A Childish Trial

After realizing that Draco's arrival might be related to Linley's plan, Dumbledore relaxed. Smiling, he pointed at the Pensieve not far away and said, "Go ahead, Draco."

After thanking Dumbledore, Draco walked over to the Pensieve.

He pressed his Wand to his temple, copied his memories from the previous night, and drew them out.

Draco placed the silvery thread into the Pensieve, then plunged his whole head inside.

As the world spun around him, Draco appeared within his own memory, now viewing it from a third-person perspective.

From Draco's perspective, his past self from the previous night was standing stupidly outside the Ravenclaw Common Room, motionless as a statue.

After quite a while, the Lady Grey slowly drifted out of the wall.

At the sight of this, Draco immediately focused and watched the Lady Grey's every movement.

When the Lady Grey saw his past self, her expression was still calm, even carrying a hint of gentleness toward a child.

So when had the Lady Grey's attitude begun to change?

Draco stared intently at the Lady Grey's every movement. When he saw her attitude shift after noticing the Slytherin badge on his past self's chest, he furrowed his brow.

Was she disgusted with him just because he was a Slytherin House student?!

But why?!

Draco pondered with a troubled expression, but he soon figured it out.

Draco was not stupid. On the contrary, he was very clever.

Over the past century, who was the person from Slytherin House most likely to provoke resentment in others?!

Wasn't it Voldemort?

And wasn't the Ravenclaw's Diadem Draco was searching for one of Voldemort's Horcruxes?

At that thought, Draco suddenly looked up. Could it be that Voldemort, back when he had still been a Slytherin House student, had met the Lady Grey and left a