The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 108 Fighting for Gifts

Chapter 108 Fighting for Gifts
In the days that followed, Ada would occasionally go to Cecil to get his autograph, but the two of them never talked about anything about his body or the dark arts again, as if the conversation that night had never happened.

Professor Cecil is still continuing his courses. The Defense Against the Dark Arts class is still so exciting. Theory and practice are combined with each other. Students can learn useful knowledge in every class and learn how to fight against dangerous magical creatures or wizards' curses.

Everyone has put the bad luck of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor behind them, and they all hope that Cecil can continue to be their professor. Unfortunately, their wish is doomed to fail. No one knows that the professor is already terminally ill, and Ada doesn't know how long he can hold on.

On February 14, 1991, Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve came at the same time. However, Hogwarts did not celebrate New Year's Eve, and there was no custom of staying up all night. The castle became pink again, and couples gathered together, spreading their love.

Ada, who was full of malice, could only wish them a peaceful separation and even wanted to sing a song of happy breakup. However, she estimated that except for the first-year student Qiu Zhang, no one in the school could understand what she was singing.

It was rare to see an oriental face in the school, so Ada was naturally curious. She and the twins went to secretly see Qiu Zhang. He had long, shiny black hair, a gentle and friendly personality, and spoke in a friendly manner. He seemed to be very popular.

But that was the extent of Ada's contact with Qiu Zhang. She did not hastily join her life just because of her oriental face. However, the twins thought Qiu Zhang was a pretty girl.

Ada had to admit this. In Hogwarts, which was full of Western faces, Qiu Zhang's unique Asian appearance was indeed a plus point, as it was exotic.

Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are attending classes together today, and Ada has witnessed Hufflepuff's ability to attract many girls. Not to mention students of the same grade as Cedric, many senior girls who want to date young girls will also come to him.

The classroom was packed with girls. When Ada passed by and just said hello to Cedric, she suffered an unexpected disaster. The jealous girls gave her countless cold stares.

Apart from Snape, the old bat, who dared to wrong Ada like this? She would naturally fight back against them one by one, but these people who were so angry didn't care about Ada at all. They were all concerned about the sunny and handsome little Ced. Who the hell do you think you are, Drizzt?
Outnumbered, Ada could only retreat and sit in her seat obediently. The girls around Cedric left in dismay until class started. Fortunately, the group of girls did not appear again when get out of class was over, and Ada did not have to suffer the cold shoulder again.

At night, Ada went to the underground room alone. She originally wanted to come with the twins. She planned to teach the twins some practical spells to improve their strength.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the twins were put in detention by Professor McGonagall.

Over the past year, the twins had violated countless school rules, and Filch's records could fill up a cabinet. This was just a minor incident for them, and Professor McGonagall's detention had little deterrent effect on the two brothers.

The cause of the incident can be traced back to Valentine's Day. The twins intercepted several letters written to Ada, and the target of the prank was chosen. These innocent little boys did not expect the slippery road of society and the complexity of human hearts. I hope the twins did not leave them with any heavy psychological trauma.

However, the twins who "did good deeds without leaving a name" still could not escape the punishment of school rules. The matter was brought to Professor McGonagall, and the clever dean saw the whole story at a glance. The masterminds of the case, Fred and George, did not get the forgiveness of the victim, and the two brothers were brought to justice by the iron-faced and impartial Professor McGonagall.

Ada, who was innocent, was only given a verbal warning by Professor McGonagall, and there was no actual punishment. After all, this matter had nothing to do with her. If Professor McGonagall hadn't told her, Ada wouldn't have known that the twins had intercepted her letter.

In the underground room, a man and a puppet stood opposite each other. They looked exactly the same, even holding the same wand. However, it was not as difficult to tell the real Monkey King from the fake one, because the two were dressed differently. Ada took off her robe, but the puppet did not.

The twins were locked up, so Ada was left alone here. Today was New Year's Eve, and as long as she defeated the trial puppet, Ada could get her own New Year's gift. Ada and the puppet both held their wands in front of each other, bowed to each other, and then stepped back five steps from their respective positions. This was the etiquette of a wizard duel. Only after completing the above actions could both parties attack each other with spells until one party lost the wand or lost the ability to fight back.

This was a regular wizard duel, the duel tournament that Professor Flitwick won was like this. It was just like planting a flag in an online game, when one side's health reached 1, the winner was decided, it was dangerous but not fatal.

Of course, there are regular duels, and there are illegal duels, which usually result in one party being completely incapacitated or dead. Such life-and-death duels do not have to follow any etiquette, and can be fought as desired, using any spells they want.

"Fire all the bullets!" Ada took the lead in launching the attack. The gravel on the ground floated in the air and shot towards the puppet as she chanted the spell. The trial puppet held up the magic wand, and a light curtain formed in front of it, turning all the stones that hit it into powder.

The flying stones were just to gain the upper hand, and the blazing flames immediately followed the stones and pounced on the trial puppet. There were black marks where the flames passed, and the scorching flames even scorched the trial puppet's hair.

Ever since she started practicing actual combat with the Trial Doll, Ada had discovered that, compared to a watertight defense, Ada preferred to take the initiative in attacking, using her offensive power to overwhelm the opponent and force them to make mistakes. As long as she could seize a loophole in the defense, she could win.

Ada likes the continuous attack like the tide, she likes the feeling of dominating the opponent. Of course, if possible, Ada would like to kill instantly, defeat the opponent with one spell, and no one can match her under the magic wand, just thinking about it makes her excited.

When the raging fire was extinguished by the trial puppet, Ada's stun spell and crushing spell followed. The trial puppet could only continuously cast the armor spell and the protection spell to block Ada's attack.

Light flashed in the underground room one after another. Ada's suppression continued. The trial puppet could only take the opportunity to counterattack Ada during the intervals of defense. However, these counterattacks were blocked by Ada one by one, and could not disrupt her offensive rhythm.

The Trial Doll is just an anthropomorphism, not a real person. It does not have human emotions, so it will not be swayed by emotions in a duel. Whether it is attacking or defending, it can choose the most reasonable way. This is why Ada has been practicing for so long but has not been able to defeat it.

Ada transformed the stones on the ground into three hounds, which pounced on the trial puppet from three directions. In previous practice, Ada often used the Transfiguration Spell to restrain the opponent, so that she could find the opponent's flaws more easily.

Three bright silver lights flashed, and the three hounds turned back into stones, and the trial puppet finally revealed its flaws. Ada would never miss such an opportunity. In addition to the most commonly used disarming spell and stunning spell, she also fired crushing spells, explosive spells, and cutting spells.

The magic power flowed at high speed, and spells of various colors gushed out from the tip of the wand. Judging from the speed at which Aida chanted the spell, it would be a pity if she didn't become a rapper.

Several spells directly covered all the escape routes of the trial puppet. It could only defend against these spells or be knocked to the ground.

The result was exactly as Ada expected. The puppet only blocked part of the attack, and the rest of the spell hit the puppet. It was knocked away directly, and the blood that flowed out dyed its black robe red.

The puppet that was knocked away lay on the ground, but the system did not announce Ada's victory. Ada walked forward slowly with confusion.

(End of this chapter)

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