HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 284 Christmas is approaching

After the elf disappeared, Draco couldn't wait to ask, "Why did those two want to go to the Room of Requirement? Could it be that they got together in secret to do this?"

"Maybe." Gloria thought of the Ravenclaw Diadem in her mind, "Remember the diadem Horcrux we found?"

"Of course I remember—" Draco said, frowning, "Are they looking for that thing?"

"Most likely." Gloria couldn't guess what else in the Room of Requirement was worth searching for by the Death Eaters. Most of the things inside were miscellaneous items, not as good as the training room that Harry needed.

Draco thought of the house, the piles of clutter, "No wonder they were put in detention for not handing in their homework. There were so many things that I might not be able to find them even if I searched through the entire school year."

Besides, the things were taken away by them last year, and the remaining souls were destroyed.

"After so many years, even if the mysterious person told us where the crown was placed, it would be difficult to find it." Gloria said, "It seems that we just need to stay out of it. We won't find it anyway."

Draco breathed a sigh of relief, "Luckily we found it first."

Crabbe and Goyle were also lucky. During the days when he sent someone to investigate, the two were in solitary confinement and missed the opportunity.

Gloria took a sip of orange juice and laughed as she thought of something. "They can't look for something for too long, and they have to be careful not to be seen by others when they come out. Harry has the Marauder's Map, but they don't."

Draco lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "So... there will be one person left outside to keep watch."

Since we are doing things for Voldemort, we certainly can't let him have an easy time. We must do our task safely and steadily.

"Tell the club members later to go to the eighth floor more often." Gloria said, "Working for big shots must be thrilling."

Seeing that she was about to do something bad, Draco was so happy that he could hardly control himself. He simply stood up, walked around the table, sat next to Gloria, and kissed her rosy lips affectionately.

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With Gloria and Draco's words, the students of the Slytherin Club made arrangements, sometimes "passing by" the eighth floor seven days a week, or appearing upstairs every other day.

And Draco would smile every time he saw Ron, which made Ron's face turn red with anger.

As the weeks drew nearer to Christmas, the school began to dress up, and Slughorn had urged them more than once to attend the party after classes were over.

As for Christmas, the vast majority of students want to go home to visit their families.

Today, snowflakes were falling from the ceiling of the hall, creating a strong Christmas atmosphere. The twelve Christmas trees that Hagrid had brought in were placed throughout the hall, and the trees were hung with beautiful little ornaments.

"An interesting thing." Zabini arrived at the Great Hall and trotted over to Draco. "A new tavern has opened in Diagon Alley, and it also provides accommodation. Some of the parents of students in our college live there."

Since the beginning of this school year, there have been Death Eater attacks and some people have gone missing, but not many.

Aurors didn't have to patrol the village. As long as people stayed at home and used fireplaces to travel, there wouldn't be much danger, so they could free up more energy to deal with wandering Death Eaters.

Draco said, "Bagirisk feels safer than the alarm. It's normal to live there."

"Are there many people there?" Gloria asked.

"I'm not sure about that." Zabini said, "I'm going abroad and won't be able to see the hustle and bustle of Diagon Alley."

Not long after the meal, Professor McGonagall began to distribute forms, asking whoever signed their names to go to Diagon Alley on Christmas Day. The Ministry of Magic would then organize Aurors to escort them.

Many students' parents choose to spend the Christmas holiday in Diagon Alley.

Gloria and Draco were also going home. In addition to visiting the Malfoys, she was also going to visit Sirius and the Tonks family.

Before that, they have to complete their pre-holiday courses.

The night before Slughorn's Christmas party, Gloria and Draco didn't return to the dormitory to change clothes until after seven o'clock.

Heard gossip about Harry on the way.

"So many girls were looking forward to it, and Potter actually invited that crazy girl to Professor Slughorn's Christmas party."

"Are they in love? Peeves said Potter was in love with the crazy girl, so that's why he invited her."

"Can you trust Peeves' words?"

"He happens to tell the truth about things like this!"

"The crazy girl is mentally unstable. She always says strange things and thinks there are all kinds of things in the world that don't exist."

"Maybe the 'Savior' has different preferences and likes this kind of difference."

The word "different" was full of irony. The people who were talking about it included both men and women, and students from different colleges, not including Slytherin, who never walked together with other colleges.

Soon the group dispersed because of different dormitory locations.

Draco smiled and said, "I think what they say makes sense."

After returning to the dormitory and changing into a simple dress, we didn't arrive at the party venue until after eight o'clock. There were still many girls wandering around, as if hoping someone would take them in.

After entering, the curtains hanging from the ceiling made the office look like a tent. It was a little stuffy, and the elves were holding trays to serve the wizards.

In addition to students, there were also some outsiders at the party, all of whom were Slughorn's friends.

At this moment, Slughorn was introducing Harry to his friends. The short man with glasses stared at Harry with shining eyes, and a vampire with a tired face stood next to him.

The professor had good eyesight and noticed them coming immediately.

"Gloria, Draco, come here!"

All eyes on the field were instantly focused on them, and the two walked over without changing their expressions.

As she got closer, Gloria saw the vampire staring at the girl next to him with a hungry gleam in his eyes.

Soon the girl's figure was blocked, and Gloria, who was wearing a simple dress, looked at him. The vampire immediately tensed up, the hungry look in his eyes disappeared, and he stood obediently beside his friend.

Gloria said, "Mr. Vampire seems hungry."

The little man smiled and picked up a piece of pie and gave it to the vampire. "His name is Xue Ni, and he is my friend."

Draco next to him retracted his gaze, looked at the professor and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Slughorn said with a big belly and a smile: "We just talked about helping Harry write a book about his life. It will definitely be a big seller!"

The smaller man nodded as well, "Right!"

Harry tried his best to hold back and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't have that idea. I saw a friend and had to say hello."

After saying that, without waiting for their reaction, he pulled Luna and walked away quickly.

The smaller man was a little embarrassed, and Slughorn looked directly at Gloria, "Gloria, are you interested in publishing a book about you? Everyone is very curious about the heir of Slytherin, and your family."

He introduced the small man to the two, "This is Elder Worpple, the publisher of Blood Brothers: Life Among Vampires, which sold well."

Walple had no hope, not even Harry Potter, let alone the heir of Slytherin.