Hogwarts Slytherin

Chapter 160 Grade 4

The journey is actually the same every year.

Only James would firmly announce that he was going to find Lily every time he communicated with his companions halfway through the journey.

As a result, there will be a flurry of excitement when we get to the carriage.

Snape laughed mercilessly at this, Reggie broke up the fight, and Sirius once again suspected that James had been poisoned by Lily's love potion.

Otherwise, why would his good friend act like an idiot when he meets her!

The auditorium on the first day of school was still as lively as ever, and the professors looked at this group of energetic little wizards and smiled happily.

Almost immediately after Dumbledore finished his speech, Professor Slughorn couldn't wait to loudly praise his genius Potions student, Severus Snape.

About his great invention: Wolfsbane Potion.

The corner of Snape's mouth twitched, and Slughorn, after loudly showing off the research results of his favorite disciple, generously gave Snape twenty points right after the start of school!

Seeing Dumbledore raising his glass, most of the students clapped without knowing why.

In the entire auditorium, only one student felt shocked.

Remus Lupin.

To put it another way: werewolves.

He glanced in the direction of the Slytherin table with some excitement, and quickly returned to his usual expression without letting anyone around him notice.

Another interesting news is that unfortunately, Professor Prewett has other things to do and has to step down as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year is Caradoc Dill. Byrne.

Apart from being a bit young, there is nothing that attracts anyone's attention.

Many people in Gryffindor were a little sad about this. They quite liked Professor Prewett.

Although they are only in the fourth grade, some professors at U have already begun to start the first day of school in unison. In the first class, they began to forcefully take the OWLs exam that is only taken at the end of the fifth grade.

In the Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall asked them to turn a toad into a cup.

Reggie, James and Sirius completed the work almost at the same time. They are really talented in transfiguration.

No wonder he was able to cultivate into an Animagus at such a young age, and Professor McGonagall’s preference for a few people is understandable.

Fortunately, with the increase in courses, professors have allowed all students who have completed their class assignments in advance to start some homework papers.

So, the three of them were the first to put pen to paper, and used the remaining class time to start writing the paper for the Transfiguration class, until the bell rang, almost ending.

Potions class.

Professor Slughorn asked everyone to come forward and take away a bottle of poison, and told them that they only had one month of class time to research the antidote.

"Children, as long as you listen carefully in class, you will soon find that this is just a simple poison! I bet it will not cause any harm to you."

Seeing that many people flinched when they heard about poison, Professor Slughorn quickly cheered everyone up: "You know, after you pass the OWLS exam, the students who enter the potions advanced class will also face more problems. Complex antidote configuration.”

Sirius quietly said to his good buddies beside him: "I hope my OWLS exam and potion scores will never meet the standards for entering the advanced class."

After thinking for a while, he added: "Merlin bless me!"

James nodded sympathetically.

Peter glanced at the two of them, hesitating to speak as if he was trying his best to control himself, but in the end he couldn't hold it back.

"Padfoot, Professor Slughorn said that only those who reach E or above can enter the advanced class. This wish is too simple for you, and you don't need Merlin's blessing at all."

Lu Ping listened to the conversation of several people on the side, and could no longer control it, so he coughed twice to cover up.

After finishing lunch, they all walked to the arithmetic and divination class.

This year Regis has added an elective course - Arithmancy.

Professor Lisette said that this year they would learn planetary divination, and many people expressed great interest in it.

The number of people in Arithmetic Divination class this year has increased by more than half compared to last year!

Most people came here from divination classes, and wizards have always believed in horoscopes.

This can be seen from the fact that many pure-blood names are named after constellations.

"Starting from today, you will record your dreams every night for the next month, and then predict what you will experience based on this!" After Professor Lisette said this, many students suddenly felt like frustrated balls!

They really don’t want to predict their miserable future anymore…

Seeing that everyone was not in high spirits, Professor Lisette looked around among the students and finally focused on Reggie.

No way, who makes you so dazzling?

In this regard, Reggie also felt that his smile was a little stiff.

Avoid sight?

It's no use, the professor can always spot you dazzlingly in the crowd at a glance.

Professor Lisette invited him to the podium, and he was about to start exerting his power - oh no! Show his skills to these frustrated little guys!

He looked at Reggie with satisfaction for a while, "You have a strong body, and your family is not perfect. Judging from Mercury, you will be in a dominant position in the future, and maybe you will become the Minister of Magic in the future!"

The Slytherin students all laughed, and Reggie nodded politely and humbly.

Professor Lisette was very puzzled by their reaction.

Where is the applause?

All because Professor Slughorn has said the same thing so many times...

******

The atmosphere among the senior students almost dropped to freezing point.

Especially Slytherin and other houses.

Sirius Black has successfully gained the respect of Gryffindor House with his long-term "excellent" performance.

But the other Black apparently didn't.

On the contrary, he is often alone this semester!

Bullying and fearing the strong has always been human nature and has nothing to do with the academy.

The students, overwhelmed with anger, even began to plan a counterattack against Slytherin, using the Slytherin method.

On the way back to the lounge today, Sirius heard that they were preparing to join forces to deal with Regulus - after being surprised, he was deeply angry.

Finally, he fought with those guys in a Muggle way. When he appeared in front of Regulus in a somewhat embarrassed state, the latter was shocked by his appearance.

"What happened?" Regulus was a little surprised.

谷喷

"None of your business!" Sirius yelled impatiently, rubbing Lian Jia randomly, "Listen, if you want to see cousin Andromeda, go to the prize array room on the fourth floor of the castle at six o'clock tomorrow afternoon and wait. I!"

Regulus didn't know why and didn't react for a while.

Sirius, who didn't receive a reply, glanced at him impatiently, "Did you hear me?"

"Cousin Andromeda... why do you want to meet secretly? Besides, she has graduated and cannot return to Hogwarts." Regulus did not agree hastily. At first, because of the meeting The joy that Sirius took the initiative to find him gradually faded, and his intuition told him that there must be something wrong here.

He held the book and thought quietly for a long time, but still couldn't fully understand it.

Sirius was always like this. He had no idea what was going on in his brother's mind.

Sirius here only feels more annoyed than him. Look, the good boy Rael has never violated school rules and disciplines until he was in third grade?

Andromeda can't come in, so they can't go out?

Sirius flicked his sleeves irritably, turned around and left, leaving only one sentence: "You can go or not, I've brought the message to you. It's cousin Andromeda who wants to see you."

"Cousin Andromeda..." Regulus murmured, looking at Sirius's back.

******

Even the daughter of the noble Black family cannot avoid the fate of being married.

This generation of the Black family has prosperous heirs. In addition to the three cousins ​​Bellatrix, Andromeda and Narcissa, there are also the family heirs Sirius and his younger brother Regulus.

The three daughters of the Black family can marry into at least three pure-blood families in the future. If Regulus is included, it will be four.

With them as their backing, even if the heir Sirius was a lump of mud, he would be pushed up against the wall and unable to buckle it down.

Bellatrix has been personally designated by the Dark Lord to marry Rodolphus, the heir of the Lestrange family, on Christmas Day.

Narcissa will hold her wedding to Lucius, the heir to the Malfoy family, at that time next year.

As for Andromeda - she is currently engaged to the heir of the Selwyn family and Karl's eldest brother.

These carefully selected marriage partners, in addition to having strong backgrounds, are also among the few outstanding young people.

After World War II, under the leadership of the Labor Party, the British economy was severely nationalized and the power of trade unions continued to expand, which seriously hindered the full play of market benefits and led to inflation in the economy - that is, money is worthless.

Keynes's idea of ​​state intervention in the economy was officially declared invalid.

The domestic economy has entered a cold winter, and on the international stage, the British Empire has been completely defeated and completely reduced to a second-class power.

Whether it's a Muggle or a wizard!

They all knew in their hearts that the crown of the empire on which the sun never sets has fallen from the beautiful country.

The repression of real society and the horror of the Cold War nuclear cloud have allowed "psychotropic drugs" to take advantage of the situation, and the market is chaotic and the price is low, truly living up to the full name.

But all of this is certainly not what the dark wizards need to consider.

As a result, the Malfoy family became famous in one battle and became extremely wealthy.

The Malfoy family is not only very wealthy - they have always been wealthy, but they also value their family very much. Narcissa herself also likes Lucius very much, and it can be said that both parties are extremely satisfied.

As for Rodolphus—let’s not talk about that for now.

In fact, many people were vaguely aware of Bella's hidden thoughts, and many even laughed at her wishful thinking secretly.

Black didn't have that intention at the beginning, but the Dark Lord finally showed up. In order to prevent Black from becoming the laughing stock of others, they had to work hard to facilitate the marriage.

As for Andromeda——

It can only be said that her current situation is very bad!

The Selwyn family was not much better than the previous two. They finally chose to marry Andromeda Black just because she seemed to have a gentle personality.

To put it nicely, he is indifferent to fame and wealth, and does not fight against the world. He will not cause chaos within the family in the future.

To put it bluntly, he was just being manipulated by others, not taking advantage of Selwyn's resources for Black, and taking advantage of this relationship to get enough benefits from Black.

Couldn't Blake see this thought?

Of course you can't hide it from them.

It's just that - Andromeda's situation is really bad.

She claimed she was in love with a Muggle!

For the sake of seeing Merlin, when her father Signus Black heard the news, he almost sent his daughter to see Merlin!

He will never let this happen!

The implication is too wide, and this generation of Blake cannot have two rebels.

******

At six o'clock in the afternoon the next day, two sneaky figures got behind a portrait, and Regulus's eyes widened.

Finally, under dim light, the two people walked along the long secret passage to Honeydukes' basement.

Sirius first took out a small gadget and put it on it. After a while, he climbed out of the passage quickly and looked down at Regulus who frowned and pursed his lips, unwilling to be so "rude".

He raised his eyebrows provocatively and let out a sneer.

In the end, it was Regulus who clumsily climbed up after weighing the serious consequences of being discovered and soiling his robes.

No wonder Sirius never told him the place of meeting, and Regulus looked stiffly at Mrs. Patty's teahouse in front of him.

The pink curtains, fluffy cushions and sweet smell were everywhere, and Sirius frowned as if he could pinch a fly.

After meeting, Andromeda, who looked a little haggard, smiled and stepped forward to give them a warm hug.

She didn't look well.

Regulus wondered why he had such a strange feeling. He looked at his cousin carefully, and when his eyes touched her long, dry and dull hair and the dark green under her eyes, he felt that her cousin's appearance was not... No change, but it just looks different from before.

Wait, it seems like this has been wrong with Andromeda for a long time.

But why didn't he notice it before?

"I'm so glad you could come here, Rael." Andromeda rubbed her hands, picked up the honey tea on the table and took a sip.

Then he pushed the cake on the table towards Regulus, which was stuffed with apples. "Have a try. I used to come here occasionally when I was studying. I bet you didn't pay much attention to the small desserts in this shop. It’s very well done. Rael, I specially ordered your favorite with apple filling.”

Sirius did not speak.

Regulus didn't even reach out to touch it.

Facing Sirius's glances that he thought were hidden from time to time, and Andromeda's expression, Regulus lowered his eyes and asked, "What do you want?"

Andromeda stiffened. She didn't expect Regulus to be so sensitive, and she didn't know how to speak for a moment.

Sirius shrank, turned his head, and looked around, as if he was looking for someone.