Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 130 Stressful

   "I really didn't expect Professor Broad to give you such a high evaluation." Katrina's face was complicated, or she was very unconvinced now.

  At home, although her elder sister Isobel treats her very well, Isobel is an out-and-out magic genius. Katrina, who has been growing up under the halo of Isobel's genius, is under a lot of pressure.

   Later, Katrina finally went to Hogwarts to study, thinking that here she could show her talent and get rid of Isobel's halo of genius.

Katrina's magic talent is actually very high, and she always studies hard, the kind who works hard in all aspects. If there is no Albert, Katrina will definitely be the best of this year's freshmen, talented, Ken worked hard enough to make her peers far behind, not even Hufflepuff's Cedric Diggory.

   However, there is no if.

  Albert was born out of nowhere, covering all the dazzling light of Katrina, and even Isobel, whom Katrina admired, who was known as the most talented wizard in Ravenclaw for a century, was far behind.

   Originally, Katrina, who was confident in herself, suddenly became depressed.

   Comparing talent, the opponent is better than oneself.

  Better than working hard, the other party's efforts will not lose to yourself.

   What is even more depressing is that Katrina originally thought that even if she lost, she would not lose too much. After all, she has been studying hard and is ready to surpass the opponent at any time.

  The actual situation is far beyond Katrina's imagination.

  When Albert Anderson was invited by Professor McGonagall to join the Transfiguration Club, Katrina comforted herself that he would definitely be invited to join the Transfiguration Club next year.

   Later, Albert showed extraordinary flying talent on the Quidditch pitch, helping Gryffindor defeat Slytherin. Since Katrina is not good at sports, she just comforts herself, as long as she can compare with the other party in other aspects.

  However, Katrina found that Isobel also admired this person very rarely, thinking that the other party was very talented in transfiguration.

  At that time, Katrina was still unwilling to admit it. However, the latest paper on "Transfiguration Today" dealt her a heavy blow, confirming Albert's extraordinary talent in Transfiguration.

   But what about today?

   What happened to the ancient runes.

   This is obviously an elective course for the third grade, but Albert Anderson actually learned it by himself?

Self taught?

  Such a coquettish operation stunned Katrina. Moreover, from the change of Professor Brod's expression, it is not difficult to see that Albert's level of ancient runes is beyond Katrina's imagination.

   "Could it be that I really chose the wrong opponent?" Katrina had such thoughts in her mind. Although she was used to being crushed by her sister in many ways, the girl from Ravenclaw did not intend to admit defeat like this.

   Yes, she hasn't lost yet.

  Since Albert is also very good at playing wizard chess, then...

   "Play wizard chess with me." Katrina said suddenly.

   "Wizard Chess?" Albert was very surprised why the Ravenclaw girl next to him wanted to play chess with him. Although everyone knew each other, they just knew each other.

   "You and me?" Albert asked, pointing at both sides.

   "Yes, let's play chess to decide the outcome!" Katrina needs to regain some confidence from Albert, and playing chess is a good way. Professor Brod said that Albert played wizard chess well, and wizard chess was one of the few things Katrina could beat her sister Isobel.

  Albert suddenly felt inexplicable?

   Moreover, what baffled him the most was the task of the panel:

  Rolling in all aspects

   Someone sees you as a competitor, tries to challenge, beat you, defeat the challenger in the field of wizard chess, and make her understand that she will never be your opponent.

  Reward: 200 experience, +1 favorability for Katrina McDougal, +5 favorability for Isobel McDougal.

   The experience of this task is pitifully small, and it is strange to increase the favorability points. Why does Katrina have less favorability than Isobel?

   Only 200 experience, Albert is actually not much interested. After all, Voldemort's rich experience pack already exists in the mission panel.

  Of course, if he can get it, he will not let it go. Albert has done similar tasks before.

   "Playing wizard chess?" Albert showed a surprised expression on purpose, "In the auditorium?"

   "Yes, in the auditorium, playing three games of chess." Katrina nodded.

   "Well, if you want, I don't care." Albert felt that the red-haired girl in front of him was quite pitiful.

   After all, the name of the task is to crush the opponent in all aspects, which means that he is almost crushing the opponent in all aspects.

   Competing with someone who cheated, she chose the wrong target completely.

   "By the way, is that note in your hand something you are going to give to Professor Broad?" Albert asked suddenly.

   After all, Professor Broad has already made an appointment with himself, and Katrina's appearance obviously has other reasons.

   "Ah, I almost forgot about this." Katrina suddenly exclaimed after discovering the notebook in her hand, "This is the note that Professor Batheda asked me to pass on to Professor Brod."

   As she spoke, Katrina walked quickly towards the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

   Albert looked at Katrina's leaving back and shook his head involuntarily.

  Actually, he couldn't understand Katrina's insistence. The other party actually borrowed wizard chess from Professor Brod.

  The two of them competed in the hall of the auditorium like this, and even attracted a few melon-eaters in a serious way.

   In the first set, Albert lost.

  Katrina's wizard chess is indeed very good, and Albert, who was caught off guard, was quickly taken away by the opponent.

However, Albert doesn't care too much. He doesn't care about winning or losing, but cares about enjoying the fun of playing chess. Even if he loses, the mission will not fail suddenly. It's just that the mission cannot be completed temporarily. It is hung on the mission panel and can be done at any time. to finish.

   In the second game, Albert won, and it was a little risky to win.

  He deliberately played fast chess to speed up Katrina's rhythm. Perhaps the easy victory in the first game made her judge wrong, and Albert took advantage of the loophole.

   In the third game, the two sides were tied.

  This time, Katrina obviously wouldn't give her opponent a chance, and Albert chose a pair from the beginning. In the end, both sides exchanged their pieces, which led to a draw in the later stage.

   As for the fourth game, there is no fourth game.

  Because there were only three rounds agreed at the beginning, Katrina originally wanted to decide the winner, but Albert directly stated that she won the fourth round.

  Although he didn't know why Katrina wanted to win him, but for Albert, if the two sides started the fourth game, he might lose miserably, so he simply conceded.

  Katrina was very dissatisfied, but she finally chose to end in a draw, and said that she would find time to continue playing chess with Albert another day.

   "What's wrong with your sister?" After watching Katrina leave, Albert asked Isobel who had been standing there from the beginning.

   "There is a lot of pressure, but she has a strong desire to win." Isobel said calmly, "I probably know that I can't catch up with you in magic, so I want to rely on my strengths to defeat you."

   "I think you must have put too much pressure on her." Albert muttered, "I have a talented sister, and being her sister is quite hard work."

   Speaking of this, Albert suddenly fell silent, because he thought of Nia?

  (end of this chapter)