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Chapter 238: Conspiracy in the Dark

The deadline for submitting the list of elective courses is approaching, but Wenxiu Lord has not yet made a choice.

The boy stared at the list in his hand in confusion. He was still worried until Severus beside him finished the homework that had to be completed that day.

The parchment in his hand was snatched away. Wenxiu Lord looked up and saw Severus pick up a glass of honey water and exchange it for the list in his hand.

"What did you choose?"

Her long hair fell over the back of the chair, pressed into silky curls, drawing Severus's attention away from the list. "Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and Muggle Studies."

Putting down the course selection list in his hand, Severus let his soft hair brush against his rough palms. He lowered his eyes and looked at her, his silver hair pouring down like a waterfall.

"Then I'll choose the same as you."

Leaning forward in his chair, Wenxiu Lord picked up the quill on the table and decisively marked the same choice as Severus.

Knocking on the door of the Potions Professor's office, Wenxiu Lord submitted his application on the last day before the deadline.

The teacup was still steaming. Wenxiu Lord saw the man take the parchment with a smile and gently placed it on a pile of parchments on the desk.

There was nothing to talk about between the two, so Vinciu Lord wanted to say goodbye politely and leave, but he didn't expect that Professor Slughorn was very interested in talking to him.

He had been exempted from Potions class a long time ago, which meant that Horace Slughorn had few opportunities to interact more with the boy. Today was a good opportunity.

"Mr. Snape has a great talent for potions, and Miss Evans also has a good talent for potions. I would like to invite both of them to join my Slug Club. I wonder if Mr. Lord is interested in joining?"

Hearing the professor's question, Wenxiu Lord smiled politely.

He has no interest in this kind of club for expanding personal connections. If he were to join one, he would probably choose to start a duel club, which would also allow him to gain practical experience.

With a smile on his face, the silver-haired boy pretended to hesitate and think, then frowned slightly in embarrassment.

"Although I would like to accept your invitation, you also know that I rarely have free time. I am afraid I can't spare time to attend the club's gatherings."

Horace Slughorn was a man of many talents, so he naturally heard the silver-haired boy's refusal. However, if he could get Vinciu Lord to join his Slug Club, it would attract more outstanding talents to his club.

He said unwillingly, "It doesn't matter. If you are willing to join, you don't have to attend the club's meetings every time."

Wenxiu Lord just didn't want to attend those meaningless social events, and since Slughorn had said so much, he couldn't refuse.

When the boy agreed to join, the flesh on Slughorn's face was squeezed together with laughter.

During the holiday at the end of the second year, he took Snape to attend the International Potions Symposium. This was because he loved his talent and also wanted to make friends with the Lord family. Otherwise, he would probably have chosen Lily Evans.

She was such a sunny, cute and intelligent little girl. Her fiery red hair was like the scorching sun in summer, and her emerald green eyes were like the green grass waves under the scorching sun.

Standing at the door and watching the silver figure gradually go away, Slughorn felt deeply moved.

It was approaching curfew, and the corridor was so quiet that the only sound could be heard was the tapping of the silver-haired boy's heels on the ground. The people in the frames gathered in twos and threes, discussing in low voices the interesting things they had seen today.

Click, click.

Rhythmic footsteps echoed in the silent corridor, and as they turned the corner, the footsteps gradually died down.

He turned his head and looked behind him. There was no one behind him, but he clearly heard a second footsteps overlapping with his own.

The silence around them seemed a little scary. Wenxiu Lord clenched his wand tightly, and the armor surrounded his body. "Come out."

His voice echoed in the corridor, but no one responded for a long time.

You definitely didn't hear it wrong.

Even though that person had tried his best to overlap his footsteps with his own, the footsteps were still too light and abrupt. When he turned around, he felt a strong sense of being watched from behind.

The magic power around him poured into the tip of his wand. Just as Wenxiu Lord was about to cast a large-scale detection spell, three large heads floating together in the air appeared before him.

"Sirius?"

Were these three the ones who had been following me just now?

Recalling the cold feeling of being stared at by sticky eyes just now, Wenxiu Lord still cast a large-scale detection spell out of concern.

The results showed that there were indeed only four of them in the corridor. Was he overthinking it?

The three heads looked at him with a worried look on his face after he finished casting the spell. Remus took the initiative to get out of the invisibility cloak and asked, "What's wrong, Wenxiu?"

The young man raised the corner of his lips and reached out to pull off the invisibility cloak covering the two of them.

"Nothing, I just felt like someone was following me. When did you three follow me?"

The heads of the two people floating in the air revealed their bodies below the neck, and James Potter took the invisibility cloak handed to him by Vince Lord.

"The three of us saw you when you just came out of Professor Slughorn's office. I have to state in advance that it was Sirius who wanted to follow you."

James Potter took two steps back and quickly explained to prove his innocence.

Wenxiu Lord put away his wand, crossed his arms and looked at the three people. "Are you three planning to go out for a night tour?"

Sirius nodded and moved closer to the silver-haired boy. Wenxiu Lord felt that the space around him became narrow again.

"Would you like to join us, Wenxiu? We're planning on exploring the forbidden forest today."

Another voice sounded immediately afterwards, and James Potter proudly shook the invisibility cloak in his hand, "This is my family's permanent invisibility cloak. We have explored almost everything in Hogwarts, so we plan to take over the Forbidden Forest starting today!"

Seeing how excited he was, Wenxiu Lord couldn't help but twitch his lips and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"I didn't realize how dangerous the Forbidden Forest was. If I didn't know, I would have thought I could find One Piece deep in the Forbidden Forest."

His wrist was held by someone and he shifted his gaze to look. Remus came up to him and whispered in his ear, "I tried to persuade him." Then he shook his head helplessly, indicating that his persuasion had no effect.

With a long sigh, Wenxiu Lod pulled up Sirius, who was looking expectant, and Remus, who was looking helpless, and said, "Let's find a place first. It's almost curfew, and this place is not suitable for conversation."

The three nodded and followed Wenxiu Lord away.

The crowd disappeared around the corner at the end of the corridor. After a long time, a figure walked out of the shadows.

Wenxiu Lord had a sharp sense and he knew that someone had indeed been following him. However, when he realized that he had been noticed, he left decisively.

Wenxiu Lord, who only checked one corridor, would not have expected that someone could sense his presence in the air two corridors away.

The young man stood in the shadow, half of the moonlight mixed with the candlelight, illuminating half of his face. Under the dark cloak, his eyes were full of obsession.

"Why are you here?"

A female voice sounded from behind the black-robed boy. The boy, half hidden in the darkness, lowered his head and turned around. The wide hood covered most of his face, leaving only a hint of his chin.

The black-robed boy did not answer the woman's question, but said coldly, "Outer Elysia, you are late."

The voice under the hood was hoarse and low, as if it had been polished with rough sandpaper, and as cold and sticky as his gaze.

The woman's family is on the verge of collapse, and she needs to move among many men every day to seek benefits for the family.

The reason why she was late today was because there was a man who was too difficult to deal with and actually wanted to marry her. She had to deal with him for a long time before she could get away.

Impatiently gathering her curly hair in front of her, Eliza Outlumbia stretched out her hand, "It's almost curfew, give me the things quickly."

The young man in black robe stared at the charming face of the woman, chuckled twice, and held a bottle of potion in his hand that stretched out from under the black robe.

"Why would you help me?"

The young man in black robe took in the hesitation on the woman's face and retracted his hand into the darkness.

"I'm not helping you, I'm helping myself, Ms. Outerbiya. Or are you feeling like backing off?"

The gaze that fell on the woman became sinister and terrifying, making her hair stand on end.

"You have no way out now, Outerbiya. If you don't do this, I guarantee that Wenxiu Lord will know what you have done tonight."

The boy's hoarse and rough voice was tempting, "Find a way to make him drink it. At least you can get what you want temporarily."