demon hunter at hogwarts

Chapter 85 Underestimating the Enemy and Cowardice

In the Muggle world, injuries like a broken skull and severe concussion are quite serious and require emergency rescue.

And a series of unknown sequelae may very well cause an athlete to declare his career retiring.

But in the wizarding world, Madam Pomfrey, the highly capable school nurse, stepped in and it wouldn't take long to piece Walcott's skull together. Perhaps after a week of recuperation in the school hospital, he would be able to play games again. .

In fact, if the injury was not caused by magic, recovery would not be difficult.

The students, who were not surprised by this, regarded Walcott's injury as a minor episode and quickly turned their attention to the game.

Almost everyone believed that Gryffindor, which was behind by a big margin and had lost its main chaser, would suffer a disastrous defeat in this battle between old enemies, even Professor McGonagall and Lee Jordan were no exception.

As a result, Alia Spinnet used her performance to tell the audience what a surprise soldier is.

Although she doesn't fly fast and has a weak body, she can't take advantage of the confrontation, and her presence on the court is far less than that of her friend Angelina Johnson.

But her talent is that she can always appear in the most critical position and hit the goal.

Gryffindor quickly caught up with the score, and after about 10 minutes, the two sides tied at 130.

Charlie is not in a hurry to catch the Golden Snitch. In his opinion, Higgins' level is far behind him, and he will definitely not be able to catch the Golden Snitch. It is better to increase the net win while the team is at its peak. point.

Firstly, you can feel proud when facing Barnaby Lee and other Slytherins; secondly, you can also establish an advantage when the total score is calculated at the end of the entire game.

In the stands, Snape's face was livid. Although he was not personally interested in Quidditch, it was always unpleasant to see the academy lose, especially to Gryffindor.

Regulus concluded that at this moment, Snape must be thinking about how to deduct points from Gryffindor to balance his mood.

"...Husky and Flint collide, the ball drops, and Angelina gets the Quaffle! She dodges Warrington and passes to Alia! Wonderful fake move, Alia cheats After passing the goalkeeper, the ball went in again! Gryffindor took the lead!" Lee Jordan jumped up and down holding the microphone, shouting particularly enthusiastically.

Three-quarters of the stands were cheering, and even Professor McGonagall was waving her arms excitedly to cheer for Gryffindor, acting like a fanatical fan.

"Unfortunately, we are probably going to lose this game." Regulus said helplessly to Snape.

"Thank you for your explanation, I think I can understand the score!" Snape said fiercely through his teeth.

The momentum of the Slytherin team plummeted, and the situation was completely reversed. Gryffindor scored consecutive goals and became a forty-point lead. Charlie also began to look for the snitch, preparing to end the game.

The players were very frustrated. After Seeker Higgins barely dodged the Bludger thrown by George, he discovered that Gryffindor had scored another goal.

He punched the air with his right fist and cursed.

Then his expression changed instantly, from anger to disbelief to ecstasy.

He hurriedly reached into his right sleeve with his left hand and took out a small golden ball with silver wings.

Seeing this scene, Charlie stopped diving, Derek was almost knocked off the broom by the Bludger, and even Heskey took advantage of the Slytherin goalkeeper to secretly throw a ball, and the Quaffle hit the knocker and missed. , fell into Flint's hands.

The audience was silent, and even the referee, Mrs. Huo Qi, forgot to blow the whistle.

Until Higgins raised the Golden Snitch high, several green figures flew to the center of the court, surrounding him.

The Slytherin audience suddenly woke up and cheered excitedly.

"As everyone can sadly see, Higgins miraculously caught the Golden Snitch, Slytherin added 150 points, and the game ended with the score 280 to 180... Although it is unbelievable, this is called a Prenton counterattack Legendary skills are indeed rare... Although I always think this is just his good luck, I believe everyone feels the same..." Lee Jordan explained incoherently until the solemn-faced Professor McGonagall snatched away the microphone.

On the other side, Snape raised the corners of his mouth, brushed the black hair out of his eyes to the side, and clapped his hands quickly and mechanically.

Higgins became a hero, and Flint and Warrington carried his legs on his left and right sides and flew to the Slytherin auditorium to greet the cheers of his classmates.

In sharp contrast, Charlie Weasley knelt dejectedly in the middle of the pitch, while his Gryffindor teammates went to comfort him.

"It just happened to him!" Wood was still angry, while Fred and George threw their bats far away to the edge of the court to vent their dissatisfaction.

Flint put Higgins on the stand, and Higgins hurriedly ran to Regulus, gasping and saying excitedly: "I did it, Professor Black, we won!"

"Congratulations, you've done a good job. However, the Prenton Copy Technique can only be used once. You can't expect to have such an opportunity every time." Regulus poured some cold water on them at the right time.

Higgins blushed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

"There are still two rounds of competition, you shouldn't be satisfied with this, right?"

"Of course not!" Marcus Flint said with his head held high, "We will let Slytherin's name be engraved on this year's Academy Cup!"

Everyone went back to the common room to celebrate their victory.

10 minutes later, a remote corner near the Forbidden Forest with no one around.

"What are you doing here?" Regulus stared at the big black dog in front of him, his tone unkind.

Then, he suddenly took a few steps forward, casually grabbed a silver fabric that was as smooth as liquid.

Harry Potter's thin figure appeared in the air.

"Bring Harry to see the school ball game, don't make a fuss." The big black dog turned back to his human form.

"Where did this invisibility cloak come from? Did you buy it new?" Regulus looked at the fabric in his hand and handed it back to Sirius.

"It belongs to James and was borrowed by Dumbledore. After James... passed away, this invisibility cloak has been kept in Dumbledore's hands. He felt that it should be returned to Harry." Sirius stuffed the invisibility cloak back Harry's hands.

"What does Dumbledore need the Invisibility Cloak for?" Regulus had seen Dumbledore's powerful Disembodiment Spell. He was convinced that a wizard of Dumbledore's level would not need an Invisibility Cloak at all if he wanted to hide himself.

"Maybe it's for research. This is James's family heirloom. It may be older than Phineas... If it were the hair of an invisible beast or a cloak cast with the Disguise Charm, it would have been ineffective long ago." Sirius did not agree. I can say that with certainty.

"Even if this invisibility cloak is very powerful. How did you get in? The castle gate is closed. Without permission, you can't just enter the castle from the school's fireplace." Regulus asked.

"I drew this map. No one knows the secret passages of Hogwarts better than me." Sirius took out the Marauder's Map and showed off, "We used floo powder to come out from the fireplace of the Hog's Head pub and then pointed it out. Call it the shack and go through the secret passage below..."

Before he finished speaking, his eyebrows knitted together.

"Harry, hide now, Snotlout is coming."

I saw that the small dot marked Severus Snape on the Marauder's Map was approaching quickly.

Sirius turned into a big black dog again, huddled up and hid at Harry's feet. Harry carefully covered his body with the invisibility cloak and held his breath.

Less than a minute later, Snape appeared here in black robes.

"Black, what are you doing here? Aren't you going to celebrate your victory with those brats?" Snape was a little confused when he saw Regulus. His dark eyes glanced back and forth, looking around.

"I've been staying in the castle for a long time, and occasionally I go out for a walk, and I happen to come here. What about you, Severus? Are you here for a walk too?" Regulus asked in return.

"Next week's lesson is on the invisibility potion, but the Acromantula venom has run out. The owl I sent to order was sent back, saying that it is not available in stock at the moment." Perhaps because of his victory over Gryffindor, Snee Pu was in a good mood and said a few more words.

"Need help?" Regulus knew that fresh and hot Acromantula venom could indeed be obtained in the woods, but the risk was not as high as usual.

"It's just a few bugs, I can handle them." Snape shook his head and strode away.

"You'd better take the road on the left. There is a thorn forest on the right!" Regulus shouted to Snape's back with his black robe fluttering.

Snape raised the wand in his hand and walked straight into the Forbidden Forest without stopping.

After confirming that Snape was gone, Sirius and Harry emerged from under the invisibility cloak again.

"Old Snotlout is still so unreasonable." Sirius stared at the direction where Snape disappeared with disgust, "Are you quite polite to him?"

"You saw what happened in the game just now. He helped." Regulus said fairly.

The students couldn't see it, but with Sirius's eyes, they could naturally see that Snape had cast a spell to save people.

He had nothing to say about this, so he had to change the topic: "Speaking of the game, the Weasley family's Seeker actually underestimated the opponent. It was so frustrating to lose this game."

"It's really strange that the word 'underestimating the enemy' can come out of your mouth." Regulus said sarcastically, "Don't you always have your eyes above your head and look down on everyone?"

"That's because of strength!" Sirius scratched his neck and looked very unconvinced, "This kind of thing has never happened to James when he was playing!"

"If I remember correctly, when I was in fourth grade, I defeated the 'invincible' James." Regulus corrected him.

"If you said you bumped into the stands to catch the snitch, well, James said you must be crazy. If you bump into someone like that, someone will die." Sirius shook his head and pointed at Regulus and explained to Harry. , "This guy, in order to win a football match, suffered multiple fractures all over his body and lay in the school hospital for a week."

"Wow!" Harry's mouth opened into an O shape.

"Seekers should have this awareness, either catch the Golden Snitch or die on the court." Regulus said lightly, "It's getting late, and you definitely can't enter the castle for lunch. This is Huo Gwartz’s rules.”

"We can go to Hagrid's place. He has all kinds of interesting animals. You will like them." Sirius pulled Harry happily.

Regulus did not continue to care about them. This was Dumbledore's territory anyway. If Sirius went too far, the old headmaster would definitely take action.

"Since you returned the Invisibility Cloak to them, you have already foreseen that this kind of thing would happen, right?" Regulus cursed Dumbledore while bidding farewell to his godfather and son, preparing to return to the castle.

At the door of the cloister, he met Tonks.

At this time, Tonks seemed to be in a bad mood. Her hair had turned a listless yellow color and was draped messily on her shoulders, like a ball of straw.

"Uncle...Professor Black." Seeing Regulus approaching, Tonks took the initiative to stop him.

"Is there a problem?"

Tonks was hesitating and speechless. Regulus looked around and saw that there were quite a lot of students in the corridor.

"Let's talk in my office."

5 minutes later, Regulus's office.

"You know, we are graduating next year, and I have always wanted to be an Auror." Tonks organized her words.

"I've seen your transcript. Your grades in Charms, Transfiguration, and Potions are all good. If you keep it up, it won't be a problem to get the NEWTs certificate. What's more... you are also a rare Disguise Magus. This is A big bonus. Becoming an Auror is not difficult for you. As for Defense Against the Dark Arts, I believe my students will be fine."

Faced with Regulus's comforting smile, Tonks forced a grin and shook her head.

"I'm not too worried about my grades. I even secretly wrote a letter to Mad-Eye. He promised me that if I became an Auror, he would train me." Tonks said, "But my mother firmly disagreed with me. Instead of being an Auror, she thought I should get a safe, desk-bound job at the Ministry of Magic, or get married early and become a housewife."

"Andromeda told you that?" Regulus was a little confused.

"She had relented before, but after Halloween, her attitude suddenly changed again. She said... if I dare to become an Auror, then... she will... sever ties with me." At this point, Tonks He rubbed his red eyes.

Regulus immediately understood that after the two Halloween riots, Andromeda should have learned the news that Voldemort was still alive through some channel.

If being an Auror during peacetime can be considered a dangerous profession, then being an Auror during Voldemort's time would most likely be able to book the title of a combat hero.

"She always thinks that I am a child and should be as cowardly and careless as she is..." Tonks complained dissatisfiedly.

"Listen, you don't know your mother. Andromeda was never a weak person." Regulus interrupted her complaint.

Tonks sniffed and stared up at Regulus, her eyes full of disbelief.

"During the last war, you were still ignorant. But being an Auror is not just a house game." Regulus met Tonks' questioning gaze and said seriously, "I hope you can understand. Why did you choose to be an Auror? Is it to prove yourself? Or to grudge against Andromeda? Or for some other reason?"

Tonks wanted to say something, but Regulus put his index finger on his lips and shook his head.

"You don't need to answer me now. There are still a few months before the employment consultation for graduates. If you are still firm in your choice by then, I will help you convince Andromeda."

Tonks's eyes lit up.

"Really?"

"of course."

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