"Who told you that?" Harry was very surprised.
Harry still trusted Andy very much.
After all, Harry and Andy had experienced the fight against Voldemort's soul together, and Andy had also saved his life. Not only that, but Andy had also helped Sirius Black clear his name and catch the real traitor, Peter Pettigrew.
However, Harry always felt that Andy was a difficult person to get along with.
It was an indescribable feeling.
Harry always felt that there was a great sense of distance between himself and Andy.
However, this did not affect Harry's trust in Andy.
"It came from Slytherin,"
Ron whispered, "I overheard them talking about Andy when I was walking by."
Harry could not help but retort, "Maybe they were discussing how to deal with Andy... You know, Andy's magic is very powerful. Last semester, Andy even disrupted Voldemort's plan."
Speaking of that, Harry suddenly felt that a huge conspiracy had enveloped the entire Hogwarts.
Since the beginning of this semester, everyone has been acting very strangely.
First, it's Snape!
He had stopped deducting points from him and Ron, and instead often gave him a very strange look. That look – in short, Harry felt very uncomfortable and scared.
Then there was Malfoy!
Malfoy seemed like a different person this term, and Harry could not remember the last time Malfoy had bothered him.
It was as if Malfoy had never deliberately caused him any trouble, apart from that encounter at the beginning of the term – even then Malfoy came looking for Andy.
Something was definitely not right!
To be honest, Harry suddenly missed the days when he was picked on by Snape and Malfoy. Those days were annoying, but at least they made Harry feel like everything was normal.
Now, on the other hand, everyone was acting really strange!
"Maybe," Ron mumbled.
Ron recalled the conversation he had overheard yesterday.
It was in an abandoned classroom, where Malfoy was hanging out with his two lackeys. Ron was passing by when he suddenly heard them talking about the name 'Collins'.
Ron was curious, so he leaned in to listen.
He heard Malfoy say, "I've been looking for Collins many times..."
Ron didn't hear the rest because he had been discovered.
After a moment's thought, Ron continued, "Maybe Malfoy is planning something against Andy. I heard my dad say that Malfoy's father seems to be a Death Eater!"
"Everything fits!"
Harry suddenly understood, "So does Snape! Snape and Malfoy's father are in the same gang!"
"Ron, do you remember? Last term, a Death Eater infiltrated Hogwarts to kidnap me. Maybe that Death Eater was Malfoy's father!"
"Andy injured him, so he wants to get revenge on Andy!"
As he said this, Harry's eyes lit up!
He felt like he had discovered a huge conspiracy – a conspiracy against Andy.
"Harry, what you're saying makes sense."
Ron was still a little confused. "But... why would Malfoy want to find Andy? What were the two of them talking about?"
Harry had already imagined the whole plot in his head at this point: "Maybe he was trying to put Andy off guard."
"Ron, do you remember the battle between Andy and Snape in the Forbidden Forest? Snape wasn't a match for Andy, so Malfoy's father couldn't beat Andy either."
"This means they need Malfoy to do something."
Ron was immediately convinced by Harry.
"Harry, maybe we should tell Andy about this," Ron said.
Harry glanced around the great hall and then pointed in a direction, saying, "Andy's over there! Ron, let's go over there."
***
Andy watched as Harry and Ron walked towards him, feeling a headache building on. He always felt that the two of them were up to no good when they came looking for him.
"Hi Harry, Ron, good morning," Andy greeted with a smile.
"Good morning!"
Harry and Ron hurriedly said hello, and then Ron said urgently, "Andy, Malfoy wants to get you!"
"It's not Malfoy..."
Harry explained, "It's Malfoy's father, Lord Malfoy, and maybe Snape!"
Andy: "..."
"Oh my god! They want to get back on Andy?" Hermione was shocked to hear this.
The young witch almost immediately believed Harry and Ron's nonsense.
After all, Andy had disrupted many of Voldemort's plans in the past two years and had even destroyed Voldemort's Horcruxes.
In Hermione's opinion, Voldemort would certainly not let Andy go.
"What's going on?" Andy asked patiently.
At this moment, even Andy had some doubts.
'Could it be that Malfoy is trying to trick me?'
'Could it be that Malfoy never intended to switch sides and that he only said those things to get closer to me and even gain my trust?'
'Or could it be that after I taught Malfoy a lesson, he has since stopped following Voldemort?'
'No, that doesn't make sense…'
These thoughts flashed through Andy's mind.
"Andy, Malfoy must have approached you several times, right?" Harry suddenly asked.
Andy nodded.
After the start of the school year, Malfoy had approached Andy three times.
The first time was at the start of the school year when Malfoy decided to side with Andy, the next Dark Lord.
The second time was when Malfoy was taught a lesson when he approached Andy to tell him that Snape might know some of Andy's secrets.
The third time was not long ago when Malfoy told Andy that his father had written back and Lucius Malfoy had decided to officially side with Dumbledore.
He just has to wait for the right opportunity.
"What's going on?" Hermione eagerly asked.
"Let Ron tell you!" Harry turned to Ron.
Ron coughed lightly, then made a grave expression as if he was talking about something very serious: "I accidentally ran into Malfoy when he was plotting with Goyle and Crabbe yesterday, and they were talking about Andy."
"At first they were quite far away, and I only heard Malfoy say that he hoped Goyle and Crabbe would follow him, as they seemed to be up to something."
"They also mentioned the word 'Collins'!"
"Out of curiosity, I went closer. I heard Malfoy say: I've already approached Collins a few times..."
When he said the last sentence, Ron imitated Malfoy's tone of voice.
Andy: "..."
On hearing this, Andy had completely figured it out.
Malfoy... He's already started recruiting!
Goyle and Crabbe were originally just Malfoy's lackeys, but Malfoy obviously wanted to drag them together to side with Andy.
Fuck!
Andy cursed under his breath, where's the promised secrecy?
He's still just a kid, after all!
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