Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 175 Draco's Dilemma Before the Selection Ceremony!

Draco Malfoy's two thoughts differed somewhat from the two factions of the pureblood snakes.

His two thoughts, one representing Malfoy, stood on the side of the pure-blood family;

A force representing Draco, his true desire now transformed, from his own perspective.

He couldn't abandon the Malfoy family, but he really didn't want to hang out with these decadent young masters and ladies anymore.

Unlike most of them, he couldn't only consider interests and abandon morality.

He also possessed kindness and compassion, and these qualities grew stronger over time.

"Should I, like the other pure-blooded Slytherins, maintain the status quo and continue to observe until I receive definitive news of the Mystic's death!"

"I should be like Harry Potter said, to be my true self again! To do things according to my deepest inner thoughts!"

Draco Malfoy has two tiny figures inside him who look exactly like him, standing opposite each other and talking to themselves.

It made him very upset and annoyed.

But until the very end, the two thoughts in his mind remained undecided.

He could only hope that the letter he sent home last night would let his parents know his feelings and that they would send him a reply before the sorting cap testing ended tomorrow morning, thus helping him resolve this predicament.

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The following day, Sunday of the second week of school, was breakfast time.

Inside the grand hall on the first floor of the castle.

Numerous owl messengers flew in from the outside, pinpointing the locations of each recipient and dropping off letters, newspapers, and small parcels.

It seems that Draco Malfoy wasn't the only one who wrote letters and spread the news; many students did the same.

Dudley ate his breakfast while casually picking up a copy of the Daily Prophet to look at.

The headline on the front page prominently featured his upcoming course, detailing the four selection criteria he had set, along with the opinions and comments of many respected white wizards in the magical world.

The reviews were overwhelmingly positive, praising Dali to the skies with compliments like "brilliant and capable" and "visionary."

It is obvious that it has been selected and polished by the newspaper editors.

Without Rita Skeeter and after receiving a warning from the Ministry of Magic, which was now under the control of the Order of the Phoenix, the Daily Prophet finally behaved itself.

Dudley read the newspaper for a while, but found it very boring, so he put it aside and continued eating.

The friends around him originally wanted to join in the praise and compliment Daddy, but Daddy stopped them by reaching out.

Dali knew that everyone was genuinely happy for him and not trying to flatter him, but he still felt that such praise was unnecessary. He thought it would be better to spend that time eating a couple more sweet corns.

Draco Malfoy, sitting somewhere at the Slytherin table, did not react with the same ease and nonchalance as Dudley after receiving and reading the reply from his parents.

His Death Eater father and his mother, who also believed in the supremacy of pure blood, gave him the main advice of waiting and watching from the sidelines.

However, Narcissa Malfoy, Draco Malfoy's mother, clearly loved her family far more than she loved the idea of ​​pure-bloods. Moreover, Narcissa was much better at assessing situations and was more shrewd and decisive than Lucius.

In her letter, Narcissa wrote that she respected her son's thoughts and will, and that if Draco Malfoy really, really wanted to be himself and attend Dudley Dursley's 'Practical Magical Skills Enhancement Class,' she would support her son's decision.

Furthermore, she was willing to gamble the future of the Malfoy family with Lucius, abandoning the idea of ​​pure-blood supremacy, placing her bet ahead of time, and completely siding with the white wizards led by Dumbledore, becoming a strong supporter of her son.

Draco carefully read the reply several times, then carefully put the letter away, feeling conflicted.

The reply essentially threw the problem back at him.

He is being himself, and his parents and family have to bear the risks.

If he continues to go with the flow, he will have to continue to suppress and pretend to be himself.

What should we do?

Draco was conflicted, but time would not stop flowing for his dilemma.

Breakfast time is coming to an end.

Dudley stood up and told Harry and his friends to wait at the classroom door on the fifth floor, while he and Dumbledore left the Great Hall to go to the Headmaster's office to get the Sorting Hat.

As soon as Dali and his group set off, the students from the four colleges in the auditorium noticed it immediately. Everyone was observing Dali and his group's movements openly and secretly, anticipating and worrying about the selection ceremony that would follow.

Dudley and Dumbledore went to the headmaster's office together, naturally without anyone following them.

But since Harry and the others were going to the classroom door on the fifth floor, they could have easily followed them to grab a front row and join the early queue.

"Whoosh—"

A commotion erupted as students from the three houses—Lion, Eagle, and Badger—stood up and pushed chairs aside, and almost all the students followed Harry and his friends.

This startled Harry and his friends.

Fortunately, the three deans of the colleges who were having breakfast at the faculty and staff seats in the auditorium stood up in time and called on their respective college heads to stand up and maintain order, so that the students could line up and move forward, and the scene became orderly.

Soon, three of the four rows of long tables in the auditorium were empty.

Everyone went to the fifth floor to wait for the Sorting Hat test, leaving only the Slytherin students still waiting.

But gradually, some of the thirty-odd hybrid snakes in the snake house became restless.

They stood up one after another, ignoring the disdainful looks from the pure-blooded snakes, and left the auditorium in small groups, heading towards the fifth floor.

About ten minutes later, all thirty-odd hybrid snakes had left. Of course, there were some ruthless people among them, but influenced and driven by herd mentality, they could no longer stay in the auditorium with the pure-blooded snakes.

The mixed-blood snakes were considered inferior in Slytherin and were not favored by the pure-blooded snakes. Rather than staying in the auditorium and getting snubbed, they might as well go to the fifth floor to watch the excitement and try their luck.

Now there are only forty-odd pureblood snakes left in the auditorium.

They were already full, but they all tacitly stayed because these pure-blood families were allies and needed to advance and retreat together. If they left alone now, it would be easy to confuse their own positions.

If that weren't the case, they wouldn't have needed to hold a meeting in the Slytherin common room yesterday to debate and reach a consensus.

Suddenly, this tacit, peaceful atmosphere was broken.

Draco stood up.