With this new line of thought from Hermione, Harry and the others felt as though they had taken another step closer to the truth.
"Malfoy-that's very likely." Harry remembered the vile word Draco had used against Hermione on the Quidditch Pitch.
Clearly, he harbored very obvious prejudice, even hostility, toward Hermione and other students from non-wizarding families.
"I think it's very likely too. The Malfoy family is a very old wizarding family. They might even be related by blood to Salazar Slytherin." Ron grew more excited as he spoke:
"It's entirely possible. Maybe Malfoy is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. If you ask me, perhaps they had the key to the Chamber of Secrets all along, passing it down through the generations, and then Malfoy opened the Chamber and let out the monster inside."
"When you put it that way, I suppose it really is possible." Neville also offered his opinion, which was rare:
"My gran often says Malfoy's dad, Lucius Malfoy, was actually a Death Eater. You-Know-Who-you know who I mean-was a staunch supporter of bloodline theory back then. And Lucius Malfoy was one of his staunch supporters."
"I really don't understand how the people at the Ministry of Magic could have let Lucius off. It's just so stupid." Ron complained too, completely oblivious to the fact that his words had implicated his own dad.
Although Mr. Arthur Weasley did not work for either the Department of Magical Law Enforcement or the wizarding court, the Wizengamot, which were responsible for judging whether someone was a Death Eater.
"Well, even though we all think it's the most likely possibility, we don't seem to have any way to prove it, do we?" Harry spread his hands with some regret and said helplessly:
"We can't exactly go up and ask him, 'Hey,