Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 The Upside-Down Prefect and the Disguised Prophet"

"You're just a mudblood, remember your place." Crabbe looked at Lu En with an arrogant gaze, his wand ready, as were several others in the same stance. As a lackey, Crabbe was quite competent.There were also some Slytherins watching the show, their faces full of schadenfreude. Perhaps witnessing others suffer brought them joy?Lu En calmly looked at Crabbe, Goyle, and Draco and the others behind them; Edward was among them.Thus, the floor of the Slytherin common room turned into a swamp. Those Slytherins, seeing Lu En dare to resist, were enraged, and various curses flew towards Lu En. But Lu En didn't even bother to acknowledge them; the intensity of these spells couldn't even shake the Shield Charm that had been cast on Lu En at some point."Silent casting, and a Shield Charm!" After all, they were Slytherins, most of them Pure-bloods who had received an excellent education. However, this didn't give them an advantage, because their clothes turned into snakes, tightly coiling around their necks, and their feet stumbled, making it difficult to even move without pulling their feet out of the soft mud. So, they screamed.The fifth-year Prefect wanted to come over and stop it, but Lu En glared at him, and the Prefect instinctively took a step back. But realizing that he was actually afraid of a third-year, his fear turned to anger, and he shouted, "Petrificus Totalus—"The next second, his wand flew out; it was Expelliarmus. Even Expelliarmus could be cast silently? The Prefect's eyes widened. One should know that many people might not be able to master Expelliarmus proficiently even after graduating, but what about this student who had just become a third-year? Look at this Transfiguration, look at this spell proficiency; he felt like he had wasted all his years of study.He didn't know that Lu En could practice not only at Hogwarts but also in Gotham. Moreover, during the Hogwarts holidays, his Yellow Liang Yimeng talent would transport him to a space similar to the Room of Requirement, allowing Lu En to quickly master his spells and Transfiguration."Levicorpus." As Lu En cast the spell, the Prefect hung upside down in the air.Damn it, how embarrassing."Just hang here," Lu En said coldly to the Prefect. When he was cornered by others, you watched the show, and now that he had the upper hand, you came to mediate? Did you really think he had no temper?On the other side, those Slytherins who were watching the fun were already terrified."What are you standing around for?" Lu En said calmly, "Go call a Professor."Hearing this, the Slytherins immediately ran off.Soon, Snape arrived. He looked at the more than twenty second-years and the fifth-year Prefect hanging upside down, his face growing even uglier."...Slytherin, five points deducted. Everyone present will serve a month of detention." An enraged Snape grabbed Lu En's hand. "Come with me to see Dumbledore."See Dumbledore? Lu En was a bit stunned at this moment. Was it that serious?Principal's Office."Oh, Snape, could you give me and this child a little privacy?" Dumbledore smiled. Although it was a question, his tone was more like an affirmation."Of course!" Snape glared at Lu En. "Remember to serve your detention.""Your Dean has always had a bit of a temper, don't take it too seriously." Dumbledore pulled out a pile of cockroaches from under the table; these things even moved. "Want some?""Thank you." Lu En took them and took a bite. In essence, they were actually milk chocolate covered in hazelnut spread, a classic combination—except for the appearance, it was too daring.Dumbledore paused, then smiled and said, "Few people can appreciate the deliciousness of cockroach clusters, but I quite like them.""Me too," Lu En replied."Thank goodness, I thought you were the type..." Dumbledore stroked his beard, "...the type who is always immersed in the mysteries of magic, forgetting the beauty of life. I've seen many such people; they all got lost in knowledge that could never reach its boundaries...""No, uh..." Lu En was a little restless; he knew what Dumbledore was worried about.There had been two Dark Lords in the Wizarding world, both connected to Dumbledore. Grindelwald was his former lover, and Lord Voldemort was a student he failed to teach properly. If Dumbledore wanted, he could directly extract his memories. The reason Dumbledore wasn't doing that now was entirely because he still had a bottom line. Just like the bottom lines Batman and The Flash set for themselves, once crossed, the consequences were often extremely dire.To alleviate Dumbledore's worries, Lu En had to come up with a plausible reason. So he continued, "I just... I seem to have seen a terrible person who will be reborn from the blood of his enemy, the bone of his father, and the flesh of his servant..."Dumbledore was silent for a while, then asked, "What else did you see?""I saw your Death, Principal." Lu En spoke with increasing ease, an idea suddenly springing into his mind: he needed a safe environment to learn knowledge in the coming years, so he would let Dumbledore live. He was the greatest Wizard in all of Hogwarts; with him, even if Lord Voldemort resurrected, he would be fully capable of protecting all of Hogwarts."I saw you put on a ring and get cursed, I saw you drink Black liquid and suffer greatly, I saw you fall from a tall building, and Professor Snape and several other familiar faces watching from above.""Draco Malfoy?" Dumbledore asked.Lu En nodded. It wasn't hard to guess, but he chose not to reveal that the ring was the Resurrection Stone. Dumbledore's greatest longing in this life was for family: his father went to Azkaban for killing Muggles, his sister was abused and became an Obscurial, killed their mother, and ultimately died in the conflict between the Dumbledore brothers and Grindelwald. This was Dumbledore's lifelong regret. So after seeing the Resurrection Stone, even though he knew Lord Voldemort might set a trap, he still put it on.Dumbledore fell into a rare silence. However, Lu En wasn't finished."I saw Ron's rat turn into a human, being hunted by Sirius, I saw Professor Lupin turn into a Werewolf, allowing that illegal Animagus to escape. I saw Harry Potter surrounded by Dementors, and another him summoned a stag and saved himself."Dumbledore stood up, inspired by Lu En, and instantly thought of something."Come with me, with me here, nothing can harm you," he said with a smile, as if he hadn't heard of his own Death.After Dumbledore and Lu En left, the Principals in the portraits on the wall immediately erupted in chatter."This isn't Divination!" a male Wizard exclaimed."If he were in our time, we might not have..." another male Wizard murmured with emotion."I must make him help my great-grandson find a good wife!" This statement made all the Principals stop their discussion, and everyone turned their gaze to the most unpopular Principal in Hogwarts history."What? Maintaining the purity of blood is a Wizard's duty!" Phineas Nigellus Black declared loudly. He also understood something from Lu En's prophecy just now and was overjoyed.