The Plane Merchant of Hogwarts

Since the elves were not very skilled in brewing medicine, Rolf was unable to immediately obtain the medicinal porridge to treat the centaurs.

What also made Rolf very distressed was that Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class was always difficult, and today's class was especially difficult.

He regretted that he had already drawn the magic model of clear water like a spring.

If I could draw the spell model of Transfiguration, wouldn't I be invincible in the Transfiguration class?

In fact, not only Rolf, but also other young wizards felt that the lessons they learned last year seemed to have leaked out of their minds during the summer vacation.

Professor McGonagall continued the teaching task from last week and asked them to turn a beetle into a button. However, they spent a long time and only got the beetle to exercise. The beetle ran around the table hiding from the wand, and they couldn't click it no matter what.

Can't catch it.

When they heard the lunch bell, Rolf and his roommates walked out of the classroom relieved, their brains like a wrung-out sponge.

A few people went to the auditorium to have lunch, and Hermione could be heard in the distance showing off the beetle she had successfully transformed.

"What classes are there this afternoon?" Roommate Justin asked with a yawn.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts." Ernie flipped through the lesson schedule in his book, then looked up and replied.

After they finished eating, they walked into the cloud-shrouded courtyard. Rolf could still see Hermione sitting there, immersed in reading "Voyage with the Vampire".

He also vaguely heard Ron asking her why the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was marked with caution?

Rolf wanted to remind Hermione that there was actually a big gap between the Lockhart she knew and the real Lockhart.

But it may not have much effect on Hermione who is in a fanatical state. After all, people always like to accept suggestions that are similar to their own ideas. On the contrary, they tend to exclude them from their minds. Rolf did not ask for trouble.

A week after the start of school, the college Quidditch team began to recruit new players. With Malfoy's constant encouragement, Rolf also participated in the Quidditch selection.

As for Malfoy? He had already been admitted to Slytherin's Quidditch team through the Malfoy family's powerful money-making ability.

"Rolf, you should also participate in the selection, so that we can train with Harry." Malfoy muttered in Rolf's ear.

"Don't worry, Gryffindor will not conduct Quidditch training with Slytherin!" Ron on the side retorted like a cat whose tail was stepped on, his hair suddenly exploded.

Hermione on the other side, as a member of the cheerleading team, was very confused about whether she should cheer for Ron or Rolf.

Together they walked through the lobby on the first floor, across the green grass, and walked toward the Quidditch pitch.

The Quidditch pitch is already surrounded by young wizards from various colleges. As a national sport in the wizarding world, Quidditch still has many supporters.

Several people squeezed through the crowded crowd and walked towards the captains of their respective colleges.

It is said that Ron had already informed Fred and George in advance and asked them to sign up for him.

On the surface, the sport of Quidditch does not appear to be fair.

As long as the Seeker catches the Golden Snitch, his side will score the equivalent of 15 goals and the game will end.

Players in other positions are difficult to compare with, so Quidditch is often just a competition between two seekers.

So why is it so popular? Do wizards and witches watch the game just to appreciate the violent body collisions and fancy broomstick skills?

Quidditch matches are actually just like the World Cup. Each Quidditch match is part of a large series of matches and cannot be decided by just one match.

The cumulative total score will determine the final trophy.

The Hogwarts House Cup is won by the house with the highest total score, not the team with the most wins. Quidditch is just one of them.

We can see the points table of the British League (DP) from the Daily Prophet. They are also arranged according to the total score of each team. The highest is 750 points for the Tutshill Tornadoes, and the lowest is only 230 points.

Chudley Artillery.

The standings table does not show how many games each team won. Although we have no evidence of this, the Quidditch World Cup must have been scored in a similar way.

This means that the Bulgarian team and the Irish team were the highest scoring teams in that year's Quidditch World Cup.

Although Krum caught the Golden Snitch, because the total score was not ideal, it was the Irish team that ultimately won the World Cup.

Therefore, although the Golden Snitch plays a decisive role in a game, it does not mean that catching the Golden Snitch will lead to the final victory.

Rolf looked at the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Their captain was none other than Cedric, who took Rolf to breakfast every day.

"Rolf, I didn't expect you to come to the Quidditch tryouts?" Cedric looked at Rolf who was gradually approaching, patted him on the shoulder, and said in surprise.

"I thought you had no interest in Quidditch." Cedric continued.

What he didn't know was that Rolf kept muttering in his mind: It's true that I'm not very interested, but I really can't stand Malfoy talking in his ear and in the owl notebook anymore.

He suddenly had some doubts. Was it a mistake to research the Owl Notebook on his own?

Cedric saw that the people who were going to be selected were almost all here, so he clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention to him.

"Let me tell you the rules first. They are very simple. Have you seen those magic circles in the sky? All you have to do is ride a broomstick and pass through those magic circles in sequence.

You can choose to use your own flying broomstick. If you don’t have a flying broomstick, you can come to me to get the special Sweeping Seven Stars for testing."

After Cedric finished speaking, he pointed to the brooms lying on the ground in a mess around him, but looking at those worn-out brooms, no one thought that they could successfully pass the exam with them.

But there is another embarrassing problem. Most of the little wizards who came to test did not have their own broomsticks.

Some of them are because they are of Muggle origin, and they do not have enough gold galleons to store. You must know that the Muggle currency Gringotts requires is of little use, so every new Muggle student has an exchange quota.

Of course, many mixed-blood or even pure-blood little wizards do not have their own flying broomsticks.

A brand new broomstick is not cheap and cannot be afforded by ordinary wizarding families. For example, such an expenditure is obviously not affordable by the Weasley family.

Of course, you can also choose to buy second-hand broomsticks, but there is no quality guarantee for these second-hand broomsticks. After long-term use, it is certain that their performance and safety will decline.

Using a broom like this to participate in Quidditch tryouts would be worse than using those outdated broomsticks from Hogwarts.

At least the performance and safety of these brooms can be guaranteed under the daily maintenance of Mrs. Hodge, the broomstick master.

ps: Sorry, I didn’t finish writing and accidentally sent it out...