Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 95 The Reward of Courage

Next, Peter began to announce the list and scores of the remaining [-] advanced students. These students were very anxious when their scores reached around [-], and it was difficult to widen the gap with others. Many students shared their rankings for each score.

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"Tie No.20 for six, Susan Bones from Hufflepuff, 210 points."

"Tied for No.20 and six, Qiu Zhang from Ravenclaw College, with 210 points."

"Six tied for No.20, Christine Evan from Slytherin College, with 210 points."

Hearing Kristin Evan's name, Snape, who had been standing aside, moved a little: "Very good...Christin Evan..." He was panting as he spoke, "It's an honor...to score Tallest Slytherin student... ranked No. 20 six... very good..."

Although Snape's tone was full of sarcasm, Christine Evan stood up from the Slytherin stands unhurriedly, and bowed politely to his headmaster.

"Professor Snape, I'm really sorry I caused you trouble at Christmas."

But Evan's politeness didn't impress Snape at all, Snape curled his lips, anger flashed in his cold black eyes.

After apologizing, Christine Evan sat down calmly. He was surrounded by a large group of Slytherin students today, many of whom were obviously seniors. Peter saw Theodore Nott from the crowd , Watching Evan sit down, Nott chatted with him in a friendly whisper, with a low posture.

It seems that Evan has successfully gained a foothold in the Slytherin house, which values ​​blood most, as a Muggle-born.

Peter continued to announce the rankings. He thought of Seamus Finnigan, who often caused explosions in the classroom. It was said that Finnigan was detained by Snape for blowing up the cauldron in the first potions class. [-] percent, and then there was an outrageous rumor that Finnigan blew up Snape.

"If Longbottom... can also be selected, we can put Finnigan and Longbottom...in the same blasting team." Hearing Finnigan's name, Snape panted heavily, very commented harshly.

The ranking continued, and when Peter announced the last dozen or so students, Ron's face had turned pale, and the freckles on his cheeks were very conspicuous.

"How many points have you scored, Ron?" Hermione asked worriedly.

"One hundred... 160 points..." Ron's lips were a little dry.

Hermione frowned, and both she and Harry had an unpleasant scene in their minds: the two of them were studying in Professor Peddie Road's club, while Ron was alone in the Gryffindor common room, Alone and lonely looking at the burning fire.

"Tie No. 30 four," Peter continued to read, "Pavadi Patil from Gryffindor College, with 170 points."

"Tie No.30 four, Padma Patil from Ravenclaw College, 170 points."

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"Merlin's beard!" said Ron desperately. "Even Padma got higher grades than me! I really regret playing wizard chess with Sirius over the Christmas holidays, building crackling cards, and designing miniature Quidditch." The scene where the Chudley Cannons won the ball game!"

"It's all right, Ron," said Harry reassuringly. "It's only ten minutes away. Could it be that there are so many students who got exactly 170 points?"

Ron nodded in despair, and Hermione subconsciously squeezed his wrist tightly, sweating for him.

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"Tie No.30 four, Theodore Knott from Slytherin College, 170 points."

"Tie No.30 four, from Hufflepuff Justin Finchley, 170 points."

"No way! There are only two badges left!" Ron clasped his hands together and prayed for himself with the same vigor as Professor Trelawney, while Hermione crossed her fingers and watched Peter's wand count down anxiously Second badge.

Peter was also scanning the positions of Harry, Ron, and Hermione from the corner of his eye. He had been paying attention to whether Ron's name appeared. Selfishly speaking, he hoped that Ron could also advance and be the tip of his staff. Touching the penultimate badge, an unexpected name jumped out.

"Tie No. 30 four, Draco Malfoy from Slytherin College, 170 points."

Peter looked down the stage and saw Malfoy bowing his head, twisting his hands back and forth, while Snape next to Peter was expressionless and didn't make any comments. He was still breathing heavily, obviously He struggled with a wound that ran through his right shoulder.

Ron had no time to think about Malfoy, he put his face in his hands, and Hermione put an arm around his shoulder.

Peter's staff tipped heavily on the last badge, and then he breathed a sigh of relief—

"No. 40, Ronald Weasley from Gryffindor College, 160 points." Peter quietly winked at Ron, and saw Ron, Hermione and Harry almost bounced off their chairs, "Okay, that's all," he said with a smile.

He swung his wand wide and wide, and hundreds of badges flew down the stage again. Some were happy and some were sad. Some students re-pinned the badges on their chests happily, while others stuffed them into their pockets in annoyance. .

"Everyone is doing well, thank you for your enthusiastic participation," Peter said cheerfully, "the performances of the four colleges are - ah - comparable, and I also have to thank Madam Pomfrey for her extra effort in medical treatment , thanks to Professor Snape for advising me."

Snape didn't take any of Peter's favours, he looked pissed off - thanks to Christine Evan: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are indeed "comparable" and each has its own merits , only the Slytherin family was brutally crushed, and only four students barely advanced.

"Of course, we must not forget that there is another classmate who successfully advanced—" Peter raised his voice, "He is Neville Longbottom of Gryffindor, he scored 120 points, and we will add an extra Fifty points, in recognition of his courage to put all his eggs in one basket."

Dumbledore stood up from the stands and took the lead in applauding Neville. There was a burst of applause in the auditorium. Neville was flushed with excitement. He had never had such a glorious moment in his study career. Most of the time He's being criticized by Granny, reprimanded by McGonagall and Professor Snape, or the toad Raffle who's looking for him everywhere.

But Ron went pale again, and both Harry and Hermione looked at Ron in horror.

Neville, who originally scored 120 points, was added to 170 points, which meant that Ron's 160 points could not advance.

"Then what should I do, Professor Peddie?" Ron raised his hand and shouted.

"Mr. Weasley, I don't mind teaching 41 students." Peter said pleasantly.

The stone in Ron's heart finally fell to the ground. He didn't expect that the announcement of the ranking would be so twists and turns. Fortunately, there was no danger in the end.

"Look," Hermione said proudly, "how many times have I said—do not work hard today, you will be unlucky tomorrow, don't always put things off until the end—" At this point, her stern eyes turned to Ha Leigh shot, "And you, you too, don't you plan to wait until the end of the twentieth century to study your golden eggs?"

(End of this chapter)