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Hagrid's pumpkins were eventually used as Halloween decorations.
“Gestures are important…”
Professor Flitwick stood in front and said seriously: "Remember what I said just now, keep your arm steady, use your wrist, and draw a circle downwards... and don't make the mistake in reciting the spell..."
Although the Expansion Charm is something that students will learn only in the second grade, it is not difficult, at least it is much simpler than the Levitation Charm.
Kyle looked at the button on the table in front of him and twirled his wand slightly.
"Get bigger quickly!"
In an instant, the button began to expand rapidly, like a balloon filled with air, and soon became almost the size of a plate.
"Oh, well done!" Professor Flitwick clapped his hands and shouted, "Look everyone, someone has succeeded. Five points for Hufflepuff!"
It was easy for Kyle to do, but it was a different story for others.
Mikel and Ryan imitated Kyle's actions and turned their wrists again and again, but the button that should have grown bigger remained motionless on the table.
In a fit of rage, Mikel poked the button with his wand... The button flew off with a bang, brushing against Professor Flitwick's hair and hitting the wall.
On the other side, the situation in Gryffindor was similar.
"Grow bigger... grow bigger!" shouted a young Gryffindor wizard, completely forgetting what Professor Flitwick had just said, and waving his arms like a windmill.
The button didn't react, but because of his large movements, he accidentally poked the wand at Katie Bell who was standing next to him.
"Merlin's beard..." Professor Flitwick seemed to have anticipated something and covered his face with his hands.
The next second, Katie Bell swelled up into a ball and slowly floated to the ceiling.
She looked terrified, waving her arms and screaming.
"Don't panic, Miss Bell, don't panic."
Professor Flitwick rushed over and quickly brought her back to life, then had the frightened Katie Bell sent to the school hospital.
He had seen many such accidents in Charms class and was very familiar with handling them.
"Mr. McLaggen, you are swinging your arms too far. That's very dangerous."
Professor Flitwick said angrily, "Ten points from Gryffindor!"
After the spells class, Kyle wanted to find Kanna, but she had already left.
And she never mentioned it again, as if it was not a precious elixir of blessing, but a bottle of pumpkin juice that could be found everywhere.
……
There were no secrets at Hogwarts.
The news that Gryffindor's McLaggen blew up his classmate into a balloon spread the next day.
"This is incredible."
At the dining table, Harry was eating toast and curiously asked Ron beside him: "How do you think he did it..."
"Don't worry about that for now."
Ron obviously didn't want to discuss this. He looked at Harry and asked anxiously, "Is what you just said true? Professor McGonagall really asked you to be a seeker?"
"That's what Professor McGonagall said."
Harry said, "She also took me to find a fifth-grade boy named Wood, saying that she would train me."
"Oliver Wood?" Ron asked.
Harry nodded.
"He's the Quidditch captain of Gryffindor, which is incredible, you're only in your first year."
Ron put the piece of pie he had been holding into his mouth and said, "Harry, you must be the youngest player on the house team in many years."
"A century ago." Harry also took a piece of pie. "Wood told me."
"A century..."
Ron sat there, staring at Harry blankly.
"I'll start training tomorrow," Harry said. "Don't tell anyone. Wood wants to keep it a secret."
At this time, Fred and George walked into the hall. When they saw Harry, they walked quickly towards him.
"Good job." George whispered, "Wood told us that we are also on the college team and are batsmen."
"Let me tell you, we will definitely win the College Cup this year." Fred said excitedly, "You will never imagine how surprised Cedric and Kyle were when they heard this."
"They're from the Hufflepuff team," George said. "Before this, they always thought Gryffindor was doomed, huh... two stupid top students."
"Is Kyle joining Quidditch?"
Harry was a little surprised, he had always thought that an excellent student like Kyle must be only interested in studying like Hermione, but he didn't expect that the other party also liked Quidditch.
"Strictly speaking not yet," Fred said, "but he will have the final selection tomorrow and if he passes, he will be a member of the team."
"I think you can go and take a look when the time comes, just as a way to get some information about the opponent in advance..."
"Is it okay?" Harry's eyes lit up. "I mean, isn't that the Hufflepuff tryout?"
He is now very interested in everything related to Quidditch, and it would be great if he could see how others play in advance.
"Go ahead." Fred smiled. "Slytherin definitely won't do that, but Hufflepuff won't mind."
"We have to go, Lee Jordan thinks he's discovered a new secret passage that leads outside the school."
"I guess it's the passage behind the statue of Gregory the Flatterer. We found it on our first day at school."
"Good luck to you, bye."
"Goodbye!" Harry waved to them and turned to Ron, "I'm going to take a look tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?"
"Then let's do it together." Ron thought for a moment and said, "Although this may dampen your morale, I've seen Kyle and Fred play Quidditch, and he's really good."
"Really……"
Hearing what he said, Harry became even more curious, like a cat scratching, and he couldn't wait for tomorrow to come.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 162 Humanoid Bludger
The next day was the weekend and there were no classes.
As soon as Kyle opened the dormitory door in the morning, he saw Cedric stretching his arms.
"What kind of look are you wearing..." Kyle asked in confusion, "Are you imitating a lucky cat?"
"What cat... Never mind, it's not important."
Cedric put down his raised arm and said, "I came to call you. Did you forget that today is the day of Quidditch selection? Why did you come out only now?"
"I didn't forget, I just woke up..." Kyle rubbed his face and said as a matter of course.
It's a rare weekend with nice weather, it would be a shame if I didn't sleep in a little longer.
Cedric rubbed his forehead and said, "The selection starts at 10 o'clock, and it's already 9:30... How can you sleep?"
"There's still half an hour left. We'll have enough time."
Kyle picked up his Nimbus 2000 and followed Cedric out of the common room.
Connor was there too. She had been waiting outside when Cedric went to call Kyle.
They crossed the field and arrived at the Quidditch pitch.
The selection had not officially started yet, but the area around the stadium was already very lively. Even Professor Sprout, who seldom left the greenhouse, came. She stood in the middle of the stadium, talking to Madam Hooch.
There were quite a few people sitting in the surrounding stands, some from Hufflepuff and some from other colleges.
It was not difficult to tell from the nervous looks of those people that at least half of them were here to gather intelligence.
But Harris, as the team captain, didn't care and had no intention of driving them away.
When Kyle and his companions came over, he even enthusiastically helped some young wizards in the lower grades to explain the basic rules of Quidditch.
"Quidditch is actually very simple. Chasers are responsible for throwing the Quaffle to score points, and Beaters are responsible for using wooden sticks to protect players from being disturbed by the Bludgers and hitting the Bludgers towards the opposing players."
Harris sat in the stands and said to a boy wearing glasses, "But you don't have to think about all that. As a seeker, Potter, your mission is to catch the Golden Snitch in the shortest possible time."
"What's the Golden Snitch..." Harry asked curiously.
"It's a troublesome little guy," Harris said, "but catching it can end the game and add 150 points to your team."
"Golden...Snitch..." Harry whispered to himself.
But he soon thought of something, looked at Harris in confusion and said, "Wait...how do you know I'm a seeker!"
"this is very simple."
Harris shook his head and said, "Wood has been laughing so hard these past few days that he can hardly stop eating. He even adds two extra spoonfuls of food to his meal. We noticed something was wrong a long time ago.
The only thing that could make him so happy was the Seeker's problem."
"So Wood told you?" Harry breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the news was not leaked from my side.
"It has nothing to do with him."
Harris shook his head and said, "That kid Wood wanted to keep it a secret from me, saying that he was only happy because his owl had a second baby.
So I went straight to Professor McGonagall, and it was she who told me that you were Gryffindor's new Seeker."
"Professor McGonagall?" Harry sat there blankly. Somehow, he felt a little sorry for Wood.
He originally thought of using himself as a secret weapon to catch other teams off guard, but in less than a day, the opponent had already obtained the news from Professor McGonagall in a fair and honest manner.
What kind of secret is this...
"Do a good job, Harry, you will be great." Harris stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I am looking forward to the day when I can compete with you."
After saying that, he left the stands and walked towards the center of the court. On the way, he greeted Kyle and others who had just walked over.
"Looks like it's about to start."
Kyle took his Nimbus 2000 and sat down in a random seat near the front of the stands.