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Chapter 4091 4093 [Quidditch Match]

After seeing this news, Xiang Nan couldn't help but be shocked.

To be honest, although he had been studying and working hard in the two months since entering Hogwarts, his mentality had to be a little lax.

But now, seeing this news report, the tension in his heart suddenly tightened again.

He knew that there would be no peace in the wizarding world unless Voldemort was eliminated, so he had to work harder.

In the next few days, the weather became very cold. The mountains around the school were gray and covered with ice and snow, and the lake was as cold and hard as hardened steel. Every morning, there was frost on the ground.

Everyone's mood was similar to the weather. Ever since the tragedy on Halloween Eve, reading the Daily Prophet every day has become a habit for the students.

Everyone is paying close attention to the development of the incident, but unfortunately, the Ministry of Magic only said that it was sending people to investigate, but there has been no progress.

Because those Death Eaters wore masks and cloaks when they took action, no one knew their exact identities, and naturally there was no way to hold them accountable.

So the murder case of James Woody had to be left unresolved.

Seeing such a result, many wizards from Muggle families found it incredible and unacceptable.

After all, the environment they grew up in taught them that "human rights are supreme" and "violations must be punished." Now, 11 people died tragically but no one was punished, allowing them to turn a blind eye.

"It's so horrible, how could this happen..." Lily Evans felt horrified.

It is really hard to accept that someone has suffered such a misfortune simply because of their different backgrounds.

"Don't be afraid. Hogwarts has Dumbledore. With him here, those people won't dare to come." Xiang Nan comforted her, "Besides Dumbledore, there is also me. I will also protect you well."

"Thank you, Severus." Lily said with emotion, "But I can't understand why there would be such a person who would kill people so cruelly."

"If you can't figure it out, don't think about it for now." Xiang Nan advised, "They are all murderers who treat human life as worthless. They are not normal people at all. It's not surprising that you can't figure it out. It would be strange if you could figure it out."

"Will we be in danger after we leave school?" Lily asked worriedly again.

"That's indeed possible." Xiang Nan nodded, "So it's best not to reveal your home address. It's better to take precautions in advance than to remedy the situation afterwards."

Voldemort is not going to hunt down all Muggle-born wizards, even first-year students, but it is always better to be safe than sorry.

Lily nodded.

……

In the next few days, as the Quidditch season began, the haze in everyone's hearts gradually dissipated.

Quidditch is the most popular sport in the wizarding world, loved by men, women, young and old.

The Quidditch competition at Hogwarts is a competition between the four houses. First, there is a preliminary round, with the four houses competing against each other, and then the winners will decide the champion and runner-up, and the losers will decide the third and fourth place.

The winning team will win the Quidditch Cup and add 150 points to the House Cup, which is an annual award at Hogwarts and is given to the house with the highest score at the end of each school year.

Because of his excellent performance in class, Xiang Nan has earned a total of 140 points for Ravenclaw, second only to a Quidditch cup, so everyone in Eagle House likes him very much.

The first match, held on November 6th, was between Gryffindor and Slytherin.

Xiang Nan didn't plan to watch the game. To him, this kind of game was meaningless. It would be better to take advantage of this time to read more books.

Joey, Benjamin, and Gregory were very excited, and they were going to make a banner to cheer for Gryffindor. However, their drawing skills were not very good, and they originally wanted to draw a Gryffindor lion and write "Gryffindor will win!" around the lion.

As a result, after drawing several times, the lion looked more and more like a dog, and the three of them were so angry that they wanted to throw their pens.

"Don't be angry, let me help you." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled when he saw this.

Then he personally helped them draw a majestic lion on an old bed sheet, and wrote six big words "Gryffindor must win!" in artistic font.

He cast a speaking spell to make the lion roar, and a shining spell to make the six big words "Gryffindor will win!" shine. In this way, the banner looked very impressive.

"Amazing! Our banner will surely shock everyone." Gregory said proudly upon seeing this.

"The Slytherins will be pissed off." Joey echoed, "It's because they called me a 'mudblood'."

"That's right. Even though we are not from Gryffindor, it's fine as long as they can beat Slytherin." Benjamin also agreed.

Although he is a mixed-blood like Xiang Nan, he is also an "unclean person" in the eyes of Slytherin students who believe in "pure blood supremacy". So when Gryffindor faced Slytherin, he also chose to cheer for Gryffindor.

……

On the day of the competition, Xiang Nan did not go. He continued reading in the library.

The tragedy on Halloween Eve sounded the alarm in his heart, and he dared not slack off for a moment.

Because he holds a wand with a phoenix core, he is destined to go against the Dark Lord.

Although this may sound idealistic, the magic world is an idealistic world. The existence of magic cannot be explained by science.

Therefore, Xiang Nan must work hard to improve himself. After all, he is facing the most powerful dark wizard in the past hundred years. If he is careless, he may lose his life.

When Xiang Nan returned to the Ravenclaw common room in the evening, he noticed that everyone was in a bad mood and the atmosphere in the common room was very depressing.

"What's wrong?" he asked with concern.

"Gryffindor lost, eighty to two hundred and three. Slytherin's chaser got the Golden Snitch." Gregory said depressedly.

Xiang Nan nodded. He was not too surprised by the result.

The Slytherin team has always been strong, so it is not surprising that they beat Gryffindor. In the original novel, before Harry Potter joined the Gryffindor team, they often lost.

"I hope we can beat Hufflepuff in the next game. Then we will be qualified to defeat Slytherin and win the Quidditch Cup." Benjamin said longingly.

"It's hard to say. I checked the records, and our school has been at the bottom for five consecutive years." Joey waved his hand.

"Don't be sad, there is always a chance." Xiang Nan comforted them and continued to read his book "Fighting Poison with Poison", which is a book about how to use black magic to defend against black magic.

It is said that when you are a corrupt official you must be cunning, and when you are an honest official you must be even more cunning. Only in this way can you deal with corrupt officials.

Those dark wizards acted without any bottom line, killing people without restraint, and doing whatever they wanted. They used the Imperius Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, the Fiery Fire Curse, the Avada Kedavra Curse... without caring about their lives.

Therefore, I need to have a deeper understanding of black magic in order to better deal with them.

Just like Dumbledore, he also has a high level of attainment in the field of dark magic, so when he was fighting against Voldemort, he could easily resolve the opponent's attacks.