Chapter 80: The Witch Shadow Empire
Andrew slept late on Wednesday morning, and when he came to the common room, he found that a lot of people were talking about something.
Andrew stepped forward to listen to a few words, and it turned out that Harry had privately agreed to a classmate to join the team, which caused their dissatisfaction. Andrew smiled nonchalantly, knowing that if Gryffindor had won, not a single one in the entire house would remember that they had criticized him and would claim that they had known it was a great team. Andrew knows that very well, because it was like that for the whole year of last year.
When Andrew came to the auditorium for dinner at noon, he saw Hermione sitting there eating alone.
"You're alone, Hermione. Andrew asked, sitting down next to her.
"I'm too lazy to talk to them. Hermione said without looking up, concentrating on the chicken soup in front of her.
Andrew let out a faint oh and didn't continue to speak.
"You don't ask me why?" Hermione asked Andrew with her head up.
"Because I don't want to know. Andrew filled a bowl of chicken soup and began to drink.
"You should know whose book it is, right?"
"Uh," Andrew scratched his head, "yes, I see." β
"I already knew you knew. Hermione pursed her lips and whispered, "Actually, I know that too......"
"Ahem...... Ahem......" Andrew choked when he heard this, and then looked at Hermione with a smug face.
Andrew said with a wry smile on his face, "You know that, too." β
"That's right. Hermione smirked, "That'βββ" she glanced at Snape at the faculty desk, "βββ him." β
"How do you know?"
"Haha......" Hermione smirked, speechless.
Andrew looked at Hermione with interest for a moment, then continued to eat his lunch.
That's when Harry and Ron arrived, covered in mud, and sat down across from Andrew and began to complain.
Ron cleaned his robes with his wand and said, "I knew it was going to be like this, Snap......e," he said in a nasty expletive.
"yes. Harry was unlucky, "We were just passing by, and he found an excuse to punish us for clearing the dirt and not using magic. β
"Harry, did you get Dean on the team?" Andrew asked.
"How do you know?"
"Because I heard them talking about it in the common room in the morning. Andrew replied, "They seem to be very unhappy with you." β
"It doesn't matter," Harry said, "because our Seeker is still in the hospital, and I have to find one on the fly." I'm not worried about that though, the only thing I'm worried about right now is βββ" he looked at Ron carefully, "you know, Andrew. β
Andrew smiled, "I understand. β
At night, when Harry and Ron crawl through the hole of the portrait, Andrew notices that the two of them are not in the right mood.
"What's wrong with them?" asked Andrew in a whisper.
Andrew also thought it strange that they shouldn't have been so depressed because of the ball game, but he glanced around the common room again and immediately understood why.
"I see. Andrew said with a smile.
"What?"
"Ron's words, it should be that tonight's training was messed up, so his mood is not very high, and as for Harryβββ" he secretly, "it's because of the team, you know, Harry is not actually a good leader, Ginny is more suitable." β
Hermione giggled, "Why do you observe this kind of thing so closely?"
"Of course. Andrew tilted his head back and leaned comfortably on Hermione's shoulder.
Ron and Harry barely spoke all night, sitting there until late in the night when they went to bed in silence.
In the days that followed, Ron's temper became more and more violent, and he could get angry at anyone's little things, and Harry became so frustrated that Andrew and Hermione had to avoid them every day.
By the time they returned from training the day before the game, Harry had been cheering Ron up, but Ron was glaring at him and didn't pay attention.
Andrew guessed that Ron might have failed to catch a single ball during this training session.
Even in the common room at night, Harry continued to encourage him, but the rest of the team gathered in the corner and whispered, apparently talking about Ron, and from time to time throwing dissatisfied glances at Ron, which greatly reduced Harry's persuasion.
In the end, Harry wanted to lose his temper again, hoping to use the agitation method to get Ron into that state of not admitting defeat and saving the ball frequently, but it seemed that this strategy did not do much to cheer him up. Ron went to bed in the same mood as he was, discouraged and hopeless.
Early in the morning, Andrew was woken up by Harry.
"What are you doing?" Andrew cried out in dissatisfaction.
"Shhh Harry said sneakily, "Do me a favor, please." β
"You say. Andrew barely suppressed his anger and said.
So Harry told Andrew something, and finally said, "Please, that's the only way to help him." β
Andrew thought for a moment, "Good!" and smiled wickedly, "Harry, you're there." β
At breakfast, the table was still as lively as usual. As soon as each member of the Gryffindor team walked into the auditorium, the Slytherins cheered loudly and booed.
The sky is clear, tile blue: this is a good sign.
Andrew unexpectedly showed up at the dinner table very early, much to the surprise of most people.
"Andrew!" Hermione looked like she had seen a ghost, "you woke up so early today?"
Andrew smiled weirdly, "No matter what happens, don't interject for a while." β
Hermione nodded hesitantly in agreement.
After a while, Harry and Ron walked in, and the classmates cheered enthusiastically. Harry smiled and waved his hand, and Ron grimaced and shook his head.
"Cheer up, Ron!" shouted Lavender, "I know you're going to be great!"
Ron smiled reluctantly again.
"Tea?" Harry asked Ron, "coffee, pumpkin juice?"
"Whatever. Ron said with a sad face, taking a depressed bite of the bread.
"How's Ron doing?" Andrew asked, walking up to Harry.
"Not bad. Harry said, busy handing Ron a glass of pumpkin juice, "Here, Ron, drink." β
Ron just raised the cup to his lips.
"Hey, Ron!" Andrew said in a sudden and serious voice
Both Harry and Ron looked up at her.
"What's wrong?" said Ron.
"It's all right," said Andrew, as he went to hide from the pumpkin juice, "let me drink it, and I was suddenly very thirsty." β
"No!" Harry hurriedly stopped Andrew.
But Andrew ignored Harry and insisted on snatching the pumpkin juice, and he whispered to Harry, "You can't let Ron drink him like that!
"What are you talking about?" said Harry, quickly shoving a small bottle into his pocket.
"Bring it, Ron!" Andrew said again, but Ron took the cup, took a sip, and grimaced at Andrew, "Go get another one." β
Andrew raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but immediately changed to an angry look, "Harry, you should know the consequences of doing this, right?"
"Nobody knows. Harry whispered, "Don't say it. β
"Good. Andrew looked up and said, then left to sit down on Hermione's side, ignoring them.
"Harry poured a potion into Ron's cup!" Hermione whispered as soon as Andrew sat down, "I saw it all!
"That's fake!" Andrew said lightly.
"Fake?"
"yes," Andrew said with a smile, "we're just acting for Ron, just to give him some confidence." β
At this time, Ginny walked over and said cheerfully to Harry, "Our luck doesn't work, Harry. Slytherin's chaser Vasey β he was hit in the head by a Bludger in training yesterday and was in too much pain to play!
"What?" Harry turned to stare at her, "He's sick?
"Don't know, but it was fantastic for us. Ginny said happily, "Now they've got Harper." He's on my level, he's a big fool. β
Andrew frowned when he heard this, and wanted to listen to them more closely, but they had already left.
"Andy, let's go over too. Hermione said, standing up.
But Andrew shook his head, "You go first, I suddenly remembered that I still have something." β
"Okay. Hermione said, "I'll be waiting for you over there in the stands." β
Andrew got up and walked to the room on the eighth floor, where the walls were blank and no one seemed to be using them.
Andrew tapped his wand at himself, and he began to slowly blend into the wall, making it impossible to see that there was still a person standing there a few seconds ago.
I don't know how long it took, but even Andrew himself was bored and didn't show up. After a while, there was still no sign of anyone coming.
Just as Andrew decided to leave, three obscene figures appeared.
Malfoy took the lead, followed by two little girls, but the way they walked looked like copies of his two henchmen.
Malfoy came to Andrew, they were so close that if Malfoy raised his hand slightly, he would be able to touch Andrew's body.
Malfoy whispered to the two, "Throw this one to the ground as soon as anyone comes," he handed one of them a small object made of metal, "Remember, fall the ground, pretend to be natural." The man nodded, but did not speak.
Then Malfoy, right on the wall, began to walk around, muttering something, but Andrew couldn't hear what he was saying.
After a while, as if a door had been squeezed out of front of him, Malfoy nodded in satisfaction, nodded to the two men again, opened the door and walked in.
After another ten minutes, the two janitors finally began to get distracted, and the two of them took out a large pile of snacks from their pockets and ate them. Andrew finally determined that these two funny men were Malfoy's new henchmen of two idiots.
So Andrew decisively took out his wand and knocked the two people unconscious, but the little thing was not properly handled, and it was about to fall to the ground.
Almost instantaneously, Andrew reacted immediately, and he fell to the ground, catching the little thing with his body, and did not let it make a sound.
Andrew stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, and gently lowered it to the groundβββ it would be terrible if it did fall to the ground.
Andrew then pressed his ear to the door, but couldn't hear anything inside.
But it wasn't hard for me, Andrew thought to himself, and took out his wand and tapped it at the door, which immediately melted and a large hole appeared.
And then he just looked inside.
After looking at it for a while, Andrew finally saw what he wanted to see.
That's the case, Malfoy, so you're doing it.
Then Andrew quietly turned away, and as he was leaving, Andrew suddenly remembered something. He pointed his wand at the two men lying on the ground, and whispered, "Wake up quickly," followed by another, "Forget nothing"
The two men stood up blankly, you look at me, I look at you, shrugged their shoulders, and continued to eat what was in their arms.
Malfoy began to experiment with his pair of Vanishing Cabinets, it seems that Lucius has not reached the point of exhaustion--- he helps himself Xiao Tianlong to think of a way, Andrew does not believe that Malfoy will know the secret of the Vanishing Cabinet--- so it means that although Lucius Malfoy looks miserable, he actually retains a certain strength.
This is important news, considering that Andrew's plan to create a split within the Death Eaters is already starting to work. The Malfoys, the Lestrange brothers, and some of the more cunning Death Eaters have begun to prepare for a retreat.
In practical terms, the Death Eaters were not much better off than the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic is battered to deal with a massive infiltration of wizards from abroad and Death Eaters at home. The Dark Lord's situation was no better. Gettler has returned to the top and is now even more popular than before, becoming the de facto strongest man on the entire continent.
The Dark Lord, on the other hand, has become a trapped beast on the island at this time, facing the increasingly united Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic against various organizations against the Death Eaters, and on the other hand, he has to be wary of Gatler swallowing whales.
Voldemort has fought against Gatler, and he knows that this demon king's strength is not weaker than his own at all, and now he doesn't know what extent. And Gatler's rain summoner, the black-robed wizard, and Voldemort once personally attacked Hogwarts with them, and the strength of these two wizards is also unfathomable.
Now Voldemort feels as if he is in the terrible depths of the sea, surrounded by terrifying unknown behemoths, and any wizard who makes the first move could become the target of all the behemoths.