Raising the price on the spot

The Slytherin dormitory!

When Luo Bin returned to the dormitory, Draco was sitting at the head of his bed, brow furrowed and looking exceptionally furious.

Luo Bin washed up, read for a while, and was about to go to bed, but someone was still looking like... a bundle of resentment.

"What's wrong?"

Draco seemed to have been waiting for that very question. He sprang to his feet and launched into a detailed account of how Goyle and Crabbe had made a fool of him that evening!

After those two idiots climbed out of the cabinet, they never realized someone had tricked them. They thought they had eaten too much and fallen asleep right where they were, and that a kind passerby had dragged them into the cabinet out of concern that they might catch a chill.

Back in the dormitory, Draco asked what Madam Pomfrey had said. They both looked utterly bewildered, scratched their heads, and said they hadn't seen the school nurse.

Draco exploded and gave them both a thorough tongue-lashing. Thinking themselves clever, they assumed he was just using this as an excuse to pick a fight and vent his anger. They stood there with their heads down, taking the scolding without saying a word.

A good verbal barrage only felt satisfying if the other side reacted. Draco hadn't gotten that satisfaction, so his anger stayed bottled up inside. That was why... he was sitting at the head of his bed, sulking.

Luo Bin was very sleepy. His practice schedule for the second inheritance was packed for tomorrow, the day after, and the day after that. After choosing his words, he dropped a bombshell on Draco.

"The Heir struck again. They sent the Chamber Monster to attack a student. Another girl has been petrified!"

"What? Where? Where is