Everyday Players at Hogwarts.

Chapter 402 Flint's Bitterness
Weird, really weird.

Draco was confused.

He even began to doubt whether he had guessed wrong.

"We've secured the Quidditch Cup for this school year." Draco was even more confused when he heard Roger Davis, a guy who had been very cautious since his arrogant failure last year, say this.

"Our trump card is not the training method."

"It's Harry Potter!"

"He is the best Seeker in Hogwarts, and even in the world!"

“I couldn’t believe my eyes!”

"He is the best!" Phoenix, Qiu Zhang, Bradley, Richard and Henry beside Harry said respectively.

"No matter how much they say, you might as well go and promote my business directly. You'll understand when you see it." Ron patted Draco's shoulder.

Harry was indeed very good, after Draco watched Harry's training from Ron's perspective.

He never imagined that someone could be so agile that he could dodge six baseballs thrown at him in an instant.

Combined with Harry's fastest broom, the Nimbus 2001, it's simply unimaginable.

With the uninterrupted Harry and his speed, if the rules were not changed, they would only have a chance of winning unless Harry was their only opponent.

Apparently, their captain Flint also realized this.

Same thing with Gryffindor's Wood.

For some unknown reason, they both announced the Triwizard Tournament at almost the same time, and emphasized that this was their last chance to win the Quidditch Cup.

Wood was supposed to be used to boost morale, but he didn't understand why his captain Flint did this.

Until - "Draco, you are Potter's friend, go talk to Harry and the others, as long as he lets us win in the next game, he and his teammates will each get gold Galleons. My budget is 100 gold Galleons, and this year is my last chance!" Draco finally understood Flint's intention.

Flint deliberately blocked him in this shabby room because - Flint wanted to play the victim and then use the gold Galleons and the relationship between him and Harry to make Harry go easy on him.

"Do you know Josephina Flint?"

"She was the Minister of Magic, my ancestor."

"I don't come from a humble family like Wood, so I can pursue my dreams even after graduation."

"But I, and most of the players on our team, will have to take on the burden of our family after graduation."

"Like me - I'm going to be the Head of the Portkey Office in the Department of Magical Transportation."

"That's why we've always been obsessed with winning, because this experience at Hogwarts is the only time we have to play Quidditch."

"How I envy them for being able to pursue their dreams!"

"And I can see the end of my life at a glance." Seeing Draco frowning, Flint quickly spoke the truth.

"But - even if Harry agrees, we may not win." Draco shook his head.

In his opinion, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are both strong rivals.

The last time Hufflepuff lost so badly to Ravenclaw was only because Harry was a seeker. If Harry was a chaser, Hufflepuff would not necessarily lose with Dudley.

"As long as Ravenclaw lets it go."

"We'll take care of the rest ourselves. What we need is hope - and we can't see it in front of Harry Potter." Flint clenched his fists.

So, an hour later, there were bursts of exclamations in the Quidditch field.

"what?"

"Is this Flint?"

"Why should we release the water?"

"Draco, do you think we should let it go?" While everyone else was surprised and angry, Harry was exceptionally calm.

"It shouldn't be."

"I just can't say no."

"Flint means business this time, unlike before." Draco shrugged. "So we don't want the 100 gold Galleons?"

"Well - I - what I mean is, even if we give them a hand, we can still win the championship with Harry." Ron looked hesitant.

"The point is not whether we win the championship or not, the point is how Quidditch can be related to dirty money." Roger waved his broom angrily.

"Then Draco, you lead us to reject Flint." Harry patted Draco's shoulder.

"Sure enough, I already knew the result."

"But, Harry, I have a feeling that Flint has more than just this one trick."

"You have to be careful - I always feel that he will use tricks." Draco said seriously.

On the other side, high up in the astronomy tower, a handsome black-haired boy was looking at the Quidditch field.

It was as if he could see and hear everything that was going on there with just his eyes and ears.

"What's wrong, Tom?" A tall, thin, straight old man with white beard walked out from behind the black-haired boy.

"The Slytherins nowadays - oh, how ridiculous."

"Harry Potter refused."

"However, he has changed a lot recently."

"It's not just the magical level."

"His body flexibility and reaction speed are also improving rapidly."

"Does the Potter family have the bloodline of any magical creature? Just like your Dumbledore's phoenix." The black-haired boy Riddle narrowed his eyes.

He now finally felt that Dumbledore's prophecy was reliable.

Before this, he at most thought that Harry Potter had the potential to survive Voldemort.

Maybe Harry defeated Voldemort last year.

But Voldemort was still very vulnerable at this time.

As Voldemort's Horcrux, or another Voldemort, he knew very well how powerful he was in his heyday.

Defeating Voldemort was possible, but killing?
Voldemort was so powerful and had immortality. To be honest, if he was not also a Horcrux, he would have lost confidence in killing Voldemort long ago.

"No."

"Severus discussed this with me before."

"Because he noticed that Harry has been distant from him recently." Dumbledore had a strange smile on his face.

"What?" Riddle saw the interesting story behind Dumbledore's expression and asked with interest.

"Because of a dream."

"After investigation, Severus discovered that Harry's estrangement from him was due to a dream." Dumbledore kept it a secret.

"Dream?"

"Could it be that Harry Potter dreamed of Snape submitting to me and claiming to be 'me' as his undercover agent?" Riddle's thoughts were diverted.

Just as Riddle's expression became more and more certain, Dumbledore burst out laughing, "No, you guessed wrong!"

"Harry dreamed that Severus was his father."

"Of course, Lily is still his mother."

"That's been keeping Severus smiling lately."

"Many uninformed wizards mistakenly believe that he has found a new lover." Dumbledore said and finally sighed.

It can be seen that he really hopes these speculations are true.

"That's obviously impossible. You know, Snape betrayed me for that woman." After Riddle finished speaking, he looked at Harry again, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)