Chapter 74: The Brotherhood

In the magical world, seven is a very magical and perfect number.

This was one of the reasons why Slytherin was so eager to achieve seven consecutive championships. For the seventh-year students who were about to graduate, winning meant they had secured the House Cup every single year they had attended Hogwarts. In the British wizarding world, where the vast majority of wizards were Hogwarts alumni, this was undoubtedly a valuable halo to possess. It was a tremendous help for those seventh years who were about to enter magical society.

Naturally, the graduating seventh years felt a certain degree of gratitude towards Sean, the first-year who had helped them reclaim their lost glory.

After the end-of-term feast, the young wizards from the four houses left the Great Hall one after another.

Sean and Blaise also followed the others back to the Slytherin Common Room. After sleeping there one more night, they would pack their things and take the Hogwarts Express to leave the school tomorrow morning. However, unlike the others, he probably couldn't go home immediately. Once the train arrived at Platform 9¾, Sean would need to go directly to Beauxbatons in France for a month.

Upon returning to the Slytherin common room, before Sean could go back to his room, the Slytherin Head Girl, who had spoken to him at the beginning of the term, came straight up to him.

"Sean, can we talk?"

Seeing her, Blaise immediately said to Sean, "I'll go back first. Find me when you're done."

"Okay."

Watching Blaise return to his room, Sean looked at the Head Girl and asked, "Where shall we talk?"

"Please follow me."

Led by the Head Girl, Sean followed her directly to the depths of the Slytherin common room. Here, she stood before a stone door carved with a coiled snake. When she arrived, the snake on the stone door immediately slithered, lifting its head like a living creature. It looked at her and said in a cold, emotionless tone, "Password."

"Glory."

As the password was spoken, the stone door slowly opened, revealing a magnificent lounge behind it.

The Head Girl led Sean inside, saying as they walked, "This is our internal Slytherin lounge. Only prefects and some qualified individuals can enter here. Most of the people here are either active or reserve members of the Slytherin Brotherhood, such as Samuel and Irina, whom you know well."

As she finished speaking, Sean followed her into a quite luxurious room. There were various sofas and chairs, the carpet underfoot was silver and green and bore the Slytherin crest, and the walls were hung with many paintings. The people in the paintings were either sleeping or visiting other portraits.

Since it was already June, the fireplace in the room was not lit. On the low tables beside the sofas and chairs were some drinks and seasonal fruits.

Nine people were already seated in the room. Among them were all six Slytherin prefects, except for Oliver Frawley. Sean could also vaguely recognize the other four as sixth or seventh years. Seeing Sean enter, they all showed a certain friendliness, either smiling and greeting him or inviting him to sit down.

Sean sat on the single sofa next to Samuel and Irina, looked at the others, and said, "It's an honor to be invited here, and I'm happy to meet all of you. You invited me here, is there something you need?"

"Straightforward, I like that. Then we won't waste any more words," the speaker was a graduating seventh-year male prefect. He reached out and pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up his face, continuing, "First, thank you for helping us finally achieve our seventh consecutive championship. Before, we all thought our winning streak would be ended by the Gryffindor Savior. If that had happened, what awaits us now wouldn't be glory, but shame."

"I am a Slytherin, after all," Sean replied, "so this doesn't count for much. Besides, the paper I published also had the Head of House's help. There's no need for you to thank me for anything."

"No, you don't understand…" the Head Girl shook her head and said. "This matter has enormous benefits for us. Although these benefits aren't easily seen, they are real and invisible advantages. For us, besides the four who are confirmed to officially join the Brotherhood, the likelihood of others successfully joining has also greatly increased. In the future, when we enter the magical world, start our own businesses, or even develop our respective families, we can receive more help. So, you truly helped us a lot."

Sean looked at her, not speaking immediately, because he knew there was definitely more to come.

As expected, no sooner had the Head Girl finished speaking than Irina said to Sean, "Sean, regarding this matter, we've discussed two ways to express our gratitude to you. The first is some shares from our respective businesses. The individual shares aren't many, but they are significant in quantity, and you can receive a considerable dividend each year. The second is that we jointly invite you to join us and become one of us. You will be equal to us in both power and obligations."

Sean looked at the others, constantly weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

Currently, the most troublesome thing Sean faced was the purpose of his grandfather. There is no love without reason in this world. Sean didn't believe his grandfather simply wanted to nurture him. Moreover, putting aside the issue of his grandfather, his uncle, Borrell, would definitely not let him go either.

Although Borrell had made no moves this year and seemed to have forgotten about him, Sean knew very well that the man was definitely up to no good. Just from the way his cousin, Marcellus, had suddenly become low-key and extremely inconspicuous, Sean could tell that his resentful uncle must be brewing some new conspiracy.

If it were just Sean himself, he wouldn't care what happened. He would only need to strengthen his own power. But Sean had his parents and friends. He couldn't abandon them, nor did he want his parents to have to flee their familiar lives with him. His own plans for the future required stability and influence. For the past decade, he had been meticulously planning his future: a top private school after Hogwarts, then a strategic move into the bustling world of London finance or technology, aiming to build an empire by leveraging the faint echoes of foresight from his past life.

To achieve that, Sean needed his own power, independent of his grandfather's unpredictable schemes. And what was presented before him at this moment was a form of power—the power of connections and influence.

With this thought, Sean slightly raised his head, looked at everyone before him, and said with a smile, "I am very happy to join all of you. I hope you can guide me more in the future."

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