Chapter 639: The School's New Broom

Just as Cedric thought, in the next two weeks, he could always accept challenges from different people at DA gatherings.

But the good news is that so far, Fred and George, whom he is most worried about, have been silent... Of course, this also means that he must continue to be wary of them.

And Cedric also discovered another problem. Because Quidditch training needs to be avoided as much as possible from bad weather, it is difficult to determine the time for their gathering on a certain day.

But for this matter, they quickly came up with a way to deal with it.

Inspired by the reward Kyle left in the Room of Requirement, Hermione made a batch of fake gold coins with the Transmutation Charm on them.

As long as the number on the main gold coin changes, the other gold coins will also change accordingly, so that they can tell others the specific time of the next gathering in time.

Quite convenient.

Fred and George discovered that this method was also useful for cheating, but their idea was soon discovered by Cedric, and then nothing happened...

Cedric would never allow them to do this, but Fred and George just had this idea.

After all, the things used for cheating are fundamentally different from their previous prank products. Once discovered, I'm afraid it won't just be as simple as deducting points and confinement.

They didn't want to be expelled from school, that would be too embarrassing and might have consequences for the Weasley Joke Shop in the future.

A store opened by an outstanding graduate is always better than a store opened by an expelled undergraduate.

"This is for you." Cedric handed Kyle a fake gold coin during breakfast.

"Although you haven't been there recently, I think it would be better to give you one."

Kyle took it and felt it in his hand, "Is this the leprechaun's gold coin?"

"To be precise, it should be the leprechaun's gold coin that was copied using a copying spell." Cedric said, "The leprechaun's gold coin can only last for half a day. This can extend its existence to about a year. "

"Nice idea," Kyle said.

"No way, we are very familiar with the copying spell, so we naturally know its functions." Cedric said with a smile, as if he was thinking of the scene where they were desperately copying a map in an empty classroom a few years ago.

Kyle also smiled, and then put away the fake gold coins, "Are you guys going to have a party next?"

"Probably not this week." Cedric shook his head and said, "Gryffindor has the first Quidditch match on Saturday, and they won't have time this week at night."

"Yeah, I guess so," Kyle said.

The Quidditch match is about to start, and this is the first match after a year. Everyone is taking it seriously, including the professor.

Recently, broomsticks have been flying over the Quidditch pitch almost every day...either Gryffindor or Slytherin.

The last time Cedric went to apply for the right to use the stadium, Ms. Huo Qi said that the right to use the stadium for the next week had been pre-rented by Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape.

Although this was not in compliance with the regulations, she could not refuse when the two professors came to her in person.

Everyone on the team understands this.

If there were Hufflepuffs in Saturday's game, then it would probably be Professor Sprout who went to see Ms. Hooch.

But that’s fine, just think of it as a holiday.

…

As the game gets closer and closer, the tension between Gryffindor and Slytherin becomes more and more intense.

No matter who they are or what grade they are in, as long as they meet in the corridor, they will inevitably laugh at each other.

Warrington also boasted about knocking Harry off his broom in the Great Hall, but Kyle had reservations about this.

Putting aside whether Warrington has this ability, their broomsticks are not on the same level.

Nimbus 2001 wants to catch up with Firebolt? Unless there is a fire dragon pushing it away from behind.

But this seems to be Slytherin's tactic. They are always happy to attack every Gryffindor player. In addition to Harry, Ron is also their focus.

Millicent, Pansy, and Malfoy also rehearsed a small stage play, performing the scene after Ron missed the ball.

This also makes Ron nervous every day.

Just like that, November has finally arrived.

The weather is getting colder and colder. The wind outside the castle is like a knife, which makes people's cheeks hurt. However, it is very hot inside the castle.

Because today is the day the Quidditch match starts.

Early in the morning, Kyle, Connor, and Cedric left the common room and headed toward the Great Hall.

They all put on gold-red scarves with lions painted on them, which also showed that they supported Gryffindor.

Today's auditorium was much livelier than usual, and it was full of people.

In addition to the upcoming game, there is another reason...

There was a row of brand new, shiny new brooms at the front of the auditorium, where the teacher's chair was.

There were thirty brooms in total, each one brand new, with the smell of pine oil still lingering on the smooth broom handles.

"Oh my god, this is a sweep of eleven stars!"

A large group of people gathered in front of the teacher's desk, looking longingly at the brooms.

"I saw it in the Quidditch boutique in Diagon Alley. This is a new broom that was released this year."

"It's so beautiful..."

"So many brooms, are they going to be distributed to all Quidditch players?"

"Ahem, ahem."

Just as everyone was discussing enthusiastically... a light cough suddenly came from the crowd.

Umbridge appeared in the hall at some point. After seeing her, everyone immediately scattered and sat back at their tables as quickly as possible, but their eyes were still glued to the row of brooms.

Umbridge coughed again, attracting everyone's attention.

She walked to the front and said with a smile: "Yes, there is no doubt that these brooms are all yours."

As if someone told them that Christmas had come early, cheers and screams suddenly rang out in the hall.

Umbridge had to hold her wand against her throat to make her voice drown out the cheers.

"As a senior investigator of the Ministry of Magic, I noticed that the school used old brooms from thirty years ago.

"The Ministry of Magic believes that more and more students at Hogwarts are injured in Quidditch games every year, and the biggest reason is that the brooms are seriously aging.

"So the Ministry of Magic decided to replace a batch of new and better brooms for Hogwarts to use in Quidditch matches and flying classes."

"Oh!"

The hall was filled with cheers again, mixed with praise for the Ministry of Magic.

Umbridge was very satisfied with the students' performance. She turned her head and looked at Professor McGonagall and the others sitting beside her, with an undisguised smugness on her face.

But Professor McGonagall was also very happy. Not only did she not care about Umbridge's provocation at all, she even nodded to her in a friendly manner.

Umbridge felt a little uncomfortable when she didn't see the annoyance and anger on the other's face.

"Did you do it?" Connor looked at Kyle subconsciously.

She didn't think the Ministry of Magic would spend such a large sum of money for no reason to buy new brooms for the school, and Umbridge couldn't care whether the students would get hurt.

"Well... I can't afford such a large sum of money." Kyle blinked and lowered his voice and said, "I just made a small suggestion."