Chapter 12: Following in the Footsteps of His Highness
Section I
The next morning, Sauron wanted to have a good talk with Harry, but as soon as he walked into the hall, a loud roar suddenly came from the Gryffindor table: "I won't be surprised if they fire you if you steal the car, and see how I clean you up." You probably didn't even think about how your dad and I felt when we found out that the car was gone......"
Sauron could hear Mrs. Weasley's shouting, a hundred times louder than usual, and the plates and spoons on the table were resounding, and the echoes of the stone walls on all sides were deafening. The whole hall turned to see who had received the shouting letter, and Sauron frowned and walked straight to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Epikoth.
ββ¦β¦ Receiving Dumbledore's letter last night, your father was so ashamed that he almost died. We worked hard to bring you up, I didn't expect you to do such a thing, you and Harry almost lost their lives, if something happens to you, how can you let me explain to Harry's brother. It's so infuriating, your dad will be censored at work, it's all your fault. If you don't follow the rules, we'll bring you back right away!"
Sauron didn't look at Harry and Ron's expressions, just frowning and eating his breakfast. Isabella, who was sitting diagonally across from him, looked at Harry, looked at Sauron, and said slowly, "It seems that the famous Harry Potter is really as brave as the legend." β
Soren didn't look up, "Is this a compliment to him or a sarcasm to me?" β
"It's a bit of both." Isabella said with a smile, and Sauron sighed and didn't speak.
After breakfast, Sauron didn't go to Harry, the roaring letter was enough for him and Ron to reflect on their recklessness, and similarly, Harry probably didn't come to Sauron because of his weak heart. It wasn't until just before class in the afternoon that Sauron saw Harry again, and Isabella followed Sauron.
A small, gray-haired boy with a Muggle camera stood beside Harry, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in a huff with Malfoy and his two bodyguards. Sauron frowned and walked over, Malfoy smirked and exclaimed, "Weasley wants an autographed photo, Potter, it's worth more than his house." β
"yes, who's handing out autographed photos?" Sauron said coldly. Sauron walked over with a blank face, and Isabella followed closely behind him. Sauron glanced at the othersβDraco's face turned pale, Harry and Ron looked nervous, and Hermione, she glared at Sauron fiercely. Isabella was behind Sauron, watching the crowd's reactions, but was amusefully silent.
Draco? Malfoy glanced at Sauron cautiously, opening his mouth to explain something. Sauron glanced at him and said, "Draco, do you think it's fun to stand in the hallway and make a splash?" Or do you think this pointless, childish argument is a good match for who you are in Slytherin? β
Draco lowered his head, while sluggish Crabbe and Goyle looked nervous and confused. Sauron turned his head to look at Harry again, and before he could speak, Gildero? Lockhart's annoying voice came over, causing Sauron to frown.
"What's going on, what's going on?" Lockhart strode over, his turquoise robe floating dramatically behind him. When he saw Colin holding the camera, he walked over with his usual smiling face and hugged Creevey, "Oh, is it a photo, Mr. Creevey, a double photo, it couldn't be a good deal, Harry and I signed your autograph." As he spoke, he wanted to go to Rahari again, and then he saw Sauron who had turned around, and the smile on his face froze at once.
Sauron frowned and looked at Lockhart coldly, which made Lockhart nervous, and Creevey, who was beside him, turned pale and looked a little scared after touching Sauron's gaze.
"Mr. Lockhart, I think you should go to class more than stand in the hallway and take pictures." Sauron said in an inaudible tone, and then he turned to Drax? Malfoy, said, "It's time for us to go to class, Draco." With that, they strode away, Draco and his two bodyguards following Sauron, while Isabella glanced at Harry and quickly followed.
Lockhart was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, let go of Creevey, and then said to Harry, "That, haha, it's almost class, isn't it." So, Mr. Potter, and the two of you, let's go to the classroom. With that, he walked towards the classroom - he had wanted to walk with Harry in his arms, but perhaps thinking of Sauron, he had switched to walking side by side, with Ron and Hermione following them.
"Sauron is too much, look at the way he looks, it's like...... It's like...... Like a mafia godfather. Hermione whispered but angrily that she had been thinking about it for a long time, but she couldn't come up with a suitable word to describe Sauron, and finally she barely thought of the description "Mafia Godfather".
"What is the godfather of the black party?" Ron looked confused, apparently he hadn't heard the word?
Hermione glanced at Ron helplessly and explained, "It's the boss of the bad guys, Sauron looks like an evil dark wizard leader, leading his group of Slytherin men. β
Ron pouted indifferently after hearing this, "I don't think Sauron is so evil, although he looks cold, but those Slytherins are really afraid of him, did you just see Malfoy's appearance, Sauron was so scared that he couldn't breathe when he came." Ron lowered his voice again, "I've heard Patcy say that most of the Slytherins are in awe of Sauron, even their prefect. β
"That's not a good thing, look at the Slytherin students, I don't know how respectful they are." Hermione was not convinced, she looked at Lockhart in front of her again, "Only Professor Lockhart's righteous and brave, and the admiration of everyone is truly worthy of pride." β
Ron snorted disdainfully, and just as he was about to speak, Hermione glared at him and swallowed the words back into his stomach.
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Section II
Harry, Ron, and Hermione had the worst Defence Against the Dark Arts class ever, and Gildero? Lockhart brought a large cage of "Cornish elves" in his first class and released them, only for the elves to wreak havoc in the classroom. Gildero? Lockhart failed to stop the elves, and instead they snatched their wands, leaving them to the three Harry.
Sauron was a little surprised when he heard about this, he knew that Lockhart didn't have any real skills, but he didn't expect him to waste such a thing. In Slytherin's first Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Sauron didn't even have a textbook, and in fact he didn't even buy it. Lockhart learned the lesson of the first lesson and didn't bring any more troublesome creatures in. He strode in, a big smile on his face, and cheerfully introduced himself. However, when he saw Sauron present, he obviously froze. The whole class was spent in his boring bragging and storytelling, much to the disappointment of many female students who were originally interested in Lockhart.
"He's just an idiot, I don't know how to let him teach us, I guess Dumbledore must be a fool." Malfoy said as he walked down the hallway, while Crabbe and Goyle smirked as they followed.
"Whether Lockhart is a fool or not doesn't matter to us at all, and besides, a fool is far easier to deal with than a smart person, isn't it?" Isabella laughed and said, "Knowing what the first graders call him, we call him Green Peacock." β
"Don't worry about that Lockhart." Sauron, who was walking in front, said lightly, "If you have time, you can improve your strength." β
"Will you guide us?" Isabella said excitedly, then added, "Of course, if you want to." β
Sauron glanced at her with some surprise, "Of course, as long as you can stand it." β
Draco was also excited, he had no doubt about Sauron's strength, but he quickly lowered his head and whispered, "Well, I recently joined the House Quidditch team, and I will probably spend a lot of time training......"
"Don't worry, there's always time." Sauron said unconcernedly.
Sauron arrived at the Quidditch pitch early Saturday morning, it was Harry's first Quidditch session, and Sauron was eager to get some fresh air outside. Isabella followed, and Sauron, without asking for a reason, let her follow. After a while, Sauron saw Harry and the others walking into the arena wearing red Quidditch uniforms, and the first year boy he had met last time who always had a camera followed, and Sauron heard that his name was Colin? Creevey, a great admirer of Harry. Harry saw Sauron and waved at him excitedly, who smiled and waved.
"You're not coming?" Isabella asked curiously?
"Wood is too sensitive when it comes to Quidditch, and although Harry trusts me, he always suspects me of spying on Gryffindor's tactics." Sauron was helpless.
After Wood explained the tactics to the team for a while, the Gryffindor team began to take to the skies, but it wasn't long before the Slytherin men arrived, and Wood and the Weasley twins fell to the ground, and the two sides argued. Sauron noticed that Draco was wearing a green Slytherin uniform, standing in front, arguing with Ron and Hermione, who arrived later.
Sauron frowned, and said displeasedly, "Draco was always so impulsive and naΓ―ve, God knows why he wasn't assigned to Gryffindor." β
Isabella smiled, "Why don't you go and have a look?" She glanced over there again, "They seem to be fighting." β
Over there, Drake said something, and Ron angrily pointed his wand at him, while Flint held him behind him. Ron cast a spell on Draco, but a green light reflected off his wand, sending Ron himself flying. Sauron was startled at first, but when he saw Ron sit up again, he relaxed and walked quickly.
"What happened here?" Sauron asked unhappily.
"It's Malfoy, he's insulting Hermione." Harry huffed. Sauron looked at the others, the Gryffindors were angry, and the Slytherin men were watching the Gryffindors cautiously, afraid that any of them would attack Draco again. At this point, Ron retched violently, then spat out several slimy slugs that landed in front of him. The attention of everyone present shifted to Ron, who spat out more slugs. Harry and Hermione hurried over and looked nervously at Ron.
Isabella looked at Ron and whispered, "A very interesting spell." β
Sauron glanced at her and strode over. Harry looked at Sauron and asked anxiously, "Sauron, is Ron okay?" β
Sauron didn't speak, he took out his wand and pointed it at Ron, using an enhancement charm, and Ron immediately vomited even more violently. Hermione looked at Sauron angrily and shouted, "What are you doing, you're making him even more uncomfortable." β
Sauron glanced at Hermione, then at Harry, and explained unhurriedly, "This spell can't be lifted, we can only wait for the effect to fade away, so that he can vomit faster to make it less uncomfortable, otherwise he may have to vomit until dark." I think you'd better find him a comfortable place until he finishes throwing up. β
Harry nodded, Hermione glared at Sauron, and then helped Ron up with Harry. Harry asked Sauron, "Shall you come with us as we take him to Hagrid?" β
Sauron shook his head, "Forget it, I still have something to do, you guys go." Don't play too late. β
Harry nodded, and the three of them headed in the direction of Hagrid's hut. Sauron glanced at Draco again, and he cowered behind Flint, looking at Sauron cautiously.
"Isabella and I are going to do some exercises, will you come along?" Sauron asked Draco.
Draco knew what Sauron meant, but he looked at the broomstick in his hand, then at Captain Flint, and shook his head in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, I'm still going to do Quidditch training." β
Sauron raised an eyebrow, "Then happy training, let's go, Isabella." With that, Sauron turned to leave, and Isabella followed excitedly.
Sauron led Isabella all the way to the eighth floor of the castle, stopping in front of the portrait of the "troll rod beating the stupid Barnabas".
"Now, close your eyes and concentrate on thinking that you need a room to practice spells." Sauron said to Isabella.
Isabella complied, and soon a door appeared on the wall in front of them, and Sauron pulled the door open and walked in, Isabella followed, and then Sauron slammed the door shut again. The room had all the equipment needed to link the spells, books, mats, and wooden targets. Isabella looked at the room curiously, then asked Sauron, "How did you find this room?" β
"Ibikos sue me." Soren said, "Now, I want to know, how is your level? Try attacking me with the magic you're most familiar with. β
Isabella looked at Sauron, then smiled and said, "Be careful, Your Highness Sauron - except for your weapons!" β
A bright red light shot at Sauron, who waved his hand casually, scattering it.
"That's it? Harry did a better job than you. Sauron said slowly.
Isabella didn't show a look of defeat, "That's not necessarily. Behind Sauron, a wooden target flew towards Sauron.
Sauron didn't look back, just snorted coldly, and the target instantly turned into powder.
"You'd better be serious, I'm not playing with you." Sauron said coldly, he raised his wand and waved it at Isabella, and a red light shot out.
Isabella was startled and quickly shouted, "Armor protection!" Sauron's spell struck the Iron Armor Charm beside her, bounced open, shattering the bookshelf beside her, and Isabella fell to the ground, clutching her chest and coughing in pain, her face pale.
Sauron waved his hand, and Isabella floated up and landed on the cushion next to her. Sauron walked over and handed her a piece of chocolate. Isabella glanced at Sauron aggrievedly, turned her head and didn't answer.
"You think I'm too cold?" Sauron said calmly, he looked at Isabella and said coldly, "Childish! You've really disappointed me, Isabella. Not because of your weakness, but because of your weakness. β
"But, you almost killed me just now." Isabella whispered, crying in her tone, "If I hadn't worked that Iron Armor Charm, I'd be like that bookshelf." β
Sauron disdained, "But you stopped it, didn't you, the world is so cold, it won't play those boring and childish jokes with you, you don't have enough strength, you can only become a pathetic ant, a victim of fate, only the strong can step on the corpse and stand on the throne." Sauron's voice was cold, "What's more, if I really want to kill you......"
Sauron pointed his wand at the targets on the other side of the wall, and in an instant, like a gust of wind blowing, those targets were instantly turned into dust and scattered with the wind. Isabella looked at Sauron in surprise, Sauron stretched out his hand and said, "Do you have the courage to embark on the path of fighting fate?" β
Isabella looked at Sauron's eyes, and for a long time, her eyes were full of determination, and she took Sauron's hand and stood up. She took a step back and bowed deeplyβ
"Isabella? Nemesis, may you always follow in the footsteps of Your Highness! β
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