HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 179 Treasure Hunt

After the conversation that day, Sirius hurriedly asked Gloria and Harry to meet in Hogsmeade. He was very anxious but didn't know where to start, so he just said that he would work with Headmaster Dumbledore to keep an eye on those suspicious targets.

Although in the nightmare, Voldemort's only target of murder was Harry, Sirius understood that Gloria was not safe either. As the heir of Slytherin, Voldemort would not give up on contacting her. Whether trying to win her over or to deal with her, it would not be a good idea.

This time, his niece and godson were involved in the competition, and because of this, his grey eyes, which had previously shined again, dimmed a little.

No matter how worried I am, school life remains peaceful.

It was several weeks later that Draco finished his 'tour' of the details of the Black Lake Tournament.

Inside the auditorium, everyone was collecting envelopes and packages.

Gloria looked at Conrad's letter, which listed the officials that Fudge trusted, one of whom, Umbridge, was particularly hard-working.

She silently memorized the names above and thought about how to squeeze out these people.

"Lori, read your father's letter." Draco handed her the letter with a serious face.

Gloria took a look and found that the Death Eaters with the Dark Mark had noticed Voldemort's return and intended to find Lucius to discuss countermeasures.

After all, those who were not sent to Azkaban were more or less people who betrayed him, and they were all in a state of panic at this moment.

Among them was a familiar last name, Avery.

I taught that Avery a lesson at the end of sophomore year, and I graduated from seventh grade last year.

"Shameless guy, you're still planning to take advantage of you." Draco almost gritted his teeth when he said this.

Several Death Eaters with the Dark Mark were Voldemort's confidants thirteen years ago. They were thinking of how to atone for their crimes, and as expected, they set their sights on her.

"It's okay, Lucius will send them away."

Trying to recruit her to become a Death Eater is ridiculous.

Draco folded the letter and prepared to burn it when he got home to prevent it from being seen by others.

The Gryffindor table was in an uproar. It turned out that Hermione received several letters. One of the letters had a mouth and shouted at her: "Stay away from Krum, you are not worthy of him!"

The sound was obviously processed and it was impossible to tell who was shouting.

"They're all letters like this." Hermione angrily gathered all the strange envelopes together and threw them into her schoolbag.

The people around burst into laughter, all enjoying watching this kind of fun.

"Is a person who likes Muggle-born wizards worthy of them doing this?" Draco felt that those letters must have been sent by girls from the other three colleges.

The people in Slytherin House no longer admired Krum as much as they did when the rumors about his romance with Hermione intensified.

Gloria was not very interested in these, and what she wanted most was to find out the specific content of the third project.

There was a lot of excitement about the envelope warning, and then everyone dispersed to prepare for class.

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During the Magical Care of Animals class, students on both sides were vaguely uneasy at the sight of the cardboard box next to Hagrid.

Could it be another exploding skrewt?

I just got through a semester without having to run around with those disgusting things, and Hagrid went on to hatch another nest?

"I swear, if it's another blast-end skrewt, I won't take this class." Draco said coldly.

"Probably not." Gloria moved closer to the cardboard box, but was pulled back by the boy. She said, "We already have enough blasting-tailed skrewts."

Although Draco was holding her back, Gloria still saw the animals inside. "Sniff—"

A fuzzy black fellow with a long snout and front paws like shovels, sniffing around in the box.

"Yes, these are Nifflers. They are usually found in mines and they really like shiny things." Hagrid explained happily and asked Gloria, "Have you seen one?"

"Ah."

When Newt came to visit the manor, she and Draco went into the suitcase, and near the entrance, there was a nest of Nifflers who were very close to Newt.

Knowing it was the Niffler, Draco put his hand with the family ring behind his back and walked over to the cardboard box.

He had seen the power of these little guys before. He had almost had his ring snatched away by the nest of Nifflers in the suitcase, and he had torn off the silver thread on his robe and escaped.

He turned to the crowd and said, "It's best to put away the shiny things, because they will grab them."

Hagrid ignored him and waved to the other students, "Come over and see—"

As the students approached, a Niffler jumped up and opened its mouth towards Pansy's wrist, where there was a watch.

“Stay away from me!” she screamed and tried to kick the Niffler away.

Gloria simply picked up the Niffler, held it in both hands and looked at it. The Niffler's nose twitched in her hands, and its black eyes stared at her, without moving.

"Very useful treasure detectors," said Hagrid. "Today you will have a competition with them."

He pointed to a large area of ​​overturned land in front of him and said, "I have buried some gold coins there. Whoever chooses the Sniff to dig up the most gold coins will get a prize. When you stay with the Sniffs, you must put away the valuables on you. When they take something seriously, they can do it so quietly that you won't even notice."

Upon hearing this, everyone took off everything on their hands and necks and hid them at the bottom of their backpacks.

Crabbe and Goyle relied on their huge bodies to stand in the front, and Draco made the selection. The boy turned to Gloria and asked, "Lori, pick one."

“No need.” She looked at the quiet and well-behaved Sniff in her hand, “This is it.”

Being the first one to jump out of the box and grab Pansy's watch, he must be very enthusiastic about digging for treasure.

Draco picked one and held it in his hands. The sniffer seemed to be very enthusiastic towards everyone and stretched his head to get close to his face. The boy held it far away in disgust.

“Why is the Niffler so quiet in your hand?”

Gloria placed the Niffler in her arms, "Snake."

Sniff had no ill will towards people and wasn't particularly afraid of snake scales, but she was terrified of the living snake in her pocket.

Draco also found that the Niffler in his hand became very quiet after getting close to Gloria.

"Have you all picked your picks? Come here and get ready. When I say let go, you all let go. Sniff will dig out the gold coins and put them in your hands."

The Slytherins naturally took the best seats, and the Gryffindors were not upset about it.

"Okay, let go!"

Hagrid shouted, and all the Nifflers burrowed into the soil in front of them. They slid into the soil as smoothly as fish into water.

Gloria made the right choice. The Sniff worked very hard and came back every few minutes to put the gold coins in her hands.

The glittering gold coins made some students jealous, especially Goyle, who had spent all his pocket money early and planned to secretly hide a few coins to spend in Hogsmeade village.

When the class was about to end, Hagrid shouted, "Okay, time is almost up. Count the gold coins you have. It's useless if anyone wants to steal them. Goyle, take them out. These are leprechauns' gold coins. They will disappear automatically after a few hours."

Gloria counted the gold coins in her hand, a total of more than thirty, making her the student with the most gold coins.

"You chose the Niffler, which beat Leah!" Hagrid took out a piece of Honeydukes chocolate from his coat. "This is a new product. I specially asked Headmaster Dumbledore to buy it for me."

Gloria took it happily, and the get out of class was over by then.

When she put the Nifflers back into the cardboard box, she scattered a handful of magical gems the size of rice grains, and the Nifflers happily grabbed the gems and swallowed them.