A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 15 Chess Players and Chess Pieces

Time flies to Thursday. The weather outside is sunny, but there is no sunshine in the Slytherin common room, making Owen a little listless.

Since there were no classes in the afternoon, most of Slytherin's first-year students gathered in the common room. The common room during the day did not require everyone to consciously keep quiet like at night, and the atmosphere was lively with chatting and playing.

Owen curled himself up in the armchair in front of the fireplace, warming himself lazily by the fire, letting the heat of the flame drive away the damp and cold air that lingered all year round under the castle, but in his heart he was thinking about the cat he had never touched since that night.

Well, he took a photo with Mr. Filch, the castle administrator, yesterday, and found out that the skinny gray cat was the infamous Mrs. Norris mentioned by the seniors.

After seeing Owen, Mrs. Norris excitedly blocked him in the corridor and meowed, wanting to jump up and scratch his face. This led Mr. Filch to suspect that Owen had hidden items that were prohibited, and she refused to let him go for a long time.

Then he let him go with a warning.

But again, what evil intentions could a kitten have? It just wanted to help Filch.

Owen yawned, turned his head and glanced behind him, and saw Harry and Draco playing wizard chess, with many people cheering on the side. Harry Potter is very popular in the academy, at least by most people.

Welcome, especially when he gradually showed excellent magical talent.

Perhaps because he didn't want to live up to the expectations of many people - although he himself didn't want such expectations - Harry was working very hard these days. Coupled with his already good talent, his performance in almost every class was among the best.

Without a doubt, he became one of the professors' favorite students.

Well, the other two students who were very popular with the professors were Owen and Hermione Granger. Excellent students are always more popular.

Harry coughed lightly and responded with an awkward but polite smile. Admitting that he was a wizard chess genius? That would be too shameless. If he refuted it, it would clearly mean that your chess skills are terrible.

If Owen knew about this idea, he would definitely tell him that you want to keep things simple. Slytherin House can maintain harmony because there are no Muggle-born students in the house, and all Slytherin students have at least one parent who is a wizard.

At this time, they heard a whirring sound coming from behind them.

The Sorting Hat will never assign Muggle-born wizards or wizards of unknown origin to Slytherin House, even if the quality of that young wizard does not meet Slytherin's standards. The purpose of sorting is to choose a house for the students.

The most suitable environment for them to grow up. Obviously, Slytherin House is definitely not a suitable environment for Muggle-born wizards.

Although the Sorting Hat looks unreliable, in fact it is an elder who considers the students wholeheartedly. Well, it would be better if it was more clean.

Owen rolled a gold coin on the back of his hand boredly, while Daphne sat on the chair next to him, holding her chin in one hand and watching Harry and Draco play chess across a table.

Similarly, Harry did not forget to go to the library these days to look up information and gain knowledge about the wizarding world.

After Harry showed that although his abilities were not worthy of his astonishing name, they were still outstanding enough. The little snakes who always admired the strong did not hesitate to establish a good relationship with him early. Although with Theodore No.

A small group of people represented by Special Advocate were indifferent, but it was obvious that no one was willing to offend him, especially now that it was widely rumored that Harry would be a powerful dark wizard.

In fact, Irving prefers to write his own scripts. Even if he fails, it is still Irving's own ability.

"Why don't you think about whether they are giving in to you?" Theodore was flipping through his book in the back row and said without raising his head after hearing this, "Or maybe their chess skills are actually about the same as yours."

He had lost six games in a row, and his mind was numb from the losses. The black chess pieces he controlled also dropped their weapons one after another, jumping on their feet and cursing this unreliable commander.

He was mentally prepared for the fact that the families of his classmates once had supporters of Voldemort, but he did not intend to ask. After all, Voldemort had fallen, so what could he do if he kept chasing after him? Could it be that he still wanted to ask?

Do you want to make your classmates angry because of what happened to your parents and curse them?

For another example, he learned about the issue of blood theory, which is very popular in Slytherin House. Regarding this tradition that was passed down from the Slytherin era and was unwilling to recruit Muggle-born wizards, Harry deeply disagreed, especially

After finding out the information about my parents.

…

All in all, this kind of conflict that has lasted for thousands of years is difficult to resolve, otherwise the Dark Lord Voldemort would not have been born.

He walks his own path, and even if he has to participate in some events, it must be Owen's own choice, rather than becoming a character in someone else's script.

For example, he found out a lot about himself and things about Voldemort's time.

As for Voldemort at that time, the fact that he could speak Parseltongue itself showed his bloodline, so he was assigned to this academy as an orphan.

"I always feel that you are as mature as my father." Daphne said jokingly.

"Why do I feel that you always seem to be aloof from Harry and the others?" Daphne looked at Owen's eyes, her blue eyes flashed like water waves, "To be honest, I thought you would become very good friends.

.It can be seen that Harry has always believed in you, but you seem to not want to have much to do with him?"

"Yes, you just taught me today." Harry looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard that could move by themselves with interest.

"That's impossible. I've never lost before when I played chess with my parents, Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy!" Draco watched helplessly as his king was forced into a blind corner again, and slapped him angrily.

When he got off the chessboard, the angry chess piece pricked his fingertip with a spear and jumped up with an "ouch".

"Harry, is this really your first time learning wizard chess?" Draco's tone was a bit doubtful.

"No, I think Harry, you are extremely talented at wizard chess!" Draco said unwillingly.

Getting too close to the savior would only put himself under Dumbledore's nose. Owen didn't want to become a pawn in the savior's growth plan and be clearly arranged.

This is the only bad thing about Wizard Chess. Even the chess pieces will hang up and criticize teammates. If you lose too much, your mentality will easily explode.

Owen glanced at her in surprise, and flicked the gold coin in his hand into the air with a "ding" sound: "You are very keen. It's not that you don't want to get involved, you just want to let nature take its course."

Fortunately, he found that the conflict over bloodline in the academy did not seem to be sharp, but each had its own circle, which made him feel a little relieved.

Although the savior thing is still interesting, you can just wait and see from a distance. Owen has always been very clear-headed and understands that his current task is to learn magic and seize the time to grow up quickly.

"Haha, that's a coincidence. I always feel that I am much more mature than my father." Owen responded with a gentle smile.

"Why don't you come over and play together?" Daphne tilted her head and looked at Owen.

Slytherin House advocates honor, pursues power, and puts victory first. The students are very united and protective of their weaknesses externally, but they always maintain a just right competitive atmosphere internally. Due to the influence of the surrounding environment and classmates, several conversations with Owen

, coupled with the absence of Ron Weasley who led him to play wildly, Harry decided to become a top student.

"It depends on your mood." Owen clamped the gold coin in his hand and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly. To be precise, he was a little depressed because of his father who always liked to cheat when playing chess. The chess game between father and son would always end up.

When it develops into a situation where you steal my queen and I hide your king, I really don’t know how long Mr. Shafiq has lived.

"Admit it, Draco, you are a bad chess player." Blaise made a point to make up for it.

"Believe in yourself, Draco, you are no worse than anyone else!" Pansy firmly supported Draco and cheered him up with a tight face.

"Okay, come again!" Seemingly inspired, Draco started a new round of abuse.

Owen gradually became more interested, walked slowly over, and joined the crowd laughing and making ideas.

(End of chapter)