[HP] King of Slytherin

Hyland arrived at the auditorium early the next morning.The sky was slightly dark, the enchanted ceiling was gray, and thick white mist floated around the castle.A few people sat sporadically on the long Slytherin table. Hyland served a bowl of porridge and ate it slowly.

"Senior Yatra," a second-year Slytherin approached, "Can you tell me what happened in the Black Lake yesterday?"

Hyland looked up lazily, and recognized the boy in front of him as Cyril Oyce, a second grader.He glanced around, and found that after Oyce asked this question, the little snakes around him immediately focused their eyes, their eyes full of curiosity.

"Oh? What do you want to know?"

Oys hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "I heard...the mermaid cast a sleeping spell on the hostage, and the warrior must...uh, kiss the hostage to wake him up..."

Hyland choked, and asked with a strange expression, "Who did you hear that from?"

"Abbot of Hufflepuff," Oyes said.

"It's quite an imaginative statement," Hyland raised his eyebrows. He briefly described what happened in the lake, and finally said, "...the singing of the mermaid has magic power, but it is not magic itself. The protection of the first grade is magical. Biology class, Oyes."

Oyce smiled mischievously, and his ears turned red.

At this time, a group of owls hula la flew in.They hover over the dining table, throwing packages at their respective owners.A gray owl flew in front of Hyland, tilted its head and stretched out its claws.Hyland took down the newspaper and forked a piece of meat to feed it.The owl happily pecked the back of his hand and flew away with the meat in its mouth.

Hyland opened the Daily Prophet, and the big black characters on the first page were particularly eye-catching - "Harry Potter's Secret History of Sadness".

He may be an extraordinary boy, but he also has ordinary feelings... After the death of his parents, Harry Potter finally found his true love in Hogwarts, but for some reason, he could not confess his love to him ... No one knows who his sweetheart is, not even Harry's closest friend... The two people are equally outstanding, and they are attracted to each other... The reporter of this newspaper has inquired some inside information, but because he can't say it out The reasons for this cannot be disclosed to everyone... Finally, I sincerely wish that Harry Potter and his sweetheart will get married soon.

Hyland read the report at a glance, picked up his coffee cup and drank slowly.

"Potter's sweetheart?" The little snakes discussed in a low voice, "Could it be..."

"Potter's favorite baby, isn't that...Malfoy?" A little snake was dumbfounded.

"Merlin's socks, I can't believe it. I always thought Malfoy hated Potter." A fourth-year Slytherin was full of surprise.

……

Boom, boom.

Hyland put down the coffee cup and tapped the table with his knuckles, and everyone looked over immediately.

"It's just an inconsequential article." He looked around the long table with a half-smile, "Don't let Slytherin become a vegetable market."

The little snakes looked at each other, and many of them calmed down immediately, secretly analyzing how true the report was.After a while, Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle came in through the door.

"Good morning." Draco greeted Hyland, looking a little listless.

Hyland handed over the newspaper and motioned for him to read it.

Draco took it puzzled, and then his expression changed.He pursed his lips and said slowly, "Rita Skeeter is talking nonsense again. I really can't understand why the Daily Prophet hasn't fired her yet."

"Draco, what did she write?" Goyle grabbed a piece of bread and asked while eating.

"...Scarhead's secret love history." Draco looked disgusted, and his tone was very contemptuous, "Ah, I really sympathize with that person, but he was actually liked by Scarhead."

After the little snakes heard his words, more people became suspicious.Rita Skeeter has always had a bad reputation, and she often tells stories in order to attract attention.Now that the report is written so vaguely, it may be deliberately framed.

Draco stared at the newspaper, looked at "Harry Potter's Sweetheart" for a while, his eyes flashed with confusion, and then he chatted with Goyle and laughed.

For the next week, no one in Slytherin spoke publicly about the reports.During this time, Harry has been very preoccupied, and he often wanders around Slytherin, as if hoping to talk to Draco.But Draco deliberately avoided him, and sarcastically loudly from time to time.The relationship between the two fell to a freezing point for a while.

At the same time, Hyland found Mephisto and told him the news of the arrival of Murnos.To Hyland's surprise, Mephisto did not immediately go to Murnos, but planned to go with Hyland during the first Hogsmeade week.

After Potions class that day, Hyland packed his schoolbag and was about to leave. When he walked to the podium, he suddenly heard Snape's deep and silky voice.

"Come to my office later, Yatra."

Hyland was a little surprised, not sure what the dean wanted from him.But he quickly thought of the relationship between Snape and Lucius, and when he thought of the original report, he had some guesses in his mind.

The potion office was still cold and damp, the flame in the fireplace was burning feebly, and various potion ingredients were displayed in glass cabinets, adding to the gloom.After Hyland went in, he was not surprised to see Lucius sitting on the sofa with a casual and elegant posture.

"Oh, Randall, it's a pleasure to see you," Lucius said, with an indistinguishable smile on his face.

Snape sneered, and said to Hyland: "As you can see, Mr. Malfoy wishes to have a...'intimate' conversation with you." The corners of his mouth curled up mockingly as he finished speaking.

Hyland was calm in his heart, but there was a slight confusion on his face.

"Mr. Malfoy, what can I do for you?"

Lucius chuckled and said, "Severus, can I speak to him alone?"

Snape gave him a meaningful look, and said sarcastically, "Honorable Mr. Malfoy has to borrow my office to discuss matters, will I refuse?"

"Thank you for your understanding, Severus," Lucius smirked.

Snape snorted, turned and walked away.

Hyland sat across from Lucius, with a proper curiosity on his face.Lucius didn't rush to speak, he poured a cup of coffee from the jug on the table, pushed it in front of Hyland, and said with a smile, "Do you want to try the freshly ground black coffee?"

Hyland picked up the cup, but didn't drink it right away. He stroked the smooth surface of the cup and said, "Mr. Malfoy, I heard that you and the Daily Prophet seem to have some small unpleasantness recently?"

"Anyone who is commented on by reporters will not be happy, Randall," Lucius said lightly, "I think you also experience this."

Hyland took a sip of the coffee, and the strong aroma spread in his mouth. He praised: "It tastes good."

"I guess you would like it." Lucius hooked his lips.

Hyland paused slightly, put down the cup as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "Mr. Malfoy didn't come to me just to drink coffee, did he?"

"I'd be happy to treat you to coffee," Lucius said slowly, "but unfortunately, there are some things that need to be discussed."

Hyland's half-smile was not a smile, as expected of the great nobleman of the Malfoy family, even if he had other motives, he could still speak very eloquently.

"Randall, there was an incident in St. Mungo's Hospital some time ago. I don't know if you've heard of it—Mad-Eye Moody attacked the therapist and then disappeared without a trace." Lucius said slowly , "Some people say that he was seen near Hilliard's house."

Hyland narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully considering the hidden information in this sentence.Hilliard was the man behind it, there's no doubt about it.As for Mad-Eye Moody, he planned a conspiracy against himself, which also came from the hint of the black hand.He had expected that the two of them were connected to each other.But what did Lucius mean by telling him the news?

"Oh, that's interesting," Hyland chuckled. "When did Mad-Eye become friends with the Dark Wizard?"

Lucius smiled meaningfully and said, "Randall, the Hilliards are not ordinary dark wizards."

Not an ordinary dark wizard?

Hyland was startled, and a name suddenly flashed in his mind—Death Eater, Tom Riddle—that is, Voldemort's henchman.Could it be that the Hilliard family is related to him?Even, the man behind the scenes I guessed is Voldemort himself?

He lowered his eyes, pondering over and over in his mind.If it's really Voldemort, then everything makes sense, only he will plot against the savior Harry Potter and fight against him at all costs.Because he was worried about Dumbledore, he didn't dare to take action openly, and kept plotting secretly.

"I heard that Mr. Malfoy was once a colleague of Patriarch Hilliard before?" Hyland said with a smile, "Surely they must be in frequent contact?"

Lucius said lazily: "The Hilliard family is the major shareholder of the Daily Prophet, and the Malfoy family is mainly involved in finance, and they don't have much business relationship with each other."

Hyland was a little surprised. He always thought that Moody used the Imperius Curse to control Rita Skeeter, so he used the Daily Prophet to guide public opinion.But it now appears that the actual situation is more complicated than imagined.

While comprehending a certain truth, Hyland couldn't help but be grateful.This time he shot through Rita in order to further win over the Malfoy family.Draco is the only heir of the Malfoy family, which can represent the attitude of the Malfoy family to some extent.This, combined with the ambiguous wording in the report, created the illusion that Lucius had intervened.The fact that the Malfoy family supported the savior was made public, if Lucius didn't want to be passive, he should make some kind of choice.

He has only three choices, one is a diehard Death Eater, one is to vote for Dumbledore, and the last one is to befriend Hyland.

Although Hyland didn't know exactly what Lucius was thinking about, he understood that the Malfoy family would make the choice to befriend the Saints, partly because the Daily Prophet was Voldemort's influence.That report made Lucius have bad associations.

"Randall, do you want more coffee?" Lucius smiled.

Hyland handed over the cup and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Lucius raised his eyebrows, "If you like, you are welcome to visit Malfoy Manor."

"Then I'm looking forward to it," Hyland said.

He rested his chin, watching Lucius pour the coffee gracefully, with the corners of his mouth curled slightly.This cunning man obviously came here for a request, but in the end he became a debtor.Remember this time first, and you must ask for it back later.

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