An unexpected turn of events.
Left Draco Malfoy feeling as if his brain had burned out.
His two little followers reacted faster than he did.
"It has nothing to do with us! We don't know Draco that well!"
"Yeah, yeah, we didn't say a word after coming in! It was all Draco, that spendthrift idiot, causing trouble!" Goyle and Crabbe demonstrated exactly what a flimsy friendship looked like.
"I'm not! I didn't!"
Draco Malfoy instinctively tried to argue, but when his gaze met Ian's eyes, the same color as the Killing Curse, he felt as though an invisible hand had clamped around his throat. So this was Ian Prince... the terrifying Great Demon King whom his father dismissed with disdain, yet all the Slytherin students fell silent at the mere mention of him!
He really was terrifying!
Draco Malfoy felt his calves trembling.
He did not even dare bring up his glorious family, because from what he had heard from relatives and friends, Family Honor could not save him in the slightest.
"Relax, little junior."
Ian saw Draco Malfoy's Adam's apple bobbing constantly.
He chuckled.
The three freshmen destined for Slytherin House turned even paler.
"Are we going to die?"
Goyle and Crabbe were nearly in tears.
Draco Malfoy was not doing much better.
"It was Daphne! Daphne was the one slandering you! Really! I've always respected you! In private, I call you Mr. Prince, greater than greatness itself!" No wonder birds of a feather flocked together. He sold out his family's "loyal" friend almost as quickly as Goyle and Crabbe had.
Of course.
What made this little dragon better than Goyle and Crabbe was that, while passing the blame, he knew to throw in a few flattering words. He remembered that many House-elves addressed the Hogwarts Demon King before