Chapter 29 [Treasure and Transfiguration]

"Secret message?" Rock was a little surprised.

George looked around and pulled Rock and others to a corner, "Have you heard of the legend of the clever key?"

"Ah!" Hermione exclaimed: "I seem to have seen it in a book."

"Legend has it that Hogwarts has 16 clever keys that can open the treasure chests of the four major colleges, and each college's treasure chest contains its own robes!"

George snapped his fingers happily: "Correct!"

"Is this the message you want to tell me?" Rock said that he had known it for a long time and had collected it when playing the game. The clothes in the treasure chest were his favorite graduation suit in the game, because the clothes were really beautiful.

But if he was asked to collect this again, it would be too tiring. Who knows where these keys were hidden in Hogwarts a hundred years after the game.

"Of course, this is not the news we want to tell you." Fred added: "In fact, the keys have been collected by all the students, but there is a little trouble..."

"Little trouble?"

"Each treasure chest of the four major colleges needs to be inserted with sixteen keys at the same time to collect them, but these sixteen keys are scattered in the hands of different students in different colleges..."

Is that right? That's right!

This is why Rock doesn't want to collect them. This thing is just like collecting seven dragon balls. You are not the only one looking for them.

What if you find fifteen keys, and the last one is collected by another person, and the other person refuses to give it to you, wouldn't all your efforts be wasted? You can't kill him!

"So the students who collected the keys decided to secretly hold a wizard duel after discussion. The winning wizard can get sixteen keys and will have the ownership of four treasure chests!" George said with his hands dancing.

"This will be a winner-takes-all duel!" Fred also said exaggeratedly.

Hermione was a little puzzled: "Why don't the four colleges work together? Open your treasure chests first, and then open ours. Isn't it a win-win situation for everyone?"

Win-win?

George and Fred looked at each other, not knowing how to explain to Hermione, the young wizard who had just come to school.

Let's not talk about whether Gryffindor and Slytherin, the two houses that had been fighting each other, were willing to cooperate for mutual benefit.

The conflict of interest between wizards and wizards alone made it difficult for them to cooperate.

There was only one special robe in each house's treasure chest. Even if all four treasure chests were opened, it meant that only four people in the whole school could wear the clothes. Wizards within the house would still have to fight among themselves, and in the end they would still have to rely on duels to settle the matter.

And the main problem was caused by the Lion House and the Snake House - both houses wanted to open each other's treasure chests, and even threatened to wear each other's exclusive robes and then show off, so that the losing house would always be suppressed in the future.

But once this idea came out, the other two houses also felt a sense of crisis, and no one wanted their clothes to be taken away by other houses.

There was a sense of suspicion chain, and the four houses were on guard against each other, so they were unwilling to cooperate and only wanted to get the key in their own hands to feel relieved.

The secondary problem was power and reputation.

The Serpentine Academy is the academy that has collected the most keys, but before the competition was decided, they were almost fighting for the keys!

Acquisition, family pressure, private duels, and various other methods emerged one after another.

Exclusive robes are indeed expensive, but the pure-blooded families of the Serpentine Academy obviously do not lack this money. What they value is the reputation brought by exclusive robes.

Whether it is acquisition or duel collection, it does not matter, because it is a way to show the strength of the family or the individual.

Whoever gets all the keys first in the Serpentine Academy means - who has the strongest family power, or who has the highest magic power.

Think about the Dark Lord, and then think about the savior Harry Potter. Although Harry's own strength caused him to not receive this overwhelming reputation...

But now when he goes out for a walk, as soon as he hears that it is Harry Potter, someone will come over immediately. There are all kinds of monsters, strong and weak, such as Lockhart and Potions Master Slughorn...

There are a lot of people who are willing to help him for fame.

So any ambitious wizard will not give up the opportunity to improve his reputation.

So this competition involving all four colleges was born. After all, it is better to be the strongest in four colleges than the strongest in one college.

The duel for the ownership of the key became more and more serious in private, and finally the contestants even included all the grade leaders of the four colleges.

Of course, it also included Percy Weasley from Gryffindor, George and Fred's brother, who wanted to gain power and prestige very much.

The exclusive robes have unknowingly become an accessory to the final reward of prestige.

"Interesting, what are the entry standards?" Rock was a little curious.

"Entry standards?" George shook his head, "I don't know, Percy never mentioned it, I just know that those who can participate in the competition are very strong."

"You don't want to participate, do you? Come on, first-year wizards shouldn't know about this competition, and we didn't even tell our own brother." Fred tried to dispel Rock's curiosity.

"Although I heard that you have good magic skills, it's best not to participate in this competition. Even the student president is participating this time. He is the best student in the seventh grade! Little wizards like us have no chance."

They just want to get a few people to watch the game together, instead of working hard to play in the game.

"Which college is leading this game?"

"Slytherin, because they have the most keys." George sighed.

Fred then added: "The venue is the bell tower in the bell tower courtyard of the South District. It will be held tomorrow night. The code for entering is the dueling wand."

Slytherin is holding it...

Then Rock has a clue.

However, there is a Transfiguration class tomorrow afternoon. He won't be thinking about a game all day. He still needs to review the knowledge of Transfiguration after dinner in the auditorium.

In the evening, Rock started his first night tour, which is not really a night tour, but the time between nine and ten o'clock.

Because the seniors have a curfew at ten o'clock, and the first years have a curfew at nine o'clock.

Rock is unwilling to sacrifice his sleep time at this age, but he does need to collect pages of the practical guide everywhere, and he can also practice his spell skills on the way.

...

The next afternoon.

Professor Cat's class started!

There was a silver-bottomed tabby British short squatting on the desk, but the news that Professor McGonagall could turn into a cat to fish for law enforcement had spread along with the news that Harry was late for class for the first time.

This is also the disadvantage of being famous. Being late once will make people talk about you for the rest of your life.

It's a pity for Rock. If they had taught the first Transfiguration class, maybe Rock would have had a chance to pet the cute kitten.

Now it's not possible. Now it's a violation of the law. Teacher McGonagall will definitely punish him more severely.