[HP] King of Slytherin

In the next week, Slytherin fell into an eerie calm, no pranks, no troubles, up to the chiefs, down to the freshmen who just entered, everyone kept a surprisingly low profile.Those who knew were busy; the smart people more or less saw a clue, and kept silent in unison; the rest of the people who didn't know anything, after being warned by the chiefs with other excuses, behaved themselves stand up.

"Randall, the list is ready." In the prefect's dormitory, Blaise put down the quill and rubbed his wrist. "There are 24 people in total. I checked their information, and most of them are reliable."

"Oh? Who are the exceptions?" Hyland stood by the window, flipping through the Hogwarts map in his hand, and asked without raising his head.

"To be precise, there is only one," Blaise said slowly, "Theodore Not."

"I remember his father was a Death Eater, right?" Hyland pondered.

"Yes, an unlucky Death Eater," Blaise shrugged, took out a notepad from his pocket, flipped through it, and said, "After the fall of the mysterious man, Old Nott was accused of being a Death Eater, and there was no trial. He was imprisoned in Azkaban for four full years. Later he was released. According to a friend of my mother, it seems that the Nott family found the Minister of Magic Fudge... But when the old Nott After coming out, their family's wealth is almost spent."

Hyland thought about it, and said after a while, "Let him join."

He remembered the cooperation with Theodore last year. It seemed that Nott Jr. didn't have a good impression of Voldemort. If so, he might as well let him join and see what Theodore's position was.

"Listen to you," Blaise said lazily.

Hyland continued to look down at the map, and after a while, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

"Hey, Randall, Brace," Astoria flashed in lightly, "how are you going?"

"Too busy, dear Astoria." Blaise gestured exaggeratedly.

"You came just in time," Hyland waved at her, "I just found the meeting place, please inform everyone later."

Astoria walked up to him, smiled sweetly and said, "No problem."

"Look here." Hyland pointed to a point on the map.

"Here?" Blaise leaned over to look, and recognized it at a glance, "Randall, why didn't I know there was a secret room in the Black Lake?"

"Because very few people go down," Hyland laughed. "Except for the mermaid in the lake, I don't think anyone will spend a whole day in the water."

"But how do we get in?" Astoria frowned slightly.

Hyland blinked and said with a smile: "Its entrance is very close to the cellar, to be precise, it's right beside us."

"Beside?" Astoria quickly realized, "Could it be..."

"Prefect's bedroom!" she and Blaise said in unison.

"The answer is correct." Hyland walked to the window, stared at the silver snake inlaid on the window lattice, and showed a subtle smile.

【Open】.

Without shy away from others, he softly uttered the language of the snake, and the moment the hissing sound sounded, the little snake flowed like mercury, and the silver eyes emitted a faint white light, as if it was alive.

Astoria opened her eyes slightly, unable to speak in a daze.

"Randall has a lot of little secrets." Blaise, who had already known about it, chuckled, lazily crossing his arms.

Astoria watched silently for a while, then suddenly smiled, a Slytherin who can haunt the Order of the Phoenix, she should have been prepared for it long ago, shouldn't she?

"I'm just a little surprised," she said softly, "but I think I'll get used to it pretty quickly."

adapt?Blaise remembered the string of troublesome surnames, and the curvature of the corner of his mouth became even weirder.

While they were talking, the window gradually became larger and finally turned into a transparent door. Looking from the outside, the inside of the door was a long underwater passage, with playful fish swimming by from time to time.The three of them walked through the passage and came to a wide room.This place is as big as an auditorium, and there is nothing in it. The surrounding walls are made of stone, there are no windows, and there are no candles for lighting. There are only four huge torches fixed in the sky, burning with eternal fire flame.

"Wonderful." Blaise stepped on the floor, which was a smooth stone surface, dry without a trace of moisture, "Randall, how did you find such a place?"

"I got a map of Hogwarts," Hyland said while checking the torch, "it was a map from a thousand years ago, although time has destroyed some of the buildings, but you see, it is still useful now. "

Astoria touched the stone wall and said thoughtfully: "It seems that magic has been cast on it."

"Maybe it's to keep oxygen," Hyland laughed, a little surprised at her sharpness, "This is the bottom of the Black Lake, but you can't see it from the outside. I checked the Black Lake before, and this place is A rocky mountain, mermaids and other creatures rarely come close."

Astoria looked at the stone wall with great interest, as if planning to study it.

"Should we arrange it here?" Blaise frowned and looked around.

"I think the house-elf would be happy to help," Hyland said, looking at the empty secret room, "like preparing some cushions."

Blaise narrowed his eyes slightly, Hyland was too well prepared, and he had to make redundant guesses.But... He glanced at his friend and silently chose to trust.He believed in Hyland, just as the other party believed in himself.

Coming out from under the black lake, the pale sun has risen into the sky.

Blaise and Astoria went to inform the others. Hyland thought about it for a while and decided to go to the library to check some information.

There were not many people in the corridor, so he came out of the cellar, climbed the moving stairs, and soon came to the fifth floor.Just after he turned a corner, a voice sounded not far away, and the tone was deeply familiar to Hyland.

"The fruit of your work cannot be doubted, Minister Umbridge."

Hyland stopped abruptly and looked in that direction, an indescribable joy filled his heart.

"You may call me Dolores, Mr. Malfoy," said Umbridge coquettishly, "and it is a great pleasure to have your support. You know, Minister Fudge often compliments me on your wisdom and wisdom." generous."

Hyland stood there without moving, watching Lucius and Umbridge approaching each other, half-smiling and not saying a word.

At this moment, Lucius also caught a glimpse of Hyland, and the two looked at each other for a second, then looked away.

"I feel honored to be able to contribute to the reform of Hogwarts." Lucius said calmly, avoiding that annoying title.

Umbridge didn't notice, she was still grinning, but she took another two steps, and when she saw that the person next to her was Hyland, her expression changed slightly.She pretended not to see it, and walked forward quickly.

Lucius still walked at a leisurely pace. When passing by Hyland, he heard the young man utter a sentence in an invisible voice: "The old place is waiting for you."

……

The shimmering, soft sunlight shone on the surface of the Black Lake, rippling out pieces of golden stripes.Hyland stood by the lake, looking at the other side of the Black Lake, he didn't know what he was thinking, but from the corners of his mouth slightly raised, it could be seen that he was in a good mood at the moment.

He didn't wait for a long time. When the sun was tilting slightly, the figure of Lucius had already appeared not far away.

"You didn't tell me you would come to Hogwarts." Hyland squinted at him.

"Surprises are always unexpected, dear Randall." Lucius chanted, putting his hand on Hyland's shoulder.

Hyland turned to him, smiled and said, "I have to admit, I was really pleasantly surprised to see you walking with Minister Umbridge."

"She is a perfect excuse for me to come to Hogwarts anytime. As a member of the board of directors, I have the right to inspect the work of senior investigators, don't I?" Lucius said slowly, with a voice as smooth as water Low and seductive.

"This is one of her few strengths." Hyland said bluntly.

"Dear Randall, maybe we can talk about something other than these unsightly topics." Lucius chuckled.

Hyland pursed his lips. He suddenly remembered that this seemed to be the first meeting between the two after they established their relationship.Recalling this incident, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.The hand Lucius put on his shoulder seemed to have turned into a piece of iron at this moment, burning his ears hot.

"How are you getting ready for Christmas?" He decided to be proactive.

"I canceled the Christmas party," Lucius said.

"Why?" Hyland asked curiously.

"Because..." Lucius said slowly, "Christmas for two seemed like a good idea."

Hyland wanted to pretend he didn't care, but his heartbeat gave him away.

"I have to admit, it's an attractive plan."

"It's really an honor, and I'm looking forward to it." The corners of Lucius' mouth curved up, and although he said something that sounded polite, his soft tone was more like a joke.

Hyland glanced at him and smiled, eagerly looking forward to Christmas for the first time.