Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Hermione held the photo ball high in her hand and ran straight towards Lin Xia.

She subconsciously felt that it would be more useful to tell Lin Xia about her doubts. Although Gryffindor ultimately won the game, this did not affect her suspicion that Ravenclaw had used unfair means to win.

"Lin Xia, I have a new discovery. Please help me judge it."

Lin Xia and Draco looked at each other and felt that Hermione seemed a little nervous and her breathing was a little rapid.

Lin Xia said, "Don't be in a hurry. Go slowly. Be careful not to fall. Tell me what you found."

Gryffindor won the victory. The stands were filled with noise and everyone was cheering. No one paid attention to what was happening below the stands.

Hermione handed the photography ball to Lin Xia. As an excellent student, they had to patrol almost every night, so they had to carry a photography ball with them. And they had more than one. Everyone had at least five or six.

She randomly picked one out of her traceless retractable ring and recorded the abnormality of Ronan Lynch's broomstick in the sky.

The photo ball she fished out was very advanced. It could automatically shrink the picture. She just adjusted it casually and recorded the picture.

Hermione said: "You see, the trajectory of his broom is irregular, and when it reaches high altitude, you can clearly see that his consciousness is already very blurred, and this state cannot accelerate the broom at all.

Look at Harry's state. He is lying on his broomstick, his eyes are sharp and his spirit is high, so his broomstick is always charging forward."

After reading it, Lin Xia asked calmly, "What do you think?"

Hermione said bluntly: "I think Ronan Lynch cheated, but I haven't found any real evidence yet. His mental state is completely unable to control such a flying broom.

If I could get his broom and examine it carefully, I should be able to find something unusual."

Before Lin Xia could speak, Draco spoke: "The game is over. If there are any objections, they should be raised in the middle of the game so that Madam Hooch can check after the game.

We only realised afterwards that something was wrong and we had no right to check on the players.

What's more, Gryffindor won the victory, but we want to investigate whether Ravenclaw cheated. Madam Hooch will not agree to your request, and the Ravenclaw team will not accept it either."

"But the competition was urgent at the time, and I couldn't go to Madam Hooch right away. If there was cheating, even if Gryffindor won, it couldn't cover up their unfair competition methods."

While the two were communicating, Lin Xia did not speak, but instead looked at the photo ball repeatedly.

While the two were still debating, Lin Xia suddenly spoke up: "No need to argue, Ravenclaw did cheat. There is no need to go to Madam Hooch. Just by looking at this video, we can find out how they cheated."

She paused a video clip and then zoomed in: "Look carefully, the handle of Ronan's broomstick is glowing slightly."

Draco and Hermione looked over immediately. The picture was very clear, and the details of the storm were clearly restored.

But under the cover of the storm, the faint glow from the broom handle could easily be mistaken for the faintly reflective silver threads of falling rain.

Lin Xia continued to enlarge the picture, and Draco and Hermione's pupils suddenly shrank, and they completely understood.

"It's a charm!" said Hermione. "Ronan carved it on the broom handle."

Draco: "What kind of spell can track a broomstick... Wait, could it be a tracking spell? He deliberately cast a tracking spell on the broomstick!"

Hermione asked in confusion: "But they have never come into close contact with a broomstick in this competition, how can they cast a spell on it?"

Even if you want to cast a tracking spell, you have to touch the Golden Snitch.

Lin Xia said: "It wasn't cast during the game. They didn't have the opportunity and time to cast the curse. But if they came into contact with the Golden Snitch after the game, it would be possible."

Draco said solemnly, "It's difficult. Once the game is over, Madam Hooch will immediately seal up the Golden Snitch.

Moreover, casting a curse is such a blatant thing, he can't possibly cast a curse in public, could it be that he contacted the Golden Snitch in private?"

Hermione quickly thought of something: "Did they apply for the Golden Snitch for training?"

Draco shook his head. "The school has never used the Golden Snitch for daily training. If they can use the Golden Snitch for training, they must have bought it with their own money."

Lin Xia said: "It is basically impossible to buy it yourself. To buy a standard snitch for competitions, you need about 300 gold galleons.

Dragon blood is also needed for maintenance every month, and the Ministry of Magic also needs to pay certification fees, insurance, and trajectory reset services...

The subsequent maintenance costs alone are not something the Ravenclaw team can afford. Most importantly, the purchase of the Golden Snitch needs to be ordered from the goblins six months in advance, and Ravenclaw does not have the time."

Lin Xia looked at the screen again, and suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Did Ravenclaw win the last game, and did Ronan Lynch catch the Golden Snitch?"

Hermione's eyes brightened: "I understand, Ronan caught the Golden Snitch in the last game, and then took advantage of the chaos to curse the Snitch. We only need to find the footage of the last game to find evidence of his manipulation!"

Lin Xia smiled and said, "Don't bother, we don't need to search.

We just need to find evidence of his cheating and submit it to the Quidditch Committee. The school will send someone to help us investigate. After all, a cheater can't get away with it."

If it were last school year, she might have joined in the search for evidence.

But in this school year, Lin Xia had more and more things to do. In order to be able to concentrate on her own work, she began to learn to delegate power.

The most convenient way is to use talents reasonably and let them serve you.

Hermione actually wanted to investigate it herself, but after hearing Lin Xia say that, she hesitated for a moment and agreed.

The Quidditch Committee is in a better position to do this than they are.

Hermione said with a burning look in her eyes: "I will submit the evidence to Madam Hooch now!"

While everyone was still cheering, Hermione rushed towards Madam Hooch.

Draco looked at her hurriedly leaving figure and sighed: "It's just that this kind of method can be used in a Quidditch match. The competition is getting more and more fierce."

Lin Xia said: "The small shows the big. If a school competition for the honor of the college can go to this extent, then when it comes to commercial competition for interests, the enemies will only play more shady tricks behind the scenes."

Lin Xia looked at him and said, "Didn't you ask me before why we have to cooperate with schools for our inventions instead of operating them ourselves or cooperating with reputable nobles?

At that time I told you that I was a student of the school, and cooperating with the school was the most convenient and fastest way.

Now I'll tell you another reason. School has kept me out of a lot of dirty troubles that we can't see."

There was a thoughtful look in Draco's eyes.
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Hermione communicated with Madam Hooch for a while. Madam Hooch was very shocked and said bluntly that this was impossible and the game was over.

All the reactions were within their expectations. Hermione immediately produced her evidence and zoomed in on the images that showed something was wrong.

Hermione emphasized: "Professor, after careful research and analysis, our three outstanding students unanimously determined that Ronan Lynch engraved a tracking spell for the Golden Snitch on the handle of the flying broom, and this is obviously the light that activated the spell!

Now that we have caught him cheating, I want to report it to the Quidditch Committee immediately and ask for a thorough investigation of Ravenclaw's score in this game. Oh, and also their previous scores." Madam Hooch thought for a moment and said seriously, "I'll go now, and you come with me."

The two of them went against the flow of people to other places. Some players from Ravenclaw saw this scene and couldn't help but frowned.

Some players looked at the captain specifically, looking a little nervous.

Ronan, on the other hand, seemed very calm and was slowly wiping his broom.

The tracking spell on the broom has been wiped off, but the wizarding world has plenty of ways to trace back, and as long as they want to check, everything can be found out.

At this time, Gryffindor had accepted everyone's cheers and began to slowly leave the stage. The young wizards in the stands also gradually left the tower.

Lin Xia and Draco immediately started to maintain order for the little wizards to leave. While leading them out safely, a certain chord in Lin Xia's mind was struck, and he felt that his strength seemed to increase a little bit imperceptibly.

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows, and the destiny compass rotated slightly, but did not give any specific hints.

But just from this slight rotation, Lin Xia already roughly knew where the power came from.

Glowing candles!

The backup plan she had left behind at the Glorious Candle finally came in handy at this moment.

Draco saw Lin Xia suddenly smiled and couldn't help asking, "Did anything interesting happen?"

Lin Xia shook her head. "I just saw two little wizards playing there. It was quite funny."

the other side.

In the dark and gloomy Black Manor, the Death Eaters gathered again. It was a rare occasion that Bellatrix issued a call during the day.

Originally, the Death Eaters didn't want to come, but Bella revealed an important piece of information: the glow candles were cracked by them!

There is a Death Eater who is good at ancient runes and claims that he has known how to make the Glorious Candles and can replicate it exactly.

As long as they master the production technology of the Glorious Candles, would they still have to worry about deciphering the Glorious Candles and adding little ingredients unique to their world of evil gods?
Once that batch of added glow candles hits the market, maybe they'll be able to attract many more companions.

In the wizarding world, any wizard who becomes corrupt will eventually be rewarded by the Dark Lord and join the army of Death Eaters.

Bellatrix waved her wand excitedly, her mouth almost stretched to her ears, her eyes wide open, and she said frantically:

“No one can stop the invasion of the evil world. No matter how powerful the invention is, it will be assimilated by the evil world.

The evil world has firmly grasped the knowledge blockade of the wizard world, and the wizards' upward path has been blocked. Only by going to the evil world can they develop further. Let us pay tribute to the Dark Lord!"

The Death Eaters couldn't help but raise their glasses. The bright red liquid in the glasses was not ordinary red wine, but holy blood specially transported from the world of evil gods.

It is said that the holy blood can only be produced through the sacrifice of hundreds of people. It contains the souls of the dead, refined body residues and blood.

By drinking a small cup of holy blood, a wizard who has turned to the evil god can greatly increase his magic power, greatly improving the speed and strength of his spellcasting.

Unfortunately, this effect can only be achieved when using the Holy Blood for the first time, but you can use the Holy Blood for daily training, and your strength will increase faster.

In the lively atmosphere, a Death Eater suddenly spoke up: "Let's celebrate first. Didn't they say that the Glorious Candles have been made? Let's take a look at the final product."

Bellatrix was not averse to questioning, and excitedly asked a certain Death Eater to stand up and said, "Let us witness the miracle moment! Come! The stage has been set for you!"

A Death Eater stood out from the crowd, revealing his pale face under the hood.

He had dark circles under his eyes and had gone through hundreds of attempts to decipher the method of making the glow candles.

It was only through an insider in Hogwarts that he learned the most crucial step.

There was no need to verify it at all, all the ideas of the Glorious Candle were spread out before him.

The idea is already working, but as for practice, it's just a matter of raising your hand.

As a master of ancient runes among the Death Eaters, he believed that his research on ancient runes ranked among the top ten in the wizarding world!
Koda Elvidge said: "We are about to usher in a new era. Come on and cheer for me. I guarantee that this is a great invention."

Some Death Eaters in the crowd complained privately, "Why are there so many dramas? Why don't you just create some?"

"So the weapon used by the Ministry of Magic to counter the evil world, the Glowing Candle, was so easily cracked? Haha, really interesting."

"The Ministry of Magic has been promoting the Glorious Candles these days, which has attracted joint visits from the Ministries of Magic of several countries.

After returning, the Ministry of Magic of every country praised the Brilliant Candle as the greatest invention of the year. Now it turns out that it is just a fancy product with no real value. "

An arrogant voice sounded: "I am already looking forward to the grand scene of the brilliant candles being contaminated into dark candles. I don't know how many people will join us this time."

On the field, Kodak has begun making the glow candles. The previous steps are very simple, just like making normal candles. The most critical step in making the glow candles is the magic rune array engraved on the candle.

The magic runes are what allow us to resist the invasion of the evil god's whispers in the darkness.

Koda's voice became more and more excited: "This is a variant rune derived from [resistance] as the basic rune. It's a very clever idea. I never thought that a basic rune could be transformed to such an extent.

But unfortunately, I have found a way to change it. The resistance magic rune can be used by me after all. Now I want to engrave it..."

Some Death Eaters looked up, while others looked down at their toes, indifferent to the outcome, but more people were laughing happily, and these were the ones who stood on the side of the Dark Lord with their whole body and soul.

Kodak's voice came: "Only one last step is needed to complete the glow candle. Yes, just click gently here!"

Kodak touched a certain spot on the candle with the mithril pen. The next second, the candle burst into a brilliant light. The unique power of light condensed and took shape on the candle, as if to compress all the light into the candle.

But at the moment when the glowing candle was completely formed, the candle suddenly burst out with an even stronger light, as if it had found a source of venting, and all of it poured out on Kodak.

"No, stop! No, save me! Save me quickly!"

Dark creatures are most unable to accept the power of light. Although Koda is a wizard, he has been transformed into a black wizard in the world of evil gods. Once he comes into contact with the power of light, he will be corrupted.

It was as if a basin of the world's strongest concentrated sulfuric acid had been poured over his body, immediately corroding holes on his face.

Some Death Eaters splashed holy blood on him, and he was able to barely resist the power of light.

A burning smell came and Kodak howled in pain. His face was completely ruined and even his hands were blurry.

This is the damage caused by the power of light to the dark creatures. No potion can solve it, unless a more concentrated power of darkness is obtained to cover the damage caused by the power of light.

Some Death Eaters couldn't help but look at the glowing candle that had already taken shape. The glowing power was completely aroused, and the candle turned into a piece of residue, which would turn into powder with a little force. (End of this chapter)