HP: I'm not going to rule the wizarding world

As a descendant of Slytherin, although he did not dare to support the You-Know-Who openly due to the crime of magic, Draco still had a good impression of the You-Know-Who privately.

After all, the mysterious man represents the interests of the magical family, and Dumbledore is obviously a pure-blood wizard, but he is pro-Muggle.

Having been at Hogwarts for almost two weeks and having read quite a few history books, Ariana certainly knew that portraits in the magical world could speak.

"How does your grandfather know such things?" She looked at Draco curiously.

Draco didn't even tell his parents about this. He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he told Ariana what had happened.

"I don't know what my father was thinking. He actually put a portrait of my grandfather in a secret room in the basement. I saw him when I sneaked in to play."

"Everyone in my family has platinum blonde hair. After he recognized me, he told me a lot of things. It is said that he is the senior of the mysterious man." Dad never told him this.

The Malfoy family has been Slytherin for generations. The mysterious man claims to be a descendant of Slytherin, so he must have graduated from Slytherin. It is normal for the two to meet during school.

But these are all old stories, and Ariana doesn't care. She still turns the topic to the issue of inviting parents.

Ariana nodded and said, "Okay, then starting today, we'll announce to the public that we're dating. We're together all the time anyway, so it shouldn't arouse suspicion."

Confirm the time they were together so that the two people's statements don't conflict.

"Okay, go to Dumbledore's office later. If he asks Professor Snape to come as your parent, just tell him to let my mother come." Draco made an OK gesture.

"Thank you, Draco." Ariana was very grateful for Draco's help.

Draco didn't care at all, instead he felt good about being able to help his friend.

Although I knew many people of my age before, I couldn't consider them as friends. At least after I met Ariana, I didn't feel as good about Pansy and the others anymore.

He patted his chest and laughed, "We are friends. In the headmaster's office, Professor Snape threatened me and you stood in front of me."

"And I lied to you about the villa, but you didn't get angry. If you have any difficulties, I will definitely help you." He has never apologized to Ariana for this matter.

Ariana also thought that Draco was a great friend. Thinking of how hard he had to learn magic and how the dark magic he had learned was not very powerful, she made a decision.

"Indeed, friends help each other. With my magical talent, I will definitely be much stronger than you in the future. When the time comes, I will stand in front of you and prevent anyone from hurting you." She looked confident.

It's no wonder that Ariana spoke so loudly, because from the attitudes of Dumbledore and others, it can be seen that people with such strong talents as her are rare.

As long as she learns magic well and applies it to other situations, she will definitely become a powerful wizard when she graduates, and protecting Draco will not be an easy task.

Draco didn't want to accept Ariana's kindness.

"I'm just a little worse than you. No one in my grade can beat me. Why do I need your protection?" He looked unconvinced.

Ariana said to him speechlessly, "Do you think our future opponents will be from the same grade? Believe it or not, if word of today gets out, the senior Gryffindor students will definitely be on edge."

"We have to be careful next time, we might be ambushed." She guessed that the person who came to attack was at least in the fifth or sixth grade.

"No way, even though I always say that Gryffindors are a bunch of idiots, I also know that they would not bother to carry out sneak attacks." Draco looked at her suspiciously.

"How is it impossible? These two academies can represent two camps in a wizard war. They have been enemies for generations." Ariana immediately refuted him.

Apart from anything else, Draco's aunt Bellatrix Lestrange made Neville's parents demented, and there are countless blood feuds between them.

"That's when they have the strength to do so without sneak attacks. Do you think they can defeat me without sneak attacks if they come to deal with me?" She looked at Draco with an innocent face.

Chapter 31 One person challenged 20

After getting to know each other, Ariana felt that the Malfoy family was probably not a family that was proud of dark magic, otherwise Draco's parents would not have raised him to be so innocent.

Unfortunately, Ariana didn't know that although the Malfoy family was not proud of the dark magic, they quite admired it.

The reason why Lucius didn't let his son get exposed to these things was because his wife almost had a miscarriage when she was pregnant.

In addition, he was in a very difficult situation when he lost his father when he was a minor. He doted on Draco so much just because he didn't want his son to experience the pain he had experienced.

"Okay, I'll take you to the principal's office later and wait at the door so that you won't be alone." Draco felt that what Ariana said made sense, and they should indeed be more careful.

Ariana was also worried about Draco and suggested, "Then take Goyle and Crabbe with you. You were alone when you were waiting at the door, what if they attack you?"

"Okay." Draco nodded.

As Ariana expected, when the news of what happened in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class spread, Gryffindor was immediately in an uproar.

"What? There are over 20 first-year students this year, and there are only 9 Slytherins. And there's no fight."

"You're wrong. Colin was the only one who took direct and effective action. The other eight Slytherins were just supporting them."

Gryffindors are naturally impulsive, and when they heard that Ariana had challenged more than 20 people by herself, some of them immediately became eager to try.

"She must be taught a lesson, otherwise the Slytherins will think that Gryffindors are easy to bully."

"That's right. This first-year wizard is very arrogant. He doesn't even take Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore seriously. Now he's directly provoking Professor Quirrell in class."

"Who knows where she is? Let's go find her and settle the score now."

"It seems she was taken to the headmaster's office by Professor McGonagall."

When the Gryffindors heard that Ariana was called to the headmaster's office, everyone had an excited smile on their faces, thinking that Dumbledore was going to punish her.

Of course Dumbledore wanted to punish Ariana, but he had some reservations and did not dare to unilaterally announce the punishment.

The intention of asking the parents is indeed to temporarily take over Ariana's custody from lawyer Thompson and give it to Snape.

It was legitimate and reasonable to let Snape directly supervise her every word and action.

However, due to the lesson of Tom Riddle, Dumbledore was a little hesitant. He was afraid that using such a coercive method to subdue Ariana would make her rebellious.

This child's magical talent is so strong that if she loses her favor towards the side of justice, she might be pushed to Tom's side.

Especially now that Tom Riddle's spies are in the school.

But before Dumbledore could decide whether to invite this parent, Ariana gave him a shock.

One against more than twenty people. Although these twenty people are little wizards who have just enrolled in school for a few days, isn’t Ariana herself also a little wizard who has just enrolled in school for a few days?

Dumbledore only began his performance after Ariana sat opposite him.

"I was a little hesitant about inviting the parents, but it seems I have no choice." Dumbledore looked at Ariana seriously.

If this child can't find someone to discipline her, I'm afraid she will really grow up astray.

"Then please go ahead. I'll let Draco's mother handle these school troubles for me on my behalf." Ariana, who was prepared, was no longer anxious as before.

Dumbledore was stunned when he heard this, then his brows furrowed. He was worried that Ariana would side with Tom, and now she actually asked someone from the Malfoy family to speak on her behalf.

Malfoy was Tom's supporter, there was no doubt about that.

After the war, the reason why he did not liquidate the Malfoy family was mainly because he hoped that Lucius could manage the magical family and prevent them from causing trouble again.

In Dumbledore's opinion, Lucius was not a very smart person, and if there was any accident, it would not be too difficult for him to deal with it.

"Ariana, I have to remind you of one thing. Draco was one of the four people who fought last week, so his parents had to speak on his behalf." Dumbledore put away the kindness on his face.

Ariana never cared about other people's attitudes. She said with certainty: "It's his father who will replace him, and it's his mother who will replace me as the parent."

Dumbledore tried to object, "Your relationship with Draco is limited to friendship. You have to be an immediate family member to be considered a parent."

Of course Ariana knew that Dumbledore wanted to give her guardianship to Snape, and Snape obeyed him, so one can imagine her situation at that time.

"Mr. Headmaster may not know this yet, but Draco is my boyfriend now."

"We decided to get married after graduation, so his mother will also be my mother in the future. How can this not be considered an immediate family member?" Ariana said with a firm look on her face.

Ariana, who was a little angry at first, leaned towards Tom. When Dumbledore heard what she said, he was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

He absolutely did not believe that two 11-year-old children could develop love and even decide to get married.

"You and Draco are together? You didn't tell us about this last Friday?" Dumbledore looked incredulous.

Ariana's main focus is, I'm just saying this, believe it or not.

"I know that the principal invited the parents because he wanted Professor Snape to take my guardianship away from Lawyer Thompson so that he could take care of me legitimately. That's why I have been very unhappy these two days." She said out the prepared remarks.

"And then?" Dumbledore looked at her teasingly.

Ariana ignored Dumbledore's amused expression and continued, "Draco tried his best to comfort me, and then our relationship developed from friendship to love. We just got together today."

Dumbledore sighed. Although it was a joke for the two little brats to be together, he couldn't directly deny this statement.

"Ariana, whether it's love or marriage, it must be taken seriously. I don't want you to make a decision easily just to deal with the issue of inviting parents." He could only persuade Ariana from another angle.

Snape was the Potions professor and had to deal with the equipment in the classroom after class. He was supposed to participate in this conversation.

Because the classroom was so chaotic, I was delayed for a while. As soon as I entered the principal's office, I heard Ariana say that she was with Draco.

"I think she lied about being with Draco in order to avoid having the custody transferred to me." Snape suddenly interrupted, interrupting the confrontation between the two.

"My own godson, don't I know clearly that all he has in his mind except Quidditch and causing trouble for Potter, he can't possibly know what love is." Snape commented on Draco with a mocking look on his face.

Ariana was very unconvinced and immediately asked, "Do you want me to call Draco over and kiss him in front of you before you believe we are together?"

Chapter 32 She Doesn't Mind Cooperating

Snape was speechless after being rebuked by Ariana. He already knew this stupid little troll very well.

Since Ariana dared to say so, if he and Dumbledore dared to agree to this proposal, she would definitely find Draco and kiss him in front of them.

This little troll can definitely do it.

Maybe she would even be willing to go to the Great Hall and kiss Draco, letting all the teachers and students at Hogwarts know about it.

And Snape knew one thing very well, that Ariana might be pretending to be with Draco in order to deal with the parents' call.

If they really kissed, it might turn into reality, and he didn't want these two kids to be together.

How could Dumbledore not see what Professor Snape could see? That was why he had just asked Ariana to think carefully about it, rather than questioning it.

Dumbledore sighed and said, "We believe that you and Draco have developed a romantic relationship, but you are only boyfriend and girlfriend now, so his mother cannot come to Hogwarts in your place."

Ariana refused to give up and pressed on, "Does Draco and I need proof of engagement?"

Dumbledore opened his mouth, then sighed and decided that if the hard way didn't work, he would try the soft way.

"Ariana, you've caused so much trouble since you entered Hogwarts, but I haven't been forceful in punishing you, right?" He didn't talk about parental issues anymore.

Ariana could certainly tell that the other party wanted to have an open and honest conversation, and she didn't mind playing along.

"That's because I don't agree with your point of view, nor with your punishment mechanism, and my magical talent is very strong, so you are afraid to deal with me harshly." She got to the heart of the matter.

"Although there is this reason, the fact is that I did not punish you, and you really did nothing wrong?" Dumbledore nodded without refutation.

"Talking back to the professor, fighting with the professor, using the fire spell in the library corridor, and leading a riot in the classroom." He recounted the conflicts that Ariana had encountered during this period.

Before Ariana could retort, Dumbledore waved his hand, indicating that he had not finished speaking.

"Indeed, you are not the main person responsible for these disputes, but you are not without any responsibility at all." He said with a look of determination.

"The headmaster only said these words to make me accept the punishment." Ariana knew very well the purpose of Dumbledore's words.

Dumbledore didn't find any other reasons and admitted it directly.

"Yes, you must be punished for causing so much trouble. Otherwise, the professors won't be convinced, and how can the school continue its teaching mission?"

"Even the headmaster of the Muggle world would make the same choice as me." Having lived for over 100 years, his knowledge is beyond Ariana's reach.

Looking at Ariana, who had somewhat yielded, Dumbledore continued, "You'll still be at Hogwarts for seven years. You can't be causing trouble every day, trying to force the environment to change for you. You'll have to make some concessions to the environment, right?"

Dumbledore had long known Ariana's sharp purpose. She didn't want to be assimilated by the environment, so she was trying to change it.

Ariana weighed the pros and cons for a while, and decided that she still couldn't bear to give up the Thunder Block Wand in her hand, and she was not without responsibility for the several conflicts, so she decided to take a step back.

"Okay, what's my punishment?" She said with a serious look, trying to use this expression to prevent the other party from asking for too much.

Dumbledore just wanted to punish her and give an explanation to the whole school. Of course, he would not deliberately suppress Ariana.

"As for the fight, the Weasley twins are primarily responsible, and you used the Fire Curse outside the library. 50 points will be deducted from the three of you. Draco wasn't primarily responsible, but he also got involved, so 20 points will be deducted from him."

Dumbledore paused, glanced at Snape standing over there, and reluctantly stated his decision.

"As for your battle with Snape, you have responsibilities, but you also did some good things. Your merits and demerits offset each other, so I will not punish you."

Hearing this result, Snape could no longer sit still.

"What? Dumbledore, she even fought directly with the professor, and I can't punish her. How can I carry out my teaching work in the future?" He glared at the candy-loving old man with anger in his eyes.

Dumbledore had weighed this result and naturally thought of a reason to persuade Snape.

"I already know the details of what happened. Ariana used the Shield Charm to protect herself and Draco."

"Not only did you not reward her, but you even argued with her about this matter. And you were the one who cast the spell on her first." He had an expression that said, "You're also wrong."

Snape couldn't accept this result at all and retorted harshly: "That's not a reason for a student to fight a professor."