Chapter 179: The Adventure of Knitting
Professor Flitwick, the head of Ravenclaw, is not an avid Quidditch fan like Professor McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor, and would not buy a new broom for the Seeker as a gift.
Therefore, the broomstick used by Qiu Zhang is still the Comet 260, which is the most common one in the team, and it was unknown how many years ago, while Harry's broom is the Nimbus 2000, which is only one generation behind the latest Nimbus 2001.
The speed difference between the two broomsticks is as huge as a sports car and a tractor!
In addition, Qiu Zhang's flying talent is obviously not as good as Harry who inherited excellent genes, so even though she went to school a year earlier than Harry, her flying skills are still inferior to him.
With the two conditions combined, Harry could even come from behind to surpass Qiu Zhang and catch the golden snitch that represented victory first!
But Harry hesitated.
He saw the hope of victory in the eyes of Qiu Zhang next to him, and knew that Qiu Zhang also wanted to catch this golden snitch.
Due to the characteristics of the academy, most of the young wizards in Ravenclaw Academy only focus on learning and thus neglect the cultivation of other aspects, so they do not attach great importance to the Quidditch team.
Because of this, the Ravenclaw Quidditch team is basically recognized as the weakest team among the four houses.
As the seeker of Ravenclaw, Qiu Zhang rarely encounters this kind of moment so close to victory.
Harry fell into hesitation, as if there were two villains dueling with wands in his heart——
A villain thought that Harry should spare no effort and fly forward to catch the Golden Snitch and win the game for Gryffindor.
Gryffindor, the defending champion, cannot afford to lose again.
There was a huge gap of 190 points between them and Hufflepuff. It was already very difficult for them to win the championship.
If they lose this game against Ravenclaw again, Gryffindor may announce in advance that they will miss this year's championship...
But another villain has a different opinion:
It thinks Harry should give up the Snitch to Cho Chang to please her.
He was constantly struggling in his heart, but in reality, Harry was still flying side by side with Qiu Zhang, and the distance between him and the Golden Snitch was getting closer and closer.
The former villain seemed to gradually gain the upper hand in the duel, using various magic spells to defeat the latter villain.
Harry's flying speed gradually increased, slowly leaving Qiu Zhang behind him.
The wind whistled in his ears, and the excited voice of the commentator Lee Jordan also vaguely reached his ears——
"We can see that Gryffindor's seeker Harry has begun to speed up. His broom is very fast and his flying skills are better... Beautiful! Harry left Cho Chang behind and met the Golden Snitch. Getting closer!”
"Sure enough, the youngest Seeker in history was just in poor condition in the last game. At the last moment of this game, he finally showed his true strength!"
"Very good, he is close to the Golden Snitch, he reached out, he..."
Lee Jordan's shouts stopped abruptly.
The duel between the two villains in Harry's mind was still going on. The former villain who wanted Harry to catch the Golden Snitch had gained the upper hand and forced the latter villain into the corner of the duel field...
"Uh-huh!"
The villain who had no way out suddenly raised his magic wand, and a dazzling green light hit the previous villain!
The duel is over.
Harry's outstretched hand missed the Snitch and grabbed a handful of the cold air high in the sky.
The next moment, Qiu Zhang's delicate figure passed by Harry and grabbed the golden snitch that he had missed.
"Dududu——"
The whistle blows!
In the commentary box, Lee Jordan stared blankly at Harry in the sky, unable to even think of announcing the result of the game.
"Jordan!" Professor McGonagall's face also looked unhappy, but she still reminded her responsibly, "It's time to announce the results of the game!"
"The ultimate winner is...Ravenclaw!"
Lee Jordan suppressed the confusion in his heart and numbly announced the final winner of the game.
In front of the Gryffindor ring goal, Wood looked at Harry in the sky in shock and murmured:
"What are you doing..."
No one wants to believe that a talented Quidditch player like Harry, the youngest Seeker at Hogwarts, would actually make a mistake that almost only Quidditch beginners make -
He was so close, but he let go of the golden snitch!
High in the sky, only at the height of the two people, Qiu Zhang flew to Harry on her Comet 260.
"Harry, did you just give me the Golden Snitch on purpose?" She still had a puzzled expression on her face, "With your level, you shouldn't be unable to catch the Golden Snitch this time."
"Although our Ravenclaw team is not a strong team, we don't need other teams to win by letting go!" Qiu Zhang said with a serious expression.
She had just subconsciously caught the Golden Snitch that Harry had missed, but as soon as she reacted, she realized something was wrong and hurriedly flew over to ask for the truth of the matter.
"I didn't let it slip. I was careless in this competition." Harry's expression changed, and he shook his head gently at Qiu Zhang, "You think too much, Qiu."
"Really?" Qiu Zhang was still a little doubtful.
But Harry didn't dare to pay attention to her anymore, for fear of accidentally letting the matter slip, so he turned around and flew away from the stadium.
He didn't know how to face his teammates again, so he flew away from the Quidditch pitch on his broom.
Since then, Harry's mentally adjusted state has returned to its original state, even worse than before...
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"Recently, the study status of the savior you chose is not very good."
In the principal's office, Dracula fiddled with the clean sorting hat and said casually to Dumbledore.
"Yes, I heard that, he is not just in poor learning status in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class." Dumbledore showed his hands to Dracula, "Many professors have reported this problem to me, especially Mike Professor Ge.”
"Professor McGonagall seems very dissatisfied with Harry's recent performance. He lost two Quidditch matches in a row, which cost Gryffindor the chance to win this year's Quidditch Cup... let alone Harry. His performance in Transfiguration class wasn’t very good either.”
"Professor Dracula, since you came to my office, you must have understood the reason for Harry's poor condition during this period, right?" He poured Dracula a glass of red wine and asked with a smile.
"What else could it be because of, of course, the boring adolescent agitation among little wizards." Dracula smiled languidly, "Obviously, Potter has fallen in love with another little witch recently, but that one The little witch didn't like him, so he felt very sad."
Dracula had discovered Harry's anomaly as early as last semester. When this school year just started, Harry used the excuse to ask Qiu Zhang about the content of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course.
To this end, Dracula went out of his way to give Harry a surprise.
He suddenly appeared and asked Harry why he didn't just come to the office to see his professor if he wanted to know the content of Defense Against the Dark Arts?
But Dracula didn't expect that Harry, who had been at peace for the whole semester, would actually become more and more immersed in adolescent emotions after Christmas, which even affected his schoolwork and Quidditch competition.
"I didn't expect it to be for this reason." Dumbledore took a sip of tea and sighed deeply, "It's great to be young. At least you can still be hurt by love."
A past summer seemed to appear in his blue eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
"So what are you going to do? The savior you chose will delay your studies for a long time if this continues." Dracula glanced at Dumbledore in surprise and asked casually, "Are you just going to let him adjust and recover on his own? ?”
"Professor Dracula, as the elders of the children, we are not only the teachers who tutor their studies, but also the parents of all the little wizards at Hogwarts." Dumbledore said with a smile, "We have the obligation to take care of them. Lost children are led to the right path.”
"It sounds reasonable, but don't I know you?" Dracula curled his lips and instantly saw through Dumbledore's plan, "I think you just value Potter, so you want to He wants me to help him."
"If another little wizard had emotional problems, would you say something equally reasonable?"
"I have already thought about it for you. You will probably say this - little wizards will one day be independent. They cannot rely on their parents, teachers, or elders for everything. When encountering such emotional problems, they must rely on their own Perseverance comes out.”
Dracula looked sideways at Dumbledore.
"Ahem..." Dumbledore looked a little embarrassed and coughed dryly, "Professor Dracula, there is no need for you to speculate on me with such malice. Although I do pay more attention to Harry, but I also I won’t leave other little wizards alone..."
"Who knows?" Dracula shrugged, "Anyway, you always have your own reasons, and you always tell people the same thing."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's discuss how to guide Harry out of this period of adolescent distress." Dumbledore silently changed the subject.
"You don't need to ask me this kind of question. I never understand the boring emotional problems of wizards like you." Dracula said, "Of course, if you want me to help cast the Imperius Curse on Harry's favorite person, I will I can do it for you.”
After thinking for a while, he added, "Asking Professor Snape to refine a few bottles of love potion should also be quite effective."
"Ahem..."
Dumbledore had just taken a sip of tea, and when he heard Dracula's method, he immediately choked on the tea and coughed violently.
"Professor Dracula, ahem... We refuse to use this method that violates the law." He coughed and persuaded Dracula, "What we have to do is guide Harry to the right path, not We must let him get his wish...ahem."
Dumbledore picked up his wand and pointed it at his throat and used a cough spell, and then the continuous coughing stopped.
"Don't use these abnormal methods, it will lead Harry astray." He was afraid that Dracula would use the Imperius Curse or the love potion to help Harry, so he repeatedly explained,
"Remember? Tom Riddle's mother used a love potion to seduce a Muggle, and then gave birth to Voldemort, who couldn't tolerate any emotion in his heart."
"What do you mean?" Dracula frowned.
He always felt that no matter what method he used, it was a bit troublesome, and it was far less simple and straightforward than the Love Potion and the Imperius Curse, which could quickly solve the problems that troubled Harry.
Of course, there's no telling whether this will cause trouble to others...
"Professor Dracula, what I actually mean is to shift Harry's focus from emotional aspects to other places." Dumbledore seemed to have already prepared a plan, and immediately told Dracula a detailed plan. ——
"Harry is a standard Gryffindor, and Gryffindor wizards all have one thing in common: a desire for adventure."
"During the adventure, countless new things and crises that may come at any time will stimulate the adventurer to be 100% focused. Only by focusing fully can it be possible to deal with all the problems."
"In this case, why don't we take advantage of this characteristic and create an adventure plan for Harry that is not dangerous beyond his abilities, but is very exciting? With such an adventure, can he temporarily shift his focus from emotional aspects? Open it?"
Dumbledore started from the character of Gryffindor's little wizard and explained his plan in a persuasive way.
After listening to the old principal's story, Dracula took a sip of the red wine in the goblet and looked at him with a half-smile.
"If I'm not wrong, you've been having this idea for a long time, right?" he asked. "Perhaps even without Harry being troubled by love, you would have asked me to help you implement this idea."
"Why do you say that?" Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then looked at Dracula curiously, "I shouldn't have mentioned this idea before, right?"
"If it's just this idea, you really haven't mentioned it in front of me." Dracula chuckled, "But I at least know one thing, that is, you have always wanted to train Potter."
"When he was in first grade, you arranged for professors to design many levels in the restricted area to protect the Magic Stone. These levels were just like a joke, and I remember them quite deeply."
"The second level has a devil's net specially designed to prevent the little wizard from falling, and the devil's net was learned in the first grade herbal medicine class; the third level is specially designed for Potter, the seeker, to use a broomstick to catch the key. link; at the end, there are wizard chess that Wes is good at and brainstorming that Granger is good at... This is obviously arranged for them to exercise their personal abilities."
Having said this, Dracula glanced at Dumbledore, "I even wanted to arrange some interesting levels, but you didn't let me arrange the ones that were too difficult... In the end, I specially arranged for Potter and the remnant soul of Voldemort to face each other. Confrontation.”
"You really put a lot of effort into the design of the last school year, Principal Dumbledore?"
Dumbledore couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Dracula said.
"Is it so obvious what I did?" He said cheerfully, "Fortunately, the other professors arranged the levels from back to front, unlike you who appreciated all the levels... Otherwise, with their intelligence, How could you not see it?"
"So tell me, what kind of training are you going to arrange for Potter in the second grade?" Dracula drank all the red wine in the glass and pushed the empty glass in front of Dumbledore.
"To tell you the truth, I haven't had time to arrange other adventure venues this year." Dumbledore added a glass of wine to Dracula and said helplessly,
"Compared to the excitement of the last school year, the castle this school year is really a bit dull. I couldn't find a suitable entry point for Harry to join the adventure very naturally."
Dracula reached out to take back his goblet and gave Dumbledore a strange look.
"Are you sure that last school year was thrilling?" The corner of his mouth twitched, "No matter how I look at it, I feel that you have the remnant soul of Voldemort in your hands, and the entire school year follows your script."
"You can't say that, Professor Dracula, you never follow my script." Dumbledore shook his head with emotion.
"So I want to ask today, Professor Dracula, who is not in the script, if you can arrange some adventures for Harry that are suitable for him, so that he can get rid of emotional problems and at the same time exercise and improve his abilities? "
"Oh, what suitable adventure can I find for him?" Dracula shook his head.
He raised the refilled glass and shook it gently.
Looking at the reflection in the cup, Dracula suddenly thought of his fruitful experiences before Christmas and thought of an interesting wizard.
"Wait a minute, this school year doesn't seem to be a dull one all year round..."
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Time has quietly arrived in June, and the exam week at Hogwarts is coming soon.
In various classrooms in the teaching area, the little wizards were quietly flipping through books and reviewing the knowledge they had learned this school year.
The professors are not here today, and every class has become a self-study, allowing the little wizards to conduct final review before the exam.
Harry's condition was still not that good. He had not yet completely gotten over the devastating incident of Cho Chang's relationship with Cedric.
In addition, there will be a Quidditch match in two days. This is the last game before the exam and will determine the final team.
But Gryffindor has already lost the chance to enter the finals ahead of time——
Unless they can open up a 300-point gap with Slytherin in the last game before the exam, Gryffindor, which is temporarily ranked fourth, will not be able to surpass Ravenclaw, who is ranked third, and the rankings at the same time. Slytherin, who came in second place, got a ticket to the finals.
When it came to Quidditch, Harry was no longer as excited as before. Instead, he was filled with melancholy.
He also had no intention of reviewing and just looked out the window aimlessly.
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