[HP] Riddle's Spirit Behind

Eleanor recognized the girl's voice immediately, and it was definitely Cloris.

"Don't shout." A deep voice stopped Cloures' words.After a while of silence, the voice raised the volume and said, "Twenty Galleons? That's all?"

Hearing this voice, Eleanor immediately frowned in disgust, while secretly guessing what Lestrange was doing with Cloris.

"That's all I can get!" said Cloures exasperatedly. "My father is getting suspicious. I've never asked them for allowances so often before—"

"Listen, Cloures," Lestrange interrupted her coldly, "if you don't want to see it on the bulletin board the next day..." His voice gradually dropped, and Ellie Nuo didn't hear the whole thing.

"As I said, I don't want to do anything for you anymore!" said Cloris loudly. "If you dare to do that, I'll write to your father and see what he'll do— "

Having said that, Cloris suddenly let out a painful cry.

Eleanor poked her head out, just in time to see Lestrange grabbing Cloris's hair and whispering something fiercely in her ear.

"Let her go, Lestrange." Eleanor darted out of the corner.

A shocked expression flashed across Lestrange's face, and then he looked at the wand in Eleanor's hand with a sneer, "What do you want, Alford?"

"I want you to let her go, are you so stupid that you can't understand English?" Eleanor said coldly.

Lestrange let go of Cloris' hair, then shoved her aside.Cloris hit the wall, clutching her pinched arm, looking at the two people in front of her in panic.

"Come on, let's see what spells you can use against me." Lestrange said contemptuously, spreading his arms. "I guess you can't even make my nosebleed, huh?"

"Don't be so self-righteous." Eleanor said without flinching, "I think you have probably heard about what happened two months ago. Yes, I have learned a lot of new tricks recently. Freezing flames It's not the only trick I have. Would you like to try it, Zachary?"

Lestrange's face suddenly became cloudy and uncertain. It was obvious that he was not sure whether Eleanor was lying.

"It seems that Tom may have really taught you a lot of new tricks, and it seems that he really loves you." Lestrange suddenly laughed and said, he took a few steps forward, with a ferocious Staring at Eleanor, "If I were you, I would have to be careful recently, Alford."

"I give you this sentence as it is." Eleanor stared at him not to be outdone and said, "Be careful of your back, Lestrange."

Lestrange snorted and left quickly.

"Thank you." Claire said, panting slightly, leaning against the wall.

"You're welcome." Eleanor replied, and then walked quickly to Cloris, "He didn't do anything to you, did he?"

"It's nothing." Cloris bit his lip, with a resentful expression on his face, "If I had the chance, I would really like to read Avada Kedavra to him! That despicable villain!"

Eleanor immediately recalled the conversation just now, so she asked bluntly: "Clauris, isn't that guy blackmailing you?"

Cloris opened his mouth in surprise, then sighed suddenly, "You overheard us, didn't you?"

"Yes." Eleanor replied bluntly, "But it's not considered eavesdropping, I just happened to pass by. You gave him twenty Galleons, right? But why did you do that?"

The expression on Cloris' face tightened, and he said a little coldly: "I'm sorry, I can't tell you this."

Eleanor shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "But, what does he need so much money for?"

Cloris frowned and looked at Eleanor hesitantly, "Didn't you pay attention to the recent bulletin board? They are going to elect the prefect of Slytherin for the next school year. Because it is obviously impossible for Carlo to continue to serve as this position."

"But what does it have to do with him?"

"The prefects of Slytherin are selected by voting," Cloris said. "The dean will nominate a few outstanding students, and then the students will vote for the final candidate." She suddenly lowered her voice , said in Eleanor's ear: "Lestrange happens to be one of the candidates. He is secretly soliciting senior students to choose him recently, so he needs a lot of money."

"He's bribing people?" Eleanor said in surprise.

"Shhh—" Cloris hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Eleanor's mouth, "Don't tell anyone that I told you."

"Isn't he afraid of being known by the professors?"

"At present, the professors won't know." Cloris said, and at the same time rolled up his lower lip in disgust, "He didn't give those people money directly, but gave them some prohibited items that the school is not allowed to bring in. products. So those people will not report him unless they also want to be locked up."

"What contraband?"

"I don't know, probably something like wine or potion." Cloris replied impatiently, "I have to go. He must not find out that I told you these things, understand? ?”

After finishing speaking, Cloris left in a hurry.

After that, Eleanor quickly found the list of candidates in the corner of the bulletin board.

When she saw Tom's name, she wasn't surprised at all, because she knew it would be so.

Apart from Tom and Lestrange, there was only one unknown guy left in the male prefect candidate, and it took Eleanor a long time to think about his appearance.He was a nerd with thick eyes at the bottom of a bottle, and he could get the top three in every exam, but it was a pity that he never surpassed Tom.

Obviously, this election is actually a competition between Tom and Lestrange.

Eleanor's first instinct was to tell Tom about it, but she held herself back at the last moment.

Tom was so clever, he must have noticed Lestrange's little trick long ago.Eleanor said to herself.Moreover, he has been deliberately ignoring her for two weeks, and she doesn't want to run into trouble for no reason.

But this matter kept recurring in Eleanor's mind stubbornly, and she found that she couldn't forget it at all.She didn't want to admit it at all, but she was just glad she had an excuse to talk to Tom.

"Okay, I'll go find Tom, are you satisfied now?" Eleanor said helplessly to her reflection in the mirror, "If he still looks that damned cold, I'll just shut up and turn away , and then pretend you don’t know anything.”

But when Eleanor saw Tom in the library, she immediately forgot what she had decided before.

Because she saw Tom sitting with Holliday.The heads of the two were closely together studying something, just as Eleanor had imagined before.

Eleanor walked over with her body mechanically on her legs, and then said in a false voice that she couldn't hear, "Good evening, Tom, and Holliday."

Holliday raised her head, and a bright smile appeared on her face immediately, "Oh, Eleanor! Long time no see, how are you?"

"Er, what? Oh—very good," replied Eleanor, a little awkwardly.

damn it.Eleanor thought, even she finds this girl very attractive, let alone those impulsive and stupid boys who deal with the opposite sex?

Tom slowly raised his head from the book as if he had noticed Eleanor just now.His eyes were calm, but his Adam's apple rolled slightly.

"Eleanor." He nodded slightly as a greeting.

"Can I have a chat with you alone, Tom?" Eleanor asked.

Tom frowned slightly, and then said in a very irritating soft tone: "Speak now, Eleanor. I don't have time to chat with you alone."

Eleanor's gaze fell on the Transfiguration textbook in his hand.

"But you have time to study transfiguration with Holliday." Eleanor didn't say this.

"Just for a while, I have something very important to tell you." Eleanor said holding back her anger.

Holliday watched the two of them with a curious look.

Tom sighed and put down the textbook in his hand.

"Wait here for me, I'll be back soon." He bent down and whispered softly in Holliday's ear, looking a little like he was kissing the girl's cheek.

Eleanor stared intently at Tom's profile.

"Come on," said Tom quietly, and walked quickly out of the library.

Next to a statue outside the library, Tom stopped.

"Go ahead." He turned around and said succinctly.

Eleanor didn't say that right away, but stared into Tom's face with a frown, "What do you want from that girl?"

The tense expression on Tom's face loosened, and he gave a slightly mocking sneer, "Excuse me—what did you say?"

"Don't be stupid," said Eleanor, folding her arms. "I know that look of yours very well. It's the look you give every time you want something from somebody, or want to take advantage of him." …You have a weird expression, it looks very gentle, but I know it's just your faking."

Tom froze for a second, then suddenly he pursed his lips, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.He looked as if he was about to burst out laughing, but there was cold mockery and contempt in his eyes.

"Eleanor, you think you know me very well, but you are wrong." He looked into Eleanor's eyes and whispered hoarsely, "Don't be so self-righteous."

Don't be so self-righteous - as Eleanor and Rastrange said.

She couldn't help frowning, wondering if she was really self-righteous?

"You don't understand my thoughts at all, and you will never guess what I really want to do." Tom continued calmly, his head lowered, his eyes fell near Eleanor's chin, "We two There's nothing alike, Eleanor. So it shouldn't have happened in the first place, and we both made the wrong choice. We just weren't right for each other."

Eleanor looked at him in confusion, and suddenly had an ominous premonition, "What are you trying to say?"

"If you really know me as you say, you should understand what I mean." Tom raised his eyelids, and cast a last glance at Eleanor's face calmly, "Now is the time to correct the mistake gone."

Eleanor stood there blankly, and she suddenly understood what Tom meant.

When Tom turned to leave, she snapped back to her senses and reached out to grab Tom's arm.

"Hey, wait!" she yelled hoarsely.She always felt that if she let go, she would lose something important.

She felt Tom's arm stiffen suddenly.He turned around and pulled Eleanor's hand away expressionlessly.

"Good-bye, Eleanor," he said grimly.

So this is the end of everything?

Eleanor stared blankly as Tom disappeared through the library door.

They didn't even have a decent quarrel, and their relationship ended like this?

After standing there blankly for a while, Eleanor turned around and walked forward mechanically swinging her arms, feeling in a daze that it was time for her to take a shower.By the way, she still has to take part in Quidditch training tomorrow...and, the exam, yes, she has to confirm the exam with Professor Slughorn.

She was dazed and confused, trying to get Tom's face and voice out of her head, but she failed.

"What's wrong with you?" When Cloris' voice came, she suddenly realized that she had returned to the common room.

She stared blankly at Cloris' face, and suddenly felt a warmth on her cheek.Confused, she raised her hand and touched her face before realizing that she was crying.

"Nothing," she said hoarsely.

"But you look awful," Cloures said, frowning. "Why are you crying?"

"I..." Eleanor looked at the other party hesitantly, and then her legs softened and she sat on the sofa next to her.

After a few minutes, she was startled to find herself sobbing on Cloures's shoulder, like any girl who had just lost her love.