Chapter Twenty-Five: The Reward Race
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And because of this - it was only natural that the Gryffindors were easily taken out by the Slytherins.
Because of the tight schedule, the impromptu change of format made the situation even worse for the already under-trained Gryffinds - they played a completely single-elimination system.
The score calculation of the format became a complete mess in the mouth of Hodgw, who was in charge of the flying lessons: "They didn't understand the meaning of the competition at all - as if they just needed a result!"
All scores from this competition do not count towards the House score - in part, it completely downplays the importance of the sport during the academic year.
It's hard to imagine that Quidditch, which no longer produces huge scores, can maintain such a high level of importance among professors - even a stern Professor McGonagall can save Quidditch players from their Transfiguration homework!
On the other hand, the Ravenclaws were surprised to find that the Hufflepuffs, who had not been seen for more than a year, were completely like a different group of people, and the formation they were proud of after many training sessions became like a broken fishing net under the tricky attacks of the Hufflepuffs, even if the Ravenclaw Seekers took the Golden Snitch more ahead, it did not change the trend of the Hufflepuffs leading by a large score, and the game ended with a 50-point lead.
But neither Slytherin nor Hufflepuff had time to celebrate their victory β because, with a tight schedule, the final was next week.
The clash between the two houses had risen to an all-time high in the course of a week - Alan didn't even dare to meet Anne in public.
It's not that someone dares to attack in front of a large crowd - it's that the Cold War-like air between the two academies has put pressure on the usually bold Allen.
This is also evidenced by the number of people in the hospital, which was a regular visitor to both Hufflepuff and Slytherin.
Although I have to admit one thing - that is, the Slytherins are generally one notch higher than the Hufflepuffs, but on the whole, the two houses are evenly matched, and even the Hufflepuffs are a head higher.
No way, Hufflepuff is the biggest house at Hogwarts!
The non-stop battle did not stop until the eve of the game - because no matter how excited the young wizards of the various houses were, in the end it was up to the results to speak, and besides, this time there was no record of the battle only the champion - no one else would play any second or third place or anything like that.
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It was a sunny weekend, and at about eleven o'clock in the morning, the whole school was in the huge Hogwarts stadium - and at this moment, the entire stand was occupied by the Hufflepuff badger and the Slytherin snake.
However, Slytherin looked like they were playing away from home at the moment - their logo and banner didn't even cover a quarter of the way.
Don't underestimate Gryffindor's resentment, they chose to support Hufflepuff with whom they had a good relationship as soon as they lost the game - they could add a bit of trouble to the feuding Slytherin, and they could stand up for Hufflepuff as a friend.
As they were among the smallest houses, the Slytherins had no choice but to occupy corners and display their signs in the dark, not because the other houses were too few of them.
Unfortunately, Allen, who was supposed to focus on the victory of the game, noticed the referee of the tournament - yes, not Mrs. Hodge, but a whole panel of judges.
Of course, the right to judge is still in the hands of Mrs. Hodge, but there is a whole queue of soy sauce on the rostrum.
It was a group of seriously dressed adult wizards, including Arthur Weasley, the father of the twins that Allen knew.
No doubt this is a sightseeing from the Ministry of Magic - uh, the Judges.
Shortly after they sat down, a figure appeared on the courtβand he drew cheers from all the young wizards.
It's Dumbledore!
What the hell is going on? Alan is confused at the moment!
Why does an annual Quidditch match attract so many big names - even if it's the final championship match?
However, something even more surprising came - at the moment when Dumbledore passed, all the wizards bowed slightly, but the wizard who seemed to be the leader showed a very professional smile - he quickly met it and held out his hand to Dumbledore.
It was a small man with curly hairβhis behavior was disrespectful in a senseβand Dumbledore had been teaching at Hogwarts for many years, and if nothing else, everyone present was Dumbledore's students.
His name was soon revealed by the young wizard next to Allen - the man was Connelly Fudge - who was the current Minister of Magic.
There was no doubt - the Minister was not willing to live in Dumbledore's shadow - and his actions were respectful, but undoubtedly asserted that he was on an equal footing with Dumbledore.
But Eren didn't care much about their big names - he just wondered why so many people from the Ministry of Magic were involved in this game!
You see, the Ministry of Magic doesn't have a lot of opportunities - and they don't have any staff named Wanji Lee - but there's no doubt that such a small annual Quidditch match would never be worth the excitement they watched.
However, Alan couldn't figure out what it was forβeven if Cornelius Fudge was unwilling to be lonely, it had to be agreed by Dumbledoreβand although he repeatedly sought to put himself on the same level as Dumbledore, the incident itself revealed that his prestige in the wizarding world was far less than Dumbledore's.
Now the little wizard who made Dumbledore worthy of his own sacrifice has not yet appeared - so what caused Dumbledore to allow his back garden to be entered?
I don't know - but something else directly interrupted Allen's train of thought.
With a mountain of cheers and occasional lamentations, the whistle sounded at the end of the game.
The game was very dramatic - the commentator had even just introduced the visiting Ministry of Magic officials - which was the norm during long games - and it was difficult to score any good goals at the beginning due to the players' physical strength, so it was often at this point that the introduction of important guests was introduced.
However, before he could name the Minister of Magic, the game came to an abrupt end - the Golden Snitch had been captured by the Hufflepuff Seeker, who had surprised him.
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