[HP] Noble

Scorpius thought that Draco would have this plan only because he was "fighting for something", and Master Malfoy had deep thoughts-but when they sat by the fire after dinner and played wizard chess absent-mindedly, he mentioned this in passing. When the incident happened, Scorpius realized that it seemed that because of the influence of "His Majesty the King of Slytherin", he was a little too high on "His Royal Highness Prince Slytherin".

For example, when they were discussing the possible use of Polyjuice Potion, Draco raised his eyebrows, and said in a tone with little hesitation, and even quite affirmation: "I did it after careful consideration."

Scorpius nodded rather seriously, waiting for the next sentence, but when Draco took his time and continued to speak the first sentence, he could already hear something was wrong—only to hear Prince Slytherin opposite him took a bite of the apple in his hand with a "click", and then lazily said: "During the potions class last Thursday, Professor Snape himself said that potions, potions, The final exam papers for Charms and Transfiguration have basically taken shape after discussion."

Scorpius: "Huh?"

"In that class, I got the highest marks for my finished potions, Potter and Weasley 'failed', Granger's 'so-so' - you should know what that means." Draco rolled his eyelids, pinched a black castle in his hand and moved it a grid to eat Scorpius' white soldiers, "In the following herbal medicine class, Granger jumped up and down just for Granger's sake." Fendo won fifteen points, but I managed to replace the mandrakes in their new pots with quadruples outside the rules, and Professor Sprout was delighted and gave me twenty-five points before class was over."

Scorpius: "Oh..."

There was another "click", His Royal Highness Prince Slytherin took a final bite of the apple and put it aside, under the completely blank gaze of the senior Slytherin on the opposite side, he frowned: "I still don't understand ?"

Scorpius: "Understand what?"

Draco rolled his eyes, "Poison Potion."

Scorpius: "We're still discussing this?"

"Yes, we are discussing." Although now Draco looked like he wanted to throw the whole board in Scorpius' face, but he still said patiently, "The facts are here, Gray In particular, they need compound potion to get the final exam papers that will be used at the end of next semester and are basically ready now, otherwise they will be the only 'proud' of Gryffindor in this year's final exam (Della Coe makes a disgusted face), and she will be trampled underfoot by me."

Scorpius blinked blankly: "You mean, they've gone to such lengths to make troublesome things like Polyjuice Potion just for next semester's final exam papers?"

"'Just'?" Draco shot him a ridiculous look. "That's a final exam, a matter of honor and dignity."

Draco's voice was a little loud, because Pansy and Blaise sitting next to him were already sneering unceremoniously. It's like worrying about paying attention to the so-called "glory and dignity".

"Draco, you're the most handsome nerd I've ever seen in the world." Pansy said with a terribly soft smile, "It's okay, it means I still find you attractive."

"Although you are crazy about books." After Blaise finished, he and Pansy laughed together.

Draco was not angry because of the ridicule of his friends, he just glanced at them contemptuously and pitifully with troll-like eyes, then turned his head back, put away the compassion on his face, and stared seriously at the sitting On the opposite side of the coffee table, the senior black-haired Slytherin who was holding a white knight and fell into a state of dementia due to shock, his silver-gray pupils turned into a beautiful smoky gray because of seriousness: "You are a prefect, it should be easy Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Scorpius: "...uh."

No, I don't understand it at all.

I'm so embarrassed to have been instilled in my childhood with the idea of ​​"Long live sixty and one point more waste".

Just as Scorpius was racking his brains to organize the language to end this embarrassing conversation, suddenly, everyone in the common room heard the door of the Slytherin common room being pushed open from the outside—this situation It’s really very rare. Most of the time, everyone speaks and walks in a proper tone. Even if it’s teasing, they just try to keep their voices down as much as possible so as not to disturb others, so when the door is knocked with a “clang” and it makes an earth-shattering sound, Almost everyone in the common room stopped what they were doing and turned their heads - including some seniors who were yawning and ready to go upstairs to sleep.

There was almost no sound in the Slytherin common room, except for the "crackling" sound of the firewood burning in the fireplace.

A hurried figure stumbled into the eyes of everyone, Daphne Greengrass staggered pale and fell into the common room, almost as soon as she left the aisle, she immediately slid and sat on the soft carpet due to loss of strength , she was still carrying her schoolbag, but everyone could see that she was in a bad state at the moment—she was trembling all over, and her beautiful eyes were filled with tears, as if she was trying to suppress the sound of crying.

The young lady of the Greengrass family’s gaffe almost frightened everyone. When Scorpius put down the chess pieces and stood up from the edge of the chessboard, Pansy, who was still sitting on the sofa, was shot like a bullet. Flew out, this normally goofy girl who likes to giggle around Draco like a hen is extremely sensitive today, she has already helped her friend up from the ground before everyone can reflect, let She sat on a separate soft sofa that was let out by a senior.

She lowered her voice and patted Daphne's back, but she didn't know what she was whispering, but Daphne just covered her mouth with her hand and let out a vague sob.

Pansy raised her head and looked around in a panic. Even in the dim light of the cellar, Scorpius could still see her eyes were red. After scanning the common room, she finally set her eyes on De On Raco's body—Scorpius heard the platinum noble sitting on the spot sigh in an almost imperceptible volume, threw away the chess pieces in his hand, stood up, and walked towards Daphne and the others almost without a pause—

The young Draco was still the leader of this group of peers.

It's just that compared to the adult youth who was able to lead the entire Slytherin to fight calmly in a battle or disperse to protect himself a few years later, he obviously lacks a little experience in dealing with things at this moment——I saw him Walking up to Daphne, grabbing her wrist covering her face and pulling it down, frowning, only his voice was heard in the frighteningly quiet common room: "Gryffindor Have you confessed, so scared?"

Everyone: "..."

Scorpius glanced at the apple on the nearby plate after Draco took a few bites, and had the urge to grab it and throw it on the platinum head.

At this time, as a prefect, it would be a bit embarrassing not to do some real things.

So Scorpius walked over to squeeze Draco away, and put his hands on Daphne's shoulders. Before he could speak, he saw the girl sitting on the chair crying suddenly moved—then he only felt a tightness in his waist When his arms were full, the Slytherin prefect raised his hands subconsciously and blinked his eyes. He lowered his head and looked at the second-year Slytherin girl crying loudly in his arms.

"Put your hands down, are you stupid?" Draco squeezed out the words through his teeth, and grabbed Scorpius's raised hands with his own hands.

At this moment, Scorpius also came back to his senses from the fright he received just now. Thinking carefully about the six years he had been in Hogwarts, he had never had a girl throw himself into his arms—all of them were men. ——Uh, uh, thinking about it like this is really a bit embarrassing——After the expression on his face changed a few times, he finally lowered his head, patted his waist with a stiff movement, and cried loudly Daphne: "What's the matter?... Don't cry, let's talk about it first, we can solve it together."

"Even if there is such a thing as Gryffindor courting you." Draco added on the side.

Scorpius gave him a sideways glance, thinking how many years later Daphne would really agree to a Gryffindor's pursuit...but that's for the future. The Slytherin girl on Copi's sweater was finally weeping a little softer, and with a choked head and her head bowed, she stammered in that terrified voice, "I, I saw it."

"See what?" Pansy asked anxiously.

"That Hufflepuff named Justin," Daphne hiccupped softly before continuing, "on the night of the duel, he stood beside the Gryffindor who was about to be attacked by Potter's snake, Heard they were friends, and that Justin's family was a Muggle - I - oh, he, he's dead!"

Daphne's words instantly plunged the Slytherin common room, which had just regained a little popularity, into a terrifying dead silence.

That silence was a state where even breathing easily seemed too abrupt.

A few seconds later, the crowd seemed to have come to their senses and began to discuss. The seniors frowned and seemed a little rational. The children of the lower grades were not so calm, and they gathered around without thinking about what to say. According to the "Slytherin rules" and other rules, Daphne asked questions such as "Did I read it wrong", "I'm sure it's a mudblood" and "Is it really dead?"

Daphne nodded for a while and shook her head for a while. She was still in a state of panic at the moment. Scorpius had to grab her and carry her back to the sofa to get rid of other juniors' questioning. Draco next to him faced Expressionlessly handing over a cup of steaming milk tea, Scorpius took it and handed it to Daphne. After catching it at the very beginning with trembling hands and spilling a little of the milk tea inside, Daphne seemed to finally calm down.

She lowered her head and drank the cup of sweet hot milk tea in silence. After about 5 minutes, she said calmly: "I originally wanted to go to the library after dinner to pick up the books I borrowed last week." I went back, but because I wanted to bring other books back to read, I couldn't help staying there for a while. When I walked out of the library, I saw the Weasley twins together on the road I usually used to Brother, I chose another one that is a little farther away - that road has to pass through the bathroom on the second floor. I thought it would be no problem to pass this time, so I passed it, and it turned out that it was going down from the third floor As I was walking, I bumped into Potter, who was hurrying up the second floor. He looked so scary at the time that I thought someone was chasing him—until I passed the women's wash room and heard the noise inside. The female ghost was screaming—"

"Weeping Myrtle," Scorpius reminded in a low voice.

"Yes, that's right, it's her," Daphne nodded, "I heard her yelling 'Killer' or something, I didn't want to care about it, but when I kept walking, I saw Jas Ting was lying in the middle of the road, covered in water, his body was already stiff and cold - unlike those people who were petrified before, oh, he didn't breathe or have a heartbeat, he was completely a corpse!"

Scorpius heard neat gasps from the juniors around him, and Pansy let out a loud moan of frustration and relief, whether it was because Daphne was okay or because there was a classmate—even a Hufflepuff - sad to have lost his life.

"What's next?" Scorpius asked.

Daphne shook her head, looking a little dazed: "I just ran away."

"Didn't tell Professor Snape?" Scorpius asked again.

Daphne shook her head again, and when she raised her head and was about to speak, at this moment, the door of the common room not far from them was pushed open again——

"I'm afraid he already knows."

At this moment, almost everyone was immersed in the shadow of the sudden death of a student. When the door was suddenly pushed open, they almost jumped up from their original place in fright, and Head Slytherin walked in a hurry Stepping in from the outside, he stretched out his hand and directly peeled Daphne from Scorpius' arms. The sallow face from years of unhealthy work and rest habits was extremely tight, and the corners swept by the sharp black eyes like eagles There was a complete silence.

"I need you to come with me, Miss Greengrass, another senior Ravenclaw also saw Mr. Potter near the scene, and now the headmaster needs you to go and provide testimony—" Professor Snape hissed He hissed, and suddenly raised his voice, "But before any conclusions are officially announced, I hope you will remain silent, and let your already low-capacity brains rest instead of being filled with rich imaginations— — It is the first time that a student has died in Hogwarts in a hundred years, I hope you can realize the seriousness of this matter."

"Serious?"

For a long time, in the silence maintained by a series of aggressive warnings, only Draco lowered his voice and followed up with a question.

"Yes, students have been attacked one after another, and some students have even died because of it-but I can tell you unabashedly that nowadays, apart from a ridiculous legend about the 'Heir of Slytherin', there is no response from the school. I have no idea, if things go on like this, Hogwarts may take measures to close the school in order to protect the students." Professor Snape said blankly and without any humor, "This means, you Possibly the Christmas break of a lifetime."