Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

On the night before the year-end banquet, Dumbledore stayed asleep until the bell sounded at twelve.

Hogwarts was as quiet as usual, and the large-scale college confrontation that the old man feared did not happen.

Elena Kaslana fulfilled her promise. The private duel invitation that was originally surging in the dark tide among the students did not happen as scheduled. Whether it is Gryffindor or Slytherin students, they stayed in each other obediently. The dormitory did not go out.

Looking at a peaceful campus in the auditorium this morning, Dumbledore was in a good mood.

"Okay," Dumbledore looked at everyone with a smile. "In the past half month, I think everyone has enjoyed a lot of fun in Hogwarts' new end-of-term practice assessment level, and some of them have performed well. The students also won more awards for themselves and the college. As of last night, a total of 275 students successfully passed all levels. "

"I am very happy to announce to you that this level event is over--"

"Oh, no—"

"I will be able to clear the customs today ..."

"Just once, the last time—"

There was a little commotion in the Hogwarts Auditorium, and the little wizards who hadn't had time to clear the customs couldn't help but utter a wave of wailing, with regret and frustration on their faces.

Dumbledore continued with a smile.

"About all the levels of this semester, you will be posted on the bulletin board outside the auditorium by Mr. Filch in a few moments, and the corresponding reward score adjustment will be completed before the end of the year ’s banquet tonight. One word of reminder, this does not mean the final academic score of this school year ... "

"At the beginning of the school year, I once said that the final grades of each grade of the four colleges this year will also be one of the important factors that determine the attribution of the college cup. Today I and the professors will complete all the score statistics The college with the highest overall score in each grade will receive a 100-point academic reward for themselves. "

"So for the rest of the day, I suggest that you walk out of the castle, take a broom and fly around the Quidditch Stadium twice, or go to the Black Lake to get some sun, or ask for some cold drinks and snacks from the kitchen , Lie on the school lawn and chat with friends, relax ... "

"Of course, remember not to overeat. Missing the food at the year-end banquet, you may regret a summer vacation."

After saying this, Dumbledore happily clapped his hands and announced the start of breakfast as usual.

After the breakfast, the students hardly left the auditorium.

Everyone gathered on the outside bulletin board, waiting for Argus Filch to nail several large rolls of parchment paper to the wall, each looking for his name in the column of his own college, and calculating the score silently Are there any errors or omissions?

With the increase in the number of customs clearance every day, the old wizard is naturally unable to praise in turn, as in the previous few days.

At Elina ’s suggestion, a more standardized and transparent list of points was replaced.

In fact, Hogwarts' college points model has been vague before, and there have always been questions about shady points.

In view of this situation, as a fair and just Hufflepuff, Elena is naturally on the side of justice, and her proposal is undoubtedly endorsed by most small wizards, and Dumbledore will naturally not Against.

Moreover, starting from next year, Hogwarts will publish the “college breakdown list” of each college in the school bulletin board at the end of each semester, which includes a series of score changes, values, personnel, and reasons. Key Information.

And this week's schedule was announced as a small pilot to judge future workload and student feedback.

In view of the students ’poor mathematics foundation, even just two hundred records are enough to consume them for a long time-of course, due to the difficulty of the Eagle Ring this year, Ravenclaw College will A lot ahead.

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At the same time, on the other side.

Hogwarts Staff Lounge.

The room seems to have been changed a little bit, and it looks at least twice as spacious as usual. Professors from various subjects at Hogwarts gathered together to count the scores of students in their respective disciplines.

And beside each of them, there are one or two fairies holding paper and pens to assist in the numerical calculation.

As Hogwarts generously lends Jin Jialong to the Gulingge Wizard Bank to survive the difficulties, and the subsequent [Hogwarts-Jin Jialong] magic world currency update iteration, the new Gulinge Fairy Queen Signed a long-term cooperation with the school, willing to provide necessary human and financial support to Hogwarts at any time.

However, with the progress of statistics, professors gradually discovered a strange thing ...

"Professor Snape, don't you think something is wrong?"

"Sorry, I don't understand what you mean, everything seems normal to me."

"Severus, don't be excited, Mileva is not blaming anyone."

When Albus Dumbledore pushed open the door of the lounge, he happened to meet Mileva McGonagall and Severus Snape, who were facing each other. Professors who are persuading.

Tuk, Tuk.

Dumbledore gently knocked on the door panel with knuckles, looking at the professors in the lounge with some confusion.

"Cough, can anyone explain me a little bit, what happened?"

"Actually nothing, it's just a little misunderstanding, and soon ..."

Professor Sprout coughed softly and smiled round the field.

However, before the short, chubby witch had finished speaking, Professor McGonagall's solemn voice sounded in the room.

"I now have every reason to suspect that Slytherin College involves collective fraud in the final exams, multiple grades and multiple disciplines. This is not the conclusion I have reached by myself. Many of the professors present thought so. Right? "

"Shameful and ugly stigmatization, nonsense! Professor McGonagall, I don't understand."

Severus Snape snorted coldly, with a hint of indifference in his tone.

"Acknowledging the students of our college and admitting that Slytherin is better, is it so difficult for you? Perhaps you have also noticed how much potions the Gryffindor students have brewed in past practice assessments Bad. "

"But why do I hear many students complain, that is because you always make things difficult for our college children in the classroom?"

Professor McGonagall narrowed his eyes and responded tit-for-tat.

"People always like to attribute their inefficiency and inadequateness to the difficulties of others, which is not surprising."

Snape shrugged disapprovingly, said flatly, and pointed to the test papers around him.

"Because they are indeed the worst performers, the answer sheet in this room also illustrates this point again. As for your confusion, do n’t forget that Slytherin College has won the College Cup for six consecutive years, which means From the second grade to the sixth grade, they are indeed better than the other students in this school— "

"Don't you really think that all your partial behaviors in class are unknown to everyone?"

"Oh, but if I remember correctly, it's mainly because we performed well on Quidditch ... As for deductions, I have to be thankful that our college students are rarely confined, late, or doing something else Bad thing. "

"Unfortunately, collective fraud is the worst thing."

Speaking of Quidditch, Professor McGonagall was stabbed with a needle and suddenly pursed his lips tightly, as if he had just drank a cup of very strong black coffee, and his expression was repeated again with a very serious look.

"For a student, this is undoubtedly the worst thing, cheating—"

"So, we are back to the original question, right?"

Snape made a chuckle, but there was no slight smile in his voice, and he asked coldly.

"Then ... Excuse me, Professor McGonagall, what is your evidence?"

"Student in a college involved in collective cheating, Mileva, this accusation is quite serious."

After listening to him for a while, Dumbledore frowned heavily, and the confusion on his face was a little more.

It shouldn't be!

What exactly is going on? !

Moreover, based on Dumbledore's understanding of Professor McGonagall and his trust in Hogwarts students, if a large-scale collective fraud really occurs, it doesn't make sense that so many professors have not found it in the examination room!

You know, even if Slytherin College won the first place in a row in the past, there has never been such a dispute, and from the atmosphere in the staff lounge, there seems to be a lot of strange things about this matter today-those who do not have Professors who join the debate, silence itself represents an ambiguous speech.

"Evidence, the evidence is in these papers. All Slytherin papers!"

Professor McGonagall tapped his finger on the pile of parchment paper in front of him, "Fortunately, there are fairies from Gu Ling Ge, otherwise I almost didn't notice the weirdness of these answers! In this year's written exam, The results of Slytherin ’s students are really great! Almost all of them are excellent! The most important thing is ... "

After a pause, Professor McGonagall brought a hint of irony in his tone.

"All the difficult points, these children answered quite accurately, as if they were excerpted from the book in advance. Instead, they had some basic, simple little knowledge, and there was an error-not just Metamorphosis 1. Branch, almost all subjects appear exactly the same, is this not obvious enough ?! "

"That only shows that the children in our college are a little tall, and I will remind them about this later."

Snape replied facelessly, "This is normal. The clever little guys will intentionally or unintentionally ignore some basic knowledge. Even so, you can't obliterate the fact that Slytherin is fully leading in all grades."

"Overall ... leading? Hmm ... so what's the result?"

Dumbledore froze a little, turned his head to look at Professor Flitwick beside him, and whispered.

Compared to the two professors who are facing each other, he wants to listen to the bystanders first.

"From the first grade to the sixth grade, Slytherin College has the highest overall score, even if this year's Hufflepuff first grade and Gryffindor first grade, the average score is still worse than Slytherin Small cut. "

"That's nothing ... wait, that is, if you follow this year's rules ..."

Dumbledore's face froze for a moment, and immediately realized the problem.

Professor Flivi with his feet floating in mid-air floated his hands helplessly, reluctantly replied

"Yes, if according to this year's comprehensive assessment rules, Slytherin will get a five hundred percent bonus ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ directly surpasses all colleges, locking this year's college cup-seven consecutive championships, This is ridiculous. "

"Then Mileva, besides doubting because of his abnormal performance, do you have any other evidence?"

Dumbledore pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Professor McGonagall not far away.

Professor McGonagall shook his head and answered solemnly.

"This time is limited, we have just discovered this problem, but ..."

"... Okay, I understand. Let's stop here."

Dumbledore's eyes flickered, and he suddenly recalled something, and waved his hand tiredly to interrupt McGonagall's words.

"In the absence of hard evidence to prove fraud, I tend to agree with Severus's view that these children's results should be regarded as effective-if the cause is found later, but there is something wrong, then deal with it."

"The average score for the entire five grades is first, hey, what a great achievement ..."

If Dumbledore remembered correctly, since the end of this year's Quidditch game, in order to avoid the exclusion and bullying of Malfoy and others in the college, Elena temporarily moved to live in Slytherin's dorm.

Since then, a certain white-haired dumpling seems to have lived in Slytherin College to review his homework.

Of course, in addition to the first-year courses, most of the higher-level courses she applied for to take exceptions are mostly those children who have resorted to Slytherin. I heard that she is being spoiled as a real child in Slytherin The devil is gone.

And Elena's final results happened to be ... full marks!

Dumbledore shook his head absent-mindedly, and he had almost guessed part of the truth.

"Hey, this boy, almost lifted a stone and hit his foot ..."

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