Chapter 24: An Invitation to a Duel
As Al had guessed, Harry hadn't been kicked out of Hogwarts, but he had come back with a look of excitement on his face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"It's great that you're okay. ā
Harry waved his hand, and he said, "Do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry!"
The Al men had made way for Harry, and as dinner drew to a close, there were only scraps left on the table, but Harry clearly didn't care about that.
Harry gulped a few bites, and then, under the concerned gaze of Al and the others, told him what had happened after he and Professor McGonagall left.
It turned out that Harry's performance in the flying lesson was all seen by Professor McGonagall, who was very surprised by Harry's flying talent, and at this time, the Quidditch team of Gryffindor House was lacking a Seeker, and after Professor McGonagall's exceptional recommendation, Harry finally joined the Gryffindor Quidditch team and became a Seeker.
"So, instead of being reprimanded by Professor McGonagall, you were recommended by her to join Gryffindor's Quidditch team?"
Al, Hermione, and Ron looked at each other, no one expecting this to be the result.
You must know that according to the rules of Hogwarts, first-year freshmen are not allowed to participate in the school's Quidditch team, but I didn't expect the old-fashioned and serious Professor McGonagall to make an exception for Harry to join.
It's unbelievable that Professor McGonagall would break this precedent for Harry!
"And you're still a Seeker!" said Ron, with a look of envy, "You must have been the youngest Hogwarts player in many years." ā
"It's been a century. Harry said as he chewed something in his mouth and mumbled, "It was the captain of the team Wood who told me. ā
The Al were shocked by the news, and then Harry suddenly lowered his voice and said to them, "I'll start training next week, you must not tell anyone, Wood wants to keep this matter a secret." ā
Al really had nothing but envy for this, he loved flying and wanted to join the Gryffindor Quidditch team, but according to the school's rules, he would have to wait until his second year to do so.
At this moment, Ron's two twin brothers came to Harry.
"Well done Harry," said one of the twins, "Wood has told us that we're also from the Gryffindor team, and we're batsmen. ā
The other twin continued: "Let me tell you, we're definitely going to win the Quidditch Cup this year, we haven't won since Charlie left, but this year, we're going to have a great team. ā
"You must be great, Harry, Wood was incoherent with excitement when he told us about it. ā
"We've got to go, though, and Lee Jordan thinks he's found a new secret passage that leads to the outside of the school. ā
"We're guessing it's the passage behind the statue of Gregory the Sycophant, we found out in our first week at school, goodbye. ā
The twins left in a hurry, and as soon as they left on the front foot, Malfoy appeared on the back foot.
"One last supper, Potter, when are you going to take the train back to the Muggle world?"
Harry said coldly, "Malfoy, now that you're back on the ground and you're accompanied by your two bodyguards, are you emboldened?"
Harry and Malfoy were at odds with each other, but because there was still a teacher in the cafeteria, neither of them dared to make a mistake, so they could only grim their faces and cinch their hands with a clattering sound.
"I'm willing to fight you at any time," Malfoy said, "and if you're okay, how about tonight, a duel between wizards, only with a wand, no contact, what's wrong? I guess you haven't heard of a wizard duel, right?"
Wizard duels are a dueling method that has been practiced in England for nearly a thousand years, in which each side of the duel has an assistant, and only magic is allowed to attack, and when one of them dies, his assistant will continue the fight in his place.
Al pouted, wizard duels often kill people, he didn't believe Malfoy would have the guts to conduct wizard duels, maybe it would be a trap.
Al tried to convince Harry to refuse the duel, but before he could speak, a man made a decision faster than he could.
Ron stood up suddenly, and he said, "Of course he has heard of it, and I am his assistant, who is your assistant?"
The corners of Al's eyes jumped, it was so reckless that Ron, a fool, would decide for Harry without his permission.
But if you say it, it's like water spilled out, and you can't get it back if you want to.
The corners of Malfoy's mouth curled slightly when he heard Ron's agreement, and then looked at Crabbe and Goyle beside him.
"My assistant is Crabbe. "How about it at midnight tonight?" we meet you in the prize showroom, where the door is never locked. ā
After Malfoy left, Harry asked, "What's the wizard duel?"
"Oh, if you die, the assistant will follow. Ron said lightly, but after seeing Harry's face change, he hurriedly added, "You know, though, that only real wizards will die when they engage in a formal duel, and you and Malfoy will only be able to fire a few sparks at each other at best, and you two know too little magic to really hurt each other." ā
What Ron said seemed to have some truth, but Al still frowned and said to him, "Even if that's the case, then I have to ask his own opinion the next time you make a decision for someone else!"
After being counted down by Al, Ron's face suddenly sank, and he said impatiently: "There's nothing for you here, it's enough for me and Harry at night, I don't need you at all!"
"What did you say!?"
Elton was furious, he found that Ron was really a good person, he was simply a typical representative of a simple mind, and he didn't use his brain at all before he spoke!
Seeing Al angry, Ron was so frightened that his body instinct was to shrink back, because Al was much stronger than him, and coupled with his angry expression, he was simply an angry lion cub.
Harry hurriedly stood between the two, and he said, "Okay, you all calm down, anyway, things have already turned out like this, it's useless to say anything, let's think about how to duel Malfoy at night." ā
Hermione suddenly interrupted them, and she spoke, "Harry, listen to me, you really can't go tonight, if you hang out at night and get caught by the teacher, how many points will you give Gryffindor, and you will definitely be caught, so you really can't go!"