Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 89 Good Intentions, Malice

Vader glanced at him and shook his head.

"Uh..." Michael was stunned: "That's not your idea? Then you are planning to--"

"I'll go by myself," said Wade.

"——Got it." Michael nodded: "I will call everyone."

"No, Michael. I mean - I'll go by myself," Vader emphasized again.

Michael's eyes widened instantly, his face full of astonishment. After a while, he frowned and said, "Who are you? You are not my friend Wade - are you a fake Gryffindor?"

Wade was speechless: "——I'm not kidding."

"Are you crazy?" Michael was serious and anxious, almost shouting: "They are a group of people, and you are just one!"

"Ok, I know."

Wade patted his arm to calm him down - Michael's reaction was so big that even Professor Binns, who was lecturing slowly, looked over.

Michael quickly lowered his head and held up "History of Magic" to block the professor's gaze. He turned around and glared at Wade fiercely, gritting his teeth and saying, "Any normal student knows that when a group of people want to bully you, the right thing to do is to report to the professor!"

"Yes, you are right." Wade also whispered, "But then the Slytherins will think we are cowards and nerds who only know how to tell the professor. If they fail this time, they will definitely plot the next time."

"Then teach them a lesson they will never forget!" Michael's eyes looked particularly deep. "Listen, I have an idea - Professor Snape has a Potions class in the fourth grade this afternoon. After class, you go and ask questions, and take the opportunity to delay Professor Snape. Then I'll find someone to pass the message to Slytherin, let them think you are alone there, and you can throw a few dung bombs to say hello first..."

"And then Snape, who was drowned in the dung bombs, ate them alive?" Wade asked.

"How is it, isn't it great?" Michael asked eagerly.

Vader nodded, "Great."

"Then we-"

"I decided to go by myself." Wade still said stubbornly.

Michael was silent for a moment, then said faintly, "Don't tell me - you were touched by Harry and Neville's efforts and decided to move closer to Gryffindor?"

"How could that be?" Wade laughed dumbly: "I just... um... I can make sure that I won't suffer any loss, and... I don't want to take advantage of Professor Snape's kindness and sense of responsibility..."

Michael was silent.

He lay on the table exhausted and sighed helplessly: "Weide - people who are too moral will definitely suffer -"

Vader couldn't help but laugh.

"At least not this time," he said.

Wade was very grateful to Michael for always thinking about him, even at the cost of offending Slytherin and trying to use Professor Snape, but there were some things he couldn't tell Michael.

For example, Voldemort or the Death Eaters will have to visit the school every year in the future. The situation they will face in the future will be much more cruel than it is now. Many people will die, even Dumbledore, who seems omnipotent in the eyes of the students.

For example, when Slytherin confronted him, there were several house-elves in the school keeping an eye on the situation, so he was not in any danger at all. And… Michael's guess was correct, he was indeed touched by Harry and Neville.

Watching them getting injured again and again in the umbrella house piled with cushions and pillows, and getting up again and again to train, Wade would think of the little savior in the plot who didn't even master the "Expelliarmus" but went alone to face Quirrell and Voldemort.

Of course, Wade still felt that he was too reckless... but if he thought about it from another angle, was he being too cautious and lacking courage?

If in an environment where the safety factor is over 90% and even if an accident can be resolved in time, he cannot directly face the threat of several children, but has to use conspiracy and tricks to deceive other people to solve it...then after Voldemort is resurrected in the future, will he have to flee Britain with his tail between his legs?
——Even if he has to leave this land one day, he should leave in a dignified and upright manner, instead of abandoning his friends and teachers, his dreams and future, and running away with his parents like a stray dog.

Moreover, it was not only Harry and his friends who were training in battle during this period. Wade also observed, learned, and grew up in the battle. He found that even the best Harry and Hermione were actually just standing still to output - they were not flexible, they didn't know many spells, and the power of their spells was also very limited.

It's not that they don't want to move and dodge when the opponent's spell comes, but once they move, the magic gestures will change, and their own spells will easily fail or miss - this is the case for both of them, and Slytherin students can't be that strong.

This is the normal level for first graders.

So even if he faced twice as many people, Wade couldn't think of any reason why he would lose.

……

Coincidentally, the afternoon Herbology class was still taught by Ravenclaw and Slytherin together. Although the two sides kept their distance, some of the Slytherin's malice almost became real -

They were not great actors, and being able to keep a secret for a whole day was already their limit. However, the exchange of glances and the occasional smug and gloating look they gave Wade made clear what they wanted to say, causing the students who had nothing to do with the matter to notice it.

"Vader, Slytherin seems to be planning something bad."

During the practical operation, Anthony Goldstein ran over and said to Wade: "Let's go together after class to avoid them causing trouble for you."

Wade looked at him, then looked over his shoulder at the students behind him. He shook his head at their worried looks and said with a smile, "Thank you - but no thanks. I know what I'm doing."

Goldstein turned to Michael and said, "Michael—"

"Don't try to persuade him." Michael shrugged. "When this guy gets stubborn, no one can persuade him!"

When the get out of class was over, several Slytherin students lingered outside the greenhouse, while the Ravenclaws, at Wade's signal, followed Goldstein and left.

"Mr. Gray—" Professor Sprout suddenly said, "These sap grasses need to be moved to a greenhouse. Can you help me get them?"

Wade was about to leave when he paused for a moment, then said, "Of course, Professor."

He picked up a pot of sap grass, and Professor Sprout also held a pot. When leaving Greenhouse No. 1, the head of Hufflepuff looked at the Slytherins who were lingering around the greenhouse, his face sank, and he asked in a cold voice: "What else do you want?"

Although Professor Sprout is usually cheerful and easy to talk to, when she frowns, it's like a volcano about to erupt, which is very scary.

Malfoy and others said hurriedly, "No, no." Then they ran away in a hurry.

Vader almost laughed out loud.

Professor Sprout turned his gaze to him, and his smile suddenly became friendly: "Mr. Grey, I think you need some help?"

Vader smiled and shook his head. His eyes were clear and his smile was gentle as he said, "Thank you, Professor. It's just a few minor misunderstandings - I can handle it myself."

(End of this chapter)