Slytherin common room.

John was talking to Senior Taylor in the dormitory and eating tea when a first-year Slytherin student suddenly barged in.

"Senior Shafiq, Hagrid and... Harry Potter and a red-haired guy are waiting outside the lounge, saying they are looking for you."

The newbie said breathlessly.

Hearing this, John and Senior Taylor looked at each other.

The latter stood up with a smile and said:

"Then I won't bother you, John, and I'll come back to you some other time to discuss how to make magic pastries. I hope you won't find me annoying."

"How could it be? You are always welcome."

As John spoke, he sent Senior Taylor to the door of the dormitory, and then watched her go away.

In the past half month, they have held gatherings like today's every three days, and most of them were attended by senior Taylor on the pretext of exchanging pastry making techniques.

This is certainly not the case that Senior Taylor is interested in John.

It's a way for her to maintain relationships with others.

Even John must admit that compared to the other prefects in Slytherin, Senior Sister Taylor is indeed a better person.

Her attempts to win over always appear more sincere.

It's hard to dislike.

The most important thing is that Sister Taylor is a self-aware person and she never makes excessive demands on others.

So far, with her excellent popularity and John's help, Senior Taylor has completely defeated the male prefect who is also in seventh grade and has become the most powerful prefect in Slytherin.

In comparison, this year's Slytherin freshmen are quite slim.

After half a month, they still couldn't decide on the new chief (king) of this grade.

This also has a lot to do with John.

Because they are similar in age, and Draco takes Goyle and Crabbe outside every day to publicize various achievements about John, now the first-year Slytherins, like the second-year students, mainly worship John.

Between the real prefect and John, a large portion of Slytherin's first and second-year students were more willing to obey John's orders.

This is not a show of favor like those other speculators, but a true allegiance.

And this also has a great impact on the process of first-year students competing for the top spot in their grade.

"Thank you for bringing me the letter."

John turned his head, smiled and said to the new student who was delivering the message.

Hearing this, the Slytherin was so excited that he started shaking his head.

"No...it doesn't matter, Senior Shafiq, this is what I should do!"

John nodded and said a few more words of encouragement before bidding farewell to the increasingly agitated Slytherin and walking out of the common room amid the eager greetings and sights of the other Slytherins around him.

Harry, Ron and Hagrid were already waiting at the door.

John led them around the underground maze for a long time before finally entering a stone parlor converted from a prison cell.

As soon as they sat down, Ron came over impatiently and said:

"John! Can you help me find out who came up with Slytherin's recent 'Lockhart Project'?"

John raised his eyebrows and said:

"What are you doing with him?"

"Learn from our experience!" Ron said solemnly, "Otherwise Gryffindor will be completely out of luck in this year's Academy Cup!"

As soon as John said this, Harry was furious before John could say anything. He pulled Ron and tried to reason again.

John waved his hand and said:

"To tell you the truth, I planned the 'Lockhart Plan' and asked the prefects to organize the manpower to execute it. We, Slytherin, are bound to win this year's Academy Cup!

And don’t even think about asking me for advice.

Lockhart has been interviewed by the deans of the other three major colleges together with Dumbledore because he has given us points too frequently in the past half month.

I'm afraid it won't be that easy if I want to take some money from him now."

Harry and Ron were stunned upon hearing this.

Ron opened his mouth wide and murmured:

"How...how are you so good at everything you do? Excellent grades, protection of the Philosopher's Stone, the Order of Merlin, and this time you helped Slytherin come up with such a plan. How can ordinary people like us live like this?"

"Don't be discouraged, Ron!" Harry looked cheerful. "Lockhart can't just add points to others. This is good news! If we work harder next time, we won't have a chance to follow suit."

Slytherin competes for the House Cup!"

After hearing this, Ron still looked melancholy and didn't react much.

John said:

"I can't pretend that I didn't hear this. To be honest, just accept your fate. The person who wins the Academy Cup this year will only be Slytherin. Even Merlin's rebirth cannot change this fact, I said so!"

"Not always!"

"Then let's give it a try."

As they spoke, John and Harry looked at each other, smiled, and lightly touched their fists, which was regarded as a formal declaration of war.

"So this is why you came to me today?"

Putting down his hand, John asked softly.

Hearing this, Harry shook his head and let out Hagrid, who was laughing happily behind him.

"Your relationship is so good!"

Hagrid sighed when he came up, and then said, "Actually, I'm looking for you this time. John, Firenze asked me to bring a message, saying that the divination results came out, and he wants to see you."

"Who is Firenze?"

"Um...a centaur in the Forbidden Forest. Isn't he your friend?"

Hearing what Hagrid said, the image of a handsome blond centaur emerged in John's mind.

John had dealt with him last year when he went to the Forbidden Forest to trade with the centaurs.

The other party vowed at that time that he would divine for him.

John was speechless and complained directly:

"If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about him. The last time I met him was last winter. It was just a divination. It doesn't take so much time, right?"

"I don't really understand this. Maybe the centaurs' divination is time-consuming, right? After all, they divination through the stars, and useful stars don't appear every day."

Hagrid said with some uncertainty, "Is that true? Sorry, I don't know much about astronomy.

In short, he said that the divination result this time is very amazing and very important to you.

If you want to know the result, you need to go to the Forbidden Forest to find him next Saturday night."

John frowned and said:

"Why do you want to meet at night?"

"I'm sorry, John, I actually asked this for you, but he didn't want to say it." Hagrid shrugged his shoulders and said, "But I suggest you don't go there? The Forbidden Forest at night is a bit dangerous, and

Night outing is against school..."

Hagrid suddenly paused mid-sentence, then scratched his head in embarrassment, "Ah, I forgot you had the Disillusionment Curse."

John didn't speak, just shook his head and fell into deep thought.

He was a little confused about Firenze's thoughts.

Harry and Ron on the other side had a heated discussion about the centaurs.

Last year, due to John's intervention, they had never seen a real centaur, so they were very interested in this mythical creature.

After a long time, John took a deep breath and said to Hagrid:
Chapter completed!