#78 - Section 78

On the way to the Quidditch pitch, the young wizards were still discussing the Chamber of Secrets and Filch's attack. Harry had long been cleared of suspicion and returned.

This matter was the hottest topic in Hogwarts recently, and people were talking about it everywhere.

It was said that after the four founders of Hogwarts, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin, and Rowena Ravenclaw, jointly established Hogwarts, conflicts arose in their teaching philosophies.

Salazar Slytherin only wanted to admit pure-blood students and wanted to drive Muggle-born wizards out of Hogwarts.

Eventually, the four founders argued over this, ending with Salazar Slytherin leaving the school.

But before leaving, Salazar Slytherin built a Chamber of Secrets within Hogwarts, unknown to the other founders, and left a monster inside.

When the time was right, Slytherin's heir would be able to open this Chamber and use the monster left by Salazar Slytherin to purge the Muggle-born wizards within Hogwarts.

This theory was widely accepted by the young wizards.

This led to many Muggle-born wizards feeling insecure, and even half-bloods were anxious.

Only some pure-blood wizards were arrogant during this time, promoting it proudly.

It can only be said that Slytherin was quite misunderstood. The four houses have four different philosophies, which were established at the beginning of the school and represent everyone's direction. Wizards who have reached their level all have their own persistence and would never shake other people's philosophies.

Moreover, the four were friends before establishing the school.

The Chamber of Secrets left behind was most likely a legacy for future generations, with the purpose of protecting Hogwarts. It was only because Voldemort opened it that everything changed.

"Ethan, aren't you worried?"

Terry had been eating and sleeping poorly these past few days, worried that he would be the next target, as he was also Muggle-born.

Michael was not much better, and he was also anxious.

Only Ethan seemed like nothing had happened. In the morning, he was flirting with Ravenclaw's senior, and in the afternoon, he was pulling Slytherin's into the corner of the classroom.

Even today, on his day off, he slept until he woke up naturally, completely unaffected.

"Worried about what?"

"As long as Salazar Slytherin didn't leave his ghost in the Chamber of Secrets, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Ethan replied indifferently.

Ethan didn't know the level of the four founders, but they certainly wouldn't be lower than Dumbledore.

It is estimated that only Helena and Baro knew some inside information, but they obviously wouldn't say it.

Of course, this is meaningless. The condition for becoming a ghost is being a wizard but fearing death. Obviously, the four founders would not be like that.

"Everyone guesses it should be a magical creature of XXXXX level. Only they can live this long."

Terry replied somewhat blankly.

Ah, how come I didn't think there were ghosts!

Ghosts can also live for a long time, just look at Professor Binns.

"Michael, do you think what Ethan said is true, that Slytherin himself's ghost was released in the Chamber of Secrets?"

"Legend has it that Slytherin left Hogwarts after building the Chamber of Secrets. How could his ghost be in the Chamber?"

Michael looked at Terry with an expression of looking at an idiot, and said helplessly.

"That's right, then it's still..."

Ethan ignored the nonsense of his roommates, and after arriving at the Quidditch pitch, he directly found the seniors and sat down next to them. "Ethan, who do you think will win today?"

"Now Gryffindor has also replaced all of their brooms with Nimbus 2001!"

Cho Chang, with her cheek resting on her hand, was full of worry.

Everyone is rolling up their sleeves and working hard.

Slytherin updated their equipment, and Gryffindor followed suit.

Is Hufflepuff also going to follow in their footsteps?

Hogwarts should also establish a rule that Quidditch training equipment doesn't matter, but the competition must be unified.

"Gryffindor, I guess! They've been practicing quite diligently recently, and they've replaced their brooms with Nimbus 2001, so they should be confident."

Ethan said casually.

He couldn't let Cho Chang know that Harry bought the Nimbus 2001 for the whole team under his guidance.

Harry's speed was also fast. Not many days after Ethan told him, Hagrid brought him seven brand-new Nimbus 2001s.

"What did Davis say? Didn't he want to replace Ravenclaw's flying brooms?"

Roger Davis, the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, is a Chaser.

He is also a pure-blood wizard, but his family is not that famous.

"He didn't say anything."

It is really enviable that Slytherin and Gryffindor both have sugar daddies. Now Ravenclaw only has Ginny with a Nimbus 2000.

Hufflepuff is not much better now. They only have Cedric with a Nimbus 2000. The two houses can be called brothers in distress.

It was almost eleven o'clock.

Two teams, fourteen members, arrived at the stadium one after another, waiting for Madam Hooch, the referee, to announce the start.

It's just that the weather today is not very good. It's hot and humid, and the weather is terribly gloomy. It's not a suitable match day.

But even so, it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the young wizards. At the moment when the Quidditch players entered the field, the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak, with cheers and applause everywhere.

At this moment, Gryffindor had the support of three houses, and the students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, under the leadership of their respective house members, despised Slytherin.

Among them were mixed a lot of boos and jeers towards Slytherin.

Who let the Slytherin Quidditch team take the lead in breaking the rules and using the Nimbus 2001.

"Listen to my whistle!" Madam Hooch cast a Sonorus charm on herself: "Three...two...one!"

In the whistle, fourteen members soared into the gloomy sky together.

And as the commentator for the Hogwarts Quidditch match, Lee Jordan took the stage.

"Marcus Flint has the ball at the start."

"Angelina Johnson and Oliver Wood surrounded him. They are going to use a pincer attack. They succeeded. The Quaffle is in Oliver Wood's hands."

"Harry Potter, what's going on? That was close, he almost got hit by a Bludger."

"Something's not right. The Bludger is still chasing Harry Potter, what's going on?"

"Fred Weasley, nice one! He successfully hit the Bludger towards Slytherin."

"Wait, the Bludger was hit to the Slytherin side by Fred Weasley, why is it coming back, and still chasing Harry Potter."

"Slytherin must have cast a curse on the Bludger, otherwise it wouldn't be like this. There's never been a Bludger like this, never!"

Lee Jordan watched this scene and shouted loudly from the stands.

At the same time, Gryffindor also requested a timeout.

The young wizards below were also discussing this. Just like Lee Jordan said, they had never seen such a Bludger, only targeting one person.

"Ethan, do you think someone cast a curse on the Bludger?"

Cho Chang frowned. She's also a Seeker. If she encountered a problem like Harry, she wouldn't be able to solve it.

Being entangled by a Bludger, how can you compete with others for the Golden Snitch?

"There's a high probability that's the case."

Ethan didn't know if that house-elf had a problem with its head.

Was it trying to save Harry, or trying to kill him?

Controlling the Bludger to injure Harry, in order to make Harry seriously injured and go home, but it didn't think about whether Harry would survive falling from a high altitude.

Moreover, in Ethan's opinion, this house-elf is unqualified.

Even if he could use some tricks to obtain a precious house-elf, Ethan wouldn't want Dobby.

"It's raining!"

Ethan directly took out a chocolate bar from his pocket. The moment he took it out, the chocolate turned into a long-handled umbrella.

Ethan opened the umbrella, and Cho Chang and Penelope moved closer to Ethan, and he also cast a warming charm on them.

"Luna, here!"

Looking at Luna sitting alone in the rain in front, Ethan cast a cleaning charm on her to remove the rain, added a warming charm, and handed her an umbrella.

This set of spells is still a bit too difficult for a first-year wizard.

People like Cassandra and Hermione don't need Ethan to worry, they can completely take care of themselves.

"Thank you!"

Luna smiled and took the umbrella Ethan handed over. She was still in that detached state, even when she was just in the rain.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the Gryffindor team on the field didn't know what they had discussed, but the game continued.

The Bludger continued to chase Harry, and Fred no longer protected Harry closely, but went to Wood's side.

Ethan noticed one thing. At the edge of the field, the rain seemed to be blocked by something. A small part of the ground was also dry. It wouldn't be easy to notice if it wasn't raining.

"Penelope, hold the umbrella, I'll go find Professor Flitwick!"

After handing the umbrella to Penelope, Ethan conjured another umbrella and walked towards Professor Flitwick at the front of the Ravenclaw stands.

He pointed out the strange place to him. Soon, Professor Flitwick went to the Gryffindor side to find Professor McGonagall.

As for the result, it's not something Ethan needs to consider.

When Ethan returned to his seat, he happened to see Harry suddenly rushing towards Draco, and grabbing the Golden Snitch from above his head.

This also meant that the game was over.

But because Harry was clamping the flying broomstick with both legs, he couldn't control it well, causing him to fall into the mud.

Ethan could only mourn for Harry for what happened next, and silently returned to the Ravenclaw common room.

Lockhart walked towards the injured Harry, and Professor McGonagall took the remaining three Heads of House to the location Ethan told them about.

[Quidditch, Quaffle red, pass through the opponent's hoop, get ten points, this is the Chaser's job.

There are two Bludgers, smaller than the Quaffle, they will dart around by themselves, the Beaters use bats to protect their teammates from being knocked off their brooms by the Bludgers.

Golden Snitch, hazelnut size, silver wings golden sphere, is the Seeker's job, fast speed, catch it and the game is over, and add one hundred and fifty points.]

Chapter 106: Lucius, Your Master is Back

Terry walked into the common room, looked around, and quickly found his target.

"Ethan, Malfoy is looking for you outside."

Ethan, who was chatting with Penelope, looked up at him.

"Do you know what it's about?"

It's been more than two months since the start of school, and Ethan and Draco Malfoy have basically had no interaction.

What does he want to do by suddenly coming to find me?

"I don't know. When I was returning to the common room, Malfoy chased after me and said he wanted to meet you. He's waiting outside now."

"Okay, I got it."

There's nothing else to do now, so I might as well go meet him. Even if Draco has any tricks, he'll only dare to use them on Harry.

Seeing that Ethan didn't intend to move immediately, Terry said again:

"Ethan, you guys left early, so you don't know what happened. When Harry Potter fell just now, he only broke his arm. As a result, after Lockhart's treatment, Harry didn't even have any bones left."

Although he has been worried about the Chamber of Secrets news these days, he still can't miss being on the front line of gossip.

He is a firm anti-Lockhart party. After the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he used his big mouth to spread Lockhart's embarrassing deeds throughout Ravenclaw.

After that, he witnessed his black history several times. Terry really couldn't understand what Lockhart was thinking. He's been slapped in the face more than once or twice, and he's still doing it now. Does he really have no self-awareness?

As a result, he is now a general in the line of fire against Lockhart fans.

"I knew the result when I saw Lockhart heading to Harry. By the way, how are the professors doing?"