The wind in Hogwarts seemed a little noisy tonight. The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom at Hogwarts was filled with students and professors, all waiting for the upcoming duel between Slytherin and Hufflepuff.

"A portable magnifying glass! It allows you to see every spell clearly! Made by Weasley, it must be a top-notch product!"

The Weasley twins even started selling their own magnifying glasses in the classroom. After all, without some tricks, it would be difficult to see the duel clearly through the crowd.

Professor Snape, leading the students of Slytherin House, had already been waiting here, awaiting the arrival of Hufflepuff House. However, the other protagonist of this duel, the students of Hufflepuff House, were nowhere to be seen.

"They are not afraid and run away!"

Weilin stood behind Professor Snape and said with a dissatisfied look on his face.

At the same time, just outside the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Wentworth, Cedric and others were standing here.

"Wentworth, aren't we going in yet?"

Kirk came over and asked.

Wentworth said slowly:

"Captain Cork, don't be anxious. The protagonists always appear last. Let them wait for a while. It's best to wait until they are impatient, and then we can appear!"

As the agreed time approached, there was some commotion among the Slytherin students. Some even started to walk around, while others gathered in twos and threes to chat.

Wei Lin finally couldn't help it, and walked up to the three professors who were the referees tonight, and said anxiously:

"Professor, if Hufflepuff still doesn't show up at the agreed time, does that mean we Slytherins have won?"

Professor Flitwick looked at Professor McGonagall and Professor Ilona and said, "Of course, if the time is up and Hufflepuff has not arrived, according to the rules of the duel, Slytherin will naturally be the winner."

Hearing this, Welin couldn't help but fall into a dilemma. On the one hand, he hoped that Hufflepuff would show up so that he could give them a good beating. On the other hand, he hoped that Hufflepuff would not show up so that Slytherin could win without fighting.

Just when Welin and other Slytherins were extremely entangled, the agreed time was about to arrive.

Wentworth outside the door took one last look at the time, turned around and said to the Hufflepuff students behind him:

"It's our turn to perform, the protagonists of tonight!"

Just as the clock was about to point to six o'clock and Weilin was looking at the door of the classroom eagerly, suddenly, the door was opened from the outside.

Wentworth was the first one to open the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and walked in. Behind Wentworth, Cedric and Cork followed him in, one on the left and one on the right.

Originally, Wentworth wanted Cork to go first, but Cork refused. When Cork read Wentworth's complete plan, he was immediately impressed by Wentworth, so Cork insisted on letting Wentworth go first.

Behind them, all the Hufflepuff students lined up in two neat rows, wearing clean and tidy yellow Hufflepuff uniforms, and walked in with their heads held high.

The dignified and neat Hufflepuffs immediately overshadowed the lax Slytherins. Even the Gryffindors, who had never liked Slytherins, began to applaud the Hufflepuffs under the leadership of the Weasley twins.

Seeing this, all the professors showed satisfied expressions, except Snape. Among them, Sprout and Ilona looked the proudest.

Weilin, who had been waiting for a long time, spoke sarcastically.

On the Hufflepuff side, before Wentworth could speak, Cork spoke up behind him:

"This is really weird. I've seen people snatching food and seats, but this is the first time I've seen someone get beaten for snatching!"

Seeing that the two sides were about to start a verbal fight, Professor McGonagall, the referee, coughed twice and said, "Okay, shut up! Do you two want to make a fool of yourself in front of other houses? You have to know that you represent Slytherin and Hufflepuff!"

This made Welin and Green shut up! Seeing this, Professor Flitwick stepped forward and said, "Okay, according to the prior agreement, the list of names of the two academies that will participate in the duel should be handed over to Professor Ilona first, and I will reiterate the rules of the duel once again!"

"First, it is not allowed..."

Just as Professor Flitwick reiterated the rules of the duel, Welin took the lead in handing the Slytherin list to Professor Ilona, ​​while giving Green a vicious look.

Afterwards, Welin handed the Hufflepuff list to Professor Ilona, ​​who smiled at him.

For some reason, when Weilin saw Green's smile, he shuddered. He always felt that Green's smile tonight seemed sinister and concealed some conspiracy.

When Professor Ilona saw the lists submitted by both parties, her brows tightened, as if she had discovered something. But after a moment, Professor Ilona seemed to have figured something out, her brows relaxed again, and she revealed a meaningful smile.

After Professor Flitwick finished explaining the rules of the duel, he looked at Dumbledore, who stood up leisurely and said, "Everyone, we at Hogwarts are reopening the dueling club tonight in the hope of enhancing communication between students. It is not to determine who is better, nor is it to decide life and death. I hope that no one will get hurt in tonight's duel!"

"So, are both parties participating in the duel tonight ready?"

"alright!"

Welin and Wentworth spoke at the same time.

Seeing this, Dumbledore raised his hands and said at the same time: "Then I declare that the duel between Slytherin and Hufflepuff officially begins!"

As Dumbledore finished his words, there was a warm cheer from the audience. However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the cheers were mostly from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students. The Slytherin and Hufflepuff students were all nervously staring at the representatives of their respective houses in the center of the venue.

Along with the cheers, Ilona, ​​the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, slowly walked to the center of the duel field and said, "For the first duel, the representative sent by Slytherin is - Weylin!"

Accompanied by the cheers of Slytherin and the boos of Hufflepuff, Welin walked onto the duel field impatiently.

As Welin stood still, Professor Ilona continued, "The representative of Hufflepuff is - Wentworth!"

As Professor Ilona read out Wentworth's name, the scene suddenly became silent. All the students stared at Wentworth blankly as he walked onto the duel arena step by step.

Even Dumbledore and Snape looked surprised and puzzled.

(End of this chapter)