Chapter 163 - 162 — My Brother Defeated the dark lord!

Chapter 163: Chapter 162 — My Brother Defeated the dark lord!

# Chapter 162 — My Brother Defeated the dark lord!

The next day.

Harry became the person many students suspected of being the Heir of Slytherin.

He could speak Parseltongue and had appeared at the scenes of several attacks. No matter how anyone looked at it, Harry seemed suspicious.

Vesey naturally tried to help him, coming up with all sorts of reasons to reduce the suspicion surrounding Harry.

But it was no use.

There would always be people who thought everyone else was filthy while they alone were pure and righteous.

They whispered among themselves that Harry was the Heir.

Just like that day.

A storm was raging outside, and everyone was staying indoors.

Vesey and Harry had come to the library. After finding a quiet corner, they suddenly heard the voice of Ernie Macmillan, a Hufflepuff student.

"So, anyway, I’ve been keeping Justin in our dormitory because I think Potter is targeting him.

"After all, Justin told Potter that he had studied at Eton, which proved he was Muggle-born. Now he’s definitely doomed.

"I mean, if Potter really wants to target him, it won’t matter where he hides. But I still want to help Justin somehow."

"How can you be so sure Harry is the bad guy? His sister is Vesey! Is there anyone at this school, boy or girl, who doesn’t like Vesey?

"Potter is her brother. He must be a decent person. I mean, he treats Vesey very well. He doesn’t seem like a bad person to me."

Hannah Abbott frowned as she spoke.

Ernie became even more animated.

"Hannah, he’s a Parselmouth! That’s a sign of an evil wizard. What respectable wizard can talk to snakes? Even Slytherin himself was associated with snakes!"

When Vesey heard this, a flash of anger crossed her eyes.

She pretended she was about to march over and argue with Ernie.

However, Harry covered her mouth and stopped her.

"Listen!"

Harry was angry too, but he wanted to hear what else these people had to say about him.

He wanted to see what other ridiculous things they could come up with.

"Remember the words on the wall? ’Enemies of the Heir, beware!’ Potter was caught by Filch because he was filthy after playing Quidditch. They had an argument, and not long afterward, Filch’s cat was petrified.

"Then there’s Colin. He took a picture of Potter on the day Lockhart removed the bones from Potter’s arm, and that very night, Potter ended up sending him to the hospital wing!"

Hannah still didn’t believe him.

"But Harry is always so gentle! Have you seen him carrying Vesey’s schoolbag, holding an umbrella over her, or putting his cloak around her? I don’t think a good brother would do those things if he were really a bad person!"

Ernie chuckled.

He became even more mysterious and lowered his voice.

"Don’t be fooled by how nice he is to Vesey now. It must all be an act.

"I remember that during the summer holidays, when he was captured by those vampires, he actually agreed to let them take Vesey instead. Only when someone’s life is on the line can you see whether they truly care about someone."

"But he was under a spell..."

"No buts! Nobody knows how he escaped from the Dark Lord back then.

"Think about it. He was just a baby. How could he possibly defeat the Dark Lord? Yet somehow, he survived and the Dark Lord disappeared.

"And you must have heard the rumor that Vesey grew up in an orphanage, and her parents didn’t even know she existed.

"I never understood it before, but now I do. Harry Potter must have possessed some unknown power even before he was born.

"He was jealous of his sister, so he concealed her existence. After she was born alongside him, he abandoned her.

"Think about it. Other than that, what possible explanation is there?"

At last, Vesey pushed Harry aside and marched toward Ernie and the others, looking as though she were about to lose control.

She was trembling with anger.

"My brother is not a bad person! He defeated the Dark Lord you keep talking about and saved countless lives, yet you’re here maliciously spreading rumors about him!

"I—I should throw all of you out into the rain and let the water wash your brains clean!"

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Ernie’s eyes lit up when he saw Vesey, but he paid no attention to her threat.

After all, Vesey was so gentle. Who would believe she would actually do anything to them?

"You don’t understand, Vesey. You actually—"

Vesey gritted her teeth.

Then she waved her wand.

Ernie suddenly seemed to be bound by invisible ropes.

The next moment, he flew straight out of the window and landed outside in the pouring rain.

Vesey stood by the window and shouted at the top of her lungs.

"I’m a Parselmouth too! I can speak to snakes as well! I’m the Heir, all right?!"

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She amplified her voice, shouting several times as though she wanted every student in Hogwarts to hear her.

Several professors opened their windows and looked outside.

Then they gave her sympathetic, almost indulgent smiles.

Vesey had been waiting for a professor to come and punish her.

But nobody came.

Ernie remained soaked in the rain for two entire lessons.

Neither professor bothered to release him.

In the end, Vesey finally freed him herself, partly to preserve her reputation.

But she glared at him angrily as she did so.

"I’m a Parselmouth too! I can speak Parseltongue! Listen to me carefully: I’m the dark wizard you’re all accusing my brother of being, too! All right?!

"If you’re going to spread rumors from now on, include both of us! Don’t act as though my brother is the only one who deserves your suspicions!"

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To prove her point, she even spoke several sentences in Parseltongue in front of everyone.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Then everyone began laughing kindly.

Even Ernie said nothing and hurried away to take a shower.

Vesey had originally thought Snape would lecture her for revealing her ability so openly.

Unfortunately, Snape wasn’t angry about it at all.

He didn’t even mention it.

This left Vesey rather disappointed.

She had already prepared a whole performance.

And yet nobody asked her a single question.

Not only did Snape say nothing, but Harry and the others didn’t ask either.

When Vesey finally couldn’t help asking why they weren’t surprised, they told her that they assumed she had secretly learned Parseltongue over the past few days.

"Vesey, you learn languages so quickly! I feel like you speak it better than I do. I can only speak Parseltongue by looking at a snake!"

Harry said, sounding both moved and embarrassed.

He couldn’t compare to Vesey, who seemed to be born with abilities he had only acquired later.

Almost everyone believed Vesey had learned Parseltongue to help Harry, even though she kept insisting that she was a natural Parselmouth.

Hermione and the others, who had read the diary, suspected that Vesey might simply have a strange accent when speaking Parseltongue.

They also suspected that Dumbledore might have become wary of Vesey because of her ability.

But they had no intention of saying any of that aloud.

They simply enjoyed watching Vesey try to defend herself, only to have her arguments refuted in the end.

Especially when someone asked her, "If you’re really a natural Parselmouth, why didn’t you say so at the time?"

Vesey tried to explain that she hadn’t even known it was Parseltongue. She had only sensed that something was wrong before Professor Snape pulled her away.

She argued her case desperately.

But they simply told her to ask Professor Snape to confirm her story.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t believe her.

In the end, Vesey could only leave with a gloomy expression.

Hermione and the others could barely contain their laughter every time they remembered it.

Vesey was simply too adorable when she acted like this!