mystery lover

On the first weekend after returning to school, Oster received a card from Principal Dumbledore, stating the time of meeting and the password to enter the principal's office.It should be said that the other party was still very considerate of his status as a student of Slytherin College, and did not arrange the time during the daytime when it attracted attention.

It took the entire vacation to absorb the established fact that his family had joined the Order of the Phoenix. Oster was a little fortunate to have the visits of Flamel and his wife during this vacation, so that he would not be entangled in that issue all the time. Grandpa already knew about the Philosopher's Stone, and told him to keep this powerful alchemy stone safe.

In fact, Oster was a little surprised when his grandfather asked him to take the Philosopher's Stone with him instead of storing it in the more secure back room of the manor.But maybe there were too many unexpected things during this holiday, so the boy felt that it was nothing to wear a magic stone that only existed in rumors on his chest.

An invisibility spell superimposed with a spell that cannot be separated from the owner, coupled with the cover of the outer robe, can be regarded as relatively safe to carry close to the body.

On Sunday evening, when most of the students were still dining in the auditorium, the first conversation between Orster and Principal Dumbledore was not as awkward as imagined. The principal who graduated from Gryffindor seemed to have Slater Lin Chayan was calm and wise, and getting along with him even made Osted feel relaxed. This may be because the other party deliberately catered to his Slytherin character, but if you think about it carefully, since you can become friends with grandpa and finally make your own Grandpa had defected to the Order of the Phoenix, so it was predictable that he and Headmaster Dumbledore would still be on good terms.

Especially when he heard the other party say that he hugged him when he was a child... Oster really didn't know that his grandfather and Principal Dumbledore had such a good relationship, although he also heard that the principal visited him before Grandpa, but Oster always thought it was just a gossip from boring people.

After all, grandpa never mentioned the principal, and it turned out that he received such a huge amount of information at once when he went home this time.

During this meeting, Principal Dumbledore never mentioned anything about the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters or the wizarding world, but cared about his study and life from the beginning to the end, and set a meeting every Wednesday and Sunday night Time to be mentored by this principal.

And this also made Osted breathe a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was somewhat repulsed by being involved in either party. Although it seems that there is no other choice now, it should be fortunate that the struggle between the two forces has not Is it just going on in the dark and not appearing on the bright side?

After coming out of the principal's office, Oster met Barty Jr. at the corner of the corridor.

"Why are you here?" Oster didn't think he would meet his friend in this corridor on the third floor, and the other party obviously didn't pass by here by chance.Sure enough, the boy got a definite answer in the next second.

"Wait for you." Little Barty replied, but his face was not very good-looking. After looking at the office at the end, the boy said sullenly, "Let's go back to the dormitory."

"Okay." Oster smiled and followed the boy's footsteps.Little Barty turned his head and glanced at his friend beside him. When he saw Oster's smiling face, Little Barty felt that his mood was more complicated.

Orster... why on earth did he go to the Gryffindor headmaster's office.Is it true that Oster's family is going to support the Order of the Phoenix as rumored?

Never be so.

After withdrawing his gaze, Little Barty walked silently.

Even neutrality is better than joining the Order of the Phoenix.

After returning to the bedroom.

"Oster." The moment he closed the dormitory door, Little Barty stopped the boy in front, "Why did you go to the principal's office?"

Seeing his friend's serious expression, Oster smiled helplessly. Why does Little Barty's expression at this moment seem to be like he has done something outrageous.Speaking of it, it is true that Principal Dumbledore and the Crouch family have a good relationship.And now it feels like a clearly misplaced role.

Seeing that Oster did not speak, Little Batty couldn't help but took a step forward, "Didn't you say neutral!"

The excessively sharp voice seemed a bit abrupt in this usually quiet bedroom.

"Barty," Oster frowned, but the doubts in his heart increased, "Why do I feel that you don't want me to have contact with Principal Dumbledore?"

It shouldn't be like this. Even knowing that the relationship between his friend and his father is stiff, Barty Jr.'s reaction is too abnormal.

Thinking of his friends who were sorted into Slytherin, Osted was stunned.

No way……

"Oster, I hate Gryffindor, and I hate my father even more."

"So?" Oster asked a little stiffly following the boy's words.

"As long as you have enough loyalty and strength, that lord will accept my joining."

Finally, after confessing his secret, when Little Barty looked at Oster in front of him again, the boy felt unprecedentedly relaxed.

and nervous.

For a long time, when Barty Jr. felt that the air in the room was about to stop flowing, Oster finally spoke.

"why?"

The boy frowned, and replied naturally, "There is no Slytherin who doesn't want to join that lord's camp." When he said this, Barty Jr. paused as if he had realized something, "I mean... "

"Can you tell me a more precise reason?"

Regarding the question of Oster, Barty Jr. was silent for a moment, and finally stated the reasons truthfully.After all, the friend's reaction now is not the worst situation, "I am eager to gain great power, and that lord can bestow power and honor on those who follow him."

"But Mrs. Crouch will be sad."

Oster didn't know why he thought of the gentle Mrs. Crouch who seemed to care about his son all the time. Maybe it was because the young man was silent and unhappy after seeing the strong hatred for his father in the eyes of his friends. Going to mention that gentleman.

After a short pause, Barty Jr. said indifferently, "Oster, I'm not Gryffindor."

"Well, I know."

"I don't want to be hostile to you."

"I know……"

"So why don't you join them! Al!" The young man seemed to be unable to bear such a gloomy atmosphere. After taking two steps forward, Barty Jr. shook Oster's shoulders vigorously, "Don't join Phoenix Society, even if it is neutral. I beg you... okay?"

The young man's voice was very hoarse, and this almost choked voice made Oster, who was hit by an accident again, finally come back to his senses.

"We will not be hostile." Stretching out his hand to hold the boy's wrist that was holding his shoulder, Osted's tone slowed down, "You will always be my friend, on this point, no matter what choice you make in the end, Nothing will change."

"Al?" The warmth from his wrist made Batty Jr. startled, and the sudden sense of joy made the boy very unsure of the answer he got.

"I think I need some time to digest this information..." After Oster finished speaking, he looked at his friend in front of him with some complaints, "Maybe we can have a good talk about this issue, after all, this news is so sudden." It's too scary.

But for some reason, Oster actually felt that this was an acceptable thing.Could it be that in his subconscious, he also thinks that following that person is a normal thing for a Slytherin?For this reason, the young man couldn't help frowning again, but he obviously didn't agree with that person's ideas, and he never had the idea of ​​following him.What's more... that person's soul is still split.

That is tantamount to destructive behavior for a leader.Thinking of the Horcrux, Oster looked at Barty Jr. with a somewhat tangled look.The matter about the Horcrux must not be disclosed to more people. For this reason, after my grandfather told him about it, he cast a secrecy magic on him, and it seems that apart from myself and my grandfather, Only Principal Dumbledore knew about the existence of Horcruxes, and Oster actually had enough reason to believe that Principal Dumbledore had told his grandfather about it in the first place.

Why on earth would a person want to split a soul...

Little Barty looked at the young man who was silent again, and finally nodded, as long as Oster did not reject the path he chose, that would be fine.