Hogwarts Wandering Wizard

Perhaps it was because of the approaching Halloween that the UK had a rare few days of good weather, but as the days entered November, the cold winter rain finally began to fall.

There is a tradition in the Quidditch team of Hogwarts School. When the seventh-year students are about to graduate in the last semester, they will basically choose to quit the Quidditch team and focus on future recruitment and the upcoming competition. NEWT in.

Of course, except for students who plan to continue their Quidditch career after graduation.

And because of this reason, the players on the Gryffindor team have been feeling erratic recently.

The composition of the Quidditch team in the Lions Court is relatively simple. Except for the goalkeeper who is third-year Oliver Wood and the seeker who is sixth-year Charlie Weasley, the chaser and beater are both seventh-year veterans. This team has indeed been working together for a long time, but just like this, they only maintained a record of one win and one loss when facing the Ravenclaw team, which was in full swing this year. And in the game half a month ago, they It can be said that he was defeated miserably by Ravenclaw.

Such a disastrous defeat, coupled with the fact that there was still one and a half months left in the semester, the veterans began to have their minds wandering during training. In addition to the two batsmen who worked well together and were ready to stick to the Quidditch path, the three pursuers The golfers also showed their intention to quit.

And when pregame training began on Friday evening, the retreat gradually turned into a quarrel.

The three Chasers were late for training for half an hour because of tutoring in rune lessons. Originally, this was just a small matter.But for tomorrow's game, Slytherin also obtained Snape's permission to use the Quidditch pitch. This forced Charlie, who finally waited for his teammates to arrive and had just flown into the sky, to leave the field in embarrassment.

As the captain, Charlie had nothing to do about this matter, but he was quite dissatisfied with his teammates for neglecting Quidditch training. A fierce quarrel broke out among several people after a series of quarrels.

However, such a quarrel will be fatal to tomorrow's game.

After the quarrel with Charlie, the three Chasers immediately angrily applied to him to withdraw from the team, and the quarrel went all the way to Professor McGonagall.

So when Eric came to the common room on Sunday morning, he saw Charlie Weasley wandering around, grabbing every student he met and asking him if he was interested in Quidditch.

"Eric, are you interested..."

When Charlie saw Eric walking down, he blurted out subconsciously. Then he realized that he was only a first-year student and abruptly cut off his words in mid-sentence.

"What's wrong? Charlie, you seem depressed."

Eric greeted him with a smile, and then used a branch of transfiguration and a summoning spell to conjure a cup of coffee and handed it to Charlie's hand: "Don't rush it so early in the morning, don't affect your mood for the day."

Charlie took the coffee he handed him, sat down in the chair with a sigh, took a sip, and said with a decadent expression: "I don't want to rush, but next week we will face Ravenclaw. If this If we lose the game again, we will have no chance of winning this year's Quidditch Cup."

"I heard from Fred that you talked to them again yesterday. Why, aren't they willing to come back?"

Eric summoned a bitter latte for himself and asked Charlie: "Even if they don't want to come back, don't you have any backup players?"

Charlie shook his head helplessly: "Our team has also trained many chasers, but everyone is no longer willing to play after losing once. Over time, there are fewer people signing up in the academy, but there are still two I am willing to participate in the competition, but even so, we still have one player missing."

He took a sip of coffee and turned his eyes to Eric's face. After hesitating for a while, he tentatively said, "I remember, Eric, you said you wanted to be a chaser, right?"

Eric raised his eyebrows and looked at Charlie Weasley, who seemed to be desperate and had already set his sights on his first-year self. He said speechlessly: "I am only a first-year person, and Professor McGonagall shouldn't be either. As for letting me appear."

"How do you know if you don't try!"

Charlie slapped his thigh suddenly, pulled Eric and ran quickly outside the lounge, and said with an excited expression: "I have seen your flight, you fly very well, even the previous chasers are not as good as you Excellent, let's go find Professor McGonagall, there are few people now, she will definitely agree."

The two strode across the floor, passing students one after another. They were surprised that Eric was being grabbed by the prefect, and they thought Eric had made another mistake.

But Charlie ignored the looks of these guys, walked through the corridor as if there was no one around, rushed to Professor McGonagall's office door, and started knocking on the door...

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Next to him, Charlie was communicating excitedly with Professor McGonagall, while Eric was in a daze, starting to learn about the driving proficiency skills that he had long forgotten in a corner.

"Driving proficiency: Current level: 4 (88%{}) - Class C driver (you are already a skilled driver and can skillfully drive various toy cars and remote control cars.)

Current level bonus: Movement speed +3%. When using a vehicle, this bonus is x2. "

This skill is not actually relegated to the shadows. As long as Eric takes flying lessons, the distance he flies with his broom will be recorded by it. However, the upgrade speed of this skill is really slow, such as those attack spells or defenses. Eric has basically upgraded his spells to two levels or even higher, but this skill has been stuck between 4 and 4 since it was upgraded to level 5 in the middle of last month.

Because the 1000 in the proficiency bracket refers to moving 1000 kilometers with a vehicle...

So every time Eric takes a class, in order to quickly increase his proficiency, he flies fast and fancy.

"I have indeed seen Mr. Foley's flying skills, but in the past century, there have been almost no first-year contestants in Hogwarts, and Principal Dumbledore has clearly said..."

Professor McGonagall was hesitant and was about to reject Charlie's request when an old voice suddenly came from the office door behind him.

"Perhaps our school rules can be changed appropriately. As you said, the inability of first graders to participate in the Quidditch team has only been a phenomenon for the past century. Besides, I have also seen Mr. Foley's flight. He Your talent is indeed outstanding, and if you refuse, Professor McGonagall, it will really be a huge loss to Gryffindor House."

Principal Dumbledore, wearing a white wizard robe, suddenly appeared at the door. He looked at Charlie and Eric who turned around with a smile, nodded to them with a smile, and then walked over and put his hands on their shoulders. On: "After all, the first graders can't compete just to prevent them from getting hurt, but Mr. Foley..."

A narrow smile appeared on the old professor's face, and he glanced at Eric: "Maybe we have to worry about the opponent's players."

"Principal Dumbledore!"

Professor Minerva McGonagall stood up, stared at Dumbledore's face carefully, frowned and replied: "But his flying well is different from the competition. The real competition is very dangerous... "

But halfway through her words, Dumbledore raised his hand to interrupt him, then turned to Eric and asked seriously: "I think it is necessary to inject new blood into the team, Minerva, this year All teams have added newcomers, and it has to be said that both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are very strong this year. But since you are worried about safety, Mr. Foley, do you have the courage to face it? Are there dangers on these pitches?”

"Of course, Mr. Principal." Eric looked at Dumbledore, who blinked twice, and replied with a smile: "I am a Gryffindor."

It was Charlie Weasley who proposed that Eric join the team, but when it came to fruition, he was the only one present who didn't react.

It wasn't until Dumbledore and Minerva communicated and sent a letter to Carl Foley and his wife that Charlie finally recovered, but he still looked at Eric like a confused owl.

"So, this is a success?"