Chapter 110 At the Dinner Table
Chapter 110 At the Dinner Table
Sitting on the bench, Alayya looked across the long dining table at Newt, who was smiling awkwardly. After Dumbledore's introduction, he stood up stiffly with a dazed look, nodded, and sat down quickly, as if he didn't want to say anything as the new professor of the magical creatures elective course. In fact, if he hadn't made eye contact with Peter, he might not have waited until the end of breakfast.
Fortunately, Peter's gaze and "encouragement" gave Newt some comfort, allowing him to sit up straight and wave to her enthusiastically, with a little more brightness in his eyes, otherwise he might not have had such confidence to be watched by everyone.
But as long as Peter was there, Newt felt that it didn't matter even if he was in front of the whole world. As long as Peter was with him, it would be fine.
"It seems that your relationship with Newt is getting better and better--" James scratched his messy hair. He didn't know why he felt a little sour. Peter's relationship with them was obviously the best in the world, but now there was Newt to divide their friendship.
Although Newt was also their friend, he was a professor now and it was impossible for him to go exploring the Forbidden Forest with them in the middle of the night. He might even deduct points from them. James thought so and said it with a sour tone.
"Of course. When I was missing, it was all thanks to Newt who took care of her." Otherwise, she might have been sleeping on the streets.
"I won't let you sleep on the streets either!" James retorted subconsciously. If he traveled through time with Peter, he would not let him suffer. At the same time, he showed the big gold watch on his wrist. He never took it off again. He was always waiting!
"Don't mention it, you made me sleep on the floor!" Alaiya was still upset about sleeping on the floor last night. She swore that she would never let them sleep in her dormitory again! She slept well by herself.
"That was a misunderstanding. I've already apologized. Tonight - yes, I definitely won't do that tonight!" There was a barely perceptible hint of coquetry in James' tone, so sweet it was scary. Why was he speaking in such a harsh voice? !
"There's no tonight." Alaiya speechlessly tried to pry open James's mind to see what a beautiful thought he had.
Seeing James interacting with Peter so actively, Sirius was anxious and angry. Why did he sit opposite Peter just now? Because Dumbledore asked him to sit down, he found a seat without thinking too much.
"James, hush!" He could only point at Dumbledore who was speaking on the stage, asking James to "let Peter go". Sirius even stepped on Peter's foot angrily. Why didn't he look at him? Why didn't he talk to him?
Lupin looked at the "recovered" foursome with a smile, feeling that his happy life was back. He didn't notice that their new magical creatures professor Newt's eyes were always focused on Peter.
Although Alaia was sitting in the crowd, she always felt like she was being watched by thousands of people. Not only by Newt in the professor's chair, but also by her old friends around her, Snape and Lily not far away, and even by people from other colleges.
Barty Crouch Jr. has always known his mission. Ever since he realized how powerful Voldemort was, he knew that one day he would become his devout believer and join his team as a Death Eater.
But that might be after he becomes an adult, or a few years later. After all, he still wants to keep a low profile and does not want to break up with his parents so early. However, after that woman disappeared inexplicably, he changed his mind.
His seemingly powerful parents could not provide him with effective help, and there was no progress in finding Peter. So he began to actively contact the Death Eaters, and with the help of his introducer, Lucius Malfoy, he successfully became the youngest Death Eater member.
After joining the organization, although Barty Jr. received strong help in his search for Peter, he also realized belatedly that Peter seemed to be extremely important to this man who could make the magic world tremble.
Barty Crouch Jr. suddenly felt that this was not what he wanted. But it was too late, because his concern for finding Peter had been reused by Riddle. He was thought to be an obedient chess piece, but only Barty Jr. knew that it was his subjective will.
As a result, Barty Crouch Jr. had to hide his true thoughts and ideas. He must not reveal his thoughts about Peter, especially in front of the Dark Lord.
Now with a complicated expression, he quietly walked through the crowd and looked at Peter, the center of the crowd. He really wanted to talk to her alone, not for anything else, but to remind her to be careful. Little Barty smiled at himself, he didn't expect that one day he would be so kind.
But young Barty didn't dare to act rashly, because if he could successfully join the Death Eaters, there would probably be many people hiding around him, especially in Slytherin, where there were the Dark Lord's spies everywhere.
Presumably, he is on his way. Thinking back on everything that has happened in the past six months, he will definitely not miss Peter's return.
During the time when Peter disappeared, Voldemort's progress seemed to slow down, and more and more meetings were not about how to reorganize the wizarding world, but about how to find the missing girl.
Even as a rookie, he had the honor of participating in dozens of meetings. It was not difficult for Riddle to guess what he was thinking about Peter. Although the Dark Lord had never had such romantic gossip, it did not mean that he would not have such a possibility.
Little Barty licked the corner of his mouth. He needed to plan his future carefully and not allow himself to make any mistakes...
Alaia, who was at the center of the excitement, was now curious about whether the Newt of that era had really disappeared? Her old friend? Although she felt a little sad, she still wished that the current Newt could replace the lonely Newt.
The problem is that the "girlfriend" she had finally found for Newt has failed again, and she needs to try again...
Just like that, Newt officially became a member of Hogwarts. This didn't seem to change anything, but it seemed to have changed everything for the foursome, because Newt might have traveled through time with Peter, and he was particularly "sticky" to him. It seemed that except for class time, he only wanted to stay with Peter, which made James and Sirius a little - difficult to adapt.
But out of sympathy for him (he couldn't go home) and love for his friend, they couldn't say anything...
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