Fred and George didn't win this time.

Cedric Diggory lived up to the hype, winning first place in the Defence Against the Dark Arts exam in his third year, and successfully obtaining the Spooky Wood Amulet that Dracula had made with him.

The first place in the second grade was won by a Ravenclaw girl named Cho Chang.

However, to the surprise of the two, Hermione Granger, who was in the first place in all other subjects, did not get the first place in Defence Against the Dark Arts as they expected.

The first place in the first year of Defence Against the Dark Arts is Harry Potter!

"Harry, did you say we were usually nice to you?" On the evening of the results, Fred and George put their arms around Harry's shoulders and asked with serious faces.

"Pretty ...... That's good...... Whether it's in the Gryffindor common room or on the Quidditch pitch, you take good care of me." Harry didn't know what the two men meant, and said with some surprise, "What...... What's wrong, did I do something wrong?"

"No, you didn't do anything wrong." George said bitterly, "But you have done us a terrible disservice!"

"I...... What's wrong with me?" The kind-hearted Harry suddenly felt guilty, not knowing what he had done unintentionally.

"Harry, how can you steal the first place in Hermione's Defence Against the Dark Arts?" Fred patted Harry on the shoulder and said in grief.

"Huh?"

Harry's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously glanced into the bag in his arms, thinking that he had let a diary tutor homework be exposed.

However, what George said next directly made him lose his desire to communicate with the two of them-

"The two of us made a bet with those stupid big money in Slytherin that Hermione would get Professor Dracula's amulet. Do you know the psychology of those purebloods who claim to be extraordinary? They didn't believe it, and it wasn't possible for a little Muggle-born wizard to win first place, so they made a bet with me for a full ten Galleons."

"Originally, we all thought it was safe, but in the end, you got the amulet......

George's hands gestured exaggeratedly, wiping tears from his tears and crying pompously. "That's ten Gallons, Harry! That's how much my dad gets a week's salary!"

Listening to George's complaints, Harry's eyes seemed to flash red.

"Fred, George, I think it's time for you to quit gambling!" He suddenly shouted, "You know that ten Galleons is a week's salary for Mr. Wesley. Have you ever thought that if you lose more in the future?!"

"The Slytherin guys can afford to lose! If they lose money, they will at most go back and be scolded. And what about you? If you lose to the point where you can't afford it, it could affect your younger siblings, and the whole of Wesley's life!"

Fred and George looked at the emotional Harry, and they both stayed there in a bit of a daze.

"We know it's wrong, Harry." George said unconfidently, "Why are you yelling so loudly, it's going to scare us to death."

….

[In other words, it is the best way to read aloud and listen to books at present, @

It was a crucial game.

Slytherin House is currently in first place, with Snape's "tireless efforts" and Slytherins scoring a total of 442 points, followed by Ravenclaw with 426 points and Gryffindor in third place with 412 points.

Despite being only in third place, the gap between them and Slytherin is not huge, and as long as Gryffindor's team can win the Quidditch Cup, they will get a whopping 50 points to overtake Slytherin and win the House Cup!

And the odds are stacked against Gryffindor.

Thanks to Harry's excellent performance, they have won back-to-back Hufflepuff and Slytherin, and they are quite different from Slytherin, who are in second place.

So, as long as they can beat Ravenclaw, or even if they don't get too far apart, they can get the ultimate Quidditch trophy!

In this crucial match, Harry, who defeated Quirrell and drove Voldemort away, was in good shape, and within an hour he managed to catch the Golden Snitch and win for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Combined with the 50 points of the Quidditch Cup, Gryffindor's house reached 462 points in one time, surpassing Slytherin and Ravenclaw, and ranking first!

As soon as the match was over, the Gryffindor cubs couldn't wait to lift Harry up and throw him high into the air.

In the evening, the Gryffindor Tower is lit up and the celebration has already begun.

They enthusiastically celebrated Gryffindor for stopping Slytherin's record of winning the House Cup for six years in a row, and successfully taking over the House Cup honor!

……

However, they forgot that there were still three days left before the official opening of the year-end banquet-

Snape didn't know if he really wanted Slytherin to hold on to the House Cup, or if he wanted Harry to turn his feelings for him back into disgust, or both.

For the remaining three days, he was like crazy, deducting points from Gryffindor day and night, deducting five points or ten points for the slightest problem, and soon, Gryffindor was basically equal to Slytherin's score.

So, on the afternoon of the last day of the first year, Harry went to Snape's Potions professor's office and got into a heated argument with him—

….

"Professor Snape, why are you doing this?" Harry asked with a pained expression, "You can be a good person, why do you have to make me hate you?"

On the one hand, Snape's usual behavior is indeed very unpleasant, especially the Gryffindor lion cubs, who have a deep dislike for him, and the same is true of Harry in the past; On the other hand, Snape had tried to save his life twice in a row, so Harry didn't have any grudge against him at all.

Snape casually sorted through his potions materials, as if he hadn't heard Harry's questioning.

However, if you look closely, you can see that his expression is very stiff, and the movements of his hands are only unconsciously breaking one herb after another.

"You're thinking too much, Potter." There was a long silence before he slowly spoke, "Isn't it normal for my academy to win the academy cup? Or do you think I should help Gryffindor get trophies in turn, so that I can be considered a 'good guy,' you call a 'good guy'?"

"Don't be too presumptuous, Potter, don't think the whole world is going to revolve around you!"

Snape tossed the last two herbs into the jar in front of him, word for word.

Harry's face flushed in the face of Snape's taunt.

A red light flashed through his eyes, and his emotions suddenly became agitated.

"Don't you just want me to hate you? Come on, deduct my points!" He shouted uncontrollably, "I'm telling you, I was really blind to thank you!"

Snape's movements stopped, and the corners of his mouth curled indifferently.

"Sure enough, the Potter family has always been so stupid, arrogant, and self-righteous." He said coldly,

"Then as you wish......

"Contradict the Professor, Gryffindor deducts fifty points!"

……

That night, Harry left the Potions professor's office alone and climbed the spiral staircase that led to the entrance courtyard to the Great Hall for the end-of-year feast.

When he arrived at the auditorium, it was already full.

The auditorium was decorated in green and silver to celebrate their seventh consecutive year of winning the House Cup. On the wall behind the guest of honor, a huge banner depicting a snake hangs.

As soon as Harry walked in, he was pulled by Ron and Hermione to the Gryffindor table.

"Harry, you know what? Just now, Gryffindor was suddenly deducted fifty points!" Ron said to Harry angrily, "We won't be able to catch up with Slytherin with another Quidditch Cup."

"yes, I don't know who gave Snape such a big opportunity." Hermione slapped the book in her hand on the table in anger, and she was in no mood to read.

Harry was stunned for a moment, and his mood suddenly dropped.

"Don't say it, that person is me." He whispered.

Ron and Hermione fell silent and looked at Harry in surprise.

"What's going on, Harry?" Ron asked, "Haven't you reconciled with Snape?"

"I don't think we'll ever reconcile in our lives." Harry said sadly, he didn't know why he was so easily emotional these days, "I'd like to talk to him about the points deduction given to Gryffindor...... But I couldn't control my emotions and got into an argument with him......

….

Hermione wanted to continue, but just then, Dumbledore walked into the Great Hall.

He smiled and walked out of the professor's chair and waved warmly to everyone. The noise in the auditorium gradually subsided, and Hermione chose not to ask more, after all, the wood was already in the boat.

"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore walked to his seat, and instead of sitting down, he stood there gleefully and said, "Before I can indulge in these delicacies, I must trouble you to listen to an old man's cliché, and I will say a few brief ......

Unlike the speeches of the headmasters of various Muggle schools, what Dumbledore said was really two words.

After he finished saying two sentences of testimonials and motivational speeches, he immediately began the part that Slytherin's little snakes were most looking forward to, and which was also the last thing Gryffindor's little lions wanted to face-

"Now, as far as I know, we are going to have the Academy Cup award ceremony first, and the specific scores of each house are as follows: fourth place, Hufflepuff, three hundred and fifty-two points; third, Gryffindor, 387 points; Four hundred and twenty-six points for Ravenclaw, four hundred and forty-two points for Slytherin."

The Slytherin table erupted in thunderous cheers and stamping, and Draco Malfoy banged his goblet on the table with a "clanging clang".

Meanwhile, in the professor's chair, Dracula is holding a goblet and drinking the bright red liquor comfortably.

He heard Slytherin's deafening cheers and subconsciously glanced over there, just in time to see Draco ruining the goblet.

Dracula frowned disapprovingly and snapped his fingers.

An entire Slytherin House goblet disappeared from the table in an instant, so much so that a group of Slytherin wizards who were cheering until their throats ached and were drinking water did not react, and took a hard breath into their palms.

For a moment, the cheers at the Slytherin table turned into a choked cough.

The young wizards of the other three academies were delighted to hear about this scene. Slytherin's pain caused the crowd to laugh, and the air of joy filled the hall and beyond.

"yes, yes, the Slytherin classmates are doing well." Dumbledore forced a smile and said, "However, there are a few other things that happened this semester that must be taken into account."

The laughter in the auditorium subsided a little, the air quieted down, and the young wizards of Slytherin suppressed their painful coughs

sound, looked around a few times in a daze, and didn't know why the cup in his hand suddenly disappeared.

"Ahem, ahem," Dumbledore cleared his throat, "I have some final points to distribute. Let me see, by the way, the first one - Mr. Ron Wesley......

Ron's face flushed red like a carrot dried in the sun.

「…… He won one of the best games at Hogwarts in many years, and I'll award Gryffindor House fifty points for that."

The cheers of the Gryffindors nearly toppled the enchanted ceiling. The stars above their heads also seemed to tremble slightly.

All of a sudden, they improved their house score by 50 points, which means that they once again moved from third place to second place, and even Slytherin, who was in first place, was only five points behind!

….

Many of the clever Gryffindor cubs turned their attention to Hermione and Harry.

They knew that the three first-year wizards had always acted together. Since Dumbledore alone added fifty points to Ron, then Hermione and Harry must have had a share of it!

"Item 2 - Miss Hermione Granger...... She faced the flames and calmly reasoned logically, and I would like to reward Gryffindor House with fifty points."

Unsurprisingly, Hermione also received fifty points.

The Gryffindors around them were ecstatic, jumping up and down at the table - they had risen a full hundred points, surpassing Slytherin's 442 points in one fell swoop, and reclaiming the first place in the house points!

"The third – Harry Potter ......," Dumbledore said.

Now that Gryffindor had finished first, Harry's score was less important. But the little lions were quiet and wanted to see how many points Harry could get.

「…… He has shown great courage and courage, for which I would like to award Gryffindor House sixty points!"

In the midst of the loud cheers, Dumbledore gave Neville another ten.

In the end, Gryffindor's score was fixed at 557 points, which was more than 100 points higher than Slytherin's!

The cheers at the Gryffindor table rose higher and higher, and they hugged and celebrated each other. The Ravenclaw next to them, and even the Hufflepuff in last place, were infected by their emotions and began to cheer for Gryffindor.

This is because Slytherin and the annoying Snape have finally been defeated, and Gryffindor has managed to prevent Slytherin House from winning its seventh consecutive House Cup!

Even Professor McGonagall made a rare attempt to stop the chaotic crowd, instead raising her head, giving Snape a smug look, and then happily walking over to shake his hand.

Snape's face was frighteningly dark, but he could barely squeeze out an embarrassed smile to show off his amazing "demeanor".

"That means," Dumbledore had to cast a amplification spell into his throat to drown out the thunderous cheers, "we need to make some small changes to the décor here."

He clapped his hands, and the green dangling ribbons turned bright red, and the silver ones golden; The giant Slytherin snake disappeared and was replaced by a majestic Gryffindor lion.

"Shady, this is definitely shady!" Draco shouted at the Slytherin table for the headmaster's injustice, feeling that Dumbledore was biased towards his former house.

However, after this sentence was spoken, the most embarrassing thing was not Dumbledore, but Snape with a black face-

It's no secret that the Slytherin dean is the biggest shady guy in the House Cup race......

……

The day after the year-end feast, the long-awaited holiday of the little wizards finally arrived.

Hagrid led the young Wizards of Year 1 aboard the fleet that crossed the lake, and escorted them all the way to Hogsmeade Station, where they boarded the Hogwarts Express.

The senior students arrived at the main entrance of the castle and rode past two winged warthogs for a long time

Thestrals' carriage headed to the station.

The entire Hogwarts castle seemed to fall silent, except for a few professors standing at the entrance to the castle, watching the young wizards leave.

"Any plans for the holidays, Professor Dracula?"

Dumbledore looked at the departing young wizards sensually, and only after the carriage had turned a corner and completely disappeared from sight did he ask.

Once again, Dracula took out his bright crystal ball and stared at it silently.

"I think I should know more about the news over there......" he whispered.

……

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