Hogwarts magic is justice

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This was the first match at Hogwarts, decided by Dumbledore, and the referee was Owen, Hogwarts' assistant coach. Yet, no one dared to say that this match was rigged.

It was obvious to anyone with eyes that the dragon was not on the same level as the students from other schools in the battles against the Hogwarts students. The first two matches were like playing around, giving the students from other schools a chance to show off, while the last two matches were more like a survival exercise.

The best performer among the four Warriors was Cedric, who scored the most points.

The clue to the second round of the competition lies in the golden egg, but the egg is too sturdy; neither magic nor a hammer can break it. Fleur went to Owen, who told her that the golden egg cannot be destroyed until ten days before the start of the second round. Only then can she break open the golden egg and find the clue.

The topic for this second competition was provided by the Ministry of Magic, and since Owen held the position of a senior assistant to the Minister, he easily knew the content. However, he couldn't reveal the content, but he could still offer some clues.

Fleur received the news from Owen and, in return, told Cedric, who, being a fellow student, told Harry Potter. And Mr. Saviour, for the sake of fairness in the competition, then passed the news on to Viktor.

When the warriors were passing messages among themselves, Owen and Dumbledore were both present, but they used the Disillusionment Charm, so no one noticed.

Especially at the end, after Harry passed the message to Viktor, Owen showed a victorious smile; he had won his gamble!

"Owen, don't you think Harry is a kind and good kid?"

Irving chuckled. Praising someone for being kind isn't exactly a compliment. When you can't praise a student's appearance, character, abilities, or attitude towards learning, you can only praise their kindness.

"If his mother hadn't cast an ancient protective spell on him, making him the lucky one he is today—the headmaster—he wouldn't actually be suited to shoulder this heavy responsibility. With your deliberate favoritism over the past few years, his personality has become increasingly stubborn. This time, I'm going to teach him a lesson, let him know that his title of 'savior' is just a title, not his true ability."

The old wizard was speechless. Over the years, he had indeed shown favoritism many times, but this had fostered Harry's arrogant and stubborn personality, making him believe he could handle everything himself, even facing Voldemort.

The first competition is over, and the second competition is tentatively scheduled for February, which is next semester. So, although many people at Hogwarts are still talking about the competition, the students are focusing more on their studies.

Of course, there's also the construction of the back garden. The land has been leveled, and all the building materials are ready. Owen is here. He first used magic to clear away the snow, then drew lines on the ground and marked them. Naturally, the students will carry out the work.

After doing all this, Irving still had to go out and buy some seeds. A garden needs some flowers and plants, right? If all the greenhouse plants were moved over, the professors might be happy, but the students might not be. Who would want to be bitten by a cabbage that suddenly sprouts out while they are resting in the garden?

Or perhaps just as you're about to play around, you're startled by the howling roots of the mandrake and end up in the infirmary.

Therefore, dangerous magical plants are not allowed in this garden. At most, a ring of devil vines can be planted around the perimeter for protection. However, rare plants with high medicinal value cannot be planted here. The students are not careful and if they damage them, it will be the school that suffers the loss.

Therefore, we need to go outside and buy some ornamental but not too expensive flowers and plants to plant.

As for Gryffindor, their punishment wasn't over after leveling the land. Next, they had to quarry stones from the surrounding mountains, make them into slabs, polish them by hand, and then pave them in the garden as stone paths, stone tables, or stone chairs. Of course, those with some artistic talent or good craftsmanship could also place their own sculpted stone statues in the garden.

Gryffindor is responsible for quarrying and polishing the stone, during which magic cannot be used. Slytherin is responsible for transportation, which must be carried out using the Levitation Charm. The transportation process cannot be interrupted more than three times.

Hufflepuff is in charge of laying the foundation, and magic is not allowed to be used during the process. Ravenclaw is responsible for using magic to change the terrain.

Each of the four departments has its own tasks to complete, and they are all doing them in different ways. No student complains about the hardship or fatigue. Even the seventh-grade students work hard because they hope to see the back garden completed before they graduate, instead of just hearing about it but not seeing it like the previous year's students.

"Percy, welcome back."

Percy Weasley, a distinguished graduate from last year and one of the students recommended by Owen to the Ministry of Magic, has returned this time to replace Barty the Elder as a referee in the Triwizard Tournament—of course, this is an arrangement made by the Ministry of Magic.

Before graduation, Percy and Owen weren't very close because of his brother Ron. Percy was also very academically gifted and didn't need to ask Owen for help. But after he graduated and entered the Ministry of Magic, he realized how powerful Owen was.

Senior Assistant to the Minister of Magic!

This position could easily be called a deputy minister, and in the vast Ministry of Magic, Owen was the only senior assistant. He even overheard that his assignment to the Department of Law, instead of the Muggle Department where his father worked, was entirely due to Owen's influence and had nothing to do with his own performance.

So people he didn't care about in school, he had to pay attention to after graduation.

"Mr. Owen, it's a pleasure to see you again. I—is there anything I need to do?"

Owen thought for a moment and laughed, "It's nothing now. You just graduated, so you can look around more. The school is different now. By the way, your accommodation is on the seventh floor. The elves have already arranged it. The Gryffindor dormitories have been moved to the Wizard Tower, so there aren't any extra rooms for you to relive."

Percy chuckled a few times, and after they parted ways, Percy really did wander around the castle, discovering—

—After he graduated, the school seemed to have changed?

Of course, he also went to the back of the castle to take a look. Although it was still bare, he believed that it wouldn't be long before it became a new attraction at Hogwarts.

Should I come back, start as a teaching assistant, and then become a professor?

The idea was quickly suppressed by Percy. He preferred to rise to prominence in the Ministry of Magic rather than become a professor; power was the mainstream in modern wizarding society.

Just like Owen, although he is at Hogwarts, his position as a senior assistant is his greatest source of confidence!

So Percy had it all planned out: he would perform perfectly within the Ministry of Magic, gradually taking Owen's place and eventually becoming Minister of Magic!