A day of learning magic at Hogwarts

In this way, Ian Traister lost the first bet in his life, although the stake was only a pitiful ten knuts.

Of course, for more than a week after that, Ernie MacMillan often repeated the classic line in his ear:

"Believe Harry Potter!"

It turns out that Harry Potter is not worthy of belief at all. He fell off his broomstick less than 10 minutes into the game between Gryffindor and Slytherin; everyone was stunned at the time. It had to be temporarily suspended at that time.

Gryffindor, who lost their Seeker (they didn't even prepare a replacement Seeker), could only replace the substitute goalkeeper, and then the main goalkeeper and captain Oliver Wood temporarily guest-seeked the Seeker.

Gryffindor, who played with such a lineup, was undoubtedly beaten by Slytherin.

In the end, the disparity in the score was even close to that of the first Hufflepuff vs. Ravenclaw game.

This almost hilarious scene made Harry Potter the laughing stock of the entire Hogwarts almost overnight.

Discussion of his poor performance on the Quidditch pitch lasted almost until Christmas.

It must be said that some Gryffindor students over-praised him before the game when he was still a "secret weapon", which had a great counter-effect on the public opinion after the game.

Slytherin's Draco Malfoy played a key role in the public opinion after the game——

He would repeat triumphantly to almost everyone he met: "I have known that Porter would be like this. I have already suggested before that during the game, we should hold up the sheet and follow underneath to prevent Porter from falling... … They just didn’t follow my advice.”

Slytherin students even composed a song for Harry Potter to "praise" him for his outstanding contributions to Slytherin during the Gryffindor-Slytherin competition.

……

Of course, public opinion is not one-sided.

For example, Ian's friend Justin Finch-Leary once said during the competition: "There was something wrong with Potter's broomstick. It almost looked like he was trying to throw the rider off it. In the end, Potter I can barely hold on to the broomstick with only one hand..."

Most of the students in Gryffindor also hold the same view as Justin.

This view was of course unscrupulously ridiculed by Draco Malfoy and his gang: "Look, Potter has already begun to blame the broomsticks. So what should they blame for the next game? Is it the weather or Quidditch?" The turf of the stadium?”

Ian felt that Justin's words must be more in line with the truth.

When Harry Potter fell from the sky, he happened to be using a brass telescope to focus on the other person.

His broomstick was vibrating at that time, which was obviously abnormal.

Even the shabbiest broom in the school's broomstick shed would not be like this; what's more, the one Harry used should be the "Sweep Five Star" brand product exclusively used by the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Maybe someone had tampered with his broomstick in advance, or maybe there was a wizard on the court who cast a spell on him?

And there is a high probability that it is the latter. After all, if it is the former, you can find out the clues by just investigating the broomstick.

There are thousands of spectators on the Quidditch field, so it is not difficult for the spell caster to blend in among them.After doing all this, if you hide in the crowd, no one will find you.

"I hope it's Snape!" Ian immediately thought of the man who was allergic to shampoo, and he happened to be on the court at the time.

Due to Ian's prejudice, he felt that all the bad things in Hogwarts should be done by that man.

Of course there is one more point.

At the end of the game, when he reluctantly handed over ten Nats to Ernie McMillan——

Ian Traister suddenly realized an important truth:

That is, even the "savior" is not worthy of trust.

In other words, there has never been a "savior"!

……

And Harry Potter's current state is actually pretty good.

The physical fitness of wizards is different from ordinary people, especially when faced with such physical damage.When an average person encounters a serious car accident, he or she will most likely die.And even if a wizard encounters a serious car accident (this kind of thing can be seen in the "Daily Prophet" from time to time), as long as he is not crushed into a pulp immediately, there is a high probability that he will not die.

What's more, Harry Potter is a Quidditch player with better physical fitness than ordinary wizards.

It only took the seemingly ordinary Hogwarts school nurse Madam Pomfrey three days to help Harry, who had been thrown from a height of two hundred feet, be able to move around the school doctor's office on crutches.

Ian saw this with his own eyes. From a distance, he saw Harry Potter, who was covered in gauze and using a cane, chatting with a brown-haired girl at the door of the school infirmary.

With them was a gigantic figure eleven and a half feet tall in a moleskin coat.

There is no doubt that he must be Rubeus Hagrid, the Gamekeeper and Gamekeeper of Hogwarts, just by looking at his back.

The chat between the three of them didn't seem to be pleasant, and they seemed to be arguing about something.

Ian had no interest in those things... He turned around and walked down the stairs.

Then, he heard heavy footsteps coming from behind, and the stairs began to tremble.

Apparently, Rubeus Hagrid followed him down the stairs.

Ian stopped quickly, turned around, and looked at the face behind him that was covered by long unkempt hair and a thick tangled beard, as well as a pair of shining black beetle-like eyes.

"Good morning, Mr. Hagrid," Ian greeted politely, "Why are you here at the castle?"

"Drizzt, it's you!" Hagrid recognized the Hufflepuff freshman who had given him a small gift at a glance.

However, his mood didn't look very good, and he could even be said to be a little angry. He just chatted politely with Ian and said, "I just came to the castle to do some things. I have other things to do, so I will go back to the Forbidden Forest first."

"Goodbye, Mr. Hagrid!"

"Well, Drizzt. Come to my cabin for tea next time!"

Hagrid took long strides, surpassing Ian, and walked down the stairs first.

Ian heard him mutter: "Damn, how did I say Nick Flamel's name."

Nick Flamel?

Ian pouted and thought secretly in his heart:

Such a familiar name, it seems to be an abbreviation... In books, he is usually called "Nicholas Flamel"!The famous French alchemist of the fourteenth century and the legendary creator of the Philosopher's Stone.

Sure enough, people cannot be judged by their appearance.

The seemingly innocent Mr. Hagrid is actually quite involved in alchemy!

Ian couldn't help but feel a little emotional.