Chapter 35: Rumors

The whole of Hogwarts in November was shrouded in shadow. Not only was the continuous blizzard, but what was even more serious was that since Mrs. Norris, Colin Creevey, a first-year freshman in Gryffindor, was also attacked and he was petrified. Exchanging amulets has become a fashion among students. Mu Yu felt funny watching them exchange amulets with each other's feet.

The tense atmosphere in the school did not affect Mu Yu. She has been walking through the castle like an outsider, maintaining a gentle mask, neither being too close nor too distant to people.

The only change is that she no longer goes to the west tower, and even if she occasionally encounters the ghost of Ravenclaw, she stays away from it.

Helena always reminded her of Olivia, her nominal mother.

The one who is truly gentle to the extreme.

In the last week of December, Mu Yu was sitting in the corner of the public courtyard playing with the jade pendant left to her by her grandfather. She felt a vague sense of fateful closeness to this piece of jade. This sense of closeness made her not anxious to explore the secrets of the jade pendant. Puzzle-solving games are much less interesting than layout planning.

The soul jade must play its role.

Mu Yu continued to practice the unfinished formation. This is a complex formation, and she must master it skillfully. After all, there is only one chance...

There was a commotion in front of the notice board not far away. There were gradually more people in the courtyard, and Mu Yu stopped practicing. She didn't hurry up to take a look. She knew the general content from everyone's loud shouts.

In response to the recent frequent attacks, the school decided to hold the first duel club meeting tonight.

Mu Yu has always had little interest in such activities, and every second in a real battle is particularly precious. Unless there is extremely professional training, such a so-called club is just talk on paper.

Just because she's not interested doesn't mean that others aren't interested. During dinner, almost everyone was excitedly discussing who would be the coach of the Duel Club.

"I hope they find someone more reliable, at least Professor Flitwick." Daphne poked at the sausage in front of her. Mu Yu was completely distracted. Her eyes fell on the long Gryffindor table, and she immediately saw Ginny who was also in a daze. She looked even more haggard.

Harry and the three were discussing something together. They have been very mysterious for a while. In today's Potions class, someone actually dared to set off fireworks in Snape's class, exploding the swelling potion everywhere. With sharp eyes, Mu Yu saw Hermione sneaking into Snape's storage room amid the chaos.

What did they want to do?

While Mu Yu was sizing them up, he didn't forget to respond to Daphne's words: "Daphne, it's best not to have too high hopes. Think about Defense Against the Dark Arts. We don't expect a normal teacher every year. "

Whatever you say.

At eight o'clock in the evening, almost everyone in the school came. Hundreds of candles floated on the ceiling of the auditorium, the long tables disappeared, and a gilded stage appeared along the wall.

When Mu Yu saw the gold-plated stage, he knew something bad was going to happen.

Gilderoy Lockhart was resplendent in purple robes, and beside him stood Snape, who was still dressed in black.

"Come around, come around, can everyone hear me? It's great."

Mu Yu immediately wanted to turn around and leave, but Daphne stopped her: "Yu, at least there is Professor Snape, let's take a look. ."

Mu Yu reluctantly stood here and endured Gilderoy Lockhart's tirade, but she had already begun to wander. She continued to recall the trajectory of the formation that she had rehearsed many times.

The whole place fell silent unconsciously, and the sound of casting a spell interrupted Mu Yu's thoughts.

"Expeliarmous."

A red light flashed, Gilderoy Lockhart's wand flew out, and he flew three feet away.

Several girls screamed.

Lockhart got up and flicked the dust off his body as if nothing had happened: "Ha, disarming spell. I already noticed it when you raised your wand. I have countless ways to break it effortlessly, but in order to make them grow longer, I Learn more, and set an example for them..."

Lockhart is also considered a talent, and he can still say a lot of high-sounding words. His only talents are probably smooth talk and tampering with other people's memories.

Mu Yu felt Snape's undisguised murderous intent.

Daphne said excitedly: "Professor Snape is the most powerful."

Lockhart obviously also noticed what was happening. He stopped talking: "This is the end of the demonstration. Now I will divide you into two groups. Now, each other Bow."

Daphne and Mu Yu were naturally assigned to a group. Daphne flipped up her long hair and said half-jokingly: "I don't want to fight with you, Yu. You go ahead and make the move."

Mu Yu smiled at her. The Duel Club was really ridiculous. No one would do that in a battle. Give you time to bow to each other.

She just casually said a spell to Daphne: "beatitudinem (there is no corresponding spell for the happy spell, I just used Google to translate the Chinese word happiness into Latin).

Daphne's smile was even brighter, if it weren't for the happy spell. She rarely does this.

"Scourgify."

Daphne also cast a spell on Mu Yu, and a breeze blew away the slight dust on Mu Yu's robe.

After releasing the spell symbolically, they stopped and looked around. Most of the people around them obviously didn't take the so-called duel seriously, except for a few particularly fierce battles

where Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy were forced to be together. Curse collapsed on the ground laughing, and Harry's legs shook uncontrollably. Millicent and Hermione immediately dropped their wands and rolled into a ball on the ground. At Daphne's feet, Daphne stood a little further away in disgust. Harry hurriedly stepped forward to pull them apart, but Mu Yu helped him pull Millicent away together. After all, Millicent was much taller than Harry.

"Thank you, Yu . "

Mu Yu noticed that Hermione grabbed a strand of golden hair in her hand when she stood up. She casually blocked Millicent who was still trying to pounce, and said something to Hermione quickly when they were crossing each other. : “That’s cat hair. "

Before Hermione could react, Mu Yu and Daphne stood together. She looked at Millicent coldly. This is the consequence of generations of intermarriage in pure-blood families. What's ridiculous is that they still try to maintain their former sense of superiority.

"This won't work . ," Lockhart said in a panic, "I'd better stop you from using bad magic. How about voluntarily coming up as a pair, Longbottom and Finlay."

Snape spread his hands: "This is not a good idea. Longbottom could wreak havoc even with the simplest of spells. Then we would have to put Fenglioli's ashes in a matchbox and send them to the hospital. How about Potter and Malfoy"

"Good idea.

When Mu Yu saw Lockhart taking the initiative to guide Harry Potter, he had to sympathize with Harry for a few seconds. Daphne whispered in Mu Yu's ear: "Just wait and see, there will be something good to watch. " "

Malfoy's wand burst to the ground with a loud bang, and a black snake sprang out of the wand, landed heavily on the floor, raised its head and prepared to attack. Harry stood there motionless, staring at the snake with its big eyes.

Snape said slowly: "Don't move, Potter..."

However, Lockhart stepped forward directly: "I'll get rid of it." He waved his wand, and the snake did not disappear. Instead, it jumped to the ceiling and landed heavily on the ground again. It was enraged and hissed and spat out a message. The boy swam towards Justin Finch-Fletchley.

Mu Yu heard Harry neighing at the snake. It was hoarse and mysterious, exactly the same as the sound Tom Riddle made when he opened the Chamber of Secrets last time.

Snake language.

Mu Yu turned the ring in her hand. She had not completely read the chapter on the soul container and would study it again if she had the chance.

The snake slumped down limply. Harry didn't seem to understand what was happening at all, and he smiled at Justin Finch-Fletchley.

"What do you think you're playing?" Justin Finch-Fletchley shouted at Harry, and after saying that, he rushed out of the Great Hall.

Everyone was whispering. Daphne frowned and whispered to Mu Yu: "Yu, did you see that Potter speaks in a cliché...That's, that's..."

"The language that only the heir of Slytherin knows." Mu Yu continued her words. He continued, "If the heir of Slytherin is sorted into Gryffindor, it would be a big joke made by Merlin." Mu Yu said nonchalantly.

What happened at the Duel Club caused more gossip in the castle. There were far fewer strange looks on Mu Yu, and more people began to discuss Harry Potter. Guang Muyu knew several versions, some said he was the great-great-grandson of Salazar Slytherin, and some even said that Voldemort failed to kill him maybe because he was a more evil wizard. .

Mu Yu was sitting in the library. There were drawings with strange human figures spread out in front of her, and a towering stack of books on her right. She kept writing and drawing on the paper. The discussion among several people on the other side of the bookshelf was equally exciting.

"Ernie, is Harry Potter really the one to open the Chamber of Secrets?" a girl asked softly.

"Hannah, he is a snake talker. No serious wizard can talk to snakes. At first, I suspected it was Mu Yu. After all, she and Harry Potter were present when Mrs. Lorris was discovered, and she is a snake." Lytlin." The speaker was a Hufflepuff boy named Ernie MacMillan.

Several other people also started talking in low voices.

"Filch had an argument with Harry Potter, and it was normal for him to look down on him. During the Quidditch match, Colin used a camera to capture Harry Potter's most embarrassing moment. He must have a grudge against Colin. Justin Finlay told Harry Potter that he was a born Muggle, so I asked him to stay in the common room, but Mu Yu was not necessarily innocent. . Think about it, she stayed up and wandered around the castle at midnight when Mrs. Lorris's accident happened. She might have been the assistant of the Slytherin heir," the boy from before analyzed confidently.

"But, but, they are all friendly...especially Mu Yu. She comes from the East and there is no reason to purge Muggle-born wizards." Hannah said hesitantly.

"Who knows? She was born in England. What if her mother's bloodline is really the illegitimate bloodline of Salazar Slytherin or something."

Mu Yu felt the movement behind her, and then she realized that Harry was already standing next to her. I don’t know how long it’s been. Mu Yu pushed away a pile of books and said to Harry, "Ignore them."

The people who were discussing were frightened out of their wits when they heard the voice behind the bookshelf.

Mu Yu walked out of the bookshelf first, and before she could speak, Harry had already stepped forward: "I'm looking for Justin Finch-Fletchley."

"What are you looking for him for?"

"I want to tell him that the snake in the club was What's going on?"

"We've all seen it, no need to explain." Ernie said stiffly. He glanced at Mu Yu who was silent and said quickly, "My bloodline is very pure. You can trace my family back to more than nine generations. It's a wizard."

Before Mu Yu could say anything, Harry said angrily: "I don't care what blood you are."

"You hate the Muggles you live with."

Harry was really angry, Mu Yu's hand. He placed it on the wand on his waist. Ernie McMillan's words brought back some bad memories from her past.

She also hated those ordinary people.

"It's a shame that you don't have the brains to be a screenwriter, MacMillan." Mu Yu looked at Ernie's pale face with a half-smile, "Of course, the third-rate plot you conceived may have been outdated a long time ago. You are not qualified to do whatever you want. You are not qualified to evaluate other people's feelings, let alone make your own subjective judgments based on other people's feelings."

Perhaps because he couldn't think of any suitable words to retort to Mu Yu, Ernie just stared at them hatefully. Harry didn't want to see Ernie's face full of doubts about him, even though he didn't expect Mu Yu to actually speak for him. He just said hello to Mu Yu in a hurry and ran out of the library angrily.

Mu Yu picked up the pile of books and parchment and chose a seat further away. She didn't even bother to look at them anymore. Mu Yu didn't speak as harshly as Harry, but they all felt as if they had been slapped invisibly.

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There is an exam this week, so there may be a short break.