Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 176 The Pureblood Little Snake's Reaction! Initial Test Results!

"Boss Malfoy, what's going on...?"

Crabbe, Draco's sidekick sitting next to him, asked in surprise, having assumed Draco was going to the restroom.

Before Crabbe could finish his question, Draco calmly and cryptically said, "You don't have to follow me."

After saying that, Draco walked towards the Great Hall door amidst the astonished gazes of more than forty pureblood snakes.

Crabbe and Gold were completely baffled; they didn't know whether to follow or not.

They are Draco's henchmen, but they are also members of the Holy Twenty-Eight Families, only their fathers were relatively weak and dependent on the Malfoy family.

Draco's actions now go against the grain of the other pureblood snakes; their dull little brains can't help them make quick decisions.

This left Crabbe and Goyle frozen in their seats. They looked at Draco's departing figure, then exchanged bewildered glances.

The other pureblood snakes frowned as they watched Draco walk away alone.

The Malfoy family can be considered the backbone and leader of the two-faced Death Eaters.

Most of the fathers of these pureblood snakes were dependent on Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy. During Voldemort's reign, they banded together to serve as Voldemort's lackeys, while simultaneously seizing power and benefits for their own families.

But now, why is Draco Malfoy, who has always stood by them through thick and thin,...?

"Malfoy must have wanted to go to the fifth floor to find out what was going on. He was afraid that our group would be too conspicuous, so he chose to act alone! Truly a noble among nobles, so responsible!"

While the pureblood snakes frowned in confusion, the incredibly clever and infatuated Pansy Parkinson offered a very reasonable explanation for Draco.

The doubts and slight hostility in the eyes of the pure-blooded snakes immediately dissipated.

Nevertheless, one of the older pureblood serpents still complained, "Malfoy should have consulted with us! He didn't say a word during yesterday's meeting, and today he acted on his own again..."

"Shut up! Malfoy is a true noble strongman, and strongmen like him are never understood by mediocre people!"

Pansy couldn't stand anyone saying anything bad about Draco, so she immediately interrupted the person and retorted sharply.

"you……"

The pureblood snake was furious and was about to retort to Panxi, but was stopped and calmed down by the other pureblood snakes. It could only shut up indignantly and received another glare from Panxi.

"No matter what, we should stand together through thick and thin. In the current situation, this is the foundation of our survival! We can't let Malfoy bear the risks alone; we'll go with him!"

After the minor dispute was resolved, another senior pureblood snake made a suggestion.

These remarks immediately won the support of the other pureblood snakes, except for Pansy.

Pansy thought that if they followed now, they would mess up Draco's plans, and anxiously tried to stop them.

However, the arm cannot twist the thigh, and the minority must submit to the majority. Pansy's opinion was quickly suppressed by the other pureblood snakes, and the group acted together, leaving the hall and heading towards the fifth floor of the castle.

Pansy stomped her feet several times in anger before Milison pulled her back to the pureblood snakes' group.

Meanwhile, on the fifth floor of the castle, in the renovated classroom, in the corridor outside the door.

The branch cap testing ceremony has begun.

Dumbledore and Dudley stood on either side of the classroom door, while a four-legged stool was placed in front of the door in the middle, on which sat the excited Sorting Hat.

This scene is just like the annual Sorting Ceremony.

The venue was a bit shabby, though.

Dumbledore used the Unseen Stretch Charm to temporarily expand the space of the fifth-floor corridor, making it large enough to accommodate several hundred students.

Therefore, the venue was only somewhat shabby, but not cramped or restrictive.

This selection ceremony did not have a list sorted alphabetically by surname; instead, everyone lined up in order of arrival to receive the sorting cap test.

Once the test is passed, you can enter the classroom for a visit.

If the test fails, you'll be kept out.

The Gryphon students, being the closest to Harry and his friends and being the most lively and active, were at the very front of the line.

At this point, about half of them have been selected.

However, the results of the screening were not as perfect as they had initially imagined.

The Gryphon students assumed that, given Dudley's relationship with his cousin Harry and Dudley's past close ties with Gryphon, they should all pass the screening.

However, some Gryffindor students were ruthlessly judged as failing by the Sorting Hat.

This exacerbated the anxiety of students who had not yet been screened.

During the sorting cap test, the examiner will mutter the four conditions in a low voice, telling the examinee which one they passed and which one they failed.

Therefore, Dudley and Dumbledore, who were listening in, clearly understood that most of the Gryffindors who failed did so because of the opposition between the schools.

Some lion cubs have developed their bravery into indiscriminate rage and bullying without realizing it, and naturally they are eliminated.

In addition, a few young lions didn't even pass the white wizard test, which is why the Gryphon House is second only to Slytherin in producing black wizards.

Dudley showed no emotional reaction to this; he had anticipated this situation.

Dumbledore, standing to the side, looked rather displeased. He had a deep affection for Gryffindor and naturally did not want too many of its students to be weeded out.

But he could only frown and sigh to express his disappointment; he couldn't intervene to change the outcome.

Inside the classroom, Harry and his friends were also somewhat puzzled and unhappy.

They were the first to be tested, and they went into the classroom early in the morning.

Dali gave them a task: to introduce the classroom facilities and their uses to the students who had passed the test and entered the classroom.

However, not many people had passed the test yet. Everyone was still concerned about the test results of other students when they entered the classroom, and they had no time to visit the classroom.

So Harry and the others, along with the other students who had passed the test, went through the open classroom door to observe the testing process outside.

They never expected that there would be such a group of 'bad elements' with questionable ideology in their college.

They could only console themselves for the time being that other colleges had not yet started testing, and perhaps even more people in other colleges would fail the test.

But reality does not change according to their will.

Time passed slowly, and the Gryphon House was eliminated. Then it was the Hawkhouse House's turn, then the Badger House, which didn't like to compete, and finally the thirty-odd half-snake hybrids.

As a result of the testing, more and more students are entering the classrooms.

The final result was that all Badger House passed, while Eagle House and Gryphon House both had around 70% passing.

If we analyze the data rigorously, the number of students who passed the exam for the Eagle School is slightly higher than that for the Gryphon School.

As for the more than thirty hybrid snakes, nearly half of them passed, which is a respectable achievement, remaining untainted by the mud.

"Are there any other students who want to take the test? If so, please come forward as soon as possible!"

Dudley called out to the students scattered along the corridor.

The vast majority of the students still stuck here are those who didn't pass the screening but still want to see what happens and hear what's going on with Dali.

The only exception was Draco Malfoy, who looked conflicted and hesitated as he arrived at the scene.

There were also more than forty purebred snakes standing further away, crouching by the corridor stairs, secretly observing the situation.

"Does anyone else want to be tested?"

Dudley activated the 'loud voice' spell and shouted it again.

The message was directed at Draco Malfoy's location; it was practically a direct name-call.