Chapter 31 Equipment Cannot Make up for the Gap in Strength
After Halloween, Hermione gradually forgave Ron and Harry, and the relationship between the three was no longer so stiff.
Aaron also left an indelible impression on Hermione because of his standing up this time, but he didn't know this. In his opinion, the revolutionary friendship between the two was still at the stage of good friends, and it was still far from sublimation, and it was far less important than signing in to become stronger.
It is worth mentioning that Harry and Ron's views on Snape have also changed a little. Maybe he is not so annoying. After all, the fact that the dean of Slytherin can save a Gryffindor student before everyone else is enough to explain the problem.
The next day, the auditorium.
Although it was breakfast time, the auditorium was obviously more lively than usual.
Because today is Planet Saturday, no, because the Quidditch season is about to begin, and the first game is Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.
Harry sat at the dining table absent-mindedly, with a plate full of delicious food, but he had no appetite at all.
"Hurry up and eat some toast! Eat quickly."
"Ron is right, Harry, you'll have a big fight later!"
"But I'm not hungry." Harry said.
Snape came over with a playful smile on his face, "Good luck today, Potter.
As the famous Harry Potter, I believe that a little Quidditch is a piece of cake for you, even if your opponent is Slytherin."
After saying this, Snape walked towards the teacher's seat, leaving the three of them looking at each other.
"He still hasn't changed, he's so sarcastic." Ron snorted a little unhappy, "It's as if Slytherin is sure to win."
"Don't say that, Aaron's flying skills are still very good." Harry said, today is his first game, he is already nervous enough, not to mention that this time his opponent is a person with flying talent that is not inferior to him.
"So what?" Ron was still unconvinced, but his voice was a little lower than before, "Fred and George also inquired about Slytherin's training situation, and they got the news that Aaron had never participated in training."
"No way!" Harry widened his eyes, a little unbelievable, "Could he be training secretly?"
"No, I specifically asked, Wood attaches great importance to this Quidditch game, and almost every day he sends people to the court to pay attention to the personnel ratio and training situation of each college.
Before today, the original Slytherin players were still active in the training field, and Terence was still the seeker, but I don't know why they are really working hard in training, much harder than before."
Harlin thought for a while, and felt relieved, "From this point of view, Aaron may have joined the college team temporarily."
"That's right." Ron patted his chest, "So be confident, no matter how good his flying talent is, he can't be your opponent after several weeks of training."
"Is that so?" Harry's chest suddenly gushed out a burst of confidence, and he felt that his appetite increased a lot.
"I think you should stop making random guesses. Your guesses may not be correct.
It's not the first day you've known Aaron. Would he do something that he's not sure of?" Hermione suddenly said, pouring a bucket of cold water on the flame of confidence in Harry's heart.
"Hermione!" Ron rolled his eyes, "Don't boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Aaron hasn't participated in training for more than a month."
"I know I'm a little blunt, but what about Snape?
Do you think Professor Snape will just pick a first-year student as a seeker?" Hermione asked. Harry and Ron were speechless and their hearts became inexplicably heavy.
"Why don't you ask Aaron what he has done to prepare for the Quidditch game in the past month, Hermione?" Ron said weakly, "You have the best relationship with him, maybe he will tell you if you ask him."
"Oh!" Hermione showed a hint of sarcasm, "Sometimes I really doubt whether you are an idiot.
This matter is a secret of the team no matter how you look at it. The game is about to start, and you asked me to find out the news. What's the difference between this and asking him to sell out his teammates temporarily?
Harry, you are also a seeker. Do you think it's appropriate for me to do this?"
"Of course not." Harry said.
Ron's face was a little embarrassed, and he said angrily: "I am just a little curious, after all, it is related to the honor of Gryffindor."
At this time, the sound of birdsong suddenly came, and Harry's owl Hedwig flew over with a long package and placed him in front of Harry's dining table.
"Mail so early in the morning?" Hermione said in surprise.
"But I never have mail!" Harry was even more surprised, and he was curious about who sent this mail to him, and whether his uncle's family would send him something?
Don't be ridiculous, the whole family hopes that he will die outside and never come back.
"Open it first." Ron said, and then he started to unpack the package.
A moment later, an exquisite flying broom appeared in front of the three people.
"It's not an ordinary broom, Harry, it's a Nimbus 2000." Ron pointed to the 'Nimbus 2000' logo on the end of the broom, and the excitement on his face was almost overflowing.
"But who gave it to him?" Harry murmured. At this moment, he suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look at the teacher's seat. Sure enough, he found that Professor McGonagall was smiling at him, and he understood a lot in an instant.
When Snape saw the brand new broom, he couldn't help but have a few black lines on his forehead, "Minerva, you are really generous. You just gave away a Nimbus 2000?"
"I can't compare to you! You did a good job of keeping it secret. I didn't even know that you temporarily changed the seeker." Professor McGonagall retorted.
"Temporarily?" Snape smiled slightly, "This word is not very rigorous. Aaron joined the college team more than a month ago, not long after you made an exception and recruited Harry Potter into the college team."
McGonagall frowned. He didn't know this, but Aaron should be strong enough to make Snape pay so much attention to him, at least better than Terence.
But she looked at the Nimbus 2000 that she bought at a huge price, and her confidence was fuller.
Although equipment cannot determine everything, when the strength difference is not big, the side with better equipment can often have more advantages, and Harry Potter is the most talented in flying among the first-year students of Gryffindor, and he can definitely make good use of this flying broom.
"In any case, the champion of this Quidditch game will definitely be Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall said confidently, and she must not lose in momentum.
"I'll wait and see!" Snape said coldly, and then walked towards Aaron.
Aaron was eating breakfast calmly, and suddenly found that the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and there was an extra figure at the table, so he put down the fork in his hand helplessly, "Professor Snape, do you know that it is impolite to suddenly appear behind someone while eating?"
"Harry Potter changed a Nimbus 2000, you'd better pay attention to me in the game later, just in case you lose..."
"No, I won't lose.
To give a simple example, even if a first-year student has an old wand in his hand, he is not the opponent of the prefect."
"Humph!" Snape raised his eyebrows, but he was relieved in his heart, "You are quite confident, I hope your performance on the field will not disappoint Slytherin!"
"Definitely not, I usually don't make promises easily, but I will definitely do what I promise." Aaron said lightly, his tone was not open to questioning.
Snape nodded with satisfaction and left the hall directly.
After Snape left, Draco came up to him, "Aaron, what you said just now was so domineering that it even frightened Professor Snape."
"Alas! There is no way. After all, I have been independent since I was a child." Aaron said with emotion, "My parents are not at home for a long time, and I am the one who greets guests at home.
After many times, I gradually learned the art of speaking.
In a nutshell, speak to people in a human way and to ghosts in a ghost way."
Draco swallowed his saliva, "You are not easy enough."
"It is not easy, but who makes me the only son?
Although I am reluctant, the glory of the Gaius family is for me to inherit and carry forward.
Aren't you the same?"
Malfoy lowered his head silently. While feeling inferior to himself, he was also glad that he was born into a good family and was the heir of the Malfoy family.
The pure blood among pure bloods, the pure blood inheritance that has never been broken for thousands of years is an unparalleled glory.
In other words, as long as they don't make any big mistakes, this honor can be passed on, but it is still a long way to go to reproduce the glory of the Malfoy family.
His great-grandfather passed this task to his grandfather, and his grandfather also passed this task to his father. Now his father seems to want to hand this task over to him.
Thinking of this, Draco suddenly shuddered. No, this curse must be ended in his generation.
"What's wrong with you? Are you not sick?"
"No, I just suddenly figured out something." Draco said.
"It's good that you are not sick. Do me a small favor. I will play in the game later. I ask you to take care of Abe for me." Aaron said and took Abe out from under the table.
"This..." Draco looked at the cute Abe and nodded blankly.