Voldemort, Representative of Muggle-born Wizards?
Time: 8:45.
After Draco calmed down, Harry continued recounting his experience in that room.
When Harry mentioned Sirius, Draco couldn't help but speak up again, "He's my mother's cousin."
"My father is Sirius Black's great-great-uncle, and my mother is his cousin," Ron continued.
Draco and Ron exchanged a glance and couldn't help but sigh at how small the Pure-blood circle really was.
"Sure enough, my dad said Sirius Black and him weren't the same kind of people," Draco said, slightly embarrassed.
"So, will Sirius Black be released? But why isn't he cooperating? He should be innocent, after all," Ron said, puzzled.
"I don't know, Dumbledore will take care of everything." Harry's expression turned somber.
His godfather, who is likely an innocent godfather, is still in Azkaban, which makes him feel a little depressed.
The atmosphere in the Hospital Wing inevitably became a bit somber after Harry recounted Sirius and his innocence.
"Harry, what's next?" Draco and Ron asked in unison.
They wanted to break the awkward atmosphere.
Harry then went on to tell the story of Voldemort's escape and Quirrell's death.
"He's dead—" Ron's expression turned serious. He couldn't believe that Quirrell had died even with Dumbledore and Harry by his side.
"Is he innocent? — I mean, was he coerced?" Ron said with a dry laugh.
"The Dark Lord sacrificed the lives of his men just like that?" Draco said at the same time. Having been well protected since childhood, he had always had an inexplicable sense of admiration for Voldemort.
Voldemort's current actions have given him the same expression as a female fangirl seeing her idol crumble.
Draco couldn't help but mutter to himself again. After learning that Voldemort was Half-blood, he then learned of Voldemort's cruelty and ruthlessness—towards his subordinates as well.
"Now you know how stupid your bastard father's behavior was, right?"
"What benefits have you gained since you followed your master— the You-Know-Who? —Bad reputation? Imprisonment? Fines?" Ron rarely spoke so frankly.
"No," Draco said in a dry voice, without refuting.
He thought about it carefully and realized that the Pure-blood's power hadn't expanded much; on the contrary, many of their relatives had died—even some who were at odds with them, but they were still relatives.
MacKinnon, Burns, Presbyterian, and Prewett all perished or even died out as a result, and even Black Family, Carroll, Lestrange, Rosier, and others on the Dark Lord's side met a similar fate.
Before the Dark Lord appeared, Britain was a land of Pure-blood. Although the Muggle-born wizards was gradually increasing, it was not a major problem.
On the contrary, after the Dark Lord appeared, he brought the Pure-blood theory and took action to purify the wizard bloodline, causing the Pure-blood to wither and some small families and Muggle-born Wizard to occupy high positions.
The Dark Lord, he's not an undercover agent, is he?
Draco finally calmed down, but was left speechless.
"Then let's continue." Harry cleared his throat and looked at Draco and Ron, who had returned to normal.
"Wait, I have a question. Why is the You-Know-Who referred to as Tom by Dumbledore?"
"And according to Harry, he came from an orphanage. Could he even have attended Hogwarts? Someone like him must have been a star at school, the center of attention, just like Harry and me." Ron couldn't help but ask the question, but he still didn't dare to go further on his guess—could the You-Know-Who be Muggle-born?
After all, Ron didn't consider himself a fool. After the appearance of the You-Know-Who, it was the Pure-blood who suffered. Perhaps some Muggle died, but most of the Muggle-born Wizard only had their wands broken.
Aside from the Muggle killed by Death Eaters, most wizards died either from rebellion or by attacking Death Eaters, which accounted for the largest proportion of deaths, or from being asked to join Death Eaters and being killed after refusing.
Those who were asked to join the Death Eaters were all Pure-blood, or at the very least, Half-blood.
Only the You-Know-Who, being Muggle-born Wizard, can stand firm; he is using the power of the Pure-blood to eliminate them.
In Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix, most of the members are Pure-blood, just like his father.
So, does this mean Death Eaters are Pure-blood Supremacy, look down on Muggle-born Wizard and Muggle, are the vanguard in killing Muggle, and their masters represent the interests of Muggle-born wizards? Plus, they're involved in dealing with Pure-blood?
The Order of the Phoenix opposes Pure-blood Supremacy, cherishes Muggle, and believes that Muggle-born wizards are equal in status to Pure-blood wizard.
Good heavens, only the Muggle-born wizards are unharmed. If Voldemort comes, at most he'll suffer the hardship of being relegated to the bottom rungs and unable to possess a wand.
Ron dared not voice his guess. He considered himself a smart man, and if he rashly spoke the truth, he would likely be seen as crazy.
After all, being one step ahead of ordinary people makes you a genius, while being a hundred steps ahead makes you a lunatic.
Moreover, Draco Malfoy has just suffered a mental breakdown; as a mere friend, one should still be mindful of his feelings.
"I remember now, Tom Riddle, I saw it in the Trophy Room on the fourth floor. I was there to see my dad's trophy, to see if it was the same one Roger Davies said—he received a special contribution award to the school fifty years ago," Harry said again after thinking for a long time, following Ron's words.
"The timing makes sense. My grandfather was among the first Death Eaters. He once mentioned that he was a few years You-Know-Who and that they were on good terms."
"What relationship could be better than that between an upperclassman and an underclassman? In that sense, I must be a third-generation Death Eaters, haha," Draco said with self-deprecation.
"Alright, alright, Voldemort's escape is just a small episode in the story I'm about to tell. Aren't you curious about the whereabouts of the Philosopher's Stone?" Harry quickly said, glancing at Draco and Ron. Sure enough, their attention was drawn, and they were no longer lost in their own thoughts.
Harry then recounted how the Philosopher's Stone had been switched and replaced with a projection device—just like the Philosopher's Stone.
The video recorded all the mysterious wizard's actions in stealing the Philosopher's Stone, and Harry carefully avoided mentioning the wizard's comments on each level when recounting it.
He simply glossed over it, saying that he thought the defensive line was very simple.
After all, Ron's mood is very important. He's rarely happy, and if he's unhappy, his roommate will be tormented for a while.
Harry also mentioned at the end that he might come from the moon.
"I know there are frogs on the moon. I remember a wizard who claimed to have flown to the moon on a Cleansweep Six."
He brought back a bag of frogs from the moon as evidence. "Ron finally gained confidence; he knew these folk tales best."
"Come on, Weasley. This wizard also has a nickname, Unreliable Wenk. He hypes himself up almost every year. In a few years, I reckon only obscure or nonsensical tabloids will be willing to report on him," Draco said sarcastically.