Snakes at Hogwarts

"The oldest and most powerful human emotion is fear."

“And the oldest and strongest fear is the unknown.”

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The castle is far more lively late at night than during the day.

In a corridor on the fourth floor of the castle, a group of people were gathered in front of a heavy wooden door. They seemed to be hesitant.

Andros stood at the front of the crowd. He put away his wand, grasped the round brass door handle again, and then pushed hard.

creak

The door slowly opened toward the inside, revealing a gap.

Looking along the gap, it was dark inside and nothing could be seen.

"Are we really going in?" Draco swallowed uncontrollably.

Perhaps as the saying goes, when you are staring into the abyss, the abyss is also staring into you.

When he stared intently at the back of the gap, he vaguely felt that something was watching him through the narrow gap.

This made Draco look very uneasy.

"Otherwise, if there is really danger behind the door, then my level of magic will not be able to open the door." Andros continued to fool these inexperienced little snakes.

"Dumbledore will definitely use clever magic spells to protect this place, not just an ordinary door lock that cannot be locked."

The little snakes also looked like they couldn't believe it. No one expected that there was only one door lock outside the restricted area that was expressly forbidden to enter.

Anyone with a little knowledge of magic can easily open it with the opening spell.

Is it really, as Andros said, that all this is just a trick by Dumbledore to scare people? 4

There's no danger at all inside

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Looking at the Slytherins who were still thinking, Andros gently wiped the cold sweat dripping from his temples.

In fact, if he really had no other choice, he would rather be caught by Filch and be deducted points than break into this forbidden land clearly indicated by Dumbledore.

He knew the plot and what was in it.

It's because of knowing that Andros is not willing to set foot here easily.

He had no interest in getting involved in the intrigue between Lao Deng and Voldemort.

What's more, he is not qualified to participate as a chess player.

You may not have noticed that an elite wizard as powerful as Snape was nothing more than a pawn used by each other between Voldemort and Dumbledore.

Andros, on the other hand, might just barely be called a fireless ashes.

To put it simply, they are cannon fodder.

This is also the reason why he has always been cautious. Unlike those little wizards who show their teeth and show off their talents as soon as they have some talent, Andros has always had a very clear understanding of his position.

This understanding has not become blurred even after mastering such a sophisticated magic spell as the Iron Armor Curse.

Even if he masters the Iron Armor Curse, which is impossible for young wizards of the same grade, what can he do?

This is just a pretty good start.

Moreover, the objects of comparison were never those young wizards of the same grade.

What’s the point of comparing yourself to this group of kids who don’t understand anything and play happily every day?

Even if you are too far ahead of them, what's the use?

The objects that Andro compares to are always those senior students, or the elite wizards mentioned in the original work. This allows him to maintain a clear mind at all times and will not raise his tail just because he has mastered a little bit of magic. .

Because even a Muggle who knows nothing about magic can see that there is still a long way to go between them.

If he wants to protect himself and have a plan in the troubled times that follow, the quiet campus time in the past few years is Andros's last and most important development opportunity.

The efforts he has put in in the past few years are worth what others have done in more than ten years.

That's only fair.

For future development, Andros has a set of vague plans, or ambitions.

This may be why the Sorting Hat was so persistent in sorting him into Slytherin.

Because Slytherin has never lacked vigorous ambition, but most little snakes do not yet have the strength to match it.

And, to some extent, prudence and shrewdness can mean the same thing.

Unlike those protagonists who try their best to die after traveling through time, Andros has always been a cautious person.

This caution may come from his unhappy early childhood and his dangerous scavenging career in recent years.

In the past few months, Andros has not done anything too outrageous. Apart from successfully getting Hermione assigned to Ravenclaw, he has basically not changed the direction of the plot.

In fact, if he didn't find a suitable reason, he wouldn't even take the initiative to unlock the Room of Requirement.

Although I knew the many magical properties of that room, it was too close to Dumbledore's office.

It's so close that the latter can find it by just walking around if he gets up to urinate urgently in the middle of the night.

Andros didn't want to hum a cheerful tune and run into Dumbledore's arms one night after doing something sneaky in the Room of Requirement.

Andros had no reason at all to explain how he found that magical room.

Unlocking the Room of Requirement now seems no different than throwing yourself into your arms and saying I have a secret, come use Legilimency on me written all over your face.

Before mastering Occlumency or thinking of a reasonable reason, the eighth floor was another restricted area for Andros to explore the castle.

He has always been so cautious, but this caution was still a little lax today.

Andros never dreamed that so many things would happen tonight

Without Draco to complain, who knows that Mrs. Norris would come over and lure Filch over?

It's all this damn smelly cat's fault

Thinking of this, Andros angrily cursed a certain scrawny gray cat in his heart, which made Mrs. Norris, who was quietly nestling in Filch's arms, sneeze unnaturally.

"What's wrong? Good baby Filch gently patted Mrs. Norris in his arms. His tone was so gentle that it made people's scalp numb.

Only when facing this well-behaved and obedient kitten could he find comfort in his heart.

Filch always believed that the kitten that came to him was a gift from the goddess of fate and the only light in his originally dark life.

When he felt Mrs. Norris running back to him in panic, Filch was almost furious. There was a student who dared to scare his only spiritual support.

Even now, his face is still slightly twisted with anger.

"Don't worry, we'll catch those guys. I swear, I'm going to see who they are and kick them out of the school."

Hearing Peeves' shout, Filch trotted toward the source of the sound without even thinking.

He must catch those damn guys, must

"No time to worry, Filch will find this place soon."

"Let's go in quickly. Think about it carefully. If we are really caught, how many house points will be deducted from Slytherin."

"Think about it. When Senior Sister Farley wakes up tomorrow morning, she finds that Slytherin's hourglass is empty and missing hundreds of emeralds at the door of the Great Hall. What do you think she will do?"

Andros' words made the little snakes present couldn't help but shrink their necks, if it was really because they caused Slytherin to lose this year's Academy Cup.

God knows if the angry senior Farley will kill them.

They didn't want to face Senior Farley's wrath at all.

Although Andros's suggestion still sounds unreliable, he is right about one thing, and this is probably the only way to avoid being caught by Filch at the moment.

Looking at these hesitant little snakes, to be honest, Andros actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.

Although he already knew what was behind the door and was fully prepared mentally, knowing that didn't mean he wouldn't be afraid.

These are completely two different things

What he has more than the Slytherins around him is just a little familiarity with the plot. In comparison, he has no fear of the unknown.

It sounds like a long time, but the time left for everyone to think about it was only about ten seconds. The sound of clattering footsteps and huffing and puffing breathing soon came from the distance.

In this case, that only represents a possibility.

Filch will be here soon

"Let's go in." Hearing a noise not far away, the little snakes finally made up their mind. Under the leadership of Andros, they ran all the way and slipped in through the gap in the wooden door.

Harry, Ron, and Neville, whose presence was so low that he was almost forgotten by the author, also followed Slytherin's pace after a moment's hesitation. They had no better way.

With a creaking sound, the door to the restricted area on the fourth floor was closed again.