Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 172 He's Back
"It has been 23 days since Colin's murder, and the great white wizard has not yet given a convincing answer.

The trust of the parents is being consumed little by little, and the directors openly question whether the 112-year-old Dumbledore still has enough energy and ability to take on the responsible position of the principal..."

On the Gryffindor table, one of the twins held up the Daily Prophet and read today's headlines.

"Stop it, George, and ignore the damn papers."

Percy stood up angrily, grabbed the newspaper in George's hands, crumpled it up, and threw it beside the pumpkin soup.

"That's bullshit," said the other twin. "There's nothing they can do but make a mess."

"Who did what?" Someone on the long table in Slytherin asked.

"I just happen to know who did what."

George stood up, pointed at the long Slytherin table and said, "The Slytherin students escaped, haha, if they didn't do this, why did they escape?"

This remark made the Slytherin students angry, and many little snakes turned red, but they had no reason to refute.

The long Slytherin table, which was not loose in the past, is now sparse, which has proved everything.

"What do you get with groundless accusations?" asked one of the Slytherin prefects. "Red-haired Weasley."

George wasn't angry. He brushed his hair and looked very proud.

The students of Eagle House and Badger House also looked at Slytherin unkindly.

Especially Badger House, they have the most Muggles in their house.

And now it is widely rumored in the college that it is the pure blood of Slytherin who secretly eliminates Muggle wizards.

In short, Slytherin has been isolated.

"There are a lot of people at the door."

A shout broke the silence of the auditorium.

"What many people?" Percy asked aloud.

"You will know when you come."

The shouting student left a sentence, then turned and ran outside.

Many students followed out with curiosity, as did some professors.

Ginny mixed with the crowd and followed them to the castle.

In the morning light, there is still some mist blocking the line of sight, but the figures in the mist are still visible.

"Who is it?" Professor McGonagall came out and asked.

She took out her wand, obviously everyone was a little nervous at this time of year.

"It's the students, Professor McGonagall."

Hagrid's voice came out of the mist, "They're back, 27 of them."

Mag was stunned in surprise, not knowing what happened.

"Do you need to notify the principal? McGonagall." Dean Flitwick asked in a low voice.

"Look at the situation first." Professor McGonagall replied.

Following the conversation between the two, a group of people came out of the fog.

The leader was Malfoy with his hair combed back meticulously, Hermione was a step behind him, and then...

Almost all the Slytherin students who transferred to another school showed up there.

"We heard that something is wrong with the school."

Draco Malfoy scanned the crowd sullenly, pausing briefly in Percy's place, but then moved away.

"Draco, who told you to come back?" Professor McGonagall suppressed the shock in his heart, stepped forward and asked.

"Ourselves, Professor."

Draco said in a deep voice, "There is a problem in the school, and through the letters, I didn't see any students stand up and take any action. This makes me worry, professor, we came back to organize students to protect themselves."

"The professor will protect you, Hogwarts is fine, you..."

"If there is no problem, Professor, Colin will not die."

Draco interrupted Professor McGonagall roughly, but before he could say anything sharper, Hermione stood up.

"Professor, we will be with Hogwarts, the school needs us." Hermione's voice was not loud, but she was very firm.

Professor McGonagall opened her mouth, she wanted to refute, and also hoped that these students would not come back to make trouble—or, in other words, come back and put them in danger.

But Hermione's firm eyes let her see the firm will of the children.

"Some people suspect that we Slytherins did it, and I am ashamed of it."

Draco obviously came prepared, he took a step forward and said in an angry voice, "Hogwarts is one school, not four, a school founded by four great founders, not three."

His gaze was as sharp as a knife, a look he had never had before.

"Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, any one of the three founders is still alive, and you will not allow you to slander Slytherin like this."

Percy swallowed, gritted his teeth, and said nothing.

"If you don't believe in Slytherin, on behalf of the Slytherin house, I hope we can live in the lounges of other houses and let you supervise us to prove our innocence."

Draco's words fell, and immediately won the applause of the Slytherins - they had enough of being wronged.

"Draco, no one suspects Slytherin, it wasn't the students who did it, we can be sure of that," said Professor McGonagall.

"My dear Headmaster, what do you think?" Draco looked at Snape who had been silent all this time, "Would you like to see Slytherin students being criticized behind the back by the other three houses?"

When he spoke, Hermione had silently walked back to her house.

This expresses her returning attitude, which is not quite the same as Slytherin.

Like she said, she's going to be with Hogwarts, but that doesn't mean she's going to stand for Slytherin.

"Why did you come back with them?" Ron whispered dissatisfied.

Percy glared at his stupid brother angrily, gave Hermione a reassuring look, and then looked at Professor Snape.

"The strong don't need to defend themselves, Draco, that's the talk of a coward."

Snape said in his characteristic tone, his voice hoarse than usual, "And, you've misused your courage, Draco, you shouldn't have come back."

"We should come back."

Draco took another step forward, "Principal Dumbledore went to find me, I think he wants the support of me and other Slytherins, including Miss Hermione, of course."

The eyes of the students and most of the professors widened in astonishment. Obviously, they didn't know what Dumbledore had done.

"Since you're back, let's go to the castle first. We'll talk about other things later." Professor McGonagall obviously didn't want Draco to say more, she said eagerly.

"Let's go home, Slytherin children." Draco waved, eliciting cheers from the Slytherins behind and in front of him.

Snape narrowed his eyes and gave him a meaningful look.

Draco looked at him, and there was a hint of imperceptible pride in the same empty eyes.

I, Draco Malfoy, have returned in my glory.

Nobody, not even Dumbledore, can stop me from having power.

As he thought, he glanced at Percy contemptuously.

The two faced each other across the air, tit for tat.

(End of this chapter)