The Admiral of Hogwarts

The most direct result of the conversation between Enterprise and Lupin was that Lupin held a small extracurricular class on Defense Against the Dark Arts, but other than a few Gryffindors, no one signed up for this interest group.

At the end of November, the Ravenclaw team and the Slytherin team started their first match. Because of Veneto's presence, the Slytherin team members had to put away those dirty tricks beforehand to avoid triggering a counterattack from Ravenclaw.

In the second year, some Slytherin students, not believing in evil, tried to ambush Veneto in the corridor, but Veneto beat all five of them to the ground, and then piled these boys up in the corridor, making them a laughingstock for a long time.

In fact, if purely compared in terms of skill, the Slytherin Quidditch team is actually slightly stronger than the Ravenclaw team.

Especially this year, after the old Ravenclaw captain and several main players withdrew from the team due to graduation or exams, excluding Veneto's ability to shoot down opponents on the field, Ravenclaw's disadvantage is much more obvious than in previous years.

But in the match at the end of November, the Ravenclaw team still won. This was mainly because Quidditch does not restrict each team's equipment, and catching the Golden Snitch provides an absolute advantage.

So, throughout the match, even though Cho Chang's skill as a Seeker was a little worse than Malfoy's, the Nimbus 3 was clearly superior in performance to the Nimbus 2001.

As a result, even though Malfoy was indeed the first to spot the Golden Snitch in the match, Cho Chang still caught the Golden Snitch later.

And the biggest direct consequence of this match was that after the match, Massachusetts received a large number of inquiries from the UK, including several Quidditch clubs.

After all, the Quidditch matches at Hogwarts are not completely closed off. Sometimes, some people from outside the school are also allowed to watch the matches from the stands, so naturally some people realized the advantage of the Nimbus 3 broom that Cho Chang was riding.

"There's good news, we may be able to release our new broom a week early." The day after the match, Hugo received a message from Massachusetts through the Admiralty network.

"Because a karst-style underground cave was found at the location originally planned for the construction of the Earth's Core Furnace, it saved a lot of site construction time, and the progress of the furnace construction is also much earlier than planned."

"That's a good thing, it means we can get our goods into the Christmas shopping season." Hugo replied, "By the way, how is your stock level? I remember that several racing brooms were eliminated in the past because of insufficient production."

"Don't worry, we are industrializing production." Massachusetts said confidently, "Especially after the production of goblin silver is no longer restricted, our current production efficiency is even faster than the Nimbus series. As for the Firebolt, it is far from our opponent in terms of distribution speed."

"If that's the case, that's good." After receiving Massachusetts' affirmative answer, a smile appeared on Hugo's face. "Although the sales volume of this top-notch product is not large, the profit is very considerable, and it can drive a large industrial chain."

"More importantly, the definition of top-notch products means that the market capacity of this thing itself is limited. So, only if our production speed is fast enough can we occupy this market."

"That's not a big problem, because except for a few privately customized products made by traditional workshops, the only one that can compete with us is the Firebolt." Massachusetts explained.

"But because the Firebolt uses a lot of goblin silver as its core structure, the delivery of silver is a problem due to the goblins' penchant for jacking up prices and their artisan spirit. The output is very unstable."

After learning that everything was ready for the launch of the Nimbus 3, Hugo seemed very excited, because these industries were very important to him. In addition to bringing him a lot of wealth, the main benefit was that he could gather more manpower.

With the expansion of the industries of Hood and the others in recent years, they now provide enough jobs for at least half of the unemployed Muggle-born or Half-blood wizards in the UK, and then organize these people.

Although these people have not been organized for a long time, the ship girls are confident enough to produce an organization that is united enough internally and has a certain combat capability in a year or two.

After receiving these good news, Hugo felt a lot of happiness in his heart, and this also offset a lot of the oppressive feeling brought about by the recent bad weather.

After all, since October, the wind and rain in Hogwarts had not stopped much, and it continued until December before there were some signs of gradually stopping.

However, relative to before, there was one piece of good news during this period, that was that the Dementors no longer dared to approach the school campus.

This was partly because Headmaster Dumbledore's anger really scared them, and partly because the howler letters that the parents sent to Fudge like raindrops forced the Ministry of Magic to take more measures to restrict these hateful monsters.

Two weeks before the end of the semester, the sky suddenly cleared, presenting a dazzling eggshell white, and the muddy ground was covered with a layer of shining frost one morning.

Inside the castle, there was a Christmas atmosphere everywhere.

Charms teacher Professor Flitwick had decorated his classroom with shimmering light sources, which were actually real little fairies constantly fluttering their wings. The students were happily discussing their holiday plans.

"This Christmas, Dad said he would take the whole family skiing in France." After receiving a letter from home, Hermione happily waved the letter in her hand and said to Hugo.

"If I'm not mistaken, we're going to a famous ski resort in the Alps. I saw it on TV before. I heard it's a very beautiful place."

"A vacation in France, that is indeed good news." Hugo said after looking at the letter. After all, the Alps are one of the most famous ski resorts in Europe. And it just so happens that he can go there to summon some French ship girls.

In the last week before the holiday, everyone can go to Hogsmeade once again. For most third-year students except Harry, this is something that makes everyone happy.

"Remember, when we go to Hogsmeade tomorrow, we should buy more Fizzing Whizbees. Mom and Dad really like this snack." Hermione whispered to Hugo while reading a book in the library the night before.

"Don't worry, I'll remember." Hugo put down a book on alchemy in his hand and said. Since participating in the alchemy competition last time, he now has the right to borrow alchemy books from the *Restricted Section* at any time, but he can't take them out of here.

So now, whenever he has free time, Hugo comes to the library to borrow these precious books that are regarded as treasures by some families outside.

On Saturday morning, because Veneto needed to go to the Anti-Magic Restaurant with Firefly to deal with some matters, Hugo and Hermione left Hogwarts early in the morning in the snow.

And as they passed through the Entrance Hall, they saw Harry standing pitifully on the steps, watching the students leaving the castle one after another to go to Hogsmeade.