"There is no doubt that this year has been a special year for Hogwarts. I think all of you here have already learned some of this from the newspapers, your families, or other sources. ”

Dumbledore's blue eyes swept through the half-moon lenses over the young faces in the Great Hall, shrugged his shoulders, and said in his usual gentle tone.

"That's right, without our knowledge, Hogwarts Castle was mortgaged to the Gringotts Wizarding Bank by an unknown person. Because of this, we had to cut back on our expenses and adjust the content of our courses in order to tide over the difficulties. ”

With Dumbledore's voice, there was a small commotion around the long tables of the four houses.

During this time, both Hogwarts students and staff have consciously avoided this issue.

But that doesn't mean everyone has forgotten that the school is going through an unprecedented crisis - in fact, Hogwarts' modest three-meal-a-day standard is one of the most obvious and frequent warning signs.

But," Dumbledore had to raise his voice slightly in the face of the commotion in the Great Hall to make sure everyone could hear him, "I'm glad to see that even in this situation, you're still learning with a lot of enthusiasm and energy—although, there were a few hiccups in between. ”

As he spoke, Dumbledore's gaze swept through the crowd again, his brow furrowed slightly, almost invisibly.

Until now, the old man hadn't seen the conspicuous silvery-white color in the crowd, which made Dumbledore feel a little uneasy - if you think about it on the bright side, maybe the ball is still sleeping, or maybe it's lost again, right?

Maybe I'm a little too sensitive?

If the child were left alone in the principal's office, it would probably take at least an hour or two to find the right way to the school auditorium – without the help of other students.

And as long as the other students were present, judging by some of the things that had happened before, Miss Elena Kaslana would be a little more restrained in her nature, and would not do anything too out of the ordinary...... Right?

Come to think of it, almost all the teachers and students are now gathered in the auditorium, with house-elves guarding the kitchen, and it is impossible for Elena to go in and cause trouble, and Grindelwald is already sitting on the edge of the faculty seat......

No matter how you look at it, Elena probably won't cause any more big things that will give him a headache.

Dumbledore shook his head, suppressed the vague uneasiness in his heart, smiled at the students in the auditorium who were looking up at him, cleared his throat, and said softly:

"First of all, we would like to congratulate all Year 4 students for winning first place in this teaching activity. And, of course, we would like to give an extra round of applause to our Professor Quirinus Quirrell for his ......"

Bang Dong –

Hearing Dumbledore mention his name, Quirrell, who was sitting next to Snape, suddenly shivered nervously, the spoon in his hand slipped on the plate, and the sound of metal and porcelain colliding quickly spread, appearing very sharp and abrupt in the quiet Great Hall.

"Professor Deng-Dumbledore, I've actually done a little bit of trivial work...... Lord, it is mainly due to the hard work and consciousness of the children. ”

Quirrell picked up the spoon in a panic, his cheek twitching unconsciously to reveal a smile that was uglier than crying.

Until the final results were announced, the scores of each grade were invisible to each other, and only Dumbledore, who was in charge of the statistics, knew the overall ranking, and before that, he had no intention of becoming the number one person to be remarkable.

"Don't be too modest, Quirinus. ”

Dumbledore smiled and glanced at Quirrell meaningfully.

"Everyone sees your words and deeds...... You've been a great student and I'm glad you're back at Hogwarts to teach what you've learned to young people. ”

Quirrell's already pale face seemed to turn a little paler, and Snape, who was sitting next to him, noticed that Quirrell's right hand on his knee instantly grabbed the robe, apparently Dumbledore's words made the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor even more nervous.

"Professor Deng-Deng-Dumbledore. Quirrell looked around at his colleagues with some unease, looking a little nervous.

"Alright, Quirinus. It's not you today, so leave the time to the kids. ”

Dumbledore tilted his head like an old urchin, raised his hand to stop Quirrell's next words, turned to look down at the students who were staring at him, clapped his hands happily, and continued:

"In addition to the four thousand gold galleons I mentioned earlier, I think there are still some rewards to record your outstanding performance - all the Year 4 students, congratulations, each of you has earned two points for your outstanding performance!"

Ding Ding Ding –

As Dumbledore's words fell, there was a series of crisp clanging sounds from the hourglass of the four huge house divisions in the Great Hall's foyer.

The little wizards turned their heads one after another, and an extremely rare scene appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

In the pale golden morning light, sapphire?? Ruby?? Jadeite?? Diamond?? ...... Gemstones of all colors fell like rain, making a pleasant sound at the bottom of the empty hourglass.

The next moment, a thunderous cheer and stamping of feet broke out on the long tables of the four colleges almost simultaneously, and the students of other grades who were still a little depressed enthusiastically embraced the little wizards of the fourth grade, and the subtle confrontational atmosphere that lingered in the auditorium was instantly dissipated with joy.

Among them, the Hufflepuff House long table with the most points is undoubtedly the loudest, and it has been too long since Hufflepuff House has scored so many points in the House Cup competition, and many senior girls are even secretly wiping tears.

Affected by the high emotions of the students, including Professor Dumbledore, the professors in the faculty chair also smiled and clapped their hands lightly in celebration.

It wasn't until the last diamond fell, and the hourglass of the four houses was calm again, that the voices in the auditorium were a little quieter.

"Alright, alright. In fact, I'd love to add two points to everyone, but that doesn't reflect the winner's reward. ”

Dumbledore shrugged his shoulders helplessly, smiled and continued, "In addition to this, after discussing with the professors, we believe that some of the small episodes that have occurred need to be responded to accordingly. ”

The Great Hall became very quiet for a moment, and the Slytherins and Hufflepuffs tensed up and looked at Dumbledore with a little unease.

"We have stressed more than once the dangers of the Forbidden Forest, not only the magical animals in it, but also the dangerous plants in it. ”

Dumbledore's face straightened, and his eyes swept over the tallest group of seventh graders in the auditorium.

"During this time, I was saddened to see a massive food poisoning outbreak at Hogwarts that had never been seen before. However, since you have already suffered the consequences for your recklessness and ignorance, I will not punish you again. ”

Hearing Dumbledore's words, the first- and seventh-year freshmen invariably breathed a sigh of relief—to be honest, they were a little worried about whether they would deduct one point each like in the fourth.

"But, Hermione Granger ......"

Dumbledore nodded gently at Hermione and whispered.

In the face of a crisis beyond her ability, she showed amazing calmness and courage, made accurate judgments, and informed the school professor in time so that the food poisoning would not lead to more serious consequences. ”

"After discussion, we decided to award Gryffindor House fifty points for this. And record this in the latest edition of Hogwarts, A School History, as a warning and encouragement. ”

The cheers of the Gryffindors nearly toppled the enchanted ceiling.

The little wizards, who had been a little estranged from Hermione because of her unkind training requirements in the past few days, gathered one after another, rubbing their heads embarrassedly to express their congratulations and apologies.

Caught off guard, Hermione's face turned red almost instantly, and she felt as if her face was about to heat up a little smoking.

"I ...... I ......"

Hermione waved her hands in a panic, panicked in response to the congratulations of her classmates around her, suddenly remembered something, raised her head, and said loudly to Dumbledore.

"Wait! Deng, Professor Dumbledore. ”

"Any questions, Miss Granger, if you want more marks, you can get them from the professors in class. ”

Dumbledore winked playfully and smiled—he was particularly impressed by the "only surviving" little witch.

"And Elena. ”

"Huh?" Dumbledore's face froze, his eyes a little confused.

Hermione bit her lip, looked at Dumbledore with a serious expression, and plucked up the courage to reply.

"If you get extra points for informing the professors in a timely manner, then Elena should be rewarded as well. If it weren't for the fact that she had left me with the food reserves in advance and told me that I could call you for help if necessary, I probably wouldn't have thought of any of these copings. ”

"Stockpiles?Oh, you're talking about Miss Caslana's owl?"

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, shook his head with a dumb smile, and said helplessly in the slightly disdainful eyes of a new faculty member who had not yet had time to be introduced:

"It is always the person who makes the act, not the decisions and arrangements that people make in advance. And there's never been a precedent for Hogwarts to get extra points for pets. ”

Hermione shook her head stubbornly, and looked Dumbledore in the eye without flinching.

"No, if Elena had been here, maybe none of this would have happened. And even when she left, the emergency plan she left behind played a crucial role. ”

"Miss Granger......" Dumbledore rubbed his forehead in annoyance, and added to himself - in other words, if it weren't for the white-haired ball, none of this would have happened.

Puff~

At that moment, there was a slight sneer from the faculty seat, but it quickly stopped, and no one noticed who was making the sound, except that the general direction seemed to be from one of the professors.

“...... All right. ”

Dumbledore took a deep look at the little Gryffindor first-year witch who was trembling a little, and sighed helplessly—in addition to Elena Kaslana, many other freshmen this year also had exceptionally good temperaments, and they didn't know if they were good or bad.

"Well, Hufflepuff also adds five points. ”

Dumbledore's tone was full of helplessness and reluctance.

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