Chapter 33: The Year-End Banquet

"Kid, congratulations on winning the game. I have to admit that you have completely inherited your father's talent. Looking at Harry Dumbledore in front of him, the expression on his face was still so amiable.

"But because I lost the House Cup." Listening to Dumbledore's words, the expression of joy on Harry's face slowly faded, replaced by a look of helplessness.

"No, Gryffindor didn't lose. Remember? Professor Robin once told you that passing the test is a bonus. ”

"You, how do you ......?"

Seeing Harry's surprised expression, Dumbledore smiled and stopped him from speaking. "What is the important thing to say at the end, whether it can surpass Slytherin will naturally be revealed at the year-end banquet."

……

Soon the day of the year-end banquet came, and although he didn't know how many points he and others could get if he passed the test, he was very happy at this time. He received a gift that meant a lot to him – a photo album of his parents.

The auditorium was decorated in green and silver representing Slytherin to celebrate their seventh consecutive year of winning the House Cup. On the wall behind the guest of honor stood a large banner depicting Slytherin snakes.

As soon as Harry walked in, there was a sudden silence in the auditorium, and then suddenly everyone began to speak loudly again. He walked over to Gryffindor's table and sat between Ron and Hermione, pretending not to notice that people were standing up and staring at him. Thankfully, a moment later, Dumbledore arrived, and the noise in the Great Hall subsided.

"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore said gleefully, "Before I can indulge in these delicacies, I must trouble everyone to listen to an old man's cliché." What a wonderful year it has been! Your little brains must be a little richer than they used to be... There's a whole summer vacation waiting for you ahead of you, so you can digest those things before the next semester begins, so that your mind can be freed.." Now, as far as I know, we first have to go to the House Cup ceremony, and the specific scores for each house are as follows: fourth, Gryffindor, two hundred and seventy-two points; third, Hufflepuff, 352 points; Ravenclaw 426 points, Slytherin 472 points. ”

Yang Su, who was sitting in the mentor's seat, looked at Dumbledore who was giving a speech with his colleagues. As Dumbledore's words fell, the Slytherin table erupted in thunderous cheers and stampedes.

"yes, everybody's doing well." Dumbledore said, "However, several recent events must also be taken into account. Suddenly the Great Hall became very quiet, and the Slytherins' smiles narrowed a little.

"Uh, uh," Dumbledore said, clearing his throat, "I have some final points to be assigned." Let me see. Yes, that's right. The first item - Mr. Ron Weasley......"

When he heard Dumbledore's words, Ron's face turned red, like a carrot in the sun.

I heard Dumbledore continue, ". . . He won one of the best games at Hogwarts in many years, and I awarded Gryffindor House sixty points for it. He's a good young man, and he's made mistakes, but that's not enough for us to deny him as good. ”

At that moment, the cheers of the Gryffindors nearly toppled the enchanted ceiling. The stars above their heads also seemed to tremble slightly. Percy could be heard shouting to the other prefects, "It's my brother, you know!" My youngest brother! Successfully passed Professor McGonagall's giant chessboard array!"

In the Gryffindor family, there is no grudge that cannot be resolved. When Ron earned back the points he had been deducted for the house, everyone was happy for him.

And Dumbledore's words immediately afterwards made Gryffindor's mood even higher.

"The second - Hermione? Miss Granger, she calmly reasoned in the face of the flames, and I would like to award Gryffindor sixty house points. I have to admit that even in the history of Ravenclaw, there are few little girls so smart. Hermione buried her face in the crook of her arm; Harry suspected she must have cried out with joy. The Gryffindor classmates around them were ecstatic and jumped up and down at the table—they had risen a full one hundred and twenty points!

Dumbledore's bonus continued, looking at the excited Gryffindor and the gloomy Slytherin, he smiled and said, "The third item - Harry Potter.."

Suddenly, the auditorium became extremely silent. All eyes were on Dumbledore.

"He showed great courage and courage in the face of a terrifying enemy, and he led his companions through the trials set by the academy mentors, for which I would like to award Gryffindor House eighty points."

Yang Su, who had already known the result after listening to Dumbledore's words, was not surprised. On the contrary, he was curious to know how Slytherin had won back-to-back House Cups in previous years. This was almost impossible for Dumbledore, who was eccentric towards Gryffindor.

Dumbledore hadn't finished yet, of course, and everyone was watching him. Everyone but Slytherin was expecting him to continue.

"There are many kinds of courage," Dumbledore said with a smile, "and it takes superhuman courage to deal with enemies, and it takes a lot of courage to stand your ground in front of your friends." Therefore, I would like to reward Mr. Neville Longbottom with ten points. ”

If anyone were standing outside the auditorium at this moment, they would probably think that there had been an explosion here, and the cheers at the Gryffindor table were rising higher and higher. Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood up and cheered, only to see Neville's face pale with surprise, and he was overwhelmed by the crowd hugging him. He'd never won a point against Gryffindor! Harry cheered as he elbowed Ron and pointed at Malfoy. Looking at Malfoy's appearance, even if he had just been subjected to a full-body restraint spell, he would not have seemed more surprised or panicked than he was now.

"Protest!" Amid the cheers of Gryffindor, a voice appeared in the Slytherin. He protested to Dumbledore.

"Any questions?" Looking at the little guy in front of him, Dumbledore recognized him. He was one of the few students under Yang Su, Morrow from Slytherin.

"I don't have any objection to Harry that they won points through the test, but I think they left the dorm in the middle of the night. This is a serious violation of school rules, and it is the second time. ”

Suddenly, the cheers of the Gryffindors stopped. They didn't expect that someone would actually propose to deduct Harry and the others' points at this time.

"Hmm~" Listening to Morrow's words, Dumbledore glanced at Yang Su thoughtfully. After Yang Su said that he didn't know anything, he still responded to his students with a smile: "That's right, then as a punishment for the night tour, Gryffindor will deduct a total of 180 points." ”

This time it was Slytherin's turn to cheer, but unfortunately, it didn't take long for time to be broken by Dumbledore again.

"The bonus isn't over yet, just a few days ago, yes, he stopped the plot of the Mystic and his Death Eaters to seize the Philosopher's Stone while leading his companions through the test. Add 200 points to Gryffindor for this! ”

Regarding Dumbledore's almost seemingly scoundrel bonus method, Yang Su could only express his speechlessness. But no one objected, after all, no one knew that Voldemort was actually eliminated by Yang Su. But even if Yang Su is not there, it will be solved.

The Gryffindors' cheers were still strong, and they all looked at Harry excitedly. Forgetting all the previous unhappiness, everyone was there cheering in unison.

Knowing that his words were useless, they increased the other party's score, and Mo Luo felt very unwilling. But he backed down anyway, speculating maliciously that Dumbledore would still give Gryffindor extra points even if he had more reasons to do so. The winners of the Academy Cup changed hands from this moment on.

"We need to make some small changes to the décor here." He clapped his hands, and in an instant, those green dangling streamers turned bright red, and the silver ones golden; The giant Slytherin snake disappeared and was replaced by a majestic Gryffindor lion.

Professor McGonagall excitedly chatted with the other professors around her, trying to share her joy. Snape could only smile awkwardly at Professor McGonagall's words.

The convivial atmosphere affects the people of the entire hall. Despite losing the House Cup, the Slytherin Snakes are adept at hiding their emotions. The year-end party wasn't meant to celebrate winning the House Cup, well, at least that's what Slytherin had in mind for the time being.

At this time, Yang Su smiled and congratulated Professor McGonagall, he did not try to comfort Snape, because it would make Snape feel that he was pitying him. Although he didn't really care about the House Cup, Snape graduated from Slytherin after all. If you win the seventh consecutive championship of your own college, you will be in a bad mood if you change to someone else.

The dinner continued, and the rich and delicious food was on the plate. Fried fish, french fries, fried chicken thighs, roast beef, grilled pork chops, grilled potatoes, pumpkin juice......

After eliminating a few grilled steaks one after another, Yang Su picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth. The portions of these foods were very large, and after eating enough, Yang Su took the pumpkin juice there and drank it and talked to the friends next to him by the way.

"Flitwick, how are you going to arrange your vacation?" Hogwarts is about to take a break, and so can the teachers, and at this time of year, all but a few teachers will leave the school.

"I want to travel, but the way I look is so eye-catching. Every outing had to be painstakingly memorized for Muggles. So I decided to research and try to improve the spells I was using. Good luck to me, Robin. ”

"Well," listening to Flitwick's words, Yang Su had already imagined the scene of him being watched by everyone, but Yang Su didn't laugh out loud because of this. After wishing Flitwick success in his research, he thought about what he was going to do during the holidays.

The dinner was soon over, and when everyone had eaten and drunk, Dumbledore exchanged the delicious food for dessert and fruit. And after everyone has eaten and drunk enough, let the prefects of each college lead the students back to the dormitory.

The next day, the students all got their final grades. After learning about the status of Rien's other subjects, Yang Su seemed to understand why Dumbledore would rest assured that Rien had become his personal disciple.

Transfiguration A

Charms A

Potions A

History of Magic A

Defence Against the Dark Arts A

Astronomy A

Herbology A

Don't think that A in Hogwarts means excellent, A = Acceptable. That's right, all of Ryan's grades were just passed, and although this result was the result of several re-exams, he was still able to avoid repeating a grade.

Although the talent of other magic is not good, Ryan is still very sensitive to the perception of spatial nodes. This is also the reason why Yang Su accepted him as an apprentice.

I don't know why Yang Su gradually fell in love with the peaceful campus life. There was no conspiracy and no killing, but Yang Su knew that he would never be able to continue like this.

Strength is even the original sin, and weakness is not the same. Obsessed with power, Voldemort became the Demon King, and look at his Death Eaters, the weak seeking refuge, the careerists seeking some prestige, and the cruel by nature, attracted to a leader who could teach them a higher form of cruelty.

On the other hand, even Dumbledore wasn't a good guy in the fanfic book he remembered. For the sake of the stability of the magical world, he used layer after layer of plans to weaken the strength of pure-blood nobles.

In the end, Yang Su gave up and continued to think, he felt that he was going crazy if he went on like this. He felt that his personality was gradually drifting away from his original self.

At the beginning, he was just a weak chicken otaku, and he inexplicably bound the system to obtain the blood mage profession in the world of Hell Song, and he had already changed, regarding life as nourishment and human life as grass mustard, until the blood mage profession was temporarily sealed, and the feeling of ignoring everything gradually disappeared.

But Yang Su also feels that his personality has changed again, and he is gradually leaning towards Robin Hulos in the backstory, who is a cowardly coward in the eyes of others. But only he knows what he is carrying. In the face of the incomprehension of others, he is determined to embark on a journey against terrifying creatures from another dimension.

There's nothing wrong with leaning towards such a character, but Yang Su is concerned about what he will become after the seal of the Blood Mage profession is removed? If two personalities exist at the same time, I am afraid that I will become a schizophrenic madman. Not to mention, there are the almost completed Elemental Demolitionist and Icefreezer classes. The characters in each of the backstories are different.

Yang Su suddenly had a feeling that he would eventually become a madman. A poor guy who hovers between five personalities. There are always moments when Yang Su wants to give up this power of his own. But after all, I still can't let go.

Standing helplessly at the window of his room, Yang Su stopped his thoughts as he watched the Hogwarts students slowly get on the train leaving the school.