Although Wood believed that Harry's possession of the Firebolt should be kept a closely guarded secret as their team's secret weapon, it was well known that Gryffindor House had no secrets.
The next morning, the news that Harry Potter possessed the Firebolt was leaked.
The news spread like a plague throughout the castle in the blink of an eye.
Some people thought it was fake news, but there were so many students who witnessed Professor McGonagall sending the Firebolt to Gryffindor that the news was soon confirmed by a group of people. No one even knew who had secretly taken a few photos of the Firebolt, which directly slapped the faces of the Slytherin students who were unwilling to admit this cruel fact.
When Albert walked into the hall for breakfast, he heard many people talking about this matter excitedly. They were almost about to ask Harry Potter to put the Firebolt on the long table for everyone to see.
In fact, there were quite a few Gryffindor students who thought Harry should do this, and that the Firebolt was fully qualified to receive such an honor.
"I told you this couldn't be kept secret, but Wood didn't believe me."
Fred, George, and Lee Jordan all had expressions that said, "As expected."
There are too many people who like to show off. They wish everyone knew about this and could use it to strike a blow against the arrogance of Slytherin House. How could they be willing to help keep it a secret
Gryffindor's slap was quite effective and it stunned Slytherin house.
At this moment, the Slytherin team gathered together and whispered, and Draco Malfoy was struck by lightning, with an expression of disbelief.
Compared with Slytherin House, the Hufflepuff team was much more generous. After Cedric Diggory learned from Albert that Harry Potter did get a Firebolt, he went to congratulate Harry on getting such a good broom to replace the Nimbus. He was really a gentleman.
As for Roger Davis, the current Quidditch captain of Ravenclaw, he exchanged information about the Slytherin team with Wood under the pretext of congratulating him, in preparation for the match between Ravenclaw and Slytherin in the near future.
There is a consensus among several houses to try not to let the Slytherin team get the Quidditch game.
There is no way. It's because Slytherin House always likes to use some not-so-glorious ways to win, which arouses everyone's disgust, so it is jointly targeted by the three houses.
A week into the semester, the Quidditch match between Ravenclaw and Slytherin began. As expected, Slytherin won in the end, but the score between the two teams was very close.
In the end, it was Cho Chang, the Seeker of the Ravenclaw team, who caught the Golden Snitch.
According to the original plan, the Slytherin team intended to widen the score gap in one fell swoop, so that even if the Gryffindor team obtained the Firebolt, they would have no chance of turning defeat into victory.
However, the Slytherin team made a mistake and Malfoy ultimately failed to catch the Golden Snitch as he wished, causing their plan to nip the danger in the bud to fail.
This is undoubtedly the best result for the Gryffindor team. As long as Gryffindor defeats Ravenclaw next time, their total score will be second, which means that if they defeat Slytherin again, they will have a chance to turn defeat into victory and win the Quidditch championship.
However, all this has nothing to do with Albert.
He had spent most of his time recently on reviewing and studying. Isobel obviously didn't want to mess up her last exam, so she asked Albert to review with her.
In her words, the ordinary wizard level examination was not difficult for Albert, so he could help her review for the ultimate wizard examination. Anyway, Albert would be useful in the future.
Isobel is indeed a genius, but she does not have the assistance of a panel like Albert. If she wants to get excellent results in the exam, she naturally needs to put in some effort.
Although Albert never worried that Isobel would mess up her exams, he was happy to review with her.
Sometimes it is more comfortable to concentrate on doing something rather than studying a bunch of messy things all day long. Albert also found that the areas he was involved in were too broad. If it were not for the assistance of the panel, he would probably be more tired than Hermione now.
"Mr. Anderson, your letter." A witch lowered her head, handed a letter to Albert, then trotted away to meet her two female companions, whispering something.
Albert took the letter, glanced at the sender, and found that it was Hagrid.
He opened the envelope and pulled out the letter paper. There were two letters inside, one of which was an official letter:
Dear Mr. Hagrid,
We have further investigated the incident of a Hippogriff attack on a student in your class, and we have accepted Professor Dumbledore's assurances that you are not responsible for this regrettable incident.
However, we must express our concern about this problematic Hippogriff. We have decided to uphold Mr. Lucius Malfoy's formal complaint, and the matter will therefore be referred to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. A hearing will be held at the Committee's London offices on April 20th, and we would like you and your Hippogriff to be present on that date. In the meantime, the Hippogriff should be tethered and kept in isolation.
Below was a long list of names of school board members. Albert looked at it carefully and found that among these so-called school directors, there was an old friend of his: Florin Fusco.
The ice cream seller in Diagon Alley.
Of course, Florin Fusco was not actually short of money, and opening a shop was probably just a hobby.
As far as Albert knew, the old man knew a lot about ancient magic and had a lot of ancient magic documents at home. At Christmas, the old man sent Albert a copy of the contract spell.
Albert opened another letter, this time in Hagrid's handwriting.
Dear Albert:
I'm sorry to bother you. I know you're busy and I shouldn't have bothered you, but I still have to tell you that you were right about the Hippogriff.
"Although Hermione said that she would try her best to help me collect some defense statements that would be helpful to Buckbeak, I really don't want to trouble Hermione. Besides, I think you are right. It is too difficult to win this lawsuit. I can hardly see any hope. Now I can only leave Buckbeak's matter to you."
Note: I know you and Hermione are good friends, maybe you can give her some advice and help, she is too busy and biting off more than she can chew.
"Maybe you should shut up, so there won't be so many troubles." Isobel also glanced at the contents of the letter and held Albert's face with a smile.
"It's not because of what I said that those bad things happened, but I just said the bad things that will happen in the future." Albert shook his head helplessly. "Predicting disasters is always unpopular. People just think it is the embodiment of disaster. There is a saying, ignorance is bliss."
"That must be a word you made up." Isobel motioned Albert to look to the other side, where Digory was walking towards them, chatting and laughing with Qiu Zhang.
"It seems that Diggory is very talented in chasing girls." Albert said softly, looking at the backs of the two men. "I thought he would have a chance to ask her to go to Hogsmeade next semester."
"They haven't actually started dating yet. They will start next semester at the latest." Isobel couldn't help but sigh, "But, your words are so accurate. They really should talk less."