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Chapter 123 Chapter 123
"Is there anything else for the two students?" Professor Slughorn asked, smelling the unknowingly ignited smell between Potter and me.
Seeing that the relationship between me and Draco has rekindled recently, Potter has gradually alienated me. After all, he and Draco are people from two worlds, and I can't serve as a bridge to link them, so the relationship with one side After getting better, the relationship with the other party will definitely become awkward or even confrontational, which is an inescapable law.
Coupled with the large-scale return of the Death Eaters, Potter began to have a grudge against me. I think he must now think that I came to deliberately sabotage his plan.
—Dumbledore asked him to find out about Horcruxes from Slughorn.
It was for this purpose that I approached Slughorn.
I rolled my eyes, thinking about how to say the most meaningful topic. I was afraid that the "party" after the party would be interrupted directly because of my stay.
"Sophina, let's talk first. You have something to ask the professor." Potter spoke first, and asked me a question. Potter was curious about my appearance, and he also hoped that I would leave quickly after asking my own questions.The lights in the hall were actually not too bright, but Potter's eyes under the lens were shining with a kind of light, and he tried his best to pull out a smile.I looked at Slughorn's puzzled expression and Potter's forced smile, and raised my eyebrows, why don't I say what I want to say: "Professor, what I want to ask is about Tom Riddle... ..."
Suddenly the atmosphere in the hall became heavy, and Potter frowned.
"What did you say?" Slughorn asked the name very
Sensitive, before I finished speaking, his face changed, a little serious, even a little pale, looking at me very vigilantly with his eyes that were almost narrowed into slits.Potter also pursed his lips, and seemed to be thinking about something in his heart. The experience of the past few years has made this boy more mature, and he is no longer the kind of person who is surprised and strikes first.He also learned to think for himself.
There were two people in the hall with different expressions, and they both looked at me, and I knew it, and I mentioned an amazing name, and I went on: "I've heard that name from somewhere else."
I took a quick look at Potter, who was still in the same posture as before.The two of us went to the Dark Lord's father's grave together in third grade, and the name "Tom Riddle" was engraved there too, and I hope he remembers.
This name belongs not only to the Dark Lord's father, but of course to the Dark Lord himself.
Potter clenched his fist slightly. No matter who mentioned his enemy's name in front of him, he would feel a wave of hatred in his heart, and the scar on the top of his head was a little painful, but it was nothing to him.
"I think the owner of this name is famous all over the world now." I said
"I'm sorry, Miss Sofina, I have to interrupt you." Slughorn probably knew the purpose of my stay, he obviously didn't want to bring up this topic, and in front of the two students, "This People don't belong to Hogwarts anymore, you have no reason to know him." His tone sounded a little angry, he didn't like me mentioning the Dark Lord so rashly.
"Professor, I'm sorry, I also want to ask about him." Seeing Slughorn's attitude, Potter also opened his mouth. Potter didn't really want the professor to help us out like this. He puts pressure on him to force him to speak up.It's just that Potter doesn't understand why I'm asking about the Dark Lord.
Potter took a few steps forward, pulled the distance between himself and Slughorn, and looked at him with some sincerity in his eyes: "I'm going to be 17 soon, Professor, you understand what this means. You teach Live him so you know him, and I want to get to know him."
Potter paid no attention to my presence, and spoke his prepared lines loudly and affectionately.
Slughorn hesitated and panicked after hearing his words. This name was a secret he buried in his heart. If mentioning Tom in front of Harry Potter would make him angry, then mentioning Tom in front of Slughorn would make him angry. Tom, it would frighten him.
Slughorn, who has always paid attention to his reputation, was almost ruined by Tom Riddle: "There are many teachers who have taught him, and I am just one of them, Harry." The professor put down the champagne glass in his hand and took out a handkerchief Came out and wiped his forehead.
He glanced at me: "Why did Miss Ferris come to me to ask about Tom?"
I smiled slightly: "I'm just curious."
Of course, this reason is not reliable, both the professor and Potter gave me a strange look, but they couldn't just drive me away.
Professor Slughorn twitched the corners of his mouth: "It's nothing to be curious about, and I don't know much about him... No one knows that child... You still..."
"Professor." Potter realized that he wanted to change the subject, and his expression became serious. "Professor, Voldemort killed my parents, and I want revenge."
I don't know whether it's out of Potter's trust in me or because he thinks I'm not a threat to him, but he just talked about his affairs frankly.
But Professor Slughorn won't be impressed by him. Even if Potter doesn't mind my presence, he still does.Slughorn knew Slytherin. Although he had been the dean here, he was still afraid of Slytherin's students.He knows I'm different from Potter, he knows I'm up to no good.
"That's enough, Harry, you should go back. Today's dinner is over." Slughorn said suddenly, showing his professorial majesty.Because just now it seems that we are threatening him.
We, who were clearly ordered to be expelled, really couldn't say that this cunning old fox was finally kicked out of the dinner hall not long after.
Looking at the hall door being slowly closed, Potter and I looked at each other.The direction of Slytherin and Gryffindor is exactly the opposite. I smiled at Potter and turned around and prepared to leave. After all, I had no reason to stay outside after being kicked out, and it was almost curfew time.
"Wait, Sophie." Potter didn't intend to let me leave, he grabbed my wrist, stopped me from moving forward, and asked calmly, "Maybe you should explain why At this."
I don't know if this is a common feature of Hogwarts boys. What they always like to talk is to hold each other hard, for fear of letting them go.
Potter pinched my wrist so hard that he seemed to want to crush my wrist joints, and I wanted to break free: "I'm just curious, just like you."
"Like me?" Potter pulled me over and blocked the wall, "Malfoy is a Death Eater, and I don't want you to be too."
In the dimly lit corridor, Potter's shadow enveloped me completely. Last time he questioned me like this, I shot back: "How do you know Malfoy is a Death Eater?"
Potter was taken aback when he heard my question, and then said, "Intuition."
Intuition is always wonderful, but it also means that no one will believe him, intuition is not evidence.
"Your intuition isn't right, Harry, he isn't." As Draco's companion I can't let him out right now, I look up at him.
"You're lying, Malfoy's father is still locked up in Azkaban, do you think I'll believe you?" Potter looked a little annoyed
Perhaps due to Sirius' death, Potter now always gives off a "Slytherin" vibe from time to time.He has the same arrogance and pride as Draco, and believes that everything should be controlled by himself.Just because of Potter's status as the savior, after these characteristics are displayed on him, they all become advantages.Everyone took his arrogance for granted.
"Malfoy lied to Katie, he asked Katie to assassinate Dumbledore, you know that!"
Potter blocked me in the corner, and supported the wall with one hand to block my way. He lowered his head, maybe because of his anger, his breathing was very heavy, and he felt like he was venting his anger on my face.
"I know that Katie wanted to assassinate Dumbledore, but there is not enough evidence to say that Malfoy did it."
I know that my own one-sided words can't change his mind that Draco is a rebel (although he is): "Harry, you have too much prejudice against him."
"I thought you wouldn't join forces with Malfoy, Sophie." Potter heard me rebutting him for Draco, and the fire in his heart became more and more intense.
"Neither have I."
"But you two have returned to the previous state recently!" Potter's voice felt more like a roar. Although the voice was not loud, it startled me.
"Are you together again?" He looked at me and asked again.
"He's my fiancé, Harry." I'm not an idiot, I can sense Potter's abnormality, his posture is very close to me now, plus what he asked me... It makes me feel very uncomfortable .
But I wasn't sure what was on my mind, so I had to push him away.Potter just watched me resisting his actions silently, and after realizing his gaffe, he took a few steps back to keep a distance from me: "Yes, I almost forgot, you are already engaged." His tone sounded Not showing any emotion.
"The thing I asked about Tom was really just out of curiosity, you know, I was persecuted and threatened by him before. I want to know what he went through. Maybe my hatred is not as big as yours, Harry, But there shouldn’t be much difference between our goals.” I vaguely explained my reasons to him, using many similar words to cover up the real facts, and I wasn’t telling him the truth, nor was I right. He lied.
Potter nodded and stopped looking at me: "I just hope we don't become enemies."
"I hope so too." I took a deep breath and smiled at him.
After saying goodbye, Potter turned and hurried away, disappearing around the corner of the corridor.
As soon as I walked to the gate of Slytherin, the lights on the entire campus were already turned off, and the picture hanging at the gate yawned and said: "The time for you to come back is just right." I returned to the dormitory one second before the curfew, and the portrait After opening the door for me, I walked into the announcement lounge. Maybe the Quidditch match will be held in a few days. Everyone went to bed early, and no one would stay in the lounge at this time—— —except Draco.
Draco was sitting on the sofa with a book in his hand, and when he saw me walking in, he raised his eyes slowly: "Why did you come back so late, Blaise came back early and went to bed." Draco didn't Had Slughorn's dinner invitation, he wouldn't have invited the son of a criminal Death Eater to his party.Even if Draco Potion's grades are very good.
Draco didn't mind this either, he seemed to have seen through the social rules of the adult world long ago.
I looked at him, his face looked very bad: "I stayed and talked to the professor a few more times."
"Talked a few more words with the professor?" Draco closed the book and stood up from the sofa.
His attitude was as if he was questioning me, and I didn't do anything wrong.
He put the book heavily on the table, and his eyebrows were almost tucked together: "I just came back from outside, I didn't see talking to the professor, but I saw Potter hugging you."
My heart tightened, maybe Draco saw me talking to Potter?
But we didn't cuddle.
Judging from Draco's tone and expression, I seem to be a person who has been caught and raped. I feel that I have done something bad behind his back. I am a little angry. The "freedom before marriage" I have repeatedly emphasized It will only work for Draco. Draco was very free "before marriage". He changed his girlfriend several times.But as long as I have intimate contact with a man, he will be furious.I don't like such double standards.
"What does this have to do with you? Draco." My relationship with Draco has not fully recovered, which means that I am still single now and can be in contact with other opposite sexes.
"What's wrong with you, you're going to find Harry Potter!" Draco looked like he was about to faint from anger. Everyone knew that Malfoy and Potter were sworn enemies. If Potter and I started dating , wouldn't he be ridiculed even more!
"I said that this is my freedom!" I also answered him angrily.As soon as I got back, I was going to argue with Draco again. It was hard for me to imagine how bad our married life would be if we were actually married. "You should go to bed early, Draco." I don't want to argue anymore , went straight up the stairs of the girls' dormitory.
Draco stood where he was and watched me off without saying a word.
In the next few days, I still started the class as usual, and never saw Draco again. Our timelines always seemed to be staggered.
————Until I heard that the two of them had a private duel, at first they used magic to attack each other, and in the end it turned into a physical fight.Slytherin and Gryffindor each deducted [-] points for their affairs, and both of them were put into the hospital wing.
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