Chapter 315 Rice: The Slytherin team has completely abandoned Rong
In the following days, the black dog would visit Hagrid's wooden house every day, get some food from him, and run to take shelter under his roof when it rained. Over time, even Yaya accepted his existence.
After getting familiar with Hagrid and Yaya, Hagrid added a bowl for him and prepared an extra bowl when preparing food every day - Hagrid is quite careless in raising pets, focusing on what the dog eats. What. On rainy days, Hagrid even allowed the black dog into the house to warm himself by the fire and take shelter from the rain.
After a period of time, the black dog became fatter and stronger after being raised by Hagrid, and its hair became shiny and slippery again.
The black dog was naturally transformed by Sirius, who had regained most of his strength by eating and drinking at Hagrid's place.
While Sirius was recuperating, the Hogwarts Quidditch League quietly arrived. Along with the league came the rainy weather. And the closer it gets to the first game, the worse the weather gets, and you won’t even see the sun once throughout the day.
According to the schedule, the Gryffindor team and the Slytherin team will have an opening match. In order to win this game, the Gryffindor team trained as scheduled even in the heavy rain. The Slytherin team, on the other hand, seemed to have given up resistance and showed no sign of going out to train. Even though there are less than two weeks left before the match day, their only training method is the Quidditch board game...
This also made Les a little curious: Although the students of the Snake House who inherited Slytherin's will should not have too strong flying talent, it would be too shameful to surrender without a fight, right?
With this complicated and entangled mood, Les asked Daphne to help him inquire about the situation, and then he was shocked——
"What? They won't play Gryffindor next week?!" When Les heard the news, he thought there was something wrong with his ears.
"Are they planning to abandon the game? This will directly result in a loss."
Daphne's expression became extremely complicated: "I heard from Marcus that the team members all had a bad cold and couldn't play against Gryffindor, so Gryffindor will play Hufflepuff in the opening game—— Marcus said this was his strategy, he didn't want to fight the Gryffindors in the rain, which would negate their advantage."
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Les pounded the table hard. He was really angry at these guys for finding such a shameless reason to avoid the fight!
What can't be used to advantage in the rain? Does the heavy rain only hit the Slytherin players? ! He also wanted to say that the heavy rain blocked the Seeker's view, causing the gap between the two Seekers to narrow!
The more Les thought about it, the angrier he became. He couldn't help but slap the table again, and said angrily: "I don't even have any shame, these people don't deserve to win! They have completely tarnished the glory of the game!"
He raised his head and said loudly in a voice that could be heard in the entire common room: "I think we should just surrender when we meet the Gryffindor team in the future. Anyway, we can't win with these cowards who can only pretend to be sick! "
It was raining continuously, and many students from Slytherin House were killing time in the lounge. Rice's words were heard by almost half of the students in the house. Everyone stopped what they were doing to see how the team responded to Les Lint's provocation.
Marcus's behavior of avoiding the battle still caused quite a bit of controversy. Even within the academy, many people were dissatisfied with it, believing that it was a sign of weakness to Gryffindor Academy and a cowardly move that should not be tolerated.
But Marcus also has his own reasons: He feels that he made a wise choice and relied on his brain to gain an advantage for the team. What do others know? Quidditch isn't just about flying around, it's also a competition of intelligence. He's a soldier who can conquer others without fighting.
After hearing what Les said, Malfoy's face darkened. He wanted to stand up and retort, but was held back by Marcus.
"There is no need to be familiar with him, let the results speak for themselves - using trivial means to win, this is the spirit of Slytherin!"
Marcus didn't speak loudly, but Les had good hearing. When he heard "the spirit of Slytherin," he lit up with joy.
It's hard for me to say anything, because I do encourage any means necessary to achieve the goal...but is it a Quidditch match? There are only four teams participating in the competition! Is your purpose too down-to-earth?
The goal that Rice wants to achieve at all costs: for the entire magical world, no matter what, it must be for Hogwarts!
What Marcus actually wants to achieve at all costs: win the championship in a competition with a total of four teams.
Les didn't know how to evaluate his behavior. What's more, the contrast with the Gryffindor team was too sharp, making the entire team look like a buffoon.
He could only turn around and tell Daphne that if Harry came to her to borrow the Firebolt before the game with the Slytherin team, remember to lend it to him then.
"Wouldn't this..." Daphne felt that if Harry got the Firebolt, the Slytherin team would most likely lose.
"They don't deserve to win," Rice said simply.
After learning that their opponent had been temporarily switched to Hufflepuff, Gryffindor was also in a panic. But no matter how dissatisfied they are, Cedric of the Hufflepuff team has already accepted the adjustment. The schedule has been fixed, and they have to accept this reality.
The news soon spread throughout Hogwarts, even Helga heard about it. As the founder of Hufflepuff House, she decided to go to the stadium to watch the game that day and advance and retreat with the team of her house.
Of course, the game against Gryffindor is just an appetizer, the highlight is the future battle against Slytherin.
She once asked Salazar, in a slightly provocative tone, which team he thought had a higher probability of winning in a match between Slytherin and Hufflepuff.
Unexpectedly, Salazar actually said that the team he supported now was Hufflepuff.
"The Slytherin team has completely abandoned its glory, and I am now a die-hard Hufflepuff fan." Salazar said.
As for why he chose Hufflepuff, this was his last insistence - he couldn't be allowed to support the Gryffindor team, right?
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On race day, the weather changed—from rainy to stormy. When you wake up in the morning and arrive at the auditorium, the sound of the storm slamming against the windows can make everyone give up the idea of going out.
Listening to the howling of the wind and rain outside the window, Malfoy and other team members showed proud smiles: Great, fortunately they "asked for leave"!
Oliver Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor team, tried every means to encourage his teammates at the academy table. Cedric originally wanted to boost morale, but was taught Defense Against the Dark Arts before entering the auditorium. Professor White stopped.
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