The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 188 A Chance to Win the College Cup
The gamekeeper at Hogwarts has a dragon of unknown origin, which should have been a matter of great importance at this point in time, but Harry, Ron and Hermione thought of sending away this dragon that would only bring trouble in order to protect their friend Hagrid.

The origin of the fire dragon and the hidden meaning behind it did not attract the attention of the young trio. Ada's reminder might make them pay more attention to this matter, or it might become a deaf ear to them, but it was no longer important to Ada, and she did not intend to continue to participate.

Who lost the dragon egg to Hagrid, why did he approach Hagrid, and when Quirrell would act, these have little to do with Ada. Protecting the Philosopher's Stone was a test arranged by Dumbledore for Harry, not a game prepared for Ada, and she couldn't play it however she wanted.

After leaving the school infirmary, Ada went to the ancient runes classroom. She just stepped into the classroom when the school bell rang. If she delayed in the school infirmary for a while longer, she would be late.

Professor Babel continued to talk about the content of the previous class and continued to translate an ancient manuscript. This manuscript recorded an ancient wizard's discussion on the origin of magic. The runic characters used were relatively simple and very suitable for beginners of ancient runes.

Ancient runes originated from the Nordic and Germanic peoples and were once popular in Scandinavia and the British Isles. In addition to being used to write magical manuscripts, the runes themselves also have mysterious powers.

The magic world generally believes that modern magic also originated from Northern Europe. If you want to unlock the secret of the origin of magic, then ancient runes are unavoidable. Ada is very interested in the origin of magic, and hopes that she can explore the power of ancient times through these mysterious characters, so as to improve her magical attainments.

Professor Barbling had explained all the translated manuscripts to everyone. While everyone was sorting out their notes, Professor Barbling talked about the Norse mythology related to ancient runes. Frey, the god of abundance, prosperity, love, and peace, Haggar, the god of obstacles and difficulties, and Tyr, the god of war, these three gods were called "et" in ancient runes, and each et was a group of rune letters.

Professor Babel was still talking non-stop at the podium, but she had gone off topic again, from ancient runes to Norse mythology, and from Norse mythology to the Ministry of Magic, which was doing nothing. If no one reminded her, this topic would turn into another one in five or ten minutes.

You can never quite figure out Professor Bathsheda Babel's pulse, so you have no way of guessing what her next topic will be with her eccentric thoughts. It might be the new products just released by Tofan Clothing Store, or the current situation of rune scholars, or maybe she will return to the course she teaches.

However, the students in the classroom had no complaints about Professor Barbling's daily ramblings. Her complaints sounded very interesting, and many times sounded more like jokes, which also helped these children who had not yet grown up to better understand the adult world.

Ada and Cedric checked their notes with each other, and only after confirming that they were correct did they concentrate on listening to Professor Babel's complaints. Ada didn't need to understand the adult world, but she needed to understand the world of adult wizards. If nothing unexpected happened, she would have to consider her own employment four years later.

"Why does she have so much to say in every class?" Cedric asked in confusion, and then gave himself an answer, "It must be because she doesn't see anyone normally and has nothing to say."

Cedric used a quill to correct the mistakes in his notes while continuing, "You don't usually talk much, so you won't become like her, will you?"

"How can those girls around you stand you talking like this?" Ada asked. Cedric was now even further along the path of being alone than Fred and George. He was handsome, good at studying, and his father was an official in the Ministry of Magic. He had everything except a bad mouth.

"I don't treat you as an outsider... Just get straight to the point and ask whatever you want to ask." Cedric said, "Don't change the subject, answer my question now!"

"This is class, am I talking or is it the professor who is talking?" Ada asked back, "And I talk a lot, but no matter how talkative a person is, you always kill the conversation." Is Cedric really a topic terminator? Of course not. In addition to his handsome face, his personality and talkativeness are the reasons why he is popular. It's just that in front of Ada, Cedric doesn't want to rack his brains to talk and laugh. The two of them can just have a few sincere chats and discuss about study. Why bother so much?
Before the get out of class ended, Professor Barbling changed the topic again, but it was too late. As a result, the content of the class was not completed and had to be postponed to the next class.

As expected, a person without any problems cannot be a professor at Hogwarts. If you don't have any problems, you would be embarrassed to say hello to other professors when you go out.

After class, Ada and Cedric went to the auditorium together. When they passed the hourglass used for scoring, Cedric said, "Congratulations, Ada."

"Congratulations for what?" Ada was a little confused. What the hell was this sudden congratulations?

"Your house scores!" Cedric explained to Ada, "I didn't even notice that you've surpassed Slytherin by so many points. You have a chance of winning the house cup this year!"

This year, Gryffindor has truly scored more points than the Ruby in the Hourglass, which has nearly 40 more points than the second-place Slytherin. There is still more than a month left in the school year, and if nothing unexpected happens, Gryffindor has a good chance of winning the championship at this rate, and Gryffindor still has a Quidditch game to play!

"Things are unpredictable. Don't forget that Slytherin still has Professor Snape." Ada said modestly. She did not accept Cedric's bad advice, especially at such an early stage.

"As long as you, Fred and George can be more restrained, this 40-point advantage will be enough for a long time." Cedric said.

Professors usually deduct one or five points, and deducting ten points is a big deal. Except for Snape, who deducted points as easily as drinking water, other professors deducted points to make students correct their mistakes. And it was almost the end of the semester, so professors would be more cautious when deducting points. As long as it didn't cause a big mess, the 40-point advantage was enough.

Looking at the hopper full of red gems, Ada also felt that this year was indeed Gryffindor's chance. In the days to come, as long as the little lions were careful in their studies and life and did not give Snape any chance, they could maintain this 40-point lead. If they could get some extra points from other professors and expand their lead, they would naturally get the college cup.

As long as the above two points are achieved, no matter how biased Snape is, he and his Slytherin will have no chance of turning the tables, and the decoration of the hall can finally be changed.

Ada thought so, and so did the other Gryffindors. At the long table of Gryffindor, the little lions were discussing fiercely how to consolidate the advantages of the school. Among those who were discussing, two people kept frowning, their hearts full of worry.

These two people are Harry and Hermione (Ron is still in the school infirmary). Hagrid and his dragon have been weighing on their hearts, and they will not feel at ease until Norbert is sent away. Moreover, this matter has been known by Malfoy from Slytherin, and Malfoy also knows that they will send Norbert away on Saturday.

When they thought of this, the two of them couldn't help sighing, fearing that they would accidentally let everyone's efforts for a whole school year go to waste.

(End of this chapter)