Chapter 21: A Visit to Quidditch Training
After comforting Hermione, the two read the book for a while, then said goodnight to each other and went back to their bedrooms to sleep.
The next morning at breakfast, Hermione sat next to Ryan and gossiped for a while about what that thing was.
"It's either particularly precious or dangerous. Hermione said the results of the analysis she had been lying in bed last night.
"Or both. Ryan swallowed the cereal in his mouth (still not used to breakfast bacon, why do Brits eat so greasy in the morning).
However, in the absence of other information, not even the size of the thing, this speculation is obviously futile.
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Over the next few days, Ryan reverted to his daytime class routine, spending the rest of his time reading books in the library with Hermione. Or complete your homework in the common room with your classmates. It's just that the excitement of the last night tour was too great, so he gave up the plan for the next few night tours.
During a few walks, Ryan secretly poured acid from the moss of the tombstone into a corner of the outer wall of Hogwarts Castle.
He found that the acid, which would normally corrode away a piece of marble the size of a door panel, had no effect on the stone walls of Hogwarts. It is possible that the news of someone in the previous life analyzing that every inch of Hogwarts was subjected to powerful protective magic may be true, and it seems that Hogwarts Castle itself is much deeper than the water in the novel. So now it's better to do everything from the heart.
It wasn't until Wednesday of the following week that Ryan decided to get out of the castle.
The Scottish Highlands, where Hogwarts is located, are almost invisible to the sun as winter approaches, and it often rains. Even though the house-elves burned the fireplace very well, he still felt like mushrooms were growing on his body after squatting in the castle all day studying.
So even after dinner, the sun has already set. Ryan decided to leave the castle to get some fresh air while his homework was finished.
After inviting Hermione out of the house with me failed (I still have a bunch of Transfiguration class materials to look up, and I have an astronomy class in the evening. After receiving a look of contempt from the true scholar, Ryan could only shrug his shoulders and choose to go out of the castle alone.
Because it was a Wednesday afternoon, he decided to go to the pitch to see the Academy's Quidditch team in action.
After all, he'd been in the wizarding world for so long, and he had never seen how this most popular sport in the wizarding world was played.
When you enter the course, you will find that the court is a huge building made of wood and colored cloth, with three gold poles at each end of the course, and a ring on the top. Like the little plastic sticks that children use to blow soap bubbles, except that each of them is fifty feet tall.
Hundreds of chairs were placed high in the ring of stands, and a few students were sitting in the middle of the room. Looking into the stands, Ryan caught a glimpse of Ron's red hair.
It would be nice to have acquaintances, and Ryan climbed the stands and sat next to Ron.
"Hey, why did you get out today?" asked Ron, a little strangely. Because Ryan organizes everyone to discuss homework together in the common room, the popularity is not bad, and the relationship with Ron is okay.
"I'm going to have to get out for a walk," Ryan replied, and then he looked at the players flying around the field and asked Ron, "I don't know anything about Quidditch." Can you tell me about it?"
Ron looked a little excited, because he was usually ignored, after all, he was the youngest son in the family, but he also had a younger sister underneath, and the school was overshadowed by Harry Potter's savior aura. Therefore, I hope that others will identify with him.
"Quidditch is the most popular sport in the wizarding world. Ron cleared his throat and began, "The rules of Quidditch are easy to understand, although it's not easy to play. There are seven people on each side, three of whom are called chasers. ”
After saying that, Ron pointed to the players on the field who were scrambling for a bright red ball the size of a football and said, "Look, they are the chasers, and the ball in their hands is the Quaffle." ”
He then pointed to the golden rings on the field and said to Ryan, "Chasers pass the Quaffle to each other and try to get it through any of the three rings below." to score points. Each time the Quaffle passes through a ring, it can score 10 points. ”
"Of course, each team also has a goalkeeper who stops the opposing chaser from throwing the Quaffle into their own goal. The goalkeeper of our yard is Captain Wood. ”
"Three chasers, one goalkeeper, but what about the others?"
"You see, there are two balls in the air that can fly by themselves. ”
Ryan saw two black balls, slightly smaller than basketballs, flying around in the air, trying to knock everyone on the broomstick. However, the Weasley brothers are holding a bat that resembles a baseball bat, and they keep hitting the ball elsewhere (as for how to tell it's the Weasley twins, the red hair is particularly conspicuous).
"These two are Bludgers. They flew around, trying to knock the golfers off their broomsticks. Ron puffed out his chest proudly, "But my twin brother is the best hitter, and they will protect our players from Bludger." At the same time, hit the Bludger at the opposing player. ”
Ryan listened to the loud sound of the bat hitting the Bludger, and asked a little worriedly, "Is this thing really not going to kill people?"
Ron scratched his head: "At least not at Hogwarts, the worst thing is to break his jaw." ”
That sounds dangerous, Ryan thought silently.
"Finally, it's the Seeker. During the official match, there will be a winged golden ball that is smaller than Neville's memory ball, known as the Golden Snitch. It flies very fast. The Seeker's job is to go back and forth between Chasers, Batsmen, Bludgers, and Quaffles to catch the opposing Seeker before they do. If a Seeker catches the Golden Snitch, his team will win an additional 150 points, which is almost a sure win. ”
Watching the players flying around on the field, Ryan felt that the sport at least seemed to be much more exciting than basketball or football, and with the wizarding world not much entertainment, it was no wonder that Quidditch was now the number one sport in the wizarding world.
Seeing that Ryan seemed to have some interest in Quidditch, Ron held the joy of Amway's success and began to talk about the movements of the players on the field, interspersed with stories about the famous Quidditch team and the history of the sport.
It seems that Ron is also a level person, but usually his brilliance has been hidden by the people around him.
Suddenly, Ryan saw a thin figure flying across the field at high speed on a broomstick.
"Is that Harry Potter?"
Ron looked in the direction of Ryan's finger, "yes, he's the new Seeker. You can tell anyone else about it. This year he is our team's secret weapon. ”
"I think the other teams probably already knew. Because when I went to the bathroom after class yesterday, I heard Harry and two Hufflepuffs discussing Harry. ”
"What then?" Ron looked a little nervous.
"It's all right, I don't seem to believe Harry can fly when I hear them talking. Ryan said with a smile.
Time passed slowly in the conversation, and finally it was completely dark. Ryan and Ron waited until Harry had changed his clothes and came out, then went back to the dorm room to get his textbooks and went to the astronomy tower for astronomy lessons.