Hogwarts: Where the Pokémon Are

Since the last time she communicated with the young Voldemort, Xia Lin has been looking for Riddle with irregular frequency.

Sometimes he didn't open the diary again for more than half a month, and sometimes he kept talking to Riddle for several days in a row. This uncertainty made Riddle feel as uncomfortable as a cat's claws scratching him.

But there is no way. It is Xia Lin who takes the initiative now.

When March was almost over, Xia Lin ushered in his first challenger.

A seventh year Gryffindor student.

He has collected six badges, and now only Xia Lin's Creation Badge and Snape's Glory Badge are left. He had tried to challenge Snape before, but Snape didn't care about martial ethics and directly fought for him. At present, no one in Gryffindor has obtained the badge of honor.

On the contrary, the Magic Badge, which was originally thought to be difficult, became the easiest badge to obtain after the Fear Badge and the Loyalty Badge due to Dumbledore's intervention.

But Snape couldn't do this. Xia Lin decided to find a time to have a good communication with Snape. Otherwise, if this situation continued, the Hogwarts Cup at the end of the term would simply be changed to the Slytherin Cup.

This challenge was arranged by Xia Lin on Saturday afternoon, at the club, and it was open to all students. So a lot of spectators came to the scene, and for a while the club seemed to be as lively as the first selection.

"Hurry up, Professor's game is about to begin!" Hermione kept urging. She didn't want to miss a wonderful game. "We can go there early and grab a closer position."

"I remember you didn't like Pokémon battles," Harry said as he walked quickly.

On the side, Ron, who was still stuffing chicken drumsticks into his mouth, nodded vigorously, vaguely agreeing with Harry's point of view.

"I just don't like to end up in this situation myself. I don't want to see the little lion and the cubs getting hurt." Hermione said calmly. In the Muggle world, there are many people who don't like sports but like to watch sports.

Ron swallowed the food in his mouth hard and said with a greasy mouth: "But I think your little lion doesn't think so. It likes to fight! It fights with Purgatory every day!"

"Little Lion doesn't have one! It's your Purgatory that provokes it!" Hermione said angrily.

However, both Harry and Ron knew that this was not true. The little lion was born as a Pokémon that loved fighting, but Hermione was too stubborn. She would always only choose the path she thought was best.

But they really didn't have time to argue here. Today was the first time someone challenged Professor Xia Lin. They all wanted to use this opportunity to study Xia Lin's Pokémon and fighting methods so as to prepare for future challenges.

The three little ones pushed through the crowd and squeezed forward by taking advantage of their small size.

"Wait a minute -" Neville followed them after seeing them. His face was red and he said embarrassedly, "I lost Seamus."

"Then just follow us." Ron hugged him welcomingly, and his greasy hands touched Neville's clothes.

Then he immediately screamed in mock exclaim, "How could I have been so careless? I'm sorry Neville, let me clean you up."

Ron picked up his new wand showily: "Clean--"

But there was a voice faster than him.

"Clean up!"

Hermione rolled her eyes. Ron had shown off his new wand like this more than once.

"Let's go!" she said impatiently.

But they did come a little too early. When the four of them arrived at the club, there were not many people here and the game had not started yet.

"Neville, how are you doing? Are you going to practice swordsmanship with the professor?" Hermione didn't want Harry and Ron. She and Neville were roommates, so they rarely communicated with each other.

"That's right." Neville nodded blankly. However, his energy seems to be much better recently than before. After his body began to change, Neville seemed to be growing in other aspects.

Of course, this refers to his magic.

"I think it will be good for me to stay in the reserve." Neville said seriously.

Harry didn't say anything. In fact, he was a little jealous of Neville, because Xia Lin paid a lot of attention to Neville and seemed to regard him as his favorite disciple.

But to be honest, Harry thought that anyone could have done better than Neville.

It wasn't long before Seamus came over with Dean. They sat next to Harry and the others. Seamus had some conflicts with Ron before, and he even always wanted to challenge Ron. But now, he has given up this idea.

After all, Ron's Pokémon lineup is very explosive even in the senior class, and it is really not easy to beat him.

"The battle is about to begin!" Hermione said.

On the field, Xia Lin had already been standing there waiting.

Because there are not many challengers now, he has not set any levels.

The wizard standing opposite him was from Gryffindor, his name was Mod, and he had two Pokémon, one was a giant crab and the other was a velvet goat.

"The rules of the challenge are two versus two. Only the challenger can exchange Pokémon and participate in the battle. The gym leader's initiative to take back the Pokémon is regarded as giving up."

On the side, Percy, who acted as a temporary referee, shouted seriously.

"Challengers please send out Pokémon at the same time!"

The challenger from Gryffindor took a deep breath, threw the Poké Ball hard onto the field, and pinched his wand at the same time.

"Come out, Big Crab!"

A red light flashed, and a large crab appeared in front of Xia Lin. It can be seen that this crab has been well bred and is likely to evolve in the near future.

Although Xia Lin already knew the student's Pokémon. However, he did not choose a highly targeted Pokémon, but specifically took out a restrained fire Pokémon.

——Fire Rock Rat.

"A Pokémon I've never seen before—"

Maud immediately became more stressed.

When the Fire Rock Rat is not releasing the flames on its back, its skin is green, and it looks a bit like a grass type or a normal type. Maud felt like she might have been targeted.

"I can tell you that this Pokémon is a Fire Rat, and it has a pure fire attribute. In terms of attributes, you are more advantageous." Xia Lin seemed to notice his worries and said with a smile.

After all, the purpose of the gym leader's existence is not to prevent trainers from obtaining badges, but to promote the growth of trainers. Today Xia Lin is going to show these little wizards how to deal with situations with unfavorable attributes.

Moreover, he may not have an advantage in terms of attributes, but if you think about it conversely, if you have inverse attributes, he will win!