Ten years later.
Salazar Slytherin sat on the statue of a wild boar at the top of the Hogwarts gate. He was more than thirty meters above the ground, and his green eyes flickered in the dark like will-o '-the-wisps. His eyes were filled with anger and menace.
In the dark, someone ran past in a hurry. There were about five of them, and they were dressed in black. They carried black leather bags and came to the high wall of the Hogwarts.
"It's so troublesome that I can't use Mirage."
"Stop complaining. Let's get this done quickly. We'll be safe once we get out."
"Quick, go up quickly. You first."
One of them squatted down and waved to the person behind him.
That person took a few steps back and then ran quickly. He stepped on the person's shoulder and jumped up high. He climbed up the high wall and hung about three meters above the ground. His movements were agile and light, just like a flying cat.
The third person continued running. He stepped on the first person's shoulder and jumped onto the second person's shoulder. He stepped on the second person's shoulder and jumped to a height of more than six meters. He hung there motionlessly.
And so on. The five people stepped on each other's shoulders and climbed up. Finally, they reached a height of about ten meters and reached the top of the wall of the Hogwarts.
Just as he was about to continue climbing, a figure stood silently in front of him, blocking the moonlight.
He looked up and loosened his grip. He almost fell. The person had green eyes like fire. He was muscular and short, but his aura was like a mountain. He was looking at him coldly.
"Omir, what are you waiting for? Go up quickly and pull us up with you." Someone below shouted anxiously.
However, the guy named Omir swallowed his saliva and shouted in horror, "Hurry … Hurry up and leave!"
The few people who were climbing the wall looked up and saw the man in green robes standing at the top of the wall. His face was cold, and he held a wand. His green eyes were like will-o '-the-wisps under the moonlight.
It was Salazar Slytherin.
They were discovered!
Without any hesitation, they kicked the wall and jumped down from a height of six to seven meters. Without looking back, they ran into the Hogwarts.
Slytherin let out a shrill howl and pointed his wand forward. Green curses gushed out and turned into a dozen or so green arrows, piercing through the joints of a few of the fleeing enemies.
He grabbed Aomir's hair and jumped straight down from the top. Landing heavily on the ground, he sneered and turned to face the five people he had tied up. "Well, well, well. How dare you wander around during the curfew? It seems that my walls are still not high enough."
As they spoke, torches lit up all around them. More than a dozen young people walked out of the darkness with torches in their hands.
They were all Slytherin students who were also dressed in green robes. They were all holding wands, and their faces were all filled with mockery and cruelty.
"Professor Slytherin … We, we want to go to Hogsmeade for something to eat … Tonight, we're hungry tonight."
The man named Omir said fearfully.
"Is that so?"
Slytherin snatched the black leather bag from the man's hand, opened it, and shook it.
From the bag, he took out hundreds of thick but ancient books. After the books scattered on the ground, some of them even grew a pair of small legs and ran off into the distance.
Slytherin stepped forward and stepped on the few books that were running away. He turned around and looked at the five people coldly. "Are you going to read these books at Hogsmeade as well?"
"Yes … Yes …"
Omir's face was as white as a sheet.
Whoosh!
Slytherin reached out his hand. His arm turned into a giant python and wrapped around the man.
The man struggled violently, groaning and groaning in pain. However, the giant python was too strong. Soon, the man's body was twisted and his eyes popped out. Blood flowed out of his orifices.
That was not the end. Ten seconds later, the giant python opened its mouth and swallowed the man whole. After swallowing half of the man, the giant python closed its mouth. Its teeth bit the thief into two halves. The bloody lower half of his body fell to the ground. His intestines were all over the ground, wriggling slightly.
"Ah!"
The remaining thieves were scared out of their wits. They hugged each other and screamed in unison.
Slytherin waved his hand, and the giant python turned back into an arm.
The screams lit up the fire in the castle. Countless students poked their heads out of the castle. Then, more and more students and teachers came over to surround them.
Ravenclaw hurried to Slytherin's side in his pajamas. "Salazar, what happened?"
"What else could have happened? Stealing books from the library, of course."
Slythrin didn't find it strange at all. He kicked away the corpse that only had half of it left and coldly asked the remaining four, "Who ordered you to steal the book? Speak."
"It's … it's Oleyard. He offered fifty gold coins in the black market for a forbidden spell from the Hogwarts Library!" One of the students cried. He even tore his own clothes apart. "Oleyard planted the Demon Oak's seed in our bodies. We had no choice but to obey his orders!"
There was a beating blue heart on the student's chest. There were veins protruding from the side of his heart. It looked very strange.
"Hmph, I knew it." Slythrin fiercely said, "You really don't give up. If you had told us in advance, I would have helped you remove the curse. But since you chose to submit, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Seeing how cold Slytherin was, the frightened thieves turned to Ravenclaw and begged. They pulled on Ravenclaw's pajamas and painfully said, "Ravenclaw, Professor Ravenclaw, save me, save me. I won't do it again."
Ravenclaw took a step back and pulled open his pajamas. He sighed with a complicated expression. "No one can save you for leaking the school's secrets."
Slytherin smiled viciously at his students. "Go, tie them up and soak them in the Black Lake Dungeon. I want them to watch their bodies being eaten by the mermaids!"
"Yes, Professor Slytherin."
His students said excitedly. They raised their torches and quickly tied up the guys who stole the books.
Just as they were about to drag the four thieves to the Black Lake …
"Wait a moment."
Someone interrupted Slytherin's students.
They all turned around and saw a middle-aged man walking over from afar. He was wearing a black robe and had a thin body. His hair was grey and he hadn't shaved for many days.
"Principal, Principal! Principal Spencer! "
Seeing him, the thieves seemed to have found their last hope. They struggled to crawl toward the middle-aged man. If they could get his forgiveness, perhaps Slytherin would let them go. They threw themselves in front of the man and begged, "There won't be a next time, there won't be a next time. Please forgive us …"
Silby's face was expressionless. He shook his hand, and an invisible breeze blew past.
The remaining four thieves didn't have the chance to finish their words. Their mouths were wide open and they didn't move.
It wasn't until Silby walked past them that a faint trace of blood appeared on their necks. Their heads fell from their necks. The cut was clean and smooth like glass. Blood silently spread across the ground in the night.
"Disperse. Don't be a busybody. Go back and rest. We'll continue tomorrow," he said to the Slytherin's students who were holding torches.
Slytherin's students looked at the blood at their feet and didn't dare to say a word. They bowed and quickly retreated, disappearing into the darkness.
At this time, the other two Hogwarts' founders, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, heard the commotion and came over. When they saw the five corpses on the ground, they couldn't help but exclaim.
However, after Ravenclaw explained the situation to them, their attitudes took a 180-degree turn.
Gryffindor said hatefully, "What a bunch of traitors. We did our best to teach them, but they used our knowledge to help their enemies. They deserved to die."
Hufflepuff said worriedly, "It's too late to talk about this now. Since the library was built, there have been four cases of theft. We should think of a way to prevent this from happening again."
Slytherin looked at Silby with displeasure. "You said you'd soak them in the Black Lake. Principal Spencer, if you end them like this, I'm afraid that the book thieves won't be deterred. They'll continue to happen next time. "
"Wait a minute. How many times has it been this year?" Silby asked Hufflepuff.
"The fourth time!"
Slytherin was the one who answered him. He was so angry that he stomped his feet. "This is the fourth time that books have been stolen. Olayard and the other founders are all trying their best to get a share of the profits from our library!"
Slytherin looked at Silby with displeasure. "You want to spend twenty-five hours a day in the library, but you don't even notice the thieves around you. I'm afraid that your position as principal isn't just for show."
"Salazar!" Hufflepuff scolded him. "Don't be so rash with your words."
Slytherin turned his head away angrily.
Hufflepuff said worriedly, "Silby, we have to lock down the library. Otherwise, this kind of situation will continue to happen. Information will continue to leak out. "
"Let it leak out." Silby picked up a few books that were scattered on the ground and said calmly, "There's no meaning to an island. Only when it's connected will there be meaning. Information alone is also meaningless. Only communication will be meaningful."
After saying that, he looked at Slytherin. "Since it's happened four times and we can't lock it down, why don't we open the library and let people from all over the world read it? Our magic is collected from all over the world anyway."
"No, that's impossible!"
Slytherin almost roared as he rejected Salazar's suggestion. "This library contains all of our secrets. It contains our family's secret magic that has been stored for tens of years. It can't be leaked out!"
"You're running a school now, not a family," Silby said calmly.
"My school is only open to wizards from England," he said.
Slytherin said angrily, "People who aren't from our country are not allowed to enter my territory. No one is allowed."
"I'm not from England either." Silby didn't get angry. Instead, he flipped through the book in his hand thoughtfully.
Slytherin was speechless for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. He said coldly, "I remember that ten years ago, you gave up the position of King and the opportunity to unify the continent. That's why we're in a state of chaos today and our population has decreased. Anyone can blame us for our current split, but not you. "
"I agree with Salazar," Gryffindor said unhappily. "Many of your ideas are unrealistic, Silby. First, you irresponsibly left us and the wizards. Then, you completely shut yourself off from the world. Now that you've built a school, you're not even taking responsibility. Instead, you're standing on the moral high ground and criticizing us. "
Ravenclaw covered his face with his hands. The male founders had started to quarrel. Although they often quarreled in the past, this time was different.
Silby still didn't get angry. He put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "You're wrong, Gryffindor. Whether it's chaos or not has nothing to do with me. Even if I used my power to suppress the other wizards and built a kingdom. Once I die, everything will return to its original state.
It doesn't matter if it returns to its original state a few years earlier or later. They're afraid of power, not the laws. The biggest problem with Magi was that they all believed that they could override the rules. That's why they're all in the same place. "
Salazar Slytherin was so angry that the veins on his forehead were throbbing.
Gryffindor was even more irritable. He almost rolled up his sleeves and punched Silby. "Who did you say has a problem?!"
The smell of gunpowder in the air gradually increased.
Hufflepuff saw that the situation wasn't good, so he quickly stood between the three of them and tried to smooth things over. "Hey, hey, don't quarrel. We're all working together. Why can't we talk it out?"
Gryffindor was held back by Hufflepuff, but he wasn't appeased. He nodded over Hufflepuff's shoulder and said, "Enough is enough, you bastard! Did we cause this mess? After all that happened, don't you have any self-reflection? "
Silby didn't refute Gryffindor's accusation.
Gryffindor was getting angrier. "Slytherin didn't sleep every night to help you, and you didn't even say a word of thanks. Instead, you hid in the library all day long. Who knows what you're researching?! Now you're blaming us for being above the rules. Who's the one above the rules?! "
"Enough!"
Slytherin stopped the agitated Gryffindor. He took a few deep breaths and calmed down. He walked over to Silby and whispered in his ear, "I'm warning you. We worked so hard to build this library and school based on your proposal. If you dare to blaspheme it like you did ten years ago, you'll be disrespecting all of us."
With that, he waved his green robe and walked away, not looking at Silby again.
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