章 101: Chapter 101
October is here, and the damp chill permeates the grounds and seeps into the castle, making the entire castle unusually humid.
Ravenclaw's dormitory, located on the top floor of the tower, is somewhat better.
Slytherin's dormitory is in a dungeon, and Cassandra has complained more than once about its humidity and musty smell.
As a result, she has been resting in her room for the past few days.
There was also a sudden outbreak of influenza among the young wizards, which overloaded the school hospital, and Ms. Pomfrey was a little too busy.
Fortunately, Professor Snape provided a stimulant. The effect is immediate and lasts for a few hours.
However, during these few hours, the ears will keep smoking.
Ethan saw Cho Chang's ears smoking, and it was quite cute.
She caught a cold because she went to practice Quidditch in the rain. I don't understand why the students at Hogwarts value Quidditch so much that the four houses have to fight for the training ground even in the rain.
If only this spirit were applied to learning, the level of wizards would surpass that of previous generations.
Today is Saturday. Ethan just came out of the Room of Requirement. He has been fiddling with alchemy during this period, mainly modifying the McLaren F1. As for Lockhart's order, there is no rush; he can give it to him before Christmas.
Since morning, he has been busy in the Room of Requirement.
So far, he has modified the shell and engine.
Various functions have been added, such as invisibility, flying, acceleration, and internal traceless expansion spells. However, intelligent logic and a thinking personality have not yet been added.
After a busy day, Ethan is a little impatient. He plans to have dinner and then go to the dormitory for a good rest.
Watching the big raindrops hitting the castle windows, Ethan was silent.
It has been raining for several days. Ethan has not been able to go to the Forbidden Forest these days. The lake there has risen, and there are mudslides everywhere.
This has caused Ethan heavy losses. The venom of the Acromantula has a recovery cycle, and after the cycle, all that money is wasted.
"Harry, it's raining so hard. Why are you Gryffindors still training?"
"Aren't you afraid that Madam Pomfrey will find out?"
Ethan looked at Harry, who was soaked in mud and walked in from outside, and said to him in surprise.
Since the flu outbreak at Hogwarts, Madam Pomfrey has strictly forbidden young wizards from practicing Quidditch on rainy days.
"I'm already too busy, and you guys are still going out in the rain. Isn't this just adding to the chaos?"
Anyway, after the Quidditch members were reprimanded, Ravenclaw temporarily stopped training. But this little Gryffindor lion is still so unruly.
"We can't help it. Wood asked us to gather, and Slytherin also went."
"Ethan, you don't know if you haven't seen it. The Slytherin players rode the Nimbus 2001 at a speed as fast as a jet. When they flew past in the sky, you could only see seven blurry light green shadows."
Harry had a bitter face, and he was obviously very depressed.
The whole team was still using the Nimbus 1700, which was several versions behind the latest Nimbus 2001. They couldn't catch up even if they tried their best.
Before the game started, the Gryffindor team had no confidence. This gap was difficult to make up with technology alone.
"The Nimbus 2001 seems to cost 388 gold galleons.
Although you Gryffindors don't have the generosity of Slytherin, you have a lot of money.
It's not difficult to get a complete set.
You don't need to donate.
You can lend it to the Quidditch players after buying it.
Anyway, most of them always have a flying broom.
The Nimbus 2001 was just released in August, and the price is 88 gold galleons more than the Nimbus 2000.
Gryffindor also has a lot of pure-bloods. At the end of the year, it is still quite expensive to buy Baruffio's Brain Elixir. Now, there is no pressure for those who have some money to buy the Nimbus 2001.
It depends on whether they want to get it for the honour of the house and whether they are willing to lend their new flying brooms to others.
In the original book, Harry also had a Nimbus 2000 given by Professor McGonagall, but Ethan intervened. He did not join the Quidditch team in his first year, so naturally, he could not have a Nimbus 2000.
Gene, who lives in Ethan's dormitory, is also a big victim. He saved up gold galleons for a year, plus his previous pocket money, and a total of 300. He bought a Nimbus 2000 when the summer vacation just started.
Before he could be happy for long, the Nimbus 2001 came out. At that time, Gene wrote to Ethan to complain.
Now the Ravenclaw team also has a Nimbus 2000 and six Nimbus 1700s. They have no chance of winning against Slytherin.
"Yes."
"I can also donate my flying broom to Gryffindor."
When Ethan reminded him, Harry clapped his hands excitedly.
It's just seven brooms, isn't it?
Go to Gringotts and get some gold galleons, and won't everything be solved?
Is it a problem if it can be solved with gold galleons?
"You want to donate seven Nimbus 2001s by yourself?"
Ethan looked at Harry in surprise. Last time he said Malfoy was a baller, and now Harry is no less.
Just now he said to borrow, not donate.
Ethan still remembered this.
Hedidn't expect Harry to have poor hearing at such a young age.
"Yes, calculate for me how many gold galleons."
Harry swept away the decadence just now, and the whole person was full of energy.
"2716 gold galleons. Are you sure you want to spend so much?"
"Sure, I can still afford more than 2,000 gold galleons."
Harry didn't think it was much. The gold galleons he had in Gringotts had piled up into a small mountain. He hadn't counted them exactly, but there must be tens of thousands of them. (Piles of gold coins, silver bars, and mountains of bronze coins)
Ethan didn't want to say anything more about this, damn rich second-generation.
Unlike himself, every gold galleon he earned contained sweat and tears.
And you are so generous. Have you considered the feelings of Ronald, the poor guy?
"By the way, where is Ronald?"
"Didn't he go out with you today?"
The two of them have always been inseparable. Recently, it seems that Harry is often seen alone. Except when he is in class, he can't be seen at all.
"He should be practising spells."
"Ronald has been very diligent recently. He doesn't play wizard chess anymore. He practices spells alone until late every day."
"It has been like this since he was rebounded by his magic last time. This may be a good thing. He is willing to learn."
Harry was quite happy. Ronald knew how to struggle. He was embarrassed to play and followed him to study.
His grades were not bad recently. He passed the last test smoothly.
It's just that Ronald seems to be a little alienated from him, but it's not alienated.
It's just that he feels like he is avoiding him.
"Ronald took the initiative to practice magic?"
Ethan looked at Harry in disbelief. What a joke. Is Ronald such a person?
But when he thought about it carefully, Ronald didn't seem to have lost points recently. Whether it's Transfiguration, Charms, or even Potions, although he didn't get extra points, he didn't seem to have made any mistakes.
"Yes, maybe he wants to seek revenge on Malfoy."
"Has Ronald changed recently?"
"He eats less and has lost a little weight. He also caught a cold a while ago, which was quite serious. I think that's all."
Although he didn't know why Ethan asked these questions, Harry still said it honestly.
"Okay. I just feel that Ronald doesn't know how to study."
"Also, if you want to donate Nimbus 2001 to Gryffindor, you can only give the key to Gringotts to Hagrid and ask him to help."
"Okay, I see. I'll go find Hagrid when the rain stops."
"I'll go back to the dormitory to take a shower. I feel sticky and uncomfortable. I'll go to dinner later."
Harry still trusts Hagrid. Even if he enters his vault, he won't take his money.
"Ethan, I finally found you."
At the long table of Ravenclaw, Cedric grabbed Ethan and dragged him out.
"Where are we going?"
"To the Hufflepuff common room. The house elves have already prepared the hot pot. If we have no problem eating this time, we will have hot pot for the Halloween dinner."
Cedric explained to Ethan on the way to the Hufflepuff common room.
"How does it taste?"
Ethan had not been to the Hufflepuff common room since the beginning of this semester, so he didn't know about it.
"I ate it once last week, and it tasted quite good. I came here specifically to find you. Nellie said he wanted you to comment on it."
Nellie was the house elf who asked Ethan for some hot pot base. He was also the main developer of the hot pot recipe.
Ethan also told him a lot of other hot pot bases. Not everyone likes spicy food.
There are also some dishes. Ethan also told him. After not seeing each other for so long, he didn't know what tricks Nellie had played.
After Cedric knocked on the barrel, Ethan took the lead in entering the Hufflepuff common room.
Then Ethan was stunned. The fog was so thick that no one could tell who was sitting in front of him. It was also extremely hot and stuffy.
Ethan had no choice but to use a small weather spell to gather the fog and turn it back into water.
After regaining his vision, Ethan finally understood why this happened. There were more than a dozen cauldrons used to cook hot pot, and the Hufflepuff wizards were sitting around. Without ventilation, the water vapor could not be dispersed.
But wouldn't this cause hypoxia?
"Ethan, this is really cool."
York, who is now the sixth-grade leader, gave Ethan a thumbs up with a flushed face.
They also wanted to solve this problem just now but found that there was no other way except ventilation.
But Hufflepuff's common room is on the basement floor. Unless the door is opened and the smell spreads into Hogwarts.
In the end, this idea was rejected.
"Mr. Adrian, please come this way. It's ready for you."
The house elf Nellie ran over immediately when he saw Ethan.
Nellie was quite enthusiastic about this little wizard who respected him and taught him cooking.
"Alright."
Sitting in the seat prepared by Nellie with Cedric, Ethan found that the dishes were much richer.
In addition to the beef and mutton last time, there were also beef balls, shrimp balls, and tripe made by magic.
Ethan's hot pot was still spicy, but there were also mushroom soup and tomato pots next to it, and the dipping sauce was richer. It seems that the house elves have made all of these.
Ethan dipped the blanched mutton rolls in the prepared sesame sauce, and the taste was really good.
"Nellie, it's delicious. I believe that the young wizards will definitely love you if you prepare hot pot for Halloween."
Ethan gave his own evaluation, and Cedric was still eating with big mouthfuls, without any intention of speaking.
It feels a bit inappropriate to eat hot pot at the Halloween banquet, but at the Hogwarts dinner, everyone is just sitting and eating. There is no activity. Eating hot pot may make the young wizards quite happy.
It's just that Snape might feel a little uncomfortable.
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