HP: I'm not going to rule the wizarding world

Without the displacement spell, it seems that there is less chance of taking the initiative.

Seeing that Ariana didn't deny his plan, Draco raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "It depends on the situation. If Longbottom can't use other spells to attack me, then there's no need."

I used displacement spells to deal with Ron before because he would use many spells to attack and attract displacement dodges.

Ariana nodded and said, "You are good at fencing and healing spells. You can fight and carry. If you use it properly, he will definitely not be your opponent. These first-year students are also not your opponents."

This is not a compliment. After all, even if someone in the first grade learns the Armor Spell, its strength will not be too high.

As long as Draco's sword can break the defense, he can still defeat the opponent with a healing counter-spell without hurting anyone.

Draco felt a little embarrassed by Ariana's praise. He scratched his head and asked, "Really?"

This was just a method he came up with to deal with Neville, but he didn't expect Ariana to think it could be used against other people as well.

Ariana was well aware of Draco's lack of confidence. She said with certainty, "Of course, I have great confidence in you."

Next, Draco planned to practice absolute skills for an hour every morning, and continue at his usual pace for the rest of the time.

The next day, Draco received a reply from his mother. After reading it, a hint of anger appeared on his face.

"My mother wrote back. She said that my father has the final say over the family's collection of books. After all, he is the head of the Malfoy family. As for the Black family's collection of books, she said that they can be lent to you, but those books are not easy to take out."

"Does this mean I can go to the Black family's ancestral home?" Ariana didn't quite understand what Draco's mother meant.

She had never been to the ancestral home of the magic family, but she wouldn't mind taking some time during the holidays to visit it and borrow some books.

Seeing that Ariana didn't understand the customs of the magic family, Draco sighed and explained to her: "Without the consent of the head of the family, even a former family member like my mother cannot enter the ancestral home of the magic family."

After all, his mother's last name was Malfoy now, and the Black family had been closed for a long time.

Ariana was a little confused after hearing this and asked, "The current Black family head is in Azkaban, right? How can he lend me the book then?"

You can't go to Azkaban to get a warrant, and who should you give it to?

Draco shrugged helplessly and said, "My mother said that I could ask the Black family's house-elf to bring the book out, but as you know, many books on dark magic have protections and are even cursed. Even house-elves can't touch them easily."

Ariana became even more confused and asked in confusion, "What on earth does your mother mean? She can't go in, and the house-elves inside can't just take the books out."

Draco frowned and said unhappily, "My mother must have told my father about this. They didn't want to refuse, but they didn't want to agree, so they found this excuse to perfunctorily tell me."

Draco was a little sad that his mother would treat him like this, especially since he had promised Ariana before.

This little problem was not difficult for Ariana. After thinking about it for a while, she came up with an idea and asked Draco, "How about this? Ask your mother if you can contact the Black family elf directly and ask him if he can use magic to float the book?"

Draco looked at Ariana and asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

Ariana smiled and said, "If he can make the dark magic books float, then I will give him the box that previously contained the dark magic books and let him put the Black family books in it."

Even if you can't install so many, you can go back and install new ones after you finish reading them.

Anyway, the head of the Black family is in Azkaban, and no one restricts her time to return the book, so she can read it slowly.

Draco asked again, "What if it doesn't work?"

Although he had not given up on showing Ariana the family's collection of books, it would take time to convince his father. In comparison, the Black family's collection of books was much easier to obtain.

Ariana thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll make another alchemical item, something like an arm or a glove, so that the house-elf can be installed on his hand. However, I need his physical data, so you can ask your mother if I can directly contact the house-elf?"

Chapter 220 Draco is always complacent

Defense against the Dark Arts and Curses both have special procedures, so you need to wear gloves or make special alchemical items based on the specific values ​​of the elves.

Draco nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write back to my mother right away. Now there's only letters left to reply from Goyle, the Crabs, and Dobby."

However, these two sides are mainly for the Philosopher's Stone, and the magic books mainly belong to the Malfoy family and the Black family.

Ariana patted Draco's shoulder and said with a smile: "I look forward to you showing the power of Malfoy's heir."

In the past, Draco was always proud of hearing Ariana's compliments, but now he said a little embarrassedly: "I have never exercised this right, so I am not very confident."

He was actually a little nervous. After all, this was his first time as the Malfoy heir to come into contact with the head of another family. If he failed again, he would be embarrassed in front of Ariana.

Ariana looked at Draco's embarrassment and jokingly said, "That's not like you. When you hear me say that, you should hold your chest high, raise your chin, and proudly say, 'Of course, I'm the heir to the Malfoy family.'"

The young master has rarely been like this lately, and she misses him a little.

Draco puffed out his chest and said with a smile, "That was my old self."

Thinking about it now, it seems a bit immature back then.

Looking at Draco, whose features had become slightly angular, Ariana praised him, "Well, you are now a mature heir to the Malfoy family."

If things continue to develop like this, maybe by the time he graduates, his magic will have changed.

Saturday came again. After hearing Flint's training news, Draco asked in confusion, "Haven't we already played against Gryffindor? Captain, why are you still challenging them?"

Quidditch matches are played between two teams throughout the school year. Looking at the total points at the end, they have already defeated Gryffindor, and their next opponent is Ravenclaw.

Flint also looked a little puzzled. He shook his head and said, "Wood came to me to make an appointment. I thought it would be a waste if I didn't practice. The main reason is that the other two academies are no match for us. Only when we are evenly matched can we improve our strength."

In the past, he would definitely not agree, but this is to prepare for the inter-school league, although Ariana came back and said that Dumbledore might arrange this matter next year.

Ariana thought for a moment and said casually, "We are clearly stronger than the other academies now, but none of them are willing to lose the game. We should be careful that the three academies will unite to trick us."

Ariana didn't know it before, but after she enrolled, it seemed that the three houses were happy to unite and squeeze Slytherin, perhaps because they were dissatisfied with Slytherin's way of doing things, or perhaps because they didn't want Slytherin to always win.

Flint frowned upon hearing this and said, "This is just a training match. Winning won't count towards the overall rankings. Do they really want to injure us on the field?"

In the past, when they felt they couldn't win, they would use this method to deal with others. Now that Slytherin is invincible, maybe others will also use this method?

Draco stroked his chin and guessed, "Maybe he wants to study our tactics more?"

The purpose of training is to improve tactical proficiency. If you are targeted after being studied during training, it will be counterproductive.

Flint asked hesitantly, "So we won't allow them to train anymore?"

A lot of tactics were used in the last match. Ariana shook her head and said, "Just agree. In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are exposed. And you're right, if you don't practice, it's a waste."

There are only a few tactics, and everyone understands the principles, but how many people can actually do it?

Not only were the Slytherins discussing this training match, but the Gryffindor Quidditch team members were also talking about it while sitting together in the Quidditch lounge.

Fred looked at Wood and asked first, "Captain, didn't we just finish the match with Slytherin? Why are we still challenging them?"

Colin had disgusted Harry so much in the last match that he couldn't win the game even after jumping from 20 meters to catch the golden ball. He really didn't want to face anyone from Slytherin for the time being.

A hint of seriousness crossed Wood's face as he explained to everyone, "The Quidditch captains from the other two houses came to me and asked me to challenge Slytherin to another match so they could study each other's playing style."

Slytherin has won the Quidditch championship for four consecutive years. With Harry's arrival this year, everyone was quite confident, but unexpectedly, a very powerful Colin emerged from Slytherin.

The other houses wanted to study their playing style. Even if they only won one game, it might not be Slytherin that won this year, otherwise there would be no suspense at all.

Hearing that it was the other houses' intention, George smiled and said sarcastically, "It seems that Slytherin is really unpopular, and the other houses are targeting them."

Others echoed: "Evil Slytherin."

It's not just Ron who says this, other Gryffindors would say it too, just as Slytherins would look down on them as reckless and impulsive Gryffindors.

Hearing these remarks, Harry frowned and advised: "We shouldn't say that about Slytherin. Colin saved me that day, and Headmaster Dumbledore was there. He stated at the time that Slytherin was not evil."

In fact, he didn't mean to say that Slytherin was evil at the time, he just thought that the Philosopher's Stone should not be given to Colin, for fear that she would give it to Snape.

Wood nodded in agreement and said loudly to everyone, "Harry is right. I don't want to hear this in public, especially not in front of Colin, otherwise a conflict might break out."

Everyone knows Colin's fighting ability. Even when Harry, the savior, was cursed, Dumbledore did not punish her. It can be seen that the professors value her very much.

Seeing Fred and George still making faces, Harry sighed and advised, "Colin cast a spell on me that day, and Headmaster Dumbledore couldn't help me remove it."

And Harry could see that every time Ariana had a conflict with others, she always had an absolute reason, so the professors couldn't punish her.

Fred and George were just used to playing pranks, and their winking wasn't a sign of dissatisfaction, but they heard what Harry said.

Fred thought of the times Ron had gotten him into trouble, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Harry, don't think too much about it. Don't be too influenced by Ron. Just listen to Dumbledore's arrangements."

Chapter 221 Even the Arrogant Colin

The last time a conflict broke out, Fred realized that Ariana was not an unreasonable person, but she was just sharp-tongued. Fred didn't like such people and would be very uncomfortable with her way of doing things.

Just like what Cedric thought at the beginning, as long as the person is not extremely vicious, in the concept of the magical world, he is not a bad person.

Harry nodded and said, "I see. Professor Dumbledore told me to listen to Hermione more in the future. He said she is a fair person."

Not only Harry, but now even Ron has to listen to Hermione, not only because of Dumbledore's instructions, but also because they are already friends.

Because of the match against Slytherin, Hermione and Ron were a little worried about Harry, so they came to watch the game. The two were also in the lounge at this time.

Hearing Fred's words, Ron muttered a little aggrievedly, "I never said anything to Harry."

Hermione was right next to Ron, so of course she heard what he said. She glared at him and said, "Harry didn't have such a deep prejudice against Slytherins before. It's because you kept nagging him that he started to have a problem with Colin. Colin had just saved him, and you called him an evil Slytherin. Do you think that's appropriate?"

Hermione's words were a bit biased. Ron's influence was indeed the main reason, but other factors also affected Harry's judgment.

For example, the arrogant Draco, the malicious point-deducting Snape, and even the overbearing Ariana. Putting all these things together, it would be strange if Harry had no prejudice against Slytherin.

After all the trouble, Ron really didn't say anything like "evil Slytherin" again.

So he defended himself, "Harry didn't say it at the time. He just told Professor Dumbledore that Colin was a Slytherin after all and shouldn't give the Philosopher's Stone to her."

He didn't really say "evil Slytherin", but he kept saying that Slytherin wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone.

Hearing Ron getting stuck in his thoughts again, Hermione angrily retorted, "What difference does it make if you say he's an evil Slytherin? Don't try to influence Harry anymore. Can't you see Peeves hasn't even said a word yet?"

That day, Harry was cast a spell by Ariana that made him unable to speak, and even Dumbledore couldn't remove the spell. The spell was obviously the same as Peeves'.

Peeves doesn't have to go to class, so it doesn't have much impact. If Harry can't speak for a long time, he can just drop out of school and go home. After all, he can't perform silent spells like Ariana.

Seeing that Hermione was angry, Ron had no choice but to compromise, but he still said, "Peeves is doing his pranks silently now, which is even more hateful than before."

Before the match began, players from both teams came to the center of the field and saw the Slytherin personnel. Wood asked Flint, "Won't Colin play in the training match?"

Flint immediately realized that Ariana's guess was correct. He smiled smugly and said, "So you guys are planning to study our tactics."

The Quidditch captains discussed the matter without hiding from others. Wood had no intention of hiding this from Flint. He said disapprovingly, "While studying your tactics, you're also studying ours. I think that's fair enough."

His main purpose was to find out Slytherin's playing style for other houses, so he naturally didn't care if Slytherin knew about Gryffindor, since their game was already over anyway.

Ariana glanced at the people in the stands in the distance, chuckled, and said lightly, "We can't disrupt our training schedule just to let you study fighting methods."

She didn't play in every training match before, and whether to play was also decided within the Slytherin team.

Seeing that Wood's plan had failed, Harry became anxious and said to Ariana, "Colin, are you afraid that I'll snatch the Golden Flying Ball again? That's why you don't dare to play?"

Harry wanted to use provocation to get Ariana to play, but he regretted it right after he finished speaking. With Ariana's personality, she would definitely not be affected, and he had acted like a villain in vain.

After hearing what Harry said, Ariana sneered and said, "Perhaps I just don't want to save the great Gryffindor savior again and then be accused of being ungrateful by him."

She is really dissatisfied with Harry now. What does it have to do with you? Can't you just keep quiet?

Hearing Ariana calling him that, Harry said with some embarrassment on his face: "Colin, you once promised me that you wouldn't call me that."

Ever since he learned about his parents' death and the origin of this savior, Harry now hates being called that.

Ariana raised her eyebrows and said sarcastically, "I don't think it's necessary to keep a promise to an ungrateful person. What do you think?"

He had only announced to Dumbledore that he would not keep his promise, but he had forgotten about the great savior.

Hearing that Ariana was still brooding over what happened that day, Harry said helplessly: "I thought you accepted my apology that day."

When Ariana apologized, she didn't say anything, and Harry thought the matter was over.

Ariana remained calm and composed, saying, "So, just because I accept your apology, I can't blame you for what you did? That's really bandit logic."

It can only be said that the reason why Harry and Ron became friends, in addition to fate, was also because they had similar personalities.

Seeing Harry's face flushed and unable to utter a word, Hermione couldn't stand it anymore.

She walked over, faced Ariana, and said, "Colin, you once said that I was assimilated by the wizarding world and thought in their way. So what's the difference between you and me now? You're already standing on Slytherin's side and speaking for them."

This is what Draco hates most about Hermione. It is clearly someone else's dispute, but just because she can't stand it, she can jump out and meddle in other people's business and blame others.

Ariana could only say that she and Draco were indeed friends, with similar hobbies, values, and even similar dislikes.

Looking at the righteous Hermione, Ariana said disdainfully, "I'm always being called an evil Slytherin. Do I really have to fight alone against you great Gryffindors?"

Seeing that although Ariana's expression was calm, her aura was very fierce, Hermione suppressed her discomfort and explained, "We all know how Harry got the title of savior. He doesn't want it, and he has promised Dumbledore that he will not think so much about Slytherin in the future."

She hopes Ariana can understand Harry and that the two sides will stop arguing.

Looking at Hermione who said this so matter-of-factly, Ariana sneered and asked sarcastically, "Just because he shouts that he wants to reform, we have an obligation to cooperate with him and even greet those he hurt with a smile?"

Chapter 222 How do you want me to react?