So this chapter is used to pass the plot.,It's said that the little platinum nobleman is really getting closer and closer to his father.

Should I say that my little Ao itself is very charming?

Smiling

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Sword 8 (upright): Turmoil.

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Hogwarts Slythery Lounge

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"Opal, what's wrong with you?"

With a black line on his head, he grabbed Opal, who was obviously out of his mind, and Draco felt that he was really getting more and more moving in the direction of "paternal" recently.

However, you can't watch Opal, a natural idiot, drink the sauce as a drink, or bring food to his face, or even hit the pillar in the hallway, right?

If this is going to happen like this, do you want Slytherin's face to be treated as a joke?!

[Ah...... Sorry to worry you. ]

After a reflexive apology, Opal scratched his hair in some irritability, [just thinking about something so he got distracted.] ]

"What the hell is it that keeps you like this since you got back from Professor McGonagall...... So ......"

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't come up with any words that would suit Opal's situation at the moment, and Draco sighed a little frustratedly, "Could it be that those stupid lions from Gryffindor beat you up?" ”

[It's okay with that kind of thing!] ]

Almost annoyed by Draco's words, Opal couldn't help but roll his eyes, [If I really want to do something, can I be thought of with the IQ of the Gryffindor group of first-year students?!] ]

"Then how do you ......?"

[It's some private matter at home......]

Knowing that Draco really cared about him, Opal could only be vague about this - after all, her true identity was still classified at Hogwarts, so how would you ask her to explain "why the Forbidden Forest is her home"?

"What's going on? It can't be an inheritance dispute, right? ”

Hearing Opal's answer, Draco almost immediately went through the messages he had exchanged with the other Slytherin nobles in Opal's absence, and found that there didn't seem to be much of note.

[No, the letter says it seems to be related to security.] They didn't tell me what it was, though. ]

Answering Draco's question with avoidance, Opal's mind had now returned to what she had told her in the headmaster's office with a solemn expression.

Someone is attacking a lone unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, and they are supposed to be sucking the blood of the unicorn.

As we all know, unicorns are quite sacred and pure creatures, and their blood has quite unique healing and purifying abilities, and the horns of unicorns are holy relics.

Synonymous with holiness, any creature that kills a unicorn will be subjected to an eternal curse from nature.

If you just want to take a little blood, although blood is precious for the unicorn, as long as the other party is really in urgent need and has good quality, the unicorn will agree after communication.

So Opal didn't understand why he was so upset that he wanted to kill the unicorn to get blood.

Once the unicorn dies, its blood loses its effectiveness, and the person who drinks the unicorn's blood will also suffer a corresponding curse - the total gain outweighs the loss.

So Opal really couldn't understand it......

"Opal?! Opal !! ”

Just as he was about to inquire further, Draco was helpless to find that Opal was starting to wander again.

[Huh?] ]

Opal, who had been pulled back to his senses again by Draco's voice, was obviously out of shape at the moment, only raised his head slightly, blinked at Draco, and looked at Draco with a look of confusion.

“…… Forget it, it's nothing ......."

Draco covered his face with one hand and retreated, refusing to admit that he had been adored by Opal's innocent animal-like look.

[Huh?] What's wrong? ]

"Nothing...... There's no way you can go on like this, so go back to your room and rest. ”

Shaking his head, Draco pushed Opal in the direction of her dorm room in frustration, "Whatever worries you, it's always better to wake up and think about it." ”

[But...... Assignment ......]

"I did it for you."

Turning his head, a certain platinum nobleman said in a tone of "I'm just showing grace and don't be too grateful to me", "Only this once!" Hum! ”

[Draco is a nice guy.] ]

When the goal was achieved, Opal generously gave another good person card, and immediately flashed back to his room from the good one.

"Tsk......"

Turning his head back to look at Opal's back as he disappeared around the corner, Draco snorted, not bothering to help with homework.

Forget it, this energetic appearance is more suitable for her.

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{Did Miss Opal have any trouble with her schoolwork?} }

Nagini's hissing voice brought Opal, who was lying on his bed in a daze, back to his senses: [It's nothing, Nagini, I just can't figure out something.] ]

{So, how can I help you?} }

Nagini swam to Opal's table and looked up at her.

[What kind of person would be so cruel as to get his blood even if he had to kill the unicorn and put it on his curse?] ]

With his chin resting on his arm, Opal shook his legs and looked at Nagini.

{What does Miss Opal think?} }

Nagini did not answer Opal's question directly, but asked rhetorically.

[I can only think of two possibilities.] ]

Opal clicked on the "A Brief Analysis of Human Psychology" that Fred had secretly lent her, [but I don't know if it's right.] Nagini helps me think about where there are still shortcomings, okay? ]

{My pleasure.} }

[The first is that the person doesn't actually know that killing a unicorn is cursed - but seeing a unicorn means that it has some magical powers, and in the wizarding world, "killing a unicorn is cursed" is common sense.] That's what I don't understand. ]

{Could it be that the other party is a "Squib" (Celestial: a group of people who have magical powers but can't use magic, Filch is this type of being?} }

[But unicorns have always been active in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and since they can pass through the traps in the Forbidden Forest, that person should have some magical attainments.] Unless......]

Opal frowned, [unless the other party wasn't alone...... So, is it being taken advantage of? ]

{Nice extrapolation.} }

Nagini hissed, then encouraged, {Miss Opal, is there another possibility?} }

[Another possibility is that the person himself is already in a bad condition...... So, don't care about being saddled with another curse? Is it possible...... It seems that it is not impossible to think so......]

After Opal finished speaking, he was obviously touched by his own words, and fell into thought.

But what could be such a similar situation?

Because there's already a curse, it's okay to carry another curse......

The image of a person flashed in her mind very vaguely just now, but she was too fast to capture it.

Really, if only I could have a little more hint......

Nagini also saw that Opal was still thinking, and did not disturb her, but quietly crossed the bedside and looked at Opal who was thinking.

Your Excellency would have been glad to know of Miss Opal's outstanding performance during this time.

In the end, Opal, who had been thinking to no avail, obediently washed up after being reminded by Nagini, and then went into the bed to rest.

However, although he has no clue about the murderer who attacked the unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, Opal has also found a breakthrough in another direction that can be used to kill time.

Anyway, she can't go to the forbidden forest during this time, so find a time to go to the corridor area where the third floor is forbidden, and it just so happens that she is very interested in the three-headed dog there.

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Hogwarts Slytherin common room

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"Opal! What have you been up to lately? ”

It was Draco, who was full of resentment and black gas, and blocked Opal in an early morning in a corridor in the Slytherin Passage classroom.

[Huh?] What's wrong? ]

Someone pretended to be stupid, blinking innocently, with a look of "I'm innocent and I'm confused".

"You haven't been to the restaurant for breakfast in this time, and I've heard from the house-elf that you've slept late these nights and ......"

Draco almost seemed to want to count something in one breath, but a figure hurried over, bumped them into them and separated them, and ran away without even apologizing.

[Huh?] That person just now is ......]

Opal looked at the place where the man had disappeared, a little puzzled, and then glanced at Draco, who was dusting off - good chance.

Looks like Hermione from Gryffindor House, right? Didn't she occasionally act with Harry and Ron before? How......

"It's rude, deserving of the cursed Gryffindor!"

Draco cursed and dusted off where he had been knocked on, his expression disgusted, "Probably because of her overhead eyes." Squeamish package one, you say no...... O. Pa El ! ”

The last few words, Draco, were simply the sound of squeezing out of the root of his teeth.

For no other reason, Opal, who was supposed to be standing beside him, was still in a shadow at the moment!

Damn, a mistake!

I knew that Opal had always been more slippery than a snake when he didn't want to talk about it, and he blamed that damn Gryffindor just now!

That's why the fool stays there and continues to listen to you.

Around the corner of the hallway, Opal, who had slipped away, silently stuck out her tongue and grimaced, and then ran away as fast as she could—her schedule was full today, and she didn't have the leisure time to listen to Draco's nagging—this guy had been leaning on Fei Leng Jade and Ronan's broken thoughts lately.

But then again, what day is it?

Why do you always smell pumpkin?

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Originally...... Is it the so-called "Halloween"?

In the end, because he wanted to go back to the dormitory, he was finally caught by Draco in the dormitory passage, and Opal, who had been educating him well for a long time, lowered his head and looked pious and repentant - but as long as he paid a little attention, he could find that Opal was completely sleepwalking at the moment - and he was pulled to the hall for dinner.

Then Opal was completely awake by the spectacular scene in the dining room, not by the sight and the sound, but by the fluctuations of the magic.

There were about a thousand live bats circling on the walls and ceilings, others up and down, the wind from the vibrations of their wings flickering by candlelight, and some of the bats flying to the table in a swarm that looked like a large dark cloud from a distance.

Then, as was the case at the beginning of the school year, in the blink of an eye, golden plates were filled with sumptuous dishes—seemingly delicious.

Opal looked at the exquisite food on the table and salivated a little - no way, the mental energy spent too much in order to find the corresponding information in the recent period, and she had not had time to replenish her energy after being blocked by Draco before, and now she was very hungry.

Draco, who was sitting next to her, rolled his eyes, but still ordered her a few of her favorite dishes.

But Opal's joy didn't last long before it was ruined.

For no other reason, for not long after dinner began, Professor Quillo stumbled open the door and entered the hall—his turban crooked and his face full of fear.

He ran all the way to Dumbledore, grabbed the table, and panted, "There's a troll...... A troll ran to the bottom of the dungeon...... I've come to tell you ......."

After saying that, as if he could no longer support it, he fell to the floor and passed out.

The hall immediately erupted - so violently that Dumbledore had to raise his wand and fire a few purple salutes upwards to silence everyone.

"Listen to the prefects."

He loudly announced, "Immediately lead the students from each college back to their dormitories!" ”

Her dinner—she hadn't had time to eat much!

Opal looked at the cream stew with great grief, but was pulled by Draco, who couldn't stand it, and left the hall with the Slytherin first-year team who was already standing in line very efficiently.

However, those two people ...... Isn't it Harry and Ron?

As soon as he descended the stairs, Opal saw two figures who had broken away from the Gryffindor team with a sharp eye, stooping over and leaving the Hufflepuff team.

In that direction...... What are they going to do?

Pulling Draco to meet his questioning gaze, Opal nodded at the two sneaky figures, and then unsurprisingly saw Draco's eyes begin to glow.

It's clear what you're thinking.

Just as Opal was secretly pursing her lips, Draco had already coughed and said to her, "Opal, I still have something to do first, you can go back with everyone!" ”

[So you're going to catch Saint Potter's sore feet?] ]

Opal blinked, a teasing "I understand" tone.

As a result, Draco blushed and was a little rude enough to push Opal in the direction of the group—but the strength was well controlled.

[I see.] But Draco you have to be careful, it's best to go straight to the teacher and don't be left alone. ]

Although he knew that it was redundant, Opal still admonished.

"Who are you and me?!"

Rolling his eyes impatiently, it was clear that Draco was still worried about Opal, "I'm just going to see Professor Snape." That's why the stupid lions of Gryffindor would want to challenge the trolls alone. ”

With that, Draco left behind the other group of students.

It wasn't until he disappeared from the corner of the hallway that Opal slowed down, and then, without anyone noticing, slipped into a secret passage—a secret passage she had inquired about from the plants that inhabited the castle.

Thanks to the troll invasion, all of Hogwarts is now in a commotion.

But......

As he glided down the secret passage, the corners of Opal's mouth curled into a slight smile.

It's just convenient for her to take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.