Chapter 450

Darren finished studying his new reward before realizing that there wasn't a single person here to applaud.

Because this place was remote, there weren't even any portraits.

Nick, who had been attracted here just now, was also petrified at this moment.

No, if no one is causing trouble, it would be so boring for him to go to Dumbledore's office to explain this matter by himself!

There must be a troublemaker.

Peeves!

Yes, get Peeves over here!

Peeves is the ghost in the entire castle who still carries great malice.

Of course, Peeves is like that to everyone.

Except for Dumbledore, he is afraid of no one.

What he likes most is bullying children or causing trouble for Filch.

If Peeves finds out about this, he could probably spread a dozen versions of it.

If there were no Peeves, it would be too boring!

As long as he lets Peeves tell everyone that he killed someone, then once Justin wakes up, wouldn't he get Saintly Father Value again?

Without misunderstandings, it hasn't been easy for him to farm Saintly Father Value lately.

"Peeves, Accio!"

Darren waved his wand.

Peeves flew over immediately.

He was just about to scream when Darren made him lose consciousness temporarily.

Then he modified Peeves' memory a bit.

He made Peeves think that he had just flown over and happened to see Darren sitting on the ground, while Nick and Justin were petrified together.

He believed that Peeves would definitely not let him down.

Sure enough, as soon as Peeves woke up.

He started screaming.

"Murder, murder, Potter committed murder, the little Potter brat committed murder, come quickly!"

His voice was much louder than Darren's, and in the blink of an eye, he had the whole castle in an uproar.

Then, the sound of running footsteps echoed through the castle.

Everyone ran toward this location.

Darren maintained his posture of sitting on the ground, a look of guilt appearing on his face. "Darren? Darren, are you okay?"

Harry was the first to rush to Darren's side; he immediately tried to help Darren stand up.

But the moment he touched Darren, he found that Darren's body was extremely cold, and even his face was devoid of color.

He even called Darren's name a few times, but Darren didn't speak, as if he were immersed in his own emotions.

"Petrified, oh my god, who did this?"

A girl's voice screamed.

Only then did Harry look behind Darren.

Nearly Headless Nick had turned from a transparent and milky-white ghost into a pitch-black figure.

He was floating ten centimeters off the ground, his eyes wide open, revealing a look of terror.

Behind him lay Justin on the ground.

Justin had already been petrified; he lay there stiffly, his eyes also filled with terror.

The direction they had been looking at was exactly where Darren was now.

"It was Potter, it was Potter who did it, it must be him, Justin just spoke ill of Potter, and then he was petrified right here, oh my god!"

Ernie from Hufflepuff shouted in terror.

Harry was furious.

He glanced at Darren; Darren seemed to have heard Ernie's words, his eyes gradually turning bloodshot.

"Say that one more time? I won't let you off!"

"You think you can cover for him? Darren Potter is a murderer!

I'm going to tell the professors and have him expelled!

The school cannot keep a murderer; maybe the time he was captured by Death Eaters last time was also a disguise!"

Ernie shouted angrily.

"Tarantallegra!"

Harry was beside himself with rage; he pointed his wand at Ernie.

Then Ernie began to dance frantically.

"I'm telling you, this was absolutely not done by Darren; he is not that kind of person. If you slander him again, I won't be finished with you!"

"Serpensortia!"

Malfoy's voice suddenly rang out.

Harry thought Malfoy was casting a spell on him, but who knew that as soon as he turned around, he saw a snake rushing out of Malfoy's wand.

This snake lunged straight at Ernie.

"Wait!"

Harry called out hurriedly.

If Malfoy's snake bit Ernie to death, then others might really think Darren was doing bad things again.

However, as soon as he spoke, he realized something was wrong.

Because everyone was looking at him with shocked expressions.

"Leave him!"

Darren suddenly grabbed Harry's arm to stand up and said angrily.

Only then did Harry realize that the snake was rushing toward him.

Darren was shouting at the snake.

However, Darren immediately thought of something and waved his wand, and the snake disappeared instantly.

The snake had disappeared, but the atmosphere had changed.

Harry and Darren both heard sounds like whispering all around them.

And the people around them suddenly moved a long distance away.

Oh, no, the Slytherins seemed not to have retreated at all.

They had expressions of envy and jealousy on their faces.

Harry was just about to ask what was going on when he saw Snape rushing over.

Harry felt that the way Snape looked at him was truly strange.

Because it was a pained expression, even mixed with disgust and hatred.

However, this expression only lasted for a moment before he fixed his gaze on Darren.

"Darren, Darren Potter, what happened here?"

His tone was somewhat anxious.

Harry was surprised to find that Snape didn't show a mocking expression toward Darren.

However, he immediately saw Dumbledore.

He thought it might be that Dumbledore had threatened Snape, telling him not to make things difficult for Darren.

"No, don't talk here...

Darren, come with me. Minerva, take Nick and Justin to the hospital wing; I think Darren and I need a talk."

"Headmaster, I want to go too..."

Harry said hurriedly.

However, Dumbledore rejected his idea.

"Oh, child, you should rest!"

Dumbledore took Darren and Snape into the Headmaster's office.