Chapter 38 Year-End Dinner
Professor Flitwick picked up the key, looked at it, and said 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?
The cell he didn't see when he woke up is waiting in the near future, right?
Obviously, Dumbledore didn't intend to give him a chance to think blindly.
"This key leads to Dorset. I have an old friend who lives there. I think Gretel can go to him to expand his wizarding horizons."
As he spoke, Dumbledore took the key from Flitwick and lifted the sealing spell covering the key.
"I thought that before the third grade, you could unlock the sealing spell on the key by yourself and go to Newt's place to see magical animals.
Believe me, you will love it. There are few people who can't be 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 curse, the originally golden door key given by Dumbledore became gleaming, and every inch of light showed its extraordinaryness.
"Newt Scamander, I remember him, the Master of Fantastic Beasts. You said many times that it was because of his help that you were able to imprison Grindelwald."
Flitwick's words made Dumbledore look slightly embarrassed. He rubbed his nose, pushed up his glasses, and turned to talk about Voldemort.
Dumbledore said that he knew Voldemort, and as long as it was something Voldemort wanted, he would get it no matter what the cost.
The soul charm around Gretel's neck was for positioning so that the Death Eaters controlled by Voldemort could help him kidnap people.
When talking about the Death Eaters, Dumbledore's eyes were full of disgust. He said that these guys were like the endless cockroaches in the sewer.
In this case, in order to ensure Grete's safety and freedom, there are only two methods available.
The first is to ask him to apply to stay in school during the holidays. As long as he is in Hogwarts, no matter how many Death Eaters come, they will not be able to capture him, not to mention that there are still professors on duty at the school.
As long as he didn't leave the actual control of Hogwarts during the holidays, he didn't have to worry about his 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 location of the portkey to America. Newt Scamander is currently on vacation there and will not return to Dorset until next year.
As long as Gretel goes to America, Newt will definitely ensure his safety. When he comes back when school starts, it can be said to be foolproof.
Besides, when you get to America, you don't have to worry about Death Eaters. Voldemort's hand can't reach that far.
In other words, he can see which professor is available during the holidays, or temporarily stay at the professor's house.
Most Death Eaters don't have the ability to steal people from the few main professors at Hogwarts.
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There were still a few days before the holiday, and Dumbledore asked him to take advantage of these few days to think about it.
He stayed at school until the official day of the holiday, asking Grete to come to the principal's office to tell him after he thought about it.
Gretel certainly didn't want to be under house arrest and just stay in Hogwarts for the entire holiday.
He originally planned to take advantage of this holiday to investigate the urgent needs of wizards so that he could restart his research next semester.
Of the two remaining options, of course the first choice would be to hug each professor's lap.
Newt's thighs are also very thick, but after all, he is not familiar with them, so it is easier to pick up the wool of an acquaintance.
But after asking around, I couldn't get it.
Because Professor Flitwick is a half-goblin, he has to go back to the goblin colony every year during the holidays.
But goblins have always rejected wizards, and Flitwick said that if Gretel didn't mind staying in his hut every day, he would be happy to spend this holiday with Gretel.
After declining, Grete found other professors who had the ability to protect themselves.
But it is a pity that Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall have to rotate school guarding at Hogwarts, and Professor Sprout has to go to an ancient jungle to find a magical plant.
After searching in vain, Gretel found Dumbledore and told him his choice.
It was impossible for him to bring danger to the orphanage, so he wrote a letter to Mrs. Swann, saying that he would go to America to study for a period of time.
When Dumbledore returned the modified portkey to Gretel, Harry also obtained a compromise from Madam Pomfrey and was able to attend Hogwarts' end-of-year dinner.
The most excited person in the entire auditorium is undoubtedly Ravenclaw, who has always been independent from the world, especially the seventh grade graduates this year.
In their current state, Gretel really couldn't get them to have anything to do with Ravenclaw.
Who would have thought that Ravenclaw could have such a crazy side.
Even Terry, who was usually the least Ravenclaw-like, 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 colors representing Ravenclaw, and a huge banner representing Ravenclaw hung on the wall behind the podium.
Of course, few people will have droopy faces at the year-end dinner.
Except for Slytherin.
Slytherin students from the first to seventh grade all looked at their dean with a grumble.
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 results are not outstanding, at least much less than Slytherin's scores.
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 Gretel can see his dissatisfaction from Snape's cold eyes when he looks at the little snake in Slytherin.
Gretel could even simulate his inner thoughts: If your brains weren't as "excellent" as those of a troll, you would have gotten more bonus 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 graduates of Ravenclaw.
Their class had been suppressed by Slytherin for seven whole years, and everyone even dreamed of getting a vote for Slytherin.
They had originally planned 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 coach, Ravenclaw's score was far ahead of the others.
You know, in the past years, no matter which college, first-year students have always been the ones who drag their seniors down.
Not familiar with the rules and regulations, breaking the rules, deductions.
Being caught for night outings, deductions.
Being targeted by Filch, deductions.
...
It can be said that there are all kinds of things that can deduct points for young wizards, and there are few who can bring honor to their college in the first year.
Gretel did it, and he became a well-deserved hero of the three colleges.
Everyone cast a thankful look at him.
Of course, except for Slytherin.
There are even people who cast their eyes on 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 the atmosphere became lively again. Everyone's eyes were all away from Gretel, and they were all looking at the rising star of the magic 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, and they regretted the toilet seat they gave, 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 everyone to listen to the clichés of an old man like me..."
No one cared about Dumbledore's annual year-end summary. They were only looking forward to ending this ceremony quickly. The delicious dishes in front of them did not allow them to think.
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's performance this year is particularly outstanding," Dumbledore pressed his palm, "but, however, several recent events must also be taken into account."
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Small theater
All Slytherins: The joys and sorrows of Hogwarts are not connected, I just think they are noisy.
All Gryffindors: Someone is jealous, but I won't say who it is.
All Hufflepuffs: +1.
All Ravenclaws: Hahahahahahahaha~