Mentor and Friends

"It's just a child from an ordinary wizarding family..." Harry pointed to the information Ron found, "Ron, what do you think, it's just a child from an ordinary family, how could they be so arrogant?" He is no longer Slater this year Lin's dean, so he doesn't know what's going on inside Slytherin. Since he can enter Slytherin, it's impossible for the Sorting Hat to let him go without some brains.

Let's not talk about whether they have carefully considered the matter of threatening Irene in a corner where no one is around, but Irene is a member of the Prince family, if you really want to trouble her, either you have no brains, or you have a background that is better than ordinary people. The Rings family is big, or is it...

"I think, I'm afraid they are not ordinary." Ron said, shaking his head.

"How to say?"

"Her family seems to have a deep connection with Knockturn Alley."

"Knockturn Alley..." Harry murmured the word softly. Speaking of which, when he went to school, he didn't seem to meet any children with the background of Knockturn Alley, but it was also true that there was a large group of dark wizards concentrated there. If you go up to strike up a conversation even a little bit, you will be confronted with a magic wand. How can it be said that you are married and give birth to offspring?

It is probably not as simple as a simple black wizard who can form a partner with each other, have offspring, and even make the illusion of an ordinary wizard family.

"Ron, tell me, what is their purpose?" Harry twirled his wand, frowning slightly, "When we were in school, there was no force like this that intervened in Hogwarts."

In other words, it was because after the fall of Voldemort, the status of dark wizards in the UK plummeted. Many people saw that the first time a dark wizard did not have a wand, it was relatively good. Their power has grown. According to Draco, in fact, those who can be called dark wizards have been transferred to Germany. However, they were not suppressed to the point of being unable to survive—the ones who remained in Knockturn Alley were just some wizards who had preliminary research on black magic and were not counted as dark wizards.

So at that time, how could there be children from Knockturn Alley who came to Hogwarts? I am afraid that even if there were children there, they would have been sent to Germany.

Listening to Harry's question, Ron was also a little puzzled.

"Although he came from Knockturn Alley, it's probably not unusual for him to confront someone from the Prince family so blatantly." Harry looked at his wand. in the way of some people in Knockturn Alley..."

Irene's popularity in potions class is taken for granted by everyone. As a member of the Prince family, if she performed mediocre in potions class, she might be criticized by others, and those girls Actually blatantly asked Irene to "keep the limelight"...

"Want to check?" Ron asked enthusiastically.

"What do you think?" Harry looked at Ron with a half-smile.

"Don't speak like that Malfoy guy." Harry's eyes made his whole body get goosebumps unaccustomed, and Ron punched Harry.

Harry laughed, and flicked his wand back into the pocket of his robes.

The Prince family has a large number of talented people. It is estimated that many people let Irene grow up. As long as she learns potions well so as not to embarrass the family, they probably won't care about what happens at school.

Harry thought of the arrogance of those girls.

A completely spoiled child, even worse than Draco back then, which makes people feel unfavorable.

They seemed to be very clear about Irene's situation, so they warned Irene like that.

That being the case...

He can't ignore it.

Harry opened the papers submitted by the students, looked at the green arguments, and smiled slightly.

Only when I became a professor would I blush for "referring" to Hermione's thesis for convenience.

Harry corrected the thesis so well that he didn't even notice when Ron went out and when Tom came in.

It was rare for him to be so careless, probably because he was in Hogwarts, and he was less guarded against Ron and Tom.

When Tom came in, he found that Harry hadn't returned to his senses. After reading the thesis written by Harry, he understood. Pick up the book and read.

It was two hours before Harry finished correcting his fourth grade summer homework.

Tom had already read more than half of the books which he had entertained himself with.

"Tom?" Harry raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw Tom sitting next to him when he turned his head, "When did you come in?"

"It's been a while," Tom closed the book, and Harry looked at the cover of the book, feeling a little helpless, did Tom really regard this place as his territory?Looking at it so blatantly with the cutting-edge black magic he put on the table, this guy is really... "I saw you were busy, so I didn't call you."

"I feel that at the end, it seems that you are busy." Harry pointedly hinted at the book in Tom's hand. It seemed that he had seen the end of the book, but Tom was fascinated.

"You know, if you want to master Defense Against the Dark Arts well, you have to understand it first." Tom said without blushing or panting, as if he was really obsessed with this subject in order to master Defense Against the Dark Arts. of.

Really...

Harry shook his head helplessly: "Okay, what are you doing here?"

"I don't think you have collected any information about past Triwizard Tournaments," Tom took out a large stack of information, "so I'll bring it to you. By the way, I think we can discuss the items that will appear in the first tournament." .”

"You really are..." Harry looked at Tom a little funny, and before the representatives from other schools came, he was in a hurry to make preparations.

It seemed that Tom really valued this game very much. Also, for the competitive Tom, this game can only be won but not lost.

Harry took the information in Tom's hand, but he was a little surprised when he looked at it carefully. The information Harry had found before was much more detailed.

It seems that Tom should have found these from a secret channel. Harry can roughly figure out the direction of the game over the years just by looking at the information on it.

Harry watched Tom in silence for a while, and finally swallowed his own words.

Whether Tom had already formed his own faction, or found these details from Abraxas, he had already done so, and Harry's further asking could not stop these things.

"What do you think the first game will go in this competition?" Tom stared at Harry and asked.

"The last game was the strength type, and the last time it was the outsmart type..." Harry looked at the information Tom brought, muttered for a long time, and then asked, "Tell me, this time, will you go directly to the field?" type?"

"In the wild?" Tom was taken aback by Harry's guess, "You mean..."

"Although they all introduce some dangerous creatures, but, you see, the last game required the players to defeat all their arrangements in order to get clues for the next game, and in the last game, there are many creatures that can be avoided. This time, we won't repeat the last match, so... don't you think, they might take advantage of the Forbidden Forest?"

Forbidden Forest...

It's quite possible.

Tom looked at Harry's analysis, his eyes darkened.

Although Harry promised himself to be his advisor, he would not really joke about his competition. If Harry used a perfunctory attitude when he came to find Harry today, then he would It is possible to find a way to say sorry to Harry and go to Professor Slughorn instead.

Still, it's fine.

Tom thought that Harry was really preparing for this matter, although he seemed to want to wait until October when representatives from other schools arrived before caring about these matters as much as Professor Gendo.

But Tom didn't think so, since he was sure that the representative of Hogwarts would be himself, then he wouldn't just sit around.

His study ability has already been able to cope with all the exams in the seventh grade. Now that he has free time, why not focus on this.

"There are only a few places they can use. The first match was in November. At that time, the Forbidden Forest was still lush. On the other side of the Black Lake, many creatures were still active. People in the Forbidden Forest can be arranged in the dark. Guardian warriors, but if the venue is arranged in Black Lake, then the players and guardians are too passive, and the Quidditch pitch is too empty, unless they lock the clues of the second level in a certain room and let you wander around in various stairs , but it's not fair to the other contestants, because they will say that they are not familiar with the operation of the Hogwarts stairs-in fact, I bet that even seventh grade students may not be able to figure out the operation of our stairs Temper." Harry looked at the past information and analyzed, "However, if it is arranged in the Forbidden Forest, apart from some unknown creatures they arranged, there may also be wild creatures in the Forbidden Forest, and the Forbidden Forest is lush, so If you can get clues for the second game, I am afraid it is not only related to strength, but also depends on your luck."

"Fate..." There was a gloomy look in Tom's eyes, as if he didn't want to believe these things. For him, he had never believed in these things.

Maybe Harry saw Tom's eyes, maybe he didn't. He suddenly stopped talking, as if he had become very interested in the information in his hand, which caused him to indulge in it and forget himself.

Seeing Harry's sudden silence, Tom sighed inwardly.

Somewhere, it seemed that there was always something blocking between Harry and him. It often seemed that he was already very close to Harry, but because of a word or an action, he was estranged.

Harry looked down at the documents for a while, and finally admitted helplessly that his mind was not on the documents. He tapped his head and said hesitantly, "Tom."

"Huh?" Tom answered Harry somewhat unconsciously.

"The night you started school, did you have any problems with the competition for the head?" Harry bit his lower lip. He is not the head of Slytherin now. It is indeed a bit abrupt to interfere in the internal affairs of Slytherin house, but Luo The news that En brought before really made people pay attention. In his memory, there has never been a person whose background is Knockturn Alley...

"Why do you ask that?" Tom didn't answer Harry's question immediately, but instead asked with some doubts. You must know that even when Harry was acting as the dean last semester, he didn't deliberately care about the competition for the chief. After the dean of Gryffindor College, he came back to care about these things, which made Tom deeply puzzled.

"I met a few new Slytherin students that day. It felt a little strange." Harry frowned. With the background of two girls, Tom may have put his mind on them-the term "Knockturn Alley" has fascinated and yearned for countless dark wizards.

Tom looked at Harry frowning, misunderstood that Harry couldn't find the words to express his inner anxiety, and he showed a faint smile that he didn't even notice.

"There is no problem in the chief competition, so you don't have to worry." He said softly to Harry, "Except for the first and second graders who know limited spells, the chief was quickly appointed, and the competitions of the other age groups were very exciting. "

"Is that so..." The first grade competition ended quickly, which meant that the girls were hiding their clumsiness and didn't make a big splash about their background or their strength. In other words, they were only targeting Irene.

"what happened?"

"No..." Harry shook his head and said nothing. He planned to talk to Ron about this matter after Ron came back. He felt that it was necessary for him to find these girls based on their backgrounds. Families, find out what conflicts the Princes family has with these families.

Tom looked at Harry's pensive look, and was very dissatisfied with his perfunctory attitude.

Who is Harry thinking about, and why did he inquire about the chief challenger?

Tom vaguely felt that something seemed to have taken Harry's attention, but what was sulking was that until now he didn't know exactly who or what had taken Harry's attention.

Until a few days later, when he followed the matters of the Triwizard Tournament and mixed into the cellar to discuss with Harry the countermeasures for possible problems this year, Ron walked in happily.

"What's the matter?" Harry raised his head from the desk, looked at Ron with a smile, "Look at your happy face, something good happened?"

Ron, who was too smug to notice Tom was there, said cheerfully, "Those first years in Slytherin went to the hospital because the cauldron exploded, oh, that's definitely not the damage that unfinished scabies potion can do, All I can say is that Irene is awesome, and her methods of harming others are exactly the same as his!"

Erin?

It took Tom a few seconds to remember that the so-called Irene was the new first-year freshman who didn't speak all day because of her gloom, and didn't pay attention to dressing like other girls. It was said that she was obsessed with in the crucible and not be remembered.

Tom remembers her because of her family background.

No matter how unfavored, he is still a member of a big family.

However, such a gloomy freshman who doesn't like to deal with others and doesn't seem to know how to communicate with others, why can Ron pay so much attention, and can't wait to bring this news back to share with Harry?

Who is the "he" in "The method of harming others is exactly the same as him"?

"I said a long time ago that Irene won't just swallow the loss like this." At this moment, Harry's laughter reached his ears, and even Tom could clearly hear the satisfaction inside.

"You don't know, when I went to see those people in the medical wing, I almost died laughing. I guess this group of girls who love beauty can't bear the effect," Ron said while laughing, "Oh, well, None of the Prince family is easy to mess with, I admit that."

Tom raised his head and looked at Harry, only to see that Harry's face was full of smiles, and even the Slytherins who were hospitalized were probably pranked, but he didn't seem to be angry.

How could that Irene Hede get Harry's protection?

Tom frowned deeply as he watched Harry walk over to talk to Ron.