"School is a simple place. Only when your grades are better than everyone else's do you have the capital to look down on others! So tell me, are you willing to be people who only know how to coast on family success? When others mention you, all they say is that you're so-and-so's child, the heir of some family, while completely ignoring who you are! Tell me, are you willing to accept that?"
A chorus of little snakes shouted back, "No, we are not!"
Erwin pressed his hands down. "Good! I heard your voices. Only those of you like this are worthy of being called Slytherins! Only those of you like this have the qualification to carry the glory of Slytherin on your shoulders! Improve yourselves. I hope that one day when you walk through the wizarding world, through Diagon Alley, through every place where wizards exist, people will point at you and say: Look, it's him! He has been featured in the Daily Prophet! He is an outstanding wizard! He is the one who lifted his family to yet another height, the one who achieved accomplishments comparable to the ancestors of their families!"
Chapter 121