Chapter 482 Summer Vacation

Chapter 482 Summer Vacation Review
Prefects are an important part of the Hogwarts management system and are usually held by students in the fifth grade and above.

Each college will select one male and one female from the fifth-year students to serve as prefects, and continue to perform this duty in the sixth and seventh years. Therefore, each college has six prefects at the same time, a total of 24 in the school. They assist professors in managing students, maintaining order, delivering notices, and organizing various campus activities.

In other words, the prefects have been distinguished from ordinary students and have become part of the school management.

They have the power to deduct points from students. Although the college dean can check the deduction records, there is rarely any interference unless the student is strongly dissatisfied with the reason for the deduction and appeals, and the success rate of the appeal is not high.

It can be said that at Hogwarts, offending the prefects often leads to bad consequences - after all, everyone breaks the rules!

It is not a pleasant thing to have someone staring at you who can deduct your marks at any time. Therefore, most students will try to avoid provoking or offending the prefects, and some students will even put down their dignity to flatter and please them, which makes the prefects have considerable authority invisibly.

In addition to the right to deduct points, prefects also enjoy many special treatments. For example, they have exclusive prefect carriages on the Hogwarts Express, can use luxurious prefect bathrooms in school, have exclusive lounges in dormitories, have the right to freely enter and exit the restricted book area of ​​the library, and even enjoy some exclusive services provided by house elves.

For those students who are ambitious or power-hungry, becoming a prefect is undoubtedly the first step towards becoming the power center. Many people will use this status to establish influence among their peers or even junior students, and this influence often continues after graduation.

In addition, the class leaders themselves have formed a relatively close circle, and this network may bring many opportunities in the future.

The next step up from prefects is to become Head Boy and Head Girl, the highest position a student can hold.

The student union president is selected from all the students in the school every year, one male and one female, usually from the graduating seventh grade, for a term of one year. They not only manage the prefects, but also participate in some school decisions, and even have the opportunity to meet with the Hogwarts Board of Directors and make suggestions to them.

Generally speaking, the president of the student union is selected from the prefects, but there are exceptions, such as Harry Potter's father, James Potter, who was directly promoted from an ordinary student to the president of the student union. However, whether it is a prefect or a president of the student union, their selection criteria are always the same - they must be the best students in the same grade or even the whole school.

At Hogwarts, the so-called "excellence" does not only refer to excellent academic performance, but also many so-called important qualities are also important factors taken into consideration.

This standard, which is neither public nor transparent, is decided by the headmaster alone, which is Dumbledore's opinion. Other professors, deans of colleges, and even the board of directors have no right to raise objections. Anyway, if Dumbledore thinks you are suitable to be a prefect, then you are the prefect, and nothing else matters.

And Dumbledore was never a fair man—

Putting aside the issue of letting a bully become the student union president, for the past three years, the male student union president has always been a Gryffindor student; looking through the entire original book, the known male and female student union presidents, except Voldemort, are all Gryffindor students Dumbledore, McGonagall, James, Lily, Bill, and Percy.

If it weren't for Sherin's interference that allowed Cedric to survive, the position would probably have fallen to Gryffindor again.

This is also the reason why Schelling tried every means to accumulate glory and fame in the first four years of Hogwarts, because the only thing Dumbledore cared about was the will of the people. When Schelling successfully united the people's hearts and became the uncrowned king that everyone expected, even Dumbledore could not go against the will of the people.

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On the last night before school started, Xie Lin said goodbye to Furong and returned to Ella's cottage. As night fell, the fireplace in the house burned with a warm flame, reflecting the furnishings in the house and casting the shadow of his slightly frowned brow as he thought.

He sat in an armchair, leaning forward, his elbows on his knees, his fingertips crossed, his eyes fixed on the chessboard on the table like a hawk. On the chessboard, black and white chess pieces were scattered, some of which had fallen, representing the losers in the game, while the remaining chess pieces were in a delicate balance, as if waiting for Schelling's next move.

In front of him, Sharfu, Savannah, Katalin, Nightmare and Qianmei stood in a row, straightened their backs, expressionless, as silent as shadows in the dark. Their breathing was extremely steady, their eyes were calm and sharp, and their bodies did not make any unnecessary movements. They were like the most elite iron-blooded warriors, waiting for Xie Ling's orders. Xie Ling closed his eyes and quickly reviewed the various changes throughout the summer vacation in his mind, sorting out every key node to ensure that there were no overlooked details in his plan. His thoughts were intertwined and extended like a spider web, piecing together all the information into a clear strategic map.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes, tapped the armrest with his fingertips, reached out to move a chess piece on the chessboard, and began to deduce and calculate the latest situation in the wizarding world.

The forces of the Shadow of the Demon Dragon suffered further heavy losses - the original intelligence showed that they should have more than thirty people, but he had wiped out twenty-four of them in the Giant Valley, and now there are less than twenty people left, completely weakening the combat effectiveness of this dark organization.

Voldemort is now alone, all the Death Eaters around him have been wiped out, and his plan to recruit werewolves and giants has been ruined by Schelling. The giant tribe he once relied on no longer obeys him, and among the werewolves, only Fenrir and eight werewolves are struggling to hold on.

More importantly, Schelling had already placed Snape, a hidden chess piece, next to him, so he had everything under control.

As for the Wizarding Alliance, Grindelwald has appeared and has regained some strength. According to Schelling's current understanding of him, this person is unlikely to be his enemy. Instead, he is a good chess piece to balance the Ministry of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards.

As for the Order of the Phoenix, Xie Ling's layout also reaped great rewards.

Arthur Weasley lost his job at the Ministry of Magic, which not only worsened his family's financial situation, but also completely eliminated his remaining influence in the Ministry.

Mundungus Fletcher had his memory completely erased by himself and was sent to North America. He is now considered by the Order of the Phoenix to be missing or alive, which directly led to them losing their source of intelligence in Knockturn Alley.

After Kingsley Shacklebolt's death, the only Auror in the Order of the Phoenix was Nymphadora Tonks, who had been completely subjugated by him and was now his spy in the Order of the Phoenix. Any intelligence they could obtain about the Ministry of Magic had to be screened and controlled by Schelling.

And recently, Sturgis Podmore was inexplicably arrested by the Ministry of Magic, making the already stretched Order of the Phoenix even more short of staff.

Schelling thought about his next strategy. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly - the situation was becoming clearer and clearer. Whether it was the Order of the Phoenix, the Death Eaters, or the Shadow of the Dragon, they had all been greatly weakened by his many plots.

The Mianlong Society is just the opposite.

Knockturn Alley is firmly under control, the intelligence bases in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade Village are complete, and the intelligence network covering all corners of Great Britain is in hand...
Crouch conquered the McFatis clan, took over the International Cooperation Department again, and solved the long-term supply problem of potion materials...

He conquered the werewolves and giants, made an alliance with the goblins, conquered eight Death Eaters, annihilated the Avery family, and unified the extreme factions of the pure-blood families...

Gaining followers in Durmstrang, making allies in Germany and Northern Europe, making commercial investments and partnerships, and expanding influence...

He captured Mundungus and obtained the complete list of members of the Order of the Phoenix, subdued Nymphadora, planted spies among the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix, subdued Maxim, and took control of Beauxbatons...

It can be said that everything is developing in a good direction——

The sleeping dragon is finally waking up and taking off for the first time!
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