Chapter 162 Draco, you must be strong!
Transfer student Alice was welcomed by the Slytherin female prefects and sat in the Slytherin team.
She behaved elegantly and generously throughout the whole process, and most importantly, she was very beautiful, which made many Slytherins smile at her.
John has also been paying attention to this Alice.
He was almost certain that there were no transfer students in Hogwarts in the original novel.
But what happened to Alice?
"Draco."
John called out softly with an expressionless face, "I want to know all the information about her, including where she comes from, why she transferred to another school, and her family background."
Draco was stunned for a moment, then a meaningful smile appeared on his face and said:
"Are you attracted to her?"
Hearing this, John turned his head and looked at Draco silently.
Under John's serious and cold gaze, the smile on Draco's face quickly faded, and then he nodded quickly and said:
"No problem, John. Pansy also has some influence among girls. It's not difficult to find a transfer student."
John nodded wordlessly.
By this time, the sorting ceremony had also ended.
Dumbledore stood up.
The originally noisy auditorium suddenly became quiet.
Everyone shut their mouths and focused on the old man on the podium.
"Welcome!" said Professor Dumbledore, his beard sparkling in the light of the candle. "Welcome to Hogwarts for the new school year! I have a few words to say to all of you, and one of them is very serious. Yes, I think it’s better to explain this matter clearly before you are confused by this delicious meal..."
Dumbledore cleared his throat and continued, "After they searched the Hogwarts Express, you probably already know. At the request of the Ministry of Magic, dementors from Azkaban have settled in Hogwarts." Gwartz until Sirius Black was captured."
Dumbledore paused again.
His brows furrowed slightly, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the Dementors.
"They are stationed at all entrances to the school grounds," Dumbledore continued. "Although I have been assured that their presence will not interfere with our daily study life. But I must make it clear that anyone who has not No one is allowed to leave the school without permission.
Dementors should not be deceived by any means, not even the [Disguise Curse] and the Invisibility Cloak!
Dementors are inherently ignorant of requests or excuses.
Therefore I warn each of you - do not give them any excuse to harm you.
I am counting on the prefects, as well as our new Head Boy and Head Girl, to ensure that no student comes into conflict with a Dementor. "
Hearing this, the students turned to look at the prefects of their own colleges.
Only the Slytherins almost all looked at John.
Apparently they thought John was more qualified to lead and manage them than the prefect.
Especially now that Senior Taylor has graduated.
Even many of the Slytherin prefects thought so.
"On a happier note," Dumbledore continued, "I am delighted to welcome two new teachers to our ranks this year.
The first was Professor Lupine, who readily agreed to fill the gap in the Defense Against the Dark Arts course. "
Lupine, shabbily dressed, stood up from among the professors.
Snape's eyes followed Lupin along the staff table.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, not hiding the expression of hatred on his face.
A series of fairly enthusiastic applause broke out in the auditorium.
Snape turned to look at the crowd, as if he wanted to take note of everyone who was applauding now.
Then, he was stunned.
Because the person in the crowd who cheered the most energetically was Draco.
At this moment Draco had stood up and clapped vigorously towards Lupin.
Perhaps because of too much force, his pale face turned red.
Following his lead, Goyle, Crabbe and Pansy were also applauding desperately.
Lupine was very moved when he saw this, and smiled and waved to Draco.
And this made Draco even more excited.
John could clearly see the surprise flashing across Snape's face, and the anger that followed.
Judging from what he knew about Snape, Snape was probably so angry that his blood pressure soared.
Without any hesitation, John stood up and grabbed the back of Draco's neck, pushing him back to his seat.
Pansy and Goyle were all stunned when they saw this.
The other Slytherins who were already a little ready to make a move also immediately stopped applauding.
"Ouch - John! It hurts me so much!" Draco said, rubbing the back of his neck, "Why did you stop me?"
John's mouth opened slightly, just about to explain.
But I heard Dumbledore on the stage say again:
"As for the second teacher we appointed, well - I regret to tell you that our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, Professor Kettleburn, retired at the end of last school year so that he could spend more time with his remaining limbs. Spend more time together.
However, I am pleased to say that his vacancy has been filled by none other than Rubeus Hagrid, who has agreed to serve as a teacher in addition to his role as gamekeeper. "
After finishing his words, Hagrid stood up awkwardly.
Because of his too much movement, he even knocked over Professor McGonagall's wine glass.
And this made him even more nervous.
But he was soon relieved by the huge applause and cheers in the auditorium.
"We should have thought of it earlier," Draco sneered. "Who else would let us get a biting book except that stupid guy?"
Hearing this, Goyle and Crabbe couldn't stop laughing.
And John let out a long sigh.
He could see clearly that even though he had stopped Draco from applauding Lupine in time, the bad expression on Snape's face still did not ease at all.
Not only that, Snape would scan everyone in Slytherin with his cold gaze from time to time, and finally landed on Draco.
John stretched out his hand, patted Draco on the shoulder, and then said sympathetically:
"Draco, you must be strong!"
"Uh-John, why did you say that suddenly?"
Draco said with confusion on his face.
"You'll know soon enough."
John looked at Draco with heavy eyes as if he were mourning a corpse.
This startled Draco.
He couldn't help but shuddered and said:
"John, don't scare me! What's going on?"
John shook his head and did not continue to explain to Draco, but concentrated on the food that suddenly appeared on the plate in front of him.
He thought it would be good to let Draco suffer some losses and learn a lesson.
And no matter how petty Snape was, he couldn't really do anything to Draco. At most, he would just deliberately embarrass Draco the next time they had Potions class.
However, it turned out that John still underestimated his dean.
Snape couldn't wait so many days for revenge.