HP in the name of Slytherin

Catherine was going to talk to Dumbledore about what happened last night. The most important thing was that Narcissa wanted to make sure Lucius was safe. Currently, apart from the Malfoy family, only Catherine could enter Malfoy Manor.

Tom took over the task of receiving young Barty and Regulus - what he thought was a huge responsibility. He straightened his little cloak like a grown-up, focusing on the small half of the wand in the inner pocket of the cloak.

As expected, this move immediately made Barty exclaim in surprise.

"Do you already have your own wand?!" He looked at Tom with bright eyes.

They had known each other's age when Catherine was here, and little Barty and Regulus were indeed in the new first grade, in the same class as little Tom, so Catherine was even more happy to see them making friends.

Tom saw that this little Barty liked magic very much. He was the best at dealing with this kind of people. It was impossible to compete with him for Catherine's attention.

He nodded reservedly, "My sister took me to get it customized."

Tom's main focus: Catherine took him to have it customized (either a wand or a cloak, I didn't specify).

The point about Barty Jr.: He actually has a magic wand.

"That's great!" Little Barty was truly envious. Not only him, but even the relatively stable Regulus also looked at him with envy several times.

Tom generously took out his wand and showed it to them openly.

Hey, this is the same wand as Salazar! Tom especially wanted to tell the world, but for some reason, he was always a little afraid of Salazar, maybe because he hadn't proven himself yet.

One day he will openly tell everyone that he is the little Slytherin recognized by Salazar!

Feeling unhappy, Tom said to the two children who looked envious at the sight of the wand, "Let's go, I'll take you to play!"

The only way to relieve worries is to take in your younger brother fiercely.

"Where are you taking them?" Severus appeared like a ghost after finishing breakfast.

Tom remembered this little wizard, Catherine's retinue, and it was he who brought Catherine here.

He had a good impression of him and said in a good-tempered way: "Go outside and do some magic. Do you want to go?"

Tom's point: Let Catherine's retinue see how powerful I am.

Severus' point: This Tom is not going to do anything again.

Severus frowned and glanced at Tom, who looked normal now, and at Barty, who looked full of anticipation and wanted to fly out immediately.

He put away the book decisively and said, "Let's go."

Tom then led the three little wizards to the outside of the castle.

Just after leaving the castle, after walking two or three steps in the snow, a shout suddenly came from above.

【Little——Witch——Master——】

There were no male or female voices to be heard, and only Herbo could shout like this. Severus raised his head, and Tom, who could also understand snake language, also looked up.

There was an obvious white line on the brown-grey stone wall of the castle, and the slender little body was swimming quickly among the cold bricks, with its target pointed directly at them.

In the middle of winter, the Hogwarts castle is high and the stone walls are slippery. The snakes are as fast as sliding down a slide.

"Helpo!" Severus took a few steps back and stretched out his hand towards the little basilisk.

This was completely a subconscious move, but Haierbo, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately shouted, "Here I come -"

Severus' eyes widened, and he saw that as soon as he finished speaking, Haierbo's body jumped directly away from the stone wall and fell towards him.

Tom quickly stretched out his hand: "Attenuate shock and stop speed!"

Herbo therefore fell like a feather into Severus's arms without knocking him out.

One of them dared to catch a snake, and another dared to jump. Tom said angrily: "Why did you come here?"

Halbo often pesters Catherine, but has a very average attitude towards Tom. Tom is not used to it, and he will not give Halbo a good look unless in front of Catherine.

Halbo pretended not to hear what Tom was saying, wrapped his tail around Severus's wrist, and naturally dug his body into his pocket, and took out a small dried fish from the small, seamless stretch pocket that Severus later carried every day.

Tom: [Hey! 】

Fortunately, Severus still remembered that Tom had helped him just now, and helped him ask Halbo: "Why did you come down here, where is Miss Catherine?" 】

The latter sentence is the key point, and Tom just asked Catherine.

Haierbo swallowed the dried fish in two mouthfuls, raised his head and said: [The master asked me to come down! Lord Haierbo is watching you! 】

It might have made people uncomfortable, because Herbo's charming tone completely made people miss the meaning... Of course, Tom and Severus didn't feel anything wrong at all.

After all, they were bringing two children who were obviously not Hogwarts students yet. You know, Hogwarts rarely made such exceptions.

Little Barty held his breath since Halbo appeared. To be precise, he didn't notice Halbo at first. He only saw the black-haired little wizard raising his hand behind him, and then Tom used a very handsome expressionless expression. Wand magic, finally there was a snake in Snape's arms.

The two of them even hissed and hissed to communicate with the snake.

He couldn't help but asked Regulus in a low voice: "Does Hogwarts still teach snake language?"

Regulus remembered that the snake had just appeared on Miss Slytherin, and whispered: "It should be Miss Slytherin's snake."

Since it is Miss Slytherin's snake, maybe there is something special about it that can communicate with people...?

"Can you understand?" Little Barty asked Regulus.

Regulus shook his head decisively.

and so……

This is still magic!

Little Barty also discovered a blind spot, which was the appearance of this "snake". "It seems to be a little basilisk!"

Haierbo is less than two fingers wide now, and moves around frequently. Little Barty doesn't dare to look at Catherine more, so that he only now realizes that this seems to be no ordinary snake.

The two children thought that their low-pitched discussion could not be hidden from Tom and Severus next to them.

Seeing that Severus had no intention of explaining, Tom naturally became a gentle and good senior student: "This is Haierbo, a relative of Catherine. It is indeed a basilisk."

Regulus took a breath. He originally wanted to take a closer look, but now he didn't dare to look around Herbo any longer.

Only little Barty was stupid and bold. Since everything seemed fine just now, there was no way he knew it was a basilisk now and something would go wrong if he looked at it a few more times.

Basilisks are rare! Especially such a beautiful basilisk!

"It's so beautiful," little Barty even asked eagerly, "Can I touch it?"

Tom is happy to be this good person, "You can ask it, it can understand human speech, but it can't communicate with you."

Little Barty immediately leaned over with eyes shining, "Hello, can I touch you?"

This feeling of liking was directly reflected on his face. The words "want to touch" were written all over the corners of his eyes, eyebrows and even the hair on his face. It was rare for Haierbo to see such an unreserved person. Little Barty was pretty good-looking.

It straightened up slightly and looked at Little Barty proudly: [For the sake of respecting the master just now, Master Haierbo will give you a health. 】

Little Barty only saw the basilisk sticking its head out after listening to his words. When Haierbo was in a stable mood, no one else could even hear a "hissing" sound.

He glanced at Tom uncertainly.

A bad thought flashed through Tom's mind for a second - to say yes to Barty, and then let Haierbo get angry and hurt each other.