Pansy Parkinson tossed and turned until very late before falling asleep. She had been partying with her excited friends in the common room.
Of course, she mainly did it to satisfy Draco's desire for a clever hype-man. Goyle and Crabbe were simply too dim-witted; they couldn't even give compliments properly.
Draco excitedly discussed Audrey Astley all night, seemingly having completely forgotten his disdain for her from the start of the school year.
This made Pansy somewhat dissatisfied. A Mudblood—was she worth his admiration like that?
After returning to the dormitory, the more Pansy thought about it, the angrier she got. So, she pulled Daphne Greengrass into some late-night girl talk.
"Daphne, what's so good about that Astley? How has she bewitched the boys into losing their minds?"
Daphne really wanted to sleep, but she forced herself to muster some energy to reply, "Pansy, don't think too much about it. She's just a singer."
Pansy nodded, sat up in bed, and said excitedly, "That's right, she's just a singer. Draco and the others are just bewitched by her! Astley is a vixen! That damn Mudblood!"
Pansy vehemently belittled Audrey, completely forgetting that during the concert today, she was also one of the people cheering the most excitedly.
"Yeah, yeah, Malfoy wouldn't look at a Mudblood."
Daphne didn't want to continue chatting with her. Sleep bugs had long since filled her head and were about to crawl out of her seven orifices. She had to end this topic as soon as possible.
"Besides, she'll graduate in just three more years. Draco still has to be classmates with you for seven years!"
"Mm, you have a point." Pansy nodded, then suddenly became nervous again. "Daphne, you'll also be classmates with Draco for seven years. You won't fight me for him, will you?"
In the darkness, Daphne rolled her eyes. "Relax, I, Greengrass, am not interested in Malfoy!"
Pansy felt relieved and lay back down.
Bang!
The room door was suddenly pushed open, and a group of people rushed in.
"Ah—" Before Pansy could scream, someone pressed a wand against her throat.
"Quiet, miss, or don't blame us for being impolite!"
The reason the Water Snake's Fang people opened this room was that it was the only one with voices still coming from it.
Pansy, Daphne, and two other roommates were pulled up by the killers.
Those two roommates were unlucky too. To avoid Pansy's foolish complaining, they had feigned sleep for half the night. Pansy was finally ready to sleep, yet someone raided the dormitory.
They were about to cry. Tomorrow morning was Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall, dissatisfied with Professor Snape's unscrupulous point-giving and point-taking, had recently started targeting Slytherin students.
Although Professor McGonagall had principles, if anyone was caught making a mistake, she absolutely would not tolerate it. Nowadays, the scale of points deducted from Slytherin was ridiculously wide.
If they were late or in bad shape during class, nine times out of ten, they would be scolded by the old cat lady... Don't look at Professor McGonagall's scholarly appearance; when she got sarcastic, she was definitely not below Professor Snape!
"You'd best be quiet, otherwise I can't guarantee your safety."
The leader wore a silver mask and spoke in a low voice. "Just asking you a question. We'll leave after asking."
The four little girls nodded repeatedly in nervousness. Slytherin students wouldn't act rashly in such an extremely disadvantageous situation—actually, it was commonly known as cowardice.
"Tell me, where is Audrey Astley's dormitory?"
Pansy's eyes lit up.
'Salazar bless me, isn't this the best chance to get rid of a potential rival?'
'These people look like bad news! That bitch, won't she die this time?'
"I'll tell!" Pansy spoke up. "Astley's room is the third door from the end on the right side of the corridor!"
The leader was very satisfied with Pansy's cooperation and winked at his subordinate.
"Stupefy!"
Several spells shot out, and the four little witches slumped to the ground.
...
...
Jinhu lurked on the bookshelf near the main door, his single eye staring fixedly at the door.
Click.
The door lock was opened—in Hogwarts student dormitories, door locks were merely to keep honest people out. In an environment where everyone knew Alohomora, if students really had something they needed to hide well, they trusted various storage boxes with enchantments and traps more.
Water Snake's Fang and several Grays tiptoed in.
Bode Gray followed behind them.
As soon as they entered the room, someone used a Lumos charm at minimum power. By the light, everyone was stunned by the scene before them.
Audrey lay on a large dark green bed—they could distinguish the bed's color, which was truly very observant of them, because the entire bed was piled high with Galleons! They had to look through the gaps between the Galleons to see the original color of the sheets!
Not only the Grays and Water Snake's Fang, but when had even Bode Gray ever seen such a scene?
Was this girl a legendary dragon greedy for wealth?
Why sleep on gold coins?
Wouldn't it be uncomfortable?
Under the inquiring gazes of his subordinates, Bode Gray whispered, "Hurry up and tie her up. Don't leave the Galleons either!"
The current Gray family was poor as church mice; his Water Snake's Fang had no income day to day, relying solely on him robbing homes everywhere to support them.
In short, he was dead poor!
Seeing this bed full of Galleons, Bode Gray's eyes were about to turn red!
"Meow!"
A cat's cry rang out, loud and shrill. The sleeping Audrey was startled awake by Jinhu's yell!
As soon as she woke up, she heard someone urgently say, "Quickly grab her, and take all the Galleons!"
'What? Someone wants to rob my Galleons?'
Audrey sat up abruptly, and a Stunner flew towards her face.
'Damn it!'
'A 0.5 Lu Stunner dares to be presumptuous!'
Deflecting the spell with her bare hand, Audrey rolled out of bed, her wand already gripped tightly in her hand.
One look, and it was a sea of masked men.
Water Snake's Fang!
Five killers fired curses at Audrey, while several others began picking up Galleons from the floor. In their view, with five people attacking, Audrey was sure to fall, so collecting Galleons ahead of time was the more efficient approach.
However, things went contrary to their wishes. Their actions enraged Audrey.
'Night raid on me?'
'Not a big problem, you will fail anyway.'
'Kidnap me?'
'Do whatever you want. If you succeed, I'll give you a thumbs up!'
'Rob my gold coins?'
'What? Rob my gold coins??'
'Who gave you the guts?'
'Just having that thought, I'd grind your bones to dust!'
'Let alone that you actually started grabbing them!'
Protego Diabolica!
Blue flames surged up instantly.
Water Snake's Fang's Stunners hit the flames without even splashing a spark, while those unlucky ones pouncing on the floor to pick up Galleons were too close and instantly turned to ash.
Dumbledore told Audrey not to kill, but she really couldn't help it!
Money was her life. Robbing her money was robbing her life!
So, her life was about to be lost, and she wasn't allowed to fight back?
Blue flames instantly raged in the room. Killers died upon touching the fire, but miraculously, the fire only burned them!
Other things in the room, even that warning cat, were safe and sound under the blue flames!
Bode Gray's face was ashen. 'That damn cat!'
If not for that tabby cat raising the alarm, they would have already abducted Audrey Astley!
"Avada Kedavra!"
Green light shot straight at Jinhu, but a cat's reaction time was seven times that of a human. Jinhu nimbly jumped off the bookshelf, dodging it.
Bode clicked his tongue and waved his wand fiercely, switching targets to Audrey.
"Glacius!"
He had to do it himself, otherwise his underlings would all die!
Blue ice flowers manifested in the dormitory. Bode knew clearly that although Audrey was exceptionally talented, she was young after all, and there was still some gap between her and him in terms of magical quality!
"Everyone retreat! I can handle this alone. Go! Guard the common room door!"
After instructing his subordinates, instantly only Audrey and he remained in the room.
This time she had no reinforcements, and there was no soil suitable for plant growth here. One on one, he would surely win!
However, Audrey's actions exceeded his imagination. The girl transformed entirely into lightning and charged fiercely at him!
Bode was greatly shocked. Twisting his wand, he fired a bolt of lightning, intercepting Audrey.
"How do you know this magic?"
What Audrey just used was a movement spell from the ancient magic notes handed down by Bode Gray's ancestors, which he had failed to learn after spending half his life.
In fact, he had only learned three spells from the notes: Ice, Lightning, and the Homing Charm.
Audrey turned into lightning again and flashed to a corner of the room.
"Is this magic very rare? It's just entry-level ancient magic!"
Bode Gray fell silent.
What was handed down from his ancestors was indeed Introduction to Ancient Magic...
"You broke into my room, not only wanting my person but also wanting my Galleons! I'm telling you, this isn't over today!"
"I'm angry!"
A few days ago, if she encountered Bode Gray, Audrey would have had to find a way to outsmart him. But now, she had thoroughly mastered the magic recorded in Introduction to Ancient Magic!
She already understood the weight of the person before her!
Bode Gray,
Was no longer to be feared!
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