"Crucio!"
Becky cried out with a cruel expression.
Darren's body curled up involuntarily, looking utterly miserable.
The only regret was that he had not actually experienced the real Cruciatus Curse.
Sure enough, Snape had already discussed it with Becky.
[Ding, Paternal Points +40] [Ding, Paternal Points +50] [Ding, Paternal Points +50] [Ding...]
Another delightful haul of Paternal Points had arrived.
Darren nearly laughed out loud with joy.
Until—
Ten minutes later.
"Enough, right? I'm leaving first. Watching him dry-heave is pretty boring."
A senior Slytherin suddenly spoke.
After saying that, he moved to leave the Common Room directly.
Following his lead, one Slytherin after another prepared to leave as well.
Becky stopped them with a cold expression.
Her tone was crazed as she said, "Slytherin's rules require everyone to punish him once. Unless you give up this opportunity, you cannot leave!"
Her expression was especially frightening.
It looked like she intended to keep punishing Darren.
That made the other Slytherin students pity Darren even more.
Every student chose to give up the opportunity and leave.
In the end, only Becky, Cassandra, and Darren, who was lying on the ground, remained.
Of course, Frank and Pansy, who were guarding the door, still dutifully stood at the entrance.
"How are you?"
Becky hurried over and helped Darren up.
By then, Darren was nearly soaked through with sweat.
Screaming took a lot out of him, too.
Still, he was in fairly good spirits.
"I'm fine..."
Darren answered hesitantly.
He seemed to want to say that Becky had cheated, but when he saw Cassandra beside him and worried that she might report Becky, he held it in.
[Ding, Paternal Points +50]
"Screaming Curse, Curling Curse, Terror Curse... Tsk, Senior Becky, that combination spell of yours was quite impressive!"
Cassandra curled