It was clear to see.
At this moment, everyone in the Great Hall was staring blankly at the wizard who had just pushed open the doors.
Because this wizard, who was bent over with his hands braced on his knees, had just said something utterly incomprehensible.
Disappeared?
Nearly a hundred wizards had simply vanished into thin air?
Had he had too much Butterbeer or something?
Suspicion, shock, disbelief.
All kinds of complicated gazes fell on that wizard.
But no matter what those looks meant, not a single wizard was willing to believe what he had just said.
More accurately, from a rational perspective, it was highly unlikely.
After all, making so many people disappear silently from Hogwarts in a single night, without alerting anyone, was certainly not something that could be accomplished in such a short time.
Simply put, it was impossible.
Not to mention, under the current circumstances, with all entrances and exits being controlled, the difficulty had increased several times over.
So the moment they heard it, everyone, including Snape and the other wizards, refused to believe the information he had brought. Or rather, they were unwilling to believe it.
And among them, the elder of the Carrow siblings, who was in charge of this operation and also responsible for watching Snape, was the first to lose his composure.
After all, he had no desire to bear the consequences of failure, much less experience the Dark Lord's punishment for himself.
So...
Without the slightest intention of giving Snape any face, Amycus Carrow raised his wand and looked ferociously toward the wizard at the doorway. "What do you mean, disappeared?!"
"Lord Amycus... it's true! Whether it was the common rooms of each House or their dormitories, I didn't see them anywhere."
His body trembled.
Unlike the breathless report he had given moments ago, the wizard now spoke extremely quickly, pouring out every piece of information he knew without daring to hide a thing.
At this moment, he looked as if he were afraid that if he spoke even one word too slowly, a Killing Curse would fly straight at him.
Huff, huff, huff!
Compared to his older brother, whose eyes were bulging in rage as if he wanted to start slaughtering people.
Alecto Carrow at the side was much calmer, though her eyes were also filled with malicious intent, as if he wanted to destroy something.
In any case.
While Amycus Carrow was trying to force the truth out of his subordinate.
Alecto Carrow, who was clearly the younger one but rather more composed, turned her attention to Snape, who seemed to be deep in thought.
His instincts told him that even if Snape had not helped directly, he must know something.
"You know something, don't you, Severus?"
"I already said I don't understand what you mean."
"You should understand, Severus. Our great master will not accept that explanation."
"That is not something you need to worry about. Heh... Compared to me, you should be more worried about how you are going to explain this to the Dark Lord."
"......"
His eyebrows twitched.
Alecto Carrow's fingers had tightened so hard around his wand that they had turned pale, as if she might use Dark Magic on Snape in the very next second.
Although Alecto Carrow was indeed more rational than her brother, facing the utterly infuriating Snape before him, he still had to use tremendous self-control to suppress the surging murderous intent in his heart.
Alecto Carrow knew very well, and Snape understood just as clearly.
Before receiving Voldemort's permission, it was absolutely impossible for them to do anything to Snape, this important chess piece.
...
The scene shifted below.
Amycus Carrow's roar, along with the loss of composure he displayed.
Naturally, everyone present saw it all clearly.
Noticing that the professors' attention was not on them, a few bold young wizards could not help whispering among themselves.
"Do you think it's true?"
"It should be... That reaction didn't look fake."
"Is that Draco the same senior from The Daily Prophet?"
"It has to be. Aside from that senior, I really can't think of anyone else who could pull off something like this."
"That's amazing."
For these first-years, who had come to Hogwarts only to live in fear, feeling as if they were being treated like hostages, their feelings were mixed with curiosity and envy.
They were curious about what kind of wizard the legendary Draco Malfoy really was.
And they also envied the wizards who followed Draco, because they had managed to escape from this miserable place.
Although they had no idea how Draco had done it.
Of course, not every young wizard viewed Draco's actions in such a positive light.
At least our Ron Weasley was glaring angrily at the classmates around him.
As if admiring Draco were some wicked and foolish idea.
Of course, it was also very possible that this was because he had not seen Ginny Weasley in the Great Hall.
Besides that.
A few young wizards also had unnatural looks on their faces, as if they knew a little something.
In fact.
Even with Penelope and the others helping, persuading the students of each House to join Draco Constellation had not gone as smoothly as imagined.
Because not everyone had the courage to decide their own fate.
It seemed they were the wizards who had refused Draco and the others' invitation.
Of course.
Aside from knowing about a certain organization and that the wizard it intended to oppose was the Dark Lord, they knew nothing else.
So even if those Death Eaters tried to use Legilimency on these wizards, they would not be able to extract any useful information from their minds.
The only thing they could know was that the one who had led all of this was indeed Draco Malfoy, who had now disappeared from Hogwarts.
...
While Snape was being suspected by Alecto Carrow.
The professors led by Minerva McGonagall were also quietly exchanging words with one another.
Speaking of which.
The relationship between Professor McGonagall and these Death Eaters seemed to be maintained in a very delicate balance.
Toward someone like Minerva McGonagall, a witch who had once belonged to the pro-Dumbledore faction.
These Death Eaters acted as if they had not seen her at all, with no intention of capturing her or driving her out of Hogwarts.
And Professor McGonagall and the others also turned a blind eye to these reckless Death Eaters. As long as the students were not in mortal danger, they behaved exactly like invisible people.
According to Draco's guess.
This should have something to do with the terms of the deal between Snape and Voldemort.
That was why such a strange way of coexisting had appeared.