Chapter 38 Year-End Dinner

Professor Flitwick picked up the key and observed it for a while, then asked tentatively, "Portkey?"

Dumbledore glanced at Gretel with his blue eyes and nodded silently.

Gretel didn't understand why Dumbledore gave him a portkey.

Where is the other end of the portkey?

Nurmengard?

Azkaban?

So the cell he didn't see when he woke up is waiting for him in the near future.

Obviously, Dumbledore didn't intend to give him a chance to think about it.

"This key leads to Dorsetshire. I have an old friend who lives there. I think Gretel can go there to broaden his wizarding horizons."

As he spoke, Dumbledore took the key from Flitwick and lifted the sealing spell that enveloped the key.

"I was thinking that before the third year, you would be able to unlock the seal on the key by yourself and see the magical animals at Newt's place.

Believe me, you will like it. Few people are not interested in Newt's magical animals."

It is different from the door keys that wizards hide in various places in nature to avoid attracting the attention of Muggles as much as possible.

Without the seal of the spell, this originally golden door key given by Dumbledore has become shining, and every inch of light is showing its extraordinaryness.

"Newt Scamander, I remember him, the master of magical animals, you have said many times that it was because of his help that you were able to lock up Grindelwald."

Flitwick's words made Dumbledore's face more slightly embarrassed. He rubbed his nose and pushed his glasses down. He turned around and talked about Voldemort.

Dumbledore said that he knew Voldemort. As long as Voldemort wanted something, he would get it no matter how much it cost.

The soul spell on Gret's neck is for positioning, so that those Death Eaters controlled by Voldemort can help him kidnap people.

When talking about the Death Eaters, Dumbledore's eyes were full of disgust. He said that group of guys were like cockroaches that could never be eliminated in the sewer.

In this case, in order to ensure Gret's safety and freedom, there are only two ways to use.

The first is to let him apply for vacation stay in school. As long as he is in Hogwarts, no matter how many Death Eaters come, it is impossible to capture him, not to mention that there are professors on duty.

As long as he does not leave the actual control of Hogwarts during the vacation, there is no need to worry about safety and freedom.

No one can kidnap people in Hogwarts, not even Tom. When Dumbledore said this, his tone was full of confidence.

The second is to change the landing point of the door key to America. Newt Scamander is now on vacation there and will not return to Dorset until next year.

As long as Gret goes to America, Newt will definitely ensure his safety and come back when school starts. It can be said that it is foolproof.

Besides, when he arrived in America, he didn't have to worry about the Death Eaters. Voldemort's hand couldn't reach that far.

Or, he could see which professor was free during the holidays and temporarily live in the professor's house.

Most Death Eaters were not capable of snatching people from the main professors of Hogwarts.

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There were still a few days before the holiday, and Dumbledore asked him to think about it carefully during these few days.

Until the official holiday, he was in school, and asked Gretel to think it over and come to the principal's office to tell him.

Of course, Gretel didn't want to stay in Hogwarts for the entire holiday as if he was under house arrest.

He had planned to take advantage of this holiday to investigate the urgent needs of wizards so that he could start research again in the next semester.

Of the remaining two options, of course, the first choice was to hug the thighs of various professors.

Newt's thighs were also thick, but after all, he was unfamiliar with them, so it was easier to fleece the wool of acquaintances.

But after asking around, he didn't get what he wanted.

Professor Flitwick is a goblin half-blood, so he has to go back to the goblin settlement every holiday.

But goblins have always rejected wizards. Flitwick said that if Gretel didn't mind staying in his hut every day, he would be happy to spend the holiday with Gretel.

After declining, Gretel found some other professors who were capable of protecting him.

But unfortunately, Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall had to take turns guarding the school at Hogwarts, and Professor Sprout had to go to an ancient jungle to find a magical plant.

After searching in vain, Gretel had to find Dumbledore and told him his choice.

He couldn't bring danger to the orphanage, so he sent a letter to Mrs. Swan, saying that he was going to America to study for a while.

When Dumbledore returned the modified door key to Gretel, Harry also got the compromise of Ms. Pomfrey and was able to attend the Hogwarts year-end dinner.

In the entire hall, the most excited people were undoubtedly the Ravenclaws who had always been peaceful, especially the seventh graders, this year's graduates.

In their current state, Grete couldn't really associate them with Ravenclaw.

Who would have thought that Ravenclaw would have such a crazy side.

Even Terry, who was the least like a Ravenclaw on weekdays, was as calm as the silent black lake outside the castle in front of this group of seventh-year seniors.

The entire auditorium was decorated with blue and bronze representing Ravenclaw, and a huge banner representing Ravenclaw was hung on the wall behind the podium.

Of course, few people would have a droopy face at the year-end dinner.

Except Slytherin.

Slytherin students from the first to seventh grade all looked at their dean with complaints.

There was no way. Ravenclaw could win first place, and a large part of the credit should be attributed to Gretel.

Who let Quirrell, who was parasitized by the mysterious man, and Severus Snape, the only professor of potions known for his harshness, and the dean of Slytherin, give this first-year freshman crazy extra points in his class.

So much so that at the end of the semester, Ravenclaw's score was even 48 points higher than Slytherin's 472 points.

You know, Ravenclaw's Quidditch performance is not outstanding, at least it is much less than Slytherin's score.

But even so, the final score of the college cup still showed a crushing posture.

Of course, Snape has been coaching for many years and has seen all kinds of scenes, but he is expressionless.

Even Grete could see Snape's dissatisfaction from the cold look he gave the Slytherin snake.

Grete could even simulate his inner thoughts: If your brains weren't as "excellent" as those of the trolls, you would have gotten more points from me.

Everyone except Slytherin congratulated Ravenclaw for preventing Slytherin from winning the House Cup for seven consecutive years.

After seeing the expressions of the entire Slytherin snake as if it had swallowed a whole bitter melon.

In the entire hall, the degree of happiness of the Gryffindor graduates even caught up with the Ravenclaw graduates.

Their class had been suppressed by Slytherin for seven whole years, and everyone even dreamed of getting a vote for Slytherin.

They were originally planning to give up.

The other six grades had lived together for six years, and they had a clear understanding of the level of their respective colleges.

Who would have thought that this year, starting from the second week of formal classes, Ravenclaw gave them such a big surprise, and this surprise even came from a first-year wizard.

Bonus points, continuous bonus points, even after Voldemort borrowed Quirrell's body to teach, Ravenclaw's score was far ahead.

You know, in the past years, no matter which college, first-year students have always been dragging down their seniors.

Not familiar with the rules and regulations, violation, deduction points.

Caught for night outings, deduction points.

Being targeted by Filch, deduction points.

...

It can be said that the projects that can deduct points for young wizards are all kinds of strange, and there are few people who win glory for their college in the first year.

Gretel did it, he became a well-deserved hero of the three colleges.

Everyone cast a thankful look at him.

Of course, except Slytherin.

There are even people who cast a look at him with disgust and anger.

Gretel doesn't care, Ravenclaw doesn't care, and the other colleges don't care even more.

This eager atmosphere continued until the great savior, the hero who once again thwarted the conspiracy of the mysterious man, Harry Potter, appeared.

When Harry walked in, the whole hall fell into silence.

It was completely silent until Harry sat down, and then it became lively again. Everyone's eyes were all away from Gretel, and they were all looking at the rising star of the wizarding world.

Ever since that time when Gryffindor lost a lot of points, Harry hadn't enjoyed everyone's enthusiasm for a long time.

This heroic performance made Harry regain the long-lost enthusiasm of Gryffindor, even more than the beginning of the school year.

Although Harry had expected it when he woke up and saw the gifts on the bed, he was still a little flattered.

The Weasley twin brothers winked at Harry, saying that they regretted the toilet seat they gave away, which was confiscated by Madam Pomfrey.

That was a special gift that the two of them had been thinking about for a long time.

"Another year has passed," Dumbledore stood up happily, "Before you enjoy these delicious dishes, I must trouble you to listen to the clichés of an old man like me..."

No one cares about Dumbledore's annual year-end summary. They are now just looking forward to ending this ceremony quickly. The delicious dishes in front of them have left them no room for thinking.

Until, "Now, we will hold the award ceremony for the College Cup.

The specific scores of each college are as follows: Fourth place, Gryffindor, 312 points.

Third place, Hufflepuff, 352 points.

Second place, Slytherin, 472 points.

First place, Ravenclaw, 520 points."

With the announcement of the scores, the whole restaurant cheered again, and Slytherin looked at the celebrations of the other three colleges with an ugly face.

They just felt that it was noisy here.

Slytherin just wanted to quickly end this ceremony that they thought was beautiful in previous years but seemed particularly annoying this year, fill their stomachs and go to bed quickly.

"Yes, yes, Ravenclaw has performed exceptionally well this year," Dumbledore pressed his palms, "but, however, several recent events must also be taken into account."

3000 points added, two updates today will be later

Small theater

All Slytherins: The joys and sorrows of Hogwarts are not in common, I just think they are noisy.

All Gryffindors: Someone is jealous, but I won't say who it is.

All Hufflepuffs: +1.

All Ravenclaws: Hahahahahahaha~