Chapter 917: The Girl and Thestrals

From the clothes she was wearing, it could be seen that she should be a member of an old family of pure-blood wizards.

For these wizard families, Aiwen's books are completely forbidden reading materials. There are many articles on them that they don't like to read or that damage their interests. Some domineering families don't even let their children touch them.

Ivan was not surprised by this, but the Slytherin students who took the initiative to watch were quite unusual.

At least, in his memory, he had never seen such a Slytherin student.

He wanted to ask the girl's name, but it didn't seem right to ask directly, because my classmate of four years didn't even know her name...

This is definitely an infuriating rhythm.

If only Hermione or Colin were here, they could remember almost all the students' names.

Because Ai Wen stood aside, the girl was obviously very nervous.

She put all the newspapers in the box, then hurriedly took out her school uniform robe, and put it on as quickly as possible.

While she was changing clothes, Ivan saw the name written on a textbook in the box: Astoria Greengrass.

It turned out to be the Greengrass family, and Ivan remembered who this girl was.

In the books, she ends up being Draco Malfoy's wife.

Lucius and Narcissa originally had high expectations for this girl from the purest wizarding family, so they chose this daughter-in-law after thousands of choices.

However, it is said that she refused to teach her son the concepts of "pure blood glory" and "muggles like ants". Instead, she believed that everyone should be treated equally, instead of distinguishing by family background and blood, and abandoned the old Malfoy The tradition that the family has always adhered to has caused the atmosphere of every Malfoy family gathering to be a little tense.

It's interesting to think about it. You know, as a family of pure-blood wizards that has been passed down for thousands of years, the Malfoy family is the most loyal supporter, and has always been known for its cunning and trickery. Malfoy is not seen at the scene of the crime, but the criminal's wand is covered with their fingerprints.

Who would have thought that the always cunning Lucius and his wife would finally fall in love with such a daughter-in-law.

This shows how well Astoria hides...

Like Sirius, she should be an outlier in the family of pure blood wizards.

Even if they are not Death Eaters, members of the Greengrass family must be loyal supporters of Voldemort.

But she was secretly reading here alone, reading these articles against Voldemort, if someone found out, she would definitely be regarded as a traitor by all the Slytherin students and the family.

It's not even surprising to be expelled from the family, or simply killed by Voldemort...

"I think there are some articles in this newspaper that make a lot of sense, and you guys wrote it well," Astoria said.

"Oh, do the Slytherin students watch it too?" Ivan asked curiously.

"Some people read it, but everyone did it secretly, not daring to be known by others." Astoria hesitated for a moment before summoning up the courage to say, "Actually, I believe what you said."

As soon as she finished speaking, she realized the problem in her sentence.

Many Slytherin students now know that Voldemort has returned, only people in the other three houses still don't quite believe it.

Astoria added hastily, "I mean, I think your views are correct."

"Thank you!" Ivan didn't expect to meet a supporter from Slytherin.

He looked at Astoria's flushed face and his own expectant and nervous eyes, knowing that it was incredible for a Slytherin student to say such things.

Honestly, on that alone, this girl should be in Gryffindor.

From this point of view, Slytherin House is not all enemies...

"Okay, let's go to the carriage, there should be only two of us left on the train."

"En!" Astoria nodded nervously, and then glanced at the badge of the Boys' Student Union President on Ivan's body.

They got off the train, the platform was empty, and the darkness of night enveloped everything.

Aiwen helped Astoria carry the suitcase, and the two communicated politely while quickly walking through the narrow passage to the dark street washed by rain outside Hogsmeade Station.

Here stood about a hundred horseless carriages, which carried pupils from the first year up to the castle every year.

Ivan glanced at them, and he knew that these carriages did not move by themselves, but were pulled by Thestrals.

Thestrals are a kind of Pegasus. Most people can't see this kind of creatures at all. They have special magical powers, which can only be seen by those who have witnessed death. Ivan couldn't see the Thestrals pulling the cart a year ago , but it can be clearly seen now, because he has witnessed death with his own eyes.

In his eyes, the front of the carriage was no longer empty.

Between the poles stood some animals, somewhat reptilian in appearance, without any flesh on their bodies. The black fur is tightly attached to the skeleton, and every bone is clearly visible. The head is like a dragon's head, and the pupilless eyes are white, staring straight ahead.

They sprouted wings between the humps between their shoulder bones, big, black, tough wings that seemed to belong to giant bats.

These thestrals were motionless, standing quietly in the growing darkness, looking eerie and ominous.

This is really a strange feeling, Ivan smiled.

No wonder superstitious people think that such creatures are very unlucky and will bring all kinds of terrible disasters to those who see them, which is a bad omen.

But in fact, as long as they don't take the initiative to attack them, thestrals will not harm people, nor will they bring any bad omens.

Thestrals are very useful, their sense of direction is surprisingly good, just tell them the destination, no matter where it is, it will send you to where you want to go.

And they are good at finding riders, and they will gather together when they smell blood, which will be very useful at certain times.

"Ivan, here!" The students had already climbed into the carriage, and Hermione leaned out from the window and shouted.

"My friend called me, are you with us?" Ivan asked.

"No, no, I'll find my sister." Astoria said hurriedly, "She should have reserved a seat for me."

The words I said to Ivan alone have consumed all my courage. At least these things will not be discovered by others, but if the Slytherins see her and Ivan sitting in the same carriage, she will be in the same carriage in Slytherin. Leitlin probably couldn't stay any longer.