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

Draco felt that he had nothing against Hermione, but he didn't expect Hermione to say that to him. He was so angry that a faint blush appeared on his cheeks.

Even though they dislike Hermione's meddling, Gryffindor is still very united when it comes to external matters.

Seeing that Hermione was speechless after being rebuked by Ariana, the Weasley brothers, who were full of justice, stood in front of her and spoke for her.

"What Granger means is what we Gryffindors mean," said Fred.

Ariana was most annoyed by Gryffindor's irrational attitude. She asked coldly, "Are you saying that Gryffindor won't participate in the Dueling Tournament? Just because Draco taunted Weasley a few times?"

Percy immediately stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Of course not. The argument just now was just a small grudge between them. It doesn't rise to the level of Gryffindor's willingness to participate in the competition."

If Ariana really put the blame on Ron, not only would Ron's situation in Gryffindor become difficult, but it would also implicate him as a Weasley prefect.

There were several students from Gryffindor's poor families who looked at Ron with disgust.

After all, Ron and Ariana had already had many conflicts. If it weren't for Percy's pressure, many senior students would have taught him a lesson long ago.

In fact, when Hermione accused Ariana, Draco already regretted mocking Ron.

He had just mocked Ron and Harry subconsciously. He had no intention of targeting Gryffindor, and he didn't want to affect the dueling competition.

After all, he knew that Ariana still hoped that this competition would be a complete success and then attract long-term sponsorship from the magic family so that this competition could continue.

If the game was flawed because of him, Ariana probably wouldn't blame him, but he would also blame himself for being too impulsive and ruining Ariana's plan.

Draco tugged at Ariana's sleeve and whispered, "I didn't know it would turn out like this."

"You mocked Potter and Weasley, and Granger questioned the entire dueling competition. Who do you think is more responsible?" Ariana said coldly.

Adrian didn't want everyone to be stuck here, and a lot of time had already been wasted.

He said to Ariana, "Today is the first competition. Although there are only four games scheduled, we still need to control the time."

The implication is that it's better to just get on with the competition and stop arguing with these reckless and impulsive Gryffindors.

Looking at the crowd of onlookers who were reluctant to leave, Ariana said loudly, "This is an internal duel of the club. If you want to watch, you can only watch from the window. If you make too much noise and affect the progress of our game, don't blame me for being rude."

Seeing that Ariana had no intention of driving everyone away, everyone present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because they still wanted to learn some experience from the internal duel among employees and use it in the duel competition.

Everyone agreed that duels within the club should be a microcosm of duel competitions, as no matter how things change, the essence remains the same.

After the door closes, the game is about to begin.

Looking at the nervous Draco, Ariana comforted him, "Today is your first match, so relax. Even though you haven't learned the preemptive strike technique from me, if you can apply your fencing skills and sword speed to a duel, you won't necessarily lose."

Adrian really took good care of Draco and arranged for him to play against Morton, a fourth-year student, in his first game.

Ariana knew this person. During the interview, he was the youngest among the employees and his combat power was also the lowest among the 10 people.

However, what Ariana said to Draco was a bit too encouraging, because no matter how low Morton's fighting ability was, Draco could not defeat this person with his current strength.

At most, you won’t lose too badly.

Not only Draco was nervous, but Morton was also quite nervous. He was afraid that Ariana would have an opinion if he won, and he was also afraid that the Malfoy family would retaliate against him.

Not only would losing be embarrassing, he might also face being eliminated from the club, so he didn't want to lose.

Seeing that Ariana only gave Draco a few instructions and didn't look at him, he finally believed what she said that day. He planned to give it his all, and then no one would be able to find fault with him.

After Adrien had both sides bow, he shouted, "The duel begins."

Draco was smart enough to shout out the Disarming Spell loudly, and Morton subconsciously cast the Ironclad Spell for defense.

He didn't use it very well in the last duel, but for the internal ranking this time, he practiced the Iron Armor Spell very hard.

Chapter 164: It was Dumbledore who stopped the duel

Unexpectedly, Draco was just bluffing. The moment Morton raised his wand to cast the spell, he was actually using a healing counter-spell.

But the aim was so poor that it missed Morton's hand and hit his chest instead.

That position was supported by the skeleton, so even though his muscles were as soft as mud, it did not affect his ability to continue the duel, but the pain made his forehead covered with cold sweat.

Morton had already cast the Shield Charm, but Draco's magical impact was not strong enough, and he had not yet learned the Shield Charm. Even with the dodging and displacement skills of fencing, he was still defeated after 20 minutes.

Just like Ariana said, as long as the loss is not ugly, it is a victory for Draco, after all, he is challenging a higher level opponent.

As she had guessed, the spectators couldn't help but look up to Draco when they saw that he could hold out against the fourth-year students for more than 20 minutes.

"I didn't expect Malfoy to be so powerful. He could actually hold out for over 20 minutes against the fourth grade. And this Morton is quite strong. The Shield Charm is quite powerful."

"During the last interview duel at the Black Lake, he couldn't even use the Iron Armor Charm. It seems his strength has improved a lot in recent times."

"This Shield Charm was quite powerful in the duel. Malfoy couldn't break Morton's defense and couldn't do anything to him, so he was defeated in the end."

"This Shield Charm shouldn't be that easy to practice, right? As Colin's boyfriend, Malfoy should have someone to teach him."

As the leader of the mixed-bloods, Adrian certainly knew the levels of the nine people in the duel club, so he let people of the same level compete first at the beginning.

After Draco and Morton finished, the remaining three games lasted longer and longer, because everyone had learned the Shield Charm, and to attack the opponent they had to break through the defense.

The last match was really tense. Ariana was a little worried, so she used the eye spell to observe the strength of the two people's armor spells and immediately found something unusual.

So he pulled out a piece of parchment, used a levitation spell to fly between the two of them, and then used transfiguration to block, forcibly stopping the duel.

Surprisingly, not only did she use Transfiguration to stop the duel, but someone else also used the same method.

However, what this person threw between the two of them was not parchment, but a chair, which he also blocked with Transfiguration.

"It's Headmaster Dumbledore." Someone exclaimed immediately.

Also, it was Dumbledore who stopped the duel.

The classroom door was closed, but Dumbledore suddenly appeared in the classroom, obviously using the Disapparation Charm.

Draco saw Ariana frowning and staring at Dumbledore, and knew that she was wondering why he suddenly appeared in the classroom. He immediately opened the encyclopedia and explained the situation to her.

"It is said that the headmaster is not affected by the school's anti-apparition spell. He must have apparated in." He explained in a low voice.

Ariana snorted coldly and said that she had no comment.

Dumbledore looked at Ariana awkwardly and smiled, "I forgot you had an eye spell that allowed you to observe magic."

The implication is that it is unnecessary for him to do this.

Ariana scoffed as usual, "I thought the principal would criticize our duel as too dangerous as soon as he arrived."

This is indeed what Dumbledore would say, that safety is the most important thing, but he can only shout slogans.

When he placed the Philosopher's Stone in the school to lure Voldemort, he completely forgot that the school was full of young wizards who had no ability to protect themselves.

Dumbledore did not contradict Ariana.

"It's indeed quite dangerous. If such duels continue, I hope you will be present at every duel. If something happens to them, the school will not be able to explain to their parents." He explained tactfully.

Dumbledore was really arrogant. He was confident that he could protect the young wizards and did not think that leaving the Philosopher's Stone in school would bring danger to others.

The situation just now was indeed dangerous. As the owner of the club, Ariana had a responsibility, so she stopped mocking the old man.

Ariana said calmly: "I will ensure everyone's safety, please rest assured, Mr. Principal."

She thought to herself, it seems that this old man is personally watching her movements, otherwise he would not have come so quickly.

The ghost detection spell has been created, but no ghosts are sent to monitor. I don’t know whether the wizard detection spell is well designed.

Seeing that Ariana was not stubborn, Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had to find a way to ease the atmosphere with her and couldn't keep it this tense.

The duel was over, and everyone else had left. Ariana still had to summarize the results of today's duel with Adrien.

"I'm thinking of making a magic strength detection bracelet. Duelists must wear that bracelet, which can measure the strength of the spell and use it to judge the duelist's magic situation. Once it reaches a certain value, we must immediately make them stop the duel." She said after thinking for a while.

Ariana didn't grow up in the magical world, so she won't stop or ignore anything when problems arise. When problems arise, she will find a way to solve them.

She already had an idea for this bracelet. In addition to detecting the strength of magic power, it would be best if it had a sound reminder, and an alarm would sound immediately when it reached a certain value.

Ariana can't watch every duel, nor does she necessarily use eye spells to observe every duel.

At that time, the alarm can remind Adrian and others to stop the duel, so as to prevent someone from being turned into a squib.

Adrian also knew how dangerous the previous match was, so he naturally hoped to have this kind of artifact to help him in the duel, but he made a suggestion.

"Can you make more? Not only will it be needed for our internal competition, but it will probably be used in the duel competition as well. If something goes wrong, the school may stop the competition." He hoped more than anyone else that this competition could be held forever.

Ariana just has some ideas, but she is still very rigorous in her profession and will not give a definite answer unless she is sure.

"I'll study it for a few days and tell you. If it really doesn't work, we'll have to schedule the competition to the evening and arrange more games, so that every player can wear a magic bracelet." She nodded.

Adrian and the others were going to clean up the duel classroom. After giving instructions on the work content, Ariana took Draco away, but she felt a slight fluctuation of magic behind her.

But before she could turn around to check the situation, Draco beside her suddenly held her face.

Seeing that Draco just looked at her carefully without saying anything, Ariana asked in confusion: "What are you looking at? Don't you recognize your girlfriend?"

Draco smiled and said, "Of course I know my girlfriend. I wanted to see how you are so smart. As soon as a problem arose, you immediately thought of a magic bracelet that could solve it. Are you the reincarnation of Merlin?"

Ariana snorted and retorted, "My strength has nothing to do with anyone. Merlin has been dead for many years, it's time for an update, and I'm that updater. When others marvel at it in the future, it's best to say, 'My Colin.'"

She noticed that the magical fluctuations behind her had disappeared, but she still looked back in confusion, but of course she saw nothing.

Draco asked in confusion, "What are you looking at?"

Chapter 165: Just Imagine It’s Exciting

Ariana looked back again, frowning slightly, then lowered her voice and said, "Someone was following us just now. There was a fluctuation of magic power there. You know my senses are very sharp, and I can even feel the other person's gaze."

Draco also turned around to look at that location, but of course he saw nothing.

He said with lingering fear, "Is it another ghost watching us? How about using that detection spell of yours?"

Ariana shook her head slightly, a look of certainty in her eyes.

"Ghosts don't have magical fluctuations. I'm sure there was a living person following us just now. He must have used an invisibility spell. Now that the feeling of being followed is gone, maybe he noticed that I discovered him and left."

She looked back twice just now, which would indeed arouse the other party's vigilance.

Draco frowned slightly and guessed, "Who is it? Could it be Professor Quirrell? He always appears behind us suddenly, and you rejected his invitation to duel."

This person is related to the mysterious man, so they must be careful.

Ariana thought for a moment, then said with a look of disgust, "I suspect it's that old fellow Dumbledore. Didn't he suddenly appear in the classroom today?"

However, Dumbledore was watching the duel in stealth at the time, so she didn't notice the other party's magical fluctuations, and she wasn't sure if it was this old bee.

From this point of view, the old guy is really unfathomable, and even the fluctuations of magic power cannot be sensed.

Draco believed it and showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"Maybe it really is him. He must have used the Invisibility Charm, and the school's Anti-Apparition Charm didn't work on him. Maybe he noticed you looking back, so he left quickly." He said firmly.

Since there was no other suspect, Ariana felt that Draco's analysis made sense.

She snorted coldly, "He's afraid something might happen to the ghost, so he comes to monitor me himself. This is really disgusting."

Even if the person who caused the magical fluctuations just now was not Dumbledore, his appearance in the classroom was obviously to carry out surveillance.

Draco's face turned pale after hearing this, but he spread his hands and said, "If it's Dumbledore, then we really can't deal with him. He is the most powerful white wizard, and we can't beat him. No one in the entire wizarding world can do anything to him."

In fact, he wrote to his father to complain about this matter, and then suggested that his father put pressure on the newspapers to report on Dumbledore's behavior from time to time.

This would make Dumbledore relax a little towards Ariana, and Draco really wanted to help Ariana ease the situation.

Unfortunately, Lucius told Draco that even if the newspapers said that Dumbledore had committed a crime, few people would believe it, and many people would defend him.

The same goes for the bullying of Ariana. Everyone would just say that the little wizard was very disobedient and suggest that Dumbledore should discipline her more.

Draco didn't dare tell Ariana about this, for fear that she would get even angrier after hearing it.

It's true that she can't beat him, but she's not completely helpless. A hint of cunning suddenly flashed in Ariana's eyes.

She smiled and said, "I'll ask Professor Snape to warn him and ask him to control himself."

Draco looked at his good friend in confusion and reminded her, "Professor Snape is Dumbledore's subordinate. Do you think it would be useful to ask a professor to warn the headmaster?"

Adrian was even cautious when giving advice to Ariana. She was not the most powerful wizard. The magical world was so unreasonable in reality.

Ariana raised her eyebrows with a wicked smile, saying, "Of course I'm not asking Professor Snape to warn him. I want him to tell Dumbledore that I've designed a blocking spell for the Killing Curse, and I'm worried that no one will let me experiment on it. If someone follows me secretly in the future, I'll use a blocking spell first, and then a Killing Curse."

This was how she planned to deal with Quirrell anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to use it on the stalker first.

With the strength of that old guy Dumbledore, he should be able to avoid the Killing Curse.

If he can't avoid it, he can only blame himself for being unlucky. It's his own fault for doing such a disgusting thing and walking into trouble.

Draco gasped when he heard this and quickly advised, "If you kill the most powerful white wizard in the wizarding world, you won't be able to survive in the British wizarding world. No matter how talented you are, you will be like a shooting star, falling before you can shine."