Chapter 1379: Goalkeeper Tryout
Evan and Hermione were sitting right near the goal, where all the students waiting for the competing goalkeeper were waiting in line.
So, they also saw Ron, who was green-faced, just like Harry.
Ron's reaction was expected, his mental capacity was not good, and he was prone to stage fright.
However, the uncontrollable trembling of his body now may also be angry.
Not far from him, McLagan openly judged the performance of each student who participated in the selection process. It's annoying that he talks about some nasty comments and unsubstantiated rumors, and I don't know if it's intentional or not, McLagan's main comment focuses on Ron, and he keeps talking about his messy things last semester......
Ron must have heard it, because McLagan's voice was loud, as if it was meant to be spoken to him.
He was still able to hold back and not pounce on the other party, mainly because McLagan was a senior in Gryffindor.
In addition, he has a good grasp of the scale, and he does not sarcastically mock Ron by name.
But what he said, what fell off the broomstick, missed all the balls, couldn't even tell the left and right directions, and so on, was like Ron's performance last semester.
"This guy is so annoying!" Hermione said, and she and Evan had heard McLagan's words as well.
"It's a nuisance, I'm sure Harry wouldn't want to have such a guy on the team......" Evan nodded.
Deliberately belittling others to elevate himself, McLagan is a shoddy tactic.
He kept bringing up Ron's poor performance last semester in order to put pressure on him and affect his performance.
After getting special care through the back door from Harry, this is probably his plan now, it sounds a lot like the style of Slytherin House, but most of those politician families are the same as pure-blood wizard families, so it's no surprise that McLagan can do this!
It seems that he has learned these techniques from his uncle, a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic, and is able to use them flexibly.
The only difference between pure-blood wizard families and politician families is probably that they are not so extreme, thinking that pure-blood glory, pure-blood wizards are superior or something extreme, and they are more often self-interested first.
What both sides have in common is that they don't care how dirty the means are, as long as they work well and help them succeed.
Five minutes after the selection of the batsman ended, the selection of the goalkeeper began.
As before, most of the students who participated in the selection did not perform well, with the first five players saving only two balls at most.
The sixth player was Comike McLagan, who surprisingly saved the first three balls, Arya, Richie and Demirza, and the attacks of all three Gryffindor chasers were easily blocked by him, leaving Ginny and Elaine without attacking.
Although McLagan is very annoying, I have to admit that he is still very strong.
Regardless of those means, his own strength is the same as Ron's.
Judging by Evan's unprofessional Quidditch level, McLagan's skills may not be as good as Ron's best when he was in shape, but he is better than Ron's performance most of the time, enough to be qualified for the goalkeeper position, and is a strong opponent.
Ginny started to serve, and if he saved all the balls, then Ron's chances of wanting to be a goalkeeper became slim.
"We should help Ron......" Hermione said, but she shook her head, "No, you can't do that!"
"What are you going to do?"
"I was suddenly wondering if to use a confusion charm on him, so that he couldn't tell the way, so he wouldn't be able to stop the ball. Hermione said, her face flushed, "But we can't do that, it's dishonorable and it will affect the fairness of the selection......
At this time, Hermione's first thought was fairness.
This is where a decent wizard is weak, too particular about principles and rules, and always concerned about whether his methods are above board.
However, with what Evan knew about Hermione, if the situation was really in crisis, she would be the one who could make up her mind the most.
In other words, if Evan had been replaced by Ron, Hermione would have already used the Confusion Charm.
"Don't worry, don't interfere with the tryouts, I don't think he can get past Ginny and Elaine. ”
Sure enough, as Evan said, Ginny's ball was sent from a tricky angle.
She lured McLagan into flying towards the left goal, making him think she would shoot. But Ginny made a nice turn in the air, flew to the right as fast as she could, and threw the ball in, and the quaffle flew in with McLagan's fingertips, and he glared at Ginny viciously.
By Elaine, McLagan had noticeably become more cautious, but he couldn't keep up with the speed of the firebolts.
After a few laps, there was a gap in his defence and Elaine easily threw the ball in.
"I'm protesting!" McLagan said viciously, flying straight towards Harry, "the two of them have so good broomsticks. ”
"The quality of a broom is also part of Quidditch's strength, and it's the same for everyone who participates in the selection. Harry said, ignoring McLagan's protests, "Alright, next!"
McLagan gritted his teeth and stepped aside, Harry had a point, it was fair to everyone.
If Ginny and Elaine had kept the difficulty they had just had, no one would have stopped either of them.
Unless, that person's broom can be as good and as fast as a fire bolt or an asterisk......
And this person is Ron, and the broomstick in his hand is the star picker, the only one other than Ginny.
Looking at it this way, the situation is in his favor, and Ron is the thirteenth to play.
McLagan's next few guys played unusually, and no one could stop three balls.
When Ron came on the pitch, it was Lavender who cheered the loudest in the stands.
The small area where Slytherin came to watch the tryouts spontaneously sang the song "Weasley is our king".
Because the rhythm was very good, it was very fast, and many students from other colleges sang along.
Singing and loud laughter drowned out the cheers.
In the middle of the field, Harry wanted to shut up the Slytherins or kick them out, but he couldn't.
He was a little afraid to watch Ron's performance, afraid to see him miss all the balls.
But he felt that as the captain, he should have behaved more courageously, so he turned his face to Ron to run.
Actually, there was no need to worry at all, although Ron looked nervous, he played well.
In the midst of cheers, he saved one, two, three, four free throws in a row......
Now, only Elaine is left with no serve yet, but Ron has outscored McLagan and won the tryouts!