Chapter 336 The Results Of The Selection And Jealousy
Perhaps for most young wizards, the meaning of Hogwarts is very clear: the school, another home.
They learn magic here, go through the most important stage of life, make friends and even find love and the direction of their future, of course, there may be bitterness and regret in youth.
At the same time, just like Severus Snape, Tom Riddle, Newt Scamander, Harry Potter...
Almost all the children who left this castle cannot help but see it as their home voluntarily, even the evil villains, if they had the chance, would be very happy to come back here again.
However, in Elena's eyes, Hogwarts actually has a deeper meaning.
This is a responsibility that is destined to carry, an area between illusion and reality, and...
In a sense, it is a special "prison."
Elena is not an ignorant girl, she can clearly feel that after going through two important events, Dumbledore's attitude towards her changed, as well as certain changes in coping measures.
Whether tacitly approving her role as a teaching assistant in a potion class, or actively promoting the creation of a first-year Quidditch team; whether accepting her multiple academic qualifications or acknowledging her position as the chef of Hogwarts.
There is no doubt that Albus Dumbledore, having learned from past lessons, is carefully confining his energy in this castle.
But this does not mean that Elena has fully compromised. She is not an innocent and harmless savior like Harry. As the third generation of the Dark Lord, she knew from the beginning what Dumbledore was thinking.
Indeed, to be precise, Elena's forced exile from Loch Lomond to Hogwarts cannot be completely overlooked.
Furthermore, from all perspectives, the three unbreakable vows imprinted on the back of her hand are still essentially used to restrain her three chains.
Unlike Grindelwald, who was waiting to die, Elena would not obediently follow Dumbledore's arrangement, but the first thing she wanted to resist were some of the waves, naturally, to have a brief escape from Dumbledore's control.
The sky is undoubtedly a weak link in Dumbledore. Flight magic is not easy to use in this world. According to Elena's knowledge of the magical world these days, the current method to counter wizards in the sky is not so numerous.
In addition to the typical broom vs. broom, or riding magical creatures like the Niffler, the fire dragon, and the thunderbird. Operations similar to dancing in the sky or fighting with wings have not yet appeared.
On the other hand, the physical condition of a centenarian also severely limits the possibility of completing certain extreme pursuits in the sky.
Therefore, Elena is at least 90% sure that, as long as she gets a flying broom equipped with today's magical technology, she can effortlessly minimize Dumbledore's threat temporarily.
At that time, besides stroking his beard and frowning on the ground, Dumbledore could only dissuade with words.
So, even if there is a shortage of "invisible film", Elena will surely find a way to successfully escape from Hogwarts. If she really needs it, she could actually write to Father Priest for help in purchasing it.
The purchasing needs of the Hogwarts chef are just a good excuse for Elena.
And in this way, with Dumbledore one step behind, at most, the burden on her heart is slightly greater, which will not harm the majesty of the director, right?
As she thought wildly, Elena gazed at the Quidditch field in front of her.
The afternoon flight class had ended at this point. Under the leadership of Mrs. Huo Qi, all the young first-year wizards arrived at the Quidditch stadium to prepare for or witness the upcoming "great reality show".
Those who arrived before them were the captains of the Quidditch teams from various colleges.
The deans of the four colleges very tacitly agreed to their request to leave the class early, allowing them to come to the Hogwarts Stadium to observe and study the selection process of this group of first-year students, whether to investigate the "enemies" in advance or to explore the new blood that could be added to the team in the future.
If it weren't for class, perhaps the four deans would come to the Quidditch Stadium and observe.
In the afternoon light, the Quidditch Stadium looks different. Hundreds of chairs are arranged in the high circular stands surrounding to ensure that everyone can see the situation in the stadium.
There are three golden columns at each end of the field, each fifty feet high with a hoop on top.
This is the goalpost where both sides of the Quidditch match mainly battle. Although victory or defeat is not entirely determined by the difference in goals, the splendor of the game primarily derives from the attacking and defending play between the two sides.
At a point below the ball post, the young wizards who want to sign up to join the "Hogwarts first Quidditch team" are manipulating the broom in sequence to perform a series of prescribed actions according to Mrs. Huo Qi's request.
The reason Hogwarts does not allow first-year students to have flying brooms is not unfounded. Even in the current high popularity of Quidditch, the number of wizarding families that actually allow children to have flight experience before entering school is still few.
Among these few people, at least half of the young wizards who do not fly so well must be eliminated.
Mrs. Huo Qi had no intention of overlooking the matter. Even if it was just a newborn Quidditch team that was testing, she still maintained quite strict requirements.
For those first-year students who had just learned how to stay on the broom, Mrs. Huo Qi eliminated them directly from the list without exception.
In fact, in the magical world, flying is a recognized ability that is only slightly friendlier than divination.
Perhaps after a school year of flying classes, most young wizards can successfully control the flying broom, but those who have a true talent, without exception, have shown a different relationship with the flying broom from the beginning, a fondness for flight.
According to the official Quidditch research, there is no type of late and hardworking player.
Even if this year it is recognized that Fitz, the Tornado team's Seeker, completed the transformation due to hard training, it is just a Quidditch version of the ugly duckling turning into a swan story; he simply fully discovered his talents, although many people seem to forget that he was a professional golfer from the beginning.
"It's boring... I just want to name people directly if I knew them. It doesn't make much sense to have such a test."
Elena was sitting on the side of a broken broom, floating in the air like a swing.
Ignoring the envious and surprised eyes thrown from time to time in every corner of the Quidditch Stadium, Elena watched the immature and clumsy performances of the young wizards in front of her with a sigh of helplessness, and slowly her eyes began to empty.
It's not that she's distracted, mainly because of the Quidditch selection for the first-year students in front of her, there's really no suspense, especially after knowing the ending in advance, there's not even much fun left.
If it weren't for the fact that as the captain of the first-year team she had to witness the end, she would even want to leave early.
After all, the flight test of a group of boys doesn't have much to do. It's much worse than any previous flight show. I don't know where the interest came from the Quidditch team captains around the stands.
After Mrs. Huo Qi's selection, a total of seven young wizards passed the first round of tests. Waiting for Saturday, the promised professional team's brooms arrived from Dumbledore, and then the assignment of positions within the team.
It turns out that the final selection had no surprises at all: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Gore, Zakaris Smith and...
"Hannah? I didn't think she could fly... Didn't she say she didn't want to join the Quidditch team?"
Hermione looked at Hannah Abbot flying in the sky with dismay. .me ~ Elena, floating like a feather in the air, had a particularly complicated mood.
Although Hannah's performance is not too good, with the advantage of growing up in a wizarding family, she passed the primary selection a bit clumsily, while Miss Hermione Chopard Granger is still in the stage of how to make the broom obey and not throw her.
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