Hogwarts: Nagini captured at the start

Chapter 105 Shedding the Blame of "Illiteracy"

"Uh, yes, the Slytherin kids are doing as well as ever. However, there are a few recent events that the professors haven't had time to tally up yet, so I have some House Points to allocate to the following individuals."

The students from the four colleges felt a sudden tightness in their chests, and they all turned to look at the main guest seat.

Dumbledore seemed pleased with the students' reaction. He cleared his throat and announced with a smile, "First, Ron Weasley, who, with his wisdom and willingness to sacrifice, won the most challenging game of Great Wizarding Chess in many years, I award him forty House points."

Ron's face flushed bright red instantly, and the applause around him nearly shook the long table to its core. He heard Percy yell at the top of his lungs: "Brother, Ron Weasley, he's my brother!"

After everyone calmed down, Dumbledore continued, "Secondly, Hermione Granger, she was calm, intelligent, and brave, and she saw through many difficult mysteries. At a critical moment, she even gave up 'Go Forward,' for which I award her forty House points."

Hermione buried her face in Robin's arms, listening to the house assigning students and the deafening cheers and applause around her. She was so excited that she almost cried. She felt the floor shaking, as if a group of people were jumping up and down around the dining table.

Once everyone had calmed down and Hermione was seated properly, Dumbledore continued, "Third, Harry Potter. He was fearless and fearless. He caught the magic key, which was even more cunning than the Golden Snitch. He also bravely walked through fire to fight evil. For this, I award him fifty House points."

As Harry listened to the hoarse screams all around him, he couldn't help but smile. He thought that the matter of "deducting fifty points from the Astronomy Tower" was finally over.

Dumbledore adjusted his half-moon spectacles, and the noisy Great Hall instantly fell silent.

"Fourth, Robin Lestrange. He is calm, wise, and brave. He is skilled in novice magic and has helped his friends escape danger many times. For this, I award him fifty House points."

The Gryffindor long table was slammed shut, and the gold and silver platters, goblets, and milk jugs on it shook violently.

The students, dressed in red wizard robes, cheered and slapped their desks while mentally calculating their total score: 273 points. Adding 180 points made it 453 points, and they had tied Slytherin's total score. They thought to themselves, "If only the headmaster would give Robin an extra point!"

The Slytherin students' brows relaxed again. They looked at the students from the other three houses with sneers, thinking: Ha, no matter how many points they get, we still win.

However, when Dumbledore stood up and gestured for silence, their brows furrowed again.

"Courage is synonymous with Gryffindor, but it can take many forms. Overcoming numerous obstacles and facing enemies without fear is courage. And standing firm in one's principles before friends, and then calmly forgiving those who have hurt you, is also courage. Therefore, I award Neville Longbottom ten points."

The thunderous applause rose in waves, almost lifting the ceiling off the building.

Neville, with his round face and round eyes, turned pale with surprise. Students from the three houses crowded around and hugged him to congratulate him.

Dumbledore set off a burst of fireworks to quell the tension. "Alright, the house points are distributed. Gryffindor's total is 463. This means the decorations for the year-end banquet in the Great Hall will need to be changed a bit."

He waved his wand, and the Great Hall was instantly transformed.

The huge ribbons hanging above the long dining table changed from green and silver to bright red and gold, and even the huge banner behind the main guest's seat changed from a green background with a silver snake to a red background with a gold lion.

At the head table, the old bat, dressed all in black, shook hands with Minerva McGonagall with an awkward smile.

After shaking hands, he stared coldly at the people who had caused him to lose the Academy Cup with his empty eyes.

However, apart from Robin and Harry, no one noticed his death stare, because everyone was engrossed in the joy of Slytherin's defeat and the delicious food.

After the banquet, the joyful atmosphere moved to the common room, only ending when the prefects loudly urged everyone to go back to their dorms and sleep.

Two days later, the exam results were released.

Robin and Hermione tied for first place in the entire year, Harry and Ron were ranked in the middle to upper range, Neville's exceptionally high Herbology score helped him barely pass, Seamus and Dean were ranked in the lower middle range, and Malfoy and his two big sidekicks were not threatened with repeating a year.

After Robin received his summer homework and signed a pledge promising that "minors may not use magic outside of school," he was pondering whether using the Rubik's Cube skill would constitute a breach of his promise when Dumbledore sent someone to deliver his summer gifts—four thick books to each of them.

Hermione was overjoyed. She took out the booklet and changed the holiday reading plan.

Harry and Ron frowned deeply; they certainly didn't want to spend their holidays doing something as tedious as 'reading'.

Luo Bin picked up his own books and casually flipped through them. He discovered that the fourth book, with its navy blue cover and red stamp, was actually a translation.

The text translated in the book is exactly the same as that in the book "Sealing Black Skin (Dark Ghost)".

Luo Bin: →_→, whether it's intentional or unintentional, I'm not going to get rid of the "illiterate" label overnight.

For the next few days, Luo Bin carried the book with him wherever he went, and would occasionally take out a pencil to write and draw in the notebook.

Ron jokingly said he was obsessed with the book. Harry had glanced at it curiously a few times, but the text was too obscure and profound for him to understand.

On the morning of the day he left school, Robin, who had stayed up all night, finally translated the book that sealed Blackie into normal language.

Book title: Pine Tree Planting and Maintenance

Chapter 1, Soil Measurement and Fertilization;

Chapter Two: Seed Selection and Seedling Raising;

Chapter 3; Seedling Transplanting and Root Protection;

Chapter Twenty-Five: Pruning Dead Branches and Pest Control;

Luo Bin: ⊙ω⊙, I have no intention of becoming a gardener, there's something fishy going on, there's definitely something fishy going on.

Unfortunately, when he packed his bags, crossed the Black Lake in a small boat, and walked up the slope to the station, he still hadn't figured out what the trick was in the book.

"Liar, you're an orphan, you probably have nowhere to go for summer vacation, right? Tsk, how pitiful. Why don't you come spend the summer at my manor? If you come, Middlesbrough will be overjoyed, after all, someone will finally help him shovel his filthy, stinky horse manure."

Robin drew his ebony wand, and Malfoy took several steps back in fright. "You can't. School rules say you can't use magic."

"But we haven't left school yet," Ron said.

When Malfoy saw Ron's smirking expression, he remembered the time he had been punched in the eye. He said angrily, "You poor wretch, I heard you're afraid of hairy, clawing spiders."

Ron's face turned pale instantly, while Malfoy grinned as he returned to his two henchmen.

(End of this chapter)