A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 262 If you squeeze, there's always some left!

Is Slytherin's reputation more important, or is it more important to lose Gryffindor's house points?

This isn't a difficult multiple-choice question.

Although Snape is shameless as usual, this time... he wants to save face!

Otherwise, Hogwarts might have a lot of Slytherin jokes without any internal traitors.

Snape stopped mentioning Hermione's beating of the entire Slytherin team and didn't want William and the others to bring it up either. Instead, he started focusing on Malfoy's injury, using it as an excuse to make a fuss.

"You two attacked Malfoy, there must have been some incident, right?"

Snape grabbed Malfoy's head and roughly showed everyone the wound.

"Look what he's done to! He's just a child!"

Actually, there wasn't much of a wound, just a big bump wrapped in bandages, which looked like Lucius's diamond ring to anyone who didn't know better.

"We admit to hitting Malfoy," William said softly.

"But when Malfoy insulted Hermione by calling her a 'Mudblood,' Anne lightly slapped him, which wasn't too much of a reaction."

As for Hermione attacking Malfoy, it was because he attacked my sister, and Hermione accidentally... injured him while trying to stop him.

This is perfectly normal and legitimate self-defense!

Snape's yellow skin turned the color of bad milk, and he suddenly turned his head, staring at Malfoy.

"You insulted Granger... a Mudblood?"

Malfoy wanted to deny it outright, but Snape's dark eyes were fixed on him.

Malfoy took two steps back in fear, then nodded.

Snape said as if in a whisper:

"Draco, you should go to the Albanian forests and play sumo wrestling with the mountain giants... maybe the pounding of their hands will clear your head!"

Let's go!

Professor Snape shook his black robes, grabbed Malfoy by the collar, and dragged him away.

It looked like he was casually picking up a bag of trash from the ground.

William was slightly taken aback. He had been expecting Snape to cause trouble and throw a tantrum... This is it?

The strange Professor Snape.

Wait… William remembered Snape’s letters again… the letters he wrote to Lily.

He probably hates the term "mud race" because of that.

Once Snape was out of sight, Professor McGonagall gave Hermione and Anne a stern look.

Both of them lowered their heads, obediently waiting for Professor McGonagall to reprimand them.

"I don't think they've done anything wrong, Professor," William said, standing in front of the two.

"Pure-blood families have been discriminating against Muggle wizards for a long time, but few of them would actually hurl insults at them in public."

Malfoy needs to be taught a lesson, to know what he should and shouldn't say!

"But you can't use magic to attack your classmates under any circumstances, right, William?" Professor McGonagall sighed.

"I'm very sorry about this, because Granger and Miss Stark attacked Malfoy. According to school rules, I have to deduct sixty points from Gryffindor and also be put in detention."

William stood calmly in place. As is well known, before a "but," what a person says is basically negligible.

"But... if it were me, I probably wouldn't be able to resist slapping him too." Professor McGonagall's hands trembled with anger. "How awful!"

"I would suggest to Professor Dumbledore that we also include the prohibition of using insulting words in our school rules."

Hermione and Anne looked at Professor McGonagall with surprise and delight.

Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, Miss Stark, to encourage you to protect your classmate's reputation, I'll give Gryffindor 30 points."

Miss Granger, you receive 30 points in Gryffindor for protecting your classmates from attack. Of course, your time-out is still in order.

"What's solitary confinement?" Annie asked tentatively.

"Go and clean the kitchens at Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said sternly.

William laughed out loud.

This punishment is a joke... House-elves will severely punish themselves if they don't clean the kitchen more than ten times a day, feeling that they are incompetent.

The house-elves' kitchen is probably the cleanest place in Hogwarts.

Professor McGonagall glared at William when he laughed out loud.

Clearly, William frequently broke school rules and sneaked off to the kitchen.

William smiled; Professor McGonagall was actually not rigid at all.

He waited a while longer... wait, no points were awarded to Ravenclaw?

This is all scientifically sound.

Okay, William takes back his previous assessment.

Professor McGonagall said softly, "You can go back now. Don't fight anymore."

"Also, William, I don't want you causing any more trouble for Malfoy!"

William nodded slightly, mimicking Cedric's honest and simple smile.

Cedric often starts plotting something to trick people after flashing that smile.

Badgers are so deceptive... Honest people are the least likely to be bullied.

As for Professor McGonagall's request... William certainly wouldn't take his wand, storm into Slytherin's common room, and then beat Malfoy up.

That's the lowest and most ineffective approach, and it will only get you into trouble... William has plenty of ways to make Malfoy apologize.

As for those students in the Slytherin Quidditch team...

Ha ha……

After walking out of the office.

Annie lowered her head and said apologetically, "Brother, I've only been in school for a week and I've already caused you trouble."

William reached out and pinched her cheek, sighing softly, "Next time you get into a fight, don't rush in first. Learn to keep quiet and make your fortune, even if it means stabbing someone in the back."

"As I said before, there are countless rules at Hogwarts, but the first one is to avoid being discovered."

William, Cedric, and the twins never got caught breaking school rules.

A good student is one who goes unnoticed!

"I know, I'm going to apologize to Dumbledore now. Goodbye, Hermione!" Anne said and ran off.

William walked slowly down the long corridor, his hands in his pockets.

Hermione followed behind William, keeping a distance of one step at a time.

After they had walked for a while, William, without turning around, suddenly asked, "How was it? Your first time fighting another junior wizard?"

"They seem a bit weak," Hermione said softly.

"That's because you've become stronger," William said with a smile. "You're already much stronger than your peers, both in combat skills and the use of magic."

"But I still can't beat you."

"That's normal."

"So, will you continue for two hours every night?"

"sure."

"Do you have the time and energy?"

"That kind of thing is gone for others, but for you, if you squeeze in, there's always some."

Hermione smiled and suddenly reached out and gently tugged at William's sleeve.

Hermione took a step forward, and William pulled his hands out of his pockets and naturally took her right hand in his.

They were speechless.

We walked side by side down this long corridor.

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(End of this chapter)