Chapter 315: Les: The Slytherin Team Has Completely Lost Its Glory. I Now Support the Hufflepuff Team.

In the following days, the black dog would visit Hagrid's cabin every day, get some food from him, and run under his eaves to take shelter when it rained. Over time, even Fang accepted his existence.

After getting familiar with Hagrid and Fang, Hagrid added a bowl for it, and prepared an extra portion of food every day - Hagrid was quite rough in raising pets, and the dog ate whatever he ate. On rainy days, Hagrid even allowed the black dog to come into the house to warm himself by the fire and take shelter from the rain.

After a while, the black dog was raised by Hagrid to be fat and strong, and the hair on his body became shiny and smooth again.

This black dog was naturally transformed by Sirius, who recovered most of his vitality by eating and drinking from Hagrid.

When Sirius was recuperating, the Hogwarts Quidditch League also quietly arrived. Along with the league, there was also rainy weather. And the closer it was to the first game, the worse the weather was, and later there was even no sun for the whole day.

According to the schedule, Gryffindor and Slytherin will have an opening match. In order to win this match, Gryffindor will train as scheduled even in the heavy rain. On the other hand, Slytherin seems to have given up resistance and has no signs of going out for training. Even though there are less than two weeks left before the match, their training method is still only Quidditch board games...

This also makes Rice a little curious: Although the students of the Snake Academy who inherited the will of Slytherin should not have too strong flying talents, it would be too embarrassing to surrender without a fight, right?

With this complicated and tangled mood, Rice asked Daphne to help him find out the situation, and then he was shocked-

"What? They are not playing against Gryffindor next week?!" When Rice heard the news, he thought there was something wrong with his ears.

"Are they planning to give up the game? They will be directly judged as losers."

Daphne's expression became extremely complicated: "I heard from Marcus that the players of the team have caught a bad cold and can't play against Gryffindor, so Gryffindor will play Hufflepuff in the opening game-Marcus said this is his strategy. He doesn't want to fight with Gryffindor in the rain, which will result in their advantages not being able to play out."

Bang!

Les slammed the table heavily. He was really angry with these guys. They actually found such a shameless reason to avoid fighting!

What do you mean they can't play out their advantages in the rain? Does the heavy rain only wet the Slytherin players? ! He also wanted to say that the heavy rain blocked the vision of the seekers, resulting in the gap between the seekers of both sides narrowing!

The more Les thought about it, the angrier he got. He couldn't help but slap the table again and said angrily: "They don't deserve to win! They have completely tarnished the glory of the game!" He raised his head and said loudly in a voice that could be heard throughout the common room: "I think I'd better surrender directly when I meet the Gryffindor team in the future. Anyway, I can't win with these cowards who can only pretend to be sick!" It was raining continuously, and many Slytherin students were killing time in the lounge. Les' words were heard by almost half of the students in the college. Everyone stopped what they were doing and wanted to see how the team members responded to Les Lint's provocation. Marcus's avoidance of the battle still caused a lot of controversy. Even within the college, many people were dissatisfied with it, thinking that this was a sign of weakness to Gryffindor College and a cowardly act that should not be tolerated. But Marcus also had his own reasons: he felt that this was a wise choice, and he relied on his brain to gain an advantage for the team. What do other people know? Quidditch is not just flying around, but also a competition of intelligence. He was conquering the enemy without fighting. After hearing what Rice said, Malfoy's face darkened. He wanted to stand up and refute, but was held back by Marcus.

"There's no need to argue with him. Let the results speak for themselves - using some insignificant means to win, this is the spirit of Slytherin!"

Marcus spoke softly, but Rice had good hearing. When he heard "the spirit of Slytherin", he was so angry.

It's hard for me to say anything, because I do encourage people to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals... But a Quidditch match, is that necessary? There are only four teams participating in the competition! Isn't your goal a little too down-to-earth?

The goal that Rice wanted to achieve at all costs: for the entire wizarding world, at least for Hogwarts!

The goal that Marcus actually wanted to achieve at all costs: to win the championship in a competition with a total of four teams participating.

Rice didn't know how to evaluate his behavior. What's more, the contrast with the Gryffindor team was too sharp, making the whole team a clown.

He could only turn around and tell Daphne that if Harry came to her to borrow the Firebolt before the match with the Slytherin team, she should remember to lend it to him.

"Wouldn't that mean..." Daphne felt that if Harry got the Firebolt, the Slytherin team would most likely lose.

"They don't deserve to win." Rice said very straightforwardly.

After learning that their opponent was temporarily replaced by Hufflepuff, the Gryffindor team also exploded. But no matter how dissatisfied they were, Cedric of the Hufflepuff team had already accepted the adjustment, and the schedule was fixed, so they had to accept this reality.

The news quickly spread throughout Hogwarts, and even Helga heard about it. As the founder of Hufflepuff College, she decided to go to the stadium to watch the game that day and stand with her college team.

Of course, the match with Gryffindor was just an appetizer, and the highlight was the future battle with Slytherin.

She once asked Salazar in a slightly provocative tone which team he thought had a greater chance of winning in the match between Slytherin and Hufflepuff.

Unexpectedly, Salazar actually said that the team he supported now was Hufflepuff.

"Slytherin has completely abandoned its glory, and I am now a die-hard fan of Hufflepuff." Salazar said.

As for why he chose Hufflepuff, this was his last insistence - he couldn't let him support Gryffindor, right?

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On the day of the match, the weather changed - from cloudy and rainy to stormy. After getting up in the morning and coming to the hall, the sound of the storm hitting the window could make everyone give up the idea of ​​going out.

Listening to the howling of wind and rain outside the window, Malfoy and other team members smiled proudly: Great, fortunately they "asked for leave"!

Oliver Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor team, was trying his best to cheer up his teammates at the school table. Cedric also wanted to boost morale, but he was stopped by Professor White, who taught Defense Against the Dark Arts, before entering the hall.

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