Chapter 4096
From February to April, there were often news of Death Eaters causing trouble in the Daily Prophet.
They published articles in the Daily Prophet advocating "pure blood supremacy". Attacking Muggle-born wizards, two more Muggle wizards have been killed in the past two months.
They were killed by Death Eaters, and the terrifying Dark Mark floated over the houses.
The frequent occurrence of these vicious cases has greatly increased the reputation of Voldemort and Death Eaters, making many wizards fearful of them.
Because the British wizarding world has a population of only about 3,000 people. In China, it is quite a big village.
A murder in a village can be talked about for several years, making people worried about it.
What’s more, murders occur every month. So it's no wonder people are scared.
Especially those wizards from Muggle and mixed-race families, they live in fear every day, fearing that a Death Eater will come to their door accidentally.
In comparison, the conservatives in the wizarding world were happy to see this and celebrated it. Instead of condemning the Death Eaters' evil deeds, they implicitly supported them and even obstructed the Ministry of Magic's investigation of them.
Since the conservative forces in the wizarding world are still strong, the reformist faction, which is mainly composed of mixed-blood and Muggle-born wizards, is struggling and has been repeatedly hampered. Therefore, it has been slow to launch a crackdown on Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
Even public opinion cannot interfere, allowing articles advocating "pure blood supremacy" to continue to be published in the Daily Prophet.
This also made Voldemort's reputation great and attracted the loyalty of a large number of pure-blood wizards. Like Lucius Malfoy, Joshua Goyle, Jamie Crabbe, Amycus Carrow, Bellatrix Lestrange and so on.
The weakness and incompetence of the Ministry of Magic has also made the British wizarding community increasingly dissatisfied.
After all, in the British wizarding world, Voldemort and Death Eaters are still a minority, and even pure-blood families are also a minority. Otherwise, if pure-blood wizards were the majority, they would not advertise themselves as the "Twenty-Eight Sacred Tribes".
But these minority groups now dominate all wizards by virtue of their inherent power and violent and terrifying means, suppressing dissenters and killing their own kind, which naturally makes people angry.
Hence, a revolution is brewing in the British wizarding world.
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The ups and downs outside the school did not have much impact on Hogwarts.
The students are still eating, drinking, and playing.
Because although Voldemort killed some people and caused some damage, he did not come to school to harass the students, so the students could not empathize with him.
Even Slytherin students would like to see Voldemort become more ferocious and ruthless. It would be best to eliminate all Muggles and half-blood wizards.
Therefore, they have become increasingly arrogant in school these days. They often bully their younger classmates and impose curses on them, such as leg-locking curses, confinement curses, confusion curses, bat-spirit curses, etc., torturing them in agony.
However, because Xiang Nan has a reputation for being vicious and has defeated five Slytherin seniors, no one dares to bully him. But people like Joey Farrell, Benjamin Winslet and others were unlucky.
They are not as strong as Xiang Nan, nor are they purebloods like Gregory Foley. One of them is a Muggle, and the other is a mixed-blood. They are both the targets of bullying, so they are often cursed. They are miserable.
"Sev, help me quickly, my legs are locked by them again." Joey Farrell asked Xiang Nan for help. His legs were cast by a leg-locking spell. The two legs were locked together, making him unable to move. He could only walk by jumping. On his way to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, someone cast a leg-locking spell on him, so he had to jump up to the second floor.
“The curse stops~” Xiang Nan waved his hand, and Joey’s legs were immediately untied.
"Thank you, you really should teach me this breaking spell, otherwise I will always be bullied by them." Joey was grateful, and then complained.
“Who are they specifically?” Xiang Nan asked.
“There are Dolphin Roll, Rabastan Lestrange and Corban Yaxley,” Joey explained.
"How many of them are there Lucius Malfoy, Walton McNeil, and Joshua Gower?" Xiang Nan asked doubtfully.
These are the sixth-year Slytherin students that Joey is talking about.
"No. They are busy preparing for the NEWT exam." Gregory waved his hand and said, "If they don't do well in the exam, it will be hard for them to find a job."
NEWT exam, which stands for Advanced Wizarding Level Examination, is a professional exam that seventh-year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry need to take as a certification for their academic qualifications when applying for positions after graduation.
If you want to find a job in the wizarding world, you must take this exam. Because many professions require reference to this test score.
For example, applying to be an Auror in the Ministry of Magic requires "excellent" or "good" scores in at least five NEWT exam subjects; applying for a therapist also requires passing the exams in Potions, Herbology, Transfiguration, Charms, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. A minimum grade of 'E' is required.
The exam is held from May to June, and there is only one month left, so they should be busy reviewing for the exam and are not willing to spend time tormenting freshmen like them.
Xiang Nan nodded. He suspected that those few people were not busy taking exams, but had already joined the Death Eater organization and took refuge under the Dark Lord, so they looked down on the petty quarrels of junior students.
“I understand.” Xiang Nan nodded.
"Then how are you going to deal with them?" Joey asked with concern.
Benjamin and Gregory also looked over curiously.
"Sev, don't fight with others. Fighting is a bad behavior and you will be punished by the school." Seeing this, Lily advised Xiang Nan.
Hearing what she said, Joey, Benjamin, and Gregory were all a little dissatisfied.
Because it was obvious that they were bullied first, Xiang Nan just helped them get revenge and go back. But Lily still wanted to stop him, because it really hurt that the board couldn't hit her.
"Don't worry, I promised you that I won't attack anyone first." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "But if someone takes the initiative to attack me, it's not my fault."
"But how dare they attack you? They ran away as soon as they saw you." Joey waved his hand and said.
Xiang Nan is one of the few freshmen who is not bullied. Those upperclassmen were afraid of him.
After all, he had single-handedly challenged five people including Lucius Malfoy, Walton McNeil, and Joshua Goyle. Not only was he unscathed, but he also made them fly into pieces, establishing the foundation of the world in one fell swoop. With his reputation, no one dares to bully him anymore.
"Don't worry." Xiang Nan smiled, took out the wand, and fiddled with his face twice. His originally obvious aquiline nose suddenly became much rounder, and his cheeks also became rounder, changing from a duck-oval face to a The Chinese character face... looks like a different person.
“Oh my God~” Seeing this scene, the students were all shocked.