The Conspiracy Is Emerging!

(The power stones this week were just enough for 3 extra chapter so this is the last chapter for today.

I'm also translating a One Piece fanfic: In One Piece With The Barrier Fruit. It's another villain MC, unfortunately he isn't as classy as Lucas, but well, he didn't have Gellert Grindelwald for a father after all. He doesn't have cheats either, other than knowing the plot.)

As soon as the train started Draco disappeared immediately.

Hermione cast a curious glance at the empty doorway.

"Why do I think Malfoy is acting a bit strange?"

"Leave him alone. I don't know what he's planning for the past week. Whenever he sees me, he will run away instantly."

"If Harry hadn't disappeared today, he probably wouldn't have come to my compartment."

Although Lucas didn't know what Draco was planning, he is pretty sure that it should be harmless to him.

That being the case, Lucas didn't bother to ask.

He will know when he should know.

The train rattles on the tracks and the scenery along the way attracts the eyes of first-year freshmen.

As old students, Lucas and the others only hoped to get to Hogwarts soon.

Finally after dark, the train stopped at the terminal.

Watching first-year students being taken away by Hagrid, Lucas and others followed the station staff to a carriage.

"Why is there no horse in front of this carriage?"

Someone in the crowd immediately asked a question.

"Because the cart is pulled by thestrals, and thestrals are magical creatures that can only be seen by those who have witnessed death."

The students who answered the questions were from Ravenclaw.

For those knowledge hungry students, these questions have been researched long before school begins.

"Stop chatting, a group of four, hurry up and get in the carriage!"

Accompanied by the urging of the staff, everyone got into the Thestral carriages.

Just at this time Draco walked unsteadily from behind.

Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be still looking for Harry.

"Draco, still haven't found Harry?"

"No, I will search for him in the school later, I should go to Professors Snape or McGonagall."

After that, he boarded the carriage of Lucas and others.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the new achievement: second-year student; reward: 20 achievement points.]

The dining room at Hogwarts is still the same.

Countless candles float in midair while the resident ghosts are hiding between the great hall and the gate, preparing a fixed program of welcoming the firsties like every year.

Lucas looked over at the Gryffindor table and didn't see Harry or Ron.

It seems like they made the same choice as the original.

~Boom!~

The closed door was pushed open as Professor McGonagall walked in with a group of frightened freshmen.

"It turned out that the seniors looked at us like this last year. Did we also look that frightened?"

Pansy Parkinson had a helpless expression.

The same goes for everyone else.

But soon the Slytherin's attention was attracted by the sorting ceremony.

Blaise Zabini chatted with Theodore Nott, discussing whether there are any potential attractive girls among the firsties.

Pansy and Daphne began to chat about some skin care potions.

"Luna Lovegood!"

Hearing Professor McGonagall call out this name, Lucas couldn't help looking at the stool in the middle of the room.

Dirty blond long hair, silvery eyes, light eyebrows and pale skin, along with an unique ethereal temperament.

Luna is so unique among the group of freshmen.

"Ravenclaw!"

With the sorting hat announcing the results there was a round of applause from the long table of Ravenclaw.

Professor McGonagall looked at the parchment in her hand and said loudly: "Ginevra Weasley"

Ginny walked nervously to the stool.

Before taking her seat, she glanced at the long Slytherin table.

"Oh Merlin, this beauty is not bad, I can see a lot of future potential."

As soon as Blaise Zabini finished speaking, he felt his tongue stick to the roof of his mouth.

At the same time Lucas' casual voice rang in his ears.

"Mr. Zabini, if you look around like a baboon in heat again, I promise, the next spell will turn you straight into a slug."

~pft~

There was suppressed laughter all around.

Zabini shook his head in a panic, expressing that he would not do it again.

But his spell was not broken until a sumptuous dinner appeared on the table.

"Gryffindor!"

Ginny stepped off the high stool with a disappointed expression on her face.

With one last glance in the direction of Slytherin, she silently walked towards the Gryffindor table.

Lucas didn't notice the girl's emotions, because he noticed that Professor Snape left the table suddenly.

Probably because Harry and Ron Weasley arrived.

Harry looked at Filch beside him who seemed happy to have caught him and Ron.

"You're so dead, I'm going to bring you before Professor Snape, he'll be so very happy to have the chance to expel you from school."

"Oh no—"

Ron howled in pain.

This made Filch even happier.

Several people came to Professor Snape's office.

The master of potions is always in that black robe all year round, with his greasy hair draped over his shoulders.

He stared darkly at Harry Potter.

"The famous Harry Potter seems to dislike the trouble of taking the train, so he did something more exciting with his little friend, am I right?"

"Professor, it's actually..."

"Shut up!" Professor Snape didn't want to listen to the savior's explanation at all.

He pulled out the Evening Prophet, which was urgently published tonight.

"A total of seven Muggles saw a car flying in the sky, and the people from the Ministry of Magic could not settle the impact of this incident until evening."

"Now tell me, what the hell were you doing with that car?"

Professor Snape was very angry, not just because some Muggles saw the flying car.

He was even more mad at Harry for playing with his own life.

Two underage wizards drove across most of England in a flying car with no safety guarantee.

Not even trolls would do such stupid things.

Professor Snape took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

"It's a pity, if you were students of my house, I would expel you immediately, it's unfortunate that I don't have that power."

"However, don't be too happy, I'm going to find someone with this power now."

Professor Snape didn't give the two the chance to continue their arguments, he got up and walked out of the office quickly.

The loud sound of the door closing startled them both.

"Oh shit, we're going to be expelled, Snape will never let go of such a good opportunity."

Hearing Ron's words, Harry frowned, and this happened to be seen by Ron.

"Harry, you aren't thinking that because Snape protected you last school year he won't expel you, are you?"

"Didn't you tell me that he hated you and your father? Maybe he only protected you last year because of Dumbledore's orders."

Harry frowned even tighter, just as he was about to say something the office door opened again.

Watching Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall walking into the office the two immediately stood up straight, with their heads down, looking at their toes.

"What a disappointment, Mr Potter, Mr Weasley!"

Harry stole a glance at Professor McGonagall's expression, and seeing her pursed lips, he suddenly felt a bad premonition.

This was the first sign of Professor McGonagall's verbal lashing.

"Now, explain."

"The wall access at King's Cross station was blocked..."

Before Harry finished speaking, Professor McGonagall asked: "Then why didn't you write to us or Weasley's parents, I remember you have an owl, right?"

"this..."

Seeing that Harry couldn't answer, disappointment flickered in Professor McGonagall's eyes.

She was about to say something else but was stopped by Dumbledore.

"Harry, what you and Mr. Weasley have done today has caused the Ministry of Magic a lot of trouble."

"Mr Weasley, your father, as Director of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Division, has an enchanted Muggle car at home, which doesn't do him any favors."

"According to the regulations, I should have expelled you, but I do not intend to do so today. Your punishment will be determined by Professor McGonagall."

The look on Professor Snape's face was one of incredulity.

He came to Dumbledore and said: "Headmaster, the two of them ignored all rules and put the statute of secrecy in danger with their stupidity, they also caused damage to a precious ancient tree property of the school..."

"Enough Severus, leave this to Professor McGonagall, we'll go to the banquet first."

When the two of them left, Harry and Ron breathed a sigh of relief.

Professor McGonagall also walked out of the potions office after a while.

But the two were left behind in the office.

Ron ate the bread on the table, looked at Harry: "Look at how bad Snape wants to kick us out of school."

"Harry, what happened last year was just an accident. It turns out that Snape seems to hate you even more."

Harry nodded, actually agreeing with Ron's nonsense.

"That's what I thought too. If he was really protecting me, he wouldn't want to kick me out of school."

Seeing that his friend finally communicated, Ron held up the pumpkin juice and continued.

"Congratulations buddy, you finally understand, but you have to believe that after this time, Snape may dislike you even more."

Harry shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and said with a look of disgust: "Sorry, I don't like him either!"

Time passed by every minute and every second.

The opening dinner is also drawing to a close.

After everyone listened to a school song with hundreds of different tunes, the students from the four houses began to walk towards their dormitories.

As usual, on the first night of the Slytherin term the Heads of each year are elected.

As it was the case last year, it was still Prefect Gemma who presided over the ceremony.

Except for freshmen, the chiefs of other years still haven't changed, there wasn't even a single challenger.

When it was the first year's turn, several chiefs gathered together to comment.

The level of spells for freshmen is much worse than last year.

Not to mention Lucas, even Draco was much better than the current year firsties.

However, the eyes of several chiefs still looked at a freshman.

Noel Shafiq.

The Shafiq family, one of the sacred twenty-eight families.

No one from this family has been enrolled in Hogwarts for a long time, so it aroused the strong interest of several chiefs.

Not surprisingly, Noel Shafiq won the top spot.

Once the results were announced, Noel Shafiq walked up to Lucas step by step.

"Mr. Grindelwald, my father asked me to convey his thanks to you, he also said that you will always be the most honored guest of the Shafiq family."

Noel's attitude attracted the attention of all the students.

Lucas nodded calmly.

After a few words of encouragement, he planned to leave.

After the ceremony was over, he planned to go back and continue teasing Little Tom in the diary.

But at this moment, the third-year chief, Eli McMillan, stepped up.

"Lucas Grindelwald, I challenge you to a duel."

Lucas frowned and turned to look at him.

Suddenly, it seemed that all the other chiefs were standing opposite him.

He knew that the long-planned conspiracy of Draco and others was finally about to start.