The temporary selection test ended with an unsurprising ending, and Maka successfully became one of the youngest players in the history of Hufflepuff, and even Hogwarts.
Judging from the strength he showed, this title would have to be more accurate if the word "strongest" was added.
As Maka expected, his study time was greatly reduced. But the training plan was very fulfilling. While Maka became more familiar with various formations, Darren designed new actual combat tactics. This is the strongest Hufflepuff has ever been, so they also came up with the idea of competing for the Quidditch Cup!
This new tactic is the latest winning strategy designed around basic scoring. It can be said that the addition of Maka has given everyone a desire for the Quidditch Cup, which is rarely seen in the low-key little badgers.
Because of this, regarding the news of Maka joining the team, all team members unanimously stated that they would never leak it out. In the next showdown with Slytherin House, Maka will appear as a surprise soldier, and she must beat those little snakes who always like to do little tricks to death!
As a result, Maka seemed particularly busy in the following days. Either in the library or on the Quidditch pitch, whenever Maka started practicing, there would always be several senior Hufflepuffs wandering around the pitch. It seems that this surprise attack plan was really implemented thoroughly by these hard-working, focused and low-key little badgers.
Before you know it, Christmas is coming.
On a particularly cold morning, everyone discovered that Hogwarts had been covered in a thick layer of snow. The beautiful white scenery outside the window is telling everyone that the first snow in Hogwarts this year has been delivered to the ground unknowingly in everyone's sleep.
The lake behind the castle was covered with a layer of hard ice, much to the delight of the students. Those ice sleds piled in the utility room can finally be used, so everyone no longer has to ride on the rickety boat during the Christmas holidays!
The Weasley twins were recently punished for enchanting several snowballs that chased Quirrell around and accidentally hit him on the back of his turbaned head. .
At that time, Maka happened to pass by a window upstairs. The scene made him feel happy. Voldemort was so unlucky!
Several owls delivered mail on a snowy and windy night. They went through a lot of hardships and even lost a lot of their feathers. They must rest under Hagrid's care for a while before they can continue their work.
Maka’s owl Mafa seems to be very curious about the snow. This may be because it will never be able to see this ice and snow scenery in its hometown of Sumatra!
Maka watched it hovering high in the sky, sometimes flapping its wings to climb higher, and sometimes swooping past low in the sky. From a distance, no one would think it was just an owl.
Recently, Maka has been wandering around the forbidden book area at night, and her understanding of black magic has gradually deepened. But he still had no intention of studying the most dangerous banned books. He believed that the time had not yet come and there was no need to look for trouble.
So, while accumulating little by little experience in preparing potions, he began to compete with transfiguration. To be precise, this is a long and never-ending road of struggle with various living and non-living materials.
Since there is no shortcut, we have to learn from Hermione. At least, the research and memory of various materials can also help the progress of potions to a certain extent.
Speaking of which, there is a holiday at Christmas.
Last week, Professor Sprout came over to register the list of students staying at school for the holidays. Maka hesitated and signed it. He planned to take advantage of the holidays to visit Luna. He had been busy since the beginning of school, and it would be a good choice to go out and relax at Christmas.
Moreover, he found that ever since he mastered the Patronus Charm, he had missed Luna a little bit. He felt that he should have a sister-like feeling towards Luna!
It's impossible to say that he is actually a lolicon
"No, no, no, this is absolutely impossible." Maka shook her head, feeling funny at her own thoughts.
At this moment, Maka was on his way to the Potions classroom, and he had a few questions to ask Snape.
But when he quickly turned the corner of the corridor, he found the huge Hagrid—he was hugging a fir tree that was bigger than him.
The originally spacious corridor was blocked tightly by him, making it impossible to pass through.
"Hey, Hagrid, do you need help?" In the gap between the branches, a head came from the opposite side. It seemed to be Ron.
"No, I can do it. Thank you, Ron." - It was indeed Ron.
"Can you move out of the way?" Maka suddenly heard Malfoy's cold, drawl voice coming from behind the fir tree.
"Do you want to earn some pocket money, Weasley? I was thinking that you probably hope to guard the hunting grounds after graduating from Hogwarts, right? Compared with your original home, Hagrid's hut is It must look like a palace!”
Ron's head immediately retreated from the branches, obviously angered by Malfoy's sarcastic remarks.
"Weasley!" Maka heard Snape's voice.
"Someone messed with him first, Professor Snape." Hagrid stretched out his big, shaggy head from behind the tree and said, "Malfoy just insulted his family."
"No matter what, hitting someone is against Hogwarts school rules, Hagrid." Snape said in a smooth tone, "It is a wise choice to take the initiative to accept the punishment like Maclean. Gryffindor is Five points deducted. Weasley, you should be lucky that I didn't punish you to wipe the trophy. Now, let's go, all of you."
Malfoy on the side immediately showed a look of gritted teeth when he heard the surname "McLean". It seemed that he hated Maka very much.
As he, Crabbe and Goyle squeezed past the tree with deliberate rudeness, knocking the needles off the ground and walking forward with annoyance on their faces, he saw Maka.
Malfoy immediately removed his anger from his face and walked past the other side of the corridor as if he hadn't seen it. But his deliberate behavior of staying away from Maka exposed the timidity in his heart.
"It seems that the punishment is still effective."
Maka glanced back, but met Malfoy's still-hateful eyes. When he saw Maka looking over, he immediately turned his head back.
"...But maybe it's not enough." Maka smiled and then walked forward.
"Professor Snape, excuse me," Maka called out to Snape who was walking to the restaurant, "I wonder if you have time to help me answer a few questions about potions."
Snape turned around, still looking at Maka coldly, and then raised his chin to indicate that he wanted to ask quickly.
"Oh, it's like this-"
Just as Maka was asking, Ron couldn't help but whisper to Harry: "I really admire Maka, she can still ask questions normally under Snape's freezing eyes..."
"I think the time when Snape's attitude is at its best is when Maka goes to him to ask questions." Harry took a moment to glance at Snape's expression, and then continued, "It doesn't seem to be much better. .”
"Even I can't figure out Maka's progress in Potions class," Hermione said with regret. "Although I often go to him to discuss some topics, I don't know anything about what he wrote in his notebook recently. can't read."
In fact, as far as the recent situation is concerned, although Maka said she was asking Snape to ask questions, it basically ended up being a discussion between the two of them about a certain potion theory. While Maka gained a lot, Snape actually also got some more novel inspirations from the topic.
Of course, the potion master's knowledge is no joke. Most of the time, the discussion ended with Snape correcting Maka.
But it must be mentioned that in Snape's deep heart, there seemed to be a shadow of the student Maka gradually appearing. Because in many discussions, he was keenly aware that Maka had a magical research philosophy that was almost the same as his—ignoring all standards of good and evil to achieve his goals.
In their minds, there is no substantial difference between black magic and white magic, both can be used. The difference lies only in the moral code of the user, nothing more.
Perhaps, even Maka herself didn't realize this, but Snape, who had been trapped in a more terrifying darkness, noticed it.
After clearing up the doubts encountered in the research, Maka said goodbye to Snape and walked towards the Harry trio who were waiting for him. Behind him, Snape stared at his back expressionlessly for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked towards the restaurant.
Perhaps only Dumbledore truly understood what Snape was thinking.
They were chatting with Hagrid about something when Maka walked up to Hermione.
"Oh! You've finally finished asking. Come with me to the restaurant to have a look! It's really wonderful!" Hagrid laughed happily, and the fir tree in his arms was trembling with his laughter. , more needles fell.
"Let me help you, Hagrid, you're about to blow away all the needles on it!" Maka took out her wand and cast a levitating spell, making the fir tree float above everyone's heads and float forward with him.
"Oh - actually no, I mean, thank you." Hagrid said sheepishly.
So, Harry, Ron and Hermione followed Hagrid and his fir tree and came to the Great Hall with Maka. Professors McGonagall and Flitwick were there, busy putting up the Christmas decorations.
"Aha! That's a nice levitating charm, Mr. Maclean." Professor Flitwick said happily, "Put it there - in that corner, okay? This is the last one."