[HP] Liar

Ep.44

On September [-]st, King's Cross Station was still the same as in previous years, and there were many students and parents waiting for the Hogwarts Express train.The only difference is that this year's King's Cross Station has obviously lost the lively and warm atmosphere of previous years, leaving only a heavy sense of depression like dead silence.

Nancy Jones is a sixth-grade student at Hogwarts this year, and her pedigree is pure-blood, so she doesn't have to worry about being unable to enroll this year.

However, her friend Viola Clearwater, a Muggle-born witch, may not be so lucky.

Nancy struggled to carry the royal blue suitcase in her hand, lowered her head, and walked forward without saying a word.After finally finding an empty carriage, she stretched out her hand and opened the door of the carriage, and threw herself and the suitcase into the small compartment of the carriage.

In all fairness, she hated the weird atmosphere now.

It's disgusting.

"Nancy?" Just as Nancy was lying alone on the soft leather sofa with her eyes closed, a familiar voice suddenly sounded outside the compartment door.

Nancy frowned, subconsciously looking towards the clear glass window.I saw Luna Lovegood, who belonged to Ravenclaw College with him, was standing outside the cubicle, smiling and waving to her.

In Luna's right hand, she was also carrying a huge box that was heavier than her suitcase.

"Would you mind if I ride in the same carriage with you?" Luna then asked.

In the old days, Nancy would have cared.But at this moment, under this particular situation, the matter of being "in the same car as Luna Lovegood" seems to be less intolerable.

"Come in." She said lightly.

"Thank you." Luna nodded gratefully at her.

After walking into the cubicle, Luna carefully placed the box in her hand on the ground.Seeing this, Nancy frowned curiously, looked at the huge suitcase lying on the ground, and asked, "Did you get a new suitcase?"

"Yes."

"Why do you want to change the boxes at this time?" Nancy asked, "I remember that the textbooks I need to use this semester are obviously not as many as last semester."

"It's not about the textbook." Luna blinked mysteriously, "It contains something very precious to me."

Nancy knew that Luna Lovegood was always going to be short-sighted from time to time.So when faced with the suggestive words in Luna's mouth, Nancy chose not to argue with her, but gave a soft "oh", ending this meaningless topic.

This year's entrance ceremony is obviously more dull than previous years.After Severus Snape, who was born in Slytherin House, took over the position of headmaster of Hogwarts, he simply canceled the sorting ceremony, which was regarded as a long tradition.

And announced that from now on, Hogwarts will only have one house, Slytherin.

"So, can we still be counted as Ravenclaws now?"

Roger Davis, who was sitting across from Nancy and Luna, listened to Snape's speech, put a piece of pear in his mouth sullenly, and asked in a low voice.

"We're almost graduating. Could it be that Snape wants us to change schools before we graduate?" Another Ravenclaw said bitterly.

Nancy said nothing.On the contrary, Sophia, who was sitting on the other side of her, eagerly answered, "Do you think there are any mixed-race freshmen this year?"

"Why not? Didn't the headmaster simply ban Muggle-born wizards from attending the school?"

"However," Sophia pointed out sharply, "if Hogwarts is the only house left with Slytherin, then Slytherin may be forced to accept a lot of mixed-race students."

"Come on." Roger Davis waved his hand after hearing this, "I heard that Snape himself is a half-breed."

……

After Snape became Headmaster, he stopped teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.Hogwarts' Potions professor this year is still Horace Slughorn, but the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is someone else.

They were known by most as the "Carroll Brothers and Sisters".

The moment Nancy heard the surname, the silver fork in her hand slipped from her hand and almost fell to the ground with a "click".Fortunately, Luna, who was sitting next to her, reacted in time and caught the fork firmly before it made a sound.

"Here you are, Nancy."

Nancy took the fork mechanically. "Thank you, Lovegood."

However, she was not happy at all in her heart.

The reason was that Nancy had heard of the names of the Carlos, before they appeared in the Great Hall at Hogwarts.

Nancy's parents were both Aurors in the Ministry of Magic, and her aunt, Hestia Jones, was one of Kingsley Shacklebolt's right-hand men.Nancy grew up proud of her parents' professions and firmly believed that Auror was the greatest job in the world.

However, as great people, they often need to pay some heavy price.

And the price of being an Auror is to experience many dangers and fears that ordinary people may not be able to experience in a lifetime.

When Nancy was very young, his father was seriously injured by hunting Death Eaters.That time, Mr. Jones' body was beaten to a bloody mess by those two Death Eaters. If Mr. Jones' partner hadn't reacted in time and sent him to St. Mungo's as quickly as possible, Mr. Jones would have left by now. This world is gone.

The surnames of the two fugitives whom Mr. Jones was pursuing at that time were called Caro.

Nancy clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her flesh and blood.

"From today onwards, we will change the content of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class." Alecto Caro stood up from his seat at this moment, condescendingly looked at the students sitting at the long table, and pointedly The voice said, "I know you used to just read the textbooks in this class. But from now on, you will throw away the pile of waste paper in your hands, you will experience real magic duels, and you will learn real magic duels. dark magic."

When Alecto Caro uttered the word "black magic", most of the students in the auditorium gasped.

Her brother, Amycus Carrow, suddenly raised his wand and pointed it at one of the whispering Hufflepuffs.

"Cruciate."

The shrill screams suddenly echoed in the auditorium.

"You'd better know who you are," Amycus said, "and don't do anything presumptuous...if you're going to graduate from here properly."

This time, after his words fell, no one raised any objections.

"Very good." Amycus looked at the students and nodded with satisfaction, "Also, one more thing—from today, you must hold an assembly every Monday. At the assembly, my sister and I will Check what you have learned this week, and if someone fails to meet the standards we have in mind...we will punish you in our own way."

After hearing this, Nancy slowly closed her eyes.She thought she already knew what the "punishment" that the Carlo brothers and sisters were talking about was.

"Good luck," she said quietly, at last, when she heard Amycus chuckle.