The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 169 Mid-October

In mid-October, as Great Britain entered autumn, the rains increased, and the young wizards of Hogwarts put on wool sweaters and thick coats, covering them with their school uniform robes to keep warm.

Professor Randy the vampire is back, continuing to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, and this time he makes no attempt to conceal his identity.

In class, Professor Randy used himself as an example as teaching material, allowing students to observe vampires up close and understand their appearance, habits, and characteristics.

And most importantly—weaknesses!

"As is widely believed, vampires fear sunlight, garlic, silver, and crosses. However, it always seems a bit strange for a wizard to carry a cross or a silver sword."

Therefore, I suggest you practice the Patronus Charm. This spell is effective against most magical creatures in the dark world.

Professor Randy spoke to the second-grade snakes and lion cubs.

Lilith raised her hand and asked, "Professor, vampires aren't held responsible for killing wizards, right?"

"I'm sorry to bring this up," Professor Randy said somberly as he discussed the topic.

"As a half-vampire, I walk on the edge of the wizarding world and the dark world. I was born in France and have also left my mark in Greece, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Russia and other countries."

I can tell you with certainty that there are far more magical creatures in the dark world than wizards!

The number of wizards who die at their hands each year is several times higher than the number of normal deaths.

The number of wizards persecuted by them each year is several times greater than the normal number of casualties within the wizarding community.

A collective gasp filled the classroom.

Professor Randy scanned the students. "I see you are students of Slytherin and Gryffindor—your two houses had consistently high participation rates in both Wizarding Wars."

If I use the Wizarding Wars as an analogy, you might understand a bit.

In other words, the number of wizards who die at the hands of magical creatures each year is roughly equivalent to the number of casualties in the two Wizarding Wars.

The room fell silent. Moriarty glanced at Professor Randy; he really dared to speak!

Look at the students; they were all terrified.

Even the lion cubs, whose life motto is courage, huddled together, their faces pale.

However, the sound of scribbling caught Moriarty's attention.

He looked toward the source of the sound; it was Lilith.

She gripped the quill pen tightly and wrote down everything Professor Randy had said.

Although she was expressionless, Moriarty noticed that her knuckles were white as she gripped the quill pen, clearly indicating that she was using excessive force and was extremely unsettled.

"Ahem," Professor Randy probably realized that what he was saying was not appropriate for second-year students, and quickly added, "Of course, I'm referring to wizarding communities all over the world, understand, children?"

In fact, magical creatures in the dark rarely seek out wizards; they don't want to cause trouble.

The students' complexions gradually improved and became rosy.

But Lilith raised her hand again.

"Professor? I want to ask, if—I mean if."

If one day the International Wizarding Association were to enact laws concerning dark magical creatures, as a member of the dark world, would you agree to it?

Professor Randy gave her a serious look and slowly shook his head: "I will not agree. No one wants to be bound by rules."

The relevant laws and regulations are not difficult to formulate. Ultimately, the most important questions are whether enacting such laws and regulations will provoke public outrage among magical creatures and incite their backlash.

Believe me, what's worse than murder is that vampires can assimilate wizards into other vampires, and no wizard would enjoy life as a vampire.

However, vampires are merely one race in the dark world.

Alright, that's all for this lesson. Class dismissed, children.

Professor Randy nodded slightly to his students and left first. The students gradually left the classroom, while Lilith slowly packed up her quills and notebooks, her expression thoughtful.

She didn't even see Moriarty and Jericho walk past her.

After leaving the classroom, Moriarty told Jericho, "Have someone keep a close eye on her movements."

"Young lady? What's wrong with her?" Jericho asked casually.

"Didn't you notice something was wrong with her?" Moriarty's voice rose eight octaves.

Jericho rubbed his nose. "It is a bit unusual, but I think Pillivik is just talking nonsense, like the laws of the dark magical creatures mentioned in class, which can only remain in the realm of fantasy."

“Lilith isn’t just talking,” Moriarty stopped in his tracks. “She might actually make that law a reality.”

Jericho looked incredulous: "The process of conceiving, drafting, discussing, and finally passing a law is a long one, and it's clearly impossible for Pilivik to complete all of these steps by himself."

"What if she has a team?" Moriarty lowered his voice. "Student days are the best time to build up strength. How do you know she won't look for help?"

"..." Jericho's mouth gaped open for a long while before he said, "I thought there was only one group in the whole of Hogwarts, and that was us—the pureblood army led by you."

But Moriarty had already gone quite a distance, and Jericho quickly caught up with him. "Sir, I'll send men to keep an eye on Pellivik right away. Should we have Leon send some senior officers?"

"No. Just keep an eye on her in a small circle." Moriarty shook his head. "Lilith is quite popular among the upperclassmen, so it's inevitable that they'll know we're paying attention to her."

Jericho gave him a knowing smile: "I knew you cared about her. Looks like you two will be back together soon."

Moriarty snorted, "Hurry up, you love-obsessed fool!"

Moriarty's predictions proved to be correct.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, a group of students wearing white coats appeared in the castle. The oldest was no more than 14 or 5 years old, and the youngest was only 11 years old. They held a stack of colorful cards in their hands and their faces were full of excitement.

They moved swiftly through the castle.

On the Quidditch pitch.

The first-year badger, who had just finished his flight lesson, met a fourth-year Ravenclaw student.

The senior student waved to them: "Junior students, I think you need to learn about the relevant laws of Quidditch."

Cedric is a sporty boy who loves Quidditch. Ever since he entered Hogwarts, he has wanted to join the school team. He believes that to play Quidditch well, one must know everything about Quidditch.

So he raised his hand: "Can I see the relevant rules? Preferably a record of violations. I don't want to be knocked off the broom for no reason."

"You've come to the right person," the senior student said with a big smile, cleared her throat, and said loudly, "Listen carefully, the records of the Department of Magical Sports and Physical Education list a total of seven hundred Quidditch fouls."

However, the details of these illegal acts have never been made public to the general public in the wizarding world!

The Department of Sports and Recreation believes that wizards who see this list may find it inspiring.

The little badgers laughed, while Cedric looked disappointed. The senior saw this, shook her head and smiled, "What an impatient little badger."

I'm right, you've come to the right person—we've compiled a list of 39 different fouls from the last five World Cups, as well as the 10 most frequently used fouls in history! They're all here!

She waved the cards in her hand, pulled out a gold card, and handed it to Cedric.

"I love the color of the Golden Snitch!" Cedric took the card, his eyes lighting up, but then he became puzzled because there were no words on it.

"We've enchanted this. You need to tap it with your wand and say 'Law and Justice'!" the senior student instructed.

Cedric did as instructed, and several black headings immediately appeared on the card.

"Names of participating teams and players in the five editions of the Century Cup".

"39 types of fouls in the World Cup."

"10 most common fouls".

"..."

Cedric selected the 10 most common fouls and tapped them with his wand.

"Pulling, colliding, sudden braking with a broom, hitting the ball out of bounds, elbowing, hitting the ball behind the ring, grabbing the ball into the ring, disrupting the Quaffle, touching the thief, and trapping."

He read aloud the newly appeared black text.

Wow, that's really comprehensive!

Cedric tapped on the remaining titles, glanced through them, and realized it was a detailed summary of Quidditch rules.

He wanted to ask who had done it, but when he looked up, he found that his senior, Ravenk, was already instructing other students on how to use the cardstock on the other side of the court.

(End of this chapter)