allendalepharm Chapter 415 The Slytherin student who withdrew from school on his own initiative was brought back on
Chapter 415 The Slytherin student who withdrew from school on his own initiative was brought back on
Dali finished explaining the plan to form a joint team of four institutes.
The reasons were also clearly stated.
The Hogwarts faculty and staff had no objections, and most students also recognized the positive effects of the plan.
but……
While I agree with the ideals of equality and non-discrimination, it's really difficult to form a friendly and supportive team with students from the other three colleges on my own.
In particular, students from the Lion, Eagle, and Badger houses were somewhat resistant to teaming up with students from the Slytherin house.
Moreover, there is a particularly important practical problem at hand.
After Dudley finished explaining the team formation plan, the students from the Lion, Eagle, and Badger houses looked at Dudley and then turned their gaze toward the Snake Head's table.
That meant he was gesturing for Dudley to look at the Slytherin students.
Dudley readily agreed and looked towards the Slytherin head table, noticing that almost half of the Slytherin students were missing.
He had anticipated this situation, and he discovered it as soon as he returned to the Great Hall.
Not all students from Slytherin have arrived for the new school year.
Neither the nine stubborn pure-blooded snake graduates who failed the ideological test last academic year and chose to delay their graduation, nor the remaining dozen or so stubborn pure-blooded snakes who had not yet reached the graduation deadline and had not changed their minds, did they all come.
Even some of the pure-blooded snakes who had changed their thinking last school year did not come.
Furthermore, the number of new students from the corrupt, pure-blooded faction who enrolled this year is exceptionally small, with only two.
This has resulted in the fact that now, beside the Snake Headmaster's table, there are only half-snakes and a group of pure-blooded snakes led by Draco who have changed their minds and whose fathers have chosen to completely side with the white wizards.
The seats were sparsely populated, and clearly not all of them were occupied.
It stood in stark contrast to the long tables of the other three colleges.
When Draco saw Dudley looking over, his expression revealed helplessness and frustration.
He felt that he had not completed the summer vacation task that Dali had given him.
Some pureblood snakes whose thinking had already changed, because their two-faced Death Eater fathers refused to repent and still chose to align themselves with Voldemort, were also dragged into not attending school.
Dudley gave Draco an approving and encouraging look, then smiled and spoke again:
"It seems that some students in Slytherin House have gone too far this year and have even forgotten about something as important as the start of the school year."
Or did they encounter some danger or accident that prevented them from getting to school on time?
If I remember correctly, at the end of the school year, students who did not pass the graduation exam all chose to postpone their graduation. No one chose to drop out, right?
I checked, and all the deferred graduates from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw have arrived at school.
Even the four Gryffindor and Ravenclaw deferred graduates who failed their graduation assessments were present.
As Dudley spoke, he made a point of looking at the four older students mingling at the Lion and Eagle Dean's desks.
The four men all wore obsequious smiles, facing Dali's gaze with a fawning expression, as if to say: Please let us go.
Dali didn't target these relatively sensible older students; he shifted his gaze and continued:
"I have stated beforehand that seventh-year students who fail their graduation exams and choose to delay their graduation must return to Hogwarts to continue their studies."
Choosing to drop out means removing any magical knowledge learned at Hogwarts and severing ties with the institution.
Now, those students in Slytherin… I sincerely hope they've been held back by someone or something else, rather than intentionally breaking their promise to return to school.”
As Dali finished speaking, he took out the Four Academies Totem Cane and lightly tapped it on the steps beside him, saying, "Come back here!"
Some powerful magical fluctuations were deliberately released, and at the same time, Dudley cast a conceptual restoration spell to restore the positions of all the Slytherin students who were absent from school.
Let them move back to where they once sat at the Snake Headmaster's table in the Great Hall of Hogwarts.
In an instant, more than twenty pure-blooded snakes burst through the air and appeared beside Headmaster Slytherin's table, stunning all the Hogwarts students.
In particular, the four students from the Lion and Eagle academies who were ideologically flawed were extremely fortunate that they had not gone against Dudley.
The pureblood snakes, who were forcibly dragged back to school by Dali, were all completely bewildered.
When they saw their surroundings and Dudley on the platform not far away, who was watching them with a half-smile, most of the twenty-odd pureblood snakes showed expressions of horror.
Meanwhile, the pure-blooded little snakes, whose own thoughts had changed but were restricted from attending school by their parents, had very conflicted expressions.
"Happy first day of school, latecomers from Slytherin House."
Dudley greeted the pureblood snakes with a smile, "Can you tell me why you're late?"
Upon hearing Dudley's question and seeing his devilish smile, the stubborn pureblood snakes broke out in a cold sweat.
They were obviously planning to join Voldemort along with their fathers, so they gave up enrolling in school to avoid becoming leverage against their fathers by the white wizards.
Meanwhile, those stubborn pure-blood snakes who failed their graduation exams and chose to extend their studies still clung to the hope that Dudley wouldn't be able to travel the world to capture them and erase their memories of learning magic at Hogwarts.
But now...
What a disaster! I can only lower my head and try to muddle through this.
“We…” one of the stubborn pureblood snakes began to make up a lie to give a perfunctory answer to Dali’s question.
“I must warn you, I will use Legilimency on you to verify the truth of your words.”
Professor Queenie, Hogwarts' newly hired counselor, possesses a natural ability to read minds, which will be confirmed by me as well.
Dudley blocked the stubborn pureblood snakes' path of making up lies.
Queenie, who was sitting at the faculty and staff table, also stood up and smiled at the Slytherin students:
"Everyone be good! Assistant Dursley really dislikes people who tell lies."
Now, these stubborn purebred snakes dared not speak.
They looked at each other, at a loss for what to do, wanting to break the deadlock but having no idea how.
“Dressley’s teaching assistant, they…”
A pure-blooded snake, whose mindset has changed but who was detained by his father and unable to attend school on time, wants to publicly expose the fact that some two-faced Death Eaters are planning to join Voldemort and once again poison the wizarding world.
But he stopped himself halfway through his sentence.
Their fathers were also people who chose to side with Voldemort!
Even if they know their parents are wrong, they can't just report them and put their parents in danger, can they?
Dudley understands human nature and has insight into people's hearts, knowing the dilemmas these people face.
He wouldn't expect these underage children to betray their own family for the greater good; if there really were such ruthless people, he would have to pay special attention to them.
So he and Queenie waited a while longer, and when no one answered, they spoke again:
Even if you don't answer, I already know the answer.
"Isn't it just that your fathers heard the news of Voldemort's soul escaping and are now preparing to return to Voldemort's ranks, ready to wreak havoc?"