I swung a sword at Hogwarts

Chapter 319 Disappointing Reply and Paper Review

Regardless of what old Batty confirmed, John received good news.

Basil delivered the letter with the Belby family crest, and almost immediately thereafter, another letter arrived from the Wizengamot.

"The Blood Curse thesis has passed the preliminary review."

John opened the letter from Alex Belby of Damo. The letter was very solemn and came with the Belby family crest.

Damo Alex rarely did this because he and his brother did not have a good relationship.

Basically, he rarely uses this family emblem.

It is only used when he thinks it is formal enough.

After opening the letter, John finally understood the purpose of his doing so.

The Blood Curse passed the initial review, and the people from the Wizengamot were unable to find any flaws in the thesis.

They had no choice but to look for suspicious points elsewhere.

However, members of the Wizengamot had doubts about certain aspects of the paper, such as the possibility that a student who was still studying at Hogwarts could collaborate with one of the best potion masters today to write this paper.

In their opinion, perhaps the student's contribution was only insignificant.

Co-authorship means that the credit is shared equally.

This problem is very serious, not to mention the possible existence of behavior similar to that of "academic cliques".

It also involves the Order of Merlin awarded by the Wizengamot.

For Damo Alex, who had already been awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class, getting another one was just the icing on the cake.

And for someone who hasn’t gotten John Wick yet, that’s a huge honor.

The Order of Merlin needs to be responsible to its owner, and they don't want a student who 'freeloaded' on a paper to get this honor.

"Is that why we are preparing for a debate?" John opened another letter from the Wizengamot.

His expression was calm, and the tone of the letter writer was completely different from the arrogance he had when facing Johnny Silverhand.

It seemed that they were certain that this kid was just a liar who was trying to get the medal.

"Go to the Wizengamot on December 12st for the final arguments."

It had John's name on it, but not Damo Alex's.

This is a reply to John Wick.

He casually lifted the envelope and the flames engulfed the letter.

John was about to continue reading when he saw an owl flying over.

It was a strange owl, which dropped a letter and flew away.

John picked up the envelope, glanced at it, and immediately knew who the letter was from.

“He’s still so cautious.”

He opened the envelope and found a reply from Slughorn.

After half a year, I finally received a reply.

John was looking forward to getting the answer, but after opening it, he knew he was wrong.

"Thank you for the mead, John. I have received many meads over the years, but yours is the best I have ever tasted. I really should let my friends taste it too...

I did reply to the letter, but it was not a reply to John's question.

John could see that Slughorn was avoiding the question.

It seems that the mead sent over at Christmas is not enough to make the former Head of Slytherin give an answer.

John lit the letter with a blank expression.

"It seems that I can only find the answer myself." He stood outside the balcony, squinting his eyes to catch the falling snowflakes.

The snowflakes did not melt in his palms, so he returned to the study holding the snowflakes.

There was a gray crystal ball on the table.

He brushed his fingers across the crystal, and three figures appeared in the misty, smoky scene inside.

When I withdrew my fingers, the snowflakes were still in the palm of my hand, feeling slightly cold.

“It snowed a lot this year.”

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It snowed heavily for several days during Christmas, and even brought a lot of snowflakes into the garden.

John returned to Hogwarts, and during his absence, Hogwarts was exceptionally quiet.

Because Tom did not go out with John, he was temporarily taken care of by Malfoy.

This was the nth time that Malfoy had fallen asleep while walking the dog. When John saw him, his head was buried in the snow.

A music box was playing beautiful music next to it, and a dog was sleeping on its back.

John was silent for a moment. He felt that he really needed to restrict Tom's habit of falling asleep immediately.

Young dogs are in good health, but young people may not be.

Turning off the music box, John kicked Malfoy and picked up Tom.

Malfoy was a little confused, with two strands of frozen snot hanging under his nose.

Tom opened his eyes and saw John. He happily licked it with his tongue, and John took it further.

"John, you're back." Malfoy stood up tremblingly, and John said with some guilt, "Thank you for walking the dog, Draco."

"Go back and ask Daphne to make you some hot wine."

Malfoy: "If you say that, I won't be cold anymore."

I sincerely want to help you, but you sincerely want to kill me, right?

He shivered and shook off the snow on his body.

"Neville came back early, and Daphne got really cranky after receiving a letter."

Malfoy said this with lingering fear. He recalled Daphne's murderous expression yesterday. If someone didn't know, they would think she was dumped.

So Malfoy asked with a strange look on his face: "Did you say anything to Daphne?"

"No." John recalled that he had not written a letter to Daphne.

Malfoy was confused. If it wasn't John, then what could have made Daphne so angry?

The two people walked back while talking.

Walking into the castle, they heard Peeves' voice.

This mischievous guy seems to be active all year round, and he makes trouble even during the holidays.

The students walked more because of Umbridge.

There were almost only a few Slytherins left, leaving Peeves with nowhere to vent his anger.

As they walked by, Peeves was smashing up an unused classroom.

John passed by and saw him, and Peeves immediately put the chair down obediently.

Then Peeves came over with his hands rubbing, and said flatteringly, "Mr. Wick, if you can give me some dung eggs, I'm willing to teach that annoying investigator a lesson for you."

John smiled and said, "I don't think I ever said I hated that guy."

Peeves's face froze, and he said with a wry smile, "Everyone hates that pink toad."

"That's right." John nodded in agreement and said, "I'm willing to invest for you. Let me think, are ten enough?"

"That's enough," Peeves said happily.

John told him to go get it from the Weasley twins after the holidays, and Peeves took off his hat and bowed to John.

After returning to the Slytherin common room, John saw the irritable Daphne that Malfoy had mentioned.

With her long golden hair scattered, Daphne was writing furiously on a piece of paper.

John swore he had just seen it accidentally.

It said things like, 'Little bitch, if you have the guts to do it, come back if you have the guts', 'Don't think you can hide just because you don't reply, I know you're at home', 'I'm going to stuff a sock in your mouth', 'You'd better sleep with one eye open' and so on.

The resentment inside is about to overflow, making people feel very uncomfortable.

After Daphne finished writing a full letter, she realized that John had returned.

She looked at John and then back at the letter.

She screamed, covered her face and ran back to the dormitory.

After a while, the door opened, Daphne quickly ran out, took the letter and ran back again.

John and Malfoy were silent throughout the whole process.

John asked, "How long has she been like this?"

"Since yesterday," said Malfoy.

After saying that, the two fell silent again.

Who would have thought that the eldest daughter of the Greengrass family was actually a Zaun player.

John was silent for a while, then said earnestly: "For your safety, I suggest you forget what happened just now."

"Otherwise, I can't guarantee that Daphne won't physically erase your memory."

Malfoy swallowed hard, feeling that the possibility of his memory being physically erased was somewhat high.

In order to save his life, he kept silent during the last few days of the holiday.

12 month 31 day.

There was still one day left before the end of the holiday and John was heading to the Wizengamot.

This was not the first time he had come to this place. The last time he came here was because of Harry's Dementor incident.

John was a little uncomfortable without a mask this time.

Coming through the access tunnel, he noticed that the appearance of the Ministry of Magic had been greatly improved.

The most obvious one is the one who visits the grave. Now he can make a second expression to welcome guests.

Damo Alex came over with a cane and got on the elevator at the same time as John.

He looked much more solemn in his purple robe today, and said earnestly: "If you are afraid, I can defend you."

John chuckled: "Wouldn't that be in line with what those guys want?"

"They are always so self-righteous," Damo Alex also laughed, "They never know the difference between genius and ordinary people."

The elevator arrived and two people walked out.

Unlike the last time, this time it was not in the courtroom.

There aren't that many Wizengamot members, and those who come are all academic masters.

When they saw John's young face, those who didn't believe in him exclaimed and laughed sarcastically.

It seemed as if he had seen through the child's ridiculous trick.

Damo Alex stepped aside and winked.

John Wick.

It's time to let the wizarding world know that you are the shining star from Hogwarts.

As they watched, John took a step forward.

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