On the way, Rodolphus acted very enthusiastically, even somewhat fawningly for his status.
Yes.
Bellatrix felt a sense of craving for approval from him.
“Rolf, is there something you want me to do?” Before entering the dining hall, she still couldn’t help asking.
As a result, Rodolphus’s face flushed slightly, seeming a bit embarrassed, “Bellatrix, I feel a bit embarrassed, but…”
He cheered himself up again and said, “Bellatrix, can you introduce me to that Lord?”
After saying that, he looked at Bellatrix with eyes full of anticipation.
And Bellatrix was also startled and stunned by his sudden change, “That Lord?” she repeated unconsciously.
Seeing that Bellatrix didn’t catch his meaning, he became a bit anxious, and then whispered in her ear, “It’s Lord Voldemort, I crave to follow behind him.”
His voice was full of fanaticism.
But Bellatrix was so shocked that she blurted out.
“How do you know?” Then she looked around, and after finding no one paying attention, she whispered, “How do you know that.”
“Now it’s spreading all over the British wizarding community that the House of Black stands behind Lord Voldemort, and at the same time, Lord Voldemort also intends to take their eldest daughter as an apprentice.”
This news shocked her to the point of losing the ability to speak.
Turns out, the secret she thought was hers had long been spreading far and wide.
Wait…
This couldn’t have been spread by the family; in other words, this was Lord Voldemort’s doing.
Did he want to completely subdue the House of Black?
But he shouldn’t be naive enough to think that these public opinions would affect the overall situation.
Then was Dumbledore last night… testing their stance?
Or testing her?
Thinking about it now, it seemed that after school started, things didn’t become simpler; instead, the bustling conspiracies were like a spider’s web woven by a spider, entangling her together.
She couldn’t help but gasp.
Then her current behavior was…
Was all this within Lord Voldemort’s expectations?
She was a little scared.
After all, someone who could become the Dark Lord was indeed not something someone like her who only knew how to use a pen could imagine.
Fortunately, she thought of the inertia of the plot.
If it developed according to the plot, or according to the prophecy, he always died at the hands of The Savior.
Then, the things she thought of before could not be carried on; otherwise, wouldn’t Dumbledore think she was a follower of Lord Voldemort?
It seemed that she had no way to walk the path of White Magic either; she could only hold on to the Dark Arts and go all the way down.
“By the way, Bellatrix, is there anything you wanted me for?”
At this moment, Rodolphus seemed to finally remember the purpose of Bellatrix calling him out.
And at this time, knowing Lord Voldemort’s conspiracy, she no longer had any thoughts of being a prefect; she only thought about getting through this matter.
“It’s like this, Rolf, I’ve been invited to join Professor Slughorn’s Slug Club,” she showed her badge, “I want to ask you, is there anything I need to pay attention to?”
A flash of envy crossed Rodolphus’s eyes, and then he steadied himself before speaking with a bitter smile, “This… although I’m embarrassed, I haven’t been invited yet.”
Then, he explained the whole story.
Although Slughorn was somewhat looked down upon by pure-blood families, who said he was just a money-grubbing old thing, in reality, everyone recognized his strength as a Potions master and hoped to get his guidance.
But—
Except for some students with truly outstanding talent, the mediocre ones of the Sacred Twenty-Eight needed to get guidance in their 5th year, and at the same time their families had to pay a considerable price.
And the badge was the token distinguishing the talented from the mediocre.
This badge was also a magical item with no other function except amplifying your perception when brewing Potions.
Their families had many similar items, but this was a unique honor belonging to the school stage.
That was why Rodolphus showed envy.
“Is that so?”
Seeing that he hadn’t helped Bellatrix solve her problem, Rodolphus was a bit anxious.
After all, she was still counting on Bellatrix to help introduce him to that Lord.
Doing things so ineffectively made it hard to say whether it would affect things later.
He hurriedly thought of a way, “I know a few Slytherins who were also invited. I’ll go ask for you in a moment, and by tonight at the latest, I’ll have them come meet you.” Visit novelping.com for the full chapter.
Without waiting for Bellatrix to react, he strode into the dining hall, watching as he walked over to a few upper-year Slytherins and chatted with them about something.
And Bellatrix didn’t care; she was just finding an excuse to make him leave anyway.
Then she didn’t enter the dining hall either, turning around and walking towards the classroom.
The morning class was a Charms Class.
She sat down in the classroom and opened her textbook.
She had to admit that her talent for Charms was slightly better than for Potions.
From her feeling, her talent for Potions was around 7.8 or 7.9, almost reaching 8, while Charms was at the level of 8.1 or 8.2, with not much difference between the two.
This was also one of the reasons why she didn’t focus on Charms at the time.
Of course, now she had decided to focus on the Dark Arts, so these rookie levels of talent were no longer that important.
Flipping through Hogwarts’s Charms textbook, she had actually read and mastered everything before the 5th year.
She had to say that the compilation of this textbook was quite standard, far superior to the constantly changing basic textbooks in her previous life.
She had specifically looked up Miranda Goshawk, the author of The Standard Book of Spells.
She was a very, very famous Witch and writer.
In the book Experts on magic: Unveiling the Mist in the library, her achievements were praised in a very exaggerated way.
According to Bellatrix’s summary and understanding, this Witch was particularly good at the fine control of magic.
She could manipulate a charm very perfectly, and at the same time her unique skill was multi-casting, being able to apply a single charm to multiple people simultaneously without reducing its power.
And Professor Flitwick was also a supporter of this precise control.
They did not pursue grandiose magical effects, but instead moved towards smaller details, thereby making ordinary magic bloom with even more astonishing effects.
And the textbook she wrote, although not mentioning her magic theory, repeatedly emphasized the accuracy of magic power from low-level Charms to later advanced Charms.
Starting from the minute details was an important way for young Wizards to cultivate good habits.
And a typical example in the original work was Hermione.
Although she wasn’t good at too many high-power Charms, she could precisely control the effect of every charm, and ultimately had a brilliant performance in the war.
Precise control was not difficult for Bellatrix either.
However, she did not completely agree with this magical path.