Chapter 143 So Many Harassing Gadflies!
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Liu Yue Zhi Yuan Fei
Year-end dinner the next day.
When everyone came in, everyone in the auditorium was talking loudly.
Ever since Douglas' suggestion against the basilisk became known to several teachers, Professor Snape had always kept a cold face when he saw Douglas. Of course, he had never smiled seriously before, but this time Douglas clearly felt that Professor Snape was really serious. not happy.
But Douglas can be sure that Dumbledore never told Snape the conjecture of how Harry became Parseltongue, otherwise Snape would never be able to laugh at himself so calmly at this time.
This is also what he has been wondering about. He even once wondered if it was because he was too good at Occlumency.
So Dumbledore took a fancy to him and planned to develop himself to become Snape number two in the future, or divide Snape's responsibilities into two parts, and he would take on the responsibility of leading Harry to the end.
There are some magical theories in the system about how to deal with possessed souls, but on the one hand, Harry is his student, and it is impossible for Douglas to conduct soul experiments on students.
On the other hand, Harry is just one of his students, and magic involving the soul is dangerous magic in any world. Since the original book has given a good plan, he can't afford to take the risk himself.
Snape, who was taunting Douglas for his generosity, found that he had been talking about it for a long time, but the other party was actually distracted, and he was suddenly out of breath.
Fortunately, Dumbledore rushed to the auditorium at this time, Snape snorted coldly, turned his head away from Douglas, and the other professors also breathed a sigh of relief.
In this matter, it was difficult for them to persuade Snape to be magnanimous.
After all, it was during Snape's tenure as Headmaster that the discovery of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets should have been a joyous event.But it was suggested by a Hufflepuff to directly destroy the basilisk left by Salazar Slytherin.
No dean would be happy. The most important thing is that the principal and the Ministry of Magic have reached a consensus, and he knew that the way to open the secret room was cracked by people from other colleges.
Everyone didn't know that since Snape knew that it was the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, he had searched a lot of information, but found nothing in the end. He also suspected Parseltongue.
But as far as he knows, the last Parseltongue in the British magic world is still locked in Azkaban. I heard that he is still a lunatic, so it is impossible for him to go to the other party to make a deal, and he does not know where Dumbledore found it. Recordings of Parseltongue...
With the arrival of Dumbledore, the noise in the auditorium gradually died down.
Dumbledore said happily:
"It's been another year, and before you enjoy these delicacies, please listen to my old man's clichés...
What a wonderful year this has been, especially after Professor Holmes arrived, he not only fulfilled his duties in the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but also provided many valuable suggestions for the school, such as the magic practice self-study room, the end-of-semester exam system, the monthly exam system......
Oh, yes, of course I know that you don't like the latter two systems very much, but the effect is not bad, isn't it, I think you should feel that......
Let us thank Professor Holmes for his contribution to Hogwarts......"
The applause in the auditorium was very warm. Of course not all of them like exams, and the applause was not for exams.
After all, apart from exams, Professor Holmes is good in other aspects. Each grade has its own practical projects. The magic self-study room allows them to practice magic at will after class. The morning exercise time provides couples with a new way of dating... ...
The applause slowly died down as Dumbledore raised his hands high.
"Now, as far as I know, we must first present the House Cup award ceremony. To be honest, the House Cup scores for this school year are rare in the history of Hogwarts, but it does not affect the ranking.
The specific scores for each school are as follows:
No.4: Gryffindor 876 points;
No.3: Hufflepuff 957 points;
No.2: Slytherin 1150 points;
No.1: Ravenclaw 1213 points. "
There was a thunderous cheer and stomping on the Ravenclaw table.
On the Gryffindor table, Harry and Ron lowered their heads and quietly calculated whether they could surpass Hufflepuff if they didn't deduct the 60 points in the end. The result was that they couldn't compare, and they immediately felt less guilty. A few points.
At the same time, they were very sad. At the last moment, Professor McGonagall did not deduct points for their six-foot-long self-examination paper, but as a punishment, he assigned them a lot of summer homework. Now it seems that it is better to deduct points. It doesn't matter anyway.
Looking at the unfriendly eyes of everyone, George and Fred quickly explained:
"The two hundred points we lost at the beginning of this semester have been made up..."
"As study room counselors and class representatives we also added a lot of points to Gryffindor..."
It is the self-study counselors who are the most angry. After all, Professor McGonagall said that there would be rewards for being No.1...
Not only them, but the self-study counselors on the long table in Slytherin also stared at those students who deducted too many points...
Only Hufflepuff doesn't care. After all, they have already won the Quidditch championship this semester. This has not been seen for many years. I am content...
At this time, Dumbledore cleared his throat, and the audience fell silent.
I only heard Dumbledore say:
"Yes, good performance, Ravenclaw, but I think some things that happened this year must also be counted..."
As soon as this was said, apart from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff watching the show, Slytherin and Gryffindor were excited again.
What a familiar phrase. After Dumbledore finished saying this last year, Slytherin fell from the number one throne, and Gryffindor quickly rose from the bottom to the number one.
So this time, many people looked at Harry.
It's just that the eyes on Ravenclaw's long table are a bit unkind.
Harry quickly waved his hands and explained, "I haven't done anything, really..."
Hermione's eyes lit up, and she whispered in Harry's ear:
"Harry, Parseltongue, only you can open the Chamber of Secrets..."
Harry was taken aback for a moment, a smile began to appear on his face, and then asked in a low voice:
"Hermione, how many points do you think we can add this time?"
Seeing Harry's expression, the other Gryffindor students immediately felt something was going on.
They all sighed that they really deserved to be the savior, who could save Gryffindor more than fire and water every time.
Dumbledore's voice came from the podium:
"As a little wizard in the magic world, when you encounter some powers you don't understand or dark wizards you can't match.
I hope you can clearly and calmly realize your own shortcomings, don't be blindly confident, and learn to seek help from professors or trusted seniors at the first time......
Miss Luna Lovegood of Ravenclaw did a great job on this one.
Because of her timely response to the professors, Hogwarts escaped a school suspension crisis...
I hereby award Miss Luna Lovegood the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft Special Contribution Award, oh yes, and Miss Lovegood won two hundred points for Ravenclaw..."
There was silence at first, and then all the Ravenclaw students looked at Luna who was still watching "The Quibbler" in disbelief, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
But then the Ravenclaw long table erupted with even more enthusiastic applause than before, and even Professor Flitwick on the faculty seat stood on a stool and applauded excitedly towards the Ravenclaw long table.
The female prefect of Ravenclaw even came over, smiled and took away the magazine in her hand:
"Crazy...sorry, I wanted to say Luna, you're awesome!"
Luna raised her head, her eyes erratically looked at the happy clapping people around her, she suddenly leaned back and laughed, and the necklace made of oil beer corks on her body trembled, and then she said very happily:
"So many harassing gadflies!"
When everyone came in, everyone in the auditorium was talking loudly.
Ever since Douglas' suggestion against the basilisk became known to several teachers, Professor Snape had always kept a cold face when he saw Douglas. Of course, he had never smiled seriously before, but this time Douglas clearly felt that Professor Snape was really serious. not happy.
But Douglas can be sure that Dumbledore never told Snape the conjecture of how Harry became Parseltongue, otherwise Snape would never be able to laugh at himself so calmly at this time.
This is also what he has been wondering about. He even once wondered if it was because he was too good at Occlumency.
So Dumbledore took a fancy to him and planned to develop himself to become Snape number two in the future, or divide Snape's responsibilities into two parts, and he would take on the responsibility of leading Harry to the end.
There are some magical theories in the system about how to deal with possessed souls, but on the one hand, Harry is his student, and it is impossible for Douglas to conduct soul experiments on students.
On the other hand, Harry is just one of his students, and magic involving the soul is dangerous magic in any world. Since the original book has given a good plan, he can't afford to take the risk himself.
Snape, who was taunting Douglas for his generosity, found that he had been talking about it for a long time, but the other party was actually distracted, and he was suddenly out of breath.
Fortunately, Dumbledore rushed to the auditorium at this time, Snape snorted coldly, turned his head away from Douglas, and the other professors also breathed a sigh of relief.
In this matter, it was difficult for them to persuade Snape to be magnanimous.
After all, it was during Snape's tenure as Headmaster that the discovery of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets should have been a joyous event.But it was suggested by a Hufflepuff to directly destroy the basilisk left by Salazar Slytherin.
No dean would be happy. The most important thing is that the principal and the Ministry of Magic have reached a consensus, and he knew that the way to open the secret room was cracked by people from other colleges.
Everyone didn't know that since Snape knew that it was the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, he had searched a lot of information, but found nothing in the end. He also suspected Parseltongue.
But as far as he knows, the last Parseltongue in the British magic world is still locked in Azkaban. I heard that he is still a lunatic, so it is impossible for him to go to the other party to make a deal, and he does not know where Dumbledore found it. Recordings of Parseltongue...
With the arrival of Dumbledore, the noise in the auditorium gradually died down.
Dumbledore said happily:
"It's been another year, and before you enjoy these delicacies, please listen to my old man's clichés...
What a wonderful year this has been, especially after Professor Holmes arrived, he not only fulfilled his duties in the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but also provided many valuable suggestions for the school, such as the magic practice self-study room, the end-of-semester exam system, the monthly exam system......
Oh, yes, of course I know that you don't like the latter two systems very much, but the effect is not bad, isn't it, I think you should feel that......
Let us thank Professor Holmes for his contribution to Hogwarts......"
The applause in the auditorium was very warm. Of course not all of them like exams, and the applause was not for exams.
After all, apart from exams, Professor Holmes is good in other aspects. Each grade has its own practical projects. The magic self-study room allows them to practice magic at will after class. The morning exercise time provides couples with a new way of dating... ...
The applause slowly died down as Dumbledore raised his hands high.
"Now, as far as I know, we must first present the House Cup award ceremony. To be honest, the House Cup scores for this school year are rare in the history of Hogwarts, but it does not affect the ranking.
The specific scores for each school are as follows:
No.4: Gryffindor 876 points;
No.3: Hufflepuff 957 points;
No.2: Slytherin 1150 points;
No.1: Ravenclaw 1213 points. "
There was a thunderous cheer and stomping on the Ravenclaw table.
On the Gryffindor table, Harry and Ron lowered their heads and quietly calculated whether they could surpass Hufflepuff if they didn't deduct the 60 points in the end. The result was that they couldn't compare, and they immediately felt less guilty. A few points.
At the same time, they were very sad. At the last moment, Professor McGonagall did not deduct points for their six-foot-long self-examination paper, but as a punishment, he assigned them a lot of summer homework. Now it seems that it is better to deduct points. It doesn't matter anyway.
Looking at the unfriendly eyes of everyone, George and Fred quickly explained:
"The two hundred points we lost at the beginning of this semester have been made up..."
"As study room counselors and class representatives we also added a lot of points to Gryffindor..."
It is the self-study counselors who are the most angry. After all, Professor McGonagall said that there would be rewards for being No.1...
Not only them, but the self-study counselors on the long table in Slytherin also stared at those students who deducted too many points...
Only Hufflepuff doesn't care. After all, they have already won the Quidditch championship this semester. This has not been seen for many years. I am content...
At this time, Dumbledore cleared his throat, and the audience fell silent.
I only heard Dumbledore say:
"Yes, good performance, Ravenclaw, but I think some things that happened this year must also be counted..."
As soon as this was said, apart from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff watching the show, Slytherin and Gryffindor were excited again.
What a familiar phrase. After Dumbledore finished saying this last year, Slytherin fell from the number one throne, and Gryffindor quickly rose from the bottom to the number one.
So this time, many people looked at Harry.
It's just that the eyes on Ravenclaw's long table are a bit unkind.
Harry quickly waved his hands and explained, "I haven't done anything, really..."
Hermione's eyes lit up, and she whispered in Harry's ear:
"Harry, Parseltongue, only you can open the Chamber of Secrets..."
Harry was taken aback for a moment, a smile began to appear on his face, and then asked in a low voice:
"Hermione, how many points do you think we can add this time?"
Seeing Harry's expression, the other Gryffindor students immediately felt something was going on.
They all sighed that they really deserved to be the savior, who could save Gryffindor more than fire and water every time.
Dumbledore's voice came from the podium:
"As a little wizard in the magic world, when you encounter some powers you don't understand or dark wizards you can't match.
I hope you can clearly and calmly realize your own shortcomings, don't be blindly confident, and learn to seek help from professors or trusted seniors at the first time......
Miss Luna Lovegood of Ravenclaw did a great job on this one.
Because of her timely response to the professors, Hogwarts escaped a school suspension crisis...
I hereby award Miss Luna Lovegood the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft Special Contribution Award, oh yes, and Miss Lovegood won two hundred points for Ravenclaw..."
There was silence at first, and then all the Ravenclaw students looked at Luna who was still watching "The Quibbler" in disbelief, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
But then the Ravenclaw long table erupted with even more enthusiastic applause than before, and even Professor Flitwick on the faculty seat stood on a stool and applauded excitedly towards the Ravenclaw long table.
The female prefect of Ravenclaw even came over, smiled and took away the magazine in her hand:
"Crazy...sorry, I wanted to say Luna, you're awesome!"
Luna raised her head, her eyes erratically looked at the happy clapping people around her, she suddenly leaned back and laughed, and the necklace made of oil beer corks on her body trembled, and then she said very happily:
"So many harassing gadflies!"
