Snakes at Hogwarts

Chapter 126 The youngest substitute seeker of this century

The troll craze sparked by Ron Weasley quickly receded within the castle.

Except that the story has been the same over and over again, with nothing new.

It was more because the students' focus had shifted from the troll that broke into the castle on Halloween to the new Quidditch season that was about to start.

As the first game approaches, the corridors are filled with chatter about Quidditch and broomsticks.

Most of the young wizards gathered together in small groups, huddled in a wind-sheltered corridor during their free time between classes.

Then, while using magic to create bright and warm fires, they talked about anything related to Quidditch.

They talked about everything from the tactics of each team to which player played dirty and mean, to what kind of broomstick was suitable for what position.

As the only popular sport in the wizarding world, Quidditch has an extraordinary influence on most wizards.

Even Professor McGonagall, who is usually rigid and strict, can't guarantee that he will not lose his mind and become as crazy as those football fans in later generations when facing Quidditch.

I remember that there were more than one occasion in the original book when she yelled at Slytherin because of his foul tactics, and she was so angry that she even dropped her hat on the ground without noticing.

This sport seems to be born with a passion that can make people's blood boil.

But Andros is a little snake.

And there was no such warm blood flowing in his body.

Although his flying skills were pretty good among this group of first-year students, Andros had no idea of ​​joining the Quidditch team.

Because he doesn't have time.

The days are passing by, the day when Voldemort is about to make a comeback is getting closer and closer, and the time left for Andros is getting less and less.

This means that these hours are becoming more valuable day by day and cannot be wasted here.

If nothing else, the heavy training alone would make Andros' already poor time even worse.

Sometimes Andros wished he had a Time-Turner like Hermione had used in her third year now.

That way, he would definitely have a lot more time.

Should I wait until my third year to take more elective courses?

Andros frowned in thought.

To be honest, he had always been curious about something as extremely unscientific as a time turner.

Can that thing really be used for time travel?

It’s hard to imagine that those Muggles outside had just learned about the special theory of relativity through a force called science, and came up with the idea of ​​traveling through time and going back to the past.

Wizards hidden in the corners of the real world can already conduct relatively stable time travel through magic.

This may mean that the wizarding world is not completely behind the Muggle world.

Although wizards are still very similar to those in the Middle Ages in many places, at least in some aspects, the wizarding world is indeed a long way ahead of the real world.

I really don’t know how they came up with such magical alchemical products.

...

If you can make good use of the time converter, your plans will have more possibilities.

Andros thought secretly.

Do you want to get one yourself?

forget it.

He shook his head slightly.

Andros knew that the Time-Turner was never a benevolent thing.

Although it has incomprehensible magic and even more wonderful uses, the extra time you enjoy does not come out of thin air.

Those extra hours come from the future.

In other words, using a time turner is overdrawing your remaining time.

That is also overdrawing a person's remaining lifespan.

If used frequently and without restraint, it will not only shorten life span, but also cause people to age faster and faster.

Andros didn't want to die young or lose all his hair in his 20s like those programmers who worked overtime in later generations.

Not to mention, using a time turner is pretty dangerous.

If you are not careful, you may fall into a time paradox.

That means an eternal cycle.

By then, death may actually become a relief.

Moreover, even with his butt, Andros could figure out that applying for such a precious prop must first be approved by Dumbledore, and most likely even by the mysterious department in the Ministry of Magic.

Otherwise, he would never be able to get a time turner now.

I am a Slytherin!

Why should Dumbledore help him for no reason?

So the time turner seems magical, but it is not something that I should consider now.

Take it one step at a time and wait until you are in third grade to see what happens.

Having figured it out, Andros sighed helplessly, then glanced at Ivar, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, grabbed another magic book, and read it with interest.

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In comparison, Draco was undoubtedly much happier.

The little dragon devoted almost all of his enthusiasm to Quidditch and causing trouble for Potter.

In this regard, he is completely different from Andros. Draco has the same love for Quidditch as many pure-blood wizards.

After talking to Andros about Harry getting a new broom that day, the little dragon finally got the idea.

He no longer paid attention to the big three-headed dog in the restricted corridor on the fourth floor and the secrets it guarded.

Instead, he was thinking about how to join the Slytherin team.

In fact, this is not difficult at all. At Andros's suggestion, Draco's father donated seven brand-new Nimbus 2000 brooms in one go, the most expensive and fastest broomstick on the market.

After getting Snape's approval and Dumbledore's approval, Draco soon became the youngest substitute Seeker in this century.

Yes, this little dragon is still a substitute.

There is nothing that can be done about it. The first game is about to start, and it is impossible for them to adjust the lineup.

Although Draco has good flying talent, he has never trained with the team, nor has he had any experience with official players.

Unless Slytherin's captain Marcus Flint really wanted to lose the game, he would never agree to temporarily change the lineup on the eve of the game.

However, Draco said that Flint had promised him that before the start of the next game, as long as he trained with the team, he would definitely become a regular member.

And Draco finally had to accept the result.

After all, although he didn't want Harry to get ahead of him, he also didn't want Slytherin to lose the game.