A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 616 Brother, our family is rich now!

Training is not an easy task, especially as the competition date draws closer.

As the saying goes, "sharpen your staff at the last minute, and it will be fine even if it's not broken"... William decided to go all the way and skip class with a few friends.

Of course, a leave slip is still required.

The heads of the three houses all agreed to this, except for Professor Snape.

With all three houses on leave, this is a great opportunity. Professor Snape will ask William and the others questions in every class.

If someone is not present, they will pretend to be absent and have points deducted from their attendance.

This shameless deduction of points is definitely invalid. He is only the head of Slytherin, while the other heads of the class have all approved their students' leave requests; he has no right to deduct points.

As for the Slytherin students, of course they didn't ask for leave.

Malfoy and Captain Gorilla were still leisurely, acting as if it were none of their business, as if the competition in a few days was not theirs.

Especially Malfoy, whose daily routine consisted of eating, drinking, and... looking for Potter.

The students were lazy, and Snape, the headmaster, didn't care much, let alone provide any training.

Cheating is a tradition in the Triwizard Tournament, but... Snape said he was unaware of this tradition.

He knew that Dumbledore said at the beginning of the school year... professors are not allowed to help students.

(Dumbledore: I said so much, how come you only remember this one sentence?)

Until one day, Lucius wrote to Snape, asking his junior and "colleague" for help.

He might not care about his own son, but he couldn't care less about Lucius. The death rate in the Triwizard Tournament was so high, they had to find someone to cheat.

But when Snape received the letter, he was completely clueless. His lack of attention meant he genuinely had no idea what the first project entailed.

He didn't investigate himself, and Dumbledore didn't tell him either.

So after thinking it over, I had no choice but to go to the Public Teaching and Research Office to find out some information.

But after I hinted at it to everyone, they all said they didn't know.

Professor Sprout, disguised as McGonagall, with a righteous expression, tells Snape... the professor cannot help the champion!

Flitwick reassured Snape, saying that students have their own blessings, and as the dean... he could only offer his silent blessings.

Professor McGonagall told him that he could ask Sybil to do a divination, as she was certain she could see the game with her third eye.

Okay... Snape understands.

This is what happens when someone is too outstanding and gets isolated.

The three of them were acting strangely... He said he was being manipulated in the workplace.

Also, Stark is practically a teacher, so why should he be able to help his students?

Professor Flitwick was immediately annoyed. When he was deducting points, he said William was a student, but now he's saying he's a teacher?

So you're saying everything is right?

While Professor Snape was still scheming and plotting, Malfoy finally panicked.

His father's letter finally made him realize the seriousness of the situation. He couldn't rely on the dean, so he had no choice but to buy information from someone!

Malfoy immediately thought of William. But then another problem arose: William had been on leave for several days and hadn't even shown up at the Great Hall.

Brother, where have you been? I've brought you more money!

Even more anxious than Malfoy was Principal Karkaroff.

William knew about dragons, and so did Fleur. Her knowledge meant that Mrs. Maxim knew.

Karkaroff has already seen Maxim prevent the Warriors from attending classes and is also taking his students to special training sessions.

It's not hard to deduce that they also knew about the competition.

In other words, apart from Durmstrang, students at the other two schools almost all knew the contents.

That won't do; our school has so many brave warriors.

He immediately went to Snape.

Professor Snape, still arguing with a group of scholars in the research office, said he knew nothing!

Principal Karkaroff was devastated. Historically, there have been warriors who were unaware of the competition events.

The result was, of course, disastrous.

How bad was it? Durmstrang started out as an honest school, and it took them many years to figure out the tricks.

Of all the Triwizard Tournaments held so many times, Hogwarts has won 63 times, and Beauxbatons has won 62 times.

Durmstrang... zero times!

Karkaroff wanted to make history, to achieve a breakthrough from zero. Not to simply increase the number of zeros to 126!

Even more devastated than Karkaroff... was Ludo Bagman!

He was so angry he wanted to hit someone!

"Ron, look, this is the Summoning Charm. Repeat after me!" Ludo waved his wand. "Quill, come!"

A lightweight quill pen on the table immediately flew into Ludo's hands.

"See, the summoning spell is that simple... Try it again."

"The quill is flying!" Ron waved his wand.

But the quill pen remained untouched and was still in Ludo's hand.

Ludo sighed. This was the fiftieth time he had demonstrated it to Ron.

Besides quill pens, they've tried books, ink, chocolate frogs...

It always loses its breath halfway through flight and falls to the ground like a stone.

This is even worse; they didn't even get to fly.

I'm tired...I'm weary.

"Focus, Ron, focus!" Ludo roared furiously.

"I've been working really hard!" Ron said angrily. "I didn't even eat lunch! I'm working like a house-elf."

"Is this all for my sake?" Ludo shouted. "If it weren't for Arthur's sake..."

"I can't concentrate." Ron slumped into his chair.

"For some reason, a huge fire dragon keeps popping into my head... I'm scared."

Okay, let's try again...

Ron tried several more times, but still there was no improvement.

Ludo was on the verge of a breakdown. He had never seen such a stupid student.

If I give you an open-book test now, you still won't be able to learn it?

The Flying Spell won't work... I'll have to use the Eye Disease Spell.

Half an hour later, Ludo began to contemplate suicide. Ron became increasingly negative, eventually only raising his hand slightly, and even that movement was not proper.

"I can't do it anymore, I want to give up..." Ron said dejectedly. "I forfeit, I'm not participating in the competition."

I was never warrior material.

Ron's voice trailed off as he covered his face and said, "That's a fire dragon... how could I possibly deal with it?"

"A dragon... I think Dumbledore's gone mad, wanting to kill the warriors!"

"What do you think the Triwizard Tournament is? Kids playing house, or taking you on a trip?" Ludo roared.

"Since you've signed up, you have to participate!"

Ron kept his head down and didn't say anything.

"Ron, don't you want to win the championship?" Ludo's tone softened.

"That's a thousand Galleons!"

Don't you want your sister Ginny to excitedly tell you, "Brother, we're rich now!"?

Ron looked up, opened his mouth, but was speechless.

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All the warriors were either terrified, idle, or working hard, while William's training was slowly coming to an end.

Aside from the few spells he taught, everyone was thinking of their own ways to deal with the situation.

Since everyone is the same, it's impossible for everyone to get a high score. Therefore, everyone will take turns entering the Room of Requirement for individual practice.

What surprised William the most was Fleur.

He originally thought that Veela's charm only worked on wizards, but he didn't expect that when combined with magic, it would also work on dragons.

However, before the dragon fell asleep, it breathed fire and set her skirt on fire.

Finally, she had to use a conch shell to call for help, asking William to bring the clothes inside.

William was satisfied, feeling that everyone was well prepared.

At least, I wasn't as panicked as I was the first time I saw a fire dragon.

Cedric was the happiest of them all.

Because before the competition, he finally got the storm he had been dreaming of.

This means that he can now transform into an Animagus.

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(End of this chapter)