your brothers true nature to the woman that I pointed to or they are close to right.
Your brother Percy is close to Penelope Clearwater. So come with me to tell about your brother's ambition to her so that her life would not be spoiled." Ron did not say anything as he took the oath with magic he has to fulfill the oath.
This is necessary, if not he can never use magic. He doesn't want that to happen. That is not all, Ron really hate his brother Percy right now. After becoming prefect his eyes have reached his forehead and after getting 12 OWL's in the exams he became even more arrogant this year.
In the summer last year Percy has written many letters to Penelope Clearwater. But they did not officially start dating. It was when he showed concern for her after she was petrified by basilisk did she fell in love with Percy.
Jack is going to disrupt this. It is not that he is a good guy. Instead Penelope is like a female version of battle knight. She did not appear like the one in the movie instead she looked more beautiful.
She is very similar to Dustiness Ford Lalatina from KonoSuba series if you put on the proper armor for her. Even though Penelope is not a masochist like the character from KonoSuba, she has the thoughts of standing up and fighting for the good.
So Jack wanted to take her as his personal female knight. This is his plan. For that he has to disrupt Percy and then get her into his embrace. Even though there are few years of difference between them it is still good to get her.
At least let her stay single for him to get her. For that he has to plan things carefully. Soon Jack took Ron to Penelope to tell her about his brother. Penelope was shocked to see Ron with Jack.
Also in the previous bet there is a loop hole that is Jack did not have to prove that Percy is a bad guy. All he has to do is to make Ron tell Penelope that Percy is ambitious person. Immediately Ron started to speak.
"Miss Clearwater, my brother is an ambitious man. He writes letters to you and floats in your thoughts. But after he sleeps his thoughts are a little different from what he say out loud when he was awake.
Percy has a habit of sleep talking and I heard him say that, you are a great gain to his plans to reach higher positions in the ministry. He said that he can take your credits for his political gains.
As long as you become a strong Auror, he can exploit your gains and gain further strong standing in the ministry and become minister of magic one day. He seems to like you but the like is you being intelligent and hardworking for his gains….
That is all I know about my brother…" After Ron to her this he turned to Jack and said.
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