The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

Suddenly, the flying broomstick began to twist wildly again, and Harry was thrown off.

He is now dangling in mid-air, holding the broom handle with only one hand.

In that instant, almost everyone forgot about the score and began to worry about Harry's safety.

Madam Hooch had flown below Harry, ready to catch him at any moment, but she couldn't interfere in the game.

The Slytherin wizards also raised their voices, mocking Harry for not even being able to ride a broomstick and yet coming up to be Seeker, saying that the entire Gryffindor school relied on equipment to compete, which was unfair.

Ron immediately retaliated, the twins casting a megaphone spell on him: "If you're so capable, get Malfoy to buy you equipment too! He's the one who supported the Gryffindor cadet team's development!"

"Harry is a rookie, an idiot, a moron!" The Slytherin quickly formed a unified narrative.

The Gryffindor students even started singing, "Malfoy is the god of Gryffindor, Malfoy is the god of Gryffindor!"

Malfoy was trembling with rage. He stared intently at Harry, hoping that Harry would fall to his death, even though he knew that was unrealistic.

However, Malfoy suddenly realized something: how could Harry be in this situation?

Although Malfoy also believed that Harry was too bad at flying, he knew from taking flying lessons with Harry that Harry's talent for flying brooms was undeniable.

Harry can perform difficult moves even with a trash broom, let alone this latest model broom, unless there's something wrong with it...

and many more?

Malfoy's eyes lit up, and he immediately began searching around, eventually spotting Snape chanting a spell.

Seeing Snape's anxious expression and Harry's struggle in the air, Malfoy felt a warmth spread through his body, as if he were being warmly embraced by Snape.

He was his godfather, the head of Slytherin!

For Slytherin's victory, he actually dared to openly curse Harry's broom. This kind of behavior—breaking the rules for the sake of victory and cursing a student as the headmaster—is simply outrageous!

Isn't this what makes a good headmaster of Slytherin?

Just as Malfoy was also thinking of joining Slytherin's ranks, starting a verbal attack on Gryffindor, and fighting alongside Snape.

He discovered that Ron, who had initially started the war, had left the group, and now the red-haired twins were leading the chanting of Malfoy's name.

This seemed incredible to Malfoy, because he knew Ron well—he was incompetent, reckless, jealous, poor, and stubborn.

Especially that mouth, it's so filthy it's nauseating. How could he bear to leave when he can unleash his full fighting power?

Malfoy then snatched the binoculars from his men and began searching for Ron and Bennett. He finally spotted them sneaking through the crowd, heading... straight for Snape!

Now Malfoy finally understood: these shameless Gryffindor mudbloods were actually trying to interfere with Snape's efforts to secure victory for Slytherin.

Can Malfoy tolerate this?

So he drew his wand and, with his men Goyle and Crabbe, charged toward Snape, intending to surround their great and benevolent headmaster.

Neville's face also turned pale, and he said, "Are we really going to attack Professor Snape?"

“Neville, Snape is going to kill Harry, so Harry can only rely on us,” Ron answered decisively, though his heart was pounding with panic.

"Okay, for Harry's sake, but we can't go too far."

Neville nodded. He was still a principled person, just like in the original story, but his timid and submissive attitude had improved considerably.

After all, he was already Harry's well-known best friend in Gryffindor, and with the support of Ron and Harry, his true nature, which had been suppressed by his grandmother's upbringing since childhood, began to gradually emerge.

Soon, the two men arrived behind Snape, who was intently casting a spell on Harry—in reality, he was helping Harry break the spell. The one actually casting the spell on Harry was Quirrell, who was not far to his right and behind. Both of them were watching the match from the adult seats.

Ever since Dolly's accident, Snape has been keeping a close eye on Quirrell.

But Quirrell's acting skills were so good that, and since he didn't intervene, Snape really couldn't do anything about him.

But this time Quirrell made his move again, and Snape didn't have a chance to take him down directly because he had to make sure Harry wasn't seriously injured.

This is Snape's contradictory attitude towards Harry. He could bully or even abuse Harry, causing him physical and mental suffering, but causing Harry to suffer fractures or more serious injuries crossed Snape's bottom line.

This is, after all, Lily's child, her only heir. Only Snape himself could do the deed of tearing him apart.

Quirrell, a nobody even among the Death Eaters, dared to curse Harry right under Snape's nose. Even if it weren't for protecting Harry, Snape would still teach him a lesson.

Of course, everything will have to wait until he defeats Quirrell head-on.

However, this cursed duel proved to be far more difficult than Snape had imagined.

As someone with extensive combat experience, Snape should theoretically have an overwhelming advantage over ordinary wizards, but now that the two have been chanting spells for some time, Harry is still struggling to hang in the air.

At least under the condition that Quirrell cast the curse and Snape cast the antidote, the two remained deadlocked.

At that moment, Neville and Ron finally arrived and reached Snape from behind, behind the wooden support under Snape's buttocks.

Snape was right in front of them. The two of them were so nervous that their hands and feet were shaking. Even though they had their wands in their hands, their minds were blank and they couldn't remember anything.

The two men exchanged a glance, unsure of what to do, when Malfoy rushed over and shouted, "What are you doing!"

Ron was startled, and Neville almost fainted from fright.

Seeing that it was too late, Ron grabbed Neville's hand, and two hands reached behind the support frame. One of them grabbed one of Snape's boots and shouted, "Pull!"

Neville immediately did as he was told. Snape, who was still chanting a spell, was caught off guard and his feet were pulled under the seat, causing him to fall forward in a chaotic mess.

Before Ron and Neville could escape after their successful attack, Malfoy rushed up and punched Ron in the face. Ron retaliated in pain, and together with Neville, they quickly got into a fight with the Malfoy trio.

At this moment, only Quirrell was left chanting the spell. Harry was about to be thrown off, and a smug smile finally appeared on his lips.

This time, he's bound to win.

Last time he almost ruined the Dark Magic's revenge plan and almost made the Dark Lord lose trust in him. This time, he should be able to make the Dark Lord look at him in a new light, right?

But at that moment, one after another, butterflies with big bellies—their wings were butterfly-shaped, but their bellies were shaped like fireworks—fluttered over and landed on his head and even his shoulders. This scene would have been very eye-catching, but now everyone was watching Snape struggle desperately to get up, so naturally no one cared about a few butterflies.

Perhaps these butterflies are a mutated species that likes the garlic smell on Quirrell?

One of the butterflies landed on Quirrell's lips, startling him as he continued chanting and spitting. Quirrell quickly swatted the butterfly off his face and continued chanting.

And the butterfly that was knocked down, that big-bellied butterfly that looked like a firework—well, it really was a firework, because it had been ignited by Quirrell's saliva.

In an instant, countless magical fireworks exploded in front of Quirrell, and countless tiny stars sparkling in all directions, while the butterflies on Quirrell's head and body exploded one after another.

The entire adult audience was instantly thrown into chaos, with everyone instinctively keeping their distance from Quirrell. Quirrell himself was caught off guard by the sudden burst of light and hurriedly tried to extinguish the magical fireworks in front of him.

However, some black smoke had already been scorched from his body, and the hairband wrapped around his head was also burning, since that was where the most butterfly fireworks had landed.

Seeing this, some of the wizards around took out their wands and immediately cast the Water of Clear Spring on Quirrell, helping Quirrell extinguish the fireworks.

People nearby recognized the type of fireworks and shouted to stop them, but it was too late.

Quirrell, who was already like an unlucky guy being bombarded by fireworks, was now transformed into a firework itself by the water, bursting out with flashes of light from head to toe, attracting everyone's attention. Even Harry was less attractive to him.

After all, these butterfly fireworks were transformed from simple firework—the outer packaging became wings, while the inner parts remained. And these fireworks are ignited with water, not flames.

Seeing this, the adult wizards could only scatter and flee, some even climbing over the walls and down the stands to hide. Although many knew that the fireworks, apart from a few sparks, were not inherently very lethal, they were still too terrifying to look at.

Snape got up at this moment, even though he had fallen badly and his nose was bleeding. But looking at Quirrell's appearance, he suddenly felt that his nose not only didn't hurt, but was even itchy and wanted to laugh.

He hadn't figured out who was behind this, but he wasn't about to miss this opportunity.

Snape simply pulled out his wand, pointed it at Quirrell, and said, "Excuse me, Professor Quirrell, but I'm going to help you out of your misery."

After saying that, he immediately unleashed the Inverted Bell technique.

Quirrell flew into the sky and hung there, his body still exploding with fireworks, making him look more like a human-shaped firework.

"Everyone, help me put out the flames on Professor Quirrell."

Snape ignored Quirrell's screams and addressed the adult wizards around him, not wanting to be accused of attacking his colleagues.

The wizards around immediately understood what was going on. Snape meant well, allowing Quirrell to accept their help without setting the wooden plank under his bottom on fire.

So a group of people joined forces, most of them using extinguishing spells and others using instant-stop spells, probably because they felt that magic fireworks should be considered magic, not real flames.

Snape also loudly recited the Extinguishing Charm along with the crowd, but secretly used a silent Expelling Charm.

Neither of these spells has any light effect, so they look the same. However, those around Snape might think that Snape's Extinguishing Curse is more powerful.

In reality, Snape was aiming for Quirrell's clothes.

The next second, Quirrell's robes, under the influence of the exorcism spell and magical fireworks, seemed to be pulled by ropes and tore into several pieces, revealing his dirty pants and shirt underneath.

This almost made Quirrell suffer the same treatment Snape received when he was bullied by James.

But this still wasn't enough for Snape. He wanted to see if Quirrell had any flaws, such as traces of dark magic, in order to determine Quirrell's stance.

Snape had long disliked Quirrell's headscarf, especially the one covering the back of his head, and always felt that the secret to Quirrell's current appearance lay hidden beneath it.

Just as Snape was about to strike again, Quirrell, screaming, accidentally knocked off his turban, revealing a bald head covered in white scabs, looking both ugly and comical.

This scene completely stunned Snape. Quirrell only had this kind of ringworm on the back of his head, nothing else strange.

Is it because he got sick and all his hair fell out, that's why he's wearing a head covering?

It seems like a reasonable explanation... but why doesn't Snape believe it?

He was just about to continue his efforts to remove the rest of Quirrell's clothes when Malfoy, whose nose was also starting to bleed, excitedly ran out and looked at the professor as if waiting for a reward.

Snape looked at Malfoy with a puzzled expression, as if to ask, "What are you doing here?"

"Professor, I've caught him..."

Just as Malfoy was about to say that Ron and Neville were the murderers who attacked Snape, a series of sparks suddenly burst from Malfoy's pocket.

This startled everyone present, and a barrage of spells immediately rained down on Malfoy, sending him flying—many spells possessed impact force, which was related to the magical energy consumed in releasing the spell.

Malfoy was completely disoriented after the fall and had no idea what was going on, but Snape had already pointed his wand at Malfoy's pocket and pulled out a bunch of difficult-to-pull fireworks.

The scene fell silent instantly.

Everyone had an "Oh, it was you" look on their faces, even Snape's face flashed with annoyance and helplessness before turning into a feigned stern protectiveness.

“Mr. Malfoy, you can keep quiet for now, but you’d better think about how you’re going to explain all those fireworks on you before I get back.”

"Please help me clean up this mess."

After saying that, Snape turned and left without looking back.

Malfoy looked at the pile of fireworks in his hand and realized that he seemed to have been tricked again.

"No, these aren't my fireworks, Professor, I..."

Before Malfoy could say anything more, a series of exclamations erupted from the arena. It turned out that Harry had finally climbed onto his broom and was chasing after Slytherin's Seeker.

In just a few breaths, they overtook the Slytherin Seeker and then relentlessly pursued the Golden Snitch.

As for Malfoy, naturally no one paid attention to him.