After all, Ariana's action was tantamount to stepping on her face, but she had reasons and evidence, and they couldn't use their status as a professor to force her, after all, she still had the lightning wood wand in her hand.
Ariana gave a mocking smile and nodded, saying, "I think it's very good, although it was something I fought for, not the principal's initiative to change the rules."
This happens every time, and she feels a little annoyed. She might as well stick to it and have a fight.
Such a tense situation between teachers and students was really detrimental to the teaching task. Dumbledore sighed and eased the atmosphere.
"Your great Gryffindor Headmaster is already 110 years old, and he hasn't thought things through thoroughly. If he has any requests in the future, I'll need you, an arrogant little Slytherin girl, to apply frequently. Please don't think it's too much of a bother."
If they keep making trouble like this, the prestige of the professors in the school will be completely destroyed.
Ariana also knew when to quit and happily agreed.
"Very good. It seems that I will have to go to the principal's office often to face the very biased Gryffindor headmaster in the future." It would be great if the problem could be solved by finding only one person.
Several people came out of the principal's office, and the two professors naturally went to their own offices. The next class was for Gryffindor and Slytherin to attend together, so Harry of course went with Ariana and the others.
Everyone walked in silence, thinking they would reach the classroom like this, but unexpectedly, Harry suddenly spoke to Ariana and the others on the way.
"Colin, can you please stop calling me the Great Savior? This title is not what I want. If possible, I just want my parents back."
It had been three weeks since Harry arrived at Hogwarts, and he had become more sober from everyone's flattery. Especially after returning from his last visit to the trophy room, he realized that the day he received the title of savior was also the day his parents died.
To be honest, Ariana had no conflicts with Harry, and she always gave in to soft words rather than hard ones. Seeing him showing sadness, her resentment towards Dumbledore for promoting her products in a counter-productive way was greatly dissipated.
"Okay, I admit that I was dissatisfied with Dumbledore's favoritism towards Gryffindor, so I took my anger out on you." She apologized tactfully.
Harry was a kind man, and when he saw that Ariana wasn't angry, he immediately smiled and said, "I thought you would be angry and take out your wand."
Speaking of this, Ariana became unhappy again and complained speechlessly: "I don't want to pull out my wand at every turn. It's because of this magical world that I am forced to do so. Otherwise, they are unwilling to give me fairness and justice."
She almost named the professors at Hogwarts.
After all, their personalities were incompatible, so Ariana only exchanged a few words with Harry before they separated in the classroom. As soon as they sat down, Draco whispered, "You actually apologized to Potter."
Although Ariana is arrogant, she is not someone who is blind to her own shortcomings. She also doesn't want her good friend to become such a person, so she tells him some life lessons.
"Draco, there's no shame in apologizing to your opponent, because it's a way for us to face up to our own mistakes and motivate us to move forward with greater determination."
Draco stared at his good friend for a long moment, then suddenly smiled.
"Ariana, thank goodness you're here. Otherwise, let alone Quidditch tryouts, I wouldn't even be able to get a broomstick until my second year. And I'm not even sure if it's a new model."
Ariana patted his shoulder and said with lingering fear, "I was shocked when I saw your eyes red with anger yesterday. As long as it's not life-threatening, everything else is a small matter. Don't be so emotional in the future."
Draco was stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "You have been so impulsive these past two days, is it because I am so angry?"
Ariana admitted without hesitation: "Yeah, I've never seen you so angry. You look like you're going to cry any moment."
Draco breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thought you were obsessed with learning the Dark Arts. You've been so impulsive these past two days, it seems like you're ready to start a fight at any moment."
Chapter 77: Inviting Professor Snape to a Duel
It has been written in many theoretical magic books that learning too much black magic will even affect one's mind. Ariana cherishes her life so much, so she naturally pays special attention to this aspect.
She knew very well whether she had any problems or not. Although the reason why she was so impulsive these two days was because of Draco, it was more because she was very unhappy.
"I do want to fight with others, but it's not because I've gone crazy from learning the Dark Arts. It's mainly because I feel too depressed after entering Hogwarts." She said unhappily.
Although she won every conflict, it was still very tiring and time-consuming, which was really frustrating. Couldn't they take the initiative to change the rules?
Draco was with Ariana all day long and knew everything about her. Of course, he knew that after she entered Hogwarts, she was not used to many of the wizards' behaviors and habits.
In Draco's opinion, Ariana's request was simply too high. Asking Dumbledore to change the management rules for students was something he had never dared to think about before.
But they are best friends after all, so Draco naturally favors Ariana and takes whatever she says as his own.
Thinking about how his good friend had given him so many ideas, he should also give Ariana some advice, especially about the magical world.
"Then you can find someone to fight with. The lower grades definitely can't beat you. Otherwise, why not ask the upper grades?" This was the solution Draco came up with.
Ariana did not deny Draco's suggestion, but asked him: "Can you think of anyone in the senior class who has high combat power and can fight against me?"
Before Draco could answer, Ariana had already thought of a suitable candidate.
"I've decided to challenge Professor Snape to a duel." Her face was full of excitement.
When she was called to the office for a talk before, she felt that the other party also wanted to fight, but was probably too embarrassed to speak up because of his professorial airs.
If she challenged the other party to a fight, he probably wouldn't refuse. It wasn't a life-and-death duel anyway. Magic was meant for combat, and there was no future in just burying her head in studying it.
Draco was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly stopped him, saying, "How can you fight with the professor? Not to mention whether you can win or not, the impact will be very bad."
In fact, Draco felt that his godfather might not be able to beat Ariana. If other people in Hogwarts knew that he, as a professor, had fought with a first-year wizard and lost, how would he teach students in the future?
Although there were some conflicts with the Godfather and he never said a good word to me, the feelings we had for many years were not fake.
"Why are you worried? We're not dueling at Hogwarts. The last time you spoke to your father alone, Professor Snape and I went to the Forbidden Forest to study Fiendfyre. Basically, no one goes there. If the duel is held there, no one will know."
The more Ariana thought about it, the better she felt this was a good idea. She immediately wanted to find Snape, but unfortunately it was class time, and not only did she have to attend class, but Snape did too.
When Draco heard that Ariana could even use Fiery Blaze, he didn't know how to persuade her for a moment.
But after class, Ariana was no longer anxious, because she saw Draco was worried and thought he was worried about the Quidditch selection. After all, this friend only had Quidditch and Harry in his mind.
"Okay, I'll accompany you to Flint to apply for Quidditch selection. Once the time is set, don't be so sad." She patted Draco's shoulder.
"I'm not worried about that. Do you really want to duel with my godfather?" Draco asked in a low voice.
He knew Ariana very well. If the battle was difficult, she would definitely not care. If she used the Fierce Fire Curse, his godfather might be burned to death.
Will he stand up and condemn Ariana at that time, or will he run away with her?
After hearing this, Ariana immediately understood the reason for Draco's anxiety. She couldn't bear to complain about him, so she could only complain about Dumbledore.
"Even young wizards from pure-blood families have been turned into sheep by Dumbledore. I've read the school's history, and Hogwarts students used to be very skilled in dueling. Ever since Dumbledore came to power, he's advocated for peace and tranquility. This is an overreaction. I'm not challenging Snape to a duel to the death; I'm just testing my fighting skills."
Draco breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, then complained unhappily that Ariana hadn't explained herself clearly.
"Can you blame me for this? Just now you said you were going to study Fiery Flame with my godfather, and now you turned around and challenged him to a duel. How could I not misunderstand that you two were going to have a life-and-death fight?" Or a duel that would involve the use of Fiery Flame.
"If it's just a normal sparring match, they definitely wouldn't use such a powerful spell. I'm mainly experimenting with the application of spells and magic. Snape probably won't use dark magic, but I don't know what his purpose is."
Snape is a Potions professor but he is so powerful that he doesn't even mind asking for advice from a first-year student like me. He must have some purpose.
After hearing Ariana's explanation, Draco put down his psychological burden and his mood became brighter. He then planned to take Ariana to find Flint to apply for Quidditch selection.
But Ariana stopped him and asked in confusion, "Don't you need to get used to the performance of the new broom before doing that?"
In her opinion, after buying a new sports car, she must take it to the racetrack to drift for a few laps.
Draco's focus wasn't on the new broom. Instead, he asked her suspiciously, "Don't you need to get used to it?"
The flying class was not held in the first week of school due to bad weather, and in the second week, Neville had an accident and the class was not held halfway through.
The class officially started yesterday, and Draco had to admit that Ariana's talent in flying was no worse than his and Potter's, and might even be better, because she had never ridden a broom before.
Of course, Harry had never ridden one, but it was absolutely impossible for Draco to admit that Harry had a good talent for flying.
"You want me to participate in the selection as well?" Ariana looked at him puzzledly.
She bought this flying broom mainly to study the operating program on it and collect data for her own flying spells. It didn't matter whether she was suitable for the performance of this broom.
Draco said matter-of-factly, "Don't you want to join me in the selection?"
"But I don't like Quidditch, and I'm not interested in broomsticks. I bought this mainly to study the flying spell." Ariana frowned.
After coming to Hogwarts, although her working time was free, magic was so interesting that she didn't want to use this time to do anything else.
Draco saw that Ariana was not very determined and immediately knew that there was hope.
"I'm planning to practice fencing with you, and you must accompany me to the Quidditch tryouts." Draco also imitated Ariana and looked pitiful.
Thinking about how she not only forced Draco to learn fencing, but also made many demands on him and even took the lead in making fun of him, while Draco never had any opinions about her, Ariana felt that she seemed to have gone a little too far.
"Is it really necessary?" she asked hesitantly.
If we are not firm at this time, when will we be firm?
"must."
In the afternoon, they caught up with Flint at the table in the auditorium.
This senior, who is about to become the first to repeat a grade at Hogwarts, has a pretty good brain as long as it doesn't involve studying.
Flint smiled and said to the two, "I've heard about your performance in flying class for a long time. I was thinking of inviting you to the Quidditch tryouts next year. I didn't expect you to get the chance to try out in your first year."
In fact, Flint had heard about Malfoy's flying talent before. After all, it was because of him and Potter competing for the Remembrane that Potter was able to join the Quidditch team. As for Ariana, it was only after she finished her flying lesson yesterday that everyone realized that she also had a good flying talent.
“It’s mainly because the Savior gave us an example.”
Ariana had just promised Harry yesterday that she would no longer mention his title of savior. It was Draco who said that, and he would never agree to anything with Potter anyway.
Looking at the silent Ariana, Flint wanted to make friends with her, so he told her some things that the two of them didn't know.
Chapter 78 In order for him to win
"As for Potter, even the Slytherins had a good impression of him before they met him. After all, everyone knew his story by heart. But now, not only are Slytherins disappointed in him, but other houses are also doubting the authenticity of this savior."
Although Draco enjoys a special status in Slytherin, it is Ariana who attracts everyone's attention, and her every word and action will be watched by others.
Even Draco felt that she had been quite dissatisfied with Harry recently, and others knew it even more clearly. Flint originally wanted to please Ariana with this sentence, but unfortunately he didn't know that her attitude had changed.
Ariana shook her head and said, "Even if he's not the savior, his parents did make contributions to the war. It's okay for others to question it, but it's best for us Slytherins not to make it public."
As the defeated party, Slytherin was already in a bad situation. If he took the initiative to commit crimes again, he would be giving others a handle.
Flint stroked his chin and thought about it, and agreed with Ariana's statement.
"You're right, especially since both headmasters of Hogwarts are Gryffindors."
Draco was not the only one who felt that the Hogwarts headmaster promotion system was unreasonable; everyone else could see it clearly as well.
But Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald and the mysterious man, so naturally everyone accepted his arrangements and no one dared to raise any objections.
This is naked magic equal to power.
When Flint went to prepare the Quidditch props for the tryouts, Draco asked Ariana in confusion, "You didn't tell me not to mess with Potter before."
"That's not really provoking him. You just have a little conflict with him. As long as it doesn't escalate to his parents, it's probably no big deal." A quarrel between children is really no big deal.
In fact, in Ariana's opinion, Draco and Harry have different values. Even if there is no conflict on the train, they will definitely have frequent disputes after entering Hogwarts.
Before the tryouts began, Flint briefly explained the rules of Quidditch to Ariana, and as expected, she started to complain.
"These Quidditch rules are ridiculous! What if the Seeker catches the Golden Ball as soon as he comes on the field? Wouldn't that mean the game is over?" She was shocked.
When it comes to Quidditch authority, Draco doesn't give in to Ariana and immediately retorts: "The golden ball is very small. It's not that easy to find it."
Even so, the rules of this competition are extremely unreasonable.
"But others worked so hard to hit 15 balls, but were not as good as a seeker catching a golden flying ball. It's so unfair, and there is no sense of unity and cooperation. How can this be a medieval game? These rules are like they were set up for the king." The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was the possibility.
Draco asked confusedly, "What do you mean by 'for the king'?"
"When the King wants to go down the court and play ball, can the others not let him? In order to let him win, the rule is set up that if he catches the ball, the game is over. If he is happy, the others don't have to bother to accompany him."
Ariana thought Quidditch was derived from the King's Game, and to prove her point, she asked Draco a question.
"How long has Quidditch been around, and how long has it been since the rules were changed?"
Draco wanted to refute her, but he couldn't find the words because he already knew the purpose of Ariana's two questions.
Quidditch has existed since the 11th century, and the rules were basically finalized in the 14th century. In 1883, the basket was replaced by a goal, and it has not been modified since then.
He knew that he would not win the argument with Ariana, so he skipped the topic.
"Whether you dislike Quidditch, don't like flying brooms, or even think its rules are shit, you must participate in the selection, and you must take it seriously. If you are not selected, I will definitely think you did it on purpose." He gave Ariana a hard rule.
"You've blocked all my escape routes." Ariana looked at Draco speechlessly.
Draco admitted directly: "I just want to block all your escape routes. I accompany you to learn magic and practice fencing with you, so what's wrong with you playing Quidditch with me?"
Ariana was speechless, but thinking of the Quidditch training time, she felt that she could still struggle a little longer.
But before she could come up with a reason to fight back, Draco hit her hard again.
"Quidditch does take up a bit more time, but I still have to do my homework, and you don't have to do it." Thinking about it this way, Ariana had more time than him.
Ariana struggled in vain and could only compromise and surrender.
"Okay, I'll be serious."
The first round of selection is not based on position, but on basic flying skills. Only those who meet the standards can enter the second round. In this round, new team members challenge old team members. As long as the challenge is successful, they can become official team members. The loser will become a substitute.
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