Chapter 294: Friendship Tournament with Foreign Schools

At Hogwarts, there was a small boat on the Black Lagoon, and from a distance, you could see a very large man sitting on the boat.

It's Hagrid, Hagrid has returned, after a long absence.

Brie was resting on the platform outside the corner tower at this time, reading a book quietly, and inadvertently spotted movement on the black lake.

"Oooooooooo......oo

Of course, Peeves is much cuter, and the little wizards are happy to play with it.

"Go see what's going on, Peeves."

Brie tells Peeves to leave and not to disturb him from here.

"Yes, sir!"

……

"Hey, Hagrid, how did you get back?" Harry, Ron, and Hermione were pleasantly surprised to greet Hagrid at the dock.

"Can't I come back yet?" Hagrid scratched his messy hair and laughed.

"Where have you been?" Harry and Ron pulled Hagrid ashore from the boat, and Hagrid tethered the boat to the dock.

"Go, go to me, I've brought some goodies." Hagrid patted his chest, but Harry and the others only noticed Hagrid's face was bruised.

He was beaten?

"It's, it's falling." Hagrid covered himself and walked forward.

Harry and Hermione looked at each other and saw what was wrong.

Ron was giggling and didn't care.

Harry, they arrive at Hagrid's hut, just as Peeves comes out of Hogwarts Castle.

"Huh?" Umbridge, who was outside patrolling the little wizard and didn't do anything bad, saw Peeves and followed with a smile on his eyebrows......

In the afternoon, when Brie came to the hall for dinner, he learned that Harry and the three of them had been locked up by Umbridge and sent to clean the Quidditch pitch for Filch for the next Mirage Games Fellowship.

The reason was that a party of more than three people had been held and that she had not been informed.

"Your Excellency." Little Pipsqueak sneaked under Brie's teacher's chair and said, "It's Hagrid, Hagrid went to the Nordic Mountains, where he found the giant, and I heard Hagrid say that Dumbledore told him to go, in order to prevent Voldemort from wooing the giant Brie." ”

"Hagrid was about to succeed, but the leader of the Giant Tribe was killed by a new leader, and the new leader was Voldemort's men."

At this time, Umbridge also came, and Umbridge smiled, completely without the-for-tat that he had with Brie the other day.

She came over and said to Brie, "The Ministry of Magic wants to participate in this fraternity, Professor Ode, and we think this will increase the influence of the British wizarding community." ”

That's a pretty good excuse.

"You can go talk to Principal McGonagall, I'm just looking at their results, and that's going to be part of the final grades."

"Of course, it's for the best." Umbridge said flatteringly, and turned away.

Fudge had already sent her a warning to stop targeting Brie, she just needed to form her own forces at Hogwarts and let the Ministry of Magic invade.

After that, come back to Brie when you have the chance.

After all, Hogwarts doesn't belong to anyone and is not Brie's property.

With that in mind, Umbridge came to McGonagall's side.

McGonagall looked impatient, but when she heard that the Ministry of Magic was involved, she agreed, after all, Dumbledore needed her to draw the attention of the Ministry.

McGonagall sighed inwardly, hoping that Dumbledore would get the Order of the Phoenix matter in order sooner, she was fed up with Umbridge.

It's not just Umbridge's various educational orders, but also her poor teaching!

McGonagall didn't know how many complaints she had received from the little wizards, Umbridge's classes were so bad that if this continued, the little wizards couldn't learn anything at all, which McGonagall couldn't tolerate!

However, she couldn't ban Umbridge at this time.

……

The mood of the little wizard learning magic is heightened by the fantasy game competition.

From the very beginning, the fantasy game was under the slogan of helping wizards practice magic, which is why they were able to enter the wizarding world so quickly.

The more proficient you are at a spell, the more powerful you will be able to use a fantasy card.

However, as far as the selection competition is concerned, students from other schools can watch it first and then join in the middle of the competition.

This is the nature of the competition, and as a local game, the young wizards of Hogwarts are naturally stronger, and most of the students need to start from scratch, which has led to the students of the outer school also practicing magic desperately recently, buying fantasy cards to avoid their own embarrassment during the competition.

"Goo-goo!" The owl is here again.

Because of the competition, the Oude family opened up blank cards, which could be entered by the little wizard himself, so that the students from other schools could compete.

Blank cards are very suitable for natural magic, so this competition has a rule that only blank cards can be used, and it is up to the little wizard to enter the magic himself.

"My, I'm glad I wasn't late, otherwise the owl would have been a lot of detention." Ron, who had just stepped into the hall, breathed a sigh of relief and got the package.

This tournament requires that the cards used must be related to natural magic.

"What cards are you going to enter?" Ron sat down at the table with the package in his arms, asking as he ate.

Hermione checked the cards, and then said, "Most young wizards can't use the complete natural magic, so they can only use the natural magic to enhance the wizard's spell. ”

Hermione hadn't said anything, she hadn't thought it through.

Harry said, "I'm good at disarming spells, and I think I'll be able to enhance them with natural magic and engrave them into cards." ”

"Then find some secondary spells."

Brie had said that Harry was suitable for the spell, so Harry had been practicing it.

"Oh, I'm actually better suited to Fantastic Beasts cards, but I can't enter blank cards." Ron sighed.

This competition is for Brie to test the little wizard's mastery of natural magic, so naturally there are some more restrictions.

"In fact, magic plants can also be recorded, and natural magic has the power to use magic to control plants." Hermione reminded.

After hearing this, Ron said with a bitter face, "It's even harder. ”

Harry and Hermione smiled, this was taught to them by Brie last semester, and they didn't practice proficiency, of course it was difficult.

But then again, finding offensive spells is not that easy, let alone training.

"Defence Against the Dark Arts class is a place to learn about attacks or defensive spells, but Umbridge obviously can't teach us." Hermione said.

Umbridge's curriculum is scripted, and there is no nutrition at all.

"Don't forget, we also have to take the Junior Wizard Rank Exam in the fifth grade." Hermione continued.

"We have to practice magic in private, or we won't be able to pass the exam."

Hearing Hermione say this, Harry and Ron looked at each other.

"Don't forget why we were punished for cleaning the Quidditch pitch, Hermione."

When Hermione heard this, she hugged her chest and didn't want to speak.

And just when Hermione and the others didn't think of a way, on the other side, a protest had erupted at Ravenclaw College, but they were smart enough not to shout angrily.

"We have to do something, and learning without communication is not conducive to our progress."

Ravenclaw was a solitary learner, but as they learned about natural magic, they felt pressured.

Because the debate activities they used to participate in knowledge clubs were gone, and there was no link to show their wisdom, they found themselves in a dilemma in their studies.

No inspiration.

"Maybe we can find Umbridge and start a natural magic exchange club so that she doesn't punish us with an education order." Kitty suggested.

But it was refuted.

"Do you think she'll agree?"

"Why don't we go to Professor Ode?"

The chirping sound rang out at Kitty's dining table.

"What are you doing, boys?" Umbridge suddenly appeared at the table, and the eaglets' voices stopped abruptly.

This is Luna looking at Umbridge, her bright eyes reflecting Umbridge's unhappiness.

"We want to have a place to practice magic."

Luna's voice wasn't loud, but it was the voice of the young wizards present.

Umbridge's smirk became a little lighter.

"I think my lessons are enough for you to learn, and magic is more important than thinking." Umbridge refuses this because it is not in her wishes.

If a young wizard could practice magic at will, she wouldn't be able to control it.

With that, she turned and left the hall, leaving the little wizards with no place to complain.

"Luna, can you go to Professor Ode." A kitty approached Luna and wanted Luna to talk about it.

Luna nodded, looking at Brie.

Brie also heard the little wizards' pleas.

"Start a dueling club, Professor Flitsch, I think some of the ideas that Lockhart left behind were higher than Professor Umbridge's."

Brie looked at Snape again.

"Professor Snape, I hope you'll get involved."

McGonagall nodded as well, as a solution to Umbridge's academic inaction as a professor but on students.

McGonagall said: "I think that's a good idea. ”

With Brie as a guarantor, Umbridge didn't dare to come over, and the matter of the dueling club soon became a topic of conversation among the young wizards.

……

In the hallway, Harry and Ron were preparing to go back to their dorm.

"That's great, but if we want to win, we have to practice privately, not just for the competition, but also for the junior wizard level exam in the future." Hermione said to Harry and Ron on the way.

Not being able to learn magic effectively was something Hermione couldn't accept.

"Oh, I've found you!" Newt made his way through the hallway and stopped Harry.

"Is there anything wrong, Professor Newt?"

For Newt, Harry they still have respect.

"It's about you, Potter." Newt scratched his head, then said, "Follow me, Dumbledore asked me to come to you." ”

Dumbledore......

Harry remembered that Brie had told him to let Dumbledore solve his own problem.

"Come along, too." Seeing Hermione and Ron's inquiring looks, Newt said, "This has something to do with the Order of the Phoenix." ”

Newt blushed and said that he had actually come to help Dumbledore's people this time, and that he was very skilled in this.

Following Newt, Harry and the others came to the eighth floor, in front of a portrait of a troll.

"This is the Room of Need." Newt opened the door the way it was opened.

When Harry entered, they found that it was a training ground, and of course, Hermione had known about the Room of Requirement, and knew that it was definitely not that simple.

"Dumbledore wants me to train you...... You know, he's fighting Voldemort and Grindelwald. ”

Harry, they nodded.

Newt continued, "This wasn't meant to be a young wizard, but you are aware of Umbridge's teachings, so Dumbledore has asked me to make it easier for you. ”

"Of course, it's not just for Potter, as long as you want to come, you can do it, and I'll teach you some useful magic."

Hermione and Ron's eyes lit up, but Harry was a little confused.

Newt noticed Harry's confusion and said, "Someone will help you after your business, but it's not me, I don't know much about that magic." ”

Newt smiled apologetically, and said, "You should know how to get in here, then I will be here every Friday and Saturday night, and you can divide the rest of the time yourself, and of course, you can also find a trustworthy little wizard to practice magic here." ”

With that, Newt began his first teaching, the Disarming Charm.

……

As time goes on, Christmas gets closer and closer, and the tryouts for the fantasy game are about to begin.

However, compared to the first tryout, the dueling club that has already begun is much more interesting, because there are no pink toads pointing fingers, and the little wizards are waving their wands to their heart's content.

Outside of the Dueling Club, a private organization called the Magic Exchange Society also began to spread around Hogwarts, avoiding Umbridge and Slytherin, of course.

I don't know what the Slytherin people thought that they would listen to Umbridge so much.

With the exception of Draco and a few neutral snakes, a large number of snakes became Umbridge's ponies, led by Arnold Flint and Blais Shabini, as well as the Theodore Noether family.

Inside the Slytherin Lounge –

"Oh, Arnold, what a strange name, I thought he was going to hide for the rest of his life." Draco scoffed as the men were summoned to her office by Umbridge.

Arnold, a guy with some luck, is now a sixth-grader.

And Shabini was Brie's roommate at the time, and of course, he didn't deserve it.

And Noether ......

"Theodore, are you really going to get together with Umbridge?" As a childhood friend, Draco reluctantly reminded Nott.

"I don't have a choice, Malfoy."

Draco frowned when he heard Nott call himself Malfoy.

On the other side, Pansy and Daphne also got up, and they were the girls Umbridge had chosen to represent them.

This time Draco didn't do any more useless work.

At that moment, a girl approached and sat down next to Draco.

It was Stacy Rozier, a sixth-grader, and she was the girl who helped Bathilda Basshat, Grindelwald's aunt, deliver something to Brie last year.

"Rozier... Your aunt seems to be ......," Draco snapped.

Rozier smiled, his aunt was indeed a subordinate of Grindelwald, that is, a saint, and now a professor at Durmstrang.

"Our family has made a decision, and Mr. Grindelwald is a great leader."

Draco raised an eyebrow, he didn't expect Grindelwald's hand to have reached Hogwarts.

And on the other side, Astoria also walked.

"Please tell Ode that the purebloods have decided to help the Ministry of Magic, but the purebloods are still helping the mystery man." Astoria didn't care if Rozier was here or not, and didn't mind that her betrayal would be known.

Draco was surprised.

"What does this have to do with Ode, we are not Dumbledore's people, if you want to join Dumbledore, go to him." Draco wasn't interested in helping Dumbledore.

Astoria was silent, there was only so much she could come up with.

Rozier on the side said: "Mr. Malfoy, do you remember Shafiq, the Shafiq who escaped from the Shafiq family." ”

"Remember, what's wrong?"

"She was assassinated by the Death Eaters because she had taken refuge with Dumbledore."

He's dead?

Draco hadn't expected it.

Astoria on the side trembled slightly.

Rozier smiled and patted Astra on the shoulder, ready to take her to the other side to talk.

But before leaving, Rozier said: "Please tell Mr. Ode, Mr. Grindelwald respects Mr. Ode very much, and the wizards of Godric's Valley also respect Mr. Ode, and will maintain Mr. Ode's reputation, and will not let the Ministry of Magic do some despicable things." ”

Draco frowned, and it didn't take long for him to get up and head to the Corner Tower.