[HP] The Elegance of the Night

Because of riding the Hippogriff alone, Draco arrived at the medical wing first, and within a few seconds, Harry and Igil turned directly in through the window outside the castle.

The two boys silently stared at the movement of Madam Pomfrey's hand, for fear that the slightest movement would affect Igil's treatment.But their nervous gaze was the biggest disturbance. Fortunately, Madam Pomfrey, an outstanding doctor, had been disturbed countless times before, and she remained unmoved in the slightest.

Madam Pomfrey cut off Igil's scarlet-stained robe, revealing bloodstains densely covered on her fair skin, which was terrifying but far less severe than imagined, thanks to Harry's spell.

"First aid is well done." Madam Pomfrey praised Harry.Igil was most seriously injured on his head, but he was conscious, and there were a few scratches on his delicate face. Madam Pomfrey used white cream in time, and even the scars would not be left.

After feeding Igil a bottle of blood tonic and dreamless potion, Madam Pomfrey drove two healthy idlers who didn't need treatment out of the medical wing.

"He needs to rest now." Madam Pomfrey was full of momentum, even Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore came in person.Disrupting the patient's rest, she was relentless in driving her away.

"Let me in, Madam Pomfrey! I will stay quietly, I want to be by his side." The young master of the Malfoy family hugged the door panel and struggled to death.

"No!" Madam Pomfrey broke away his hand, and closed the door of the medical wing with a bang.

"Go back to class, Malfoy, don't do useless work." Harry gave himself a "clean up" and the blood-stained robes were restored to cleanliness.

"I'll let Daddy fire Hagrid," Draco leaned against the door, a few tufts of unruly hair sprouting small horns, but he didn't care to take care of it, "that hippogriff, I want the committee to deal with dangerous animals to decide Its destination, I will truthfully tell them how this crazy monster hurt a pure-blooded nobleman."

"Don't talk about your father all the time, Malfoy." Harry leaned against the opposite stone wall, separated from Draco by a corridor, it was still class time, and the noisy place in the past was surprisingly quiet, They could hear each other's breathing. "Without him, you can't do anything." Harry's tone was contemptuous, with a little pride, Draco glared at him, and his mouth suddenly curled up.

"This is the most effective solution, isn't it? Why should I look far away, Potter." Draco raised his chin and squinted at the savior of Gryffindor. "Oh, I almost forgot, you don't have a father, uh, you don't even have a mother. You have never enjoyed the convenience that the family brings to you. Speaking of which, the Potter family used to be considered a famous family."

"Malfoy, you'd better lower your self-esteem. My parents died to protect me from fighting Voldemort. They are remembered by all wizards." Harry kept his sneer, his eyes flickering. "How much did your father pay to prove his innocence?"

Draco gently smoothed the wrinkles in his robes, controlling his emotions.Harry Potter was not so pure and innocent. He was just suspicious at first. This thin boy once confuses him. Two years have passed in a blink of an eye. Now Harry is not thin at all, and he still faintly feels Here comes the threat.

Draco has never liked Ellie, the girl's green eyes are like a wolf, always hiding many secrets, and now he also dislikes Harry's eyes, they are the same color, how could he feel it before? beautiful?

"When I mentioned Hagrid and that hippogriff just now, I thought you would defend them." Draco smirked, his silver-gray eyes were cold, "Hagrid is your friend, right? , the great Harry Potter has many friends, but do you really care about them?" He could never understand Gryffindor's way of making friends, Slytherin recognizes very few friends, but they can be sincere to each other .

"You only have one friend, Black, but you almost killed him when something happened to him, do you really consider him a friend?" Harry Potter shot back at him mercilessly in the same way, "...or, You only see him as a rival? Your honorable Master Malfoy."

"Igil is my friend. If you don't intervene suddenly, I will be the one who catches him." The platinum boy has no doubts about this. The levitation spell he cast was completely effective, but someone else took the opportunity.

"Of course you can say whatever you want, but in fact I was the one who caught him." Harry said braggingly, "Professor Trelawney is right, be careful with the closest people. Igil believes you I just let go."

But you didn't catch him...

The platinum boy's eyes can burst into flames, he can obviously catch Igil, as long as there is no one in the way next to him, if he doesn't believe in that magic stick, he won't be shaken by it, if the guy behind Harry In a word, it was to hit him, so it was a waste of effort.

"Igil? Who allowed you to call me that! Harry Potter, your friends are those Gryffindors." Draco met Harry's provocative gaze without flinching, "Can you call me Igil? There are only a few people who are recognized by him, and these people do not include you."

"Malfoy, do you—really know him?" Harry pointed to the end, he didn't like Malfoy, he could easily get what others couldn't desire.But this world is so unfair.Just like him, when he thought he lost everything, he got more, and now he has done things that he didn't dare to think about. "I'm going back," said Harry. "If you want to stay here, Madam Pomfrey won't let you go."

"Harry Potter," Draco called to stop him, "I want to say that I am not someone who can do nothing without my father." His tone was rarely serious, and Harry's words Very concerned.

"So?" Harry raised an eyebrow, waiting for Draco's follow-up.

"So——Harry Potter, do you dare to compete with me in this year's Quidditch match? I patronized to watch you perform around the field last semester. Even if you were killed by a Bludger this time, I won't Take another look at you!"

Snape walked up to the eighth floor of Hogwarts with a sullen face, the black robe rolled behind him, and the little wizards talking and laughing along the way trembled under the huge pressure of Snape passing by, until he left Only then returned to normal.

"Zizi honey candy!" A low and long cello-like voice gritted its teeth and uttered this ridiculous password. Behind the extremely ugly giant stone beast guarding the door, a moving spiral staircase appeared.At the top of the stairs was a shiny wooden door with a brass knocker in the shape of a lion's head.Snape pushed open the door, sat on the office chair, wiped the old man who stuffed a bunch of cockroaches into his mouth, and there were still some cockroach piles twitching on the white beard tied with a bow tie.

"Would you like some, Snape?" The old man in a dark purple robe covered with silver stars grabbed a pile of cockroaches and handed it to him.Resisting the urge to pull out his wand and turn the current Hogwarts headmaster into a cockroach pile, Snape declined his offer.

"Dumbledore, if you are here to talk to me about Igil Black, there is nothing to say. My student has been hurt. It is necessary to expel Hagrid. You can continue to let him work as a hunter to support himself. , I'm very busy right now, a lot of homework full of mistakes is waiting for me to correct, Dumbledore, most of the students with mandrakes in their heads are from Gryffindor."

"Severus, I did call you here because of Igil Black, but not because of Hagrid." Dumbledore withdrew his hand awkwardly, hesitated and put the cockroach pile back on the plate, Instead of eating it in one bite.

"You saw the consent form for Hogsmeade." Snape pursed his lower lip lightly because of Dumbledore's words.

Of course he had.Igil Black, he was as curious about this student as anyone else. He once thought that this boy was a disgraced illegitimate child of the Black family, and he was pushed to the front stage only because all the heirs had an accident.In terms of Sirius' level of flair, this is very possible. When he was young, Sirius had been attracting people with his outstanding appearance. It is very likely that Igil's mother is a romantic young woman from a big family.But when he saw Regulus' signature, Snape was greatly shocked inside.

The only thing he could do was to put the consent form at the bottom instead of taking it away as a cover-up. Snape believed that Dumbledore's concern for the boy was no less than his, or even more intense.Especially when the boy was involved in the Chamber of Secrets incident at the end of last term.

"Yes, I am their dean." So he has to check and record everyone's registration form.People who don't have a signature can't go to Hogsmeade, it's a procedure, isn't it?

"About his guardian," said Dumbledore, his bright blue eyes were penetrating, and he habitually put his fingertips together when he spoke, "I remember you said that he died, after leaving that organization In less than three days, Voldemort did it himself, although the outside world rumored that he was missing - now he is alive again, Severus, what is going on here."

"Are you questioning me, Dumbledore? I told you everything. It was Voldemort himself who said he was dead." Snape's chest rose and fell violently, he held his chest and took a deep breath, clam down.

"Since he planned to escape, of course he will be prepared to get away. It's lucky that he succeeded, isn't it?"

"I thought so too." Dumbledore looked away from Snape and stared down the bridge of his nose at the pile of cockroaches, which were crawling on the plate like real cockroaches.Snape was disgusted and didn't look in that direction. Hogwarts cut down on expenses and didn't make Dumbledore quit sweets. The headmaster's office still smelled of sweetness, but the quantity and quality of these sweets were not enough. a marked decline.

"If you didn't come to talk to me about Hagrid, I think I can go, not everyone has as much leisure as you, I have four houses, seven years, and a lot of homework , the only luck is that I don’t need to brew those private potions for you anymore, but that damned werewolf took up my precious time again—those nasty Wolfsbane potions!”

"I'll take care of Hagrid's matter, Igil Black's injury, you're not the only one who suffers, I think his parents are the ones who suffer the most, Sirius Black is hiding somewhere trying to get close to the school, we all know , it's been a long time since he said that in Azkaban. 'He, at Hogwarts'—”

"Do you want to use Igil Black's injury as an excuse to lure Regulus to the school? Or do you want me to spy on my students so that he has no chance to get close to Harry Potter or Sirius?" Snape Dumbledore was furiously interrupted, "Leave Regulus alone and let him live in peace. Igil Black is just old enough to study and has to come to Hogwarts, don't ruin that kid's life." Life."

"I just want to say that Sybil predicted the deaths of two boys this year." Dumbledore looked away from the cockroach pile, as if he was not interested in that thing, "It's abnormal, isn't it, you and I both know that 13 years ago What she predicted before, and that prophecy came true, she is the great-great-granddaughter of the famous seer Cassandra Trelawney."

"Be careful with those closest to you. Could this refer to Sirius Black? I investigated the woods where Igil's accident occurred, and there were still magic waves remaining there. I checked the boy's body while he was asleep. Wand, saw the last spell he cast. Severus, this was not an accident caused by a mad hippogriff, this was an attack."

"You mean Sirius Black is in the Forbidden Forest?" Snape digested the information, his face became more and more gloomy, "If he is there, the closest person can indeed be interpreted as the closest blood relationship , are you really worried about Igil Black? That boy woke up just now and didn't say anything about being attacked."

"That's exactly what I'm worried about." Dumbledore's kind eyes were a little tired, "He is very proud, but I can see the kindness in his heart. Even when facing Harry Potter, he doesn't have the eyes of ordinary people. That kind of calculation, he is a proud Slytherin house student. But he is also a Black, this kid is very similar to Regulus back then, I am worried that he will be hurt when facing Sirius."

"Dumbledore, why did you call me here?" Snape's expression softened, but the suspicion in his eyes did not go away. This old man was very good at grasping the weaknesses of others and making use of them.Facing his benevolent gaze, Snape did not relax for a moment.

"I just want you to keep an eye on him, and if possible, persuade him to let go of the hippogriff." Dumbledore's words made Snape's lips tighten in displeasure.

After talking for a long time, I still asked him to monitor others, but the reason was more sensational, but it was very effective for him.

"I'll do what you want, now I can go." Snape touched the door handle under Dumbledore's gaze, opened the door without hesitation and strode away.The current headmaster of Hogwarts, the greatest white mage in the world, once again grabbed a handful of cockroaches and put them in his mouth.

"Severus, what do I look like to you?" The originally sad words became less serious because of his constant chewing.

"All I do is to hope that all kind people can live well, that's all..."