The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 136 Final Review
The auditorium was still decorated in silver and green, and although it was only the second year she had seen it, Ada was already tired of it.

In fact, students from the four colleges are all similar, with no distinction between high and low, and they all have their own strengths. The competition for the college cup should have been fierce, but Snape's blatant favoritism turned the competition for the college cup into a one-man show for Slytherin.

It's not that Gryffindor doesn't want to pull Slytherin down, nor is it that everyone didn't work hard enough, it can only be blamed on the teammates for not doing their best. It's like two children fighting, the other party's parents join in the fight, while their own parents just watch from the side without even trying to stop them, and there will be no other result except getting beaten.

Throughout the entire school year, Snape, the parent of other students, spared no effort to deduct points from the other three houses, and the impulsive Gryffindor was the special target of attention.

Compared with Snape's unscrupulous means, Professor McGonagall seemed more fair. She treated the other three houses equally and was more strict with her own Gryffindor. The fairness of her own dean was tantamount to adding insult to injury, making Gryffindor's score even more pitiful, and it was simply unable to compete with Slytherin in the competition for the House Cup.

After Dumbledore finished his speech and announced that the house cup once again belonged to Slytherin, he sat down. He still did not personally come out to tell Snape what routines were and what the evils of society were.

The decoration is silver and green, so let it be silver and green. After all, we have seen it for so many years and we have long been accustomed to it. No longer caring about who will win the college cup, the students of the four colleges began to enjoy the sumptuous school year dinner. Tomorrow they will take the train back to London, return to their homes, and temporarily say goodbye to their friends and classmates.

At this time of year, Hogwarts will send off a group of graduates and welcome fresh blood in September. As people leave, people come. Hogwarts has always been here, opening its arms to embrace every child who comes here.

Ada was also enjoying the food, but unlike the twins, she did not chat with the people around her. Instead, she was busy checking the system's annual inventory.

This year, Ada has grown a bit taller, now 5 feet 3 inches (a little over 1.6 meters, less than 1.61 meters). Although she is a bit heavier than last year, she is still thin overall, especially in recent times, she has lost a lot of weight, otherwise she should be able to gain more weight.

Ada is good at one more subject than last year, which is Potions, Charms, Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Of course, we won't discuss whether it is Dark Magic or Defense Against the Dark Arts. We should learn from the barbarians to defeat them. If we don't know Dark Magic, how can we defend ourselves well?
Of the remaining two major subjects, Ida's History of Magic relied entirely on her personal understanding and rote memorization, so she couldn't be considered good at it. Herbology depended on her feeling on the exam day and Professor Sprout's kindness, so it was a matter of luck.

At the end of last year, the system gave Ada a talent called Reckless. During that year, Ada never successfully cast a double spell. This year, the system also gave Ada two talents, Blazing Soul and Flicker.

Fiery Soul, the burning fighting spirit can increase the casting speed of fire magic, increase the damage and attack range of fire spells, and the improvement effects can be stacked.

With the gift of fire proficiency, Ada felt that she might be able to burn down a city like Grindelwald in the future.

Another talent is Blink, which allows Ada to teleport silently over a short distance to sneak attack the enemy, or to avoid enemy damage by teleporting.

Although the distance of teleportation is limited and it cannot be achieved like Apparition, Blink can ignore the Anti-Apparition Spell. In places where Apparition is not possible (such as Hogwarts), Ada can still use Blink for short-distance teleportation.

The spells that Ada mastered were not much different from last year, except for a few more black magic spells. Some spells that Ada used frequently, such as the Stunning Spell and the Disarming Spell, were almost at full proficiency, and it was not known whether there would be any qualitative changes after the proficiency was full.

The previous reward for killing was the ability to upgrade spells. Since spells can be upgraded, Ada feels that as long as she maxes out her proficiency, she should be able to upgrade spells without receiving rewards. This is something she needs to verify next year.

In the midst of killing innocent people and working hard, Ada gave up the shortcut and chose to work hard. Although it was difficult, at least she felt at ease. Magic is not mathematics. It is useless to say you can't do it. No matter how hard you try, it will be useless. Ada believes that as long as you work hard on magic, you will definitely gain something. The system's inventory for this year is almost over, and what remains are some useless offensive language. Compared with Snape, these words are completely insignificant. There is no way to form an effective attack on Ada, and it can't even break her defense.

Thanks to Snape's friend for his help, thanks to his sharp tongue that trained Ada to swallow the insult; thanks to his difficulties that trained Ada to love potions; finally, thanks to his gold Galleons, Ada is a girl after all, and still needs to buy some new clothes.

The next morning, compared with the lively atmosphere of the previous night, the castle became deserted. The students packed their luggage and left the school, and the huge campus immediately became empty.

The small station in Hogsmeade was crowded with people. You could not see anything except the backs of heads and the huge figure of Hagrid. Students from the four colleges were crowded here, waiting to board the train to go home and spend a relaxing and happy summer vacation.

The door of the Hogwarts Express, locomotive number 5972, finally opened amid the students' eager anticipation. The students rushed on impatiently, and Ada and the twins were also squeezed onto the train by the surging crowd.

After finally finding an empty compartment, Ada and the twins quickly occupied it. Those students who didn't find a compartment could only look at them enviously and continue to shuffle through the train to find their own compartment.

The train spewed out thick steam and slowly started moving, and the journey home officially began. Ada and the twins were the only three people in the compartment. Lee Jordan, Angelina and Alia were separated by the crowd just now, and now they didn't know which compartment they were in or whether they had found a seat.

Fred played with the gold Galleons in his hand and said, "I still can't believe that this money was actually given to you by that old bat Snape!"

"Could it be that he has a new conscience?" George shook his head again. "No, he has no conscience to discover. Could it be that he has developed a conscience again at this age?"

Ada was holding a set of Exploding Cards. She shuffled the cards and said, "I don't know, but he definitely gave me these Galleons, and I've confirmed it with Professor McGonagall."

"Maybe we misunderstood him. He might not be as bad as we thought." Fred looked at the cards he had drawn, his eyebrows twisted into a "川" shape. "We agreed that this is just for fun. I won't pay even a single Nutter."

George also said: "The way Snape protects Slytherin is really disgusting. I really hope Professor McGonagall or Dumbledore can help us!"

The twins holding the signs looked at each other. I don't know what the two of them were up to. But it didn't matter. In front of Ada, their little tricks were completely ineffective.

"Although Snape is taking care of me, this money is also earned by my own labor, so I feel at ease spending it." Ada said, "Whoever loses the most today will wash the socks for the person who wins the most during the summer vacation, how do you think?"

Fred and George looked at Ada and shook their heads. Their eyes were telling Ada: Do you think we are stupid?

(End of this chapter)