[HP] The Elegance of the Night

The next day, when Draco led the first-year students past the huge hourglass that recorded the Academy Cup scores, he stared straight ahead and walked over as if nothing had happened.

"Merlin's hat, that's what it is!" exclaimed the Slytherins. "It's--very good!"

Igil quickly glanced to the side with his corner of the eye, and the Gryffindor Hourglass lost 150 points. Compared with them, Slytherin's scores were far higher than those of other houses, which did not attract the interest of others at all.

"What's going on?" He and Draco exchanged the same puzzled look. Professor McGonagall, who was in charge last night, deducted 150 points from his own college. What an amazing feat, could it be that she couldn't bear the little lion at last? Are they reckless?

In Charms class and Defense Against the Dark Arts class this day, Igil and Draco each won 10 points for Slytherin by virtue of their outstanding performance and positive speeches. Slytherin wins points.

After class, Draco sneered at Gryffindor's scores as he walked through the giant scoring hourglass again.

Instead of increasing, they decreased throughout the day.It is said that this is because in herbalism class, Potter's roommate Seamus pulled the roots of several sneezeweeds one after another, which annoyed Professor Sprout...

By dinner time, gossip about how Gryffindor lost credits last night had spread throughout Hogwarts. The Savior, Miss Granger, and Longbottom Nightwalker who came out to find them were caught. Made up a ridiculous lie.

He told Professor McGonagall that Harry Potter had a dragon, and he was going to remind him, because Malfoy said he was going to catch them.

Igil was having a meal when he heard the news. Like the other little wizards, he turned his attention to Malfoy who was eating fruit pudding. The beautiful boy with platinum-blonde hair just shrugged his shoulders and put the pudding into his mouth gracefully.

"I said I was going to find Harry Potter. It seems that Longbottom misunderstood." Back in the dormitory, Draco was still very happy to mention this to Igil, "I didn't expect him to become more courageous at this time."

Because of this incident, Harry Potter, who was one of the most popular and admired figures in the school, suddenly became the target of public criticism.Even the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students didn't give him a good look, because everyone had been hoping to see Slytherin lose the House Cup.

Whenever he walked past the Slytherins, the little snakes always clapped, whistled, and cheered. "Thank you, Potter, you've done us a great favor!"

At this time, Harry Potter would look at Igil and Draco with sparkles in his eyes.

The little snakes restrained their behavior afterwards, because Master Malfoy let go, and they didn't know when the wind direction changed again. Didn't Malfoy always hate Harry Potter before?

"I don't like this feeling, that Potter... I have a bad feeling about a woman's intuition." Pansy opened her small lace fan with gold thread, opened it and closed it again.

Blaise aimed at her face and breasts.

"Woman... just you?"

What happened after "#%...&" is omitted because it is too violent.

The turmoil subsided as the exam approached.

Just a week before the exam, Igil and Draco received two identical notes: Your confinement starts at eleven o'clock tonight.Look for Mr. Filch in the foyer.

Professor McGonagall

"Merlin's pants!" The two little Slytherin wizards cursed almost at the same time, they had long forgotten that they would be imprisoned.

When they reached the entrance hall at eleven o'clock that night, Mr. Filch was already waiting there, along with Potter, Miss Granger, and Longbottom, who was trembling at Malfoy's presence.Draco glanced at him, and followed Filch obediently out of the castle.

Filch lit a lamp, and they followed him across the pitch-dark grounds toward the Forbidden Forest, at the edge of which the lights were still on in the cabins, their halos reflected in the windows.

"I think you have to think twice about breaking the school rules in the future, don't you, huh? It's a pity they abolished the old-fashioned way of punishment... Hanging you by the wrists, hanging you from the ceiling, Hanging for several days."

The moonlight was very bright, but clouds kept drifting past to cover the moon, making them plunge into darkness.Filch was about to hand them over to Hagrid, much to everyone's relief.

Filch's cheerful tone earlier made them think that they would receive a very terrible punishment.

"Don't be so happy, boys—you're going to the Forbidden Forest! I'm wrong if you come out safe and sound."

"Forbidden Forest?" Longbottom couldn't help shaking, and Draco also stopped.

"We can't go in there in the middle of the night - it's got everything in there - I've heard there are werewolves."

Longbottom gripped Potter's sleeve tightly and let out a whimper.

Igil raised his eyebrows and said politely: "Mr. Filch, you are scaremongering. If something happens to a student, Hogwarts will be closed."

Hagrid came toward them out of the darkness, Fang following.He carried a huge crossbow and a fully loaded quiver slung from his shoulders.

Filch greeted him coldly, then turned and walked towards the castle.

"I'll come back at dawn and pick up their wreckage." He dropped this sentence viciously, and disappeared into the darkness with a lamp.

Hagrid divided the young wizards into two groups, with Potter and Granger following him, and Longbottom following the two Slytherins.Hagrid told them that what they were going to do next was very dangerous. A unicorn in the Forbidden Forest was injured by something, and they had to find it and make it out of pain as soon as possible.

"If anyone finds a unicorn, shoot green sparks, see? Get your wands out for practice--yes--and if anyone's in trouble, shoot red sparks and we'll come looking you."

Longbottom looked at Draco timidly, and asked Potter for help with his eyes. Draco wrapped his arms around his neck and said affectionately. "I'll take care of you—"

Longbottom's foot gave way and he nearly fell to the ground. He gripped his wand tightly, as if it would give him courage.

Yigil couldn't laugh or cry, his roommate was very naughty.

Hagrid left Fang Fang to them, and Draco was very dissatisfied with it. He already knew from the previous relationship that this mighty looking hound was actually very timid.

They chose to take the right path, diverging from Potter and his party.Igil took Fang Fang and walked along the shiny silver-white blood stains on the ground, and Draco pulled the little lion and followed him closely.

"Longbottom, why are you so afraid of me? I've always taken care of you. Back then, I helped you pick up memory balls."

"They told me you threw it, if it wasn't for Harry it would have shattered..." Longbottom retorted in a low voice, "You still used the Leg-locking Charm to attack me a while ago!" Holding the wand, his whole body trembled.

"It was an accidental injury. I wanted to break the curse for you. You ran too fast." Draco argued aggrievedly, "I wanted to pick up that crystal ball for you at the beginning. Who is Potter—— "

A black shadow fell from the tree, and Igil stopped his steps nimbly, avoiding it deftly.

[Hiss...it hurts! 】

"What's the matter, Igil?" Draco asked behind him, "What did you find?"

"Did you hear anything?" Igil looked at the ground, where there were only some dead leaves. He looked around, and there was nothing but dark trees around him. "A girl's voice, very close to me."

"No—it's just us here." Longbottom tugged at Draco's sleeve tremblingly.

[Hiss... I'm under the leaves] The girl's voice appeared again [Great, can you understand me?Hiss... help me] Igil cast a levitation spell with his wand, the leaves floated up, revealing a small snake the size of a bracelet.It floated along with the leaves, with its head held high, spitting out fiery red snake letters, and its silvery white scales glowed with blue light.

[Hiss... Take me out of here, I'm lost...] The girl's voice said cheerfully [My name is Nagini, I will repay you, hiss...] "Igil! What happened? "Draco stepped forward, and Igil cast a binding spell on the little snake before pinching it in his hand.

"It's nothing," he said flatly. He didn't want people to know about his Parseltongue. Dad said that the ancestors of the Black family were married to Slytherins, so he wasn't surprised that he was a Parseltongue. "I saw a small snake, possibly poisonous."

"Oh, the color is so beautiful!" Draco praised, and he pulled Neville, who was behind, to let him also admire this beautiful little life, "It's beautiful, Longbottom. I Guess it must be poisonous."

[That's for sure, hiss...] Nagini stuck out his tongue cheerfully and wrote [The round face looks delicious, hiss... I want to take a bite] Longbottom swallowed his saliva stiffly, trembling with excitement, "Poison... ...the viper..." His voice rose.

"Do you like it?" Igil asked, and he handed the little snake to Longbottom, and Neville felt the little snake's clammy tongue lick his nose.

"Ah—" There was a horrific scream from the Forbidden Forest, and a red flame shot out from Longbottom's tightly held wand, illuminating the sky above.

【Hiss...coward】