The Admiral of Hogwarts

"I've heard about that. For example, the Firebolt that just came out this summer already had a batch of experimental samples released to the market around Christmas last year," Zhang Qiu, a longtime Quidditch fan, muttered quietly.

"The Tutshill Tornados' Seeker once used a trial version of the Firebolt and, with overwhelming advantage in a match against the Holyhead Harpies, snatched the Golden Snitch right in front of the Holyhead Harpies' Seeker—"

Because of the whispers among a few experienced players, everyone's attention was drawn over. So, with everyone's encouragement, Vineto carefully used the key attached to the box lid to unlock the box.

After opening the lid, a beautiful, gleaming flying broomstick appeared before everyone's eyes. Seeing this, Vineto took the broomstick out of the box and gently released her hand.

It hovered in mid-air, without any support, at just the right height for her to mount. Her eyes traveled from the golden anchor mark at the very top of the flying broomstick all the way down to the completely smooth, streamlined tip.

"There's an instruction manual here," Hugo stepped forward and took a piece of parchment from the box. Then, under everyone's expectant gaze, he began to read.

"The Daydream 3 Flying Broomstick adopts the most advanced modern manufacturing technology. Its handle is exquisitely crafted from North American alder wood, streamlined and beautiful, and treated with a strong polishing agent, with hand-carved emblems."

"Each bristle at the tail of the product has been carefully selected to ensure perfect streamlining. Therefore, this product has achieved an unprecedented perfect combination of balance and precision."

"According to testing, the Daydream 3 Flying Broomstick accelerates to 160 miles per hour in just 8.6 seconds and has built-in braking facilities and powerful dark magic defense capabilities to match the power."

After reading the instruction manual, Hugo subconsciously raised his eyebrows. Obviously, the ship girls' positioning of this flying broomstick was as a top-tier professional broom, so even the promotional language was imitating the Firebolt.

But thinking about it, this broom itself is not a cheap product in terms of cost, and it incorporates a series of top-notch alchemical techniques, so naturally it is more suitable to take a professional route.

"Accelerates to 160 miles per hour in just 8.6 seconds?" Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Davis exclaimed, "If that's true, then it means this broom is even better than the Firebolt."

After hearing Davis say this, everyone chattered even more excitedly. So, that afternoon during Quidditch practice, almost one-third of the Ravenclaw students came to the training grounds, wanting to see this new broom.

Because the tag on the broom said it was a trial product, Vineto used the excuse that she needed to collect more data and let the Ravenclaw team members try out the new broom one by one, while she sat in her seat and slacked off.

However, in everyone's eyes, this became Vineto's generosity, a very generous act of being willing to share her happiness with everyone, which greatly boosted her popularity.

"Fantastic, this broom is fantastic," Zhang Qiu, the first to try it, said with an excited face after jumping off the broom.

"This is the best-handling broom I've ever seen. It turns with just a very light touch, as if obeying my thoughts rather than my actions."

"And from a speed perspective, this broom is impeccable. I've never flown across the field at such a speed; I even saw everything on the ground become blurry just now."

Zhang Qiu's comments immediately attracted everyone present, so other team members took turns to experience the new broom. And everyone who came down from the broom invariably praised it.

In addition to the team members, several students who had tried other brooms before also felt the new broom. Although no one present had ridden a Firebolt, those who had experienced the Nimbus series believed that this broom had a generational difference compared to the Nimbus 2001.

After everyone had tried the broom, Vineto announced that because she was only a substitute and there was only one broom, she had decided to temporarily lend the broom to Seeker Zhang Qiu.

This was actually Massachusetts' suggestion, because she believed that since this broom called Daydream 3 was released later than the Firebolt, it was necessary to take a series of marketing measures to smooth out the time gap with the main competitor.

So, in addition to the broom sent to Vineto, they had been looking for collaborators in the wizarding world everywhere since the summer, hoping to promote the broom.

And their efforts were not without results. At least several Quidditch teams, including the Holyhead Harpies, and several Quidditch national teams had incorporated the Daydream 3 broom into their equipment.

Among them, the United States National Team and the Irish National Team, after more than a month of testing, clearly expressed their intention to purchase mass-produced Daydream 3 brooms.

Of course, the Ravenclaws present did not know these things behind the scenes. But Vineto's willingness to lend the broom clearly boosted the morale of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.

Slytherin was not the only house that was tricked by switching the match order. Ravenclaw, who had originally trained to face Hufflepuff, was also tricked.

Fortunately, Ravenclaw itself advocates playing with brains, so the losses were not too heavy with a pre-planned strategy. But even so, every team member was furious.

"We must teach Slytherin a lesson this time," Zhang Qiu, who usually seemed a little introverted, said to everyone while holding the Daydream 3. "Let them know that these little tricks are useless against us."

Soon, the first match of the year arrived. After waking up in bed that morning, Hugo heard the rumbling of thunder in the sky, the sound of the wind hitting the castle walls, and the sound of trees breaking in the distant Forbidden Forest.

And when he met up with Hermione and Vineto to go to the Great Hall for dinner, he noticed that this storm was the biggest he had seen in more than two years at Hogwarts.

Because the weather was too dark, the candles and torches that were originally only lit at night were all burning quietly. From time to time, they could hear the gloating laughter of the Slytherin students.

"You're here early today." Perhaps because he arrived relatively early, there were not many people in the Great Hall. So Hugo saw Harry eating at the table at the first moment and went up to say hello.

"Morning—" Harry waved his hand weakly. Obviously, today's weather was really too bad, which made him worry about the upcoming game.

"Oh, you might need this." After chatting for a few minutes, Hermione suddenly seemed to remember something, pulled out her wand, and said to Harry, "Give me your glasses."

Harry immediately took off his glasses and handed them to Hermione. Hermione tapped Harry's glasses lightly with her wand and said, "Waterproof and damp-proof!" In an instant, a magical force enveloped the glasses.

"It's raining today, and you might not be able to find your target while wearing glasses. Now, the water won't interfere with your glasses," Hermione said, handing the glasses back.

"You're so thoughtful, thank you." Harry thanked her from the bottom of his heart. To be honest, even he, who wears glasses, hadn't thought about what would happen in this kind of weather.

After chatting for a few more sentences, the Gryffindor team members also walked in from the entrance of the Great Hall one after another. So Hugo and the others said goodbye to Harry and returned to their seats.

"I have never seen such despicable and shameless people in the world!" After sitting down in her seat, looking at Malfoy at the Slytherin table boasting that if his ribs were fine, he could beat the other teams to a pulp, Hermione muttered with a displeased expression.

"There will always be imperfect places in this world," Hugo shrugged and said. "And the greatest significance of the existence of these trash in the world is to set off the beauty of the world."