Many Slytherin students still harbored deep resentment over being carried out and dumped in the corridor after the last gathering. They had rushed to complain to Professor Snape at the earliest opportunity, but not only did the other party escape punishment entirely, they themselves were given detention by Snape the very next day.
This incident left quite a few Slytherin students boiling with rage.
Of course, many of them wanted to go cause trouble for Albert, but they quickly realized they could beat Albert neither in magic nor in fistfights. On top of that, his brain worked faster than theirs, and he was far more skilled at scheming. After cooling down a little, no one wanted to look for trouble with Albert anymore—wasn't that just asking for self-inflicted misery?
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