Saturday is also the day of the first Quidditch match of the new school year.

That morning, the Hufflepuff table was almost a sea of yellow, and the Gryffindor was golden-red.

The two academies have been smelling of gunpowder for a week, and today is finally about to have a result.

"I thought you wouldn't be in this contest." Mikel handed Kyle a glass of pumpkin juice, "When I saw your name on the roster, I knew we had won this game. ”

"It's a bit premature." Kyle took a sip of the pumpkin juice, "It's better to keep a low profile, how embarrassing it would be if you lose." ”

"I don't think so." Mikel said nonchalantly.

"How does it feel, no problem." Cho also came over to cheer Kyle on.

"I think it's okay." Kyle laughed and said, "Harry and I joined the same team, and we're old rivals now, so I don't think I'm going to lose to him this time." ”

Connor next to him glanced back, what do you mean that you won't lose this time, she let Mikel keep a low profile just now, but when it was her turn, she was not polite at all.

Of course, all Hufflepuffs, including herself, thought so.

"That's good." Cho said, "But you still have to be careful with Harry's firebolts, I don't think your new Seeker is as good as Cedric." ”

"Don't worry, Grace has a plan." Kyle said, "And our new Seeker isn't much worse than him, and I know Cedric's face is a plus, but you can't always be emotional." ”

There was a sound of tacit laughter all around.

"Then I'll see." Cho's face flushed slightly, glared at Kyle angrily, and turned to leave.

"I was really worried that she would get angry and punch you." Connor said with a smile.

"It's okay, I can beat Cedric afterwards, the same." Kyle took a nonchalant bite of the toast.

……

"It's time to go." Ten minutes later, Grace stood up and said.

The group left the auditorium and strode towards the court.

The weather outside was nice, although still a little cold, but it was much better than it was a week ago.

Several people went to the locker room to change into their Quidditch robes.

"The conditions are very favorable for us." "The most experienced Katie Bell was at St Mungo, and Gryffindor had to get a new chaser. ”

"Who is it?" Mikel asked.

"Dean Thomas."

"Who?"

"Potter's classmates."

"Oh, sixth grader." Mickleton was relieved.

Generally speaking, new players are the younger and more talented, such as Harry, who joined the team in the first year.

And like the new team members in the sixth grade, they basically belong to the kind of people who have not been selected in the previous years, and they really can't pick anyone this year, so they join with their physical advantages.

Exceptions are not excluded either, but for the most part.

As for that Dean Thomas, Mikel had hardly heard of his name.

"Okay, this is our first game, don't take it lightly." "There's five minutes to go, so you'd better get your boots on." ”

When they arrived on the pitch outside to the bustling crowd, there was a deafening cheer from the stands, and it was Hufflepuff supporters, dressed in the same color, who looked like a sea of gold.

And in terms of supporters, Hufflepuff is obviously much larger, probably occupying two-thirds of the stands.

This is largely due to the Slytherins, who have a clear purpose, and they will unconditionally support whoever is an opponent of Gryffindor.

Grace and Harry walked up to Miss Hodge and shook each other's hands.

There was no tension, and both captains looked quite polite.

"Get on your broomstick and listen to my whistle...... Three...... Two...... One! ”

As soon as the whistle sounded, everyone immediately rode their brooms into the air.

"Okay, now they're leaving."

A completely unfamiliar voice came from the commentary booth, this is the new commentary after Lee Jordan's graduation, Hufflepuff's Zachary Rice Smith.

"It was a surprise that I actually saw Ron Weasley, and I thought he wouldn't be left on the team after that terrible performance last semester...... Oh yes, he has a close personal relationship with the captain, which undoubtedly helps him a lot. ”

There was a burst of laughter from the Slytherin side, and within a minute of the opening, they had approved of the new commentary.

Harry looked annoyed, but he didn't have time to do that now.

"Grace got the Quaffle...... What an attractive girl...... Kyle flew over and there was no one next to him, and this was a good opportunity, just pass it to ......

"Oh my God, she didn't pass the ball to Kyle, she gave it to Toth...... Wait a minute! ”

Zachary Smith suddenly screamed, "What an unexpected tactic, Kyle is not a chaser, he is a Seeker!" ”

In fact, there is no need for him to remind you, many people have already noticed that Kyle has not looked at the Quaffle since the start of the game, but flew directly to the highest place...... This is something that only Seekers do.

They need a wider field of vision to find the Golden Snitch!

In the audience, Cho looked at the court with a shocked face, and couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "Why didn't you tell me that Kyle ran away to be a Seeker!" ”

"I thought I could have guessed that." Connor laughed.

Cho then remembered what Kyle had just said in the auditorium.

But what kind of reminder is this, after all, when Hufflepuff trained before, the Hufflepuff Seeker was obviously someone else, and no matter how good she was, she couldn't have guessed that they would change people directly during the game!

"That's the benefit of being a substitute." Connor explained, "He can change positions as he pleases. ”

"You already knew?" Autumn asked.

"No, I just found out yesterday." "That's the tactic they discussed last night. ”

"I have to say, this tactic was too successful." Cho couldn't help but say, "Hufflepuff has a surprise for everyone!" ”

As she said, the audience was immediately boiling after learning that Kyle was on the Seeker's bench.

Everyone knows that there is only one other firebolt that can fight against fireballista, and now Hufflepuff's only shortcoming has been filled.

As for Kyle's Seeker skills...... No one seems to be thinking about this at all.

"Bang!"

Just as the cheers on the pitch were at their peak, in the tower not far away, Snape pushed open the oak door of the headmaster's office and walked in in a rage.

Place a glass of water on the table heavily.

Dumbledore, who was watching the game through the window, was startled, and when he turned his head, he realized that Snape was flushed with anger.

It's not often that Snape can make such a gaffe.

"Severus, what's wrong with you?" Dumbledore asked curiously.

"See for yourself!" Snape gestured to his cup, which contained half a cup of tea and five or six round gray-brown balls.

As soon as Dumbledore walked over, he smelled a pungent smell.

"Oh, Severus, are you going to recommend any new potions tea to me?" Dumbledore took a half step back and said with a serious expression, "Thank you for your kindness, but I'm too old to accept the smell...... You'd better keep it for yourself. ”

"Trouble the great Headmaster Dumbledore, take a closer look at what this ......," Snape said coldly.

"Oh?" Dumbledore walked over a little reluctantly, narrowing his eyes and looking at it.

"It's kind of familiar...... Isn't this the fertilizer that Pomona has prepared? That's what I used for the crab claw orchid on my windowsill, and it worked great.

"But Pomona didn't tell me that this thing can still be used to make tea."

"Of course it can't." Snape narrowed, "It's apparently a student who secretly threw them into my cup, and I'm sure ......"

Snape turned to the window, looked at the lively Quidditch game outside, and said with certainty, "The people who do this must be among them." ”

"Maybe you're thinking too much, Severus." Dumbledore said, moving his fingers slightly, and a brown fluff floated out of the glass.

The fluff is very fine, about the same as a hair, and you may not find it if you don't look closely.

"What is this, whose hair?" Snape thought back to the brown-haired people at Hogwarts.

"No, Severus, it's not hair, it's a very peculiar animal." Dumbledore said, "I can just tell that it's sniffing fluff." ”

"Sniff?" Snape frowned.

"That's right, it's sniffing fluff, I'm sure." Dumbledore said, "In order to chase all that glitters, they can pass through almost every crevice, even if the gap is narrower than this fluff. ”

"Looks like a little guy has come out of the Forbidden Forest." He glanced at Snape, "And I guess you must have stumbled upon something shiny and seen it to follow you all the way to the office." ”

"I don't have the stupid stuff in me that you say." Snape said with a blank face.

"Not necessarily." Dumbledore shook his head, "Coins, glass bottles, or silver knives used to cut potions, are all targets. ”

Snape took two steps forward.

"So you mean, a Sniffer from the Forbidden Forest came into my office and didn't take anything but sprinkled a handful of fertilizer into my cup?

"That's a good story, so, can you believe it?"

"It's not impossible." Dumbledore's expression didn't change in the slightest, and he said calmly, "I happen to know someone who knows sniffing very well, and I won't lie to you." ”

"Ho......" Snape laughed angrily, and then stared at Dumbledore without saying a word.

Under his gaze, Dumbledore didn't even look at him change in the slightest, "And Severus, that's a good thing. ”

"You call it a good thing?" Snape asked, dragging his voice.

"Of course." Dumbledore explained, "Sniff doesn't go back a second time to a place where you don't have a harvest, and you can feel safe and bold to do your own thing afterwards." ”

Snape's expression changed slightly.

"You mean ......"

"I'm just talking to you about sniffing this amazing animal." Dumbledore smiled and went to the window again to look outside, "What a good game, I knew I should have been there to see it, of course, it's not bad here."

"Do you want to be together, Severus, it's a really nice location."

Snape didn't say a word, and turned away without saying a word.

"You forgot something." Dumbledore reminded him from behind, but Snape turned a deaf ear and walked out the door.

"What carelessness...... Dumbledore waved his wand, and the glass of water on the table disappeared in an instant, and then a large mist of water came out of a silverware that looked like a watering can on the table, dispelling the remaining smell in the room.

At the same time, on the Quidditch pitch.

As Grey thought, the Gryffindor team was no match for Hufflepuff at all, and the game was decided at the end of twenty minutes.

But the problem is not the Ron Weasley and the substitute chaser Dean Thomas she mentioned earlier, in fact, the two of them are doing quite well, not too bad.

Mainly two new hitters.

Gryffindor's Perks didn't know if it was because he was too nervous or something else, and he tried to stop Kyle's Bludger, but he hit Harry straight at him.

Harry, who was chasing the Golden Snitch, had no defense against his teammates, and was slammed into his body by the Bludger, nearly falling off his broomstick.

Taking advantage of the gap in his body, Kyle sped up and grabbed the golden snitch in front of him.

With the whistle blowing as Miss Hooch finished the match, Perks hurriedly flew next to Harry.

"I'm sorry!" He apologized again and again, "I didn't mean to, it was that Mikel Drake, he suddenly shouted behind my back, and I missed." ”

Harry clutched his arms and wanted to reprimand him loudly, if he had done it before, but thinking that he was now the captain, he could only sigh helplessly and say nothing.

Ginny said something, but her voice was drowned out by the cheers of the waves around her.

……

"I knew we were going to win!" In the Hufflepuff locker room, Mikel excitedly said, "Those two new hitters are so far from Fred George."

"It's so easy...... It seems to me that their intentions are as if they were a black lake that freezes in winter, and they can see through it at a glance. ”

"I think so too." Another chaser laughed, "Bludger was extra easy to hide today. ”

Kyle felt the same way.

Although he had never been a Seeker before, he was often under special care from Fred and George, and as twins, they worked together so well that Bludgers would always fly from tricky angles.

This also makes Kyle have to be mentally motivated to keep an eye on the Bludger when he plays.

But the two batsmen of this school year are newcomers, not twins, and the tacit understanding is limited, and the Bludger is straight and can be avoided as long as you see it, and the difficulty has been reduced by more than one notch.

It's just not an experience.

He finally became a Seeker, and he didn't have the imaginary chase and battle of wits and courage, and he actually caught the Golden Snitch in such a daze......

Boring.

Ryan said to celebrate our victory in the first game, they threw a banquet in the common room. Mikel said happily, "Let's get over there, I need to have some butterbeer to celebrate." ”

"Butterbeer?" Goalkeeper Vanny was surprised: "Didn't you let you go to Hogsmeade?" Where did they get their butterbeer. ”

"The elves bought it with help." Mikel laughed and said, "Originally, this was not allowed, but who made us neighbors, and seventh grade...... There's always going to be a bit of a privilege. ”

"Then hurry up." The group changed their clothes and walked happily to the castle.

Kyle stayed last, and soon Connor arrived, looking happy but not too excited, as if she had expected Hufflepuff to win.

"Autumn doesn't look very happy." "She also said you should be careful in the next game. ”

"Ha, I say this as if I was afraid of her." Kyle waved his hand indifferently.

He who does not even have firebow arrows is not worthy to be his opponent......

The two of them walked through the crowd together, walked across the grounds, and returned to the castle, many shouting and congratulating him, and Kyle responded.

……

"Look, who's that?" As she arrives in the foyer of the castle, Connor suddenly tugs at Kyle's robe and points to a man walking upstairs not far away.

"Malfoy? It's a rarity. Kyle muttered, "Not only did he not go to the game, but he would be alone outside the auditorium." ”

Connor winked at Kyle.

"Don't look at me like that." Kyle spread his hands, "I promised you wouldn't go to him, I'll mean what I say." ”

……

(End of chapter)