The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 210 Inventory and Dumbledore's Thousand Layers of Routine

In the silver-green hall, Slytherin stood up again, sweeping away the dejection of the past few days and taking charge again. Especially when they talked loudly about the House Cup, their eyes would always unconsciously drift towards Gryffindor. A month ago, they were suppressed by their mortal enemy, but now they will defend the title again.

Unlike when they won the Quidditch Cup, and also unlike the arrogant Slytherins, the long table of Gryffindor was surprisingly quiet. The twins sat obediently next to Ada, unable to tell even the most basic jokes.

More than a month ago they were first, and more than a month later they became fourth. This ranking sounds good, but unfortunately there are only four colleges, and Gran had few points and once again took the last place.

The little lions didn't dare to raise their heads, and chose to remain silent in the face of the ridicule of their mortal enemy. If they didn't stand up straight, they wouldn't win the fight.

The atmosphere in Gryffindor froze. Harry, Hermione and Neville lowered their heads even more. Although everyone had forgiven them, they could not forgive themselves.

If they hadn't been careless, how could the academy have ended up like this? If they hadn't lost 150 points, how could the academy have had internal strife and lost a lot of points?

The classmates around her all had gloomy faces, but Ada was the only one who was not affected by being ranked last. She pretended to be looking at a magazine she hadn't finished, but was actually looking at the system's inventory.

At the end of the previous two school years, Ada would receive new talents, and she was curious whether this year would be the same.

The system inventory interface slowly appeared in front of Ada, with the following words written on it:

Name: Esmeralda Drizzt
Age: fifteen years old
Height: 165.1 feet inches (about cm, one day the host will grow into a stick insect)

Weight: 97 pounds (about 44 kilograms, the host wants to gain weight quietly and then crush everyone)

Wand: Yew wood, Phoenix feather, ten and three-quarter inches (The host has embarrassed this combination, does the host know?)

Occupation: Hogwarts student (third year), Leaky Cauldron bartender (part-time), candidate member of the wizarding cult (Nurmengarde-only title)

Seeing this newly added profession, Ada wanted to throw a bunch of question marks in the system's face. What is a Wu Cui reserve member? What is Nurmengard limited? I just agree with the phrase "for the greater good", how did I become a reserve of this reactionary organization?
Furthermore, Ada did not completely agree with Grindelwald's views. Grindelwald had sneered at her own views as childish and weak more than once. There was no such thing as agreement between the two.

Although Grindelwald and his followers are very impressive, Ada doesn't want to be one of them. Does this broken system think that she is not dying fast enough?

Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Headmaster, please listen to my explanation... No, please listen to my explanation...

Fortunately, there were no problems with the subjects she was good at. As for the new and obvious black magic, Ada chose to ignore it. She had never used black magic. She was "Dumbledore's man through and through", so how could she be good at black magic? It must be that the system made a mistake and caused a misunderstanding.

Just like last year, Ada also gained two new talents this year, one is the flying talent and the other is the curse affinity.

The talent for flying does not refer to tools such as a flying broom or a flying carpet. Ada prefers to call it a "flying spell" because this new talent allows Ada to fly without the help of any flying tools, but relying on her own magic power.

It looks good and powerful, but it is just a pie in the sky drawn by the system.

Almost all books about Quidditch or broomsticks mention this sentence: So far, wizards have not invented any spell that allows them to fly in human form without the help of tools.

From this sentence, we can see how difficult it is to fly relying solely on one's own magic. Didn't you see that Dumbledore always used the Phoenix or Apparition to travel?
With Ada's current abilities, even if she successfully broke free from gravity, Ada would rather call it "floating" or "gliding" rather than flying.

Moreover, in terms of speed, she is probably far inferior to the flying broom at this stage. If she is put into actual combat, she will be no different from a living target. This talent gives a possibility, not an immediate improvement in combat power. Maybe one day Ida can introduce it to the system as follows: the sky is the limit.

The flying talent is not of much help to Ada at this stage, but the curse affinity is a great improvement to Ada's combat effectiveness.

Spells are roughly divided into seven categories: common spells, transfiguration, evil spells, poison spells, curses, counterspells, and healing spells. Among them, common spells are the most common and the most commonly used in daily life.

Bad curses and poison spells, these two kinds of spells are generally classified as black magic, but bad curses and poison spells are not as evil and destructive as curses, and they can also be removed by counter curses or transfer spells.

Ordinary wizards also use these two spells in some situations, such as the barrier curse among evil curses and the bat curse among poison curses.

No matter from which perspective you look at it, a curse is a form of black magic that can bring extreme pain and harm, or even death, to the person being cursed.

Among the known curses, the Unforgivable Curses are the three most evil curses and are also the favorites of many dark wizards, such as Voldemort, who just escaped from Hogwarts, and his subordinates.

In Ada's view, this is just another way of saying affinity with dark magic. It may be due to a subconscious change in the view of dark magic, or it may be due to contact with top dark wizards (Grindelwald, Voldemort), which gave birth to this new talent.

Curse affinity can help Ada learn and master the curse faster, eliminating the need for strong negative emotions when casting a curse, while also reducing the impact of casting a curse on Ada.

This means that Ada can cast curses at will without mobilizing her negative emotions or worrying about becoming a psychopath. When Ada was not able to ignore the negative effects of black magic like Grindelwald, the emergence of this talent brought more possibilities to her battle.

The Death Eaters would probably wake up laughing in their dreams if they used the Unforgivable Curses without any burden.

Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Headmaster, forget it, I won’t explain anymore, just do whatever you want!
After reading the reviews this year, Ida feels that she can be described as having her feet on two boats. Being a positive character or a dark wizard is all up to her. Of course, she can also be both good and evil. The key is to see how she wants to go, not how others tell her to go.

In the teacher's seat, Dumbledore stood up and began his end-of-term speech. Every Slytherin student looked up with a smile on their face, because Dumbledore's speech represented the announcement of the ownership of the house cup, and they had won the house cup for seven consecutive years.

No matter how they achieved this, seven consecutive years was enough for Slytherin to be proud of.

"Yes, yes, good performance, Slytherin." Dumbledore said, "However, the recent events must also be taken into account."

As Dumbledore finished speaking, the hall suddenly became very quiet, the Slytherins' smiles became much more restrained, and a dangerous smell filled the air.

"I have a few final points to distribute. Let me see. First, Mr. Ron Weasley, for winning the most exciting game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years. For this, I award fifty points to Gryffindor House."

Ron's face suddenly turned red, like a carrot dried in the sun. Percy once again ignored his image as a prefect and shouted to everyone around him: "It's my brother, you know! My youngest brother!"

When the noisy hall finally calmed down, Dumbledore continued to announce: "Second, Miss Hermione Granger, she faced the raging fire and calmly made logical inferences. I will award Gryffindor House 50 points."

Hermione buried her face in her arms. Unlike Harry, she was just a smarter witch. Losing fifty points caused the school to withdraw from the competition for the House Cup, which was a great pressure on her.

"Third, Harry Potter, he showed great courage and extraordinary bravery, for which I will reward Gryffindor House with 60 points," Dumbledore continued.

The Great Hall was filled with deafening noise again, and Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw all realized what was going to happen.

"Fourth, there are many kinds of courage," Dumbledore smiled. "We need superhuman courage to deal with our enemies, but it also takes great courage to stick to our position in front of our friends. Therefore, I will reward Mr. Neville Longbottom with ten points."

Neville turned pale with surprise, he had never won a point for Gryffindor before, and the crowd cheering around him made this little crybaby feel a little overwhelmed.

The Slytherins, who had been so arrogant just now, now lowered their proud heads. Although they didn't want to admit it, their scores were almost caught up by Gryffindor. They didn't think that Dumbledore gave extra points just to comfort the losers.

"There is another classmate who bears everyone's misunderstanding and doubts, but still chooses to stand up in times of crisis. Her kindness, her courage, and her choices are as admirable as her magic!"

Dumbledore said slowly, "Esmeralda Drizzt, therefore, I shall reward Gryffindor with sixty points."

The twins ruffled Ada's hair, messing up her long, smooth hair. Ada saw Professor McGonagall applauding her, the short Professor Flitwick standing on the table, and even the usually kind Professor Sprout winked at her.

Ada didn't think about whether this was Dumbledore's new trick. At this moment, she just wanted to have a good drink.

"Finally, Fred Weasley and George Weasley, the two Mr. Weasleys we are familiar with. Yes, they always break school rules and are always mischievous, but they are the best friends in the world." Dumbledore said with a smile, "When their friends need them the most, they will never leave them, regardless of the cost or return. Therefore, I will give Gryffindor an extra 20 points."

The twins looked at each other in confusion, they actually got extra points, did they hear it right?

Looking at Percy clapping hard and the shining prefect badge on his chest, Fred and George suddenly felt that they should work harder next semester, otherwise they would have to follow Percy's example.

Thunderous cheers and applause could be heard in the hall once again. Everyone was celebrating Slytherin's sudden defeat. No one cared about the psychological shadow left by Slytherin. At this moment, the students only wanted to celebrate the fall of the Demon King.

Slytherin's lead of more than 200 points was wiped out in an instant, and Gryffindor turned back into Gryffindor. Dumbledore was like a god descending from heaven, defeating the "evil" Slytherin and saving Gryffindor from danger.

Snape, sitting in the teacher's seat, looked as ugly as if he had eaten a dead fly. He was still too young, and when it came to favoritism, he was not even a younger brother in front of Dumbledore and was not worthy at all.

Dumbledore proved to Snape with his actions that age is always more valuable!
"That means we need to make some small changes to the decor here."

Dumbledore clapped his hands, and immediately, the green hanging ribbons turned bright red, and the silver turned gold; the huge Slytherin snake disappeared, replaced by a majestic Gryffindor lion.

The Slytherin table was dead silent. It was a bad night for them. However, the Gryffindor table was more lively than New Year's Day. For them, the whole school year seemed better because of this night.

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