HP: I'm not going to rule the wizarding world

Every height has its own troubles. In Ariana's view, if people want to grow, they must constantly examine themselves. If she is surrounded by flattering and obedient people, she will unconsciously relax her requirements for herself.

Draco thought Ariana was absolutely perfect: "I don't think you can be wrong."

Look at this kind of environment. People around you always brag without thinking. After a long time, you start to believe it too. After all, hearing such words really makes people happy.

Ariana smiled and said, "You are my boyfriend. You naturally put on a filter for me and trust me blindly. How could you realize that I am going in the wrong direction?"

She no longer subconsciously says "best friend".

Draco said without hesitation, "If you're wrong, then you're wrong. As long as you win in the end, who can say you're going in the wrong direction?"

This is what pure-blood education is like. The winner is the king, and history is not written by the victor.

Ariana was not fooled by her good friend's sweet words.

She shook her head and said, "I don't want to be like Dumbledore. Maybe no one has pointed out the error of his ways for years, and then suddenly someone like me appears who contradicts him at every turn, and he becomes uncomfortable with it."

Draco believed Ariana without a second thought, nodded, and said, "Yeah, otherwise you wouldn't always be in conflict with him."

He completely shifted the blame onto others.

"It doesn't matter. The first person to try something new will always have to face various challenges. No matter what the challenge is, just come at it." Ariana never cares about the past.

Back in Slytherin, just as Draco had expected, the common room was packed with people. It was impossible for them all to have homework, so they could only be waiting for Ariana to bring back the club's decision.

After all, the entire Slytherin family had joined the Dueling Club.

Farley asked Ariana how she was doing, but she didn't answer. Instead, she gathered everyone together before saying, "It's getting late, and many people still have homework. I'll just say two things."

Seeing that no one spoke, Ariana could only continue on her own.

"The first thing is that the club's application has been approved. Three days later, go to Professor Snape to get the key to the club's venue. Everyone, please help spread the news so that students from other colleges don't think that the dueling competition has been canceled by the professors."

Now some people in the lounge started talking.

"I thought this competition was going to be cancelled."

"Yeah, Quidditch is the only fun thing about school. If there's a dueling tournament, it'll definitely be even more lively."

In order to save time, Ariana waved her hand for everyone to be quiet.

She continued, "My classmates in Slytherin have no confidence in me, and I guess the other houses have even less confidence, so this news must be spread as soon as possible."

Farley glanced at everyone and said to Ariana, "No problem. The whole school will know tomorrow. The event will still go on as scheduled."

Others also began to agree. They didn't want to be yes-men, but wanted to ease the relationship with Ariana.

Before, when people heard that she was the mysterious man's child, no one dared to talk to her, and it was a bit awkward between them.

"Actually, everyone is looking forward to this event. In the future, Hogwarts will have dueling competitions in addition to Quidditch, and with such high prize money, it will definitely be more exciting than Quidditch."

"Yeah, winning Quidditch only gives you points, and the academy only has the House Cup. It's nothing compared to the Dueling Tournament, where third place gets 100 gold Galleons."

Slytherin doesn't hate You-Know-Who, he just doesn't want to have anything to do with him in public. After all, the current political correctness is to slander You-Know-Who.

Ariana didn't care about the previous awkwardness. She waved her hand for silence and said, "And the second thing is, the club staff written test will be held this Sunday afternoon. I will inform you of the location tomorrow."

She was planning to borrow the History of Magic classroom, but she hadn't discussed it with Professor Binns yet.

If you can't borrow one, you can take the exam in the lounge. At worst, you can use your magic power to transform it into a large table and chair.

"What's the content of the exam?" Those who planned to take the exam couldn't help but ask.

Ariana replied, "We're a magic school, so we'll definitely have exams on magic. That's within the professor's scope of instruction, so I won't go into detail. The rest is about management experience, which depends on your personal experience and the environment you're in."

Management ability is actually secondary. What matters most is whether they can handle the workload. After all, these people have not entered society and are not in the working class at all.

Adrian Walker, who was relatively prestigious among the mixed-bloods, asked, "I heard it's a written test. Does that mean there's also an interview?"

"Yes, the interview is about practical application. The theoretical test will be held tomorrow afternoon. I will notify the selected candidates of the time for the practical interview. My opponent will be me." After she said that, she took out her magic wand.

This action scared many people and made them take a step back, but fortunately Adrian didn't. Ariana was quite satisfied and hoped that this person would not let her down.

Adrian frowned and said, "I'm afraid no one in the entire Slytherin can beat you."

Everyone can see Ariana's attitude. Although she hangs out with Draco all day, she has no prejudice against him based on his bloodline.

Recently, everyone has been following her lead, and because she had talked about the topic of mixed-bloods before, the situation of mixed-bloods in Slytherin has improved a lot recently.

If it were in the past, Adrian would definitely not mention the entire Slytherin, but would only mention the half-bloods, but now he is not afraid at all.

Ariana shook her head and said, "It's not like they said you have to beat me to be selected. The main thing is that this job is quite intense and requires a certain level of combat power. After all, I have to maintain the competition venue."

Hearing about the need to maintain the competition venue, many purebloods immediately became excited. Someone asked, "Is it still too late to sign up?"

Chapter 105: It’s better to be complacent all day

If they were just working for Ariana, the purebloods would certainly not be interested in doing the work, but maintaining the competition venue, wouldn't this be a way to manage people from other colleges?

There is an essential difference between just doing things and managing others.

Ariana decided to pay someone, actually with the intention of screening out these purebloods. Of course, she would not agree to increase the number of registrations, but she did not refuse either.

"The preparations are complete. Next time we recruit new members, we will give priority to club members." The club members are all Slytherins, and this job will only be open to them in the future.

The others naturally understood what Ariana meant, and no one felt dissatisfied even though they were rejected.

Slytherin is not only united, but also has strong execution capabilities. The news had spread the next morning, and the dueling competition was being discussed in the hall again.

"Have you heard? Colin has already applied for the club's venue, which means the duel competition will still go on."

"I didn't expect her to cause such a big fuss. Not only did the professors not punish her, they didn't even cancel the dueling tournament. I thought my 1000 gold Galleons were gone."

"Are you so confident that you can win the championship?"

"Of course, my strength is definitely the strongest in Hogwarts."

"How does he compare to Colin? He can easily perform an explosive Transfiguration spell, and he also knows flying magic and dark magic."

Someone frowned and questioned, "She's the initiator of this competition, so she won't participate, right?"

"That's hard to say. After all, she only said that this competition is not limited to colleges, grades, or bloodlines, but she didn't say that she herself would not participate."

"Then she gets first place, and I can be second. It's 500 gold Galleons. The average employee at the Ministry of Magic only gets 50 Galleons a month."

Draco loved to watch the fun, so he walked around and got a lot of information, then sat next to Ariana and told her the latest battle gossip.

"I don't think I asked you whether you want to participate in this competition." He was also very curious about Ariana's decision.

Ariana said jokingly: "I spent my own money, and then I won the game myself and got my own money. It seems like I have nothing to do, right?"

The main thing is that it's a waste of time. What's she trying to achieve?

Hearing that Ariana would not participate, Draco said regretfully: "That's a pity. If you participate, you will definitely be able to dominate everyone."

Draco then decided to improve his dueling skills recently. If Ariana could not defeat everyone, he would win the final championship on behalf of his good friend.

However, he forgot that he was still a first grader and this was a competition for the whole grade.

Ariana was unaware that her friend was daydreaming and was still discussing the reasons why she would not participate in the duel.

"If it's not a life-and-death duel, the duel is just to improve my magical combat skills. The students at the school are no match for me, so what can I gain by fighting them? I plan to schedule a duel with Snape this afternoon, preferably tomorrow night."

There will be a written test for the half-bloods tomorrow afternoon, and they need to prepare in advance, so it can only be done in the evening. Hogwarts doesn't have evening self-study classes on Sundays anyway.

Although he has completely accepted that there will be a battle between Ariana and his godfather, he still hopes that this battle will come later.

"Not going to be ready for a while?" he asked tentatively.

Ariana shook her head and said, "The sooner you know where you are lacking, the sooner you can make up for your shortcomings. I don't like to wait."

Once, twice, then it will weaken, and the third time, then it will be exhausted. A duel should be fought with all your strength.

Draco wanted to make a final struggle: "Although you apologized to him about the flying spell, after all, it was only a short time ago. Maybe he still has some grudges in his heart and won't agree to a duel so quickly."

If Ariana doesn't agree to the duel, time can be delayed indefinitely, preferably until graduation.

Ariana would have graduated by then, and no matter what happened, they would have to leave Hogwarts.

"Then you underestimate Professor Snape. He is very combative. Maybe he is waiting for me to ask him out so that he can take the opportunity to teach me a lesson." Ariana could feel the fighting spirit in Snape.

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Draco could only accept it helplessly and then talked about the topic that interested him most.

"Let's talk about this afternoon in the afternoon. Let's go. The much-anticipated Quidditch training is about to begin." He had been looking forward to it for a long time.

"What's so exciting about training? If only the competition could be more exciting." Ariana looked at him speechlessly.

Not only does he talk about the competition every day, but now he is even so excited about training. She doesn't remember any athletes being so excited about training.

Draco was still inexperienced and had a strong desire to play. He ignored Ariana's reluctance and said excitedly, "This is a chance to ride a broom for most of the day. Usually, I only get to ride for an hour in the morning, which is not exciting at all."

It can be said that Draco loves Quidditch deeply. Everyone goes to bed at the same time, but he insists on riding his broom an hour earlier every day.

Ariana reminded him quietly, "There's a fundamental difference between training and riding for fun. I'm afraid the greater your hopes, the greater your disappointment."

He is so excited now, but later he will find out that the endless training is boring and he will probably become listless. It would be better for the young master to be smug all day long.

"No." Draco was firm.

Arriving at the Quidditch field, Flint first introduced Ariana and Draco to the others.

"This year our Quidditch team welcomes two new members. Let's welcome Colin and Malfoy." He led the applause.

Draco grabbed the broom and said excitedly, "We all know each other, no need to make a special welcome, let's just hurry up and train."

There were only about a hundred people in the entire Slytherin family. Ariana and Draco were the biggest names in the school, and the Quidditch players were like stars. They had indeed known each other for a long time.

Flint was not someone who cared about these details. Seeing that Ariana had no objection, he asked the others to stand closer and began to arrange today's training tasks.

He handed two forms to Ariana and Draco.

"This is our training schedule. Since this is your first time here, you may not know the moves above. I can find someone to teach you, but from now on, we will have group training every Saturday, so you must keep up with the pace."

Ariana asked, "So what are you training for Monday and Wednesday?"

"As for special training, as far as the task list is concerned, we should strive to be stronger, faster and more impactful," said Flint.

Ariana looked at the training tasks carefully and felt that they could be optimized slightly so that she could carve out some time to study magic.

"I think we can set a standard and conduct a test before each training session. Those whose average scores over 10 times are above the standard can end the training early. Of course, those who are willing to continue training can also stay."

After looking at the three schedules, Ariana asked, "How about practicing teamwork on Saturday, or maybe going to meet other school teams for an exchange match? Captain, what do you think?"

Chapter 106 You Will Be Even More Powerful Next Time

These flying moves include basic ones as well as specific requirements for each position. The basic ones are fine and there is nothing to say if we practice them together.

However, special requirements require separation, and some scenes require waiting for the person in front to finish, which invisibly wastes time.

Flint was attracted by Ariana's competition proposal. He asked, "Do we have competitions every day?"

This was something Ariana came up with based on the arrangements of the Muggle World Gaming Team. Even if they were going to compete on the field, they would privately make an appointment to compete in advance. The same applies to sports.

"Only real matches can improve teamwork. We have at least one substitute for each position. Even if we can't arrange a team from another school, we can have the regular team and the substitutes alternately play together. This way we can train our reaction speed and maintain our competitive state."

Basic training allows the team members to arrange their own time. It is best to schedule competitions on Saturdays. Maybe she only needs to come for one morning a week in the future.

Flint pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right. We need to stay in competitive form. Let's have a level test today, and then we'll have a team competition. We'll directly implement the plan Colin just mentioned, with regular players and substitutes forming teams to compete."

While Flint was preparing the props for the competition, Draco, who saw through everything, came to Ariana.

"You just don't want to spend so much time on Quidditch training." He looked at his good friend with a hurt face.

If they continue to train in this way, Ariana should only come to the Quidditch field on Saturdays in the future. Doesn't that mean they will be separated twice a week?

Ariana tried to argue, "If it's not up to standard, the training time will be longer than the training schedule Flint gave me."

Draco snorted and said, "There's no way you can't measure up."

Even Dumbledore couldn't stop Ariana from doing what she wanted to do. She would definitely find a way to skip training on Monday and Wednesday.

Ariana looked at her good friend who was pulling at her clothes, and immediately understood what he was struggling with. After all, she was his best friend, and she couldn't bear to see him sad, so she had no choice but to surrender.

"My dear boyfriend, don't worry. Even if I can leave get out of class early, I will just sit next to you and wait for you. Are you satisfied with this arrangement?" At worst, she could just bring books to read.

Draco immediately became happy and asked her arrogantly, "You think I can't meet the standards so you can practice more, right?"

"You love Quidditch so much, but you're unwilling to leave even after you've reached the standard." She immediately pointed out the other person's little thoughts.

"Anyway, I'll accompany you to do everything you want to do, and you have to accompany me to do what I want to do. After all, we are boyfriend and girlfriend, right?" Draco said happily.

Draco, who got a satisfactory answer, excitedly started his first Quidditch training. Unfortunately, it was not to Ariana's surprise, and he really became depressed afterwards.

Draco had previously focused on being a seeker, and now he has become a chaser. The requirements of these two positions are different, and it was particularly difficult for him to adapt to the new position at first.