Hogwarts in the shadows

Hephis looked at the report in his hand, which was a summary of information carefully compiled by Percy.

He looked deeply at the names of the countries above.

More than 30 countries including Japan, South Korea, Israel, the Philippines, Thailand, and India.

Even the daily newspapers under his official name have published remarks against him.

When these countries are put together, they can outline a name - the United States.

What is even more interesting is that the United States has not made any comments on this.

This is enough to show that it is very abnormal.

Hephis is not a rookie who was born and raised in the wizarding world.

He had experienced the era of information explosion in his previous life.

So I still know something about many open secrets.

So he opened the book "The Great Qin Empire" again.

Find the chapter where Zhang Yi formulated a strategy for King Huiwen of Qin to break up the Hezong alliance by using the strategy of "uniting the states" (lianheng).

In history, many countries joined forces to attack Qin five times, and the Qin people did not dare to leave the country and could only defend the city.

In the end, the Qin State constantly adjusted its diplomatic strategies and used its outstanding political wisdom to gain more time for development.

Hephis closed the book, his eyes becoming more thoughtful.

There are only signs of this happening internationally now, but it is not yet time for war.

But as the Triwizard Tournament progresses.

He will continue to demonstrate his strength, which will cause more intense international reactions.

By then, the trend of alliance will be inevitable.

This is not Hephaestus's unfounded worry.

Power is a double-edged sword, it can bring both awe and hatred.

Only when you are strong enough to sweep away everything will people bow down to you.

Hephis's eyes were fixed on the special country name in the report.

Although he cannot make any big moves now, after all, he has no reputation.

But it's still okay to take one out and vent your anger.

Since "Xiao Shi" dares to jump around, he doesn't mind staging a drama of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

An ancient alchemical item that looked like parchment on the table suddenly lit up.

The soft light above gradually faded, and a piece of text suddenly appeared on it.

This alchemical item is called "SMS" and it did not originally exist in the wizarding world.

It’s just that Hephis disliked the speed at which the owl transmitted information, which was too slow.

So Lucius found Borgin and Burke, the only remaining alchemist in Britain.

Lured by the high sum of money, Mr. Bock created this alchemical item that could transmit information instantly.

The information came from Percy.

Ouagadougou School of Wizardry in Uganda, formally submitted its application through the Ministry of Magic.

Hope to have a study exchange with Hogwarts.

Ouagadougou is home to one of the most famous magic schools in Africa.

His outstanding transformation skills are even more famous.

Many students there complete their Animagus before graduation.

They even perform a variety of animal transformations.

It was obvious that Ouagadougou was coming for Hefes.

Hefeth thought for a moment and realized that Uganda was not on the list of more than 30 countries targeting him.

Perhaps this exchange could be a breakthrough.

So he replied directly to Percy and approved Ouagadougou's application.

After finishing all this, Hephis slowly stood up and stretched.

Although he no longer needs to sleep, he still maintains the habit of sleeping.

He took a shower and then fell into a deep sleep under the massage of four black hands.

The bell rang for the end of get out of class.

"Everyone else is dismissed, Hephis stay for a while." Snape said in a deep voice with the image of a handsome middle-aged uncle.

It's different from every time after the Potions class, there's no one around in an instant.

The boys quickly put on their backpacks and fled the Potions classroom.

Among them, Harry ran the fastest.

But the girls' movements were obviously much slower.

They were packing their school bags, which didn't need packing in the first place, at an extremely slow pace, while secretly glancing at Snape.

After all, Snape has a criminal record.

The last time he looked so handsome, it only lasted for one day before he returned to his normal state.

So girls all want to take a few more glances, for fear of missing out and not knowing how long it will take to see him again.

Snape looked up and saw that there were still so many people who had not left.

He was about to spray the venom, but then he remembered that Fulla's parents were still staying at the school.

He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue. After all, these little wizards needed to know this.

So Snape simply said it out loud.

"There will be a ball at Christmas this year, which is a tradition of the Triwizard Tournament. Hephis, as a warrior, you must open the dance with your partner."

"Dancing?" Hephis' heart moved, and Hermione's stunning appearance emerged in his mind.

It turned out to be a Christmas ball!

"Waltz, go back and practice." Snape reminded.

"Okay, Professor."

Although he can't dance, he can just find someone who can and cut his shadow.

Snape lowered his voice so that only he and Hephis could hear.

"Try to get Hermione to fix her hair. Using a few more bottles of softener should be enough."

He glanced at Hermione as he spoke.

Hephis stared at Snape with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

This Snape, I guess someone drank the Polyjuice Potion and pretended to be him. He actually cares about other people's hair.

Snape saw Hephesus standing there in a daze, frowning slightly.

Hephis came back to his senses and cleared his throat.

"Don't worry, Professor. Hermione knows what's going on. She just doesn't want to waste time on taking care of her hair, just like you."

"Well, go ahead." Snape lowered his head again and continued to grade class assignments.

"Goodbye, Professor." Hephis said goodbye politely and left the classroom with Hermione.

"Hermione, you heard it too. Would you like to be my dance partner and attend the Christmas ball together?" Hephis asked Hermione.

Hermione's face turned slightly red, but she still spoke with some pride.

"You don't give me any sense of surprise at all!"

Hephis curled his lips, "How about I change someone?"

"How dare you!" Hermione pretended to be angry and bared her little white teeth.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Hephis restrained his smile and looked at Hermione seriously.

"Hermione, will you be my dance partner?"

"Hehe, then I'll agree to it with reluctance." Hermione felt funny after she said this, with a smile on her face.

Hephis rubbed the little girl's head lovingly.

In the following period, the international situation changed drastically and there were verbal battles in the newspapers every day.

Skeeter has been going crazy recently. She has no time to care about the Triwizard Tournament. Those are just childish things.

She now has a bigger stage, and her articles are spreading all over the world, making her able to fight against many enemies alone.

No matter what the outside world thinks, Christmas dance is the hot topic among girls.

Naturally, Hephis was not spared and was "harassed" by various girls one after another.