Luckily the main story is at Hogwarts

"Char, don't you think you should be more..."

Hermione and Charles walked in tandem, walking hurriedly down the corridor. Next to them were young wizards who were either in a hurry to go to class or had finished today's classes and were lazily laughing and playing with their companions. them.

They were used to Ciel and Hermione.

In fact, Ciel didn't know it yet, but he was quite a celebrity in Hogwarts. After all, Gryffindor and Slytherin were incompatible, and it was known to the entire wizarding world.

Wearing different uniforms representing their respective houses, but mixed together, there were only Hermione and Ciel in the entire Hogwarts.

Those in the same grade know Ciel's name. Those in the upper grades and other colleges may not know Ciel's name, but they definitely know that there is such a person.

Probably...

Oh, you mean that Slytherin kid who hangs out with Gryffindor students every day?Or, that Gryffindor girl who hangs out with Slytherin boys every day?To this extent.

"..Be friendly?"

Charles took over the last half of Hermione's unfinished sentence.

"Yes."

Hermione let out a breath, seeming a little helpless.

She knew very well that Ciel was not wrong, and neither was Ron. There was no personal enmity between the two of them. Ron felt uncomfortable with Ciel simply because Ciel was a Slytherin. It was as simple as that.

The current situation may be better, but she has already foreseen that perhaps in the future, perhaps when Ciel and she are getting older in school, this situation may become worse.

"Am I not friendly enough?"

Ciel soon took Hermione to the vicinity of Gryffindor Tower.

I recently went through all the dungeons, and even though Shire was a speedrun, I wasted nearly two weeks in the dungeons.

Maybe this is nothing to an adult, but for a little wizard who is in the period of rapid growth, two weeks is enough for Ciel to grow a little taller.

..It's a pity that Hermione is not to be outdone. Although her height will stabilize at just over 1.7 meters in the future, girls grow earlier.

Even though Ciel took advantage of the dungeon time, Hermione still caught up.

"That boy named Ron?"

Rapunzel chimed in from the side.

"He looks a little rude and stupid, but...don't you think the freckles on his face are cute."

"cute?"

Hermione and Ciel said in unison.

Ciel felt that Rapunzel's aesthetics were hopeless. Not long ago, she thought Snape was cute. Maybe the abundant magic allowed her to see some indescribable beauty?So her aesthetic is different from others?

"It's not cute at all, okay!"

Bai Xue next to him questioned.

"I think the boy named Harry is pretty good. He has beautiful eyes. He looks like a little mouse that used to clean the floor with me."

Charles and Hermione fell into silence again.

As a synaesthete, Hermione could feel that the two guys were just discussing appearance, and had no other meaning in their hearts.

But this weird look and description...

"never mind."

Interrupted by these two idiots, Ciel simply ignored the topic.

"I'll come find you tonight."

he said suddenly.

"Want at night, do you need anything from me?"

Hermione suddenly felt like she was stuttering, and she didn't know why. Fortunately, no one seemed to care.

"Teach you practical magic with both hands, lest you be swallowed by the basilisk."

When it came to the basilisk, Hermione finally lost her awkward feeling.

"Didn't you say that the door to the secret room was not opened?"

"Be prepared."

………………

The two separated at the foot of the tower.

They did not have afternoon classes together. Gryffindor had Herbology class, Slytherin had no classes in the afternoon, and only had astronomy class in the evening.

Charles returned to his dormitory and had plenty of time to sort out the magic that Hermione needed.

Of course the door to the secret room has been opened.

Although the plot must have deflected due to his appearance, as expected, according to Ciel's experience, this degree of deflection is not enough to shake the identity of the diary holder, Ginny Weasley.

In all likelihood, the diary is still in her hand.

After all, Ciel didn't deliberately interfere with the plot related to the diary. When school started, he took Draco to watch the exciting WWE showdown in Diagon Alley, and he didn't interfere either.

Ciel was indeed allowing the plot to develop according to its original history, even adding fuel to the fire when necessary, because at the beginning of the school year, he was very sure of what he needed to do.

Solve the evil alliance and unify a small part of Slytherin's power.

The former is relatively simple. You can start after the Cannon Fodder Knights are almost trained. The latter is more troublesome.

Although in the magical world, you can do anything if you have enough strength, the problem is, even if Ciel is not afraid of Dumbledore now, it does not mean that he can suppress the entire magical world.

Maybe he can in the future, but maybe by that time, the invasion of the Witch Empire will also begin.

Ciel didn't want to face a war alone.

Therefore, at this stage, it is not as easy as imagined for Ciel to unify part of Slytherin's power.

Wizards have their own complete social system, and among them, those with the most complicated connections are pure bloods. Any pure-blood wizard family may involve a lot of pure-blood wizards.

Because everyone is related to each other.

Ciel is not Voldemort, and he does not want to turn secret trouble into a frontal attack. After all, he wants to save the future, not destroy the present.

Moreover, the Ministry of Magic is afraid of Voldemort, because Voldemort's name was acquired through killing, which does not mean that the Ministry of Magic will be afraid of a dark wizard who appears out of nowhere.

Even Fudge, who wanted to overpower Dumbledore, would not miss any opportunity to increase his reputation, and would probably send out Aurors to encircle and suppress him.

The whole scene will become more and more chaotic.

This is not what Ciel wants.

So, he needs something that attracts attention.

And what else is more suitable than the things in the secret room?

………………

Late at night, in Malfoy's manor.

As the flames in the living room fireplace suddenly turned into a dazzling green, a tall figure stepped out of the flames.

The elf Dobby, who was well prepared, quickly helped clean up the dust, but the visitor just kicked it aside impatiently.

"Lucius."

"The news I want."

Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy, clicked his wand, and two wine glasses floated out next to him. The red wine on the side automatically tilted to fill the glasses half full, and he handed them over.

"Senior Qiwei, long time no see."

He said in an unhurried tone.

Qiweipuite and Lucius were of the same generation, and he knew very well the style of this junior who was one grade below him.

He also knew very well what kind of people the Malfoy family were, so he stayed silent for a while, then silently sat on another prepared high-backed chair, took the wine glass, and put it down.

"Long time no see, Lucius."

He said.