"Wentworth, I hope you're not hurt."

"Well done Wentworth, your surrender was so clear and neat!"

Those who didn’t know would think that Wentworth was the winner of this duel.

Unlike the enthusiastic cheers that Wentworth received when he returned to Hufflepuff, at this moment, Welin, as the winner, felt a little embarrassed.

Because at this time, Professor Ilona, ​​one of the referees of this duel and the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, was holding her wand and looking at Welin with anger in her eyes.

"Even if you are facing a strange wizard, in a duel, if the other party declares that he surrenders, you should stop your spell!"

"And you, facing your classmate, even after he announced his surrender and with his back turned to you, still cast the spell! Are you ignoring me?"

Seeing this, Weilin quickly put down his wand and explained:

"Professor Ilona, ​​you misunderstood. I didn't mean to do that. I just couldn't stop at that time!"

Facing Weilin's explanation, Ilona sneered and said with disdain: "Slytherin, deduct ten points! Because you are treating our professor as a fool!"

Hearing that Ilona deducted ten points from Slytherin without saying a word, Welin's body suddenly stiffened. At the same time, a mocking laugh was heard. Welin looked in the direction of the laughter and saw Wentworth surrounded by Cedric, Green and others.

Wentworth looked at Weilin with a caring look for a mentally retarded person, with a smile on his face.

In fact, the reason why Wentworth dared to turn his back to Welin and directly shout surrender without even making any dodging moves was because of his trust in the Hogwarts professor.

Look at the lineup of referees tonight, Professor McGonagall, the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor Flitwick, the professor of Charms and duelling tournament champion of Hogwarts, plus Professor Ilona, ​​the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts whose strength is hard to tell. If I could get into trouble in front of such a lineup of referees, I'm afraid Hogwarts would not have the reputation it has now.

And Weilin actually dared to do something in front of them. Wentworth could only sigh in his heart that brain-dead children are so much fun.

At this moment, Weilin, who was bearing the wrath of Professor Ilona head-on, felt like a small boat facing the storm on the sea. Even the magic power in Weilin's body was involuntarily agitated.

Fortunately, Professor Snape stood up at this time and said, "Professor Ilona, ​​it is indeed Welin's fault in this matter. After the duel, I will punish him!"

Hearing his dean speak, Welin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Normally, when other professors heard Snape say this, they would give Snape face.

But this time, Professor Ilona did not let Welin go. Instead, she said directly: "Since Professor Snape said so, let's follow Professor Snape's advice! As for the punishment, I won't bother Professor Snape. I will handle it! In the next month, Mr. Welin will come to my office every night to find me and help me prepare teaching aids for the next day's class. This will be considered a punishment!"

Then, without waiting for Snape to speak again, Professor Ilona continued: "In addition, I want to emphasize one point again! If someone tries to be clever again in this duel club, and the other party has obviously given up resistance, but you continue to attack, then no matter what spell you use, I will use the same spell to stop you!"

After hearing what Professor Ilona said, Snape, who was about to say something else, silently took back his words. Seeing that Dumbledore did not object to what Professor Ilona said, the students from the four colleges present said that they understood.

Seeing that no one raised any more objections, Professor Ilona nodded slowly, and then said: "In this case, I declare that the winner of the first duel between Hufflepuff and Slytherin is - Slytherin!"

When the Slytherin students heard Professor Ilona announce Slytherin's victory, who had been worried that Professor Ilona would take this opportunity to declare Welin's victory invalid, suddenly calmed down and gave a warm cheer.

On the other hand, the students of Hufflepuff House seemed as if nothing had happened and didn't care at all. Some even clapped symbolically.

When the cheers gradually faded away, Professor Ilona continued, "Next, we will have the second duel between Hufflepuff and Slytherin!"

"For the second duel, the representative sent by Slytherin is Mike from the fourth year!"

"And the representative of Hufflepuff is their prefect, fifth-year Green!"

When Professor Ilona announced the names of the two teams for the second match, the scene suddenly erupted with even louder noises, and everyone started talking about it! Amidst the discussions, there were also a few rounds of applause. Looking in the direction of the applause, many Ravenclaw students were clapping in amazement.

On the other hand, the professors of Hogwarts seemed to have understood Hufflepuff's plan. Professor Snape, the dean of Slytherin, suddenly sat up from his seat, looking in the direction of Hufflepuff with his eyes wide open.

But unfortunately, no one from Hufflepuff was looking at him. Everyone was cheering for Green.

Then, Snape turned his gaze to Dumbledore and saw that Dumbledore was looking at Wentworth with admiration, and was not looking at him either.

Looking around the scene, Snape saw that no one noticed him. He couldn't help but take a last look in the direction of Wentworth, then slowly sat down with a gloomy face.

At this time, after explanations from the Ravenclaw students who took the lead in applauding, the other students gradually understood Hufflepuff's plan, and the news soon reached Slytherin.

Now, Welin and the others understood that Hufflepuff had not gotten it wrong at all, but had arranged it this way on purpose! Wentworth, a first-year Hufflepuff, was used against Welin, a fifth-year Slytherin. Wentworth surrendered directly, even though this would cause Hufflepuff to lose the first match.

But in the next four games, Hufflepuff could use senior students to beat junior students in every game! Although Hufflepuff's overall strength is weaker than Slytherin, that is a comparison of the same grade. You have to know that the students who are now in Hogwarts are in a critical period of magic growth. Every year of difference will result in a huge difference in magic.

Thinking of this, Wei Lin and others almost got angry! 　Thanks again to Meow Meow Boss for the reward! 　　The boss is generous, the boss makes a fortune 　　! I wish the boss all the best in the new year, and all your wishes come true!

(End of this chapter)