Chapter 108 Fighting for Gifts

In the days that followed, Ada would still occasionally go to Cecil to get autographs, but the two of them never talked about anything about his body or black magic, as if the conversation that night had never happened.

Professor Cecil is still continuing his courses. The Defense Against the Dark Arts class is still so exciting. Theory and practice are combined. In every class, you can learn useful knowledge and learn how to fight against dangerous magical creatures or wizards' curses.

Everyone has put the fate of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor behind them and hopes that Cecil will always be their professor. Unfortunately, their wishes were doomed to fail. No one knew that the professor was terminally ill, and Ada didn't know how long he could persist.

On February 14, 1991, Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve came at the same time. However, Hogwarts does not celebrate New Year's Eve, nor does it have the habit of keeping the New Year's Eve. The castle turns pink again, and pairs of young lovers spend time together, spreading their love.

Ada, who was full of malice, could only wish them a happy reunion, and even wanted to sing a happy breakup song, but probably no one in the school except Qiu Zhang, a first-year student, could understand what she was singing.

Ada was naturally a little curious about the rare appearance of an oriental face in the school, and she and the twins also went to have a sneak peek at Qiu Zhang. He has long, glossy black hair, a gentle and friendly personality, and a genial manner when he speaks. He seems to be very popular.

But the contact between Ada and Qiu Zhang was limited to this, and they did not rush to join her life because of the other's oriental appearance. However, the twins thought Qiu Zhang was quite good-looking.

Ada also had to admit this. In Hogwarts, which is full of Western faces, Qiu Zhang's distinctive Asian appearance is indeed a plus point. It's exotic.

Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were in class together today. Ada had seen Hufflepuff’s ability to attract bees and butterflies, not to mention students of the same level as Cedric. Many thought Seniors who want old cows to eat young grass will also come to him.

The classroom was surrounded by this group of girls. When Ada passed by, she just said hello to Cedric, but she suffered an unintended disaster. The jealous girls gave her countless looks.

Who would dare to inflict this grievance on Ada except Snape, that old bat? Naturally, she wanted to retaliate one by one, but these high-minded people didn't care about Ada at all. They only focused on the sunny and handsome little Ced. What kind of big clove are you, Drizzt?

Ada, who was outnumbered, could only retreat and sit in her seat obediently. Yingying Yanyan beside Cedric did not leave until class time. Fortunately, these girls did not appear again when get out of class was over, and Ada did not have to suffer the eye-rolls again.

At night, Ada went to the underground room alone. She was originally going to come with the twins. She planned to teach the twins some practical spells to improve their strength.

But the plan was far behind the changes, and the twins were imprisoned by Professor McGonagall.

In more than a year, the twins have violated countless school rules. Filch's records can fill a cabinet. This time is just a small fight for them. Professor McGonagall's confinement has no impact on the brothers. Neither of them has much of a deterrent effect.

The cause of the matter still goes back to Valentine's Day. The twins intercepted several letters written to Ada, and the two brothers chose the target of their prank. These simple little boys did not expect the slippery slope of society and the complexity of people's hearts. They hoped that the twins did not leave any heavy psychological shadow on them.

However, the twins who "do good deeds without leaving a name" still did not escape the sanctions of school rules. When the matter came to Professor McGonagall, the clever dean saw the whole story at a glance. Fred and George, the masterminds of the case, did not get the victim's forgiveness, and the two brothers were brought to justice by the selfless Professor McGonagall.

Ada, who was innocent of any crime, only received a verbal warning from Professor McGonagall, and no actual punishment. After all, this matter had nothing to do with her. If Professor McGonagall hadn't told her, Ada wouldn't have known that the twins had actually intercepted her letter.

In the underground room, a man and a couple stood opposite each other. The two looked exactly the same and even held the same wand. However, it is not as difficult to tell the difference between the real and fake Monkey King, because the two are wearing different clothes. Ada took off her own robe, but the doll did not.

The twins were imprisoned, and Ada could only be here alone. Today happened to be New Year's Eve again. As long as she defeated the trial doll, Ada could get her New Year's gift.

Ada and the puppet both raised their wands in front of each other, bowed to each other, and then took five steps back from their respective positions to stand. This is the etiquette of a wizard duel. Only after completing the above actions, both parties can attack each other with magic spells until one party loses his wand or loses the ability to fight back.

This is a regular wizard duel, the same one that happened in the duel competition in which Professor Flitwick won the championship. It's like planting a flag in an online game. When one party's health reaches one, the winner is determined. It's dangerous but not fatal.

Of course, there are regular duels, and there are illegal duels. The usual result of such duels is that one party completely loses the ability to fight, or dies. This kind of life-and-death duel doesn't have to follow any etiquette. You can do whatever you want, and you can use whatever spells you want.

"Thousands of bullets fired!" Ada took the lead in launching an attack. The rubble on the ground floated in the air and shot towards the puppet with her spell. The trial puppet held its wand flat, and a light curtain formed in front of it. All the stones that hit it were turned into powder by the light curtain.

The flying stones were just to get the upper hand, and the blazing flames followed the stones and rushed towards the trial doll. There were black marks where the flames passed, and the hot flames scorched the hair of the trial doll.

Since the actual combat training with the trial doll, Ada has discovered that compared to a watertight defense, Ada prefers to take the initiative to attack, using her own offensive to suppress the opponent's head, forcing the opponent to make mistakes, as long as she seizes the defense. A flaw can lead to victory.

Ada likes the tidal wave of continuous attacks. She likes this feeling of dominating the opponent. Of course, if possible, Ada would like to kill instantly. A single spell can defeat the opponent. There is no enemy under the magic wand. Thinking about it makes me feel excited.

When the raging fire was defused by the trial doll, Ada's coma spell and crushing spell followed one after another. The trial doll could only continuously cast iron armor spells and protective spells to block Ada's attack.

Lights flashed one after another in the underground room, and Ada's suppression continued. The trial puppet could only take the time to counterattack Ada during the intervals of defense. It's just that these counterattacks were blocked by Ada one by one, unable to disrupt her offensive rhythm.

The trial doll is only a personification, not a real person. It does not have human emotions, so it will not be influenced by emotions in the duel. Whether it is offense or defense, it can choose the most reasonable way. This is also Ada's practice. The reason why it has been so long but has yet to be defeated.

The stones on the ground were turned into three hounds by Ada, and the hounds pounced on the trial doll from three directions. In past exercises, Ada often used transformation spells to contain the opponent, so that it would be easier for her to find the opponent's weaknesses.

Three bright silver rays of light flashed, the three hounds turned back into stones, and the trial puppet finally revealed its flaw. Ada would not miss such an opportunity no matter what. In addition to the most commonly used disarming spells and stun spells, crushing spells, explosion spells, and cutting spells were also launched by Ada in one breath.

Magic power flowed at a high speed, and spells of various colors spurted out from the tip of the wand. As fast as Ada was chanting the spell, it would be a pity not to be a rapper.

Several spells directly covered all the escape routes of the trial puppet. It could only prevent these spells or be knocked to the ground.

The result was indeed as Ada expected. The puppet only blocked part of the attack, and the rest of the spell hit the puppet. It was knocked away directly, and the blood stained the black robe red.

The puppet that was knocked away lay on the ground, but the system still did not declare Ada the winner. Ada slowly stepped forward with doubts.