The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 334 Some People Have Taken Action

"Hagrid," Dumbledore called to the Great Hall entrance, "get your magic camera out and take a picture of this for our student representatives, then keep a copy and send one to the editorial headquarters of the Daily Prophet—they can't wait."

Hagrid walked in from outside, holding a small camera in his huge hands.

When Moriarty noticed Hagrid's appearance, Mrs. Maxime gave Hagrid a complicated look.

Something's going on between the two of them.

Moriarty smirked. Tonks saw this and asked what he was laughing at. Moriarty said it was nothing, and told Tonks to stand to his left. He then put his left hand on Tonks' waist, as if to take a picture.

"Jellicoe, stand over here."

Hagrid, completely unaware of what had happened between Jericho and Moriarty, noticed that Jericho was standing far away from the four Hogwarts representatives and spoke up to remind him, extending his palm in a simple and honest manner to signal Jericho to come quickly.

Jericho grimaced unhappily, took a step closer to the Hogwarts representative, and looked extremely reluctant.

"Great, look here." Hagrid excitedly raised his magic camera and took a group photo of the 25 student representatives.

During this time, Hanyu Kafu's gaze lingered on Jericho's face for a while before slowly shifting away.

Jericho felt like he was being watched by a wild beast, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Hanyu Kafu is definitely suspicious!

His current smile and harmless demeanor are all a facade!

Jericho made the above judgment subconsciously; he always trusted his intuition.

Regarding intuition, the Blanche family left behind an ancestral precept.

"If your first impression of someone is that they are a bad person, then don't imagine that they are a good person. If your first impression of someone is that they are a good person, then don't assume that they are malicious."

Therefore, Jericho had complete faith in his intuition.

"But what should I do? Force him to give himself away? Or wait for him to drop his pretense?"

Cold sweat broke out, and Jericho felt a chill run down his spine.

"Anada~"

A soft moan came from behind, and Jericho felt something soft against his back. He turned around and saw that it was the twin ponytails who had jumped onto him.

"Anada~ Let's go eat~"

Jericho looked around, and after the group photo, the five principals went over to Fudge and talked in hushed tones, leaving the students to celebrate.

The young wizards at Hogwarts have already begun their celebrations.

The student representatives from the Magic Institute and Iphamoni surrounded him.

Jericho suddenly gained power. The representative of the magic institute was untrustworthy, but the representative of Ilvamoni was a family friend of his.

"Let's go."

Meanwhile, at the Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor long table, joyous celebrations erupted as the young wizards devised all sorts of ways to celebrate.

Students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons also celebrated for their respective representatives.

However, both Fleur and Krum went to Moriarty's side to congratulate him.

Michaela sat on a chair, holding a wine glass. Through the crowd, her emerald green eyes were fixed on Fleur.

Fleur was so beautiful that all the students at Beauxbatons were willing to follow her lead, provided it didn't affect their own interests.

But this time, we won't support you, Beauxbatons' little princess.

Michaela glanced at Winnie beside him; Winnie was his girlfriend, someone who would always support him.

The other girl, Linda, is somewhat intriguing.

Mandy is in fourth grade, and she is Furong's good friend. They will definitely stick together in the upcoming competition.

But Linda, a fifth-grader, has been dissatisfied with Furong for a long time.

Michaela laughed. Fleur hadn't done anything wrong; in the end, it was just Linda's jealousy.

Normally, Michaela would also feel sorry for Fleur, but now, Michaela just wants Linda and Fleur to break up as soon as possible.

Michaela knew that if possible, Fleur would side with Moriarty, and that he himself was there to teach Moriarty a lesson.

"But including Linda, there are only three of us on our side." Michaela started to plot. She had originally wanted to join forces with Durmstrang, but Krum had gone straight to Slytherin.

Unlike Fleur, Krum had truly loyal supporters. He enjoyed immense prestige in Durmstrang, and when he went to Slytherin, more than twenty young wizards flocked to him.

Durmstrang's students have a habit of admiring the strong, and Moriarty was undoubtedly a strong person.

Hubble and Magalski exchanged adoring glances with Moriarty, while Ellett and Anya, two tall girls who were almost 1.7 meters tall, toasted Moriarty with expressions of admiration.

Seeing this, Michaela felt that Durmstrang didn't need to compete.

"So? We can only try with that guy then?" Michaela shifted his gaze to the fifth long table.

"Winnie, what's that guy's name again? The one with the short hair?" Michaela asked, completely ignoring everyone else except Moriarty.

Jericho.

Winnie opened a small notebook, which was filled with French writing.

"Jericho Branch, a third-year student at Hogwarts, is lively and energetic, dislikes following rules, loves to show off, and calls himself Moriarty's right-hand man and the second Slytherin."

"In the grades, he received two SS grades in Transfiguration and Astronomy, and all the other courses were S grades. I heard that he slept soundly in Alchemy class last year, but this year he received a high-quality evaluation from Nicolas Flamel."

"The Blanche family is a pure-blooded family in the United States. James Blanche is the Director of the Department of Sport and Athletic Affairs of the United States. Maxi Blanche III is the captain of the U.S. Quidditch national team. They are Jericho's father and eldest brother, respectively, and graduated from Ilfamoni."

"So Jericho has a lot of prestige in Ifamony. Brian, Olivia, and Thomas all listen to Jericho."

"You should be interested in what's been happening between Jericho and Moriarty lately."

Winnie glanced at her boyfriend and continued.

"Jellicoe's original girlfriend was Helena from Ravenclaw. After Yua Tokugawa arrived at the Magic Institute, he quickly became very close to her. It seems they had known each other for a long time."

Winnie turned to another page, which was written in Japanese.

Even in foreign languages, she reads fluently.

"Yua Tokugawa is the eldest daughter of the Tokugawa family, one of the two great families in the Japanese magic world. There are rumors in the country that the Blanche family and the Tokugawa family have business cooperation in Southeast Asia. It is possible that Jericho and Yua Tokugawa knew each other a long time ago."

Winnie's sources of information were complex, including her family's intelligence network as well as information she obtained through her students.

After obtaining the information, Winnie organized it and then made her own speculations.

Her guess was correct, but she never imagined that Moriarty, Lilith, and Jericho had secretly gone to Japan.

Moriarty and Lilith were still in disguise.

Michaela frowned slightly: "So, Jericho now has the support of the Magic Institute and Iphamoni?"

"Yes, they are currently the largest group, with 11 people."

"Where is that person?" Michaela asked, looking at the bald man at the magic institute. "Why is his school uniform different from Tokugawa Yua's?"

Winnie flipped to the last page of her notebook, which was blank. "I'm sorry, I don't know either. It seems the Japanese students were given a strict order not to say anything."

Michaela put down her wine glass without speaking. Winnie's intelligence had never been wrong. She had thought that only by eliminating Moriarty could they win, but now it seemed that Jericho was also a major threat.

"Let's go congratulate Jericho." A glint flashed in Michaela's eyes as she took Winnie's hand and walked toward the fifth long table.

Lilith witnessed their actions.

Unlike the other snakes, Lilith sat calmly at the end of the long table as they celebrated.

Lilith was mentally prepared for this defeat, but she still felt a pang of regret and disappointment when she heard that Jericho was the last person to be selected and not herself.

She could have done better and received a higher score.

Her shapeshifting ability, however, held her back; she needed to suppress the urge to shapeshift and also control her magic to cope with magic lessons.

In other magic classes, Lilith handled them with ease thanks to her extensive knowledge and the foundation she had built up before.

However, in courses such as alchemy and spells, distraction and a lack of magical focus prevented her from achieving better grades.

So Lilith accepted her defeat.

The road to becoming queen is never smooth. This defeat is a chance to build strength for the next success.

Lilith told herself this again: once the human transformation technique was complete, perhaps even Moriarty would not be her power.

Thinking of Moriarty, Lilith shook her head. One shouldn't meet a man who is too stunning when one is young, otherwise one will think about him for the rest of one's life.

Lilith naturally began to observe Moriarty's opponents, noticing Jericho and his gang singing loudly.

Although I was angry and confused by Jericho's behavior, since Moriarty said he was fine, I decided to believe Jericho.

I don't care about what boys do.

She also saw Michaela and Winnie walk toward Jericho, and then they started talking to each other.

This is not a good thing.

We need to tell Moriarty.

Lilith tossed her hair, and before she could even set the wine glass down properly, she rushed out.

Meanwhile, Moriarty was comforting his Ravenclaw teammates, saying, "You know, it's not your fault that Ravenclaw didn't represent the team. Maybe next time, you'll all be representatives?"

Suddenly feeling his robe being pulled forcefully, Moriarty thought it was Violet, but when he turned around, he found it was Lilith.

Moriarty found it strange; Lilith never greeted him this way before, so why was she acting so suspiciously now?

"Hey, look over there." Lilith gestured for Moriarty to look over at Jericho.

Moriarty glanced at it and thought, "Well, Jericho's got quite the charm to attract women!"

Originally, their tacit understanding was just to test Hanyu Kafu, but now that Michaela has come to them of his own accord, Jericho is just about to try and trick Michaela!

Thinking of this, Moriarty pursed his lips and cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself and Lilith.

"Let's go listen to what they have to say."

Another week has come to an end, time really flies...

(End of this chapter)