A ruined Hogwarts

Time flies to Thursday. The weather outside is sunny, but there is no sunshine in the Slytherin common room, making Owen a little listless.

Since there were no classes in the afternoon, most of the first-year Slytherin students gathered in the common room. The lounge during the day does not require everyone to consciously keep quiet like at night, and the atmosphere is lively with chatting and playing.

Owen curled himself up in the armchair in front of the fireplace, warming himself lazily by the fire, letting the heat of the flame drive away the damp and cold air that lingered under the castle all year round, but he was thinking about the cat that he had never touched since that night.

Well, he took a look with Mr. Filch, the castle administrator, yesterday, and found out that the skinny gray cat was the infamous Mrs. Norris mentioned by the seniors.

After seeing Owen, Mrs. Norris excitedly blocked him in the corridor and meowed, wanting to jump up and scratch his face. This led Mr. Filch to suspect that Owen had hidden items that were prohibited, and she refused to let him go for a long time. Then he let him go with a warning.

But again, what bad intentions can a kitten have? It just wanted to help Filch.

Owen yawned, turned his head and glanced behind him, and saw Harry and Draco playing wizard chess, with many people cheering on the side. Harry Potter was very popular in the academy, at least by most people, especially when he gradually showed excellent magical talents.

Perhaps because he didn't want to live up to the expectations of many people - although he himself didn't want this expectation - Harry was working very hard these days. Coupled with his already good talent, he performed at the top in almost every class and became one of the professors' favorite students without a doubt.

Well, two other students who were very popular with the professors were Owen and Hermione Granger, and good students are always more popular.

Slytherin House advocates honor, pursues power, and puts victory first. The students are very united and protective of their weaknesses externally, but they always maintain a just right competitive atmosphere internally. Because of the influence of the surrounding environment and classmates, several conversations with Owen, and the absence of Ron Weasley who led him to play wildly, Harry decided to become a top student.

After Harry showed that although his abilities were not worthy of his astonishing name, they were still outstanding enough. The little snakes who always admired the strong did not hesitate to establish a good relationship with him early. Although a small group of people, represented by Theodore Nott, were indifferent, it was obvious that no one was willing to offend him, especially now that it was widely rumored that Harry would be a powerful dark wizard.

Similarly, Harry did not forget to go to the library to look up information these days to learn about the common sense in the wizarding world.

For example, he found out a lot about himself and things about Voldemort's time.

He was mentally prepared for the fact that the families of his classmates had supporters of Voldemort, but he did not intend to ask. After all, Voldemort has fallen, so what can he do if he keeps chasing after him? Do you still want to anger your classmates because of what happened to your parents and recite evil curses on them?

For another example, he learned about the issue of blood theory, which is very popular in Slytherin House. Harry deeply disagreed with this tradition that had been passed down from the Slytherin era and was unwilling to recruit Muggle-born wizards, especially After finding out the information about his parents.

Fortunately, he found that the conflict over bloodline in the academy did not seem to be sharp, it was just that everyone had their own circles, which made him feel a little relieved.

If Owen knew this idea, he would definitely tell him that you want to keep it simple. Slytherin House is able to maintain harmony because there are no Muggle-born students in the house, and all Slytherin students have at least one parent who is a wizard.

The Sorting Hat will never assign Muggle-born wizards or wizards of unknown origin to Slytherin House, even if the young wizard's quality does not meet Slytherin's standards. The purpose of sorting is to choose an environment for students that is most suitable for their growth. Obviously, Slytherin House is definitely not a suitable environment for Muggle-born wizards.

As for Voldemort at that time, the fact that he could speak Parseltongue itself showed his bloodline, so he was assigned to this academy as an orphan.

Although the Sorting Hat looks unreliable, in fact it is an elder who considers the students wholeheartedly. Well, it would be better if he was more clean.

All in all, this kind of conflict that has lasted for thousands of years is difficult to resolve, otherwise the Dark Lord Voldemort would not have been born.

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Owen rolled a gold coin on the back of his hand boredly. Daphne sat on the chair next to him, holding her chin in one hand and watching Harry and Draco play chess across a table.

"Why don't you come over and play together?" Daphne tilted her head and looked at Owen.

"It depends on your mood." Owen clamped the gold coins in his hand and twitched the corners of his mouth slightly. To be precise, he was depressed because of his father who always liked to cheat when playing chess. The chess game between father and son would eventually develop into a situation where you steal the queen and I hide the king. I really don’t know Mr. Shafiq. How long have you lived?

"Why do I feel that you always seem to be aloof from Harry and the others?" Daphne looked at Owen's eyes, her blue eyes flashed like water waves, "To be honest, I thought you would become very good friends. . It can be seen that Harry has always believed in you, but you seem to not want to have much to do with him? "

Owen glanced at her in surprise, and flicked the gold coin in his hand into the air with a "ding" sound: "You are very keen. It's not that you don't want to get involved, I just want to let nature take its course."

Getting too close to the savior would only put himself under Dumbledore's nose. Owen didn't want to become a pawn in the savior's growth plan and be clearly arranged.

He walks his own path, and even if he has to participate in some events, it must be Owen's own choice, rather than becoming a character in someone else's script.

In fact, Irving prefers to write his own scripts. Even if he fails, it is still Irving's own ability.

Although the savior thing is interesting, just watch it from a distance. Owen has always been very clear-headed and understands that his current task is to learn magic and seize the time to grow up quickly.

"I always feel that you are as mature as my father." Daphne said jokingly.

"Haha, that's a coincidence. I always feel that I am much more mature than my father." Owen responded with a gentle smile.

At this time, they heard a whirring sound coming from behind them.

"Harry, is this really your first time learning wizard chess?" Draco's tone was a bit doubtful.

"Yes, you just taught me today." Harry looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard that could move by themselves with interest.

"That's impossible. I've never lost when I played chess with my parents, Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy before!" Draco watched helplessly as his king was once again forced into a corner, and slapped him angrily. When he got off the chessboard, the angry chess piece pricked his fingertip with a spear, and he jumped up with an "ouch".

He had lost six games in a row, and his mind was numb from the losses. The black chess pieces he controlled also dropped their weapons one after another, jumping on their feet and cursing this unreliable commander.

This is the only bad thing about Wizard Chess. Even the chess pieces will hang up and criticize teammates. If you lose too much, your mentality will easily explode.

"Why don't you think about whether they are giving in to you?" Theodore was flipping through his book in the back row and said without raising his head after hearing this, "Or maybe their chess skills are actually about the same as yours."

"No, I think Harry, you are extremely talented at wizard chess!" Draco said unwillingly.

Harry coughed lightly and responded with an awkward yet polite smile. Admit yourself to being a wizard chess genius? That's so shameless. If you refute it, it means that your chess skills are terrible.

"Admit it, Draco, you are a bad chess piece." Blaise made a point to make up for it.

"Believe in yourself, Draco, you are no worse than anyone else!" Pansy firmly supported Draco and cheered him up with a tight face.

"Okay, come again!" Seemingly inspired, Draco started a new round of abuse.

Owen gradually became more interested, walked slowly over, and joined the crowd of people laughing and making ideas.