"My daughter, yes, yes. You see... that is the youngest one in my family."
Arthur Weasley is definitely the proudest person in the "parent camp" of Hogwarts. He was excitedly talking to Mr. Digory and others next to him.
Adult friendship is not limited to the academy. Although he and Amos Diggory often quarrel, it is undeniable that as neighbors, colleagues and parents of children, the relationship between the Weasley family and the Diggory family is still
Not bad - especially after Mrs. Weasley met Mr. and Mrs. Diggory in Quibble Magical Commercial Street a few days ago, the exchanges between the two families have increased even more.
"Okay, Weasley, don't take it too easy. I heard from Syd that the first-year Slytherin girl opposite seems to be very strong."
Mr. Diggory shrugged his shoulders and glanced at his son sitting next to him, "Besides, if there is a house competition in Hufflepuff House, my Ced will definitely be able to play too!"
"Not only is she very strong, she is the Shadow Prefect of Slytherin House."
Cedric Diggory said seriously, his eyes fixed on the two little witches in the venue.
As the prefect of Hufflepuff House, he learned some inside information from someone in advance - the House Competition might become a permanent event after that.
If there is an ambiguous dispute between the colleges and it cannot be reconciled by the deans of both colleges, there is a high probability that a competition will be launched.
What's more important is that some large-scale cross-school competitions may be held within the next two years.
At that time, Hogwarts will use the daily performance of the young wizards of each house and grade as the selection criteria at that time.
Although the "insider" didn't go into too much detail, Cedric didn't think she was lying: everyone at Hogwarts knew that Kaslana meant what she said.
"Irina Ivanovich, her grandfather is Novarte Ivanovich - that gentleman is the former principal of Kodos Doriz Magic School. I quietly asked Sprout before
The professor tells the story about Mr. Ivanovich, who was once called the 'Dumbledore' of the Eastern European wizarding world. He single-handedly reshaped the broken Eastern European magical world..."
"Wait, Novat Ivanovich... I seem to have an impression."
At this moment, an adult wizard sitting next to Mr. Diggory frowned and said thoughtfully.
"I remember that the International Federation of Wizards held a trial against him a few years ago. It was probably the highest-profile trial in recent years."
"Trial?" Mr. Weasley asked curiously, "What has he done to deserve a trial by the International Wizarding Tribunal?"
The speaker was Mr. Wood, who works in the Department of International Magical Cooperation. His son, Oliver Wood, is the current Quidditch captain of Gryffindor House.
"Breaking secrecy laws, inciting, and luring many wizards into dangerous areas - it is said that nearly a hundred wizards were killed, and even almost directly exposed the entire magical world..."
Mr. Wood said seriously, while recalling the file he saw a few years ago, he shook his head sadly.
"You know this thing called 'Wizard's Sorrow', right? He may have gone crazy and ignored the magic world's evacuation order but instead..."
"Wizard's Sorrow? Sorry - gentlemen, I didn't mean to eavesdrop...are you talking about nuclear weapons?"
Before Mr. Weasley could continue to ask, another voice joined their conversation.
Everyone turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a suit and leather suit sitting not far away, looking curiously in their direction.
Next to the middle-aged man, a little Ravenclaw girl who was in her first or second year at most was clenching her fists and nervously watching the time countdown in the field.
"Oh, Alexey... I am now the math and physics teacher at Hogwarts. This is my daughter Danilova."
Alexei quickly introduced himself and looked thoughtfully at the wizards chatting.
"If I heard correctly, you just talked about the 'Wizard's Sorrow', right? Well, I happened to be studying this topic recently..."
"Professor Alexei? Oh, I heard Seid mention you-"
Mr. Digory turned his head, looked at the new professor who was dressed like a Muggle, and frowned slightly.
"...You seem to have taught in Russia before? How is Said's performance in class?"
"Oh, you don't need to call me Professor - just call me Alexei..."
Alexei glanced at the handsome, somewhat nervous boy sitting next to Mr. Diggory, and grinned.
"Cedric is the well-deserved number one in his grade. He earned a lot of college points from me, so much so that I had to exercise restraint to avoid dissatisfaction with other students."
"Oh? That's not bad - well done, son! Why didn't you tell me earlier -"
Hearing these words, Amos Diggory's frown instantly spread, and he glanced at Arthur Weasley next to him rather proudly.
If the Weasley family's numerical advantage is invincible, then Cedric Diggory's excellence is what Mr. Diggory can compete with.
"By the way, you just mentioned the 'Wizard's Sorrow' - is it a special disease caused by radiation? Where was the Mr. Ivanovich you mentioned a few years ago..."
"I'm very sorry, Professor Alexei. I don't know the specific situation. I can only give a general summary..."
Mr. Wood said helplessly, he regretted opening this topic, but he started, and he was too embarrassed to pretend to be stupid like this.
"I heard that there seemed to be an accident on the Muggle side, and a large area of 'Wizard's Sorrow' appeared - the wizarding world immediately issued an evacuation order, but Novat Ivan, who should have informed everyone to leave,
Not only did Norwich not leave, but he encouraged hundreds of wizards to arrive in that area to help the Muggles clean up the mess——"
"Chernobyl——" Alexei's expression changed slightly and he murmured.
However, Mr. Wood, who started talking, did not notice Alexey's whisper, and shook his head sadly and continued.
"Most of the wizards who went there at that time were infected with the 'Wizard's Disaster'. They were tried, put under house arrest, and had their wands confiscated...even their descendants were implicated..."
Mr. Wood nodded his chin at Irina below, "In fact, if it weren't for Professor Dumbledore, Miss Ivanovich almost wouldn't even be able to attend the magic school."
Professor Dumbledore?
perhaps……
Alexei raised his eyebrows slightly.
He subconsciously looked at Miss Ivanovich not far away and Elena floating above her head, his eyes full of complexity.
At the same time, on the other side, the topic of Mr. Weasley and others had moved away from this and returned to the discussion about the competition.
"I heard that magic learning in Eastern Europe is more practical, quite powerful, and usually very heavy-handed..."
Mr. Wood said thoughtfully, turning to look at Mr. Weasley aside, "Do you secretly tutor your daughter in magic at home? The first session may be very intense."
"A first-year wizard, how intense can it be?" Mr. Diggory said disapprovingly.
In Amos Diggory's opinion, this was just a makeshift confrontation.
He didn't think the confrontation between first-year students could be considered a "magic confrontation". Those two children hadn't even finished first grade yet.
In fact, most parents and students think so too. Everyone can't wait to skip this game and quickly watch the competition between senior grades later.
Only Danilova knows how talented her two best friends are in magic combat - according to Sister Hannah, they can even be 50-50 equal to Granger of the same age.
"3——"
"2--"
"1!"
As the countdown on the magic light screen returned to zero, Elena's figure gradually faded and disappeared.
Silver-white light cocoons flashed around the duel venue, marking the official start of the opening match of the academy competition.
In the center of the duel venue, Ginny and Irina already had their wands in their hands, staring intently into each other's eyes.
As the countdown reached zero, the two little witches almost simultaneously pointed their wands forward, taking a small step to the left and right like mirror images.
Without any sound of chanting, two magic beams of different colors passed by each other, grazing the girls' hair and hitting the magic light curtain behind them, creating circles of ripples.
Mana impact! Small jump with small steps!
This is a standard tactical move of the Witches, and the two of them have simulated it too many times in previous training.
Compared with the cumbersome chanting of incantations, magic shock is undoubtedly the best solution as a starting move. Most ordinary wizards will be directly interrupted by this attack.
For Ginny and Irina, this is just a greeting before the start.
However, compared to Irina, who is still supplementing her growth, Ginny's physical fitness is obviously better than hers.
In the process of jumping into the air, Ginny twisted the wand first and locked the direction of Irina's movement and avoidance.
"Bat-Spell!"
The next second, a large number of little blue monsters with flapping wings emerged from the tip of Ginny Weasley's wand, rushing towards Irina like a tidal wave.
Ginny's magic was released very quickly, and even the light and shadow of the golden-red magic impact had not disappeared in everyone's eyes.
In fact, many people didn't even realize that this was already the second round of the fight between the two little witches.
"Incendio!"
Irina's response was equally quick, and her wand moved forward in a graceful arc.
Different from the conventional fire spell, a little condensed spark sank into the surging group of blue monsters like pebbles.
Immediately afterwards, a dazzling flame vortex suddenly erupted in the center of the group of little monsters, tearing the air around them, and the hot flames swallowed everything in an instant.
Under the cover of golden-red firelight, a crimson curse passed through the monsters that turned into smoke and flew toward Irina.
"Stupefy!"
"Protego!"
boom!
Along with a dull sound of magic spells colliding, the voices of the two girls sounded in everyone's ears almost at the same time.
The smoke and sparks dissipated, and Irina and Ginny appeared on both sides of the field unscathed, looking at the wands in each other's hands as if they were in danger.
If you think about it carefully, the two of them have never really let go of each other to fight.
"The Stunning Curse is not a curse for those under third grade, dear Miss Weasley."
"Not even armor - Miss Ivanovich."
Ginny and Irina were chatting affectionately, their wands pointed at each other steadily like a stabbing sword.
The two of them clearly saw their own shadows in each other's eyes, as well as... the same eager flame.