A day at Hogwarts

“What about the research on black pudding?”

"Black pudding carriers are very resistant."

…

It was right to resist. Snape never thought that one day he would become a researcher.

Everyone soon discovered that Charles' treatment in Potions class suddenly became worse than Harry's.

During class that day, Charles and Neville were sitting next to the aisle, and on the other side of the aisle were Crabbe and Goyle from Slytherin.

"Bang!"

"Wow!"

A crack suddenly opened in the bottom of Crabbe and Goyle's cauldron, and the potion exploded into a burst of highly irritating smoke when it came into contact with the fire below.

A group of people around them choked and coughed violently. Pansy in the back coughed so hard that her lungs almost came out. When she was waving away the smoke with her hand, she accidentally knocked over her own cauldron and splashed the boiling potion on Daphne who was in the group with her.

Daphne was also coughing so hard that when she saw the potion being thrown at her, she had no time to avoid it.

Charles had just cast the Bubble Charm on himself and Neville in time, and when he saw it, he immediately threw an Iron Armor Charm at Daphne.

The potion was blocked by the Iron Armor Charm, and Daphne avoided going to the school infirmary and being next door to Malfoy.

At this time, Snape came over and waved his wand twice to clean up the mess.

He turned to Charles and said in an emotionless voice: "Smith, why did you sit and watch Crabbe and Goyle's cauldron break without doing something? Are you trying to be a hero?"

Before he could say how to deduct points from Gryffindor, Charles immediately said: "Professor Snape, I think you will not forget the headline on the front page of the Daily Prophet the day before yesterday about the leakage rate at the bottom of the crucible that is almost 10% per year. The report on the growth rate of 3% and the call for strengthening crucible management quoted the data you provided. "

"This report was put in that position by me, Mr. Tokufi, and that was my small contribution to the damage to the crucible."

"It's their own business to check whether the crucible is normal. I'm not their father, so why should I remind them."

"After all, their father's former companions should pay attention to them from time to time."

Looking for trouble, right? If you look for it, I will look for it too.

Crabbe and Goyle's fathers were both Death Eaters and were on vacation in Azkaban, and were taken to the Ministry of Magic for interrogation from time to time.

The Ministry of Magic is now very nervous about Death Eaters. Snape is currently the only Death Eater who is openly active. It is not a problem for Charles to cause some trouble for him with his energy in the Ministry of Magic.

Snape looked at Charles coldly, then turned and directed his anger at Crabbe and Goyle, but no points were deducted.

After the bell rang, students poured out of the Potions classroom and headed to the cafeteria.

Daphne walked quickly to Charles and said with some fear: "Thank you, otherwise I would have been injured just now."

Charles said: "You're welcome, that's right."

Daphne asked again: "Are you free next Hogsmeade week? I think..."

Before she finished speaking, Charles said: "Sorry, I have to go to St. Mungo's Hospital that day."

At this time, the crowd came to the foyer, and the third-year Ravenclaw students who were taking Herbology class just returned.

Erica followed them to class and came over as soon as she saw Charles.

Charles went up to say hello, and Alia pulled his arm and said, "That student named Lovegood is so scary!"

"I don't know where she heard about so many weird animals. She kept asking me if I knew about them."

Charles forced a smile and said, "Just get used to it."

They passed by where the Goblet of Fire was, and there was a golden circle on the ground around it.

Another attempt by the twin brothers failed, and the two were hung from the ceiling, chatting with the nearly headless Nick.

Erica said, "I heard Fleur threw the name in."

Charles nodded and said, "Yeah, I think she can definitely choose."

Erica said: "No matter who Durmstrang chooses, he will ask me to participate as an assistant."

She was familiar with British herbal medicine because of Charles, so Charles judged that there would be competitions held in the Forbidden Forest, not in the greenhouse.

"I think Krum will be chosen," Charles said.

Erica said: "I think so too."

"Hey, have you tried it?"

Charles pointed to the two men on the ceiling and said, "Do you want to see me become like them?"

Erica nodded.

Charles was speechless.

What he is worried about now is that the old man signed up for him for some purpose.

And now the game has introduced an assistant rule. If someone wants to attack Harry, they will probably make a fuss out of it.

There are more and more gossips about the game these days, and everyone is mainly discussing the issue of assistants.

It is said that the number of assistants and the method of obtaining them are particular, which may be related to the performance of the Warriors in the game.

Charles and Erica came to the long Gryffindor table chatting. Before the meal, Fleur came over, and Seamus stepped aside voluntarily.

Fleur whispered to Charles: "Find a place to talk after dinner."

Charles nodded.

Erica heard Fleur speaking in French, so she didn't join in the fun.

Later that night, Charles did not take Fleur to the alchemy laboratory because someone was blocking it, but instead went to the room where the time turner was used, which is now the gym.

Guests are free to choose which classes to attend at Hogwarts, so Erica often goes to the Herbology class. This afternoon Fleur went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and there were several Durmstrang students in the class. .

The two sat down on the sofa in the lounge area, and Charles prepared mint lemon tea.

Fleur said to Charles: "I think Mr. Moody has a problem."

"Today I talked to him about what happened in Ouagadou, and he seemed to have some memory problems."

Charles also had doubts about Moody's identity, but didn't want Fleur to get involved in this matter, so he said: "Maybe he is old and his memory is not very good for a while."

"He has been in a state of high tension, which sometimes affects his brain."

Fleur took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and took a long breath, leaned lightly on Charles' shoulder, and said: "I always feel that this game is a bit strange."

"I heard Maxi Mrs. Mu said that the competition was originally planned to be held according to tradition, but then Mr. Dumbledore proposed to change the content of the competition, and in August Mr. Karkaroff proposed to add assistants. "

"Do you think Karkaroff's proposal has anything to do with Erica's statement that Durmstrang has a few more people?"

Charles reached out and patted Fleur's hand gently, saying, "I will find a chance to mention this to Professor Dumbledore, and I won't let anyone interfere with the fairness of the competition."

He knew that Fleur had made a lot of efforts to win the competition, and now someone might want to destroy the fairness of the competition, so she would naturally be angry.

But they were worried about Erica's safety, so they chose to deal with it coldly.

Charles became alert in his heart. Could Karkaroff's new plan and his bringing people here be some kind of conspiracy?