Chapter 016: Rich Trace Bookstore (II)

Catherine looked through the glass of the bookstore at the back of Lucius leaving, thinking about the other party's intentions.

"How do you know they're going to fight?" Daphne asked suddenly, interrupting Catherine's train of thought.

Catherine naturally explained what had happened when she first saw Arthur and Lucius alone together, and then said, "Draco and I privately thought they would definitely fight each other, but I really didn't expect to be here. ”

"How long have you lived at Malfoy Manor?" Theodore asked suddenly.

"From the funeral of the Black family until the end of July," replied Catherine, after taking a closer look at Theodore, "because Professor Snape had been invited by Mr. Malfoy, and I was temporarily staying at the Dean's house—"

"Why did you stay at Professor Snape's house?" Pansy asked.

"Didn't you already know that I had auctioned off all the property in my name, so—" Catherine's words were interrupted again.

"Don't sue me," said Bress coldly and proudly, "you can't afford to buy a house with your wealth. ”

"Absolutely." Catherine smiled, "But Professor Snape doesn't agree!" ”

"Are you Professor Snape's daughter, or are you actually her missing daughter?" It was Asteria, but as soon as her words fell, the entire second floor fell silent, and all the Slytherins stared at her with blank expressions, including her sister, except for Daphne's eyes full of shock.

Catherine's life experience is the biggest handicap at Hogwarts, and it stands to reason that this gamble should not be opened, because as long as a blood magic, you can directly figure out whose daughter she is, but the problem is that Snape is the most terrifying snake king in Hogwarts, Catherine's force value is super high, and Harry is the focus of attention wherever he goes, so the day of revealing the bottom is far away, and he can only let the stakes pile up higher and higher.

Asteria was referring to the two most bet options, the former because of Snape's attitude, and the latter because of Catherine's appearance and the way she chose her friends.

Catherine had few friends, but all but Harry were top or very special: Hermione - the best wizard in his grade, Draco - the best family, Daphne - insisted on treating people equally, Theodore - the most observant, Ron - the one who was determined to go against Catherine, the twins - the most active and then basically gone, yes, Neville, because he had the worst memory.

As for Harry, he didn't have much of a talent of his own other than his unbeatable fame, but Catherine went to great lengths to get close to him from the beginning, and even openly defended him, going against his classmates and being isolated by the whole of Slytherin.

But even if things had come to this point, no Slytherin would openly express his rejection of Catherine, for the second Slytherin admonition was "Slytherin is an ostracized house, so be more united!" ”

Before Catherine was expelled from Slytherin House, as long as she reached the Sixth Order, she was a member of Slytherin, and as long as her actions did not violate any of the Slytherin precepts, Slytherin members could not ignore her in public, or even speak out against her.

Therefore, Asteria's statement is very inappropriate, if she is not a Slytherin, and does not clearly say who "she" is, otherwise it would not have attracted everyone's attention.

After all, Slytherin is still in the tentative stage, and they have not yet figured out Catherine's strength, let alone choose a position, which is one of the reasons why Catherine wants to keep her background secret, no matter how turbulent the dark wave is, before the last moment, they have to whitewash the peace, this is politics.

But the sideways glances of the seven Slytherins alone were enough to have a fatal effect on Asteria's future in Slytherin, as she made one mistake she should not have made - the following.

Slytherin is the most hierarchical place, Catherine is one of the heads of the grade, there is no turn for a new student who has not entered the school to question, even if Ixissi talks to her, she does not dare to use too harsh tone, because behind Catherine is the head of Slytherin House.

Catherine has only been in the wizarding world for a year, and Snape's social range is also very narrow, but the other six people are different, relatives and friends, to exaggerate, can completely summarize the entire wizarding world.

So once Asteria's words spread through the mouths of the seven of them, the little girl would be branded as reckless, reckless, indiscriminate, and unrespectful, which meant that the door of high society would be closed to her from now on.

Therefore, as Asteria's sister, Daphne immediately stood up for her sister after the shock.

"I'm sorry!" Daphne apologized to her classmates, "She's still a fledgling!" ”

When Blaise and Pansy heard this, they looked away, and Theodore pushed his glasses and showed a worried look at Daphne, Millicent didn't say anything, because they knew very well that they were not qualified to speak, only Catherine smiled and said to Daphne.

"Slytherin doesn't need fledglings! Let her learn to fly! ”

Asteria frowned, but Daphne was already smiling and said, "Thank you for your advice!" ”

Asteria stared at her sister's side face dissatisfied, but didn't say anything more.

"Catherine!" Suddenly Hermione's voice came from downstairs, "Going!" ”

"It's coming!" Catherine answered and nodded to her classmates before walking up the stairs, only to find a little girl with black hair and black eyes, standing there dumbfounded.

"Need help?" Catherine asked with a smile, waking up the little black-haired girl.

"Ahh I'm looking for Common Sense in the Wizarding World. ”

"Turn left, fourth row, third shelf, sixth floor, seventeenth book."

"Ahh The little girl was dumbfounded, and it wasn't until Catherine walked by that she panicked, "Thank you!" ”

"Roses don't fit!" When Catherine passed by the weird blonde girl, she suddenly said, "Poppies are more suitable!" ”

Catherine was surprised and wanted to ask her why she said that, but Hermione preemptively asked her questions.

"What's going on?" Hermione glared at the second floor dissatisfied, "They're embarrassing you again." ”

"What if you're embarrassed?" Catherine smiled a little smugly, "They can't beat me." ”

"Is it because you're friends with Gryffindor that they're making things difficult for you?" Ginny asked nervously.

"Because of Salazar Slytherin's departure, the two houses are facing you down, so if the students of the two houses want to be friends, they will be embarrassed by their respective houses." Catherine explained with a smile, but her eyes looked into Ginny's cauldron, and she realized that there was a magical fluctuation that felt both familiar and strange to her.

"It's just that compared to Slytherin's very gentle rejection and isolation, Gryffindor's response is fierce scolding and opposition," Hermione sighed and continued, "Of course, Gryffindor's patience will never be as good as Slytherin's, and once you survive the storm at the beginning, the waves behind you will not be afraid." ”

"Unlike Slytherin, they've always been good at 'boiling frogs in warm water', so you have to be vigilant at all times." Catherine took Ginny's hand and deliberately made a scary face.

"It's so terrible!" Ginny's face turned pale with fright, and the cauldron in her hand involuntarily loosened.

"You say that—""—we'd love to try it. The twins leaned over and said.

Catherine looked at them seriously and said, "You are not welcome in Slytherin!" ”

"Why?" Everyone was puzzled.

"You're making a lot of noise!" With that, Catherine walked away from the bookstore with Ginny's cauldron, and the twins hurried after them, and the others laughed and left.

The little brunette girl who had been keeping an eye on Catherine winked enviously, but when she looked back and saw the Slytherins still on the second floor, she ran in panic to find the book.

However, the Slytherins did not have the energy to embarrass her, as they were still overwhelmed by the twins' intent to appear in Slytherin, until the ignorant and fearless Asteria woke up her sister and they walked downstairs in despair.

"If you light a firework in the water, I wonder if the fireworks will go out first, or if the water will explode first?"

The strange blonde utters an inexplicable word for the third time, but the Slytherins are lost in thought, except for Asteria to stare at the other's back, but the other is still looking at the upside-down copy of Egyptian Mythology very seriously.

When Catherine returned to Spider's Tail, Snape hadn't returned, so she took out what she had just gotten and looked at it.

It is a small, thin, very old black diary, with a faded date dated 1943 on the cover, and the name of a newspaper dealer on Vauxhall Road, London, on the back cover.

It was hidden in Ginny's Guide to Elementary Transfiguration, and Catherine remembered that Lucius and Arthur had the textbook in their hands all the time, and it was clear that this black diary was the one he had hidden in the chaos, and it was also what Catherine had with him when she first met him today.

Catherine tried to open it, but found that it seemed to be stuck to her right hand, and she raised her hand in a panic, as if something had been ripped out and stuck to her right hand, but when she looked closely, there was nothing.

Catherine stared at the coat of the strange diary for a long time, then tried to put her right hand on it, and when she saw that nothing out of the ordinary had happened, she opened it.

Inside is a boy's diary, and the problem is that Catherine can't figure out what language the other person is talking about, except for "T. Riddle" written in blurred ink on the first page.

“Riddle？” Catherine raised an eyebrow, "Then let me see how good this 'Mr. Mystery' is at solving problems!" ”

Catherine immediately went out and bought all the language dictionaries she could buy, then got the introduction materials in various remote dialects, then prepared dinner and supper, and then pasted a note of "retreat" on the door of her room, and finally closed the door to study the diary of "Mr. Mystery".