Snakes at Hogwarts

"First of all, welcome to Slytherin House. I am Gemma Farley, Prefect."

Walking on the road to the Slytherin common room, Andros listened quietly to Prefect Farley's introduction.

"Our representative creature is the snake, which is shrewd, sleek, and powerful. The colors of our college are silver and emerald green, which represent Guizhou and snakes. Perhaps many of you have heard something about it before joining this college. News from Slytherin.

Now, listen carefully to what I say, remember what you should remember, and forget what you should forget. "Prefect Farley's tone was undeniable and tough.

"In those fabricated rumors, Slytherin is often described as an evil academy filled with evil dark wizards. Regarding this point, I do not deny that our academy has indeed produced dark wizards. But are the other three colleges completely clean?

Even Hufflepuff, who is known for his honesty and integrity, or Gryffindor, who is known for his courage, have had many dark wizards, but they are just unwilling to admit it. "Prefect Farley said in a contemptuous tone.

In fact, she was right. There were dark wizards in both Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, but the number was relatively small.

As for Ravenclaw

Sorry, the dark wizards they produced are no less than Slytherins.

In the pursuit of knowledge and the pursuit of truth, it is inevitable that some less bright methods will be used.

The desire for knowledge makes Ravenclaw easily go down the wrong path, because the desire for knowledge, of course, also includes forbidden knowledge.

Maybe that desire will be stronger.

"What I want to tell you is that Slytherin not only has evil dark wizards, but throughout its long history, our academy has also cultivated characters who shook the wizarding world.

A member of King Arthur's royal family, the most famous wizard in the Middle Ages, the most powerful and influential wizard from ancient times to the present, Merlin graduated from Slytherin."

There were bursts of exclamations from the freshmen in Slytherin, and even Andros opened his mouth in surprise for the first time.

Is what Merlin said true?

Merlin really graduated from Slytherin

"Of course this is true. It has been jointly verified by a number of well-known historians including Bathilda Bagshot. The conclusion can withstand testing and scrutiny and can be found in the Hogwarts library. .”

"I just want to tell you that Slytherin is not as bad as the outside world says. We have our own unique values ​​and have cultivated the best wizards in history.

Would you like to follow in the footsteps of Merlin and start your own magical journey in the common room where he once studied and lived, or would you rather sit in the former Hufflepuff student, the outstanding inventor of the automatic cleaning rag, Agrantina Puff? in front of a special old table

I think the answer is obvious. "

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd. If Hogwarts also has a chain of contempt, then Hufflepuff is probably the only house despised by three houses.

However, there is no doubt that Helga Hufflepuff is a great wizard. The lady uses a tolerant mind to accept all students who are qualified to learn magic, although they may not be Gryffindor, Slytherin and Ravenclaw selected.

But the lady still accepted them and gave them the possibility to continue learning magic. She treated all students equally, imparted her knowledge to them without reservation, and trained them into adults with loyal and hard-working teaching concepts. To lay the foundation stone of the magical world.

Historically, most of the Ministers of Magic were from Hufflepuff, including the current Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge.

However, let’s stop talking about Hufflepuff, now it’s Slytherin’s exclusive time.

"... As for our controversial values, yes, I admit, we want to win, and we will do whatever it takes to win.

But in our opinion, the so-called unscrupulous means does not mean there is no bottom line. A real Slytherin is very good at seeking the maximum benefit for himself within the scope allowed by the rules. We think this is Slytherin-style shrewdness.

The so-called adapting to the wind is even simpler to explain.

That's because we understand the truth that throughout the ages, history has always been written by the victors.And Slytherin will always be on the side of the winner.

I admit that most of the time, Slytherin only cares about himself. That is because most of the time, we do not recognize those objects as worthy of our helping hands. There is friendship in the snake group, but it is extremely rare because it is recognized by Slytherin. It won't be easy. "

"Therefore, for the first-year students, I hope you can take care of yourself first, stop doing stupid things, and don't think about helping others like other colleges who can't take care of themselves."

Perhaps in other houses, selfless dedication and helping others are a very noble virtue, but here is Slytherin.

The little snakes don't like this.

Different academy philosophies produce wizards with completely different outlooks.

If every little snake can handle its own problems, then naturally it won't need help from others.

This is a unique view of the Snake Garden.

"Also, I hope many old students will listen to me. Although Slytherin still adheres to the blood theory, if we want to grow and develop, we must introduce some new blood. This is an undisputed fact. .

Whether he is pure blood or mixed blood, as long as he is sorted into Slytherin, he is a member of our house.Slytherin must be united internally, we can no longer withstand internal strife. "

There is no doubt that Prefect Farley's words were addressed to those who questioned Andros' identity in the auditorium. Not only intentionally or unintentionally, she helped Andros again.

Under the leadership of Prefect Farley, they walked through the foyer and walked down a staircase. In the same direction as Slytherin was Hufflepuff, and the badgers' lounge was also located underground in the castle.

But they soon separated. After arriving underground, Slytherin, led by Prefect Farley, walked towards the corridor on the left, where there was the Potions classroom and Professor Snape's office. Hufflepuff walked towards the corridor on the right.

If I remember correctly, that's where the kitchen is.

After passing Professor Snape's office, Prefect Farley led the little snakes around in the dark and damp underground corridors, and finally came to an ordinary-looking wall.

"Remember this wall, this is the entrance to the Slytherin lounge. If you look carefully, there is a small snake pattern on the wall at every intersection you have passed before, and the direction the snake's head is pointing is exactly Slytherin's. The direction of Lin Lounge."

"I hope you keep this in mind, because I don't want any Slytherin to be stupid enough to not find his own house's common room, and I don't want to hear that other houses know our secrets."

"Stand in front of this wall and speak the password to enter the Slytherin lounge. The password is changed every two weeks, and a notice will be posted on the bulletin board in the lounge every time.

Remember, the password for these two weeks is interests. "