Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 725
“We can find a few people to play with!” Neville said, wiping his mouth as he finished his delicious dinner. “Wait a minute, let me ask someone else.”

Neville then stood up and walked to the other side of the room to ask the other Slytherin students.

Soon after, several classmates came over excitedly and joined the card game.

The room was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation. The card game lasted a long time, and everyone was very happy.

"Alright, alright, let's stop playing. I need to go back to sleep." Brireem glanced at his watch and realized it was already 10:30. "I have an early class tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, goodnight." Neville and the other students also started yawning, and soon after Brirem left, they gradually dispersed.

Back in his dorm room, Blairim quickly washed up and lay down on his bed, recalling the moments from the evening, a warm feeling welling up inside him—

He didn't know why a Muggle-born wizard like himself was assigned to Slytherin, but in the solemn and mysterious atmosphere of Slytherin, he quickly found a sense of belonging.

Brireem slowly closed his eyes and drifted into a sweet dream.

But as he drifted off to sleep, a dark shadow quietly intruded into his dream—

Blairim dreamed of a strange and exceptionally handsome boy with ebony hair and snow-white skin.

Blairim began to feel uneasy, and started to tossing and turning in bed, seemingly unable to find a comfortable position no matter how he tried.

In his dream, a handsome boy was approaching Blairim step by step. Blairim grew increasingly frightened; he wanted to escape the dream, but he couldn't. The boy drew closer and closer.
Soon, the boy and Blairim were standing face to face, and Blairim could almost feel the boy's breath—

It was an aura as cold as ice. Brireem felt as if his entire being, from the inside out, had been frozen solid; his thoughts slowed, his body stiffened, and he was powerless to change it—

Brireem, who was lying in bed, suddenly sat up with his eyes closed, as if he were still dreaming. However, he stiffly climbed out of bed and walked slowly towards the dormitory door.

It was as if I was sleepwalking.

Blairim's actions seemed strange, as if his body was completely out of his control, like a puppet on someone else's strings. Driven by this inexplicable force, Blairim continued walking, continued walking.
Soon, Brembo arrived at the entrance of the Slytherin dormitory building.

He left the dormitory and continued moving forward, stopping and starting intermittently.

He walked to the stairwell, hopped and skipped, and climbed the stairs.

After arriving at the first floor of Hogwarts, he continued forward, stopping and starting intermittently.
When he came across the stairs, Brireem would hop and skip up them until he reached Horace Slughorn's office door.

For some reason, the previously locked office door opened after Brirem gently pushed it a few times.

Brireem walked in haltingly, then stood there blankly in the center of the office, spinning around like a top.

One lap. Two laps. Three laps.
After spinning around five times, Brireem hopped back to his bed as if he had been sleepwalking.

As his head touched the pillow, it was as if some force was being drawn from his body, and Brireem's entire body went limp instantly, falling into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)