HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 278 Great progress

The students went to class as usual, and after eating in the auditorium in the morning, everyone waited for the owl to deliver the mail.

A large group of owls flew in, and feathers fluttered. At the beginning of this school year, many students received more mail, and they maintained frequent communication with their families.

The Death Eaters have been too rampant recently, but now they intend to persecute wizards who are somewhat famous.

Gloria saw the letters from Sirius and Tonks, and after reading the whole thing, she felt everything was safe and told her not to worry.

I put the letter away and continued reading the newspaper when I soon heard gasps all around me.

In the photo on the newspaper headline, a black satin-like object was floating in the air, and the Muggles ignored it.

[The prison escapee Grindelwald's call sign reappears! 】

The location shown above is in France.

Many students were amazed by this, and the report in the summer vacation gave them enough time to learn about Grindelwald's deeds.

"It seems that overseas is not safe either. I heard that Grindelwald had influence over most of Europe fifty years ago. Has the witch party loyal to him not disappeared yet?"

"Have you forgotten the You-Know-Who? He disappeared for more than a decade, and as soon as he reappeared, many Death Eaters ran to find him."

"Does my family still need to move away from the UK?"

Due to the chaos in the British wizarding world, many parents of students in the school are preparing to move away, and will stay away if they cannot resist.

Draco looked at the newspaper, unable to hide the surprise in his eyes.

It had only been a short time since the start of the school year, but Grindelwald had already openly called for members. Even though the Witch Party had disbanded, he thought it would take at least two or three years to see results.

Gloria continued to look through it, and the French Ministry of Magic authorities expressed great concern.

After all, there was a fire that almost burned down the entire Paris.

Draco obviously wanted to talk about this, but the Great Hall was not a good place to discuss it, so he had to hold it in for the time being.

Suddenly a crying sound attracted everyone's attention. A blonde girl with a ponytail at the Hufflepuff table was crying with her face covered, and the students next to her were comforting her.

"What's wrong?" a student asked her.

The blonde girl then removed her hands, her eyes reddened as she said, "The letter said that my mother was attacked by Death Eaters. Although she escaped, she was seriously injured. She will be treated at St. Mungo's Hospital."

With that the girl stood up and ran to the staff table, where Professor Sprout, the head of Hufflepuff House, had already stood up.

Gloria remembered this girl, Hannah Abbott from Hufflepuff, and had heard the professor call her name in class.

Professor Sprout said something to Hannah and hurriedly left the auditorium with her.

We had already seen bad news in the Daily Prophet, and now a student's parent was seriously injured, and everyone's heart was overshadowed by a shadow.

Voldemort's Death Eaters are wreaking havoc everywhere, and now Grindelwald has reappeared.

Everyone's eyes unconsciously turned to the seat belonging to Headmaster Dumbledore. The headmaster had not appeared there for a long time.

Zabini leaned over and asked, "Do you know anything about Grindelwald?"

Draco immediately shook his head, "No, we were very busy during the summer and paid little attention to it."

He had already prepared a response to such a thing.

"I don't know how he did it." Zabini said, "We all wondered if he was working with You-Know-Who."

Draco pretended to drink water.

Gloria glanced at the table and said, "Crabbe and Goyle are not here."

Zabini shrugged. "They've been like invisible since school started. Maybe it's because they were punished last year. Besides, they can't get into many advanced classes. I doubt whether these two will continue to go to school next year."

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Regardless of what is happening outside, Hogwarts remains calm and each college has begun selecting Quidditch players.

Unexpectedly, Crabbe and Goyle could be more low-key. They withdrew from the Quidditch team, resulting in the Slytherin team selecting two more players than expected. Fortunately, the students' enthusiasm for this sport is still high.

On Saturday, Gloria and Draco left the library in the evening and prepared to go to the secret room to finish their homework.

The professors are too harsh and the assignments they assign give many students a headache.

Just after going down one floor, Professor Slughorn appeared in front of them with a big belly.

"Oh - I finally found you. I asked a lot of students."

"What is it, Professor Slughorn?" Gloria asked.

"I just wanted to invite you to a small party I'm hosting. I've invited several students, including Blaise, whom you know. I hope everyone can come."

Draco looked at Gloria first, wanting to know her attitude.

"We will go, Professor," Gloria said. "We don't know when."

"At the normal dinner time." Seeing her agree, Slughorn rubbed his belly happily, "I still have to invite Harry, Ginny and Hermione. Did you see where they went?"

Draco said: "I don't know, we are not in the same house."

Slughorn felt a little regretful. "Okay, I'll look for it again. I look forward to your coming to the party."

The goal was achieved, and the professor waved goodbye and left.

Looking at his back, Draco frowned and said, "I heard that he found another student from a well-off family. How did he do that?"

Gloria stood very close to him and leaned on his chest. "Maybe it's a personal talent. Besides, there are already students who know about the Slug Club, and there must be many who have taken the initiative to reveal their family backgrounds."

The two stayed in the Chamber of Secrets until dinner time, then went to the place Slughorn mentioned.

As soon as they arrived at the location, Slughorn opened his arms happily and said, "I was worried that you had forgotten the time."

Not many students attended the party. Apart from the familiar McLaggen, Belby who was seen last time was not here.

It seems that Hermione's performance in the last Potions class made Slughorn see her potential and invited her to the party, but Harry was not there.

After greeting the professor, Draco continued chatting over there, and Gloria came to Hermione and Ginny.

"What about Harry? There's no way Professor Slughorn would let him go."

"He's in detention," Hermione said. "He was given a lesson by Headmaster Dumbledore last time, and the detention was extended to this Saturday. He didn't avoid it this time."

Gloria thought of Professor Snape, who was shaken by the Shield Charm and had to hold the table. "I hope he has already had dinner."

Given their dean's temperament, he would definitely be asked to deal with very disgusting materials.

"Luckily, detention is after dinner." Ginny probably guessed this.

Hermione said, "When we left, Harry knew that Professor Slughorn couldn't help him get a further extension, but he was still looking forward to it."

At this time Slughorn called out: "Ladies, come and sit over here."

They had no choice but to stop chatting and go to the table and sit down.

When Slughorn sat down, the table was filled with delicious food, just like a school table.

"Today I specially went to the kitchen and asked the house elves to prepare this dinner. There will also be dessert after the meal."

During the meal, they were introduced to each other, after all, Belby, who was in compartment C of the train last time, was not here.

This time there were two more students, Hermione and Melinda Bobin.