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

Voldemort has cursed this position for many years. In the past, professors of various subjects took up this position part-time. After Snape joined the company, whenever the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor got into trouble, he would volunteer to take the part-time position.

Chapter 161 Leading to the Dark Lord on Duty

Seeing that the other party was not enthusiastic, Ariana felt a little sorry for losing such a good duel opponent, but she didn't want to throw away the watermelon for the sesame seeds.

"Okay, then take care." Ariana said.

Then she turned her attention back to the black magic books. Since they had to be returned within two months, she would return them as agreed even if she had not finished reading them.

But even if she had to sacrifice sleep, Ariana had to finish watching them, because if she returned them, she would never be able to see them again.

Seeing Professor Quirrell's reluctance to leave, Ariana found it amusing and asked, "Why, Professor, don't you want to make another appointment? You don't want to duel anymore, and want to fight me right here?"

If that were the case, the professor would not have to be cursed and persecuted. He attacked the young wizard and did not want to be caught by the Ministry of Magic. He would have to flee for fear of being punished.

Voldemort said coldly: "I am just a little unwilling to be rejected by you. Read your book."

Finished talking and left.

Ariana was the center of attention, and people on the training ground would occasionally glance at her, not to mention Draco. Everyone saw Professor Quirrell arguing with her for a long time.

During the break in the game, Draco ran to Ariana like a nimble deer.

"What did Professor Quirrell tell you?" Draco looked worried.

You know, this professor is now a minion of the mysterious man. There is no benefit in being associated with him, especially when Dumbledore still treats Ariana as the third generation Dark Lord.

"Maybe he got itchy hands after seeing me dueling with Adrian and the others, so he asked me if I'd like to have a duel with him," Ariana answered nonchalantly.

"You agree?" Draco's eyes widened with nervousness.

He knew Ariana too well. Even if she knew that Professor Quirrell was very dangerous, she would most likely agree in order to improve her fighting ability.

But Quirrell is not Snape. If they really duel, he will definitely use dark magic. What if Ariana gets hurt?

This has nothing to do with whether he believes Ariana will win or not, he is just simply worried about his good friend.

"I asked him to talk to Professor Snape. If they can come to an agreement, I will duel with him." Ariana replied calmly.

"Ah? Why do you need Professor Snape's consent? This is not your style." Draco looked puzzled.

Ariana looked around to make sure no one was approaching before lowering her voice to Draco, "Didn't we figure out he's following You-Know-Who? Just like the duel with Professor Snape, this duel can't take place at Hogwarts. It'll most likely take place in the Forbidden Forest."

Although it is within the scope of Hogwarts, it is not protected by the castle's magic, so you will be responsible for anything that happens.

This is also the reason why Dumbledore reiterates every year that young wizards are not allowed to go to the Forbidden Forest.

"What does this have to do with you letting Snape make the decision?" Draco was still confused.

Ariana explained, "Not to mention that there's no magical protection there, the Forbidden Forest has a very complex terrain. What if the You-Know-Who is hiding there, waiting for Professor Quirrell to kidnap Potter and hand him over to him? I suggest that we let Snape be our referee, just in case."

It seemed that the other party was not very willing. She thought about it for a moment and felt that the other party might be afraid that Snape would find out that he knew some kind of spell of the mysterious man.

Or the other party wanted to lure me, the reserve Dark Lord, to the Dark Lord on duty, so that the Dark Lord could take action to eliminate future troubles in order to protect his throne.

Draco frowned, looking worried, and said, "I'm afraid Professor Snape can't beat You-Know-Who. Didn't I tell you? The professor followed You-Know-Who back then, and he might even help him in the end."

Wouldn't he and Ariana be surrounded on both sides by then?

Ariana retorted disapprovingly, "How could Dumbledore trust Professor Snape so much if he was still following You-Know-Who? As for fighting You-Know-Who, Professor Snape and I can just put up a bit of resistance, and then we can run after you escape."

Draco looked at Ariana with a bit of hurt. Was he the kind of person who would abandon his good friend and run away? Last time he went to the fourth floor to face the three-headed dog, he was so scared but he didn't run away.

Even if he wanted to escape, he would take Ariana with him.

Draco held his breath and said, "I can stay and attack them with a healing counter-spell."

Looking at the unhappy Draco, Ariana explained that she did not mean to look down on him.

"My dear boyfriend, we are Slytherins, not reckless Gryffindors. Think about it carefully. After you escape successfully, Professor Snape and I will not be restrained and will be able to give our all in the battle. We both know flying spells, so it will be easy for us to run away if we can't win." Ariana patted Draco's shoulder.

Draco thought about it and it seemed to be true, so he was immediately coaxed by Ariana, but he also expressed his determination.

"I will work harder to study healing spells in the future. Even if I can't help with counter-spells, I can still heal you if you're injured. You also said that my magic is particularly effective with healing spells." Draco said seriously.

His magic lacks impact power. Even if the counter-spell is very effective, he still needs to break other people's defenses first.

Just like dealing with the three-headed dog, Ariana needs to break the defense first before his spell can take effect. Although wizards have no magic resistance, they have the Armor Spell.

Later, when Ariana experiments with the blocking spell for the Killing Curse, there will be another powerful defensive spell.

"That's right, a powerful wizard is not only powerful in combat, but also has strong healing abilities." Ariana looked at him encouragingly.

On Saturday afternoon, it was Gryffindor's time on the Quidditch field, and Slytherin was dismissed after finishing training at noon.

It is impossible to leave all the matters of the duel competition to Adrian and the others. Ariana decided to make the overall decision every Saturday afternoon, and read a book there if she has nothing to do.

Draco naturally had to follow Ariana. He had read the duel course settings written by Ariana before, and only had a general idea. But now every detail was planned out, but the more he read, the more uneasy he felt.

"Why can't the dueling competition be like the employee ranking duel, where everyone takes a turn. That way, everyone's ranking will be accurate, right?" Draco asked, scratching his head.

If this is the case, even if he does not get into the top three in the first grade, it will not be too embarrassing as long as his grades are in the upper middle level.

If he lost the first match according to Ariana's competition method, he would be eliminated in the first round and would not get any ranking at all.

Ariana said speechlessly, "There are 73 people in the first grade. If we do what you said, and we play two-on-two duels in a round, that would be 2415 matches in total. And this is just the preliminary round for one grade. Do you think this duel competition can be completed in a whole school year?"

Chapter 162 Completely Influenced by Ariana

Even if not all first-year students sign up, at least two-thirds will sign up, so there will be a lot of competitions.

"Well, if it's the knockout round, it will indeed be much faster." Draco could only accept the reality helplessly.

Ariana knew what he was thinking, so she could only say tactfully, "No system or rule can be absolutely fair or just. Since I'm the one who makes the rules, the contestants can only follow my rules."

These words were spoken in a domineering manner, not only to Draco, but to others as well.

The elimination rounds arranged by Ariana are decided by drawing lots, and the winners advance to the next round, with half of the people eliminated each time.

Those who participate in the competition will know clearly in which round they will be eliminated and at what level their combat power is.

The competition for the entire grade also has two elimination rounds, with 21 people, one of whom is given a bye, and finally 6 people will enter the finals.

At this time, they can fight against each other in rounds, and these people can see their combat power rankings from high to low.

Adrian and his team were still responsible for the specific arrangements. Adrian asked worriedly, "With only one week left for registration, will we be able to handle the competition arrangements?"

Regarding preparations for the competition, registration for the competition will start next week, and there are only two days to schedule the competitions, so time is very tight.

Ariana said confidently, "With 10 employees, automatic writing pens, and automatic inspection printers, how can we possibly be overwhelmed?"

The procedural work is left to the machines, and the employees only need to do inspections and adjustments, which is too much for them to handle. If Ariana didn't want to do these things, she could do it alone.

Adrian and the others beside him didn't dare to say a word. They all knew that it was not easy to get the salary from the club, although it was much more than working part-time.

Draco saw the looks on Adrien and the others' faces and thought Ariana hadn't noticed.

After leaving the duel classroom, Draco reminded Ariana, "I told you at the beginning of the school year that the Ministry of Magic's work efficiency is extremely low. It's not just them, everyone in the magical world supports that."

In order for Ariana to stay in Hogwarts, Draco had cooperated with Dumbledore. Although he felt very sorry for his good friend, he did not regret it.

"You want to say it's pretty lazy." Ariana continued with a smile.

It's not just the Ministry of Magic; the efficiency of the entire UK is like this.

"Yeah, looking at Walker and the others, they probably can't adapt to your high-intensity work efficiency. They didn't respond much after you said that just now." Draco curled his lips.

Draco would definitely not have thought this way before, but now he is completely influenced by Ariana.

Employees always need some time to adapt when they join a new company.

Ariana said, "It's normal to feel uncomfortable at first. If I'm too forceful in the future, you can put in a few nice words for them and I'll adjust their workload accordingly."

"Why don't you just adjust it?" Draco looked at her in confusion.

Ariana explained: "This is a common management routine in companies. The top management usually has one person as the main and the other as the deputy. There is always one person who plays the good cop and the other one who plays the bad cop."

Normally the deputy plays the bad guy, but unfortunately the situation in the club is not suitable for her to play the good guy, so Draco has to take on this role.

Ariana explained the meaning of the two faces, and Draco suddenly understood.

"I'm wondering why you want me to say a few good words for them. I think our roles should be switched. I'm the heir of the Malfoy family. How could I possibly speak for a half-blood? It doesn't make sense at all." Draco shook his head.

"I've duelled with them all, and my style is usually so fierce. Now you ask me to change my personality, do you think they will believe it?" Ariana asked back.

The main reason was that the club did not have a dedicated finance department, so she just asked Adrian to submit the salary form and she would distribute the money when the time came.

Not only is her personality difficult to change, but in general corporate management, people who get paid cannot be too easy to talk to, and now she is both the boss and the finance manager.

"So you think it's more appropriate for the Malfoy heir to speak for the half-bloods, right?" Draco raised an eyebrow at her.

Ariana blinked and smiled and said, "I remember someone promised that if I didn't want to say it, he would help me say it, and if I didn't want to do it, he would help me do it."

"Okay, I'll speak for the half-bloods from now on. I hope my dad won't be too angry when he finds out about this." Draco shook his head helplessly.

The heir of the Malfoy family was close to a half-blood. If the reporters knew about it, it would probably be on the headlines. He couldn't hide it from his family, but he couldn't break his promise to Ariana for his father.

"Anyway, you're not afraid of him now, and do you think your father cares about bloodline?" Ariana asked calmly.

"The Malfoy family is the representative of pure blood, how could they not care about bloodline." Draco puffed out his chest.

It can only be said that Lucius protected Draco too well. Sometimes Draco had already noticed something strange, but Lucius would always whitewash it and didn't want him to be exposed to these things too early.

Ariana said that it was all his father's fault that Draco was so innocent and kind, and she was not wrong about Lucius at all.

Ariana laughed and asked, "Then why is he so close to Professor Snape that he made him your godfather?"

Last time, Draco said that the Malfoy family would sponsor half-bloods with potential, and even Muggle wizards.

"That seems so." Draco scratched his head. He was also thinking about what he had told Ariana before.

Ariana patiently analyzed it for him: "So when you look at a person, you can't look at what he says, but what he does."

He reminded Draco again, "Didn't you tell me before that pure-blood families have actually funded many half-bloods and Muggle wizards to do research? It shows that everyone values ​​strength over bloodline. It's just to maintain the status of the pure-blood families and shout a few slogans."

All I can say is that the wizards' thoughts are very strange. On the one hand, they secretly invest in capable half-blood and Muggle wizards, and on the other hand, they suppress half-blood and Muggle wizards with ordinary qualifications.

Why don’t these families think about this: if the base number is not expanded, how can geniuses be produced?

Ariana once commented that there were too few school activities at Hogwarts, and this was absolutely true. At 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, a large group of onlookers gathered outside the club.

These people came to watch the duel.

You know, at this time on Sundays, many students are still in bed.

Seeing Harry and his two companions in the crowd at the door, Draco's foul language came into play and he started mocking them.

"Hey, isn't this Weasley, who is extremely prejudiced against Slytherin, and the great Savior of Gryffindor? Why are you also coming to our Slytherin Dueling Club?"

Ron stiffened his neck and said, "This club isn't named Slytherin. We can join whenever we want."

Chapter 163 The game is about to begin

Actually, Ron didn't want to come, but everyone was discussing today's duel yesterday, and the dormitory was a mess in the morning, so he couldn't sleep in even if he wanted to.

After he got up, everyone in the lounge came to watch the game. He wanted to play chess but there was no one around, so he had to follow along.

Draco scoffed and retorted, "But the members and staff of the club are all Slytherins."

Hermione frowned, not looking at Draco, but said to Ariana, "This dueling tournament is open to all Hogwarts students. It's not a good influence for you to let Malfoy slander Gryffindor students like this, right?"

Ariana reminded her silently, "When Weasley was ranting about Slytherin in the Great Hall, why didn't you stand up and rebuke him? And it was obviously just the two of them arguing, so what's the point of you coming out and accusing me?"

Two rookies spitting at each other was just for fun, but it escalated directly to a duel competition. Not only would the reputation of the duel club be damaged, but students from other colleges would also feel uncomfortable when they heard this.

"I'm not blaming you, I just want to remind you to keep a close eye on Malfoy. His provocation of others will affect the registration for the dueling competition." Hermione blushed.

Ariana was really speechless about Hermione. Why hasn't this person changed her bad habits yet?

"You're trying to blackmail me morally, aren't you? I founded the Dueling Club, and I sponsored the Dueling Tournament. The members and staff of the Dueling Club are all Slytherins, and I'm also a Slytherin. This competition is indeed open to students from all colleges, but I didn't ask anyone to participate." Ariana said coldly, crossing her arms.

What I mean is that the prize money and the competition are here. Initially, it was other colleges that asked me about the competition, but now I'm the one begging you to sign up?

Looking at Hermione, she was speechless and couldn't refute anything.

Ariana reminded her again, "Draco is my boyfriend, not my subordinate. How can I control everything he says? Granger, if you keep meddling in other people's business, just look at who in Gryffindor will accept your kindness."

After Draco was asked by Ariana not to look down on Muggle-born wizards, he no longer showed his attitude, but he still looked down on young Muggle-born wizards in essence.

But this does not include Hermione, because Hermione has the strength that people respect.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have wondered why Hermione moved closer to Ron and Harry and ignored the courtesy offered by the heir of the Longbottom family.