A thought crossed his mind, and Gemini stroked Hedwig, gazing quietly out the window at the desolate wilderness.
With a clang, the compartment door slid open, and Hermione appeared at the entrance, panting, startling Hedwig.
"Phew... Gemini, quick, find a place to hide!" Hermione rushed to Gemini's side, "I was looking for Trevor just now and heard some passing students say that Slytherin seniors were coming to cause trouble for you. There are a lot of them, so hide quickly."
"Good things like this are happening?" Gemini blinked, unfazed by Hermione's suggestion.
"What?" Hermione put her hands on her hips, looking at Gemini indignantly, "I rushed here ahead of them after a lot of effort, and you call this a good thing?"
As they were talking, a commotion erupted in the corridor outside the compartment. The door to the adjacent compartment was pulled open, and the noise carried into their compartment.
"We're looking for a new student named Gemini Fox. Is he in your compartment?"
"If you weren't blind, you'd see that our compartment is full of girls."
Gemini thoughtfully pinched his chin, "The intelligence of these seniors is really concerning."
"You're still saying that!" Hermione stomped her feet anxiously.
Swish—
The compartment door slid open, and over a dozen tall boys crowded the doorway. Their gazes swept over Hermione's face before settling on Gemini.
"What's your name?"
"Gemini Fox."
The air fell into an awkward silence for a moment, then the faces of the dozen boys changed. They all drew their wands and pointed them at Gemini. "It's him! Kid, come out with us. Don't think about playing any tricks, there are over a dozen wands pointed at you."
"Stop! You can't do this! He's a Hogwarts new student, and this is against school rules." Hermione quickly shielded Gemini, glaring at the dozen Slytherin seniors who were a head taller than her.
"Huh? Against school rules?" The lead boy laughed, "The train hasn't even arrived at Hogwarts yet. Whether it's the start of term or a holiday, no one cares about what happens on the train. Although we've roped in a new student this year, as long as no one dies, there's nothing to worry about..."
"Actually, I was a little worried before," Gemini's gentle voice sounded from behind Hermione.
Hermione turned around, about to say something, when Gemini placed a hand on her shoulder. The little girl couldn't resist Gemini's strength and was directly pushed back into her seat.
"But hearing you say that now, I can rest assured." Gemini stepped forward, smiling at the boy, "As long as no one dies, it's fine, right?"
"???" The boy blinked in surprise.
Shu—
As if teleporting, Gemini's slender figure ghosted in front of the boy. Then, Gemini snatched the wand from the boy's hand and smashed a fist into his jaw.
Blood sprayed, teeth flew, and the boy shot straight up, hitting the compartment ceiling.
Before anyone could react, Gemini disappeared again. The next moment, he was hanging upside down from the ceiling behind them.
He grabbed two heads and slammed them together. Blood immediately flowed down, and the two boys, without even a groan, rolled their eyes and fainted.
Soon...
In the corridor outside the compartment, screams, the sound of bones cracking, and cries of anguish rose one after another. Students from other compartments opened their doors, poking their heads out with uncertain expressions. Seeing the miserable state of the Slytherin students, they couldn't help but cover their mouths.
In a short while, the dozen boys were piled on top of each other. Gemini sat cross-legged on the back of the topmost boy, counting the dozen wands he had just confiscated.
Inside the compartment, Hermione's mouth hung open in astonishment.
The scene just now was too incredible. Even action movies didn't have the agility Gemini had just displayed. No wonder this guy was so fearless!
These Slytherin students were taken down before they even had time to cast spells.
"Fifteen wands, fifteen people, ha~ wonderful~" Gemini laughed happily, "Does anyone want to buy back their wand? Five Galleons each."
Hermione: "..."
No one replied. The best-off among these boys was just groaning miserably, while the rest had all fainted. Whether they were lightly or seriously injured was unclear.
Two minutes later, the dozen Slytherin seniors were suspended from the ceiling by spider silk, occasionally swaying with the jolting of the carriage, looking like their entire house had been wiped out. It was quite a chilling sight.
"What do we do now?" Hermione asked helplessly.
"Wait." Gemini took out his spellbook and began to read.
"Wait for what?"
Hermione asked, confused.
"If we're lucky, we might get another group. If we're unlucky, we'll just have to wait until the train arrives."
"Your interpretation of luck seems a bit different from normal people's," Hermione sighed. "By the way, where's Neville?"
"Gone for a walk... probably." Gemini smiled.
The fight just now had caused quite a stir. Soon, the corridor outside the compartment was filled with a bustling crowd of students. Each student was cruelly gawking at the Slytherin seniors who were hanging from the ceiling.
Occasionally, some Slytherin students passed by, but they didn't continue to cause trouble for Gemini. They just painstakingly untied the spider silk and dragged away those they were familiar with.
Unlike other houses, Slytherin was not entirely united. The power and wealth of their parents, their different social classes, and the people their families associated with meant that these little snakes, influenced from childhood, also unconsciously divided themselves into different strata, forming different groups.
"I only read about Slytherin's negative reputation in books. I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes so soon." Hermione frowned, glancing with disgust at the outside of the compartment. "Thank goodness I come from a Muggle family, so I don't have to worry about being sorted there."
As she spoke, Hermione seemed to remember something and looked at Gemini with a hint of anticipation, "What about you? Which house do you want to be sorted into? I actually think Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are both very good."
"I actually think they are all very good," Gemini smiled and closed his spellbook. "If possible, I hope to be sorted into Slytherin."
"Why?" Hermione looked at Gemini with disbelief.
"After I kicked that person away earlier, Professor Snape, the Head of Slytherin, came to deal with it. He said that if someone like me were to be sorted into Slytherin, he'd rather give up his position."
Hermione: "..."
"And look," Gemini said with a gentle smile, pointing outside the compartment, "this is all top-quality leeks. You can't find them easily in other houses."
Hermione: "..."
"Also," Gemini continued, " 'A History of Hogwarts' mentions that each house has a point system. If a student breaks school rules, the house loses points. If I were in Slytherin and had some conflict with them, Professor Snape would have a hard time deducting points from Slytherin. But if I were in another house, the total deduction would also be an issue."
Hermione was utterly stunned by Gemini's words!
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