Chapter 730 Dumbledore: It Must Have Been the Niffler's Doing

Saturday was also the day of the first Quidditch match of the new school year.

This morning, the Hufflepuff dining table was almost a sea of ​​yellow, while Gryffindor's was golden red.

The two colleges had been in a state of tension for a week, and today they were finally going to have a result.

"I thought you wouldn't participate in this game." Mikel handed Kyle a glass of pumpkin juice, "When I saw your name on the list of players, I knew we would win this game."

"It's a bit premature to say that." Kyle took the pumpkin juice and took a sip, "It's better to keep a low profile. It would be so embarrassing if we lose."

"I don't think so." Mikel said nonchalantly.

"How do you feel? Is it okay?" Qiu also came over to cheer Kyle up.

"I think it's OK." Kyle said with a smile, "Harry and I joined the team in the same year, and we are old rivals now. I don't think I will lose to him this time."

Kanna next to him looked back at him. What does it mean that he won't lose this time? He just asked Mikel to be low-key, but when it was his turn, he was not polite at all.

Of course, all Hufflepuffs, including herself, thought so.

"That's good." Qiu said, "But you still have to be careful of Harry's Firebolt. I feel that your new seeker is not as good as Cedric."

"Don't worry, Grace has made a plan." Kyle said, "and our new seeker is not much worse than him. I know Cedric's face is a plus, but you can't always carry personal emotions."

There was a tacit laughter around.

"Then I'll wait and see." Qiu's face flushed slightly, glared at Kyle unhappily, and turned away.

"I was really worried that she would get angry and punch you." Kanna said with a smile.

"It's okay, I can beat Cedric later, the same." Kyle took a bite of toast nonchalantly.

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"It's time to go." Ten minutes later, Grace stood up and said.

The group left the hall and strode towards the court.

The weather outside was very good. Although it was still a little cold, it was much better than a week ago.

Several people went to the locker room to change into Quidditch robes.

"The conditions are very favorable for us." Grace said, "The most experienced Katie Bell is still in St. Mungo's, and Gryffindor has to replace a new chaser."

"Who is it?" Mikel asked.

"Dean Thomas."

"Who?"

"Potter's classmate."

"Oh, a sixth-grade student." Mikel was relieved immediately.

Generally speaking, the younger the new players are, the more talented they are. For example, Harry joined the team as an exception in the first grade.

And the new players like the sixth grade are basically those who were not selected in the previous few years and could not pick anyone this year, so they joined with their physical advantages.

There are exceptions, but most of them are like this.

As for Dean Thomas, Mikel had hardly heard of his name.

"Well, this is our first game, don't underestimate the enemy." Grace said, "The game will start in five minutes, you'd better change your boots quickly."

They came to the crowded stadium outside, and deafening cheers came from the stands. They were Hufflepuff supporters. They wore clothes of the same color and looked like a golden ocean.

And from the supporters, Hufflepuff obviously had a lot more people, occupying about two-thirds of the stands.

This was mainly due to Slytherin. Their purpose was very clear. Whoever was Gryffindor's opponent, they would support him unconditionally.

Grace and Harry walked up to Madam Hooch and shook hands with each other.

There was no tense atmosphere, and the two captains looked quite polite.

"Get on your brooms and listen to my whistle... three... two... one!"

As the whistle sounded, everyone immediately rode their brooms into the air.

"Okay, now they're off."

A completely unfamiliar voice came from the commentary booth. This was the new commentator after Lee Jordan graduated, Zacharias Smith from Hufflepuff.

"What a surprise, I actually saw Ron Weasley. I thought he wouldn't be on the team after his poor performance last semester... Oh, he has a close personal relationship with the captain, which undoubtedly helped him a lot."

Slytherin immediately laughed, and within a minute of the start, they recognized this new commentator.

Harry looked a little annoyed, but now he had no time to care about these.

"Grace got the Quaffle... What a charming girl... Kyle flew over, there was no one next to him, this is a good opportunity, just pass it to...

"Oh my God, she didn't pass it to Kyle, but to Toth... Wait!"

Zacharys Smith suddenly screamed: "What an unexpected tactic, Kyle is not a chaser, he is a seeker! "

In fact, he didn't need to remind them, many people have already noticed that since the game started, Kyle has not looked at the Quaffle, but flew directly to the highest point... This is something only a seeker would do.

They need a wider field of vision to find the Golden Snitch!

In the audience, Qiu looked at the court in shock, and couldn't help turning his head and asking: "Why didn't you tell me that Kyle ran away to be a seeker!"

"I thought you could guess it just now." Connor smiled.

Qiu then remembered what Kyle had just said in the auditorium.

But what kind of reminder is this? After all, when Hufflepuff was training before, Hufflepuff's seeker was obviously someone else. No matter how hard she tried, she would never have guessed that they would replace him directly during the game. ah!

"That's the benefit of being a substitute," Kangna explained: "He can change positions at will."

"Have you known this for a long time?" Qiu asked.

"No, I just found out yesterday." Kangna said, "This is also the tactic they discussed last night."

"I have to say, this tactic was so successful." Qiu couldn't help but say, "Hufflepuff gave everyone a surprise!"

The truth was exactly what she said. After learning that Kyle was replacing the Seeker position, the audience immediately became excited.

Everyone knows that the only thing that can fight against Firebolt is another Firebolt, and now Hufflepuff's only shortcoming has been filled.

As for Kyle's Seeker skills...no one seems to be thinking about this issue at all.

"boom!"

Just when the cheers on the court reached their peak, in the tower not far away, Snape pushed open the oak door of the principal's office and walked in angrily.

He placed a water glass in his hand heavily on the table.

Dumbledore, who was watching the game through the window, was startled. When he turned around, he saw that Snape's face was red with anger.

It was unusual for Snape to lose his temper like this.

"Severus, what's wrong with you?" Dumbledore asked curiously.

"See for yourself!" Snape pointed to his water glass, which contained half a cup of tea and five or six round, gray-brown balls.

As soon as Dumbledore walked over, he smelled a pungent smell.

"Oh, Severus, are you going to recommend some new potion tea to me?" Dumbledore took half a step back and said seriously: "Thank you for your kindness, but I am old. You may not be able to accept the taste...you'd better keep it for yourself."

"Would the great Headmaster Dumbledore please take a closer look at what this is..." Snape said coldly.

"Oh?" Dumbledore walked over reluctantly, narrowed his eyes and looked at it again.

"It looks familiar... Isn't this the fertilizer prepared by Pomona? The pot of crab claws on my windowsill uses this fertilizer, and the effect is great.

"But Pomona didn't tell me that this thing can also be used to make tea."

"Of course it can't." Snape squinted his eyes. "It was obviously a student who secretly threw them into my cup, and I'm sure..."

Snape turned towards the window, looked at the lively Quidditch match outside, and said with certainty: "The person who did this must be among them."

"Perhaps you are overthinking, Severus." Dumbledore said. He moved his fingers slightly, and a piece of brown fluff floated out of the water glass.

The velvet is very thin, almost like hair, and you might not be able to spot it unless you look carefully.

"What is this, whose hair is it?" Snape thought about people with brown hair in Hogwarts.

"No, Severus, this is not hair, it belongs to a very peculiar animal." Dumbledore said, "I can just see that this is sniffing down."

"Sniff?" Snape frowned.

"Yes, it's the sniffing down, I'm sure." Dumbledore said, "In order to chase all the shiny things, they can pass through almost any gap, even if the distance between the gaps is narrower than this down. "

"It seems that a little guy ran out of the Forbidden Forest." He glanced at Snape, "And I guess you must have accidentally taken out something shiny and it saw it, so it went all the way. Follow you to the office."

"I don't have anything stupid like what you're talking about," Snape said expressionlessly.

"That's not necessarily true." Dumbledore shook his head. "Coins, glass bottles, or silver knives used to cut potions are all their targets."

Snape took two steps forward.

“So what you’re saying is that a Forbidden Forest Niffler came into my office and took nothing but a handful of fertilizer into my water glass?

"It's a good story. So, do you believe it?"

"It's not impossible." Dumbledore's expression didn't change at all, and he said calmly, "I happen to know someone who knows Sniff very well, and I won't lie to you."

"Oh..." Snape laughed angrily, and then stared at Dumbledore without saying a word.

Under his gaze, Dumbledore's eyes didn't even change at all, "And Severus, this is a good thing."

"You call this a good thing?" Snape asked in a long voice.

"Of course." Dumbledore explained: "Niffler will not visit a place where there is no gain a second time. You can do your own thing with confidence and boldness in the future."

Snape's expression changed slightly.

"You mean..."

"I was just discussing with you the magical animal Niffler." Dumbledore smiled and came to the window again to look outside. "It was such a wonderful game. I should have gone to watch it if I had known it." , of course, it’s actually not bad here.

"Want to come together, Severus, this location is really good."

Snape said nothing, turned and left without saying a word.

"You forgot your stuff." Dumbledore reminded from behind, but Snape turned a deaf ear and walked out directly.

"How careless..." Dumbledore waved his wand, and the water cup on the table disappeared instantly. Then a large amount of water mist came out of a silverware on the table that looked like a spray bottle, dispelling the remaining smell in the room.

At the same time, on the Quidditch field.

As Gray thought, the Gryffindor team was no match for Hufflepuff at all, and the game was decided in 20 minutes.

But the problem was not Ron Weasley, who she mentioned before, and the substitute chaser Dean Thomas. In fact, their performance was quite remarkable and not too bad.

It was mainly the two new beaters.

I don't know if Perks of Gryffindor was too nervous or for some other reason. He wanted to stop Kyle's bludger, but he hit it directly at Harry.

Harry, who was chasing the Golden Snitch, was not on guard against his teammates at all, and was hit hard by the Bludger, almost falling off the broom.

Taking advantage of the gap when he adjusted his body, Kyle accelerated and grabbed the Golden Snitch in front of him.

With the whistle of Madam Hooch ending the game, Perks flew to Harry's side.

"Sorry!" He apologized repeatedly, "I didn't mean to do that. It was that Mikel Drake who suddenly shouted behind me, and I missed the target."

Harry covered his arm and wanted to scold him loudly. If it was before, he would definitely do so, but thinking that he was the captain now, he could only sigh helplessly and said nothing.

Ginny on the side said something, but her voice was drowned in the cheers like waves around her.

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"I knew we would win!" Mikel said excitedly in the Hufflepuff locker room: "Those two new beaters are far inferior to Fred and George.

"It's so easy... In my opinion, their intentions are like a frozen black lake in winter, which can be seen through at a glance."

"I think so too." Another chaser said with a smile: "It's especially easy for the Bludger to hide today. "

Kyle felt the same way.

Although he had never been a seeker before, he was often taken care of by Fred and George. As twins, they had good coordination and the Bludgers would always come from all kinds of tricky angles, making it hard to defend against them.

This also made Kyle have to be very alert during the game and always pay attention to the movements of the Bludgers.

But the two beaters of this school year were newcomers and not twins. They had limited coordination and coordination. The Bludgers were straight and could be avoided as long as they were seen, which reduced the difficulty by more than one level.

It was just that there was no experience.

He finally became a seeker, but there was no chase and battle of wits and courage as he had imagined. He just caught the Golden Snitch in such a muddle...

It was boring.

"Ryan said that they held a party in the common room to celebrate our victory in the first game." Mikel said happily, "Let's go over there quickly. I need some butterbeer to celebrate."

"Butterbeer?" The goalkeeper Vanni said in surprise, "Aren't we not allowed to go to Hogsmeade? Where did they get the butter beer?"

"The elf helped buy it." Mikel said with a smile, "Originally this is not allowed, but we are neighbors, and seventh graders... there must be some privileges."

"Then hurry up." After changing their clothes, they walked towards the castle happily.

Kyle stayed at the end, and soon Connor came. She looked very happy, but she didn't show too much excitement, as if she had expected Hufflepuff to win the game.

"Qiu doesn't look very happy." Connor said, "She also told you to be careful in the next game."

"Ha, you said that, as if I'm afraid of her." Kyle waved his hand indifferently.

People who don't even have a Firebolt are not worthy of being his opponent...

The two walked through the crowded crowd, walked across the field, and returned to the castle. Many people shouted and congratulated him, and Kyle responded one by one.

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"Look, who is that. "When they arrived at the castle hall, Connor suddenly tugged at Kyle's robe and pointed to a man who was walking upstairs not far away.

"Malfoy? How rare." Kyle muttered, "Not only did he not go to the game, he actually appeared outside the auditorium alone."

Connor stared at Kyle and blinked.

"Don't look at me like that." Kyle spread his hands, "I promised you that I wouldn't go to him, I keep my word."

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