If we can monopolize the source of excellent pharmacists through this kind of donation, then for the association, we can only make money, and it is impossible to lose.

For example, after the basilisk incident, Snape's snake guts and eyesight potion had not been brewed, and it had already been ordered by the "old seniors". It was not because he was famous, everyone knew that he could not do it. Out of poison?

When this request was satisfied by Dumbledore, Mr. Granger also directly bid farewell - anyway, the purpose of his trip has been achieved, and he is not very interested in duels.

Of course, if he knew what happened in the duel match later, he might regret it.

There are not many people who are as cheerful as Mr. Granger, and the rest of the distinguished guests are still thinking, trying to weigh the key.

Anyway, the duel competition for the first year has already started, and they still have a lot of time to think.

With the solemn expressions on the faces of the little snakes in Slytherin, the entrance to the secret room was reopened, and the students and VIPs who watched the battle entered the secret room one after another, preparing to watch the duel show.

The duel between the second and third grades, one is Gryffindor and the other is the civil war of Slytherin, so the intensity is destined to be unable to fight with the fifth-grade lion and snake

In comparison, the second- and third-year leapfrog challenges are still worth seeing.

The spectators knew this, of course, so their minds were relaxed: it was like an appetizer before a big meal.

As the appetizers, the two little wizards, Harper and Mason, came to the center of the duel arena under such watchful eyes.

Probably because there are too many elders watching, different from the simple duel ceremony, Slytherin's Harper raised his wand above his head before the duel, and drew a flower before wrapping it around his chest. , put the wand down.

This is the ancient etiquette of the pure-blood family, and it is also something that the little snakes have learned from the scolding of their parents since childhood.

Of course he did this not because he was respecting his opponent, but to show his family background on another battlefield, especially when he knew that his opponent today was a Muggle-born wizard.

Samuel Mason's hand holding the wand was sweating. After seeing the opponent salute, he forgot the standard wizard duel for a while, but pointed the wand diagonally to the sky, and held the protective gear in his left hand. waist.

Then he remembered that this was the fencing duel ceremony taught by the fencing teacher his parents hired for him. But in order not to lose face, he could only complete this action and pretend to be the way the copy should look like.

At this moment, I saw a flash of white light, followed by a "click" sound.

Everyone turned their heads to look and found that it was Bozo, the photographer of the Daily Prophet.

I saw that he skillfully turned over the back of the camera, and turned out the negative of the photo of the two little wizards saluting before the duel.

"While it's hot, go to the printing process quickly. "Betty Braithwaite, a female reporter beside her, hurriedly said...

"Okay." Bozo turned around and went to take pictures.

Du Ji lived, washed a few more, and backed up the negatives. ' Betty reminded anxiously

Say.

If dueling matches become the norm in the future at Hogwarts, then this photo is the first final photo of the first dueling match, which is of great significance and may even be stored in the newspaper archives.

Regardless of how the reporters plan to report, the two little wizards on stage have already started a duel, and their first reactions are surprisingly consistent.

"The mist is misty!"

They unanimously released the cloud spell, covering their whereabouts with a large cloud of mist that they summoned.

There was a sigh of disappointment from the audience.

They came to see the duel, not to watch the gray fog. Fortunately, someone appeared immediately to relieve their pain.

"Anyone want to buy Weasley thermal lenses? One is only 12 Sic!" George O. Weasley shouted to the students at the scene.

And his brother Fred, holding a large, padded lens case on his chest, appeared in the crowd with his brother.

"As long as you use this lens, you can see their position, and it can show the outline of people." Fred sang in harmony, "Although the effect is not as good as the magic lens, the price is only 1/300 of its price. , what are you waiting for? Come one!"

The price of the goods they sell is not expensive, and it really catches up with the moment when everyone has a hard demand, so the students suddenly turned into a swarm, and began to frantically grab the lenses of the two brothers, and even the guests watching the game were bought. two.

Lockhart couldn't help but glance over there - he didn't expect that even studying

The first wave of dividends that the school has not yet received, was actually eaten by these two brothers

Chapter 125 Delayed by Political Correctness

Leaving aside the profiteers of the various colleges for the time being, Lockhart put his energy back on the dueling arena.

The commentator of the duel is naturally Lee Jordan, who has had nothing to do recently. Slytherins have a little criticism of his appointment, but he is the only one who has public commentary experience, and he has been doing a good job all the time, so The Snake House also has no compelling objection.

And Lee Jordan did not hide his inclinations at all. In this Ravenclaw and Slytherin contest, he favored Ravenclaw secretly and implicitly, even if Slater was the same as expected. Lin and Ravenclaw had made a lot of preparations in advance, and he also paid more attention to Slytherin's "scheming", as if Harper was a man who would do anything to win.

Lockhart has a slight criticism of this - although the Snake House does have many careerists, the gap between them and the other three houses is entirely caused by prejudice.

It's like Sirius, who is obviously a Gryffindor, but after the Potters accident, no one tried to figure out what happened, how the Faithful Charm didn't work, and even Dumbledore was not poor. In the end, the plan almost tacitly acquiesced that his guilt was not because his whole family was Slytherin except him.

Because the quarter-finals were a double-elimination, as the champion of the loser's group, Mason had to win Harper twice to win the first-year group championship.

Under the target of the little eagles, the Harper family's magic harp did not play its confusing role at all, but instead became the fuse that exposed his position.

At the suggestion of Ravenclaw seniors, Mason used a medical magic that Madam Pomfrey often used - "clamping", turning Harper's armor into a torture device to bind himself, and finally won the first game.

In the second game, the Ravenclaws decided that Harper would not dare to continue wearing the armor, and would probably put on the anti-magic cloak, so Mason used the water like a spring to get the opponent wet, and then used the Freezing Charm. .

The Ravenclaws were right in their predictions. If everyone had their prediction skills, the welfare lottery would be too scared to draw the lottery.

But Slytherin didn't intend to follow their rhythm, even if Harper did replace the original armor and did not bring the harp.

But he drank the booster.

This also caused Mason to be at an absolute disadvantage for the next period of time, as if he was as helpless as an ordinary third-year student, and the water column he conjured with the spell was also stopped by the iron armor spell.

Fortunately, he received the so-called noble education before he entered school. The tutor of the fencing class told him that as long as he was not stabbed, he should always remain calm and wait for an opportunity to fight back.

What did that say? "Even if you fall, you can stab your opponent's leg"?

He temporarily changed his strategy, instead of trying to attack the opponent directly with clear water, but to attack the ground around Harper. When the ground around Harper became wet, he cast a Freezing Charm, turning each opponent into a field of ice.

The ice field limited Harper's mobility so much that he had to start distracting his feet so he wouldn't fall to the ground. When he used the Iron Armor Charm to defend again, Mason didn't use clear water, but several evil spells that everyone in the first grade could use - Leg Locking Charm and Repelling Charm.

Facing the opponent who fell to the ground, Yu Meisen let out a sigh of relief.

He didn't expect the other party to accidentally fall from the beginning to the end, he would rather handle everything himself.

After the fall, according to the rules of the first grade, Harper can already be sentenced to lose, but

Since Lockhart taught that spell, students have new options

Mang Kewada chops you melons one by one! "Mason ended the game symbolically with this little trick.

Although the duel could be declared over as long as the referee announced the victory and defeat, the students generally responded that this was not a sense of ceremony, so Lockhart's little trick became a popular spell among the students.

With a flash of green light, the battle was over—it had become a customary ritual for them.

Moreover, the reason why seniors participated in duels was originally to pursue excitement, so they chose to carry out the duels from grades 11 to 5. This pinecone trick was recognized as the "instant death curse", and was used in duels openly. Those who take part in a duel have to think about how to deal with it.

But the guests who participated did not know this, especially the Slytherin wizards, who were all startled to stand up after seeing the familiar green light; some even shrank subconsciously, wanting to hide open.

Only then did they discover that they had been fooled.

In order to hide their embarrassment, the distinguished guests applauded in unison, pretending that they stood up for congratulations.

Slytherin students are naturally very depressed - their own people lost, but those Slytherin "seniors" are actually applauding their opponents, what does this mean?

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It shows that the seniors are very dissatisfied with the performance of their own academy!

Although Slytherin didn't put everything in the first grade because of the preparation for the fifth and seventh grade games, especially the game between the fifth grade and the Lions House, but to say that they did not arrange for Mason, that is also true fake.

But the "political correctness" of Snake House hurt them - they can't pretend to be themselves

Serious about Mason

Because Mason is a Muggle-born "Mudblood", if he is dealt with with great fanfare, it means that these "purebloods" see the "Mudblood" as their opponent, which is worse than losing a duel.

They knew that Slytherin would be embarrassed by the result of a failed duel, but no one dared to mention it publicly.

If it is mentioned publicly, whether the matter will be resolved or not, let's not mention it for the time being. The person who mentions it will definitely be ridiculed by other little snakes.

So, when Lee Jordan excitedly announced Ravenclaw's victory, Slytherin fell into an embarrassing silence.

"We could have done better," said the Slytherin male prefect sullenly, "but for some reason, we couldn't."

Several people at the scene actually knew it well, but everyone was tacit, and no one was willing to say it.

"The ravens are obviously holding a group... We are not against one person, but an entire academy." Someone said with an excuse like this.

Flint couldn't help but interjected: "But first-year Slytherin is also Slytherin, and this is also a foreign battle, we don't fight just to defeat Gryffindor, we want to win ."

That being said, they couldn't do it if they put the same amount of effort into the first grade.

At this moment, Malfoy suddenly volunteered:

"If you can trust me, from next year, I will be in charge of the first to third grades, okay?"

The seniors couldn't help but turn their attention to him.

Aren't your Malfoys the most Muggle-rejecting purebloods? words to you

, you will not make the same mistake.

Although they didn't ask directly, the meaning in their expressions was the same.

Malfoy looked a little embarrassed—because he couldn't guarantee he would make a mistake either.

He wanted to say two big things, but the lessons from the failure of the Quidditch match were still there. If he insisted that he would not screw up, he would be a little lacking.

But Gemma Farley stood up and relieved the embarrassment for him.

"Anyway, the student union is about to expand. It's good to exercise early. We can't wait until the fifth grade to start training our prefects."

With the wealth of the Malfoy family, Draco Malfoy would definitely become a prefect by the fifth grade, if not unexpected.

It’s better to train Malfoy in advance now, so as not to wait for this prefect to graduate, there will be a fault in Slytherin’s talents, but the savior of Harry Potter is in full swing, and the Academy Cup will really be monopolized by Gryffindor.

Seeing the Farley family speak for him, Malfoy showed a grateful expression.

"I promise to handle this matter." He solemnly promised the seniors of the grade.

Because of the failure to remove Dumbledore this time, his father Lucius was prepared to take all the responsibilities and protect Fudge by resigning from the school board.

Although Fudge will make up for the Malfoy family sooner or later after accepting this situation, it is also true that the Malfoy family's control over Hogwarts has eased a lot no matter how to make up for it later.

"It's a bit early, but as the heir to the Malfoys, you have to take on that responsibility, have more family influence at Hogwarts, and find true allies - I'm not talking about Crabbe and Goyle." This is what Lucius wrote in the letter.

Draco Malfoy decided to accept the admonition.

Chapter 126 Perfect Suppression

After Mason's victory, Eagle Yard was jubilant.

Although it's a shame to say that it takes the whole school to win a first-year game, but if you don't win even a game, it's even more shameful, so everyone still has reason to celebrate.

However, the next game has nothing to do with them, and they don't expect Shi Meisen to compete with the savior.

After the uproar of the first grade, the distinguished guests sat down again and waited to watch the duel of the second grade.

However, compared to the first duel, although the second duel was famous, it was actually not as intense as the first-year duel.

Because the two sides of the duel are Harry and Hermione, and they are good friends, so it will never be real. Even if you want to see it, you have to see if Harry Potter will challenge the third graders.

No one thought Hermione could win, even if she was the top student in her grade. The distinguished guests are ready to use this time to think about whether they want to be involved in this "industry" of Hogwarts.

Obviously, if only from a profit point of view, this is definitely a profit and loss business, and no matter how much money they can get in return, even the connections and fame they get are enough. Let them make their money back.

But the problem is that as long as they donate the money, they are tied to the interests of Hogwarts, and politically they also have to accept a certain degree of coercion

Human nature is like this, just want to take advantage, not want to suffer. They want to make money, but they don't want to fight with the Snakes, let alone some people who are Snakes.

Their idea was to drag on until Dumbledore took the initiative to come to them, so that they could take the initiative in the negotiation.

Thinking of this, Lucius Malfoy couldn't help but glance at Dumbledore, and found that he was still calm, and even the two little lions on the stage applauded

What the **** is this old bee thinking?

In the center of the duel arena, the duel between Harry and Hermione has also reached the most critical time.

Different from what other people, especially Slytherin expected, the one who pressed the opponent was not the savior Harry Potter, but the "mudblood" they looked down on.

This time, they are not only accidental, but also angry.

Although it has always been difficult to deal with the Potter family of the Lion faction, the Potter family is an ancient wizard family with a long history. Their ancestors were also excellent magic pottery masters hundreds of years ago. Many high society people collect a Potter Be proud of your teapot.

In addition to Harry Potter's statement, if the Potter's brat won the second-year championship, although the "pure blood" people would also be a little upset, at least they could accept it in their hearts.

But if that Mudblood girl wins... Wouldn't the first- and second-year championship titles be held up by the dirty heads of Muggles?

But seeing that Hermione was at ease against Harry, and Harry was in a hurry, their reason told them again that the strength of Lord Savior was indeed not as good as they thought.