Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 338 News of the Triwizard Tournament
Unlike the Gryffindors, the other students were somewhat disappointed when they discovered that Harry had returned to normal.

Especially the Slytherins; it's said that Malfoy even got a high-end magical camera specifically to capture a memorable moment.

The next morning, when he saw Harry in the Great Hall, he angrily went to Professor Moody to complain.

But Moody said nothing about it, only staring at Malfoy with his blue magic eye.

For some reason, Malfoy felt a sudden tightness in his chest and slunk back.

But his actions were not entirely in vain, because after the morning classes ended, news spread throughout the castle that Professor Moody had turned Malfoy into a weasel.

Clearly, as a professor, Moody upheld the principle of treating everyone equally, reminding Slytherin students to "remain vigilant" during his classes.

"Did you see that? The ferret that Malfoy turned into was desperately trying to squeeze into Crabbe's clothes," Ron shouted on the way to the Great Hall.

“I saw it…” Hermione said, sighing softly, “and you’ve said the same thing three times already.”

"Huh? Did I say that much?" Ron paused, as if he had no recollection of it at all.

"It doesn't matter, this will make me happy for years to come," he said nonchalantly.

Although Harry didn't say anything, his thoughts were clearly the same as Ron's.

Malfoy was turned into a weasel, and so many people saw it—there couldn't be better news.

However, no one knew that this was just the beginning.

For the next two weeks, almost every Defense Against the Dark Arts class ended with someone being transformed into a different animal by Professor Moody.

Clearly, Professor Moody went to great lengths to ensure that everyone remained truly vigilant at all times.

From the initial badger and stoat to the later rabbit, rat and various insects, the imagery became increasingly frightening.

More importantly, no one can afford to be complacent, including those students who have already been turned into animals; Harry is the best example.

After being turned into a honey badger in the first lesson, he was turned into a spider the size of a fist yesterday.

Once you've tried it once, you get used to it. Harry wasn't bothered and quickly accepted it. Anyway, this kind of magic only lasts for half a day, and after so many people have been affected by it, very few people make fun of him about it anymore.

But Ron was different. Even after Harry turned into a spider, he still had to attend classes, and someone had to accompany him to prevent him from being accidentally trampled by other students.

This task naturally fell to him and Hermione.

As a result, Ron had to spend a whole day in class with a spider, which almost caused him to break down on the spot, and he still has psychological trauma from it to this day.

There was nothing he could do. Even knowing that the spider was Harry in disguise, he was still afraid... and because of this, he would instinctively shudder whenever he saw Harry.

"Oh, I really don't know who this is punishing," Ron muttered during the meal.

“It’s alright, it won’t happen soon,” Hermione said. “Professor Moody seems to know that everyone is now afraid of being turned into animals. He’s said to have changed the punishment, but we don’t know the specifics yet.”

“Listen to you… is this a good thing?” Ron looked at her in surprise and said, “It’s obvious that the new punishment is more terrible than turning into an animal.”

"At least you won't have to attend classes with spiders anymore, right?" Hermione said casually, her tone relaxed. She was one of the few students who had managed to stop Professor Moody's Transfiguration, so she was naturally much more relaxed when it came to punishment.

“Well, you’re not wrong.” Ron put the peeled boiled potato into his mouth and took a big bite.

However, they soon had no time to think about punishment anymore. After October, as the fourth-grade curriculum officially got on track, the difficulty became increasingly apparent.

First, there's the astrological chart for the divination class, which is both complex and tedious. Even Xilun had to make up some content in order to submit the assignment on time.

Snape forced them to research an antidote, and no one dared to be careless, because he hinted that he would poison one of them before Christmas.

If any other professor had said that, people might have laughed it off, but if it was Snape, no one would have thought he was joking.

For many days afterward, the lights in the Gryffindor common room stayed on late, and it became a common sight to see students scratching their heads and flipping through potion books.

In their view, if Snape were to choose someone in the school to poison, he would definitely choose a Gryffindor, and they had to make sure their antidote would work.

Besides, Transfiguration and Charms have become increasingly difficult... Transfiguration class goes without saying; so far, only Siron and Hermione have been able to successfully transmigrate across species. Professor Flitwick, the Charms professor, required his students to read three books last class, solely as preparation for learning Summoning Charms.

“These are three books!” Ron said, grabbing his hair in frustration as he walked out of the library. “What are they trying to do? We’re only in fourth grade, not even OWL yet.”

"Only three books? Is that a lot?" Hermione asked, puzzled.

“You… never mind.” Ron glanced at her, then closed his mouth again.

For Hermione, three books really didn't seem like much; they were only about a day or two's worth of reading.

“If Quidditch were still around, that would be great,” Ron sighed. “At least then there would be something to look forward to.”

As they spoke, they had already come from the second floor to the lobby.

But as soon as they went downstairs, they found they could go no further. A large group of students were crowding around a large notice erected at the foot of the marble staircase, completely blocking the entrance hall.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

“Perhaps it’s what you just mentioned, something to look forward to,” Celen said.

He was the tallest among them, and he could just see the words on the notice.

【Three-way Battle for Supremacy】

Representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 30th. Afternoon classes will end half an hour early.

"Great!" Harry exclaimed excitedly. "The last period on Friday is Potions, so Snape won't have time to poison us!"

what?
Xilun turned to look at him in surprise.

To be fair, Harry's reaction was really quick. While everyone else was surprised by the Triwizard Tournament and the news from the other two magic schools, he was the only one who immediately thought of Potions.

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(End of this chapter)