Chapter Forty-Nine: The Second Contest of Changes
Professor McGonagall is gone.
But that doesn't mean it's all over - because Alan's own dean is still there.
Fortunately, perhaps the fact that a dragon was beaten up in obedience seemed to the professor to suppress the subsequent search of the poor dragon on the field, so Alan managed to fool it out despite not much praise.
The race was followed by a routine physical check-up β as had been said before the race, the race was fully prepared for the safety of the players, whether it was the safety measures carried out by a group of dragon trainers during the race or the post-race physical examination.
Therefore, even without any wounds, Alan was still blasted away and driven directly to the second tent at the entrance and exit, that is, the doctor's tent used for emergency treatment.
Over there, Alan ran into Madam Pomfrey, and underwent a series of examinations in her strange eyes - "Last year it was a Dementor, this year it was a fire dragon, what are they going to bring into this school next?
"What's the situation?" Alan asked casually with some curiosity.
"What else can I do? The speed of the person in front of him was too fast, and he was in a hurry, but the eye disease spell directly hit the eye socket of the fire dragon, although it still forced the dragon to lose its normalcy and began to jump wildly on the spot - as a result, when he was about to take advantage of the chaos to go in and get the golden egg, the dragon recovered directly from the chaos, and sprayed directly on his body without a little weakness, if it wasn't for the timely reaction of a group of dragon tamers at that time, he might have been torn apart by the dragon's claws at this moment!" Madam Pomfrey finished her last test and replied angrily.
"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey. Alan thanked him and prepared to leave, but unfortunately Madam Pomfrey didn't seem to mean to end the conversation.
"He's in a hurry, forget it - the dragon tamer took care of saving him, and the stun spell rushed up before it was sure of its effect, and the dragon went crazy and rushed towards the audience, if it wasn't for Dumbledore's timely action, the hospital would be full at this moment!" Madam Pomfrey said angrily: "Tell me that you are all adult wizards, why do you do things so roughly-you didn't send yourself in, but you have sent it all these years-"
Alan couldn't bear it anymore, so he just used the excuse of looking at the score as an excuse to slip away directly - but it wasn't all an excuse, he was actually quite curious about how many points he had obtained.
When he slipped out of the tent, he found that a large number of Hufflepuff friends had surrounded him, and he was about to look at the score with an excited face, which was a little more anxious than Alan himself.
Especially the group of friends who gave him a strategy before, they were even more frowning and talking about their current operation - the school kitchen, not to mention the professor's greenhouse, the flow of materials transported in every day, and the statistics of the number of school owls flying in every day have been stared at by them, and even the average daily consumption of owl food is currently being counted, and it is completely data-based.
Looking at such an enthusiastic group of friends, Alan didn't have the courage to tell them at all - dear, what, in fact, what I know about the topic of the second competition is to go to the lake in front of me to save people, and it's useless to count any information, people are indigenous...
That's right, compared to a group of students, the mermaid stays in school several times or even more than ten times longer, and at present, a group of students haven't even figured out whether there is a mermaid in the lake, how can they figure out the content of the follow-up game?
But it's too early to tell them - the clues to the second competition have not yet been announced to be found in the golden egg, so you will say the questions of the second exam, isn't this asking for trouble for yourself?
At present, it is not only Dumbledore who is staring, but also people from other schools, and the leakage of exam questions is not so terrifying!
Therefore, Alan can only silently watch a group of friends perform, and silently pretend that he doesn't know anything - after about two or three days, he will tell them that he has cracked the secret of the golden egg, and then everyone will not be as fanatical as they are now.
However, now everyone is very happy and is not busy deducing, because they are enjoying the collective victory at the moment - the group came to the edge of the field noisily, the dragon heard from the people present that it had been taken down for emergency treatment, and a group of judges were discussing the scoring of Allen.
As they spoke, the scores were already listed one by one by the wand.
Madame Maxim β 8 points.
Mr. Crouch β 7 points.
Dumbledore β 7 points.
Bagman β 7 points.
Jock β 8 points.
The lowest was Karkaroff, who gave Allen just 5 points.
No way, Alan does take a lot of time compared to others, this is definitely a deduction item - but it takes the same amount of time to fool a fire dragon and kill a fire dragon is too much, although Alan let go of the fire dragon later, but he didn't return empty-handed, and got a lot of blood.
"Even if you add that ten points, your score is still not as high as that of the fastest Fleur, to be precise, you can only occupy the middle stream, no way, although we are unlucky to be on the wild dragon. However, the first Fleur did deserve that score - her speed was so amazing, and the dragon was still making stupid kung fu golden eggs and was directly taken away by her. Marshall copied and wrote in a small notebook, and Allen's score was calculated and compared to the others.
However, as he spoke, the hapless Marshall had already pinched his ears - Allen's senior sister, Hufflepuff seventh-year prefect, Marshall's girlfriend, apologized to Alan with the same smile on her face at the moment:
"I'm sorry, Marshall is a little uncomfortable, maybe it was the after-effects of magic during the game, he reacted a little bit, I'll ask Madam Pomfrey if there are any spells that work or something. β
After saying this, she calmly took Marshall away, leaving a group of shivering juniors to watch the two of them go away.
"Marshall is miserable!"
"That's rightβI seriously doubt I'll ever see him at the dinner table, for he's been too bad. β
"Indeed, it was he who jumped out so badly, and the matter was already exposed, but he had to pick up the conversation, and he couldn't live because of his own evil!"
What's the situation?
Alan poked his head over, ready to listen to the gossip, and the Selma classmate on the side uncovered all the old bottoms without the slightest cover-up.
"Cutβyou're embarrassed to say Marshall, didn't any of you act like you've been caught in a Imperius curse, with a few exceptions?" she explained to Alan angrily, "Didn't Fleur pass the fastest time?" She used a deceptive spell, not only to charm the dragon, but also to lose the soul of a bunch of boys, just like the last time she met the charm baby in the World Cup, but Marshall's performance was quite outstanding, and then that's it. β
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I'll pray for you next year, Marshall, what kind of bouquet do you like? Chrysanthemum or Aster?
Alan sincerely mourned for a few seconds towards the place where Marshall disappeared, and then walked towards the school with a group of people, however, just as they were halfway out, Allen's acquaintances suddenly surrounded him.
"Alan, you kid hasn't seen you for a long time!"
"Charlie, why are you here?" said Allen, pretending to meet Charlie for the first time on campusβhe couldn't sell Hagrid.
"Of course I'm here - or where did you get the dragon for the competition?" he hugged Allen, then parted ways and began to look at Allen: "It's been a good past few years - then again, several of us dragon trainers are ready to thank you, the most ferocious tree bee is not only nothing, but now he is not very resistant to magic such as inspection, and it is estimated that he will be able to recover after a while to adapt to life over there." β
Alan complained in his heart that he was definitely beaten and began to prepare to change the topic - he was beaten, he was bled out, and it was easy to be blocked and beaten in the past, although it was difficult to say who would beat whom, but there was no need for this, and people sent the dragon all the way over, and Allen beat the nose and face of the people and let them go back by themselves, which was really excessive.
"It's okay, it's okay - it's good that nothing happened, then again, Charlie, how long will you be back this time?"
"It's going to beβ" Charlie was going to say it, but he got stuck in the middle of the sentence, "I'm sorry, Alan, I'm asked to keep this matter a secret, but I don't have to leave today." β
"That's very good - we've got some beers hidden over there, and we'll have some in the evening?"
"It couldn't be better, then again, Alan. Charlie smiled and patted Allen on the shoulder, looking at the crowd: "I just watched a little couple in your academy pass by, how are you here, which one is your girlfriend?"
A sword seals the throat.
Alan felt that he had been hurt by a hundred real points, and he went straight to the heart - I haven't seen you for years, and you stabbed him when you met?
What about the friendship that fought together back then, has it now been transformed into the motivation to stab the knife in the back?
I do, but people don't recognize me...
Considering that this statement not only caused misunderstanding, but also could brush up the friendliness, Alan gritted his teeth and said to Charlie: "Not yet, at present, I am still focusing on my studies and still working hard, what about you?"
Charlie smiled heartily: "You know, I've been busy researching fire dragons recently, and I don't have any plans to do that yet." β
Alan really wants to give this guy a big roll of the eye at the moment - he hasn't yet, so you're coming over and prick my heart?
However, Charlie is not just heartbroken, he also has a plan to make up for it: "Something is wrong - you are now in the sixth grade, you have just passed the fifth grade OLS, there should be a lot less schoolwork, I remember that many classmates will find a girlfriend at this time, why are you so busy with schoolwork?"
Alan felt the urge to dig out his white gloves from his pocket at the moment - if we don't come to wizard duels, can we have a Muggle duel with fists to the flesh?
Is there anything like you, you can't be pierced in the heart by this knife, you don't die, right?
Alan sighed - okay, okay, don't blame me for being unjust, everyone just hurts each other.
So, Allen showed a very standard smile on his face, and his tone was adjusted to a level that was not too small: "Oops - this, in fact, I'm not embarrassed to say, this is an additional research topic, whether it will be successful or not, my side is also a hobby research, in fact, there is nothing to keep secret, since you have asked, then I will say it directly." β
"Doesn't the dragon's body contain ancient magic, and in some interest it is somewhat similar to the giant, considering the situation of the half-giant of the hybrid of the giant and the human, I thought if I could use similar herbs and the effect of the compound decoction to make the dragon have the form of a human - when the time comes, I will give you one as a gift, and you can cope with the urging of the family, right?"
At first, Charlie listened quite seriously, but when Alan was halfway through, he fully understood that Alan was just teasing him - he smiled and punched Alan in the shoulder, and he laughed with a bunch of Hufflepuffs.
Smiling and smiling, Charlie's face suddenly turned blue, and he patted his head: "It's over, I forgot - Mr. Bagman asked your warriors to go to the tent at this moment, and he said that something important was announced." β
Alan stared at him for half a minute - but Charlie's eyes were rather innocent.
After giving him an expression that you can forget, Alan hurried to the tent - he had been talking to Charlie for a while, and he was probably in a hurry.
Hurriedly running to the tent where they had gathered earlier, Alan ran in without pause, and then ran directly into the one at the door - if he hadn't braked in time and pulled the man back, I'm afraid he would have made a big mess.
Fortunately, the other party didn't complain or anything, and after giving up a place for Allen, everyone returned to the team.
"Okay, now everyone is here," Bagman didn't ask why Alan was late, and the others didn't complain, and the announcement of the matter was steady: "I want to emphasize here again, although everyone's results are good and bad, but please remember that our game is not based on one game alone, after all, we have five games to confirm your results from all angles, so don't take the first game too seriously." β
"The second game will take place the week before Christmas, so you have more than half a month to rest and prepare - now take out all your golden eggs, and then magically brand your respective marks and show them to others, and then we'll take them away and prepare for the second game. β
Ready to mark and take away the golden eggs?
Wait β the game has changed?