Chapter 222 Chapter 223 Dumbledore’s Reward and Request for Unexpected Joining (Please Vote for Me)

"There is no doubt that this year is an extremely special year for Hogwarts. I think everyone here should have learned part of the situation from newspapers, family members or other channels."

Dumbledore's blue eyes scanned the young faces in the auditorium through his half-moon lenses, shrugged, and spoke easily in his usual gentle tone.

"Yes, without our knowledge, Hogwarts Castle was mortgaged to Gringotts Wizarding Bank by unknown persons. Because of this, we had to cut various expenses and adjust the curriculum content in order to survive Difficulties.”

Following Dumbledore's voice, small uneasy commotions occurred around the long tables of the four houses.

For some time now, both students and staff at Hogwarts have consciously avoided this issue.

But this does not mean that everyone has forgotten that this school is going through an unprecedented crisis - in fact, Hogwarts' simple standard of three meals a day is the most obvious and frequent warning sign. .

"However," facing the commotion in the auditorium, Dumbledore had to slightly raise his voice to ensure that everyone could hear him clearly, "I am very pleased to see that even under such circumstances, everyone still Maintaining high enthusiasm and vitality for learning - although there were some minor episodes."

As he spoke, Dumbledore's eyes swept across the crowd again, and his brows furrowed slightly, almost invisible.

Until now, the old man had not seen that conspicuous silvery white color in the crowd, which made Dumbledore feel a little uneasy - if you think about it from the bright side, maybe the dumpling is still sleeping in, or maybe it is... Lost your way again?

Maybe I'm a little too sensitive?

If that kid were left alone in the principal's office, it would probably take at least an hour or two to find the right way to the school hall—without the help of other students.

And as long as there are other students present, judging from some of the things that happened before, Miss Elena Kaslana will somewhat restrain her nature and won't do anything too outrageous... right?

Thinking about it carefully, almost most of the teachers and students are now gathered in the auditorium. There are house elves guarding the kitchen. It is impossible for Elena to go in and cause trouble again. Grindelwald has also been sitting among the staff. On the edge of the seat...

No matter from which point of view, Elena should not cause any big headaches for him anymore.

Dumbledore shook his head, suppressed the vague uneasiness in his heart, looked at the students looking up at him in the auditorium with a smile, cleared his throat, and said softly:

"First of all, we need to congratulate all the fourth-year students for winning first place in this teaching activity. Of course, we also want to give an extra round of applause to our Professor Quirinus Chilo, because of his..."

Clang——

Hearing Dumbledore mention his name, Quirrell, who was sitting next to Snape, suddenly trembled nervously. The spoon in his hand slipped on the plate, and the sound of metal and porcelain colliding quickly spread, and in the silence It looked very sharp and abrupt in the auditorium.

"Professor Dumbledore, in fact, I only did a little bit of trivial work... Mainly, it was mainly due to the children's hard work and self-awareness."

Quirrell picked up the spoon in a panic, his cheeks twitched unconsciously, and he showed a smile that was uglier than crying.

Before the final results were announced, the scores of each grade were invisible to each other. Only Dumbledore, who was in charge of statistics, knew the overall ranking. Before that, he had never thought about becoming the eye-catching first place.

"Don't be too modest, Quirinus."

Dumbledore smiled slightly and gave Quirrell a meaningful look.

"Everyone sees everything you say and do...Since you were a student, your excellence has been obvious to all. I am very happy that you can return to Hogwarts and teach what you have learned to young people."

Quirrell's already pale face seemed a little paler. Snape, who was sitting next to him, noticed that Quirrell's right hand on his knee instantly grabbed the robe with force. Apparently Dumbledore's words made the new appointee The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor became even more nervous.

"Professor Dumbledore Dumbledore." Quirrell looked around at his colleagues uneasily, looking a little nervous.

"Okay, Quirinus. The protagonist today is not you. Leave your time to the children."

Dumbledore tilted his head like an old naughty boy, raised his hand to stop Quirrell's subsequent words, turned back to look down at the students who were looking at him eagerly, clapped his hands happily, and continued:

"In addition to the bonuses totaling four thousand gold galleons mentioned before, I think there are also some rewards needed to record your outstanding performance - all fourth grade students, congratulations to you, because of your outstanding performance, everyone will do it for themselves The academy won two points!”

Ding ding ding——

As Dumbledore's words fell, a series of crisp sounds came from the four huge college hourglasses located in the foyer of the auditorium.

The little wizards turned their heads one after another, and an extremely rare scene appeared in front of everyone.

In the pale golden morning light, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, diamonds... gems of various colors fell like rain, hitting the bottom of the empty hourglass and making a pleasant sound.

The next moment, a burst of thunderous cheers and stamping of feet erupted from the long tables of the four colleges almost simultaneously. The other students, who were still a little depressed, enthusiastically embraced the fourth-grade wizards, and a subtle feeling lingered in the auditorium. The confrontational atmosphere was instantly dissipated by joy.

Among them, the Hufflepuff House with the most points is undoubtedly the loudest. It has been too long since Hufflepuff House has won so many points at once in the competition for the House Cup. Many seniors The girls were even wiping their tears secretly.

Infected by the high emotions of the students, all the professors on the faculty bench, including Professor Dumbledore, also had smiles on their faces and clapped their hands gently to express their congratulations.

It was not until the last diamond fell that the hourglasses of the four colleges returned to calm, and the voices in the auditorium became slightly quieter.

"Okay, okay. In fact, I would like to give everyone two points, but that would not reflect the winner's reward."

Dumbledore shrugged helplessly and continued with a smile, "In addition, after discussions with the professors, we believe that we also need to respond accordingly to some minor incidents that have occurred."

The auditorium instantly became very quiet. The Slytherins and Hufflepuffs became nervous and looked at Dumbledore slightly uneasily.

"We have emphasized more than once that the dangers of the Forbidden Forest are not only the magical animals in it, but also the dangerous plants in it."

Dumbledore's face straightened, and his eyes looked slightly sternly at the tallest group of seventh graders in the auditorium.

"During this period, I regret to see that an unprecedented large-scale food poisoning occurred in Hogwarts. However, since you have already suffered the consequences of your recklessness and ignorance, I will no longer punish you. ”

Hearing Dumbledore's words, the first-year and seventh-year freshmen breathed a sigh of relief - to be honest, they were a little worried about whether each of them would be deducted one point like the fourth-year students.

"But, Hermione Granger..."

Dumbledore nodded gently towards Hermione and said softly.

"Faced with a crisis beyond her capabilities, she showed amazing calmness and courage, made accurate judgments, and promptly notified the school professors so that the food poisoning would not have more serious consequences."

"After discussion, we decided to award Gryffindor House fifty points for this. This matter will be recorded in the latest edition of "Hogwarts: A School History" as a warning and encouragement."

The Gryffindors' cheers almost brought down the enchanted ceiling.

The little wizards who had been somewhat alienated from Hermione because of her unreasonable training requirements these past few days gathered around and rubbed their heads in embarrassment to express congratulations and apologies.

Suddenly becoming the center of attention of the entire school, Hermione's face turned red almost instantly, and she felt as if her face was about to get hot and smoky.

"me……"

Hermione waved her hands helplessly and responded to the congratulations of the students around her in a panic. Suddenly she remembered something, raised her head, and said loudly to Dumbledore.

"Wait! Professor Deng, Dumbledore."

"Any questions? Miss Granger, if you want more points, you can get them from the professors in class."

Dumbledore winked mischievously and said with a smile - he was particularly impressed by this "only surviving" little witch.

"And Elena."

"Huh?" Dumbledore's face froze, and his eyes were a little confused.

Hermione bit her lip, looked at Dumbledore seriously, and mustered up the courage to answer.

"If you gave me extra points because I informed the professors in time, then Elena should also be rewarded. If it weren't for her leaving the food reserves to me in advance and telling me that I could ask you for help when necessary, maybe I wouldn’t have thought of these ways of coping.”

"Reserve food? Oh, you're talking about Miss Kaslana's owl, right?"

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, shook his head with a dumb smile, and said helplessly in the slightly disdainful eyes of a new faculty member who had not yet had a chance to introduce him:

"The noble one is always the person who performs the behavior, not the decisions and arrangements made by people in advance. Moreover, Hogwarts has never had a precedent of receiving extra points for pets."

Hermione shook her head stubbornly and looked directly into Dumbledore's eyes without giving up.

"It's different. If Elena had been here, maybe none of this would have happened at all. And even if she left, the emergency plan she left behind played a crucial role."

"Miss Granger..." Dumbledore rubbed his forehead in distress, and added in his mind - from another perspective, without that white-haired dumpling, most of this would not have happened.

Pfft~

At this moment, a slight sneer came from the faculty seat, but it was quickly stopped. No one noticed who made the sound. They only knew that the general direction seemed to come from one of the professors. .

"……All right."

Dumbledore took a deep look at the trembling first-year Gryffindor witch, and sighed helplessly - except for Elena Kaslana, many other freshmen this year also had similar temperaments. It's extremely good, I don't know if it's good or bad.

"Then five points for Hufflepuff."

Dumbledore's tone was full of helplessness and reluctance.

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