The small cabin at the entrance to the Forbidden Forest is the residence of Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper.

At this moment, the half-blood giant, who was over three meters and five meters tall, was clumsily making tea for the three little guys who suddenly visited him, and he also took out his only special snack, "Rock Skin Cake".

However, considering how hard this thing was, it was even more terrifying than the legendary "Five Metal Mooncake", so Hermione, whose parents were dentists, just pinched it lightly and immediately put it back on the plate without saying a word.

Maybe it was because the Quidditch match had just ended, so Harry and Ron seemed very excited.

Especially the latter, who was talking incessantly about what he had seen.

"Snape did it! Hermione and I saw it! He was staring at the broom and muttering something. He must have been chanting a spell."

"Nonsense! Why would Snape do that?" Hagrid retorted immediately.

As Dumbledore's confidant, he knew very well how much the headmaster trusted and valued Snape, and he also knew a little about the grievances between Snape and Harry's parents.

So if there was anyone in the school who least wanted to see anything happen to Harry, Snape would definitely be one of them.

But unfortunately, children only believe what they see.

In addition, Snape's bad attitude towards Gryffindor students and his gloomy personality made him look like a "good person" at all.

So after exchanging glances with Hermione and Ron, Harry finally couldn't help but explain: "Because I discovered some of his secrets. On Halloween, Snape tried to pass through the big three-headed dog, but was bitten hard. We think he should want to steal something under the trapdoor."

"Damn it! How do you know about Lu Wei with three heads?"

Hagrid was so obviously startled that some of the tea in his hand spilled out and he quickly picked up a rag to wipe it up.

"Fluffy with three heads? That dog even has a name!"

Ron was stunned, and at the same time began to realize that something seemed to be wrong.

Hagrid stammered in response, "Uh... yes. I bought it from a Greek I met in the pub last year, and then lent it to Dumbledore to guard..."

"Guarding what?" Harry asked impatiently.

"Okay, stop asking. It's a secret, understand?"

Hagrid interrupted the little guys' vigorous curiosity in an extremely rude way.

Although he was not very smart, he knew that something like the Philosopher's Stone was definitely not something a first-year student should know.

But Harry obviously had no intention of giving up, and immediately argued: "But Snape wanted to steal that thing!"

Hagrid shook his head vigorously. "Impossible. Snape is a professor at Hogwarts. He would never do such a thing."

"Then why did Snape cast a spell on Harry? I saw it with my own eyes. When I set his robes on fire with a flaming spell, the broom's uncontrollable situation disappeared immediately. I read in a book that if a wizard wants to cast a curse on a person or an object, he must stare at the target. Snape was staring at Harry at the time, and he didn't even blink."

Hermione frowned and gave evidence of her own observations.

In the girl's view, this could almost be considered as "catching the person red-handed."

According to the laws of the Muggle world, anyone can be arrested and sentenced for attempted murder.

Unfortunately, Hagrid did not believe a child, especially one from a Muggle family, and interrupted impatiently, "I say it again, you are all wrong.

There must be some misunderstanding here.

Although I'm not sure why Harry's broom behaved abnormally, it's impossible for Snape to want to kill a student.

Now, the three of you immediately forget about that big dog and everything associated with it.

Because this is extremely dangerous, it concerns Professor Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel..."

"Nicolas Flamel?" Hermione was stunned for a moment, but then her eyes lit up. "I seem to have heard Soth mention this name not long ago!"

"Who is he?" Harry asked hastily.

"I don't remember exactly. But we can ask him."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go now."

In the blink of an eye, the three little guys dropped the teacups in their hands and ran out of the hunting lodge towards the direction of the castle.

Hagrid, on the other hand, sat there sulking at himself for accidentally revealing a secret.

But he obviously didn't know that all of this was within Dumbledore's expectations and was even the most important part of the plan.

After about half an hour, Hermione finally rushed into the room on the third floor with Harry and Ron.

As soon as she stepped over the threshold, she asked at a very fast speed: "Sos, have you mentioned a man named Nicolas Flamel before?"

"Uh, yeah. Any questions?"

Zuo Sitou stopped the experiment he was doing and looked up at the three silly children who were easily led by Dumbledore like puppets.

"Who is he? What does he have to do with our headmaster Dumbledore?" Harry couldn't help but interrupt.

Because he was so curious about what important thing the three-headed dog, Fluffy, was guarding that even a professor like Snape wanted to get it.

“Nicolas Flamel, one of the most famous alchemists born in the fourteenth century, is also the longest-lived wizard known to date.

He is probably over 600 years old this year. He graduated from the equally historic Beauxbatons School of Magic and is a good friend of our principal.

His most famous achievement was the creation of the only Philosopher's Stone that exists today.

This top alchemical creation can not only turn other metals into gold, but also make the elixir of life.

His deeds are widely recorded in various history-related books.

Even the Chocolate Frog Wizard Cards, a snack that you often eat, have many records about this.

If I remember correctly, one of the chocolate frogs you ate on the train was of Dumbledore, with some information about his and Nicolas Flamel's exploits."

Zuo Si gave all the information about the alchemist straightforwardly.

In other words, this was the clue that Dumbledore deliberately left for the "savior" Harry to investigate.

But he didn't quite understand why the old man was so obsessed with letting a child take on the task of destroying Voldemort, even at the cost of his own death.

Isn't it just a Horcrux?

Wouldn't it be better to just kill them once they are resurrected and destroy them once they are found? Why make it so complicated?

Anyway, with the help of the Philosopher's Stone, Dumbledore could live for hundreds or even thousands of years like Nicolas Flamel, and slowly fight with Voldemort to see who would be the last to be defeated.

You have to know that the more you tear your soul apart, the more serious the consequences and costs will be.

The soul of any living being can split indefinitely.

So when Voldemort tore his soul to pieces to the point where it could no longer be sustained by creating the Horcruxes, his own soul would instantly collapse first and disappear from this world forever.

In the end, Zuo Si could only attribute Dumbledore's behavior to his lack of vision and his lack of understanding of the essence of life and the soul.

After all, the wizards in this world still don’t understand what death is, let alone bring the dead back to life in a true sense.

Therefore, it is understandable that people have an instinctive awe and fear of things like Horcruxes.

But in Zuo Si's opinion, the so-called Horcrux is just an inferior version of the Lich's Life Box, and may even be far inferior to the Lich's Life Box.

Because the phylactery at least preserves the lich's soul intact, while the Horcrux only preserves a small fragment of the soul.

Perhaps the Broken Phylactery technique invented by Ovo, the great arcanist who turned into a fat lich, may have adopted a similar idea.

However, as he is so proficient in necromancy magic, he should not do such an extremely stupid thing as tearing his own soul apart. Instead, he will make each life box a container that can preserve the soul.

When one of them is destroyed, the soul will be immediately transferred to the other life box, thus achieving the goal of never dying even if only one life box is not destroyed.

"Alchemist? Philosopher's Stone? Something that can turn metals into gold and brew elixirs of life?" Harry's face lit up with enlightenment. "Damn! I think I understand why Snape wants it."

Ron, who always looked silly, quickly nodded and agreed, "That's right! Who wouldn't want to get such a powerful treasure?"

"Excuse me, but do you really doubt that Professor Snape would steal the Philosopher's Stone for money and the elixir of life? In other words, do you really know Severus Snape's reputation in the wizarding world?"

Zuo Si was instantly amused by the two men's stupidity and self-righteousness.

"What's the meaning?"

Ron suddenly felt that Zuo Si was looking at him as if he was an idiot and a fool, and immediately felt his self-esteem was offended.

But Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders and explained, "Our Professor Snape is a world-renowned potion master.

Every day, wizards from all over the world are willing to spend a lot of money to invite him to help make some special potions.

If he needed money, he wouldn't need the Philosopher's Stone or anything like that. He could just take a few more orders and make a lot of Galleons like me.

As for extending his life, do you think it is really necessary at Professor Snape's age?

What's more, there are several potions in magic that can prolong life.

As a master of potions, he can mix it whenever he wants.

So your assumption about motivation is wrong from the beginning.”

"But I clearly saw him casting a curse on Harry's broom on the Quidditch field today." Hermione questioned in confusion.

"For many things, what you see with your own eyes is not necessarily the truth. It may also be a misunderstanding. How do you know that Professor Snape is casting a curse instead of helping to break it?" Zuo Si asked meaningfully.

Hearing this, Hermione's eyes suddenly flashed with enlightenment, and she asked impatiently: "You mean... Professor Snape was protecting Harry at the time? And there was someone else who wanted to hurt him?"

"Instead of being so suspicious, why don't you go directly to Professor Snape himself, or to Headmaster Dumbledore? Do you need me to take you there?"

Zuo Si obviously had no interest in playing this ridiculous game with the other party, so he directly proposed a solution.

After all, this matter was not complicated from the beginning. On the one hand, it was Dumbledore's deliberate induction, and on the other hand, it was the misunderstanding caused by Snape's gloomy personality and behavior.

As long as we get together and talk things out, there won't be so much trouble.

But unfortunately, Zuo Si obviously overestimated the proportion of rationality in children's thinking.

Both Ron and Harry had a considerable degree of prejudice against Snape, so they rejected the proposal without hesitation and returned to the Gryffindor common room.

In contrast, Hermione became smarter under Zuo Si's training. She seemed to have noticed something. After the two of them walked away, she lowered her voice and cautiously asked, "Have you already known the truth?"

"Oh? How did you know that?" Zuo Si showed a playful smile on his face.

"Because you ruled out Professor Snape's suspicion too quickly, which is illogical. And when you mentioned confronting Snape and Professor Dumbledore face to face, you didn't show any worry at all. Apart from the fact that you already knew the truth, I really can't think of any other reason." Hermione analyzed with a serious face.

Seeing that the girl still maintained her sanity and was not manipulated like a chess piece like the other two fools, Zuo Si immediately showed a satisfied smile: "Good judgment. You guessed right, I do know some truths, but I can't tell you. Because all of this is the principal's training and test of our great savior Harry Potter."

"Training and testing?"

Hermione instantly grasped two key words.

Because she came from a Muggle family, her attitude towards Harry Potter was not the same as that of her classmates who came from wizarding families. They all had a bit of admiration for him.

He knew very well that the famous "savior" in the magic world was actually just a person of the same age as himself, and there was nothing special about him.

"Yes. Guess why Harry Potter is called the savior? Is it just because he is the first person to successfully survive the attack of the Killing Curse? Or do you really believe that he, who was still a baby, defeated the Dark Lord, whom even Dumbledore was very afraid of?" Zuo Si raised several key questions in one breath.

Hermione lowered her head and pondered for a long time, and finally shook her head blankly: "I... I don't know."

"Then did you notice the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead?" Zuo Si gave a small hint.

"I noticed it. Is there anything wrong with the scar?" Hermione asked with a frown.

“I can only tell you that it’s not just any ordinary scar.

It is because of this that Harry is so special and qualified to be called the savior of the wizarding world, at least the British wizarding world.

This word does not refer to the past and the present, but to the near future.

And it is also related to a prophecy.

Including Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Snape, they were all aware of this matter.

So your fear that Professor Snape would steal the Philosopher's Stone was wrong from the start, and very wrong."

Zuo Si promptly and decisively revealed part of the answer to the mystery.

He didn't want this smart girl in front of him to follow her original life trajectory and become a nanny for two silly boys like Harry and Ron. That would be a waste of talent.

Instead, he intends to train it to become a good helper for himself in this world.

There is no doubt that each of these pieces of news had a huge impact on Hermione's young mind, and she suddenly fell silent.

After several minutes, she slowly came back to her senses and asked in a trembling voice: "How...how do you know this?"

"It's simple. When you have enough knowledge and power, you will naturally know secrets that many people have never even heard of.

So promise me that you won't get involved in this matter anymore.

If Harry really encounters any danger, then Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, or Snape who always seems to be targeting you, will choose to take action immediately.

Hogwarts is safe, much safer than you think."

After saying this, Zuo Si no longer paid attention to the girl's shocked expression, and took the swelling potion and fed it to an experimental mouse.

The next second...

The mouse's body began to expand rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it grew from the size of a palm to the size of a cat.

However, because the muscles, blood vessels and skin have been stretched to the extreme, the appearance looks extremely hideous and terrifying.

The body looks round as if it is filled with air.

What is even more incredible is that in this state, the strength actually increased several times and emitted a sharp squeaking sound.

But after a while, the mouse's swollen body exceeded its own limit and exploded with a bang.

Blood, flesh, bones and internal organs splattered everywhere.

Fortunately, Zuo Si was well prepared and threw it into a sealed transparent container in advance, so it did not cause much pollution to the room.

With a wave of the wand, the cleaning spell instantly cleaned the bloody container.

Through this experiment, he can basically confirm that the swelling potion is the same as the swelling spell, and can increase the target's size by about six times and the strength by about three times.

If it is given to a summoned creature during battle, its close combat ability will be greatly enhanced.

The only uncertainty now is what the upper limit of the dosage is and whether it will be weakened or enhanced by the spell resistance of the creature taking it.

The more he learned about those interesting spells and potions, the more Zuo Si felt that there were many things with great potential to be explored in this world.

However, due to the long-term peace environment, wizards did not focus their main energy on developing spells of killing, destruction and destructiveness.

Many of these spells and potions can easily kill people with just a little modification.

"What are you doing?"

Zuo Si responded without even looking up, "Nothing, just testing the effect of the swelling potion. Oh, by the way, considering that the Christmas holiday is coming soon, all work will stop from tomorrow, and I will not accept any orders during this period. You can relax and prepare to go home to reunite with your parents."

"What about you? Will you stay in school or go home during the Christmas holidays?" Hermione asked cautiously.

"Of course I'm going home. I have a lot of ideas and plans, and I plan to accomplish them all during this holiday. In addition, there are some things that need to be purchased." Zuo Si casually stated his arrangements.

To be honest, the Christmas holiday given by Hogwarts is not very long, only about two weeks.

Considering that I have to go back to Faerun to deal with some things, the actual available time is probably only about five or six days.

"Well, it looks like you're going to have a busy holiday. If there's anything I can help you with, just send me an owl. Of course, you can call, too."

When Hermione heard that Zuo Si had made arrangements, she swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth, which were about to invite him to her home for Christmas. Then she quickly ran back to the Gryffindor common room as if she had done something wrong.

However, Zuo Si, who was in a state of concentration, did not notice this. In the next few days, he began to make the flying broom promised to the Weasley twin brothers.

As an expert in the manufacture of magical items, the knowledge, skills and convenience brought by the profession of creator that he possesses are simply incomparable to those wizards in the flying broom manufacturing company.

After purchasing suitable wood through special channels, it was molded into the required shape in less than half an hour.

与传统那种扫帚外形不同，左思设计的时候更多采用了充满科技感的流线型框架，并且把那些看起来像是一堆枯树枝捆绑在一起的末端，直接用一个巨大的金属四孔喷射加速器所取代。

这玩意使用了造风术的原理，通过四个喷射孔可以进行四挡加速，最快的时候甚至可以短时间内超越声音的速度，并且通过调整喷孔的位置实现九十度的急速转弯。

为了抵消超高速可能带来的伤害，他还额外恒定了一系列的吸收与防护魔法，以确保在突破音障的瞬间，骑在上边的人不会受伤乃至死亡。

最后在接近完工的时候，还加入了一个可以在遇到危险时自动触发的护盾术，以确保在需要与对手进行撞击的时候可以提供少许保护措施。

总之，由于左思亲手设计并制作的这两根黑色扫帚，对于这个世界现有的飞行扫帚，哪怕是未来被誉为飞行扫帚最高工艺的“火弩箭”，都是彻头彻尾的碾压。

而且在尾部四个喷射加速器发挥作用的时候，还会根据速度不同产生从红色、橙色，再到蓝色和白色的视觉火焰，以满足双胞胎兄弟无论在任何时候都喜欢引人注目的心理。

按照原本的准备，左思是想要在圣诞节前夕将两把扫帚作为礼物送出去。

可谁知道计划永远没有变化快。

就在格兰芬多魁地奇第二场比赛的前夕，乔治和弗雷德再一次偶然经过的时候，发现了摆在架子上的黑色扫帚，立刻发出了兴奋不已的惊呼。

“梅林的胡子！这就是你制作的飞天扫帚？难以置信！它简直太漂亮了！”

“是啊！这玩意简直就像是艺术品！”

“索斯，它的飞行速度有多快？”

看到两人口水都快要流下来的模样，左思笑着回答道：“是目前市面上最好飞行扫帚光轮2000的四倍以上。”

“什么？你确定这不是在开玩笑！”乔治震惊的张大了嘴巴。

光轮2000的时速是每小时三百公里，四倍就是时速一千两百公里。

他敢保证，整个魔法界就没有任何一种飞行器可以达到这样骇人听闻的速度。

“当然不是。等圣诞节的时候，你们就能亲自骑上去体会一下了。记得低空时千万别启动全部四个加速器，不然的话有可能会因为速度太快的关系，直接撞上球场周围的看台。”左思好心的提醒道。

“为什么要等圣诞节？我们现在就想要骑上它参加一会儿的比赛。”

弗雷德立刻丢掉手里的横扫五星，将黑色的心扫帚抱在怀里深情抚摸，仿佛那就是他这辈子的挚爱。

当然，乔治也没好到哪去，仅仅一两秒钟过后也做出了同样的选择。

男人喜新厌旧的本质，在他们身上表现得淋漓尽致。

左思没好气的翻了个白眼说道：“如果你们现在拿走扫帚，那么圣诞节就没有礼物了。我可不会再花费心思，给你们俩准备第二份圣诞惊喜。”

“没问题！因为这两把扫帚已经足够惊喜了！”

弗雷德连犹豫都没犹豫便立刻答应下来。

在他看来这原本就是理所当然的事情。

乔治也赶忙点头附和道：“说的没错，兄弟。这是我这辈子收到过最棒的圣诞礼物。对了，索斯，这两柄扫帚有名字吗？”

左思轻轻摇了摇头：“没有，我对起名这种事情并没有什么太大的兴趣。只要你们高兴，随便给扫帚起什么名字都无所谓。”

“哈哈哈哈！你可真是太贴心了！”弗雷德兴奋的手舞足蹈，然后转过身问自己的双胞胎兄弟。“你觉得叫它们黑色闪电如何？毕竟这可是比光轮2000还要快四倍的超级扫帚。”

“黑色闪电是个好名字，我完全同意。走吧，咱们现在就去拿给哈利和伍德他们看看。”

“我都等不及欣赏他们目瞪口呆的表情了。”

伴随着激动的讨论，双胞胎兄弟很快勾肩搭背朝球场所在的方向走去。

由于还有半个小时比赛就要开始了，所以两队球员都已经来到各自的休息室做最后准备。

当两人提着造型别致的扫帚走进来的时候，队长奥利弗伍德立刻站起身用十分疑惑的语气问：“你们手里拿着的是什么？扫帚吗？”

“当然！这就是前一段时间我们跟你提过索斯答应给我们制作的新扫帚。怎么样，是不是很酷？”乔治咧开嘴笑着炫耀道。

“按照索斯的说法，这柄扫帚的最高飞行速度是哈利那把光轮2000的四倍。”弗雷德紧跟着补充道。

“什么？这怎么可能！”安吉利娜·约翰逊明显被这个数据惊到了。

别说是她，球队中的其他人反应也都差不多，那就是无法相信。

相比之下，伍德则更担心这种私人制作扫帚的安全问题，眉头紧锁的继续询问道：“你们确定骑在这种没有经过任何检验的扫帚上不会掉下来吗？”

“我们相信索斯！”

“对！他可是个什么都懂的天才。”

双胞胎兄弟在说这句话的时候，丝毫没有半点迟疑或者犹豫。

“好吧，希望你们的扫帚在比赛中不会出问题。”

对于乔治和弗雷德的选择，伍德并没有多说什么。

作为高年级的学生，他自然不可能不知道左思眼下在霍格沃茨乃至整个魔法界的名气，还有其发明的咒语存储技术。

所以内心之中对于这两柄造型别致的黑色扫帚也充满了期待。

短暂的修整过后，格兰芬多与拉文克劳的队员很快便出现在赛场上。

如预料中一样，黑色闪电瞬间吸引了无数观众的目光。

负责现场解说的李·乔丹看到这一幕，立刻站起来兴奋的大喊道：“快看！格兰芬多球队的击球手乔治和弗雷德更换他们之前比赛中使用的横扫五星！真是令人难以置信！因为我从未在市面上见到过这样的飞行扫帚。”

如果换成是平时，当解说员出现这种跟比赛严重跑题的情况，坐在一旁的麦格教授肯定会立刻进行提醒。

可这一次，她也被双胞胎手里拎着的扫帚吸引住了。

毕竟想当年，这位看起来总是一副严肃认真面孔的变形课教授，也是一名狂热的魁地奇爱好者兼球员。

不然也不会在看到哈利飞行天赋后，第一时间就将其推荐给队长伍德。

由于格兰芬多和拉文克劳学院并不像跟斯莱特林学院之间那样整天都充满了火药味，所以双方球员的关系还算融洽。

在握手的时候，一名追球手甚至忍不住问了一句：“喂！乔治、弗莱德，你们的扫帚是怎么回事？”

“嘿嘿！你一会儿就知道了。”

双胞胎兄弟异口同声的笑着回应道。

几分钟后，随着裁判霍琦夫人的一声哨响，比赛终于正式开始。

就在哈利爬升高度想要尽快寻找到金色飞贼的时候，突然看到乔治那造型别致的飞行扫帚，从后边其中一个加速器的孔隙中喷射出耀眼的红色火光。

还没等他反应过来发生了什么，对方就直接以迅雷不及掩耳的速度从自己身边经过，带起一阵强劲的气流。

才不到三五秒钟的功夫就追上了前边的游走球，随后轮起棍子狠狠的抽打。

砰！ 游走球应声改变方向，从原本追逐格兰芬多的球员，掉头朝拉文克劳的球员飞去。

后者吓得赶忙调整方向闪避，从而错失了进攻的最佳时机。

就在他打算把手里的鬼飞球传给队友的时候，弗莱德又用同样的方式追上了另外一颗游走球，再次挥舞棒子强迫其改变方向。

慌乱之下，拉文克劳的追球手不小心弄掉了鬼飞球，刚好被格兰芬多的球员接到迅速发起反攻，成功拿到了开门红。

“难以置信！难以置信！难以置信！”

解说员李·乔丹激动地站起来一口气说了三个难以置信。

“我看到了什么？ 那两柄黑色的扫帚竟然不费吹灰之力就追上了游走球！ 这简直太让人惊讶了！ 要知道就算是光轮2000，也不可能在这么短的时间内做到这一点。

而且在加速的时候，扫帚后面还会喷射出炫目的火焰。

梅林啊！我愿意用自己后半辈子圣诞节再也没有任何礼物来换取这样一把扫帚。”

毫无疑问，李·乔丹替在场许多小巫师说出了内心之中的愿望。

坐在看台上的罗恩更是惊掉了下巴，用只有自己才能听见的声音喃喃自语道：“这就是乔治和弗雷德提到的新扫帚？该死！索斯为什么对他们俩那么好……”

只可惜，没人能回答他的问题。

因为今天赫敏根本没有来。

Just like that, under the strong suppression of the Weasleya twins' new brooms, the Quidditch game completely turned into a dodgeball competition. Ravenclaw players might die on the spot if they were not careful, so they had no time to care about the Quaffle and the Golden Snitch.

As for the result of the game, it was one of the few zero scores in Hogwarts' history.

Yes!

The desperate George and Fred directly shut out the Ravenclaw team.

Gryffindor's goalkeeper and captain Wood was so bored that he almost caught a cold. He had nothing to do the whole time and just watched them put on a wonderful performance like a spectator.

Especially the last few times when the four accelerators were activated at the same time, the terrifying speed that instantly swept over the stadium and the sonic boom and shock wave caused by exceeding the speed of sound drove this group of inexperienced wizards into madness.

The cruel reality once again proves that there is no fairness in the sport of Quidditch.

Apart from anything else, the fact that even the flying brooms are not standardized means that a big deal can be made in this regard, which is essentially not much different from the high-tech swimsuits, running shoes and undetectable stimulants in the Olympics.

This is also one of the important reasons why Zuo Si was never interested in sports competitions.

In his opinion, cheating is the instinct of all intelligent creatures. As long as there is enough benefit, contestants will try every possible means to increase their chances of winning.

After the game, the Ravenclaw players, who had been abused throughout the entire game, immediately approached Headmaster Dumbledore and Madam Hooch and demanded that the use of these cheating-like brooms be banned.

Because if it is not banned, there will be no suspense in all Quidditch matches before the two graduate.

Moreover, this kind of behavior of constantly hitting the Bludger at the players is too dangerous, and if you are not careful, it may result in death.

Finally, under the joint protest of the other three houses, Dumbledore finally compromised and said that the school would pay for the twin brothers to buy two Nimbus 2000s in exchange for them giving up using black lightning in the competition.

It has to be said that although this result seemed to be a big loss for Gryffindor House on the surface, it was definitely a huge profit for George and Fred who got two brooms for free.

So instead of looking sad, they laughed happily.

Of course, in order to share the joy with their teammates and friends, the two generously gave up the Black Lightning, allowing everyone to ride up to the sky and experience the lightning speed.

"Harry, how do you feel?" Ron asked, trying to suppress the sourness in his heart.

"It's great! If you compare an ordinary broom to a car, then the Nimbus 2000 is like a propeller plane, and the Black Lightning is a supersonic jet. Especially when you start the four accelerators, it's as if the world around you becomes blurred. I like this feeling."

Harry was an honest child. He had no intention of hiding his thoughts and was full of praise for Black Lightning.

Likewise, he understood Dumbledore's final decision to ban its use in intramural competitions.

Otherwise, future competitions will lose suspense and become a show for the twin brothers.

Although Harry hoped that his Gryffindor house could keep winning, he didn't want to win easily in this way.

"Do you think...if we go to Soth and ask for it, will he make one for us?" Ron asked weakly.

Harry smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Don't dream. I heard that Zuo Si was willing to make brooms for George and Fred in order to reward them for knocking the captain of Slytherin College, Marcus Flint, off his broom in the last game.

I believe you also saw how bloody and brutal the scene was.

So unless we can do the same thing, it is impossible for Ethos to agree to it given his personality.

And according to Wood's speculation, if a broom like this were sold on the market, it would be worth at least several thousand or even tens of thousands of gold galleons.

Countless professional Quidditch players and teams would fight over it."

"Thousands? That means George and Fred have made a fortune this time!"

Ron subconsciously turned his gaze to Marcus Flint, who had just been discharged from the hospital not far away, with a malicious gleam in his eyes.

But after comparing the size difference between the other party and himself, he sighed helplessly: "Oh - if only we could make our own flying brooms."

"It would be easier to just beat Marcus Flint into the school hospital. After all, making a flying broom requires at least thirty advanced spells, and the wood must be a special wood that can be used to make wands. With the level of Hogwarts students, not many people can do it even after graduating from the seventh grade. If you don't believe me, you can go ask Percy."

Harry interrupted his friend's unrealistic fantasy.

Compared to Ron, who was born in a wizard family, he, who grew up in a Muggle family, was obviously more likely to accept a peer who was better than himself.

As for envy and jealousy, Harry could not say that he did not have them at all, but considering that Zuo Si could live alone in Slytherin College, which was full of hostility, and could even make the other party afraid, he felt very impressed.

Because he had been bullied and isolated by his classmates more than once when he was in elementary school, he understood how difficult it was to reverse such a situation.

"Well, you're right. Maybe I can borrow it from George or Fred during the Christmas holidays."

After saying that, Ron reluctantly took his eyes off the black broom in his twin brother's hand and returned to the castle shoulder to shoulder with Harry.

However, the other Gryffindor students stayed on the field, queuing up to experience the incredible speed of Black Lightning.

The carnival finally came to an end when it got dark and the professors began to chase people away.

Even after returning to the castle, they were still talking with great interest about the two flying brooms made by Zuo Si.

And as the description became more and more exaggerated and outrageous, it seemed to be about to become a campus legend.

The horror fever continued until the Christmas holiday when it subsided slightly.

A group of students, including Hermione, who were going back home to spend Christmas, had packed their suitcases and boarded the Hogwarts Express again, heading for Platform 9 and three-quarters at King's Cross Station.

However, compared with the grand occasion at the beginning of the school year, the number of people on the bus this time was obviously much smaller.

Because many students don't want to go through so much trouble, they just choose to stay in school and spend time with their friends.

Just when Zuo Si and Hermione were sitting in a carriage reading quietly, Malfoy and his two followers suddenly appeared at the door of the carriage.

(End of this chapter)