Hogwarts: I Obtained the Paternal System

Yeah, he had seen that girl named Greengrass blow a Werewolf to death.

Later, someone had even said that Miss Greengrass had killed a little boy.

And his brother was actually so close to a murderer like that.

He felt somewhat uncomfortable.

His gaze at Darren fell silent.

He turned his head away.

Darren's eyes gradually dimmed.

He pursed his lips and walked dejectedly toward the Slytherin House table.

The Slytherin table was silent as well.

None of the Slytherins had expected Harry Potter's younger brother to come to Slytherin.

Those who knew Darren were even more bewildered.

Wasn't this guy a Muggle-born wizard?

How had he suddenly become Harry Potter's younger brother?

Becky Greengrass, the Head Girl, was especially stunned. Her mouth fell open in a most unladylike display.

She even wanted to go up and question Darren about why he had hidden his identity.

But seeing how "devastated" he looked, she abandoned that thought and instead glared at the other Slytherin students.

Anyone who dared bully Darren Potter would be making an enemy of her!

Although she had told Darren not to entertain those unrealistic fantasies anymore, she would not allow anyone to bully him either.

Yet when she saw Darren's dejected expression, she turned her head away in irritation.

You silly little brat. Now that you're in Slytherin, did you really think the little lions of Slytherin would still treat you like a brother?

Chapter 46: "Absentminded"

Darren was not the slightest bit upset, of course.

He had planned to enter Slytherin from the start.

At first, he had thought that if the Sorting Hat refused to put him in Slytherin, he would imitate Harry.

He would keep chanting in his head that he wanted to go to Slytherin until the Sorting Hat got sick of him.

But that method was a little too unreliable.

Later, he remembered Neville's case.

Neville had actually been better suited to Hufflepuff at first.

He liked Herbology, and he had a good temper.

He was just a little cowardly.

In order to make him braver, the Sorting Hat had placed him in Gryffindor.

Clearly, the Sorting Hat was not so rigid.

So Darren tested it again.

When the Sorting Hat used Legilimency on him, he displayed his righteous deeds and

his courage as much as possible.

Sure enough, the Sorting Hat thought he had courage in excess and did not recommend Gryffindor for him.

Instead, it recommended Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw more strongly.

Of course, when he said he wanted to be closer to Harry, it placed him in Slytherin.

As for that little confrontation with Harry, it could not be helped.

After all, as a little Paternal Figure who adored his older brother, how could he not seek comfort from him after being sorted into Slytherin, the opposite House from his brother?

It was just that Harry's reaction left him a little dumbfounded.

What, just because your brother got sorted into Slytherin, he was a bad person?

That really threw him.

He had originally planned, after Harry nodded at him, to tell him that Slytherin and Gryffindor were the same, that everyone was a good kid, and harvest a wave of Paternal Points.

But Harry had completely snuffed out his Paternal glow.

Sure enough, reality was not a game. It could not proceed entirely according to his imagination.

Darren sighed again.

He felt as if his heart were bleeding.

How many Paternal Points had he lost this time?!

When the food was served afterward,

he only ate one large drumstick, bit into a chicken foot that someone had given him, nibbled on a piece of cake, then took a small pudding with some milk.

He ate it "absentmindedly."

Mm, delicious!

If it had not clashed with his current persona, he would have loved to imitate the Gryffindors and wolf it all down.

But he was now a little Paternal Figure who had just been rejected by his brother. He could not make such strange moves, or he would seem rather heartless.

From the moment the boy was sorted into Slytherin until the meal ended, he had remained absentminded.

Snape suspected that he might not even have known what he was eating.

After all, Snape had seen Malfoy beside Darren mischievously put a chicken foot onto his plate, and he had eaten it without a second thought.

Snape seemed to see his former self.

When he had been sorted into Slytherin, Lily had worn the same expression as Harry Potter.

No, Lily had merely been a little unhappy before smiling again.

They had still been good friends then.

But Harry Potter was different.

Before everyone's eyes, he had ignored Darren like that.

Could he really not imagine how hurt his brother would feel?

Snape looked with some disgust toward Harry Potter, who was wolfing down food at the Gryffindor table, and the little brat from the Weasley family beside him.

In this Potter's eyes, a reckless boy was actually more important than his own twin brother.

Snape snorted coldly.

Truly idiotic!

Harry had already completely forgotten about Darren entering Slytherin.

At the end of the day, he was only a child, and children forgot things easily.

He had been angry that Darren entered Slytherin, so he had deliberately ignored him. But afterward, he had thought about going to find Darren tomorrow.

That was his younger brother, after all. He still liked him very much.

And his younger brother looked cuter than him, which made Harry very proud of him.

He thought there must have been some misunderstanding. Maybe Mr. Sorting Hat had made a mistake!

Mr. Sorting Hat had wanted to place him in Slytherin House too, but he had insisted otherwise.

Darren probably did not know that the Sorting Hat could be refused, which was why he had gone to Slytherin.

Anyway, Harry felt that he was not like those bad wizards.

Earlier, he had merely been angry because Ron said Darren was close to that queen bee from Slytherin.

He felt that everyone in Slytherin except Darren was bad.

Darren should not get close to them.

But that could all wait until tomorrow. Right now, he had to deal with the feast before him.

He raised his eyes and secretly glanced in Darren's direction.

He was dealing with a piece of cake.

Good. His anger had not affected Darren's appetite.

Reassured, Harry began to eat and drink heartily.

At last, his stomach could not hold another bite.