Of course, this "abundance" only applies to the "food desert" of the British Isles.
Because apart from various simple and rough meats such as barbecued meats, steaks, sausages, etc., the taste of other side dishes such as boiled potatoes, French fries, pea sprouts, etc. is really hard to describe.
In particular, there are very few types of green leafy vegetables, seemingly only three or four.
Although it is far from unpalatable, it is definitely not delicious either.
Moreover, some dishes have almost no taste and have to be eaten with ketchup, pudding, meat sauce, carrot juice, and pumpkin juice.
For someone with a sensitive palate, this was a disaster.
There is nothing added to the original pumpkin juice and carrot juice, and anyone who drinks it will know the difference.
What is even more incomprehensible is that there are mints and other candies and desserts on the dinner table.
Without a doubt!
Zuo Si's evaluation of the famous Hogwarts opening dinner can be described in just four words: very disappointing.
I didn't even touch any food or drink. I planned to prepare a hero banquet for dinner when I returned to the dormitory after the event.
Ever since he acquired this six-ring magic, his requirements for food have obviously become more and more picky.
However, this behavior of not eating anything turned into tension and fear in the eyes of others.
Especially the "venomous" Master Malfoy, who deliberately chewed his steak hard and sneered, "Are you not eating because you are afraid of vomiting in a while?"
In response to this boring provocation, Zuo Si simply smiled contemptuously and shook his head: "No, I just simply think it's too disgusting to swallow.
and……
I now begin to doubt whether you have ever tasted real food, so that you can enjoy eating something that tastes so bad.
If the pure-blood families in the wizarding world are so pitiful that they have never tasted any decent food, please allow me to express my sympathy to you.
Because it's just so sad.
After all, food represents more than just a sensory enjoyment, it also represents the cultural heritage of a region, country, and even nation.
If we count the civilizations and empires that have left great and glorious chapters in history, we will find that without exception, they all have their own eating habits and special cuisines.
Unfortunately, I don’t see even the slightest trace of such a thing in you.
It seems that the so-called pure-blood wizard families in Europe are just a group of nouveau riche that emerged around 1000 AD.
Just like the nobles in the Muggle world were transformed from those stupid and ignorant barbarians.
The founder of your family may have been just a farmer, servant or slave, and later he was noticed by a wizard and became his disciple.
After several generations of development and growth, they actually began to ridiculously imitate the noble lords of the Muggle world and started to use the theory of bloodline to prove their superiority? Or do they want to use this old-fashioned tone to establish their own solid dominance in the wizarding world? Don't be naive!
Wake up! The era of bloodline theory and pure-blood families is long over.
Look at the wizarding world today, how many pure-blood wizards are left?
How many half-bloods and Muggle-borns are there? Remember, dear Draco Malfoy.
The essence of the wizarding world has never been about politics or relationships.
Whether a wizard is revered or not does not depend on his birth, lineage, wealth or other nonsense, but solely on the strength of his magical power.
For example, who do you think would dare to act rashly, even if Voldemort, Gellert Grindelwald, or our headmaster Albus Dumbledore were alone?
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand yet, I will prove it with practical actions later.
so……
Eat more now while you can, otherwise you may not have a good appetite for the next few days or even half a month. "
After that, Zuo Si pretended to be kind and added another piece of steak to Master Malfoy's plate. His smiling eyes made all the Slytherin students around him feel uneasy.
They had never seen a first-year student so calm and even unscrupulously ridiculed when surrounded by malicious people.
Anyone who dares to do this is either relying on something or is a complete lunatic.
Some precocious senior students had alert and thoughtful expressions, obviously understanding the meaning of some of the words.
Dumbledore undoubtedly sensed the strange atmosphere at the Slytherin College table, and whispered to Snape beside him, "After the opening ceremony, you'd better return to Slytherin's common break immediately. I have a feeling that the first-year student from a Muggle family may be in big trouble."
"I know this even if you don't tell me. Students from pure-blood families have never been very friendly to Muggle-born students. But what puzzles me is why the Sorting Hat thought he was suitable for Slytherin House." Snape frowned subconsciously.
Since he himself graduated from the "Snake College", he knew very well the discrimination, bullying and even abuse that Muggle-born students would suffer here.
Almost no young wizard of Muggle origin can graduate safely and smoothly.
Basically, they either died in various "accidents" or were tortured to the point of mental breakdown, and eventually gave up staying in Hogwarts to learn magical knowledge.
"What is your impression of the child named Soth? If I remember correctly, you were responsible for contacting his family and explaining the situation." Dumbledore asked casually.
Snape answered without hesitation: "The overall impression he gave me was that he was smart and quiet, and he knew how to restrain himself. He didn't show impulsive or stupid personalities like his peers. Oh, by the way, when he bought books and teaching materials, he bought all the Standard Spells from first grade to sixth grade at once."
"Everything?!" Dumbledore raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"That's right! That's all!" Snape nodded slightly.
The voices of the two were heard by Professor McGonagall who was sitting nearby. She immediately added: "Just now at the gate, this young man named South knocked down Draco Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle with a sleeping spell.
He is extremely talented in casting spells, even as talented as those senior students or adult wizards, which makes it seem like he does not come from a Muggle family.
At least I have never seen a few freshmen who can learn and use spells so skillfully right after entering school."
"What? He attacked three students with a sleeping spell at the door? Why?" Snape frowned even more tightly.
"Because Malfoy called him a mudblood. You know, the descendants of some pure-blood families have very bad attitudes towards Muggles and Muggle-born wizards." Professor McGonagall sighed slightly.
"Well, at least we don't have to worry about him being unable to fight back when he's cursed. It looks like the Slytherin common break tonight is going to be pretty lively."
There was a strange light in Snape's eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
As a master of Occlumency, no one could read thoughts and memories from his mind, not even Voldemort and Dumbledore.
Although Professor McGonagall wanted to say something, she didn't say it in the end.
After all, this is an internal matter of Slytherin House, and outsiders have no right to interfere.
After the dinner, Headmaster Dumbledore announced the matters needing attention in public for the new semester, and took the lead in directing everyone to sing a messy school song.
Then, the freshmen, led by their class leaders, went to their respective colleges' common lounges and dormitories.
Since Slytherin's common break was at the bottom of the lake under the castle, they were separated from the other three houses early on.
When they arrived near the entrance, the head female class leader, Gemma Farley, suddenly stopped and stared at Zuo Si with a slightly amused look. After several seconds, she asked with a half-smile, "Are you ready?"
"Of course! I can't wait to teach these losers a lesson."
Zuo Si raised the corners of his mouth and revealed an expectant smile.
"Very good. I like your confidence and craziness. I hope I won't see you being carried out later."
After saying this, Gemma Farley spoke the password directly to the door of the Slytherin common break.
moment!
A secret door hidden in a wet stone wall suddenly opened automatically, revealing a dark space inside that looked like an aquarium.
Especially the large transparent crystals around and above the head, reflecting the magnificent scenery of the lake bottom around Hogwarts Castle.
Occasionally you can see a giant octopus or some other strange underwater creatures.
You don't need to ask to know that these are all magical creatures, or you can call them magical beasts.
The walls and floors are made of black marble, presenting a Gothic art style, and a huge green lamp is hung on a chain above the head.
If I had to describe the Slytherin common room in one word, it would be weird.
All the Slytherin students stayed where they were, no one stepped over the threshold and went in, as if they were waiting for something.
Upon seeing this, Zuo Si immediately turned around and said to those students who were emitting malicious intent, "I'll go in and wait for you first. Remember to move quickly and don't make me wait too long. As for those who don't want to be my enemy, please wait here for a while. Don't worry, it won't take too much time."
"It really won't take too much time! Because you will soon be carried out covered in blood!" a senior student threatened viciously.
"Haha, I admit that someone will be carried out, but that person will definitely not be me."
After saying that, Zuo Si no longer paid attention to these "naughty kids" and walked into the public lounge alone, drew out his magic wand and stood in the middle.
After a while, more than thirty Slytherin senior students, as well as Master Malfoy and his two followers, rushed in.
Prefect Gemma Farley stared at the guy standing at the door without moving, and asked directly: "Anyone else wants to join?"
After a brief silence, several more people walked in.
Needless to say, these guys are 100% supporters of the pure-blood faction, and many of them even have family elders who are Death Eaters.
It's just that after Voldemort's fall, he escaped the punishment he deserved by quickly defecting like Lucius.
After all the pure-bloods had gone in, Gemma Farley immediately chose to close the entrance door.
The moment the stone wall fell, it was equivalent to the signal to take action.
However, what was unbelievable to everyone was that the first person to take action was not the more numerous Slytherin senior students, but Zuo Si who seemed to be alone and weak.
"Ten thousand bullets fired at once!"
Before the former could react, countless golden birds appeared out of thin air and rushed over like a storm.
As we all know, when people are attacked head-on, they will subconsciously dodge.
Especially when the face and eyes are threatened, people will subconsciously cover them with their arms.
When a flock of birds flew by, the Slytherin students were surprised to find that Zuo Si, who had been standing in the common room a few seconds ago, had completely disappeared.
"Damn it! Where is that Mudblood hiding?"
"Could it be that he ran to the dormitory upstairs?"
"Quick! Go and catch him! We must teach him a lesson today no matter what!"
Suddenly, the group of Slytherin students became excited and rushed towards the stairs leading to the dormitory.
Just as they all squeezed into the narrow passage, they suddenly heard a familiar voice behind them.
"Fainted!"
"Fainted!"
"Fainted!"
The next second...
Dazzling rays of light shot out from the air in the corner and directly hit the last few unlucky guys.
These guys didn't even know what was happening and they fell to the ground, completely losing consciousness.
The place where they fell just happened to block the exit of the stairs and passage, making it impossible for those squeezed in the middle to go up or down.
"It's really stupid..."
Zuo Si commented as he lifted his invisibility.
Without asking, one would know that he had just deliberately used a volley of thousands of bullets to block the opponent's sight, and then secretly used the Disillusionment Spell, which is the invisibility magic in this world, to hide himself.
As for the effect, it is basically not much different from the second ring's invisibility.
It has to be said that compared to the insidious and cunning spellcasters trained in the cruel environment of the world of Faerun, these Hogwarts students are really silly and cute, and have no combat awareness and experience at all.
Otherwise, people would never crowd into narrow places like stairs and passages.
Since Hogwarts cannot use Apparition, the result is self-evident.
If Zuo Si had not had the intention to kill, the number of people in Slytherin house would have been reduced by almost half if he had thrown a fireball just now.
Many pure-blood families might become extinct because of this.
But considering that the British wizarding world has maintained peace for ten years, and even some spells with incredible lethality are labeled "dark magic" and prohibited from being publicly learned and taught, it is not surprising that Hogwarts students perform poorly.
After all, the survival pressures faced by the two worlds are completely different.
If these Hogwarts students were thrown into Faerun or the floating city tower, it would be a very high ratio if only one out of every hundred people could survive.
In order to let these "hothouse flowers" feel what a real magic user is like, Zuo Si raised his wand without hesitation and pointed it at the blocked staircase.
"The flames are blazing!"
Boom!!!! A ball of burning flames directly set fire to the clothes of all the Slytherin students crowded in the corridor.
The pain caused by the burning made them panic instantly, and they quickly tore off all their clothes like crazy.
After a while, the style of painting became very eye-catching.
However, Zuo Si obviously did not intend to let the other party go so easily, and once again released a smoke spell at the violently burning clothes on the ground.
In the blink of an eye, thick black smoke came out from inside.
Several senior guys who were cast with the Armor Charm tried to rush out by brute force. Without exception, they were first stripped of their protection by the Stop Charm, then hit by the Obstacle Charm and unable to move, and finally choked to death by the thick smoke.
After a few minutes, violent coughing, crying, desperate shouting and begging for mercy filled the Slytherin common room.
It was obvious that when faced with threats that could result in severe pain or even death, the descendants of these pure-blood families were not as strong as they imagined.
Unfortunately, Zuo Si had no intention of letting them out. Instead, he let them cry until their voices became hoarse, then he put away his wand and turned around to open the door to the common room.
However, the first person he saw was not the prefect Gemma Farley, but Severus Snape.
The Slytherin head of house first glanced at the tragic scene in the common room near the dormitory stairs, then narrowed his eyes and asked, "Did you do all this?"
"No, professor. I was just defending myself." Zuo Si replied calmly.
"Self-defense?"
A scrutinizing look came over Snape's face.
“I’ve never seen anyone defend themselves against dozens of classmates, most of whom were older than themselves, in the hallway.
And judging from their condition, you should have used Stunning Spell, Fire Spell, Smoke Spell and Obstruction Spell.
As a freshman from a Muggle family, I am surprised at your level of spellcasting.
At least in all my years of teaching, I have never met a genius like you."
"This is all thanks to the standard spell book you took me to Diagon Alley to buy. All these spells, I learned from the book."
Zuo Si pretended to be humble and bowed slightly.
"Self-taught? Without the guidance of any adult wizard?" A hint of doubt flashed in Snape's eyes.
Because this is really abnormal.
He dared to guarantee that even wizards of the level of Voldemort and Dumbledore could not master more magic and be more proficient in it than the boy in front of him when they first entered school.
Hearing this, Snape's expression finally changed.
He himself was a genius and potion master, and he knew very well what such an exaggerated "photographic memory" meant.
To confirm this, the Slytherin head conducted a test on the spot, randomly selecting a page from standard spells one to six and asking Zuo Si to recite it.
After trying more than twenty times, he found that Zuo Si could really recite it backwards letter by letter, and he was shocked beyond words.
He didn't even bother to pay attention to the idiots lying on the ground. He directly waved his wand to cast cleansing and resuscitation spells to wake them up. At the same time, he humiliated everyone in a very harsh and harsh tone, classified them as "Slytherin's shame", and issued a gag order forbidding anyone to mention this matter to other houses.
After dealing with all this, Snape hurried to the principal's office.
Dumbledore, who was looking through the documents, immediately stopped what he was doing, looked up and asked, "Is the child okay?"
"It's okay. To be exact, he had dealt with all the troubles by himself when I arrived. About forty Slytherin students were knocked to the ground, including some in the fifth, sixth and even seventh years." Snape reported expressionlessly.
"Oh? How did he do that?" Dumbledore widened his eyes in curiosity.
If an excellent student is in grade four or above, it is understandable that he can do this.
After all, there is a huge gap in strength between wizards.
When he and Voldemort were in their fourth year, they were both able to defeat senior students who were older than themselves, and even most adult wizards, even if they were outnumbered.
可问题是,左思是麻瓜家庭出身,压根没有经过任何人的教导。
斯内普沉吟片刻稍微组织了一下语言,紧跟着解释道:“我想……今年的霍格沃茨可能不仅仅是迎来了大名鼎鼎的哈利·波特,同时还迎来了一个可怕的魔法天才。
这个叫做索斯的年轻人,仅仅通过自学就掌握了许多的咒语。
而且他还能把标准咒语一到六的内容倒背如流。
请注意!这里的倒背如流不是什么夸张的形容,仅仅是一种再普通不过的贴切描述。”
“什么?!”
饶是邓布利多经历了那么多事情,也被这个消息吓了一跳。
要知道标准咒语每一本的厚度和大小都非常惊人,即便是他也不敢说能全部背下来,更不用提“倒背如流”。
如果真有人能够做到这一点,那其聪明程度和魔法天赋,极有可能会超过自己、盖勒特·格林德沃和伏地魔。
“很可怕,对吗?如果你不相信的话,可以亲自交给他一个标准咒语上没有的咒语测试一下。我有预感,他恐怕只要看上一眼就能模仿个八九不离十。相比起愚蠢的波特,我觉得索斯才更像是那个能击败神秘人的救世主。”
说完这句话,斯内普头也不回的转身离开了校长室。
从那不爽的态度很容易就能判断出,他对于邓布利多要培养哈利·波特去对付伏地魔相当的不满。
但邓布利多却没有任何想要解释的意思,仅仅是坐在椅子上双手交叉放在胸前,两只眼睛里透露出沧桑与睿智,仿佛正在思考着什么。
……
与此同时,另外一边的斯莱特林公共休息室内。
刚刚暴打了斯莱特林学院差不多一半学生的左思,正悠闲的坐在桌子前与级长杰玛·法利喝茶。
在两人的身边,围坐着不少混血的学生。
他们平日里都没少遭到纯血派打压、排挤和欺凌,所以在看到有个新生在刚入学第一天就干翻了那些整天盛气凌人的家伙后,立刻便凑上来想要围绕着这位“狠人”同学组建一个新的小团体,以抗衡纯血派在斯莱特林一家独大的局面。
毕竟凡是能进入这所学院的学生,基本有一个算一个都拥有不低的智商,深知这样的机会有多么难得。
至于那些丢了大人、现了大眼的小巫师,早就全部跑到楼上宿舍去当起了把脑袋埋在沙子里的鸵鸟。
甚至不好意思去找校医治疗自己身上的烧伤,只能相互用涂抹一点斯内普留下的烧伤治疗膏凑合一下。
“你真不像是个麻瓜家庭出身的学生。”杰玛·法利微微感叹道。
尽管她并没有看到具体的战斗过程,但却能从打开门一瞬间令人感到震撼无比的场面,以及左思毫发无伤游刃有余的样子,轻松判断出这是绝对是一场一边倒的碾压局。
而且从学院长斯内普当众进行的简单测试来看,眼前这个东方男孩拥有常人难以企及的恐怖智力跟魔法天赋。
左思微笑着耸了耸肩膀:“这不是刚好在某种程度上证明了纯血论的荒谬之处吗? 以后我取得的成就越高、表现的越出色,那些支持血统论的纯血家族就会越难堪。
而且这些蠢货似乎忽略了一点……
那就是我们的校长,当代最伟大的巫师阿不思·邓布利多,其实就是一个血统论的反对者。
所以他们的坚持和叫嚣,只不过是这个时代败犬无能的狂吠罢了。”
“我现在终于知道你为什么会被分院帽送到斯莱特林了。
无论是那令教授都感到吃惊的魔咒天赋,还是怪物般的记忆力,又或者对待敌人毫不留情的作风,都完美符合这个学院的气质。
毫无疑问!
你是个天生的斯莱特林,虽然跟那些家伙认为的不太一样。”
杰玛·法利郑重其事给出自己的评价。
“感谢你的夸奖。但你特地约我留下来谈谈,该不会就是想要说这些吧?”左思抬起头注视着对方的眼睛。
杰玛·法利意味深长的回答道:“当然不是。通过今天发生的事情,我觉得我们也许可以联手,在斯莱特林学院里做点什么。毕竟斯莱特林可不全是纯血派的天下,还有许多的混血巫师。”
在说这番话的时候,她用若有所指的眼神巡视了一下四周。
凡是被看到的学生都立刻站的笔直,仿佛在对这位野心勃勃的女级长做出回应。
但左思却嗤笑着拒绝道:“抱歉,我对这种小孩子过家家的游戏没兴趣,也不会把宝贵的时间跟精力浪费在这种无聊的事情上。
不知道你有没有听说过一句话,叫做强者善独、弱者成群。
唯有弱者才会整天想着如何通过拉帮结伙来巩固自己手中那点可怜的财富跟权势。
对于强者来说,这些东西就像路边的野草一样唾手可得,根本没有半点吸引力。”
伴随着最后一个字脱口而出,左思完全无视了包括杰玛·法利在内所有人那震惊与错愕的反应,直接起身朝男生寝室所在的位置走去。
在邓布利多眼皮子底下效仿伏地魔学生时代的所作所为? 开什么玩笑! 他可不想整天被人盯着,搞不好隔三差五还得来上一堂思想教育课。
眼见左思的身影消失在男生寝室的楼梯尽头,一名四年级的女生小心翼翼的试探道:“杰玛,他好像对我们的提议没有兴趣。现在该怎么办?如果那些纯血派的家伙知道了,肯定会来找麻烦的。”
“别担心。索斯本人同不同意不重要,重要的是我们要让对方知道他现在就是我们的人。”
杰玛·法利摸着下巴不动声色的拿出一个解决方案。
从眼睛里一闪而逝的困惑不难看出,她完全不理解左思为何会拒绝这么好的提议。
要知道大多数斯莱特林学院的学生,都会不可避免对权势和力量产生强烈的渴望,哪怕是一年级的新生也不例外。
看看德拉科·马尔福在分院仪式前试图结交“救世主”哈利·波特就知道,“小蛇”们在这方面有多么的早熟。
只可惜,左思虽然表面看起来是个十一岁的男孩,但骨子里却是个成年人,一个拥有可以在不同世界穿梭的旅法师。
别说是像霍格沃茨这种总人数都不超过三百人的学校,就连所谓的英国魔法界他都不怎看得上眼。
之所以选择来这个世界,一方面是看中了其相对安全的环境,可以放心大胆的进行一些在费伦不太方便的研究和实验。
另外一方面,这个世界不仅有魔法,同样还有完善的科技体系,非常适合作为一个大后方来经营。
当然,在此之前需要先通过一些手段来打响名声,让整个魔法界就意识到有一个“天才”出现了。
如此才好顺理成章的进行整个计划的第二步。
顺着昏暗的台阶一直向下,左思很快便找到了属于自己的寝室。
跟预料中一样,屋子里没有哪怕半个室友,只有两个行李箱被摆放在床头。
不用问也知道,那些刚入学的新生都被吓得不轻,根本不敢靠近这个入学第一天就把差不多半个学院的高年级学生掀翻在地的疯子。
但也不排除是那些挨揍的斯莱特林学生故意用这种方法来孤立他。
对于这种情况,左思倒是不以为意,反倒乐得清静,迅速挥舞魔杖将箱子打开并把里边装的东西分门别类放在屋子里的各个角落。
与偏向于战斗的费伦魔法体系不同,这个世界的魔咒大多经过近代几百年的改良,渐渐变得十分贴近生活。
而且由于有“魔杖”这种专门用来强化巫师感知和控制的增幅器,所以施法远比费伦更加简单、快速、便捷。
才一眨眼的功夫,原本略微有点脏兮兮且充满灰尘的宿舍就被清理干净。
等做完这一切,左思这才施展六环神术召唤出【英雄宴】,坐下来开始享受美食。
填饱肚子后,他躺在床上看了一会儿书,估算着差不多要开始宵禁,立马通过旅法师卡牌创造了一个幻影留下来掩人耳目。
自己则加持了隐形魔法悄无声息来到公共休息室,趁着另外一个人开门的瞬间偷偷溜出去直奔图书馆。
尽管最开始的时候,错综复杂的通道和大量会动来动去的楼梯造成了不小的麻烦。
但是没过多久,左思就凭借超级强的记忆力,在大脑中勾勒出了整个霍格沃茨城堡的立体地图。
当时间来到午夜十二点左右,终于来到位于一楼走廊旁边的图书馆入口。
通过简单的魔法侦测,他确认包括大门在内没有施加任何防护措施,放心大胆的走了进去并随手将门虚掩上。
Because he had been blessed with [Dark Vision] in advance, Zuo Si did not need to carry an oil lamp in his hand like other students who went out at night, or use a magic wand to release fluorescent flashes for lighting. He was completely hidden in the darkness.
Unless you get very close, it is basically impossible to be discovered.
Soon, Zuo Si began to walk along the bookshelf, touching the covers of the books one by one with his fingers, and storing all the non-magical books in the [Mind Library].
When he finds a book that cannot be instantly read and memorized by the [Scholar's Touch], he will open it and read the contents carefully.
Before I knew it, several hours had passed.
When it began to get light outside, Zuo Si realized that he had been in the library for nearly six hours.
If he didn't leave now, he would probably be caught by Madam Irma Pince.
"Well, it looks like I'll have to come back tonight."
Zuo Si sighed slightly, closed the book in his hand and put it back on the second bookshelf in the restricted area, cast invisibility magic on himself again, and walked quickly towards the Slytherin common room.
It must be said that although the start-of-term dinner at Hogwarts was extremely disappointing to him, the library was the complete opposite.
These include theoretical explanations of all things, various unknown spells and magic, as well as advanced potion formulas and production processes, and books specifically introducing magical animals...
Whether it is available in the market or not, you can find it all here.
There is a book that emits scorching heat that can burn people's hands, and even records in detail the techniques of how to use and control the fierce fire.
In short, a lot of knowledge that will never be taught in the classroom is basically kept intact in the banned books area.
No wonder you need a note from the professor to borrow books here.
If curious students who lack self-control are allowed to borrow books at will, the entire Hogwarts will become extremely dangerous.
However, for Zuo Si, who had conducted in-depth research on necromancy magic, the so-called "banned book" merely recorded slightly dangerous knowledge, nothing more.
Compared to necromancy magic that often cuts living people into pieces, turns corpses into various undead creatures, constructs and flesh golems, and transforms souls into vengeful spirits and imprisons them as automatically operating magic parts, most black magic cannot even be called evil.
Even the method of making Horcruxes, which Dumbledore considered to be extremely evil and cruel, was nothing compared to this.
Apart from the fact that the cost of tearing apart one's own soul was a bit high, Zuo Si really couldn't see where the evil and cruelty lay.
As for the premise of killing, it is nothing in front of the real necromancy magic.
Instead of killing ordinary people and innocent people, can't we kill those scum who have committed crimes that are heinous to both humans and God?
In short, taking advantage of the early morning when everyone was still asleep, Zuo Si returned safely to his single dormitory.
After taking care of his personal hygiene and eating some of the leftover Heroes' Banquet from last night, he took the books he would need for classes during the day and appeared in the first-floor lobby where the opening ceremony was held yesterday.
As the largest place in the entire Hogwarts Castle, it is not only a restaurant but also a study room.
The little wizards who don't have much classes usually gather here to do their homework or discuss topics of interest in groups of three or five.
Since it is almost eight o'clock, there is only one hour left before the first class starts at 8:30.
You can see many people sitting at the table with sleepy eyes, stuffing food into their mouths bit by bit, while checking the class schedule for the new semester to avoid accidentally going to the wrong class.
The freshmen, who had just spent their first night at Hogwarts, were obviously overly excited and were gathered together chattering about something.
It seems that everything is so normal and vibrant.
But the moment Zuo Si appeared at the door, the entire hall seemed to have pressed the mute button. Everyone stopped talking at the same time, looked up in amazement at this "legend" who walked out of the Slytherin College common room unharmed.
Not only that!
They also suddenly discovered that many senior students in Slytherin House seemed to have large red areas on their faces, necks, hands, etc., and their skin color looked very abnormal.
For some reason, all his hair and eyebrows disappeared, leaving his head completely bald.
What was even more abnormal was that when Zuo Si walked in, all these people lowered their heads and pretended to eat, not daring to look him in the face.
Master Malfoy, in particular, was shaking slightly all over his body uncontrollably, as if he had met his natural enemy.
"Oh my God! You...you're still alive?!"
Ron, who happened to have just walked in from the other side of the passage, couldn't help but exclaimed.
Not only him, but Harry beside him also opened his mouth in disbelief.
Because they had just heard the twin brothers Fred and George tell a lot of horror legends about Slytherin House last night, and they thought that the boy who was sitting in the same compartment with them might be in great danger.
"What do you mean I'm still alive?"
Zuo Si rolled his eyes in annoyance, thinking at the same time that this poor kid really couldn't speak.
No wonder some people jokingly call the three protagonists "Hermione and her two silly sons."
This EQ is so low that it's unbearable to watch.
Compared to the youngest son of the Weasley family, the "Savior" obviously had a much higher emotional intelligence. He quickly explained, "Ron means that you were not targeted in the Slytherin common room last night, right?"
"Targeted? Well... there seemed to be a small conflict last night, but it has been resolved. After all, this is a school, and as classmates we should love each other and live in harmony."
Having said this, Zuo Si suddenly paused, then turned around and walked to Master Malfoy, put his arm around his shoulders in a pretended affectionate manner, with a dangerous smile on his face.
"Dear Draco. Do you have any complaints about me? If you do, please tell me. It's okay. I'm a very kind person and I won't retaliate against you for this."
"No! No...No! Absolutely not!"
Master Malfoy jumped up from his seat and shook his head desperately like a frightened rabbit.
The fear revealed in his eyes was as if he saw a living devil appearing in front of him.
He would never forget the suffocating feeling of oppression that emanated from the other party's body when he cast the fire spell.
Seeing Master Malfoy being so sensible, Zuo Si immediately showed a satisfied expression, patted him on the shoulder and said to Ron and Harry, "See! Dear Draco Malfoy is still very reasonable. In fact, not only him, but all the seniors of Slytherin College are very enthusiastic and speak well. I like the atmosphere here very much."
While saying this, Zuo Si slapped the bald heads of the Slytherin students who had participated in the siege of him yesterday one by one.
Everyone who was photographed had an angry look on their face, and some even bent their eating forks.
(End of this chapter)