This year, Severus Snape finally became the professor of the Defense Against Dark Magic class.
Allen's Ancient Magic class would teach students the correct use of Dark Magic, while Snape's Defense Against Dark Magic class would talk about Dark Magic with a tone of fondness and admiration. Like Allen, Snape chose to let the sixth grade students start learning the technique of Silent Incantation. He divided the wizards into two groups. One in each group would try to cast an Evil Incantation on the other, but was not allowed to make a sound. The other would try to repel the Evil Incantation, but was also not allowed to make a sound.
The Hogwarts apprentices' faces were red and their mouths were tightly shut, fearing that they would not be able to resist the temptation and would softly chant the incantation. Those who tried to repel the Evil Incantation would raise their wands and constantly chant the Iron Incantation, waiting in fear to repel the incantation that seemed like it would never come. However, in the class, except for the few geniuses in the training class who had already practiced and mastered this technique for a long time, most of the junior wizards, including the members, had tried this advanced technique for the first time. They had not been able to successfully cast the Silent Incantation. It was too difficult for them to succeed in casting the Silent Incantation on their first practice.
Due to this pressure, the sixth grade wizards seized the time after class and practiced the Silent Incantation day and night. This was because not only the Defense Against Dark Magic class, but also the Incantation and Transfiguration classes had started to put forward this requirement.
Therefore, in the Hogwarts Castle, whether it was the common room or the auditorium, the junior wizards could often see the senior wizards' faces turning red and secretly competing with themselves, as if they had taken an overdose of Secret Incantation. If Cedric Diggory had stayed in the Hogwarts, he would have found that within a day, the faces of his juniors in the academy had become very similar to the faces of his father, Amos Diggory of the Department of Magical Animals Management and Control.
It was the Quidditch Trials that freed the wizards from their endless practice of Silent Curses.
Emily had already reached the age requirement to be selected as a Quidditch team member. The Slythrin Magi were not surprised that the sister of the world's best ball seeker would appear in the Quidditch arena. However, Pansy appearing in the Quidditch arena after Emily to participate in the selection made everyone feel very strange.
"Pency, why are you participating in the selection?" Draco twirled the broom in his hand. In the past, he had also asked Pency to come to Quidditch. She had said that she only wanted to sit on the field and cheer for him. Why did she take the initiative to participate in the selection today?
"Draco, Emily thinks that my life after school should be more interesting, so she asked me to come along." Ever since the incident in the Everything Room, the relationship between the two witches had become more sincere than before due to the difference in status.
Draco, who had defeated another popular candidate, Urquhart, to become the captain of the Quidditch team with his status in Slytherin, spoke to the little princess of the Harris family in a gentle voice, "Emily, which position do you want to play?"
"I want to play the same position as Allen, the spotter." Emily smiled sweetly, as if she did not consider that the captain of the Quidditch team in Slytherin was the spotter.
"Uhh … Emily, you can try it out later." Draco's voice seemed to be strangled by someone. He coughed dryly and felt that his tone was a little dry, so he added, "You're Allen's sister, so you must be good at flying …"
Pency's performance in the Slytherin team selection was shocking, and she chose to run for batter.
Every Quidditch team had two batters, and they were also the only players on the field with bats. Their responsibility was to ensure that the walk-off ball was far away from their team's players, and at the same time, try to hit the opposing team's players. Batters needed to be physically strong, and their arms had to be very strong, because only then could they shoulder the task of hitting the walk-off ball throughout the game. Therefore, this position was more likely to be taken by a wizard than a witch.
However, the famous captain of the Hogwarts team, Gwenog Jones, was an exception. Born in 1968, she was one of Horace Slughorn's favorite students when she was studying in Hogwarts, and because of this, she joined his slug club. After graduating in June 1986, Gwenog became the batter of the all-female Hogwarts team, and eventually became the captain of the team. She was still in close contact with her potions teacher, Horace Slughorn. As long as Slughorn was willing, Gwenog would help him get free tickets for the game.
At present, Pency's style on the field was tough. Although she was not as strong as her powerful female predecessor, she was merciless when she waved her bat at the wizards. She was fierce and aggressive, and used the walk-off ball to hit all the opponents who dared to challenge her.
A batter also needed good balance, because it often required both hands to release the broom at the same time to hit the walk-off ball. Pency, who was not strong enough, did this very well. Crabbe, who was previously pulled into the team by Draco, although his arm strength was amazing, he was much worse in this aspect and flying skills. Therefore, whether out of selfishness or consideration for the team, Pency was finally selected as one of the main batters this year, and Crabbe became the substitute for her and another batter, Gore, who had good arm strength and flying skills.
Pency, who landed on the lawn and wiped her sweat, felt good. In such a game, she seemed to have vented a little of the pressure she had been under since the summer vacation. Although she was a little tired, her mind was a lot more relaxed.
There were only two people in the running for the position of ball seeker, Emily Harris and Draco Malfoy.
Emily's performance on the field was very good. She was petite, and her posture was very flexible when she flew up and down to avoid the walk-off ball. The golden Snitch that she released this time was just like the game between the second-year Draco and Harry. It flew between the buildings in the stands. Draco, who had grown a lot, was obviously not as good as Emily, who had just entered the second year.
This was not only unexpected, but also reasonable. Although Draco had a lot of experience in games, the ball seeker was usually the lightest and fastest flying broom pilot. He must have keen eyesight and the ability to grasp the broom handle with one hand or not. Emily had taken the attribute magic potion far more than Draco. Without considering her strength, the advantages and disadvantages brought about by her age were negligible. After all, ball seeker was the position that relied on flying talent the most.
Emily's flying talent was obviously more outstanding than Draco's. Thinking of Emily's brother, Allen, who was the best ball seeker in the world, the other Slytherin players, who were originally a little surprised, thought that it was not so surprising.
In the end, the position of ball seeker for Slytherin this year was won by Emily. Although Draco was a little unwilling to accept this, he was able to convince himself to accept this arrangement after he transferred himself to the position of ball seeker that Allen had played in the beginning.
"Maybe there is some hope that we can beat Ravenclaw this year … and let the Quidditch Cup be engraved with our names again." After reorganizing the team and returning to the academy, Draco was very satisfied with the lineup he had selected this year. The ball seeker had himself, Urquhart, and Wassel, who were also expected to be captain, forming a good offensive line. The batter had Pency, who had performed well today, and Gore, who was not bad. He had arranged for Zabini to be the keeper of the ball. Together with the good substitutes, the depth of the team was quite good. Most importantly, now that half of Quidditch's main players were Draco's followers, he was very handy in managing the team's affairs.
After that, for Ravenclaw's selection, Allen sent his doppelgänger to preside over it.
After the selection of Ravenclaw, the main team did not change much. After graduating, Cho Zhang wanted to join a professional club like her boyfriend, Cedric. Therefore, even when she had to prepare for the exam in seventh grade, she did not choose to withdraw.
After more than a year of professional club training, the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, which lacked star players after losing Allen, looked more like the unique professional team that Larry Brown had built.
This Ravenclaw team did not have any star players, and no longer relied on them. After training, every position, regardless of whether it was the main player or the substitutes, was a quality player. Even if these players thought that their talent could be better used, everyone stayed in the most suitable position for them to play the ability that the team needed them to play. And this year's new blood would continue this tradition.
After a whole semester of brutal training, Ravenclaw, which was originally the least physically talented of the four Hogwarts teams, became a team with no obvious advantages or disadvantages in the positions of the players. In addition, Ravenclaw's young eagles were smart, and their own understanding and execution of tactics allowed them to skillfully use a variety of professional tactics in the face of different opponents. This was a team that played the game the right way.
The team captain of Hufflepuff Quidditch was worried. Compared to the other academies, Hufflepuff, which had the largest number of players, had not found enough talented wizards to join them to complete the reconstruction. Since Cedric's departure, competing for the Quidditch Cup was more like a pipe dream. Except for the two ball chasers, Zacharias Smith and Cadwallader, who were barely exceptional, the team was far behind the other three academies in other positions. This year, their goal was to not be at the bottom of the overall rankings.
As the last Hogwarts team, Gryffindor's selection of players was the first challenge Harry faced after becoming the captain of Quidditch. Except for Ron, the others were fooling around and laughing, ignoring the new captain, Harry.
Last year, after Harry half-forced the former captain, Angelina Johnson, to add Ron to the team, the red-haired goalkeeper could not withstand the pressure deliberately put on him by Slytherin, causing Gryffindor to lose a lot of points. This behavior made the new captain of Gryffindor not as good as his predecessors in leading the team, even though his ability to find the ball chasers left the other young lions speechless.
"Shut up!" Just as Harry was feeling awkward and helpless, Jenny, who had changed into Quidditch's jersey, roared and silenced the crowd. Her long red hair fluttered in the breeze, making her look quite valiant.
"Even if you were official players last year, I can't guarantee that you will be this year … Do you understand?" Seeing that the crowd had quieted down, Harry followed suit.
Last year, as the goalkeeper, Ron's performance in the game was terrible. Under the influence of Slytherin, the other academies began to call him "King Weasley".
Therefore, there were a lot of people running for the position of goalkeeper this year. Among them, Cormac McLagan purposely bumped Ron's shoulder from behind, and said with a confident expression, "Weasley, don't mind me … I want to play the position of goalkeeper too. It's really not aimed at you."
Due to the failed Life-Death Potion created by the pure-blooded princess's notebook, the potion that was supposed to be a powerful sleeping agent had the opposite effect. Ron, who had been highly stimulated and unable to sleep, looked at the male wizard who was much taller than him, and his face turned even paler. He waved his hand angrily, trying to get rid of the flies that were circling around him, and said, "With your big body, don't you think you're more suitable to be a batter? A goalkeeper has to have good eyesight and hands … "
Cormac waved his strong arm fiercely, nimbly using his gloved fingers to catch the fly, and made Ron stop talking in shock, "Let's see which side Lady Luck is on."
Cormike McClagan was a tall and burly man. He was one of the most handsome men in the Gryffindor Academy and had intentionally imitated Allen's hairstyle, making him very popular among the girls in the Lion Court. In his sixth year, which was last year, he was admitted to St. Mungo's Hospital because he ate a poisonous foxy egg in a bet with someone. As a result, he lost the chance to compete for the position of Quidditch's goalkeeper and was forced to repeat a year. Therefore, he thought that this year was the best opportunity to perform, so he participated in the selection again.
In addition, it was also because of McClagan's overly strong Gryffindor style and his poor results that he was on the verge of repeating a year that the little witches from other academies thought that he was just a Gryffindor idiot who thought too highly of himself and did things without thinking. There was nothing good about him other than his looks.
Professor Horace Slughorn, on the other hand, was interested in McLagan, who had an uncle with a high social status.
Although Ron gave his all in this selection, and there was no one around to sing the "Song of the Weasley King" to him, which made his performance much better than he did in the official competition, Cormac, who was obviously superior in terms of age, motor skills, and skills, finally won the competition.
Hermione Granger, who was watching the battle from the spectator stands, would not act like the original development, pretending to cough while actually casting spells without a staff. Instead, she used a confusion spell on McClagan's broom to help Ron cheat. During the last semester's holiday, Lavender Brown, who had begun to have a favorable impression of the red-haired adept due to his superstitious divination after hearing that Ron wasn't really gay, did not have the ability to cast such a spell. He only sat on the sidelines and shouted a few words of encouragement.
Ron was pushed out of the position of fielder. Seeing his best friend's dejected look, Harry had no choice but to use Ron's tall stature and the reputation his twin brothers had left behind in Quidditch to force Ron back to the batter's position.
However, the result of this election made Ron, who had accompanied Harry and Jenny to clean up the field after the selection, speechless. He looked like he had been dealt a heavy blow.
"Ron, if you had practiced Quidditch with all your free time like you planned before school started, the outcome would have been different. You were only two balls behind him." Jenny pushed a ball back into the box and glanced at Ron sarcastically. "Cheer up. Katie, Demirza and I, the three female ball chasers, still have to rely on you and Jimmy Perks to protect us when we score."
"Didn't I tell you guys last time that Dumbledore had arranged for Sirius to teach us how to transform into Animagus near Whomping Willow? This weekend, Sirius will come over for the first lesson. Not only that, Jenny, it's time for the ancient magic class again. I wonder what kind of gifts Allen has prepared for us this time …" Seeing that his girlfriend's sarcasm towards her brother had made the atmosphere stagnate again, Harry changed the topic. However, he immediately yawned again. "Ron, the effect of my drug seems to have worn off. I have to go to sleep for a while …"
"What? Other than that valuable book, you guys have more gifts to get from class?! " Ron finally snapped back to reality after hearing this. Then, he muttered with a face full of annoyance and jealousy, "… It's so good to be rich … If I had known that there would be so many things to get, I would have gone with you guys … Your book looks like it's worth more than the total value of the textbooks we'll use in Hogwarts in the past seven years …"
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