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Chapter 235 Storms
"I heard you got 20 points deducted by Thea?"
As soon as Draco returned to his dorm, Zabini greeted him with a beaming smile, while Theodore, who was reading a book nearby, quietly pricked up his ears.
"...It's just that I was unlucky."
Draco felt a lump in his throat whenever he thought of Granger's words, "lackey."
What a waste of Thea's kindness!
Despite how much Xia had helped them before, she's showing no mercy at all now!
Yes, Thea was indeed involved in the burning of the Ministry of Magic.
But does she have a choice?
Can she not go?
Absolutely not!
If you were faced with both death and crime, what would you choose?
Draco didn't know what the others would choose, but he knew what he would choose.
And in fact, he has already made his choice.
"...What a bunch of ingrates!"
Draco was still fuming before going to sleep.
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At Hogwarts, the name Thea is largely synonymous with a code of communication, so within just one hour of this "minor conflict," almost every wizard at Hogwarts knew about it.
Professor McGonagall was also slightly taken aback upon hearing this. A few seconds later, she pinched the bridge of her nose, looking rather troubled.
Dumbledore's current actions... even she can't understand them now.
However, one thing is very clear: the safety of the young wizards at Hogwarts is their bottom line, whether it is her or Dumbledore!
Snape was brewing a potion when he received the news. Thanks to the fact that the method of brewing potions had long been muscle memory, he was able to avoid a disastrous failure.
“…Damn old bee…”
Snape cursed under his breath, but in his mind he kept calculating what he should do next.
After careful consideration, Snape decided to pass the hot potato he had just received to the other party.
"...You want me to brew a truth serum?!"
Thea was completely baffled by Snape's request. To her, Truth Potion didn't require any particularly sophisticated brewing techniques; even if she needed to make a large quantity, she could easily have Theodore, Draco, and the others help her…
So, what exactly does Snape want to do?
Thea's probing gaze did nothing to Snape, whose tone remained completely calm.
“As Headmaster Umbridge’s favorite student… Blake, if you had any ‘gratitude,’ you should have taken the initiative to share the headmaster’s burdens…”
Who was Umbridge's favorite student?
The title almost made Thea lose control of her expression, but... Umbridge needs truth serum?
What is she going to do?
Who is she going to use the truth serum on?
In the blink of an eye, the name of a certain unlucky guy quickly took the top spot in Thea's heart with a commanding lead in votes.
"……I see."
Meeting Snape's ambiguous gaze, Thea accepted the task.
As soon as Thea stepped out of Snape's office, she understood the whole story.
When Snape heard the news of her confrontation with Potter and the others, and given that she controlled almost half of Slytherin's power, it was hard for Snape not to see this conflict as the opening act of Thea's attack on Harry.
Therefore, one of the purposes of the Truth Agent mission is to stall Thea and insert another mission to make Truth Agent into Thea's schedule, which is so busy that she can barely take off.
Why was this goal achieved?
It's very simple, because of Umbridge.
Everyone knows who Umbridge dislikes the most right now, and everyone knows that Umbridge values Thea the most right now.
But Snape knew other things as well.
For example, the forces behind Thea, and... the subtle cooperative relationship between Dumbledore and Thea.
Although Snape often complained that Dumbledore's brain was clouded by sugar, it was undeniable that when it came to making real decisions, he would still trust Dumbledore, no matter how far-fetched the other's words might seem...
Therefore, given the premise of "cooperation," Snape's open scheme was destined to succeed.
Thea wouldn't abandon her cooperation with Dumbledore because of such trivial matters, even if Snape was just using Dumbledore as a figurehead, he still succeeded.
After figuring this out, even though she was a little annoyed, Thea immediately contacted Theodore and the others, and sent out all the tasks that needed to be done, while she focused on brewing the "truth serum".
Although the group that rushed over was puzzled as to why Thea had suddenly issued these tasks, they accepted the orders without hesitation due to their long-standing habit of obedience.
As for why Thea personally brewed the truth serum?
The answer is simple: Theodore and his friends are not up to Snape's standards.
Perhaps because Thea entrusted almost all potion-related matters to Theodore, few people remember that in all previous potion-making tests, no junior wizard had ever produced a potion of higher quality than Thea…
While she was focused on brewing the Truth Potion, the inevitable conflict between Gryffindor and Slytherin finally erupted during a simple incident of giving way.
To make matters worse, the incident ended with Umbridge's forceful intervention.
Even Thea couldn't help but twitch her lips as she listened to Theodore's flat and emotionless description.
The cause of the matter is very simple.
The young wizards were unable to cope with Umbridge's oppressive management system, so some people turned their attention to Slytherin... or more precisely, to the Special Investigations Unit... especially Thea!
This is Umbridge's favorite student!
But Thea's elusive nature prevented them from finding an opportunity, so the other Slytherins took the blame for Thea's anger.
The situation quickly escalated into a unique one-against-three scenario for Slytherin, and it's hard to explain why Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff got involved...
But there is one thing to be thankful for: the storms outside seem to act as a powerful adhesive, completely binding the already united Slytherin to Thea's warship...