Harry Potter: The Atypical Alchemist

Now, it was Dumbledore's turn to have a headache.

In Stone's view, Dumbledore added 170 points to Gryffindor in one go, obviously because he wanted them to win the Academy Cup.

The extra points are reasonable, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and even Neville, no problem, they all deserve extra points, but it is unreasonable to add just more points than the original first place.

Therefore, whether Ravenclaw can win the Academy Cup depends on what Dumbledore does.

The students in the audience also held their breath, waiting for the final decision.

Finally, Dumbledore spoke:

"Okay, okay, we must recognize Mr. Capet's contribution to the school. According to the school rules of Hogwarts, I should award Ravenclaw fifty points.

"In this case, Ravenclaw's score becomes four hundred and eighty-three.

"I announce that the winner of this year's House Cup is Ravenclaw House! Congratulations!"

Dumbledore finally patted his hand that was hanging in the air.

The next moment, the green hanging ribbons turned into blue, and the silver ones turned into white; on the ceiling, the huge Slytherin snake disappeared, replaced by a Ravenclaw bronze eagle soaring into the sky.

"boom--"

In an instant, the auditorium exploded.

Ravenclaw cheered; Gryffindor beat his chest; Slytherin gloated; Hufflepuff was still calculating.

Various sounds were mixed together, and the auditorium seemed to have turned into a vegetable market.

In front of the teachers' table, Stone took the trophy and shook hands with Fudge.

"The Ministry of Magic will send an owl to you for specific matters," Fudge said.

"Okay," Stone said.

Then, Fudge turned to Dumbledore and shook his hand, "Then, I won't interrupt your year-end dinner."

"Goodbye, Minister Fudge," said Dumbledore.

"Goodbye."

Fudge walked towards the door of the auditorium along the same route. Ravenclaw students cheered him on the way. Fudge took off his hat, smiled and said hello before leaving Hogwarts.

Stone returned to the Ravenclaw table with the trophy.

As the trophy was being passed around, the choir in front of the stage was ready. The commander, Professor Flitwick, stood on the tall wooden box with a beaming face and waved his wand vigorously.

The piano that had been hidden in the back automatically pressed the switch. Amidst the sweet sound of the piano, the choir students sang the praises of Hogwarts.

The music was beautiful and the students were intoxicated, but Stone, who was squeezed in the middle, was not very optimistic.

From a certain perspective, he and Fudge stabbed Dumbledore in the back.

Until the end of the dinner, Stone still sat at the long table.

Seeing that Stone was stunned again, the people around him did not disturb him and left one after another.

Not only Ravenclaw, but also the three little Gryffindors gave up their thoughts of coming to congratulate and walked towards the side door together.

Just after crossing the threshold, Hermione stopped and said to Harry and Ron:

"You guys go back first, I have something else to do."

The two shrugged, knowing what it was without asking. Waving their hands, they walked towards Gryffindor Tower together.

Hermione stood next to Stone and raised her face:

"congratulations."

"Huh?" Stone came back to his senses and raised his head, "Hey, are you willing to talk to me?"

"Humph! Forget it if you don't want to hear it!" Hermione turned and left.

"I want to hear! I want to hear~" Stone grabbed her arm, "What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly, please say it again."

"Hmph~" Hermione still raised her face, but she had already sat down next to Stone and said:

"I said - congratulations to you for winning the Academy Cup for Ravenclaw." After a pause, she added: "But - why do I feel that you are not very happy?"

"You should be able to tell that Dumbledore wants your college to win, right?"

"...Yes." Hermione curled her lips, "But wasn't it disturbed by you?"

"That's not the point." Stone said helplessly, "I just reached an agreement with Fudge."

Then, Stone told Hermione what happened during the award ceremony.

"He threatened you?" Hermione said, "But that's not right. The trophy has already been taken out. It's impossible for Fudge to go back on his word. You can completely refuse him?"

"There are benefits, why should I refuse?"

"...So, the situation becomes - you and Fudge team up to trick Gryffindor and Headmaster Dumbledore, right?"

"The main responsibility is not mine, I just passively accepted it..."

"Then why are you unhappy?"

"Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet." Stone glanced around and said, "Originally I did think so, but when Fudge left just now, I suddenly realized that his purpose was not pure."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you feel that Fudge's hand is stretched a little too long?" Stone lowered his voice, "Dumbledore is responsible for all matters at Hogwarts, but he came over and interfered with the Academy Cup. At the same time, I also received praise from many students..."

"Is it that serious? Is it just a coincidence and you're just overthinking it?"

"I think so." Stone said with a headache.

It's one thing to accept the conditions and participate in the event to gain some benefits.

It's another thing to be used by outsiders to drive nails into Hogwarts.

"What are you going to do?"

"Emm..." Stone closed his eyes and tapped his forehead with his fingers.

After a long time, he opened his eyes, and eight big characters flashed deep in his eyes.

——Leniency for confession, strictness for resistance.

He stood up and patted Hermione on the shoulder, "You go back first."

"Have you figured out a way?"

"I don't know."

"okay, bye."

"Goodbye."

When Hermione walked towards Gryffindor, Stone also came to the third floor of the main castle.

There is a staircase on the third floor that leads directly to the principal's office on the eighth floor.

There was a protruding ashlar stone on the wall next to the stairs, which looked like a doorbell. Stone tentatively patted it.

Soon, the sound of stones rubbing against each other was heard in the passage, and the stone stairs rotated to reach the bottom.

After stepping on it, the stone stairs began to rotate upward again, and soon, the door of the principal's office appeared in front of Stone.

Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk. When he saw the person coming, he stopped writing:

"It's you, Stone, what's the matter?"

"Emm...do you know what Fudge and I said?"

"It's Minister Fudge, Stone." Dumbledore said, "I refused back then, but I knew about it."

"Um - okay." Stone stood there, thinking carefully and said, "There's one more thing... I seem to be... being used."