Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures

Chapter 956: Quidditch Training

Harry was now like a radar; able to sensitively detect people who had had contact with Voldemort.

If Umbridge was indeed in cahoots with Voldemort, then something else would have to be done.

“What should we do?” Harry asked.

“Bump into her in the corridor, or make a surprise attack, or get detention by her again.”

The key to this matter was not to arouse Umbridge’s suspicion, and it was best not to be noticed by others.

The easiest way was to follow Umbridge, wait for a secluded corner with no one around, and hit her with a Stunning Spell, and then they could do whatever they wanted!

At that time, Harry could touch Umbridge as much as he wanted, no matter where he touched.

Or it would be better to wait until Umbridge went to inspect the Care of Magical Creatures class or Herbology class, drag her into the dark and deserted Forbidden Forest, and no one would find out what they did to Umbridge.

It would be nice to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate her, since no one would find out anyway, but it would be too evil to do so.

The key was Fudge and the Ministry of Magic behind her. If something unexpected happened to her at Hogwarts, Fudge would have an excuse to blame Dumbledore and interfere with Hogwarts!

He didn’t even need to find whoever hurt Umbridge since Dumbledore would be taken as responsible for whatever happened anyway.

As long as Umbridge was at Hogwarts, not only could she not be touched, but she must be protected.

Therefore, it was not advisable to directly attack Umbridge before completely turning against her. Harry could only pretend to accidentally bump into her; and this matter needed to be carefully planned, waiting for the right opportunity without raising her suspicion.

The next day was the first Saturday of the term.

For the whole day, Evan didn’t see Umbridge. She stayed in her room and no one knew what she was doing.

Evan and Hermione organized the first-year students to familiarize themselves with the campus as planned, while Harry and Ron stayed in the common room to write the essay for Sprout on Self-Fertilizing Shrubs and Professor McGonagall’s Inanimatus Conjurus.

One week was enough for first-year students to have a preliminary understanding of Hogwarts.

Affected by the environment, barriers between them started to appear. For example, the students of Slytherin obviously had inexplicable hostility towards the students of Gryffindor, but they did not refuse Evan’s call and invitation; they all came.

Filial children are always innocent and do not have deep-rooted hatred. After getting to know one another, they also let go of their animosity.

Unity is based on understanding. If Harry and Malfoy had communicated more and had more contact initially, their differences might not have been so great, and they wouldn’t end up fighting every time they saw each other.

Now that conflicts had arisen, it was difficult to resolve them, especially for older students, but it was easier for new students.

As long as there was someone with enough influence and prestige to stop them and provide a platform for interaction, it could be done.

Evan was qualified for that, and he was doing very well.

He and Hermione took a group of people around the school, and went to the kitchens to see the house-elves. Hermione took the opportunity to promote the theory of Elfish Welfare. It was unclear how many people actually absorbed her message, but everyone had a great time.

The house-elves were also extremely excited, trembling with joy. They seemed to have never seen so many people come to the kitchen at once, constantly serving various delicious foods to everyone.

Immediately afterwards, Evan took everyone to the pitch to try riding the Starcatcher, which was the most anticipated activity for everyone.

Undoubtedly, this event was a great success. By the time they had lunch, rare laughter and joy filled the Great Hall. The first-years had become familiar with each other, and many of them made friends in other Houses.

During lunch, Katie sat next to the Ravenclaw table and had a lively conversation with a little girl.

Regarding what Evan did, not everyone agreed. Mainly the senior Slytherin students warned the new students not to mingle with ‘Mudbloods’ and not to forget the honor of purebloods and similar nonsense. However, they didn’t have the courage to interfere with Evan.

According to Hermione’s plan, she went to the library in the afternoon to complete her homework and review what she had learned this week.

Harry and Ron weren’t going to do that, they were going to practice Quidditch on the pitch.

The two of them had been practicing all morning instead of finishing their homework as planned.

Hermione warned them that if they didn’t put in more effort, they would definitely fail all their O.W.L.s.

But the two of them didn’t take this kind of thing to heart. They thought they could do their homework later in the evening..

In Ron’s words, ‘we’ve still got tomorrow, and Hermione gets too worked up about work— that’s her trouble’.

“Hmph, you two have no sense of responsibility at all. Anyway, I’m going to the library, so don’t expect me to lend you my assignments to copy this time!” said Hermione, grabbing her bag and leaving the Great Hall.

“Do you think she meant it when she said we weren’t copying from her?” said Ron, in a slightly anxious tone.

“Not sure, but Hermione might be serious this time. What she’s doing is also for your own good,” said Evan.

“Well, we still have time, don’t we? Besides, Hermione just talks every time,” said Harry, also a bit anxious. “Still, this is important too, we’ve got to practice if we want to stay on the Quidditch team.”

“Yeah, that’s right,” said Ron in a heartened tone. “And we have got plenty of time to do it all.”

So, in this self-deluding state, they left the castle and headed to the Quidditch pitch outside.

Evan thought for a while, and followed the two of them out.

Proper exercise was necessary, and he also needed to record the flight data of the Starcatcher, and see what needed to be improved before the official version was released.

The Quidditch teams of the four Houses were all preparing for the first training of this semester today, and by the way, they could see the level of the new recruits.

Evan, Harry, and Ron came very early, and there was no one else on the pitch.

They collected balls from the cupboard in the changing room and set to work, Ron guarding the three tall goalposts on the Starcatcher, Harry playing Chaser on his Firebolt and trying to get the Quaffle past Ron. Evan also rode his own Nimbus and cooperated with Harry to attack, observing Ron’s reactions and the performance of the Starcatcher.

Ron’s performance was quite good, even better than yesterday’s performance in the tryouts.

Ron blocked three-quarters of the goals they attempted to put past him and played better the longer they practiced.

By the end, he could save almost every shot, flawlessly and perfectly.

But when the official training session started, everything took a turn for the worse.

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