The new Hogwarts Wizarding Arena is based on Rick's Colosseum, but it's not all the same.

Viewed from above, the walls around it form a perfect circle, and the vaulted dome is "nailed" to this circle by four towering towers.

Above each tower hangs the coat of arms of the four houses symbolizing Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Below are the gates and corridors for the admission of different colleges.

Entering the interior of the dueling arena along the corridor, you will find a five-story stepped auditorium in a circle on the left and right, and the empty area in the center of the real front is the core area of the entire dueling arena, the wizard dueling place.

The site was about half the size of a Quidditch pitch, and its surface was covered with a thick layer of fine sand, which was used as a cushion to prevent young wizards from falling and injuring themselves in dueling.

Sitting in the audience, you can see that the entire venue is white-painted into nine small areas, each of which is a separate dueling ring. And the duel ring in the very center is half a meter higher than all the rings.

This particular ring was deliberately created by Rick, who wanted to use it as an exhibition arena that could be used by young wizards with excellent dueling skills in addition to the professors' exhibition matches.

But the premise is that these little wizards can be promoted from the eight surrounding rings.

……

Under the canvas white dome, Rick Graves, who was presiding over the stage, saw that Minerva McGonagall, the referee of the wizarding duel, had come to his side, so he reached behind his waist with one hand, held up the microphone with the other, and bowed slightly.

The movements are elegant and decent, making people think that he is a nobleman who has traveled through the Middle Ages.

After Professor McGonagall took the microphone from his hand, he nodded with a smile and headed towards the special ring in the center of the arena below.

'Pretend! It's just a sight to be! ’

Snape, who was sitting next to Dumbledore, witnessed the whole process of Rick's bag, and he didn't expect this brute from the United States to learn to show manners.

Dissatisfied with Rick in his heart, he stood up and neatly arranged his black robe with his hands.

With a polite nod from Dumbledore, he walked towards the center of the arena.

Snape's grim face made him instinctively lean towards the other side of the stairs he passed.

It was as if an invisible force surrounded Snape, crowding out "those who were close to him".

……

"Wow! Professor Graves looked really handsome just now!! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! I don't know if the professor is married? ”

"What do you think, you fox?"

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with what I said? Professor Graves is handsome, young, and has a career of his own. The most important thing is that he is a pure-blood wizard! ”

"People are so good, will they take a fancy to you, a charming fox?"

"What's wrong with me? I'm only sixteen years old, and I'm in the middle of my flowering season. Professor Graves was only twenty-three years old. I think..."

“……”

Sitting on the edge of Gryffindor, Hermione heard the conversation of the senior wizards behind her, and she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

Holding back the churning gastric juices, she raised her hands to cover her ears.

A group of idiot girls are actually discussing how to become the professor's girlfriend.

Hehe, what a fool's dream.

After making a mockery of the group of senior Ravenclaw wizards behind her, Hermione quickly shifted her attention to the center of the dueling arena.

……

"Ron, why aren't you surprised at all?"

"What am I surprised about?"

"This kind of exotic dueling arena has never been seen on our side. Look at the towering stone pillars, the arched gates carved with magical beasts, and the soft and comfortable seats......"

"Oh, that's good."

"The calm look on your face makes me feel like a hillbilly who has never seen the world."

Seamus looked at Ron suspiciously, this kind of Ron who seemed to have seen a big scene was not the Ron he knew, Seamus recalled that when he first entered the first grade, Ron cowered and embarrassed, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"It's okay, there are many more hillbillies like you."

“……”

Being scolded by Ron like this, Seamus didn't know what to say, so he had to shift his gaze to Neville in front of him.

Ron glanced at the Seamos with an expressionless face, and did not speak again, and after seeing that the few people were still discussing this exotic building, in order not to reveal the superiority in his heart, he set his eyes on the central ring.

I put up the cushions you made with my own hands, and I also put the warnings on the stone pillars. I'm more familiar with this place than you, but I just won't tell you. It's funny to look at your surprised expressions! ’

If it were Ron, he would definitely argue with Seamus. But after becoming Rick's temporary worker, he gradually changed a little bit of his original honesty with some inferiority.

Whether this change is good or bad will take time to verify.

But the only thing that is certain is that Ron doesn't seem to have any inferiority complexes.

……

In the ring in the center of the dueling arena, Rick played with the wand in his hand, looking at Snape who walked into the ring, and his excitement made him unable to control his facial expressions.

He had been waiting for this moment for a long, long, long time, almost weeks.

"Thank you so much, Professor Snape. If it weren't for the kindness you promised me. I don't even know who to go to for this exhibition match with me. ”

Today, be able to engage in a wizarding duel with Severus Snape, the Potions professor at Hogwarts, a former Death Eater, the protagonist of Infernal Affairs in the wizarding world, and the second infatuated male in the love story.

It is something that Rick Graves, who is the secret Auror of the Magical Congress of America, is very much looking forward to after coming to Hogwarts.

Gilderoy Lockhart could have invited Snape to be his assistant and perform wizarding duels with him.

So Rick thinks Snape belongs to the kind of temperament that is cold on the outside and rejects people thousands of miles away. But the real him is the kind of warm man who is gentle and delicate in his heart and is not very good at refusing other people's requests.

"Graves, although you have a lot of swordsmanship, this is a wizard's duel, a duel that only allows the use of a wand. Be careful, don't be beaten by my moves. ”

In the face of Rick's enthusiasm, Snape appeared very calm. With a deep and magnetic voice, he reminded Rick not to underestimate him.

"Thank you, Professor Snape, for the reminder, but... In addition to my good swordsmanship, I am also very skilled in the use of magic spells..."

Rick wanted to say something more to Snape, but Professor McGonagall's voice interrupted him from all directions.

"Severus, Rick. Please both of you raise your wands and perform dueling etiquette with each other. ”

Following the rules and etiquette of ancient wizard duels, the two bowed to each other slightly as Professor McGonagall finished speaking.