Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 426 Malfoy Who Says Everything

"Sorry, professor, I'll take care of him." Walpole said apologetically, "Bloomy, let's have some pie, eat some, this is delicious."

Crimson looked disgusted, but he still took the pie, even though he slammed it on the table hard.

Slughorn didn't seem unhappy because of the bloody thing, he just smiled at Penello, as if to say: "Is this enough?"

Penelope had no choice but to purse her mouth, but her eyes turned to Xue Ni warily from time to time.

"Oh, Harry, Harry, here you come, my child!" Slughorn yelled suddenly, and he walked towards the door with his big belly. "Who did you bring? Sirius? My God, we haven't had a good chat for many years. I still remember you and your brother when you first entered Hogwarts. It's a pity that you didn't enter Slytherin House, so we lost a lot of opportunities to communicate."

Slughorn was designated to keep watching the direction of the door, and if he spotted Harry coming in, he would immediately go up to it.

Hera hid in the invisibility cloak, sweat dripped down his back, almost soaking his clothes, the room was a bit too crowded, and the invisibility cloak effectively blocked the circulation of air, making Hera extremely uncomfortable.

Harry was dragged by Slughorn to sit on the table. Sirius followed him without saying a word. He didn't even pay much attention to Slughorn. In his impression, Slughorn had been described by Hera as a cunning old fox. He completely forgot what Hera told him.Of course, a considerable part of the reason was due to Harry, who always couldn't figure out how to face Harry.

After all, Harry was always close to him, which made Sirius very uncomfortable-Harry was just a stranger to him.

Hera leaned against the corner, squatted down when she was tired from standing, and looked at everyone in the room.It has to be said that Slughorn's energy is indeed great. He not only invited many students, teachers from the school, but even people (vampires) from outside the school.

Here came Trelawney, who never missed a chance to enjoy a good drink, especially an invitation from Slughorn.But Hera thinks she might just be frustrated, after all, she doesn't even teach now, and can only drink to get by.

Harry took Luna closer, because they didn't want to waste too much time at Slughorn's table, and he was also a disobedient guy.They squeezed all the way across the room, to Trelawney's side.

"Sirius, do you know what benefits it will do for you to get rid of the troubles of the Ministry of Magic?" Slughorn asked curiously, holding a goblet of mead in his hand, cheerfully.

Sirius shrugged his shoulders, but he didn't look the same as before, at least he didn't drink heavily. He said indifferently: "It's no different. The Ministry of Magic has never known where I am hiding. The only advantage is that I can appear in Hogwarts in a fair manner, and I don't have to worry about all the little wizards being scared away by me."

"Haha, that's really good, isn't it?" Slughorn said happily, "I think you must have been out of touch with society for a long time, I need to introduce you to everyone sitting here"

The following time became boring, perhaps because there were too many people present, more than Hera expected, so that his previous plan was completely useless.

Wearing an invisibility cloak, Hera whispered in Penello's ear, "I think it will be difficult to gain anything today. I will leave first, and you will get out as soon as possible."

Penello nodded slightly, and put down the goblet in her hand calmly. She just took a few sips of mead.

Taking advantage of Filch's effort to push the door open, Hera slipped out of the room without arousing anyone's suspicion at all, but when passing Filch, Hera was a little surprised to see Draco following Filch, he was tightly held by Filch's arm, looking very impatient.

Hera stopped, he wanted to hear what Draco had done and was caught by Filch, both he and Snape were suspicious of Draco.

"Professor Slughorn," Filch said wheezingly, the flesh on his jaw twitching, and the goldfish's eyes flashed with that crazy light that catches students mischievous, "I found this boy hiding upstairs. In the corridor, did you send him an invitation?"

Draco wrenched Filch's hand away, looking distraught.

"Okay, I wasn't invited," he said angrily, "I want to break in, are you happy?"

"No, I'm not happy!" said Filch, which did not match the smug look on his face. "You're in trouble! Didn't the headmaster say you're not allowed to wander around at night without permission? Hmm? Miss Clearwater, you happen to be here?"

"I think so." Penello stood up, and she straightened the skirts under her body to make sure they were in their proper positions, and then slowly walked in front of Filch.

"I think the school's regulations have been clearly informed to everyone, and this has been told to you since the beginning of school, right? Mr. Malfoy?" Penello frowned and looked at Draco.

"Yes, ma'am." Draco bowed his head angrily. He didn't want to bow his head like Penello. In his opinion, this was completely unacceptable and a complete insult to the Malfoy family.But he had to do this, and Penello could put him in confinement or even expel him.At this special time point, there is no need for any reason, although this will cause dissatisfaction among quite a few students and teachers.

However, Penello obviously won't do this.

"Mr. Malfoy, I think you need a longer memory." Penelope held his head up. "Professor Slughorn, can I do this?"

The atmosphere in the room had cooled down a bit, and everyone looked at Penello with bated breath. Following Penello's words, their eyes turned to Professor Slughorn's face again.

"Oh, oh," Professor Slughorn was stunned for a moment, then put on an awkward smile quickly, and raised his hand, "Of course I don't mind, of course, this is Mr. Malfoy's violation of the rules after all. It's just that it's not a crime to want to attend the party."

"Okay, Professor Slughorn, since you said that, I think it's up to you," Penello nodded, and didn't refute Slughorn's face face to face. "However, I think I need to go out to make an inspection in case more students sneak out. I don't think you don't mind, do you?"

"Of course not, of course not." Professor Slughorn said with a smile, "Wait, you're leaving? The party has just begun!" He looked a little taken aback.

"Nothing is more important than the safety of students." Penello said firmly.

Slughorn was really hard to keep, so he could only watch her leave, leaving a dry sentence: "If you finish your work at any time, here is a glass of wine waiting for you at any time."

"Thank you." Penello left the office with her skirt lifted.

"Ha, you've done a better job than I thought." Hera was already waiting at the door, "We'd better go back to the eighth floor, I have something to tell you."

"Okay—wait." Penello stopped suddenly, and the door behind him was pushed open again, and Snape strode out, followed by Draco who had just entered behind him.

"Professor Snape, good evening." Penello greeted him, Snape just nodded calmly, then looked at the position beside her, his eyes flickered.

"Good evening, Miss Clearwater, I would like to say a few words to the students of my college. I think he deserves some punishment and an explanation of why he sneaked up in the corridor in the middle of the night." Snape turned coldly and left.

Draco followed him dejectedly, walking down the corridor.

"Penello, you go back first, I'll go take a look." Hera thought that the look Snape gave him was for him to follow and listen, so he briefly explained to Penello and followed quickly.

"Okay, okay." Penello pursed her lips, and walked towards the other side of the corridor with her skirt in hand.

Hera followed Draco, trying to tiptoe as quietly as possible so that he wouldn't notice anything unusual.All the way to the last classroom in the hallway.

"Go in." Snapela opened the door, not rushing in, but waiting for Draco to go in at the door.

Draco sighed and stepped into the office.

After Draco entered, Snape deliberately waited for another two or three seconds to confirm that there was a breeze blowing in front of his nose, and then closed the door.

"Draco, what the hell are you going to do? Knowing you, you've been under suspicion for the clumsy and stupid things you've done, you know?"

"You doubt me? Who else doubts me?" Draco asked angrily. "One last time, I didn't do it, you know? That girl Katie must have an enemy that no one knows about - don't look at me like that! I know what you're doing, and I'm not stupid, but it's no use - I can stop you."

Hera was next to the two of them, and Snape's eyes became empty, obviously using Legilimency.Occlumency masters are generally proficient in Legilimency.

But this obviously failed, and Draco seemed to have mastered Occlumency.

Hera frowned, obviously Katie's matter had nothing to do with Draco, he definitely played some role in the middle, even though he was in confinement with Professor McGonagall at the time.

After a while, Snape said softly, "Well, Aunt Bellatrix taught you Occlumency. What are you trying to hide from your Master, Draco?"

"I didn't want to hide it from him, I just didn't want you to get involved." Malfoy shouted, "Don't interfere with my plan, I am the one chosen by the Lord."

"So, you're avoiding me this semester? Afraid I'll interfere? You know, Draco, if it were someone else, I'd asked him to come to the office many times and he wouldn't come—" Snape's expression didn't seem to have changed at all, he still had the same indifferent look.

"Shut up and report to Headmaster Lestrange!" Draco sneered, "Right? You're going to tell a traitor, he's a traitor."

"Actually, I'm curious who told you that?" Snape frowned slightly. "How did he become a traitor?"

"You don't need to care about it, I won't say it." Draco retorted, crossing his shoulders, "You'd better not interfere with my plan, otherwise the master's anger—" Draco was a little scared, "He will kill my whole family, I don't want to involve my parents, I have no choice, I can only do this! Do you understand?"

"Obviously I couldn't be more clear." Snape's eyes twinkled, and he looked into Draco's eyes.

"He killed Dumbledore, he—he—" Draco's mouth fell open, and his shoulders began to tremble. "I have to kill him, he told me to do this, or he will kill me, I have no choice." He hung his head, looking very negative.

"I know." Snape said softly, "but you must not be so disorganized, Hera has already begun to suspect you, because of your despicable little tricks, no one will easily wear a necklace sent by an unknown person."

"But I almost made it, if it wasn't for that fellow Katie—"

"Did you admit it?" Snape sneered, "You finally admitted what you did."

Draco opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"If you want to succeed in keeping yourself and your family alive, you'd better tell me everything, and I can help you," Snape said softly.

Draco rejected Snape, "I've got enough help, thanks, I'm not alone."

"You're definitely alone tonight, it's terribly stupid, wandering the corridors with no sentries and no backup, these are low-level mistakes—"

"There was Goyle and Crabbe, but you put them in detention!" cried Draco, who wouldn't have been so funny, making a fool of himself at Slughorn's party.

"Be quiet!" Snape warned, and he glanced at Hera's position. In fact, he was not sure that Hera was there, but Hera deliberately poked the cushion of the sofa lightly with his hand, just at an angle that Draco couldn't see.

"Your friends Crabbe and Goyle will have to work harder this time around to pass their Defense Against the Dark Arts owls—"

"What does it matter if you don't pass? Defense Against the Dark Arts - it's just a joke, a scene, isn't it? As if any of us need Defense Against the Dark Arts -"

"This is a very crucial play, Draco!" said Snape. "If I didn't know how to act, where do you think I would be all these years? Listen to me! You're so careless now, walking around at night, being caught red-handed, and I dare say you've aroused the suspicion of the Headmaster and his wife. From now on, your every move will be watched by them. And, if you rely on assistants like Crabbe and Goyle—"

"It's not just them, there are others around me, stronger people." Draco insisted.

Soon, soon, Draco was about to tell the whole thing.

Hera was almost tiptoeing beside them, wanting to hear all the details clearly, as long as he figured out what Draco was going to do, what Voldemort was going to do in private, he would definitely be able to think of a way to crack it!

Sure can!
(End of this chapter)