The Bard at Hogwarts

The corridor in the basement of the castle is like a winding tunnel, with the torches on the wall flickering dimly.

Walking alone on the path to the Slytherin common room.

At this moment, Ino's mind was constantly thinking about the knowledge points just discussed.

Similarly, he also thought of a way to confirm Dumbledore's thesis.

In fact, it's not difficult at all. Find a prop similar to the Mirror of Erised, and then turn it into a black swan to see if this prop that can spy on your thoughts will be frozen.

If once it is frozen, it proves that the White Witch's ice inheritance is not affected by Animagus.

In the later stage, you only need to find the right direction and do some research, and the black swan will completely become a new magical animal.

Think and walk.

Soon, Ino arrived at the entrance of the common room.

"purely!"

As the password sounded, the wall slowly revealed a space for only one person to pass through.

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Half past nine in the evening.

This time is the busiest time in the common rooms of the four colleges.

Slytherin is no exception. After all, the little snake's arrogance is only directed at outsiders.

In the lounge, Draco was sitting on a chair in the corner, talking emotionally, and around him, there were many little wizards below third grade.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the demographic structure of Hogwarts, which is very interesting. Grades 1-3 are a small group, grades 4-6 are one group, and prospective graduates in grade 7 are another group.

These three groups in the castle basically rarely interact with each other. Even if they are from the same college, there won't be much communication.

It's mainly an age gap. After all, you can't expect an 11-year-old to chat with a 17-year-old.

at the same time.

After seeing Draco, Ino also took the initiative to walk over.

Now that you have boarded the Hogwarts ship, be a happy pirate. School is not only about studying, but also about youthful play.

After seeing Ino quietly sitting next to him as an audience, Draco's mood became even higher.

He eloquently told the young wizards about his wonderful past.

After a while, Draco seemed tired of talking, so he opened a can of butterbeer and drank it like a cow.

"Ino, come and tell them a story! You haven't told a story well since the beginning of this year's school. Last year, you promised to tell a story about a snake."

After putting down the butterbeer, Draco said expectantly.

Hearing this, Ino didn't refuse and agreed without hesitation. He was already familiar with making up stories.

"Okay! Then let me tell you a story about snakes and love!"

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Draco felt that the sound in the entire common room suddenly dropped by several decibels.

There were even several little wizards who quietly ran to the dormitory. Looking at their anxious looks, they probably went to call someone.

Ino was not aware of the changes in the guild lounge at all. At this moment, his brain was spinning rapidly, trying to make up a story on the spot that fit the background.

A few minutes later.

"About six hundred years ago, in a remote farm in medieval France, there lived a young man named Lyon. He was a mixed-race wizard, but he made a living by herding cows. One day, his cows ran wildly into the distance. We are in the deep forest..."

"...Deep in the forest, by a pond, Leon found his lost cow. He also saw two beautiful ladies taking a bath by the pond. He recognized them as members of the Angus family in the forest castle. Pureblood lady..."

Eno adopted the opening of the love story from Eastern mythology, but of course the fairy here was replaced by a witch from a pure-blood family.

"...It took one year to get to know each other, to get to know each other, and then to fall in love! Leon completely fell in love with this girl named Anne, but he didn't know that all of this was seen by Anne's sister, the extremely jealous Anna. . Because Anna also likes Leon, in order to take revenge, she secretly placed a curse on her sister..."

"That's a vicious blood curse. The cursed person will eventually turn into an emotionless viper."

The opening chapter of a match made by a fairy, coupled with the story of the White Snake adapted from the devil, and the clichéd story of sisters falling in love with one person at the same time, and then turning against each other because of love and hatred.

It was full of various elements, but equally, as the story slowly progressed, he had no idea what he was talking about, and it was obvious that the story collapsed.

Because the story is made up on the fly, without an outline and plan, collapse is actually a matter of time.

Ino raised his eyes and glanced around quietly, good guy! I don't know when it started, but the common room was already full of people.

Looking at the focused faces, at this moment, he felt that Lockhart's success was really not an accident.

Since no one noticed the collapse, I regained my confidence and started to compile it.

"In the end, in order not to hurt innocent people, Leon could only leave his hometown with Annie, who turned into a viper, and go to a small island to live in seclusion. Their love finally moved Venus, the goddess of love, who allowed Valentine's Day every year, Anne can temporarily lift the curse..."

As Ino finished speaking, there was a burst of applause from the surroundings.

Especially some senior Slytherin girls listened with fascination.

A pure-blood girl fell in love with a half-blood wizard. They can't love each other, but the two of them never leave. Isn't this the love they long for?

"Ding!" This was the sound of Galleon's collision with the table.

Then, a slightly hoarse voice from the crowd sounded:

"Your story is very good, I really like it. I know the rules, so this is your reward!"

Ino looked up and saw the girl who was talking. She was Mina Burke, the seventh-year head girl of Slytherin, and also a pure-blood lady from the 28th Burke family.

However, before he could say anything, more currency appeared on the table, and Galleons and Sickles almost covered the table.

"Wait, wait! Listen to me!" Ino stretched out his hand to stop this crazy chain reaction.

"This story is free! I agreed to tell it last semester, but it was delayed until now, so everyone take the money back!"

On the other side, the little snakes also took back the money after hearing that it was free. Perhaps many people also gave rewards after being intoxicated, and now they are a little regretful when they calm down, after all, not all pure-bloods are named Malfoy.

Facing a table full of money and refusing it frankly, Ino gained the basic goodwill of countless people, and even some senior students showed thoughtful expressions.

As the person involved, he didn't think too much about it. He didn't charge money simply because the story was too ridiculous. It was just an improvised story, and he was embarrassed to charge money.

It was also because the pure-blooded little wizards had never seen any good stories, otherwise it would be good if such a clichéd plot was not criticized.

However, this also made him more convinced that Lockhart's success was really not accidental. In the context of the times, the magic world lacked entertainment, but anyone with a little ability could basically take off if he stood at this outlet.

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