Morgan Family

Dorian did not press Sean for an answer. In fact, Dorian believed that anyone with even a shred of common sense would choose him, so he was extremely confident that Sean would definitely choose him.

Under normal circumstances, Sean indeed would have chosen Dorian. If not for Tarkoon, Sean might have seriously considered it. But now that he was already planning to kill Tarkoon, Sean had no intention of becoming too deeply entangled with Dorian and the others.

Sean no longer had any favorable impression of Dorian or the person behind him.

Besides, Sean planned to head straight to Hong Kong after graduation. He had no interest in hanging around a small place like the Magical World.

After parting ways with Dorian, Sean headed directly back to his room.

But before Sean could open the door and enter, Andy's voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"Sean, can we talk?"

Looking at Andy, Sean immediately knew that Andy had seen him talking with Dorian earlier. Perhaps that coincidence had something to do with Dorian, or perhaps it had nothing to do with him. Either way, it did not matter. Sean had never intended to get too involved with Dorian anyway, and he had planned to discuss this with Andy. Since Andy had come to him himself, Sean had no intention of hiding anything.

"Come in. We do need to have a proper talk."

Andy followed Sean into the room and quietly sat down in a chair.

Sean checked on Kulkan. With the weather turning colder lately, perhaps because of hibernation, Kulkan had become quite lethargic. After examining him briefly and confirming that nothing was wrong, Sean turned around, sat on the bed, and looked at Andy.

"Andy, did you see me talking to Dorian earlier?"

Seeing Sean bring it up so directly, Andy's face paled slightly. He nodded and said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Yes. I came back to get something and happened to see you two."

Sean did not ask why Andy had come back for something, nor did he ask whether someone had lured him back to the Common Room. He had no interest in playing guessing games or taking malicious pleasure in watching Andy lose his composure. He simply said, "Andy, I won't work with Dorian. You can rest assured. As long as you don't violate our agreement, our partnership can continue until graduation."

As soon as he heard that, Andy abruptly raised his head. He looked at Sean with utter surprise and delight, asking repeatedly, "Sean, is that true? You'll really keep working with me?"

"To be fair, the terms Dorian offered were excellent. I can understand why the two people who worked with you before chose to go to Dorian instead. But unfortunately, I really dislike the way Dorian and the people behind him do things, so I won't work with them. You can rest assured."

Hearing Sean's words, Andy was delighted at first, but then his expression changed slightly. He had never told Sean that Dorian had poached his two partners. In fact, he had deliberately concealed it. Hearing Sean say this now naturally made him feel awkward. "Y-you already knew?"

"I know some things, but there are still things I don't know. Can you tell me?"

Andy looked at Sean, nodded slightly, and said, "Sean, ask whatever you want. I'll tell you everything I know."

"I only have one question. You've been targeted by Dorian and the others for a long time. I assume you know why. What I want to ask is, who exactly is Dorian targeting you for? In other words, who is Dorian working for?"

His expression shifted in an instant. After a long pause, Andy sighed faintly and said, "Sean, Dorian works for my older brother. The person targeting me is also that brother of mine."

Upon hearing that it was Andy's brother stirring things up behind the scenes, Sean raised an eyebrow, roughly understanding what was going on. Sure enough, Andy continued, "The Morgan family is an emerging family. Since my grandfather's generation, the person most suited to become the future head of the Morgan family has been judged by their individual business ability.

"After Grandfather became the head of the family, he chose our father. Now Father has begun selecting the family's future head as well. I'm the youngest of five siblings, so I wanted to start building capital from Hogwarts. My eldest brother found out about it, so he had his men target me at Hogwarts and sabotage my efforts. As long as I can't accumulate enough capital at Hogwarts, there is no way I can surpass them. In the end, the family will fall into his hands."

"There is one problem. The children are all different ages, so their starting points are different. How do they ensure fairness?"

Andy was not surprised by Sean's question and immediately replied, "Different starting points are judged by different standards. That's also why my eldest brother fears me so much. Only by constantly suppressing me can he truly feel at ease."

"Alright, I understand. From now on, within Hogwarts, I'll let you handle the sales of all my potions. You don't need to worry about me finding another partner. You can rest assured of that—provided you don't betray me."

Having received Sean's promise, a clear look of relief appeared on Andy's face. Leaning back in his chair, he said, "I understand. Thank you, Sean."

"There's nothing to thank me for. You give me a good cut, and I make plenty of money. I've enjoyed working with you. Everything else is just a minor detail."

The two chatted for a while longer before Andy finally took his leave.

After closing the door, Sean sat at his desk and flipped through Gavin's Notes, repeatedly reviewing the steps of that curse.

Early the next morning, Sean got up and trained with Blaise. When the two finished their run, changed clothes, and arrived at the Great Hall, they immediately noticed that the Gryffindor hourglass seemed to have been completely emptied, while the Slytherin hourglass had lost quite a few points as well. While Blaise was astonished by this, Sean had already guessed that what he had been waiting for had finally happened.

Sure enough, as Sean and Blaise sat down for breakfast in the Great Hall, word of the previous night's events had already spread through Slytherin. The Savior and his two sidekicks from Gryffindor had broken school rules by wandering the castle at night. Fifty points had been deducted from each of them, for a total of one hundred and fifty points.

Malfoy from Slytherin had also lost fifty points for wandering the castle at night. But compared with Gryffindor, that score seemed acceptable by contrast. Besides, Malfoy was Malfoy. Losing fifty points hurt, but scolding Malfoy over it and offending him was simply not worth the trouble.

Thus, unlike the Gryffindor trio, Malfoy received hardly any blame from the Slytherins and got off rather easily.

The second chapter will be posted before midnight. You can read it tomorrow morning.