Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 108, Section 106: Gryffindor is not qualified to win the House Cup.

At the year-end banquet, young wizards from all grades gathered in the Great Hall, sitting neatly at the long tables of the four houses.

Today is the day to announce final grades, and also the day to announce the final winner of the College Cup.

It is very important for the young wizards at Hogwarts.

Dudley unsurprisingly took the top spot in the grade, followed by Hermione in second place, Harry in third, Malfoy in fourth, and then Ron and Neville.

The first four were no surprises; their abilities were undeniable. However, Ron and Neville were two unexpected dark horses.

The Great Hall was newly decorated in Slytherin's green and silver to celebrate their seventh consecutive House Cup victory. A huge banner depicting the Slytherin Snake hung on the wall behind the main seating area.

Unsurprisingly, Slytherin overwhelmingly defeated the other three houses to win the House Cup.

The current ranking is

Fourth place, Gryffindor, 111 points;

Third place, Hufflepuff, 352 points;

Second place, Ravenclaw, 406 points;

First place, Slytherin, 609 points.

The Slytherin house's total points are almost equal to the combined total of the other three houses, all thanks to Dudley. He's practically a points-scoring machine, racking up several points in every class—it's terrifying.

Actually, Gryffindor wasn't in such a bad situation. Hermione did manage to earn them a lot of points, but they lost 200 points for fighting and 50 points for attacking classmates. Plus, Hermione stopped earning points altogether after that. So even though Gryffindor got a good ranking in Quidditch, they were still at the bottom.

It's already being very lenient that it's not a two-digit number.

But the Gryffindors didn't seem to mind, since they were used to being at the bottom anyway.

"Before the banquet officially begins, we will first hold the House Cup awards ceremony. I think everyone has already seen the scores," Dumbledore said slowly from his seat in the Headmaster's chair.

A thunderous cheer and stomping erupted from the Slytherin table.

The Academy Cup is a sure thing.

609 points, hey, 609 points, how can you beat us?

As Xun Ge'er once said, "Never relax your vigilance until the very last moment, even if it seems like the obvious thing to do."

"Yes, Slytherin, you've done very well this year," Dumbledore said meaningfully. "However, I think we must also take a few recent events into account."

The Great Hall immediately fell silent, and the Slytherins seemed to realize something, their uncontrollable, exaggerated smiles subsiding somewhat.

"Ahem." Dumbledore cleared his throat, and the next second his voice became very loud, echoing in every corner of the Great Hall: "There are still some final points to distribute..."

"let me see."

He took a piece of parchment out of his pocket, put on a pair of glasses, and seemed to be carefully trying to decipher the writing on it.

"Oh, right. The first item—Mr. Ron Weasley."

"He won the most brilliant game of chess at Hogwarts in many years, and he deserves 100 points for that."

A cheer immediately erupted from the Gryffindor table.

Ron is a member of Gryffindor, so his points must be added to Gryffindor House.

"Second item - Mr. Neville Longbottom's familiarity with the Devil's Web and his exquisite fire spells. He is awarded 100 points."

"Who's Neville? Oh, that silly-looking kid from the Longbottom family in first year."

"Third item—Miss Hermione Granger, she calmly used logical reasoning, so I'll award her 100 points."

"Miss Know-It-All, you're not entirely useless, are you?"

All these miscellaneous points added up to 300 points, and the young Gryffindor wizards were extremely excited. Adding to the original 111 points, Gryffindor's score had now reached 411 points. The hourglass, which was originally at the bottom, had jumped up and surpassed the original third and second place, second only to Slytherin with 609 points.

The young wizards in the Great Hall began whispering amongst themselves, a buzzing murmur filling the air. The Hufflepuff wizards were bewildered; they were supposed to be third, so how did they end up at the bottom? The Ravenclaw wizards murmured amongst themselves, while the Gryffindors erupted in jubilant cheers. Only the Slytherins remained remarkably calm.

Dude, that's 609 points! Even if Gryffindor adds 300 points, they're still worlds apart from us. You guys can't possibly add another 200 points to overtake us, can you?

Dumbledore acted as if he hadn't seen it and continued making announcements.

"The fourth item—Harry Potter."

"He demonstrated great courage and extraordinary bravery, for which he deserves a reward of 200 points."

The Great Hall fell silent the moment he made his announcement. All the young wizards stared at Dumbledore in disbelief.

611 points, a full 2 ​​points higher than 609 points.

In other words, the Academy Cup championship will have to change hands.

After a brief silence, thunderous cheers and applause erupted, and the entire Gryffindor was in an uproar.

Red fireworks rose into the sky, turning the green ribbons hanging in Slytherin bright red.

It was the Weasley brothers' fireworks.

The upperclassmen stood up, took out their wands, and with their combined spell, the giant Slytherin snake disappeared, replaced by a majestic Gryffindor lion.

"Glory belongs to Gryffindor! The College Cup belongs to Gryffindor!"

It's unclear who started it, but the entire Gryffindor long table began to cheer, celebrating their student's victory in the House Cup.

Although many people, apart from Harry, did not recognize the names Dumbledore mentioned, it did not stop them from being happy about it, especially since it surpassed Slytherin.

The Slytherin students, on the other hand, looked ashen-faced.

They couldn't understand why, despite having an absolute advantage, they had inexplicably lost to Gryffindor.

On what grounds? On what grounds do they cheat?

They don't recognize these points! They weren't won through fair competition!

However, those words were spoken by the greatest white wizard of this century, so even if one had a thousand reasons to disagree, one could only keep them to oneself.

"Hey Slytherins, you've lost the House Cup!"

It's unclear which young wizard, always eager for a good show, started making jokes, which broke the Slytherins' composure.

"We're Slytherin, we need to assess the situation, we need to party, damn it, this is infuriating!"

The Slytherins turned to Gryffindor, glaring at them with murderous intent.

However, the Gryffindors, caught up in their ecstasy, failed to notice that the people Dumbledore had mentioned did not seem to show much emotion, and Professor McGonagall, who should have been the happiest, showed no reaction at all.

Dumbledore simply sat there, quietly watching what was happening before him, patiently waiting.

A loud bang shook the windows and doors, drawing the attention of all the young wizards.

A figure walked to the center of the auditorium.

His voice wasn't loud, but it was extremely penetrating, reaching every corner.

"I think Gryffindor doesn't deserve the House Cup!"

(End of this chapter)