Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 54: Draco Malfoy
The weather can be said to be terrible.
It is still pouring rain outside the window, although it is not too late after class, it is already dark like ink has been splashed
The floor in the basement also became a little wet, which once made Matthew think that his bedroom might be flooded?
Fortunately, it does not seem to be.
Arriving at the door of the Slytherin common room, he touched the head of the big green snake and whispered the password: "Higher than glory!"
The giant snake let go of its tail, squirmed slightly, and opened the door to the Slytherin common room.
Different from the dark outside, the inside of the common room is bright and cheerful.
The green fire from the fireplace reflected the soft armchairs where everyone sat reading, chatting and doing homework.
"Good evening, Matthew!" Someone greeted Matthew Wakefield on his own initiative.
It has been almost a month and a half since I joined Slytherin House, and even some senior students are at least familiar with Matthew.
"Good evening!"
While greeting them, he returned to his bedroom.
There were quite a lot of people in the dormitory this time, which was relatively rare, because Crabbe and Goyle seldom stayed here.
Matthew ignored them, went straight to his seat, and opened the parchment with the content of "after-school practice".
The content above shows that tomorrow (Saturday) they were supposed to participate in the after-school practice of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Rozier... But due to Professor Rozier's illness, this after-school practice was temporarily cancelled.
This is good news... Matthew couldn't help thinking when he thought about the extremely bad weather outside. In such a bad weather, the indoors are fine, but if they participate in the outdoor "after-school practice", they will definitely lose at least a layer of skin.
Also, there is a note from an owl on the table.
Matthew opened it and saw that it was sent to him by Horace Slughorn——
The content of the note was very simple, that is, Slughorn informed him that the meeting of the Slug Club on Sunday night was temporarily canceled indefinitely; when it resumed, he would inform him later.
This is quite normal, two Slytherin students were attacked after the club ended, even though Principal Grindelwald had promised that there would be no more attacks, Horace Slughorn I don't dare to take this risk anymore...
Matthew crumpled the note and threw it away.
At this moment, someone in the dormitory softly called his name——
"Wakefield..."
……
"Huh?" Matthew Wakefield blinked lightly and raised his head.
This voice certainly did not belong to Crabbe, Goyle, or Nott.
Of course, it was also a very familiar voice, and its owner was Draco Malfoy.
When returning to the dormitory earlier, Matthew didn't pay attention for a moment, and the last roommate in the dormitory, Malfoy, also came back.
On the first weekend of school, Draco Malfoy was sent to the school hospital because he was attacked by a mysterious magic item; "The life is gone.
"Hello!" Matthew glanced at Draco Malfoy and said softly.
The boy was usually pale, but after this "catastrophe", he became even more haggard.
When Matthew saw him for the first time, it was as if he saw Professor Troka.
And from Malfoy's eyes, Matthew noticed an emotion - that is "fear"!
In fact, he could also see this emotion in the eyes of Nott, Crabbe and Gore before. It's just that the three of them's fear of themselves seems far less "deep" than that of Draco Malfoy.
The two boys just looked at each other without speaking.
"What's the matter, Malfoy?" Matthew asked lightly.
He didn't give Draco Malfoy any good looks, although the reason why the other party stayed in the school hospital for more than a month was more or less related to him; Before entering the school hospital, those "doings"...
Malfoy's expression seemed to struggle for a moment——
"Sorry..." he said softly.
"Oh?" This time, it was Matthew's turn to be a little surprised: "What's going on?"
If it is said that Draco Malfoy is now raising his fist to take revenge on himself, Matthew may feel that it is normal; but now Matthew is not afraid of him at all...
He could take out his wand at any time and cast a petrification spell on Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle respectively; It will definitely not be his opponent.
"I'm sorry..." Malfoy stammered, "I was... that afternoon..."
He recounted what he had done before.
His general behavior is basically the same as what Principal Rozier and Matthew said that afternoon.
"I'm very sorry!" After saying everything, Malfoy seemed to relax a little.
However, he still looked at Matthew very nervously...or maybe it wasn't because of nervousness, but because of fear.
Seemingly hesitating for a moment, he bowed towards Matthew.
The two big men, Crabbe and Goyle~IndoMTL.com~ also quickly walked to Malfoy's side, and bent down towards Matthew together, their movements looked a little funny.
On the other side, Nott seemed to be unable to sit still... He also trotted over and joined the ranks of the three of them.
"Is that so, I already know all about it." Matthew said flatly.
He didn't get carried away and showed any "excitement" about it; nor did he show any "moving".
"So...do you know what happened that day?" He looked at Malfoy and asked casually.
"I don't know..." Draco Malfoy shook his head: "I don't remember anything... When I think about the situation that afternoon, I just feel terrible... Scary, very, very scary... ..."
"Does that matter have anything to do with you, Wakefield?" Then he asked in a low voice.
"Maybe!" Matthew shrugged, "I don't know either."
"So... can you forgive us?" Draco Malfoy asked again, looking at Matthew expectantly.
Matthew didn't answer the question directly: "The past, let's go... well, I'm going to write my transfiguration class homework!"
The other four boys shrank back knowingly.
……
Matthew Wakefield produced stationery, ink, and quills.
He felt a little emotional——
The theory of bloodlines is nothing more than a cover... Judging the situation, respecting the "strong", and following the "strong", I am afraid this is the real meaning of Slytherin's "ambition"!
He suddenly understood why Tom Riddle, who was born in an orphanage and was only a half-breed, was able to become the "Dark Lord" in the end!