Chapter 177 Condolences
Chapter 177 Condolences
Riddle's arrival caught everyone off guard, even Madame Maxime. After receiving the notice, she didn't even have time to negotiate with the French Minister of Magic, because Riddle arrived right after with his large group of Death Eaters.
Madame Maxime could only put down the owl letter in her hand, cursed an ungraceful word, and showed her authority as the principal of Beauxbatons School of Magic, and went to the door to greet him with her left and right arms.
At this time, all the students were in class. Alayya was taking Potions class with Sirius. While cutting the pungent potion materials, Alayya began to miss the time when she had teamed up with Snape, with tears in her eyes.
No matter how hard or difficult the potion materials were, in Snape's hands they would become as obedient as tofu, and in no time they would become the same size and of appropriate thickness, without her ever having to worry about anything.
Moreover, Snape had a blank expression and would never say any unnecessary nonsense. Now she could only rely on herself, because Sirius, wearing a robe, could not handle these things conveniently, and would continue to chat with her and interrupt her concentration. The only thing that made her feel better was that he would very diligently help her wipe the sweat off her face, which made her feel like the tyrant and Sirius was her beautiful concubine.
James at another table was also "immobile", so while Lily Evans was dealing with the potion materials, he just sat on the bench in a daze, or stared at Peter in a daze, waiting for Lily Evans to finish their potion homework.
"James, do you think the heat is right?"
"Roughly the same……"
"Do you think it's okay for me to cut it like this? It won't damage the efficacy of the medicine, right?"
"OK."
"James, is the next step to add the powder of daffodil bulbs?"
"Hmm..." Lily Evans' initiative did not win James's enthusiasm, so she simply stopped talking. Although Lily was a brave lion queen who pursued love, she was also a proud lion queen. Lily simply solved her potion homework by herself and stopped talking.
Just when James felt bored and turned to talk to Sirius and Alaia, the door of their classroom was suddenly pushed open, and Riddle appeared with his "servants", of course the Minister of Magic with a fawning face, and Madame Maxime who pretended to be calm and comforted the students.
"Everyone, be quiet... The respected Mr. Voldemort and the Minister of Magic have come in person to express their condolences to you, especially the exchange students from Hogwarts. Let us welcome them with the warmest applause..." Madame Maxime was heartbroken to see that the children she had worked so hard to raise were all deceived by Riddle's disguise and were cheering and applauding excitedly. They were happy and proud of her arrival.
Alaia reflexively looked at Sirius and James who were wearing Middle Eastern robes, fearing that they would be discovered, which was too dangerous. But she only saw their eyes, and the rest of their bodies were covered tightly, which made her feel a little relieved, especially the comforting look that Sirius gave her.
Alaya turned back and sat up like everyone else to applaud Riddle and the others. Riddle seemed to be handsome again, and his power gave him a more domineering temperament. His reckless contempt for anyone and anything made Alaya feel that he was controlling her again.
Riddle raised his hand to signal everyone that he saw everyone's welcome. He cast his eyes on Alaiya's face, then her lips, then her neck, then her waist and finally her lower abdomen. Very good. As Bobby said, she was even more beautiful...
On the way to Alayya, Riddle finally saw the two ghostly "ghosts" and his face gradually darkened. Although they were both wearing loose black robes, the skeletons hidden under the black robes were obviously not the "peerless beauties" that Poppy said. It seems that some of the house-elves' eyes need treatment.
Riddle had a "friendly" exchange with two Middle Eastern girls. Alaia thought he was looking for her and would take him away directly, but he kept asking Sirius and James questions, which really made her sweat.
"The sun in the Middle East is so strong... It reminds me of the days when I used to spend time in the desert. It was a huge game..."
"Yes, sir~" James and Sirius were holding each other's throats and answering him very cautiously, worried that they would be tricked into doing something.
"Have you heard of the One Thousand and One Nights Bazaar?" Riddle deliberately set a trap. He could see that the two of them were not from the Middle East at all. At least their accents were completely British, which was too obvious.
"no!"
"Yes!" The two looked at each other and changed their answers "Yes!" "No!" The two annoyed simply lowered their heads and said nothing. They always felt that the more they talked, the more mistakes they made, so it was better not to talk.
"That... what a pity..." Riddle passed by their table with an ambiguous look in his eyes. As his sleeve swept across the table, he just happened to touch the back of Alayya's hand imperceptibly, causing her to scream out reflexively.
"Ah!" Alayya quickly covered her mouth. Riddle was too righteous, wasn't he? The frightened Alayya did not make Riddle feel better. Instead, he wanted to compete with the two Middle Eastern girls in the next duel class.
Before the class started, Alaia pulled James and Sirius' sleeves to persuade them to pretend to be sick and not go, but the two provoked were eager to face the Dark Lord, not caring about the gap between them. Alaia thought for a moment, if she could easily dissuade them, then the two of them must be fake Gryffindors.
"Don't worry, we have our own way. He will definitely not compete with us with his true strength... Besides, we are women now, he won't do anything to us." Sirius hugged Alaia who was extremely worried, although he was not sure whether he would allow a two-on-one situation if he asked Riddle not to hold the wand with his dominant hand.
But they would not back down to fight for Dumbledore! So with the brothers' firm belief, Alayya had no choice but to stop them, and for their safety, she took the initiative to stand as far away from them as possible.
Lily Evans was very worried and stepped forward to stop him, but was ruthlessly dodged by James. Sirius waved at her apologetically and said, "Don't worry, we have our own arrangements..."
Lily was about to cry at this moment, but she was tenacious and came up with a new idea, "Peter, you will help me, right? Let's work together for James and the others!" If they could interfere with the Dark Lord from behind, they would have a better chance of winning.
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