"Come on, go back and eat. If you don't get over there, you know what will happen!"
It was Slytherin's mealtime. If Darren did not go, did he want to be punished again?
"No, I still want to talk to my brother!"
Darren refused Malfoy's tug, wanting to stay here.
Harry swiftly stood up as well, pointing his wand at Malfoy.
"Let Darren go!"
Darren immediately wanted to run back to Harry's side.
But someone had already grabbed his clothes.
It was a slender, fair hand.
The owner of that hand was a girl.
Harry noticed that she was the aloof girl who often sat with Darren.
"I'm the Slytherin first-year prefect. There's no problem with me taking one of our own away, is there?"
Cassandra gave Harry Potter a disdainful laugh.
Harry frowned, feeling rather displeased.
What was wrong with Darren sitting here with Gryffindor?
Why did they insist on taking him away?
"Well, that depends on our little Potter. Come on, little Potter, tell your brother what will happen if you stay here for dinner."
Cassandra looked at Darren.
Darren shook his head pleadingly.
Clearly, he did not want Harry to know what he had gone through.
A flash of coldness passed through Cassandra's eyes before she said irritably, "Then hurry up and explain it to him, then come over. Otherwise, you know what will happen!"
If Darren Potter had not thanked every Slytherin after enduring Crucio and begged them not to spread the matter around—
Otherwise, word that Harry Potter had caused Darren to be punished would have spread throughout Hogwarts!
As someone who enjoyed suppressing others, Cassandra's first reaction had been to spread the news.
It would have stirred up conflict between Slytherin and Gryffindor.
Who could have known that Darren would do that, disrupting all