In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Voldemort did not return to the castle on Christmas night.

This surprised Jon, but at the same time, he felt that it was a bit natural.

In the final analysis, this dance is not as important as the competition events that will be held normally. During the first event, Voldemort did not come in person, let alone this dance.

In addition, Dumbledore was not here, and the two most powerful people who organized this event did not appear at the dance, which also allowed the students present to be more relaxed.

Except for the two of them who did not come, all the professors in the castle including Snape and Crouch, as well as the three referees from the Federation were all present.

There are also those newspaper reporters who have been staying in the castle. Of course, they will not miss this excellent opportunity.

Of course, newspapers cannot report major news all day long. Some gossip about the participating warriors will sometimes be more eye-catching.

So when Hermione, led by Rozier and holding Jon's arm, entered the auditorium, countless flash lights lit up in their direction.

Almost no one among the students in the castle recognized who the beautiful girl standing next to Jon was. Hermione had changed so much compared to two years ago, even if 80% of the people in the auditorium were at that time. Everyone had seen her hanging in front of the hall, and no one could recognize her now.

There were whispers in the castle for a while, but few people would do anything rude openly, even those arrogant pure-blood students. Jon has a reputation for being vicious outside, and every pure-blood student was given a stern warning by his family before coming to school this year. They are not allowed to mess with Jon unless they encounter a situation where they can beat up a drowned dog.

After Jon and the others entered the auditorium, it was still some time before the dance officially started. A professor from the mixed-race college who was specifically responsible for receiving them guided them to sit down in a separate area.

Hermione was sitting next to Jon. Her long chestnut hair was meticulously taken care of by Daisy, and was pulled into an elegant bun on the back of her head. She was wearing a robe made of flowing light purple-blue fabric. , which Professor McGonagall in Lyon chose for her after knowing that she had become Jon's dance partner.

Jon looked at the starry sky.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?"

"This should be a very advanced transmission magic. I have read the history of Hogwarts and heard Mr. Slytherin's portrait and Ms. Gray talk about it, saying that this starry sky is actually the Ravenclaw house. Created by the creator - Ronai Ravenclaw."

"Shouldn't normal girls praise how beautiful it is when they see this?"

"Would you like normal girls?"

Jon was so startled by her sudden question that he swallowed hard and turned to look at her with wide eyes.

Hermione seemed to be amused by his reaction, covering her mouth and laughing.

"Actually, if I hadn't been brought to this castle and had no experience of being rescued by you, wouldn't it mean that you might have found someone else to be your partner for tonight's dance?"

"Why are you asking this suddenly?" Jon felt that Hermione was weird today, as if she was hiding something on her mind.

"I'm actually thinking that if I think about it from another perspective, the experience of being brought to this castle is not a painful memory."

She looked at the starry sky quietly, and then turned to the smiling faces of the surrounding students, who were mostly laughing and laughing.

"If I hadn't been enslaved here, I might have really thought that this castle is a good place now. There are some things that only after you have truly experienced them, you will know what this world is like."

Jon suddenly noticed the white bracelet on Hermione's hand that he had never seen before.

"Is this also given to you by Professor McGonagall? It's quite nice."

Hermione raised the hand with the bracelet on it. The candlelight reflected her slender and white wrist, as well as the bracelet. The surface of the bracelet reflected the flowing halo of light, which was extremely beautiful.

she said softly.

"Not Professor McGonagall, but someone who has been forgotten by this castle."

On the high platform of the auditorium, Snape was unusually sitting next to Crouch.

The feud between the two was famous not only in the entire Hogwarts, but also in the entire wizarding world.

They would never greet each other actively during meetings, and they would never sit together at dinner parties. Unless they were summoned by Voldemort himself, there was almost no chance of them meeting each other at any other time.

And at this Christmas dinner, these two decision-makers, who were the highest-ranking decision-makers in the entire Hogwarts Castle when Voldemort was away, actually sat together from the very beginning!

This not only surprised the other professors, but also Lucius, who brought the Aurors to maintain order in the auditorium and watched Jon and the others to prevent them from making any changes, seemed a little unbelievable.

The seats around Snape and Crouch were also empty. They seemed to be having some secret conversation. None of the other professors came over at this moment without looking at them.

"I thought you would just let the student named Connide get close to Jon Green."

Snape glanced at Jon who was chatting with Hermione in his seat from the corner of his eye, and said expressionlessly.

Little Barty still had that gentle and approachable smile on his face.

"Who do you think you can deceive with that kind of despicable method? What is the most perfect plan? Let nature take its course and let things advance according to their own trajectory. All we need to do is to make a slight move at the most critical node. Push it forward.”

"Conrad thought that the bracelet was given to her by her mother until her death, and she always believed that it was her most precious thing. It was also the first time that the mudblood named Granger attracted attention to this girl. Because she saw that this bracelet was exactly the same as the one her mother once wore. You see, it only takes a very simple little thing to closely connect two people who were originally unrelated."

Snape turned his head and glanced at the man next to him, who had been secretly rumored in the wizarding world to be a madman even crazier than Bella.

"So that bracelet is?"

"Don't forget who brought that little mudblood named Hermione Granger to this castle. I met her parents, a pair of stinky dentists. I pretended to be a student from a well-known university. The professor wanted to directly trick them into ordering his daughter to sign the contract. The disgusting Muggle woman was wearing that bracelet at the time. In order to find the exact same bracelet as this one, I recently asked We searched all over London and used some of our connections in the Muggle government, and finally found it in a second-hand grocery store."

Little Barty's voice was calm, but Snape could clearly hear a hint of pride in it. He knew that this man was deliberately showing off in front of him, showing off how he had shared his master's worries.

But Snape was not disgusted with his showing off. On the contrary, he was also curious about whether these arrangements of Barty Jr. were effective, and also in order to hide the cunning and scheming Dumbledore and the extremely weird student. What methods did Jon Green use?

"Then you select Conrad, who is being forced and bullied by Freud and Flint, and give her a string of carefully compiled memories and the bracelet that I have transformed, so that she can Do you think this is a birthday gift from her mother and her most precious thing?"

Hearing Snape's question, the smile on Barty's face grew wider.

"Honestly, it's not easy to find such a suitable partner, but Asia Connaird is just like tailor-made for my plan. She was born as a mixed-race mongrel, similar to the even lower-class Mudbloods. The group of people are also naturally close to each other. Her character is weak and she has been coerced by Flint for so long. She almost chooses to give up her life and accept it, which makes it easier for the group of people to sympathize. What a good choice. After I took the time to review the information on all the mixed-race students, I decided that this was the final piece of my plan."

"So you never thought of targeting Jon Green himself in the first place?"

"If he is really just an ordinary 15-year-old boy, then of course it would be the simplest and most effective to attack him directly. I don't need to spend so much energy and means to directly control a beautiful female student to invest in him. Just give him a hug. But that is obviously unrealistic. Since this boy has brought so much trouble to his master, and Dumbledore has high hopes for him, such a straightforward plan can be seen through at a glance. There's no way it's going to work. Let's not talk about anyone else but you, Severus, were you smitten with a Gryffindor girl when you were fifteen?"

Instantly, Snape's expression darkened and his voice turned cold.

"The relationship between us is not to the point where you can call me by my name directly, and don't think that I won't be too concerned about taking action now that we are in the auditorium."

Little Barty raised his hands with a smile on his face, making a gesture of surrender.

"Look at you, I didn't say which girl from Gryffindor, exclude her, other girls will come to you, but if you look at her, you don't deserve to be called Severus Snape, right? Even you can't be fooled by such a simple beauty trap, let alone Jon Green, who is in the limelight now. Although he is a lowly and damn Mudblood, since he can bring so much trouble to his master, That means he still has some extraordinary qualities, so if we use the same methods to deal with ordinary people, we can only end up like the Lestrange family."