Hogwarts: I'm really not the third Dark Lord

After speaking briefly, Penello handed the microphone to the man named Benson Evans.

Benson also expressed his expectations for the students briefly and concisely, and then handed the microphone to Ivan.

Ivan stood up slowly and took out a thick stack of parchment from his sleeve.

"What Principal Penello and Governor Benson said are very reasonable, so let me just say a few words -"

Ivan spoke passionately about the scene when he and the "Emperor" first met: when the other person was still a child, he showed far-sightedness and unfathomable strength.

He, Ivan, was not a smart man, but the "Emperor" did not think he was stupid. He visited him at Flourish Blossom Bookstore many times and left important business to him.

Ivan was particularly grateful for this, so he defected to the "Emperor" and allowed himself to be driven by him. It has been 21 years now.

He, Ivan, had no other talents except being loyal to the Emperor and acting cautiously.So the Emperor left the empire in his care before ascending to the Golden Throne.

Now that I see the empire flourishing and the children enthusiastic and lively, I deeply feel that my efforts have not been in vain and that I have lived up to the emperor's kindness...

Ivan spoke a long article eloquently, and when he got emotional, he burst into tears in two lines.

Even Hermione couldn't help but be moved.

But what makes the girl feel strange is that all the students below have dull eyes and are obviously absent-minded.

Those further back started to yawn.

After the lengthy speech, Charlotte took the microphone again and read out a list.

The students who were called stood up one after another and lined up towards the podium.

There they received awards from Penello and three others, and each received a pocket full of gold galleons.

After the awards ceremony was completed, the welcome ceremony came to an end.

The students left in an orderly manner, while the teachers stayed and exchanged something with Ivan and the others.

Hermione couldn't help but take a few steps closer, trying to hear what they were talking about.

Among the crowd, Penello's expression moved slightly.

"Your Majesty the Consul, I still have some urgent matters to deal with, so I will take my leave now."

"Of course, as you please."

Penello smiled apologetically, withdrew from the crowd and walked directly in the direction of Hermione.

For a moment, Hermione even thought she had spotted herself!

But soon the girl felt relieved - she found that Penello didn't look at her at all, but took out something that looked like a card and poked dots on it with her fingers.

Hermione moved as quietly as possible and took a few steps to the side to avoid Penello bumping into her.

Just when Penello was about to pass by her, Hermione keenly noticed that the other party's fingers were bent at a strange angle at some point.

"not good!"

Hermione was shocked. Before she realized that the crisis was coming, her body became extremely stiff, like a stone——

It's a petrification curse!

Her feeling was correct, Penelo had indeed discovered her a long time ago!

Hermione felt her body swaying in place like a roly-poly for several times, and when she was about to fall to the ground, a pair of hands caught her.

Penello grabbed her wrist and raised the corner of his mouth with a nice curve: "I caught you, Mr. Thief~"

After dragging Hermione all the way to an empty classroom, Penello let go.

"What age and class are you in? Challenging the Archon is not a crime that can be easily fooled."

In her opinion, she probably caught some naughty student.

Although the enemies of the empire, the rebels, have always regarded the newly established Imperial Academy of Magic as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh, and they dream of returning to the era of Hogwarts, but with their ability, they are still unable to pass through the surrounding environment silently. The great barrier surrounding the Imperial Academy of Magic.

After all, this is the barrier set by that man...

She could also feel from her body shape that the other person was a head shorter than her daughter, and could not be older than the fourth grade at most.

As his thoughts flowed, Penello suddenly thought that he had not lifted the petrification spell yet, so even if the other party wanted to say something, he would not be able to do it.

"Stop the curse!"

The invisible restraints were released, and the film that had been covering Hermione disappeared with it.

The disillusionment curse was lifted.

Hermione looked up at Penello with a complicated expression.

If you met your old friend 20 years later, what would you tell her?

Ever since she knew she could travel 20 years ago, Hermione had thought about this problem more than once.

But when she really faced this reality, she realized that she couldn't say a word.

There was already a sadly thick barrier between them.

The moment he saw Hermione, Penello's expression was first one of shock, then sadness and hatred...

Hermione had never seen so many emotions on one face at once.

"Hermione Granger..." Penello's voice was hoarse, "Why are you here..."

"I……"

Hermione was about to explain something when she heard Penello say in a tone of great disgust, "You are a big shot... Miss, the leader of the resistance army, in her busy schedule, she still has time to turn into a child and sneak into the academy - could it be that Do you want to relive the scene when you were studying here? Unfortunately, you may have forgotten that this place is no longer called Hogwarts..."

"How was it? How did it feel to visit the old place again? Did it remind you of some old friends?"

"Ah... probably not, right? You are an insatiable white-eyed wolf! A filthy, smelly traitor! Even if you just remember a little bit of Jerry's kindness to you, you wouldn't do such a despicable act!"

These words seemed to have been buried in Penello's heart for a long time, and this time in front of Hermione, he was finally able to express them freely.

Countless vitriolic and vicious curses spit out from those beautiful lips, and Hermione went from confused to aggrieved, and finally fell into deep thought.

She had thought about confessing her identity to Penello before, but the information revealed between the lines of the other party's words.

The two are now in a state of hostility, and he seems to have become the leader of the so-called "resistance".

If she knew that she was from 20 years ago, she might kill him immediately.

Hermione didn't know whether the death of herself 20 years ago would cause her in this time and space to disappear, and she didn't want to try.

Moreover, some other contents in the other party's words also made Hermione very concerned.

It seems that he betrayed Jerry on a certain key matter, and this betrayal must have led to serious consequences, which is why Penello has such strong hatred.

She couldn't help but think of what Riddle had said. In the world line where she became the "Emperor", it seemed that she had deceived Jerry by some means.

Is she really a bad woman?

"Jerry...how is he?"

Hermione asked with a complicated expression.

"Thanks to you, I have been sitting on the Golden Throne all these years, unable to get up."

"why?"

Hermione pressed.

Penello looked at her mockingly: "As the person involved, shouldn't you know the specific reasons best?"

"..."

"What, are you speechless? Then take out your wand, and I will personally bring you to Jerry and plead guilty to him."

At this time, Hermione's body began to gradually become transparent.

"What kind of spell is this?" Penello exclaimed, holding his wand in front of him and looking at Hermione warily.

"Sorry...I will go see Jerry in person next time I come..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Hermione disappeared in front of Penello.

……

……

Jerry thinks Hermione is a little strange lately.

He always stares at himself apologetically.

As if he had done something to feel sorry for himself.

But when he went to ask, he was silent again.

On this day, Jerry and Hermione came to the library to complete an article about salamanders assigned by Hagrid.

Carrying a tall stack of books to the table, Hermione suddenly asked: "Jerry, is there anything you want to do in the future?"

Putting the quill into the ink bottle, Jerry held his chin and thought for a while.

"There are so many things I want to do, such as traveling around the world and studying some interesting magic..."

"I'm talking about what I want to do most, and what I can't do without doing it."

"Well, maybe find a beautiful wife and live a peaceful life?"

Hermione blushed for a moment: "Who told you this...I mean, do you want to rule the world or something?"

"I'm not interested." Jerry said decisively. "I feel very tired when I hear it, and there is no rest time. Whoever wants to do this kind of thing can do it, but I won't do it anyway."

His current assets are enough for him to live a life of intoxication and dreaming for the rest of his life, and he has long since lost the motivation to make progress.

The me who wrote late into the night every day for royalties no longer exists!

Of course, the premise is that the world must maintain basic order.

Jerry knows very well that huge wealth in the absence of order is like a child holding gold in the market, and will only attract endless covetousness.

This is also the reason why he agreed with Ivan and the others to expand their influence in the Muggle world.

With the gradual advent of subspace, ordinary people can awaken various abilities. This will inevitably be a process of breaking the old order and establishing a new order.

Rather than being destroyed along with the old order, it is better to occupy a place in the new order first.

Of course, there was no need to tell Hermione these things.

After listening to Jerry's words, Hermione finally felt a little relieved.

Sure enough, it was still the same Jerry she was familiar with, still looking like a salty fish.

How could such a person become an emperor in the future?

Combined with what she read in the book, the Emperor had never appeared in front of the world since he ascended the Golden Throne, and Hermione suddenly had a terrifying guess!

At some point in the future, Jerry may indeed have achieved good results and have a group of forces of his own.

Based on her understanding of Jerry, by this time, Jerry would probably have started to stop enjoying life.

However, his men, Ivan, Penelo and the man named Benson obviously would not be satisfied with this.

Having tasted the taste of power, they will certainly not give up the greater power they have at their fingertips.

But their source of power depends entirely on Jerry's strength, otherwise they won't even be able to get through Voldemort and Dumbledore!

So they chose to sideline Jerry secretly.

Deliberately causing some minor chaos, forcing Jerry to clean up the aftermath for them, and taking this opportunity to continuously expand their power outwards, until the world is under their rule and there is no more expansion.

Jerry, the "Emperor" standing above them, became their common enemy.

So they plotted against Jerry in some way.

The kind-hearted Jerry obviously didn't guard against the backstabbing from his men, so he was imprisoned in the so-called "Golden Throne" by them!

That's right, the Golden Throne is not an imperial throne symbolizing supremacy at all, but a prison specially set up for Jerry!

Otherwise, Hermione couldn't believe that Jerry would stay in the same place for ten years!

My future self must have noticed this and established a resistance army!

Not to defeat Jerry, but to rescue Jerry!

In order to verify her conjecture, Hermione pretended to be nonchalant and asked: "By the way, do you know Ivan Greengrass and Benson Evans? I heard that they are the founders of duel cards. Man, I remember that you seemed to be working on a card game for a while..."

Hermione clearly remembered that when she was in first grade, it was Jerry who was the first to take out a sample of the Duel Card. However, everyone thought he was a beta player or a friend of the boss. Only Hermione was there more than once. In the library, Jerry was seen drawing various figures in his notebook.

This shows that Jerry is the original founder!

He and Ivan might have met at this time!

Jerry thought for a moment and felt that there was nothing to hide.

"Uh... they should be considered my partners. I am responsible for the design, and they are responsible for the production and distribution."

"Then they must be very powerful, right? After all, duel cards are so popular now..."

Seeing the admiration on Hermione's face, Jerry was inexplicably unconvinced: "It's just ordinary. Sometimes it causes me a lot of trouble."

Speaking of this, Jerry couldn't help but think of the original "Lizard Man" incident, when Dumbledore's sudden appearance really shocked him.

If it weren't for him, these two guys would still be in Azkaban right now!

Observing Jerry's expression carefully, Hermione suddenly felt confident.

as predicted!

At this time, a group of bad guys headed by Ivan began to create problems for Jerry, so that Jerry had to solve their problems, so as to achieve the purpose of being deeply bound to Jerry!

In the later stage, they can even represent Jerry's will to a certain extent!

This is why Jerry stayed on the Golden Throne for ten years without showing up, and the three consuls could still firmly control the empire.

Penello is also able to outdo Snape and other established professors and directly serve as the principal of the Imperial Academy of Magic.

more importantly.

No one knows herself better than Hermione herself.

If there wasn't a particularly important reason, she would never betray her friends.

On the contrary, this woman Penello is an out-and-out egotist and a vain guy.

Hermione wouldn't be surprised at all if she betrayed Jerry for power!

This is the truth of the matter!