A sharp Hogwarts

Dahlia was now absent from almost all her first year classes at Hogwarts.

This made everyone clearly feel for the first time that Dalia's time at Hogwarts was counting down.

Although the reason given by the professors is that this can allow Dalia to better prepare for the exam, most people think that this is the last struggle.

After the semester started, Hermione, Percy and others spent most of their rest time helping Dalia collect various information. Everyone in Gryffindor House seemed to regard Dalia's assessment as a test for all Gryffindors. During the student test, they tried their best to help Dalia find a test center, hoping that she could successfully pass Friday's test.

However, Dalia doesn't have as much free time as people think, and the professors' make-up classes almost seamlessly fill up her schedule.

Professor McGonagall was stricter than ever about her knife skills training. Even if Dalia used a different type of kitchen knife, Professor McGonagall did not relax her requirements.

Professors Flitwick and Sprout took Dalia to identify various spices, herbs, and ingredients whenever they had free time.

There are more optional ingredients in the magic world than in the non-magic world, and most magic dishes above the basic level will use some magic materials.

On the other hand, Dalia vaguely felt that Professor Snape was getting weirder and weirder after Christmas——

It's not that his character or behavior has become weird, but Professor Snape seems to have begun to intentionally avert her gaze, and at the same time he doesn't move around her much.

Dalia seemed to have become an ordinary Gryffindor student. Of course, after-school tutoring on Potions was inevitable.

Professor Snape found a lot of test papers from nowhere and gave them to Dalia, giving her until Thursday to finish them.

Those test papers were not only about Potions, but also about Transfiguration, Charms, Defense against Darkness, etc.

And from what Professor Snape said, these test papers should be the original content of Friday's exam - Dalia didn't know how he got it, and she didn't know how many extras Dumbledore deliberately added. However, considering the previous agreement, she still planned to complete the question bank as much as possible and get a higher score.

The question-sea tactic is not a pleasant thing, but it is definitely the most effective and crude solution when it comes to exam taking.

In addition, Dalia will continue to participate in Quidditch training three nights a week...

Mrs. Hooch still insists on that view. If Dalia fails to pass Friday's assessment, she can at least stay as an assistant referee.

Professor Snape had reservations about this. He believed that Dalia should focus all her energy on preparing for the next examination.

However, both Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall agree that appropriate outdoor exercise helps to learn and relax better.

On the other hand, the Gryffindor players also strongly agreed with Mrs. Dalia Hooch's point of view.

"Magic food is not everything. Many excellent Quidditch players can't even make a table of qualified magic food."

Angelina Johnson comforts Daria during a particularly wet and muddy session.

"Even if you don't pass the student status review, you can still apply for a job as a Quidditch referee in the future."

"The premise is that Dalia must have enough refereeing experience, but..."

Oliver Wood frowned and said, he suddenly sighed.

For the first time, Gryffindor's devil training captain took the initiative to fly down from the sky and landed next to Dalia.

"Maybe you should spend your time in the library instead of continuing training with us here -" anxin

"Wood? Did Snape cast some weird spell on you, or did you lose your brain?!"

Fred looked at Wood in confusion, screamed strangely and touched Wood's forehead.

However, his movements were heard in mid-air.

"Dalia may not be able to referee the next game."

Wood took a deep breath, looked at Dalia who fell back to the ground with a complicated expression, and said softly.

"At the end of Potions class today, I heard Professor Snape discussing the Quidditch match with Mrs. Hooch."

"As expected, Professor Snape will serve as the assistant referee in the next match between us and Hufflepuff on the weekend."

"Snape to be the referee?!"

George jumped off the broom and looked at Wood in disbelief.

"Why has he ever been a referee for a Quidditch match?! Everyone knows that he hates Quidditch the most!"

The other team members also fell back to the ground and started talking around Wood.

"There's no way," Wood said, "Hufflepuff will definitely not refuse, because Snape will only target Gryffindor -"

"And it will also prevent Dalia from playing, if he does this every game..."

Betty added quickly, giving Dalia a worried look.

That would actually be good, Dahlia thought, if Snape offered to work part-time in every future game.

Mrs. Hooch and Dumbledore helped her apply for a formal establishment, and she had just signed a six-year contract with Hogwarts.

Regardless of whether she plays as an assistant referee or not, the school will pay her a minimum salary every month and provide her with free meals and accommodation.

The purpose of Snape's actions was actually to simply want her to stay in the castle with peace of mind, or...

Dalia glanced at her little cousin who looked at her with concern, and wouldn't she be allowed to train with Harry?

Training continued without Dalia revealing the special contract she had signed.

The magical contract at Hogwarts had a confidentiality clause, and she didn't want to break it.

However, before they finished training a round of basic tactical moves, Wood suddenly dived from the goal post like an eagle.

A few seconds later, everyone discovered the target of Wood's "hunt": Draco Malfoy.

He seemed to have slipped in quietly through the tunnel and was lingering at the entrance to the stadium.

"Spy! Obviously, Marcus sent him to get information, right?!"

Wood grabbed Malfoy by the collar and pulled him over from the edge of the court.

All the Gryffindors gathered around, staring at Malfoy with unkind expressions, as if they were lions staring at their prey.

Quidditch training at Hogwarts is applied for in batches, and the daily usage time is arranged just like the class schedule.

Theoretically, when an academy trains, trainers have the right to attack and expel all uninvited guests.

"I, I'm here to help..."

Draco Malfoy said, looking even paler than usual.

He looked around, his eyes fell on Dalia, and he hesitated.

"I heard you might be in trouble, and I happen to have some information—"

"Help? Slytherin, the noble Mr. Malfoy? That's astonishing!"

George said exaggeratedly. Although his voice was full of fun and joking, his eyes were extremely disgusting.

"Honestly, the best news right now is that Professor Snape has unfortunately broken his leg. Oh, maybe your dad can lend him a cane."

All the Quidditch players laughed, except Dahlia and Malfoy.

She stepped forward and straightened Malfoy's messy collar.

"What's going on?" Dalia said, looking at him with lake-blue eyes, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"The assessment on Friday," Malfoy said, speaking quickly, "I heard my father and Mr. Greengrass discussing during the holiday. They invited all wizards who can't eat spicy food, many of whom are from In Hufflepuff, the dish selection items will be fixed on spicy taste, but if you really make a very spicy magic dish, the judges may spit it out as soon as they touch it with their tongues. Moreover, in addition to the magic dish assessment, They will also limit the release of magic... it must be a fire spell——"

"Sweet and spicy flavors, and review of fire magic?" Dalia frowned slightly, "Okay, is there any other news?"

Draco Malfoy nodded.

"There is another question, which is said to be an additional question..." he said confusedly.

"Extras?"

"Well, I didn't understand it very well. It seems that the judges have an advanced version of your assessment."

Draco Malfoy struggled to remember what he had overheard.

Fortunately, my father asked this question several times at that time.

"Well...it seems to say..."

"The advanced version is that you have to use the same main ingredient to cook appetizers, main dishes, soups, desserts, drinks..."

"With each additional item, your score will be higher, and it seems that you can unlock rewards in turn - I don't know the details, but it sounds like it should be very important, because the Minister of Magic is also here, and many people are here We were discussing in the living room, but my father found out the rest of the content before I heard it——"

"Oh, a sweet and spicy magical dish, and a whole feast of certain main ingredients - I understand."

Dalia nodded slightly. This was a hidden content that even Dumbledore didn't know.

At the same time, this is also an additional assessment for the Ministry of Magic...

The comprehensive magic test with such great fanfare on Friday was not just for her qualifications to stay in school.

Dumbledore also bet on the qualifications for further study in the Eastern Magical World and the permission to open the Oriental Magical Food Course.

In fact, Dumbledore himself had little expectations for the latter item.

The "private teaching" he applied for was just to help Dalia explain the origin of her Eastern magic food.

If Hogwarts is really going to open some Oriental Magic Cuisine course, the current conditions are obviously not particularly mature yet.

At least in Dumbledore's opinion, unless he puts aside his leisurely days as a headmaster and stands on the podium again, no one can teach this course for the time being: this proposal is nothing more than a proposal to the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards. A step up so that Dalia doesn't get the perfect score.

As a junior student, if Dalia really passed all the assessments perfectly, the Ministry of Magic would still be somewhat embarrassed.

Therefore, Dalia and the others should have been completely unaware of all the additional requirements and assessment content.

The promises Dumbledore made to Dalia were also those mentioned before.

only……

Dalia raised her eyebrows slightly.

Now that someone has missed a question, it’s hard to say.