Chapter 386: Sleeping Dragon Meeting

Chapter 386: Sleeping Dragon Meeting
Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.

Claude, Squire, and Coban have already left, led by the house-elves.

"Shaylin, these people are sinister, vicious, and extremely dangerous Death Eaters," Murray said with a little worry. She grew up in an ordinary wizard family and was raised under the care of her parents. She was very sensitive about topics like the Dark Lord and Death Eaters. Although she had confidence in Shaylin's ability, she was still a little worried about Shaylin's decision to activate the former Death Eaters. "Can you really trust them?"

“Don’t worry,” Sherin looked at Murray’s face gently, his pupils flashing with confidence, and said, “After all, the philosophy of the Death Eaters is just Voldemort’s wishful thinking. It’s actually the Knights of Walpurgis who are fanning the flames and want to use the power of Voldemort and the Death Eaters to overthrow the existing order. Murray, in this world, everyone has something in their heart that they can’t let go of…”

"For example, I want to protect you and my family. To do this, we have two choices. The first is for all of us to abandon everything here, flee overseas, and live in fear every day... The second is to face the challenges head-on, solve the problems if there are any, and crush the enemies if there are any... I chose the latter, not only because I have confidence in my own abilities, but also because I believe in you. As long as we can trust each other and support each other, I don't think there is anything that can stump us."

Several girls looked at Xie Ling intently, obviously listening very carefully and waiting for him to continue.

"These Death Eaters are mainly composed of pure-blood supremacists. Except for a small number of extremists who follow Voldemort purely to slaughter Muggles, what most of the other Death Eaters pursue in their hearts is -" Sherin showed a wicked smile, "wealth, power, fame, and glory! And these - I can give them, and what I can give is something that neither Voldemort nor Dumbledore can compare to... After I showed strength that was enough to rival Voldemort and Dumbledore, they will never find a leader more suitable than me."

Daphne nodded thoughtfully. She was the eldest daughter of the family and had been trained in this area since she was a child. She was no stranger to the intrigues and power struggles among the pure-blood families.

"Brother Xie Lin," Astoria asked in confusion, "Aren't they pure-blood supremacists? Isn't what they want most to plunder the wealth of Muggle wizards and enslave Muggle wizards and Muggles? This goes against the purpose of our organization to win over Muggle wizards."

"No, what they want is profit. This profit can be wealth, power, fame or social status. It makes no difference to them whether they plunder from Muggle wizards or other pure-blood families. It can even be said that the wealth of pure-blood families is far greater than that of Muggle and half-blood wizard families. They can gain more benefits by plundering pure-blood families."

"But if we do that, the remaining pure-blood families will join our enemy camp out of fear of us," Astoria said.

"Tori, it's not easy for you to think of this," Schelling nodded approvingly. "First of all, you must realize that the so-called reform is to break the class monopoly. In the process, the vested interests in the current order will inevitably be hurt. This is inevitable, and the first to bear the brunt are the major pure-blood families who control the policy changes and monopolize the highly profitable industries. They are rich but lack the fighting power to deter the scoundrels. This is the fate they are destined to face."

"I'm sure that the pure-blood families have realized this trend a long time ago, and Voldemort, who is good at manipulating people's hearts, took advantage of this to arouse the pure-blood families' fear of the growing population of half-bloods and Muggle wizards, and tried to oppress and rule them with violence and bloody means." Sherin said lightly, "Where there is oppression, there will be resistance. The pure-blood families naturally know this truth. Blindly suppressing with force is not a long-term solution, especially for some pure-blood families that are not good at force."

"In other words, the Dark Lord was not the best solution for the pure-blood families from the beginning? They just didn't have a better choice?" Daphne quickly understood what Sherin meant. "Of course," Sherin smiled. "Although it is an extremely short-sighted direction to support the supremacy of pure-bloods to safeguard class interests, as a short-term strategy, if it succeeds in the end, it can at least continue the glory of the pure-blood families for at least a century. This is better than doing nothing."

"In contrast, the pure-blood families have another option - the pure-blood traitors who choose to get close to Muggles, intersect with the Muggle world, and even merge with Muggles. They choose to rely on Dumbledore and borrow the power of Muggles to strengthen themselves." Sherin shook his head and sighed, "The idea is good, but the reality is that Dumbledore is an idealist. Following him is equivalent to choosing to abandon the glory of the past and grab glory in another way - fighting for lofty ideals, becoming heroes in the hearts of the people, and so on."

"Look at the war heroes in Grindelwald's Rebellion..." Sherin said with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "Who still remembers the contributions of the Scamander brothers? Is there anyone with the last name Scamander among the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic? If Newt Scamander hadn't published a book representing academic authority, few people would have known about such a family."

"Only I—" Xie Lin said confidently, "can give them what they really want. I allow them to grab wealth and accumulate strength within the rules, even if it is done in a way that is shady and violates secular justice, such as using iron-blooded means to eliminate and annex other pure-blood families. This alone is not something that Voldemort and Dumbledore can do."

"As for what you said about them being afraid of my methods, you don't have to worry about it," Sherin said with a smile on his face, looking at his hands in front of him slowly clenching, "The Rawl family and the Avery family were just the two chickens that I wanted to kill as an example to scare the monkeys. After Selwyn and Yaxley made their positions clear, the remaining pure-blood family forces could no longer form a strong resistance to me. The fear of me will only drive the remaining pure-blood families to join me, so as to avoid becoming the next target of my attack."

"What about Muggle wizards?" Murray asked. "I mean, we can provide benefits to powerful pure-blood families, and we can provide shelter and support to weak half-blood families, which are the biggest foundation of the Order of the Dragon. But those wizards from Muggle families - they are the natural allies of the Order of the Phoenix. Do we really want to win them over?"

A strange look flashed in Daphne's eyes, and she said with a strange expression: "Shaylin, you are not doing this for Granger from Gryffindor, are you?"

A sharp cold light flashed in Sharfu's eyes. She smiled and said, "Granger? Is she the Muggle girl who was carried out of the Goblet of Fire maze by Sherin?"

Xie Ling sighed. Just yesterday, he confessed to his girlfriends that he and Eleanor had secretly decided to spend their lives together. Although they didn't say anything on the surface, Xie Ling knew that they must be feeling uncomfortable.

But in the final analysis, it is no exaggeration to say that Eleanor saved Schelling's life in this Triwizard Tournament. What's more, she is the eldest daughter of the most powerful pure-blood family in Germany and the first heir. Her status and position completely match Schelling's. Her family can also become a helper to Schelling in future situations. This made it impossible for the girls to raise any objections.

Of course, the most important thing is that Eleanor's roots are in Germany, and as the next head of the family, she must spend most of her time in Germany, so as Schelling's foreign lover, she cannot compete with them for favor most of the time. This is also one of the reasons why the girls are more likely to accept her.