Spread the Word: The Heir of Slytherin Is Kane's Lackey!

The next morning, in the Great Hall, what should have been the start of a happy day—one of the happiest and liveliest times at Hogwarts, second only to dinner—was anything but.

At breakfast that day, the entire Great Hall was incredibly oppressive.

And the reason for that oppression was nothing else but an especially discordant decoration hanging from the ceiling of the Hogwarts Great Hall.

Oh no, two decorations.

Two poor first-year Ravenclaw wizards, one pure-blood and one Muggle-born, had not only been hung from the ceiling, but petrified as well.

Unsurprisingly, this was the work of that Heir of Slytherin and his Basilisk. After all, a Basilisk alone could not hang people from the ceiling. Whether they had been hung first or petrified first, the Basilisk could not have done it alone.

Speaking of which, when Filch had been petrified last time, the reactions had been mixed. Some pure-bloods had loudly declared that Filch deserved it, while only a few half-blood and Muggle wizards had felt even a trace of sympathy.

But this time was different. This time, it was not just a Muggle-born who had been petrified. There was also a genuine pure-blood.

Now the other pure-bloods would not keep jumping around. After all, what did this mean?

It meant that the damned Heir of Slytherin might not support them unconditionally.

Either he was a lackey heir serving the other Houses, or he was hiding from the storm, recognizing no kin and biting in every direction.

The atmosphere in the Great Hall sank just like that and never recovered.

Until... Dumbledore hurried into the Great Hall with the professors, carried the two victims to the Hospital Wing, and then sent people to reassure the two young wizards' parents.

There were now two Mandrake Monsters beside Hagrid's Hut. On