The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"Put them on."

He waved again, picked up the empty bottle, and turned to walk back to the dormitory.

"Here you go, goodnight."

Rimbaud followed, and Scott heard Luna's voice behind him.

"The slippers are so cute! Thank you, goodnight."

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Chapter 121 Slytherin's Reaction After Points Were Deducted

That morning, when Scott and his group arrived at the auditorium, they found a large group of students gathered in front of the niche in the corner opposite the main entrance.

"They're staring at the hourglass containing the point gems in the niche," Eddie said with a hint of schadenfreude.

The fact that Slytherin House was suddenly deducted 40 points was a rare occurrence that naturally aroused the irrepressible curiosity of students from the other houses.

Scott's roommates, of course, knew what had happened last night.

“If you ask me, Snape deducted too few points,” Roger said somewhat discontentedly. “He should have deducted 40 points from each of those people.”

Scott laughed and said, "You have to understand, it's already incredibly rare for Snape to deduct points from Slytherin."

"That's true."

Roger nodded in agreement.

"I've been at Hogwarts for almost four years, and Snape is deducting points from Slytherin? To be honest, this is the first time I've ever seen that."

They stood some distance away from the crowd, so the students watching couldn't hear them.

But a few Slytherin students happened to be passing by and overheard Roger's words.

"It seems you know what happened, Davis?"

A Slytherin boy in the same grade as them came over and asked.

"You mean, Professor Snape personally deducted the points?"

Roger glanced at him. "Looks like you guys don't even know what happened, Puse?"

Derian Pursey, the Chaser for the Slytherin Academy team.

He was a rare player who was relatively clean-handed while playing, so Roger and he could talk to each other.

Roger told him, "Last night, Stryner and Carole, along with two other Slytherins, attacked Scott, but they were caught red-handed by Professor Snape."

Puse glanced at Scott reflexively, then awkwardly thanked Roger.

"You're welcome."

Roger smiled and said to another boy next to Puse, "Hey, Higgs, I think you're the best Seeker in Slytherin."

"Thank you, Davis."

Higgs gave an awkward laugh.

He nodded politely to Scott and his companions, then quickly left with Puse and the others.

Terence Higgs, also in the same year, was a former Seeker for the Slytherin team.

This boy is a polite Slytherin and does not commit malicious fouls in games.

"Unfortunately, his position was taken by Malfoy this year."

Roger sighed with regret.

"It is said that his loss to Potter in last year's competition caused a lot of dissatisfaction among Slytherins."

Eddie asked, "Is he stronger than Malfoy?"

“To be honest…it’s pretty much the same,” Roger said, “but at least he’s not annoying.”

Scott glanced at the backs of the Slytherins.

There are still some moderate students in Slytherin House.

However, they are generally not from those twenty-eight pure-blood families, and they have always kept a low profile in the academy.

Scott certainly had some thoughts on this as well.

However, he did not rush to contact them. He had plenty of time and needed to plan everything carefully.

After breakfast, a busy day of studying begins.

During the morning break, Professor Flitwick specifically sought out Scott to inquire about what had happened the previous night.

After hearing Scott's story, he became somewhat angry.

However, now that Snape had dealt with the matter, he couldn't very well deduct points from Slytherin's score.

But Professor Flitwick still decided to go to Snape and ask him to discipline his students.

He also reminded Scott to be careful inside the castle.

At Hogwarts Castle, given the students' gossipy nature, news always spreads very quickly.

By noon that day, the incident that had caused Slytherin to lose points the previous night was already widely discussed among the students.

And unsurprisingly, many different versions have emerged.

"Four Slytherins attacked a Ravenclaw and were caught by Snape, resulting in a point deduction," this is the normal version.

"Four Slytherins lost to one Ravenclaw, and Snape was furious," "Four Slytherins and one Ravenclaw had a late-night contest to see who dared to jump off the bridge," and so on. These are derivative versions.

"Shocking! Four Slytherin boys go on a night out and date, their complicated and entangled love is intolerable to the world! A Ravenclaw accidentally discovers this and is almost murdered to silence him!"

This is a bizarre version.

Of course, this bizarre version was deliberately spread by Eddie to vent his anger for Scott.

He clearly grasped the essence of the "shocking headline" style.

At lunchtime, Scott, as one of the parties involved in the incident, once again became "popular".

He faced countless in-person inquiries.

The Ravenclaws first came under the guise of concern to satisfy their curiosity, while the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors also occasionally came over wanting to know more details.

This left Scott somewhat overwhelmed.

I thought you wouldn't be too curious.

He looked helplessly at Cedric, who had come all this way.

“Professor Snape actually deducted points from Slytherin…” Cedric said somewhat embarrassedly, “That’s really unbelievable.”

"But it's true."

Scott shrugged.

“Even Snape cannot pretend not to see when a student has clearly violated school rules.”

Breaking news!

Just then, Fred and George came running over, shouting.

Breaking news!

Harry and his two friends followed behind them.

Fred said excitedly, "You know what? Those four Slytherins who committed the crime haven't been able to leave Snape's office since last night!"

"Someone heard screams coming from inside!" George said with a laugh. "We suspect they've been dismembered by Snape and soaked in glass jars!"

“So…” Fred’s eyes widened in horror, “maybe the eyeball in that bottle in Potions classroom is from a Slytherin student who committed a crime before!”

“A portion of Stirner’s team will definitely be placed there too!” George said confidently.

Scott saw that several lower-grade Hufflepuff students who had gathered around were pale with fright.

But Harry and Ron laughed so hard their mouths were wide open, they couldn't stop laughing.

"Don't talk nonsense, Fred, George!"

Hermione stepped forward with a serious expression to stop the twins.

"You should show some respect to the professor; Professor Snape would never do that!"

Ron scoffed, "Who knows? I think what Fred and George said is possible."

Harry nodded in agreement.

"You two, do you even have brains?!" Hermione glared angrily at the two boys.

“You trusted the professor too much!” Ron said disapprovingly. “And Lockhart, everyone knows he’s a good-for-nothing, but you’re the only one who pretends not to see it.”

Hermione was furious. "I didn't! I haven't said a good word for him since he pulled Harry's bones out!"

By this time, the Weasley twins and Cedric had already slipped away.

Scott calmly ate his lunch while listening to the "Iron Triangle" arguing next to him.

To be precise, it was Ron and Hermione arguing.

Harry, on the other hand, was busy saying a few words in support of Ron and Hermione at the same time.

But Scott felt that many times he was unknowingly adding fuel to the fire.

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Chapter 122 The Question of Free or Not Free

That evening, Scott, having left the Transfiguration Club, returned to the elevated stone bridge outside the castle.

As his scarf and cloak billowed in the wind, the familiar music once again filled his ears.

Scott closed his eyes slightly, feeling content.

But just as he was enjoying the wonderful feeling of his thoughts drifting with the music, the beautiful music suddenly stopped.

Scott opened his eyes, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.