Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 385 Snape: The drug has begun to take effect
If Jon heard what Snape was saying now, he would definitely slap him in the face.
Even if he is your opponent, you can't think of him as such a despicable person, right?
Just as Jon and Lee were teasing each other, Hermione had quietly come into the headmaster's office.
She did not go through the trouble of avoiding the Aurors on the first floor and climbing up to the seventh floor. Instead, she asked Fawkes to use Apparition and take her directly into the room.
When we were looking for the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets before, Fawkes was the only bird that came in once. In addition, this was Dumbledore's office, its old nest, so it was quite familiar with the place.
Fawkes deliberately chose a corner close to the tower and landed with Hermione, but the golden-red light still attracted the attention of the cold-blooded creature in the office.
It was a poisonous snake that was not as exaggerated as a basilisk, but was still huge in size, with emerald green scales on its surface.
Nagini.
Voldemort's personal pet, a blood-cursed orc who has completely transformed into a beast.
But Hermione obviously didn't know the background and identity of this venomous snake. At this point, she knew nothing about the snake's condition, but she didn't need to worry about dealing with this snake.
The moment Nagini and Fox's eyes met, the snake and the bird rushed towards each other!
They had fought each other once before, not long ago, so they were not unfamiliar with each other.
Hermione did not hesitate at all after landing. She had changed her evening dress into a loose robe for everyday wear. She took out a silver device that looked like a lighter from the pocket of the robe.
The next moment before Fox rushed towards Nagini, she pressed the switch of the silver lighter!
"boom!"
A sound like a thunderstorm rang out. The noise was so loud that the whole floor of the room shook. At the same time, the magic portraits that were not on the walls when Jon entered the principal's office but were now hung all over the walls suddenly burst into countless sparks, and then the frames shattered. Accompanied by a faint scream, all the portraits were burned.
This lighter originally only had the function of extinguishing lights. The function of destroying portraits was specially modified and added by Dumbledore based on Hermione's needs this time. It is attached with an ancient violent spell, which is the simplest and most effective way to deal with these portraits with independent thinking consciousness. The only problem is that it makes too much noise. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be used at all, so John and Lee need to attract Crouch and Snape's attention in the hall.
At the same time, Hermione also had to keep an eye on the movements of the patrolling Aurors in the castle to make sure that no one of them approached the seventh floor before taking action.
Such opportunities are not easy to find, but fortunately all actions have been smooth sailing so far. Fox is not afraid of even the basilisk, so dealing with the poisonous snake Nagini is even more of a piece of cake.
After putting away the silver lighter, Hermione was finally able to focus on the four relics placed on the table in the middle of the office.
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"Okay, it's almost time. We need to leave now and go to the small garden outside the castle."
Lee glanced at the clock at the front of the auditorium and whispered to Jon.
Jon nodded as well.
"Hurry up and go find a place where no one is around and drink the voice changing potion."
"Hey, how could you do that, with Hermione's appearance, isn't my voice stimulating?"
"If you keep saying such disgusting things to me here, I will blow your mouth and George's mouth apart tomorrow!"
"I was wrong! You should just shoot George. Compared to me, he is more hateful!"
The two of them kept talking and stood up from their seats at the same time. Li Ziran took Jon's arm. Jon controlled himself not to reveal any flaws, but he couldn't help but get goose bumps on his arms.
"Why do I feel like you're shaking?" Li whispered.
"Would you tremble if a man held your arm?"
"Relax a little, can't you just imagine me as Hermione herself?"
"If you can promise to keep your mouth shut, then maybe I can do it."
In fact, many people noticed their standing up. Jon's every move attracted much attention. Even the Aurors who were on guard around him focused most their attention on him.
Because John was so good at stirring up trouble, Lucius asked his men to keep a close eye on him the more it was easy to let down their guard in such a lively atmosphere.
If John had agreed to his request for cooperation before, Lucius might turn a blind eye and let John do whatever he wanted.
But after being rejected like that, as if there was a sense of love turning into hate, Lucius felt that he had to be loyal to his duty in order to be fair to Voldemort.
Therefore, he was actually staring at Jon and Hermione tonight. According to his understanding of Dumbledore over the years, if he didn't let his students do something on Christmas Day, which was such a great opportunity, then Dumbledore could not be called Dumbledore.
However, just as Li was holding Jon's arm and walking out together, a pair of male and female students suddenly blocked their way.
This made everyone who was staring at Jon silent, and because of this, the entire auditorium was silent for a moment, with only the Weird Sisters band in the center of the stage still playing dance music.
Jon squinted his eyes and looked at Emil and his dance partner who were standing in front of him, wondering if this was also part of Crouch and Snape's plan.
But he never expected that Crouch's behavior was much worse than he thought.
"What's going on? What did that idiot Lestrange want to do?"
Snape was still as sarcastic as ever.
"You've already said he's an idiot. Do you think I can understand the thoughts of an idiot?"
No one else in the auditorium knew what Emile wanted to do, but everyone was looking forward to this scene.
Most of the people here are students of Hogwarts Castle, and although John's current enemy, Emil, is also representing their headmaster in the competition, he is not a student of Hogwarts after all.
Therefore, no matter what kind of conflicts occur between them, these people will just watch the fun and enjoy the show.
Emile's face was flushed, as if he had drunk some wine.
This is normal. He is a seventh-grade student and now an adult. Drinking a little alcohol is nothing. But his current condition is obviously problematic.
"Jon Green!"
Emil called out Jon's name.
Jon looked at him disapprovingly, with no intention of responding. He just wanted to see what tricks this young master of the Lestrange family could come up with.
"Don't think that you are better than me just because you won the first game! Next time I will let everyone see who is worthy of being called a warrior!"
Jon put himself into Emile's perspective. He felt embarrassed for this young master who was still unsure whether he was awake or not.
He also understood that Emile stopping him was definitely not Crouch's plan. It was a typical case that the boy had a few drinks, and his dance partner talked about the first game, so he felt a little stimulated and wanted to prove to Jon that he was not a loser, and to raise a flag for the next game.
Jon said sincerely after seeing what state Emil was in now.
"The fact that you can say this to me on this occasion already proves that you are a true warrior."
Emile did not hear the true meaning of Jon's words and thought he was really bragging about himself. His originally depressed heart couldn't help but feel a little dizzy under the influence of alcohol.
"Humph, you still have some self-awareness, but don't think I will go easy on you in the next game."
While Emil was speaking, the woman next to him kept her eyes focused on Li.
Li did not flinch from her gaze, but held his head high with his chest puffed out, but other than that there was no further provocation.
He also knew that he couldn't speak at all without drinking the voice-changing potion. If he spoke, he would definitely be exposed, so he had to keep a low profile as much as possible.
But the girl from the Selwyn family obviously had no intention of letting him go, and there was a malicious smile on her face when she spoke.
"Hello, Miss Granger, I have heard of your name a long time ago."
Li was also good at pretending. He nodded slightly, as if responding, but did not say anything.
Although this attitude seems a bit arrogant, it is reasonable.
But Jon didn't want to stay here any longer. As long as the topic involved Hermione, there was a high possibility that Lee would be exposed. They had to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.
But sometimes things just don't go as planned.
Just when everyone's attention had gradually shifted away from them and they began to dance to the music again, Selwyn seemed to be irritated by Lee's arrogant attitude. She lowered her voice but raised her tone and intonation.
"I've heard of Miss Granger's most famous incident, which was that she was hung in the hallway at the back like a stinky fish. Unfortunately, I was in France at the time and couldn't see it with my own eyes!"
These words instantly quieted the atmosphere, and even Emile was sobered up by the shock.
He stared with wide eyes at his dance partner who had just kissed him passionately in the middle of the dance floor, and subconsciously pulled away her arm.
Selwyn seemed not to notice Emil's reaction, her eyes burning with jealous rage as she looked at Lee.
As soon as they entered the hall, everyone's attention was focused on Jon and Hermione, which made Selwyn very angry because he thought that he would become the focus of the audience by becoming Emil's dance partner.
This anger became particularly intense after she found that there was nothing wrong with Hermione's appearance.
It was also at her instigation that Emil came to block Jon. This is how it is for men who have just entered the land of beauty. It is difficult for them to refuse a girl's request. In addition, he was drunk, which led to his previous words.
By now Emil had obviously been startled awake, but Selwyn had not yet sensed any reaction from his male companion.
Li knew that he couldn't speak no matter what at this time. Although he was furious at Hermione being insulted, he couldn't vent it, so he continued to look at her with contempt.
But Jon's eyes narrowed at some point, and because of this, Emil took two steps back.
"If you really know about that matter, then you should also know what I did at the time, right, Miss Selwyn?"
After hearing Jon's words, Selwyn turned to look at him. However, the moment she turned her face, her entire vision was covered by a slap!
“Bang!”
Jon is now completely different from what he was two years ago. His magical attainments and physical strength have reached the standards of a teenager.
Therefore, this slap without holding back knocked Selwyn to the ground on the spot. The loud noise was heard by many students around.
"Ah!!! You dare to hit me!"
Selwyn's scream even drowned out the dance music, and the wizard band Weird Sisters, who were playing, stopped what they were doing and looked in this direction.
The entire auditorium fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on their location. The Aurors who were on guard in the surroundings also began to stir. Lucius frowned and whispered .
On the platform, little Batty had a very ugly look on his face.
"What the hell are these two idiots doing?!"
The targets of his abuse were of course not Jon and Hermione, but Selwyn and Emile, who had hindered his plans.
Snape didn't say anything. He was quietly observing John's next move.
Of course Jon acted quickly, he knew what he should do most now.
After slapping Selwyn to the ground, he immediately grabbed Li's arm, then kicked Selwyn away, who was still screaming and standing in front of him. He passed by Emil, who had just been speaking big words but now had shut up and acted mute, and walked quickly out of the auditorium.
The Aurors around them immediately quickened their pace and tried to catch up. They couldn't let John, who was one of the warriors participating in the competition, leave without any explanation by beating up a pure-blood at will in such an occasion.
Snape on the platform seemed to know everything.
"He couldn't wait any longer. Under the influence of the potion, he started to become manic and even attacked in public at all costs."
When Barty Jr. saw that John wanted to leave the auditorium immediately, a look of joy appeared on his face. He left his seat immediately, came to Lucius who was directing his men, and asked him to stop all Auror actions. Then, without any explanation, he returned to Snape while Lucius looked confused.
"Ah, yes, it's certainly not good in front of so many people in the auditorium. They need a quiet place, right? We are here to help them create such a place."
