Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 85

——Has the big dung egg incident that shocked the school and outside just passed away like this?
McGuffin didn't know, and he could only remain vigilant, especially since he felt that the Weasley brothers had vaguely guessed who did it.

You can tell a thing or two in their everyday words.

"Hi! Job, do me a favor!"

"Macguffin, do me a favor! We have a new breed of big dung eggs for you to try..."

Ma Dan!I am not bound to the big dung egg. (They tried the big dung eggs on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Although the new school rules did not prohibit it, Hagrid seemed furious about it, and the two brothers were even more at odds, and even McGuffin got his cold eyebrows)
And for Quirrell/Voldemort, he has to stay away even more, unknowingly, I seem to have cheated him again...

Forehead! ...Fortunately, I don't know if Voldemort was in such a state that night and caused his vitality to be seriously injured, and he didn't tell Quirrell about the eye contact between the two.

Quirrell still looked the same, stuttering and cowering. During the lecture, the smell of garlic mixed with a more weird and strong smell began to waft in the classroom.

(Ron is very sure - that is the residual smell of the big dung egg, which makes Hermione very guilty, always correcting others' words that mocked Professor Quirrell in the common room)
In short, Quirrell has not troubled McGuffin for the time being, which makes him very fortunate.

As for the other professors, it can be seen that they are not reconciled, and they are still secretly asking the students whether they know the mastermind behind this incident.

Snape even intensified his criticism of Gryffindor in Potions class, doubling the points deducted.He always thought that this incident was done by Professor Quirrell or Harry Potter and his crazy follower (McGuffin).

Of course, he simply didn't like Potter, and luckily bumped into (truth) Huadian by accident.

Fortunately, Ron didn't brag about himself as usual in this kind of 'big right and wrong' situation, which kept the secret very well, and there was no information about the big dung eggs and two evils spreading in the campus.

Things started to calm down slowly.

By the way, ... and a Quidditch match.

After discussions between the school professors and the Quidditch teams of the four colleges, especially the Gryffindor team, the game was canceled and the schedule was planned to be rescheduled in the second semester.

As time drew near, another looming event loomed ever closer.

As soon as November passed, the semester was coming to an end, and the Christmas duel competition was coming.

Among the Hogwarts students there was a lot of discussion in the younger years, especially about the opening duel between Malfoy and the MacGuffin - people were talking a lot more.

The underground gambling among the students was repeatedly banned, and Filch even took the pot several times to no avail.

Among them, the two Weasley brothers undoubtedly played a decisive role in it.

The two of them can be said to be the number one news dealers in the entire Hogwarts, and even Slytherins will look for them to do business.

"McGuffin, tell us what other secret weapon you have!" George wrapped his arms around his neck from behind, and whispered mysteriously in front of his ear.

"Yeah, work! You can't just watch your friend Ron's good brother go bankrupt in this life-and-death battle, right? We put all our worth on it..." Fred squeezed McGuffin in the middle from the other side, trying to see if he could get something useful to increase the probability of winning.

McGuffin reluctantly put down Professor Flitwick's [Duel Diary] from his hand, and raised his two intimate arms and placed them on the back of the armchair.

He stood up and said helplessly to the two, "What do you want to know... just say it!"

"Work! You're still interesting... unlike some brothers who are related by blood..." The twin brothers glared at Ron, who was rushing to do the transfiguration work.

This made Ron a little angry, and he threw aside the Transfiguration paper that he had long wanted to write, "You two have the nerve to say it? Did you sell the information about the preparations for the McGuffin Duel Competition to Slytherin..."

"Hey, don't be angry! Do you think McGuffin won't have a few Galleons if he wins? Didn't we pay him for information afterwards without his consent?"

"And it's just an opening match, not the finals between Gryffindor and Slytherin. It's no big deal. What's more, we really want to increase our bet on McGuffin this time..."

George has a look on my face that I have carefully considered, so you don't want to say more.

This made Ron, the titular head of the Gryffindor Dueling Club, feel furious. He stood up abruptly, and when he was about to say something, Hermione, who was next to him, slapped the table instead and glared at Ron.

"Ron!" A shrill voice sounded in front of him, "Professor McGonagall asked me to supervise you to finish this dissertation on 'how to construct and transform different objects into a whole'... Do you want to fail at the end of this course and repeat the grade?"

Hermione sternly and unceremoniously pointed out Ron's current situation, and he understood it, so he fell down dejectedly and continued to write his thesis.

Ron was exhausted from maintaining the operation of the Gryffindor Dueling Club, which made him bold enough to openly sleep in Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. After understanding the situation, Professor McGonagall did not punish him, but handed over the operation and control of the Dueling Club to Prefect Percy, and asked Hermione to help this guy make up the progress of various courses.

"That's right, our little brother, if you really repeat a grade, think about the anger of our mother, Mrs. Weasley, during the summer vacation... You just leave your brothers' business alone!" Fred said very generously and politely.

Ron raised his head and glared at the two 'brothers'.

McGuffin continued to trade with the two brothers.

"Now your odds are [-] to [-]. If you really have any trump cards that can decisively come back, just tell us...you don't need to pay, if you win, we will split it [-] to [-]." Fred stretched out three fingers and waved them exaggeratedly in front of his eyes.

"Three percent..."

"Are you planning to bet all the money you paid for selling my information last time?" McGuffin asked strangely.

"So, with such a big opportunity in front of you, wouldn't it be a pity to miss it? I guess you must have some cards, so you let Malfoy buy your own information without paying attention... huh?"

George said that he was bald, and was punched by Fred as if complaining.

"Oh, so Malfoy was the one who bought the information last time? No wonder I said that someone would buy information about the spellcasting level of a first-year little wizard for no reason...?"

McGuffin had guessed it a long time ago. This is really obvious. Only a rich second-generation young master like Malfoy who is stupid and rich will pay 3 Galleons to buy his information.

Well!Really no matter what world there will be such a person!
He thought sourly.

Although MacGuffin has some pocket money, there are not many Galleons that Muggle families can exchange for each year.

Although there is no need to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation at Hogwarts, renting an owl every week to contact the family, wizard robes, gloves and other miscellaneous wear and tear; in order to keep in line with the students of other wizarding families, subscription to the magic daily; all kinds of strange magic items bought by hand, gifts for family members, etc. - Necessary or impulsive consumption has greatly consumed his savings.

The two brothers smiled awkwardly.

Then George picked up the [Duel Diary] and flipped through it again, "Could it be that the secret of your victory is hidden in this diary? I really can't see any deadly and powerful spells recorded in it..."

McGuffin had already satisfied the curiosity of these guys, including Hermione and Harry, they had all read the contents of this notebook.

There is nothing amazing about it. Most of it is boring magic theory knowledge, and some non-lethal, less powerful but very delicate and difficult spells. The only original one is the dancing spell created by Professor Flitwick at that time.

But back then it was very innovative and difficult to defend against the curse, and now there is a corresponding solution.

And now all kinds of fancy dance spells have been created, even some simple spells such as [Tap Dance Curse]-the lower grade students can learn to cast them now.

——The twin brothers still can't figure it out——Where did this McGuffin get his confidence, and I don't see his preparations for it.

Seeing that these two guys wanted to take out the spell and try to see if there was any hidden content in the diary, McGuffin hurriedly put it away.

"Professor Flitwick lent me this..."

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot about this..." After the two apologized again and again, they still pestered McGuffin to talk about the source of his confidence.

From a certain point of view, McGuffin did have extraordinary confidence in himself in that duel match, not because of any new spells or special training.

This confidence comes from his research on the system and he has gained a bit.

Since that Halloween, McGuffin was full of anxiety and wanted to improve his strength.

So focus on the sand sculpture system and re-study.

Soon, he discovered the trigger mechanism of the talent point task.

——As long as you attract the professor's attention on this course, the system will announce such a difficult super-pit, but the rewards are rich (the total rewards can be doubled to 12 points for each task completed).

This was a new task triggered after he asked a few tricky questions in his astronomy and history of magic courses.

【Name: How the Ghost Professor was Made】

[Content: 1. Find out gossip about the four giants of Hogwarts. 2. Ask a question that stumps Professor Ghost. 3. Get the approval of Professor Binns]

[Name: Astronomy Professor's Ambition]

[Content: 1. Helping Professor Sinista to publish a paper. 2. Exploring the connection between astronomy and other courses. 3. Obtaining the approval of Professor Sinista.]

(Only one task of this type can be triggered in a course. McGuffin has tested it on Professor Flitwick.)
Herbalism, Transfiguration, Potions, and these three courses, McGuffin did not try to trigger new tasks, Snape will not talk about it, and the other two courses are because of the urgency of triggering system tasks now, they must be tricky tasks again.

Concentrate on completing these tasks first.

Compared with a confused 'old professor' like Professor Binns, the tasks triggered by Professor Astronomy Sinista are undoubtedly much easier to deal with. McGuffin asked the family to buy a few Muggle-related astronomy books. During a private question and conversation, McGuffin gave the professor some of these books as gifts.

Sure enough, through this tricky method, McGuffin saw that [Professor of Astronomy's Ambition] task 3 had been completed.

As for the mission 2 to explore the connection between astronomy and other courses, under the guidance of Professor Sinista, McGuffin searched for information and completed a thesis [On the deep connection between astronomy and other courses].

The above mainly exemplifies that celestial phenomena are related to the production of some potions, alchemy, and even the casting of advanced spells or advanced transformations, such as the transformation of Animagus.

And at the end of the thesis, McGuffin followed the idea of ​​Professor Sinista-discussed that when the Big Four built Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, they used their talents in astronomy and astronomy to make the castle full of so many incredible, difficult and profound magic.

McGuffin's flattery hit the professor's itch, so Gryffindor was rewarded with a lot of points, and task 3 (recognized by the astronomy professor) was also completed.

With only two days left, Professor Sinista's thesis will be published in the magic magazine "Divination: Astronomy", and McGuffin will be able to complete this task, which is enough to get talent points.

Relying on rewarding 12 talent points to speed up the learning of spells.

If this continues, he can easily defeat Malfoy, even win the duel championship this time, complete the task of Professor Flitwick, and then use his talent points to learn alchemy and complete the task of the broomstick...

Constantly triggering other tasks, falling into a virtuous circle... Soon he will be able to-

Punch Voldemort,
Kick the old bee,
Dominate Hogwarts... Hahaha! !
"Who dares to refuse to accept! Stand up for me!" McGuffin, who had held his breath for too long, was caught in the middle of YY and couldn't extricate himself.

Chi slip, Chi slip.

"McGuffin, MacGuffin..."

A distant voice came from outside my mind,
The two brothers shook the MacGuffin, interrupting his drooling reverie.

"Who would dare not..."

——It was so dangerous that I almost called out.

McGuffin looked up to see the strange expression on the twin's face.

"Um..." McGuffin was trying to make up a plausible reason to explain that he was confident enough to defeat Malfoy.

Unexpectedly, the two brothers turned to look pitiful for him, and came over to pat him on the shoulder together.

"I understand, we understand... Isn't it just an opening game? Let it go, work, losing to Malfoy is no big deal... Take it easy, we all understand..."

"Hey, I can really win... put it on me..."

The two waved their hands, and then walked away quickly, wondering if they were in a hurry to place the bet on other duelists.

And Hermione, Ron and the other two also stared at McGuffin dumbfounded.

He turned his head and saw the gazes of the two, and hurriedly explained, "I really don't give up on myself, I have the confidence to win..."

It's okay if you don't explain, but once you explain, the two nodded slightly, and quickly pulled McGuffin to sit down next to him and comforted him in a low voice, "I didn't expect you to have such a big pressure in your heart... I understand, we all understand..."

McGuffin's throat seemed to be blocked, he couldn't get up and down, and almost choked to death.

"What do you know..."

……

"I really - know what a fart!"

McGuffin wanted to cry, but it would be great if he really understood their thoughts at that time.

Realizing that he couldn't beat Malfoy, McGuffin gave up on the news that he was suspected of going crazy-after being understood by Harry's trio and the Weasley brothers.

They want to help McGuffin.

So several people asked in private——Professor Flitwick and Professor Quirrell can teach McGuffin privately.

Unexpectedly, the two professors agreed very easily after hearing that McGuffin valued the game so much, and secretly put so much pressure on themselves, such a worrying situation.

"We didn't expect it to be so easy. Even Professor Quirrell seems to be very enthusiastic about you! Although he seems to be able to tell you stories about dark wizards... But Professor Flitwick is the champion of the British Duel Competition. You can definitely learn something to deal with Malfoy..."

"Can Professor Quirrell not be enthusiastic and concerned?"

McGuffin forced a smile on his face, and his heart was on the verge of going crazy.

——Are you going to kill me before giving up?
"What are you talking about!" Hermione seemed to hear McGuffin whispering.

"It's nothing, it's nothing... I - really - thank you all!" (gritting teeth ~ middle)
MacGuffin laughed so hard that tears almost came out of his eyes.

(End of this chapter)