Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 87 86. Hufflepuff's defeat and events from more than a decade ago

Although he said this, Ron suddenly shuddered.

Because as he said this, he also imagined the scene... the wrinkled, bald Filch smiling at him... well, it was more like a horror story.

"Forget it," Ron scratched his hair, "It's a bit scary."

"Don't worry, Ron," Neville comforted, "Filch is now just like us, well, he's Harry's apprentice, he'll be fine."

"I hope he can treat us better," Ron muttered, "like pretending not to see us during the night tour."

"Even if he really pretended not to see it, Filch would probably just pretend not to see Harry," Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "Instead of thinking about those useless things, you might as well hurry up and establish a connection with the elements. You are the only one in the entire Shaman Club who has not yet established a connection with the earth element."

The Roon sank.

The fact that he could not compare to Filch had even become a demon in Ron's heart.

This made him look a little powerless when he tried to lure the little unicorn over. So the friends played in the suitcase for a while and had a barbecue dinner before going out contentedly.

By the time he lay down on his bed in the dormitory, Ron had regained his usual good mood - because tomorrow was the match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.

Although the game had not officially started yet, every Gryffindor student looked as if they had already won the game. Some had even started carrying butterbeer into the common room to celebrate... Some senior students had even made an exception to get some strong liquor, because Harry had said last time that the taste of butterbeer was a bit too light.

What made them think that the house team had already won was not only the strength shown by Harry when he beat Slytherin in the first game, but also the fact that the news that Professor McGonagall was negotiating with the Quidditch club outside had somehow spread.

A Quidditch player ready to join the official League Cup competition!

Just imagine, how could such a person lose against a group of school students? !

It's impossible to lose!
The match on the second day did not exceed their expectations. Harry did not play as a Beater in this match, but as a Chaser. The twins Fred and George became Beaters of the Gryffindor team again, and Katie Bell became a Seeker.

This Katie Bell is the one in Harry's club. She is already in the second grade. She passed Wood's test some time ago and successfully joined the team. She is currently considered a pure novice.

But it's not a big problem. No one, including Wood himself, puts their hopes on Katie Bell.

In this game, Harry showed why he was just a student at school, but was able to make Professor McGonagall go out and contact a professional Quidditch club just for him.

He is so supermodel.

After all, students are just students. Although each college's Quidditch team maintains a certain level of training every week, students come to Hogwarts to learn magic after all. They cannot maintain a large amount of training every day like professional Quidditch players just to win the championship trophy.

This is the lack of professionalism.

Facing the obnoxious Slytherin team that would do anything to win the game, Harry chose to play as the batsman, leaving the Slytherin team with a mocking ending.

When facing the Hufflepuff team, Harry chose to play as a Chaser - he completely dominated the entire field, and the Hufflepuff Chasers simply couldn't keep up with his speed.

Even though three people had been chosen to surround and double-team him in an attempt to steal the ball, Harry's physical agility and flexibility were far beyond their imagination.

- No, this person could even stand up and kick the broom away, then use the last force on the broom to climb over the defenses set up by the Hufflepuff Seekers, and finally land steadily on the broom while falling on the other side.

Is this a human being? ? ?
The Hufflepuff chaser even doubted his life on the spot, and when this scene appeared, the cheers from the Gryffindor stand almost drowned out the other areas, while the students in the Hufflepuff stand looked ashen.

...Even the Ravenclaw students next to them didn't look happy, because their college team would have to play against the Gryffindor team sooner or later, which meant that they would have to face Harry sooner or later.

It's like seeing a mountain blocking your way, but it's impossible to cross it with human power alone.

The score in the stands finally came to 274 to 150, with the Golden Snitch being caught by Hufflepuff Seeker Cedric Diggory.

According to the rules of Quidditch, the team that catches the Golden Snitch first will receive a reward of 150 points, and then the game will end. This means that throughout the entire game, Gryffindor did not allow Hufflepuff to get even a single point.

No wonder Cedric tried so hard to catch the Golden Snitch that he almost bumped into the spectators in the stands - because if the Hufflepuff team didn't want Gryffindor to score too many points on them and add them to the house score, then ending the game as soon as possible was the only option for the Hufflepuff team.

A sad choice.

Riding on the broom, Harry could hear cheers coming from the stands. Well, compared to the cheers coming from three directions after defeating the Slytherin team last time, this time the main source of cheers came from the Gryffindor stands alone.

The Slytherin and Hufflepuff stands were basically in a state of silence, and there were indeed some people in Ravenclaw who cheered for Harry's crazy and exquisite move, but to be honest, there were very few.

The competition was indeed exciting, but the pressure was also enormous.

Harry could also see Professor McGonagall in the commentary booth - well, Professor McGonagall looked flushed, and it was unclear whether she was cold or excited. Even though the whistle for the end of the game had been blown for a while, she was still clapping.

When the score widened to 150 to 0, Lee Jordan's voice had already broken and become hoarse. By the time Madam Hooch blew the whistle to end the game, Lee Jordan even felt like he was about to be unable to shout anymore. But this did not affect his madness at all.

Yes, it was no different from being crazy. He grabbed the microphone and jumped on the commentary desk like a madman, roaring in a hoarse voice that this game was definitely Gryffindor's most glorious victory in decades - no one has verified whether it is true or not, but no one can object to the fact that today is another glorious victory for Gryffindor.

Some of Lee Jordan's words might have led to Professor McGonagall's rebuke or a battle for the microphone under normal circumstances, but at this moment, Professor McGonagall seemed not to hear Lee Jordan's voice and just applauded. In short, she just applauded.

"... Can't you be gentler, teacher?" Cedric said helplessly as he landed on his broomstick at a height similar to Harry's. "To be honest, this is the first time I have understood so deeply what you said in the first class, teacher."

"Which one?" Harry had forgotten a little, after all, he had said quite a lot. "There's no need to call me mentor. I told you, just call me that in the club's classes."

"That won't do." Cedric shook his head and said, "After all, you selflessly taught us a new type of magic and new knowledge. Well, maybe it also gave me a better future. In short, no matter where you are, you are someone I should respect."

"Okay, then do as you wish." Harry nodded. He didn't dwell on such trivial matters. "So which sentence did you say?"

"It's the one about a shaman needing a strong body." Cedric sighed deeply and smiled bitterly, "I heard that you, mentor, have been exercising every day. You used to run around the Black Lake before dawn. Uh, although no one has seen you since then... But can you take me with you?"

"...Actually, you don't have to worry." Harry thought for a moment, pouted at the stands and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, I can only play in the college team for one semester at most. Professor McGonagall will not allow me to play like this for seven years."

"Why is this happening?" Cedric did not show a relaxed expression, but said in surprise: "This is not fair - I mean, it is not fair to you, the teacher, right?" "Professor McGonagall can't ban you from participating in Quidditch just because you are very talented, teacher." Cedric said seriously: "There is no reason to do this, teacher, you didn't cheat."

"It would be ridiculous if a person was forbidden to participate in a sport just because he had extraordinary talent." Cedric even looked a little angry. "If Professor McGonagall really did that, I would like to persuade other students to make suggestions to Headmaster Dumbledore."

Cedric was serious. Even though his own house had just been defeated overwhelmingly by Harry, he was still able to act from an objective and fair standpoint - he was indeed a very good kid.

"That's not necessary, Cedric," Harry said with a smile, "Actually, this is what I think. The rumor in the castle is true. Professor McGonagall is indeed contacting a professional Quidditch team for me."

Although there had been rumors about this matter in Hogwarts for a long time, there had been no definite news. Now Harry had confirmed the matter.

"Really?!" Cedric said in surprise, "Doesn't that mean you can become a Quidditch star while you're in school just like Viktor Krum from Durmstrang?"

"I haven't played a single game yet, Cedric," Harry joked, "Don't think I'm that good in school. I might get beaten to a pulp by the players on professional teams once I leave school...haha."

"How is that possible? Look at you, you're laughing." Cedric couldn't help but laugh, "Just based on the Harry Potter move you just performed, I dare say that no one in those professional teams can replicate it - it's really amazing!"

"That's enough, don't mention that name." Harry couldn't laugh anymore.

Lee Jordan had been the first to call out this Harry Potter move, just as Harry had jumped off his broom and passed through the blockade before landing back on his broom. To be honest, Harry found the name a bit awkward.

“Hahahahahaha!” Cedric laughed happily. “Anyway, I will buy a ticket to watch your game, mentor—as for now, I won’t disturb your celebration. Come on!”

With that, Cedric flicked his broom and flew towards his teammates, while Harry landed towards the Gryffindor students.

After thinking about it, Harry also flew down, and as he approached, the Gryffindor students who were already celebrating on the edge of the Quidditch field gradually quieted down. They all looked at Harry, as if waiting for something.

"Another victory!" Harry looked around at the smiling students and shouted, "And now - celebrate!!!"

"oh!!!!!"

There were deafening cheers. Harry was quite used to this lively atmosphere. Although it was not a celebration of victory after the end of a war, it was not bad to celebrate a victory without anyone dying - a hero should bring smiles to the people behind him.

Not disappointing the enthusiastic people who had prepared drinks in advance, the celebration in the Gryffindor common room continued until late at night, and even the curfew did not become an obstacle.

What Harry didn't expect was that when he got off the broom, Snape looked furious - he came to blame Harry for doing such a dangerous move in the air.

It was just like, uh, although Harry didn't want to admit it, but Snape's look at that time really looked like a worried... old father who was worried that his child would get hurt.

Really.

Even Ron, who had shrunk his head and dared not show his head, had to admit this - even though this scene made him want to dig out his eyes and wash them, wondering if he had seen it wrong.

"I think if it was James, he might put his arm around your shoulders and laugh, telling you that you did a good job and that you are worthy of being my son." After Snape left, Ron turned his head and said to Harry seriously.

Harry: "..."

He really couldn't refute what Ron said.

That’s so true.

After several meetings, Ron and his friends had become very familiar with Harry's parents, and had some understanding of their personalities... well, to be honest, they didn't really want to know (this was a lie), but they couldn't resist James Potter's always hostile attitude towards Snape.

Therefore, after several times, the things that happened between the previous generation... were slowly pieced together by the children.

Well, to be honest, Ron and the others were quite shocked at the time. No one could have imagined that Snape, who was always hostile to Gryffindor, actually had such a story.

Of course, what is even more unexpected is that Harry's mother, the woman who always spoke to them with a gentle face and helped guide Ron and Neville's incorrectly written Potions essays, actually grew up with Snape as a childhood sweetheart.

And the two maintained this good relationship even when they arrived at Hogwarts, except that one was sorted into Gryffindor and the other was sorted into Slytherin. They remained good friends until their senior year, when they finally broke up.

It was hard to imagine that James Potter was the one who got in on the act.

There were many reasons that led to the breakup between Lily and Snape. On the one hand, it was the antagonistic relationship between the two colleges and the impact of the college atmosphere on each of them. On the other hand, Snape was really obsessed with dark magic at the time and wanted to drag Lily into it as well. In addition, there were a series of other messy reasons.

For example, James Potter and his three friends.

According to James, Snape was cunning and evil, evil and cunning, and no matter how you looked at it, he was a bad little Death Eater. But after Hermione went to the library and looked through the detention punishment records from more than ten years ago, James' words were no longer credible.

Because most of them are records of James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew from Gryffindor being punished for attacking Severus Snape from Slytherin.

The rest were detention punishments in which Severus Snape attacked the foursome, some of which were successful and some were not.

Hermione also went to ask many ghosts in the castle and learned the stories of the past from them.

Some ghosts advised Hermione not to look for the past, but other ghosts admired her attitude of getting to the bottom of things, so they told her those dusty old stories.

This included the fact that Lily became the focus of Gryffindor House as soon as she entered school, and that James Potter fell in love with Lily at first sight and pursued her, but Lily never agreed. Finally, there were the things that happened between James and the other four and Snape.

In Hermione's words, no matter how you look at it, Snape is an image of a man who has suffered from school bullying for a long time, but has not lost the belief in fighting back, and has tried hard to regain his personal dignity - Hermione even suspected that Snape's later breakup with Lily was somewhat forced.

Because sometimes it only takes a tiny stimulus to change a person's thoughts from one side to the opposite side, such as "since you all say I'm bad, I might as well be really bad to show you."

But even though Lily and Snape broke up, they still cared about each other in their hearts - at least when telling the past story so many years later, Lily was able to stand on an objective and fair position.

She hoped that Hermione and the others would not have any misunderstandings about Snape, and she explained a lot for Snape, saying that he was actually a very gentle person.

James, on the other hand, always wanted to rush over and add something when Lily talked about these things, but was driven away by Lily every time.

(End of this chapter)