Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 85 End of Semester
The emergence of this organization gave Schelling a very bad premonition.

He had a premonition that the original world of Harry Potter had gradually deviated from the original track. Maybe the shadow of the dragon was just the beginning. In the not-too-distant future, more hidden and underground forces would emerge one by one.

He thought about it for a while, and then put it aside, after all, he was still a student, and even if there was any big trouble, Dumbledore would still be there!
After Schelling got the information he needed, he made some arrangements on Peter Pettigrew before waving his wand to wake him up.

Peter Pettigrew, who woke up, didn't know how he had been hypnotized, but he no longer underestimated the immature boy in front of him, and his attitude became very respectful, "Master Malfoy, now I have proved that I am your most loyal servant, do you need me to do anything for you?"

Xie Lin nodded and said, "I don't need you to follow me. I want you to go to the Albanian forest to help me find the remnant soul of your old master, and then renew allegiance to him."

When Peter Pettigrew heard the name of the mysterious man, he was so frightened that his voice trembled uncontrollably, and he said, "Master, you don't want me to stay by that person's side as your undercover agent... That person can read people's hearts, but I can't..."

Schelling looked back and forth at Peter Pettigrew with scrutiny, giving him the illusion that all his secrets could not be hidden.Schelling knew that Peter Pettigrew was actually dodging. His Occlumency was not weak. He was able to hide the news from Dumbledore in the Order of the Phoenix to Voldemort. Although the protection of James and others was the main reason, he must have the ability to let Dumbledore see through the secret. At least Dumbledore could not use Legilimency to confirm that he was a traitor, but he had doubts about his behavior.

However, Schelling did not intend to entangle Peter Pettigrew on this topic.

Xie Lin said: "Don't worry, you just need to go back to him and do things for him. I don't need you to go undercover for me or pass on any information. Believe me, it's only a matter of time before the mysterious man returns. As the first person to find him and assist him when he loses power, you will have unexpected benefits. I have my own plan here, and you don't need to be concerned about it."

Peter Pettigrew's twinkling eyes showed that he was making various calculations in his heart, and finally he replied: "Well, I promise you, master, if one day I have the opportunity, I will repay your kindness today."

Pettigrew took a blood tonic and a magic recovery potion that Xie Lin handed him, and after feeling that his body had almost recovered, he apparated and left the Forbidden Forest.

Schelling was confident that Peter Pettigrew would be able to find Voldemort.Pettigrew Peter was able to use the help of rat animals in the vast and boundless forest. In the original book, Voldemort's remnant soul was found by him in this way. It was also with his help that Voldemort rescued Barty Crouch Jr., and then advanced the plot of the fourth grade.

Schelling had planted house-elf tracking magic in him (he briefly called Dobby to cast it), and he could Apparate himself to him with Dobby whenever Schelling wanted.Even, Schelling added some ingredients to the potion that Peter Pettigrew drank. If Voldemort were to resurrect with the flesh and blood of Peter Pettigrew according to the plot, it would surely give him a big surprise.

Thinking of this, Xie Lin immediately showed a satisfied smile for his various resourcefulness.

After this incident, the exam week began.

The exam topic of the Transfiguration class was to turn a teapot into a turtle, so I didn’t mention Schelling’s performance. Anyway, it’s not hard to guess from Professor McGonagall’s smile that it must be a perfect score. Meredith made a slight mistake and turned the turtle into a turtle. Daphne forgot to add nails to the tortoise’s feet.

The test topic of the Charms class was indeed the Happy Curse. Schelling, who knew the topic in advance, had already trained all the little snakes in Slytherin, so none of the little snakes was left behind, and all of them got full marks in the test.

The next morning, Hagrid presides over the Care of Fantastic Beasts exam.To pass the exam, which is about caring for Flobber caterpillars, they must keep their Flobber caterpillars alive after an hour.This is the easiest test.This made the students very happy, but none of them thought that during the whole semester, they actually learned nothing except the eagle horse in the first class and the salamander after that.Xie Lin shook his head secretly. If he didn't learn the real knowledge, what's the use of doing well in the exam?

The potion test in the afternoon was Slytherin's performance time, and the topic happened to be the potion of confusion. Half an hour before the end of the test, the little snakes had already handed in the completed potions. Except that Gore accidentally added too much water to make the potion not thick enough, all the other little snakes got full marks in the test without any accidents.

I took an astronomy test in the middle of the night, on top of the tallest tower.Then on Wednesday were History of Magic and Herbal Medicine.

Thursday morning was the penultimate exam, Defense Against the Dark Arts.Professor Lupine gave the most unusual test they had ever tried in their lives, an outdoor test similar to an obstacle course.They have to wade through a deep pool with Grindyllow, walk through a series of potholes full of red hats, walk through swamps, ignore the misdirection from Hinkpunk, and then climb into an old box and wrestle a Boggart.

Schelling, Daphne, Meredith, and Draco all got perfect marks.The rest of the little snakes were impeccable in the first few items, mainly because there was something wrong with Boggart in the last level-Pansy rushed out screaming (she saw herself turned ugly), Blaise was fainted by a fierce eagle horse...

The last exam was alchemy, and Schelling successfully repaired a broken Snitch and got the only perfect score in the class.Professor Bock has informed Schelling to find time to come to the office to study the restoration of the disappearing cabinet.

After the exam, there are still three weeks before the end of the semester, and the finally liberated students can be seen everywhere happily discussing their summer vacation plans.

After the exam, Harry was not happy. Professor Lupine, whom he liked very much, had decided to resign and leave because Snape revealed that he was a werewolf.

This incident put a lot of pressure on Dumbledore from the school board.Both Dumbledore and the members of the school board received countless shouting letters from the parents of the students. Even the "Daily Prophet" couldn't suppress this matter and had to follow up and report on it.

Of course, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Barnabas Guffey, was clever enough to pull Fudge out of this mess, without mentioning that Lupine's appointment was a matter of Ministry of Magic approval.

(Note: Fudge's original words in the original book "Not many people will allow you to hire werewolves, keep Hagrid, or decide what to teach students without consulting the Ministry of Magic" shows that he knew that Dumbledore hired werewolves, but he chose to remain silent)
Coupled with Dumbledore’s appointment of Quirrell and Lockhart’s previous convictions, Dumbledore’s ability to hire professors has been greatly questioned, and the masses have begun to speak out, hoping that the Ministry of Magic will intervene in this matter to make the process of hiring professors more transparent and fair—the principal should no longer decide on the appointment of professors alone, but needs to be reviewed by a third party.

At this time, Mr. Gareth Greengrass, a member of the school board, stepped forward. He volunteered to take on this task. He took the lead in organizing a "faculty hiring committee".

For the sake of fairness, the members of this committee will be composed of two dean-level professors, two school board members, two student parents and two student representatives, so that the opinions of all stakeholders can be represented.

After a lengthy discussion, the members of the committee were finally finalized.The two deans are Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape, the members of the school board are Gareth himself and Mrs. Selwyn of the Selwyn family, and the parents of the students are Lucius Malfoy and Amelia Bones.

The student representative is of course our protagonist, Sherlin Malfoy. Although Sherlin is still very young, his reputation and strength have already been recognized by most of the young wizards. The other members of the committee, except Mrs. Selwyn, are more or less friendly with Sherlin. I am very happy to hear that Sherrin was selected.

Another student representative was Ron Weasley. Although his appointment surprised many people, it was not surprising at all, because there were many political factors behind Ron's appointment.

According to Schelling's guess, Hermione Granger was the original candidate for Dumbledore's faction. Her achievements and strength are dazzling enough, but it's a pity that she comes from a Muggle family and has no background behind her.

And Ron is a good replacement candidate. He and Hermione are good friends, and Hermione can make decisions on many things. Ron himself also comes from the oldest pure-blood family, and he is still an inseparable friend with Harry, who wears the halo of the savior, so he was forced into this position.

The Malfoy family was obviously the biggest beneficiary of this turmoil. Not to mention Lucius' return to the Hogwarts power class, the Malfoy family accounted for two members of the committee-this would have been criticized at other times, but it was a matter of course for Schelling, who was in full swing, and everything seemed so natural.

At the same time, Harry also learned the truth about the Sirius incident 12 years ago from Professor Lupine, and the fact that Sirius is Harry's godfather.This made Harry even more frustrated. He finally had the only relative in the world, but because he failed to clear his name and was still a wanted criminal, Harry still couldn't get rid of the Dursleys he hated and lived with Sirius.

By the way, when Lupine confessed the truth, Ron was even more difficult to accept than Harry.

"What did you say? Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew?" he cried. "No, that's not possible!"

Even though Sirius promised to give him a new pet to compensate him, he is still a little reluctant, which shows that he still has a very deep affection for Banban.

Another thing that bothered Harry was that during the Divination exam, the unreliable Professor Trelawney seemed to make a real prophecy: "The Dark Lord lies there alone, friendless, abandoned by his subordinates, and his servant has been chained for 12 years. Tonight, before midnight... this servant will break free from the chain and set off to meet his master. The Dark Lord will come back stronger and more terrible than before with the help of his servant..."

Harry was very concerned about this prophecy, but when he mentioned it to Ron and Hermione, the two scoffed at Professor Trelawney's divination ability and didn't take the prophecy seriously.

Harry had thought that things couldn't get any worse.As a result, the cruel reality severely taught him to be a man.

When Harry went to the secret passage of the Cyclops statue on the fourth floor, trying to retrieve his invisibility cloak, he found that the cloak had disappeared!
This cloak is very important to Harry, who does not know invisibility magic, and it is the only relic left to him by his father, which has a very special meaning.Losing the cloak puts his mood at rock bottom.

The only thing that made Harry happier was that Harry and Ron passed every class, even if they only got "passes" in some subjects.At the same time, Harry also took back the confiscated Marauder's Map from Lupine. This map has a special meaning to Harry.

In this semester, Hermione's grades have obviously regressed. She only got No.4 in the exam, and was overtaken by Meredith and Murray.

Everyone blamed the fact that her homework was too heavy, and the pressure of taking 12 courses overwhelmed her, but the real reason was only known to her heart—at the moment before the exam, how much she hoped that the boy could cheer her up, give her a word of encouragement, even just take a look at her, but she was disappointed...

She no longer remembers how many times she secretly cried in the dead of night, she only remembers that she has never been so sad since she was sensible...

But Hermione was Hermione, and now that she saw the report card, instead of falling into depression, her fighting spirit was ignited, and she told herself that it was time to let go of all this, get back together, and take responsibility for her own life.

She reflected on the mistakes she made in this final exam, and finally she decided to give up Divination and Muggle Studies so that she could have a normal schedule next semester, but because of this she had to return the Time-Turner to Professor McGonagall.

　There is a saying of "cause and effect" in the wizarding world. In the original book, Harry spared Pettigrew's life. Dumbledore once mentioned that the favor between wizards will form an invisible bond.In this book, the phrase "I will repay your favor today" that Pettigrew said to Schelling at the end actually has a similar effect.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)