Struggling to survive at Hogwarts

Chapter 284 Children Shouldn't Interfere

As Draco and his companions slowly entered the hall, the surrounding chatter, though quiet, was not incessant.

"Slytherin is the biggest winner this semester... Their Head of House became the Headmaster..."

"Perhaps Hogwarts will become Slytherin's domain from now on..."

The whispers around them were clearly meant for the Slytherins to hear. Fortunately, most Slytherins were more composed than impulsive. Even the few with short tempers had learned to be "cautious" after two rounds of "tutoring" from Thea and Draco.

“Hey,” Zabini nudged Draco with his elbow and winked, “Don’t you have any ideas? So arrogant…”

“No,” Draco coldly pushed his friend’s hand away, his gray eyes gleaming with an inorganic light under the lamplight.

"I don't need to have any ideas, because they don't matter."

Draco's words made Zabini's eyes flicker, and then he patted Draco's shoulder heavily, as if all his encouragement was contained in that gesture.

"Gella, what are you looking at?"

"You've been looking around ever since you came in. What, are you related to any of this year's freshmen?"

Daphne's joke shifted everyone's attention to Gella.

"You know what, I've always suspected that the female student I saw on the bus this afternoon might actually be one of my distant relatives..."

Gellar's tone was joking, but Draco and the other two didn't see it that way. They once again mentally reinforced their impression of this junior, and Daphne and Pansy did the same thing at the same time.

Ultimately, the only reason why these people took Gella's casual remark so seriously was Thea.

No one knew how much information Gellar would learn from Iscia's trust in her. This fact made Draco and the others feel bitter, but after much deliberation, they could only face the truth.

In addition, Gella's work style is exactly the same as Thea's. To put it nicely, it's like a hidden thread running through the grass, and to put it simply, they are two big "riddlers"!

Never expect to get any accurate information out of them.

This style of doing things naturally gave Draco and the others a lot of headaches, but in the end they could only keep a close eye on Gellar's every move.

Who knows, maybe a casual remark from them contains a huge secret! And that Hufflepuff junior who was mentioned twice... might just be an important person!

Seeing the seriousness in Draco and the others' eyes, Gella lowered her head and took a sip of water to hide her displeasure, silently complaining to herself, "Help! If these kids around me weren't just teenagers, I would have thought I was up to something big in some spy organization!"

"Even speaking a sentence or conveying a message requires a lot of trouble and roundabout methods..."

"It's all Thea's fault! If she hadn't left so early, I wouldn't have had to do this kind of brain-teasing thing!"

No one knew what Gellar was thinking, but the appearance of Snape and the other professors was something everyone was eagerly anticipating.

Gella also looked up.

This year, two new faces joined the professorship—the Carlo siblings.

And they seem to... well, it's like every word used to describe cannon fodder villains applies to them.

"A wolf from Zhongshan, once it gains power, it becomes arrogant and rampant!"

Gella's eyes ached from watching, and she quickly lowered her head, secretly relieved: after tonight, she wouldn't have to suffer like this anymore!

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"What???"

"You're going to drop out of school!!!"

As soon as Gella finished speaking, Daphne, sitting opposite her, exclaimed in surprise with a look of astonishment on her face.

"Keep your voice down, my ancestor!"

Zabini, ignoring his surprise, quickly dissuaded Daphne, saying, "If you raise your voice any louder, you might even attract the principal's attention!"

Normally, if Zabini dared to speak to Daphne like that, Daphne would have argued back. But the bombshell Gella had just dropped was so huge that Daphne's mind was in a mess, and she had no intention of arguing at all.

"You're going to... the old house?" Theodore quickly got to the point.

Upon hearing this, Gella shook her head and said, "It's not the old house, it's next to Thea."

Isn't Kassia in the old house?

No one asked this obvious question aloud, because they all understood what Gella meant: she was going to find Thea, not Voldemort; the two were different.

Those who understood fell silent. Previously, they had only speculated about Thea's situation based on guesses or casual remarks from elders, but now, with Gella's sudden departure…

Everything indicated that Thea's situation... was not good.

If it were truly good, why would they need these young soldiers to get involved?

If it's really good, why hasn't Thea been able to resume free communication with them until now?

A heavy atmosphere gradually spread through the space until Pansy unexpectedly spoke first, "Wait for me over there."

Pansy's voice surprised everyone, but soon Daphne and the others also spoke up.

"That's right! We'll be there soon!"

"I can't miss out on something this interesting."

"Slytherin doesn't need another idle person like me."

Daphne, Zabini, and Theodore all spoke up, but only Draco did.

“Yes,” the boy’s smile was firm and strong under the lamplight, “I’ll leave Slytherin to you, Thea will be at ease, right?”

Although it was a question, everyone present already knew the answer.

She will be at ease.

During this period, Draco performed impeccably in both expanding his power and handling organizational disputes. It was precisely this impeccability that made him irreplaceable in Slytherin.

Everyone else could go to Thea, but he couldn't.

He had to stay and wait for Thea's order, which might not come for who knows when.

"Draco—"

Daphne knew this too, and the melancholy of parting made her choke up slightly, but before she could finish speaking, Gella slapped her on the shoulder and said arrogantly:

"Don't talk about waiting or not!"

"Let me tell you, Thea already guessed that you wanted to be her followers, and specifically asked me to warn you:"

If you're a student, do your job as a student!

Children shouldn't meddle in adult matters!

Also, don't forget what Thea said before: Hogwarts is our Hogwarts!

So… don’t let outsiders tell you what to do!

By the end, Gella's tone had become sharp and assertive, and the others knew who the "outsider" she was referring to was. Regardless of their own thoughts, everyone present nodded emphatically.

With them around, the things Thea is worried about will definitely not happen!