svetikya Chapter 121 Filch's Intelligence Gathering Results!
Chapter 121 Filch's Intelligence Gathering Results!
Harry and Hermione successfully transformed matchsticks into patterned metal needles with normal eye patterns, earning Professor McGonagall's points.
Poor Dudley had worked so hard for the entire lesson, only to receive a few words of verbal praise from Professor McGonagall.
Dudley had already realized that, so far, apart from Professor Sprout of the Herbalism class, the other professors had no desire to give him extra credit, perhaps because they saw him as a colleague.
It's also possible that they felt that giving him points would be equivalent to giving points to all four colleges, and wouldn't affect his ranking in the year-end college awards, so they simply didn't give him any.
As for why Professor Sprout gave him extra points, Dudley privately believed that Professor Sprout wanted to make the overall grades of Hufflepuff School, which she led, look better.
After all, while there are many talented and capable students at Hufflepuff, they are far too laid-back in terms of personality.
They rarely answer questions or try to steal the spotlight, resulting in fewer opportunities to earn extra points, which has led to Hufflepuff consistently ranking last or second-to-last in the Academy Awards.
Professor Sprout saw this and was anxious, but given her mild-mannered nature, she wouldn't be too anxious.
As Dudley pondered this, he walked towards the Great Hall with Harry and the other friends. It was lunchtime, time for lunch!
In addition, there are some other things that I need to keep an eye on and make arrangements for.
On the way, Ron handed Dudley his old, tattered wand, which he had received from his brother Charlie.
There's still a day and a half of classes left this week, and there aren't any classes that require using a wand.
Upon arriving at the Great Hall on the first floor, Dudley saw Dumbledore, who had come to dine with him. They exchanged a glance and Dudley immediately understood that Peeves' transformation had been successfully completed and that Peeves had officially taken up his post as a lookout.
Although it's still unclear how Old Deng transformed Pipi Ghost, Dali already had a pretty good idea.
Afterwards, he and his friends had a casual, mediocre lunch.
He didn't touch the pan-fried bison steak on the table. The bison hadn't been castrated, and it smelled gamey. The house-elf's culinary magic clearly hadn't worked properly. It deserved a bad review; it was a waste of the ingredients he had kindly provided.
During the lunch break, Dudley ran to the vicinity of the school hospital and relieved Filch of his surveillance on Eckeris.
The old man was quite dedicated; he didn't even go to the auditorium for lunch, instead hiding in a secluded corner with Mrs. Lorris, sharing their burnt grilled fish.
Only after asking did I learn that the fish was obtained by Mrs. Lorris herself from the Black Lake, from a kind and docile giant squid. After bringing it back, Filch used a fire spell to cook it. From beginning to end, Filch never left the vicinity of the school hospital.
"You don't need to keep an eye on that woman for now, just keep an eye on her during her daily activities."
"Yes, Teaching Assistant!"
"By the way, how's the information I asked you to gather coming along?"
"It's all in this big notebook, please take a look, Teaching Assistant!"
Dudley used the Earplugs spell to inquire about Filch's work progress.
Upon hearing this, Filch immediately took out a large notebook from the inner pocket of his robe and handed it to Dudley.
Dudley took it and carefully looked through it, discovering that Filch had not only recorded what happened this week, but also written down all the events he remembered from the past few years, filling many pages with his detailed account.
“Teaching Assistant, it happens quite often that pure-blooded students discriminate against Mammalian students, averaging two or three incidents per week.”
However, there are far fewer instances of conflict between the colleges compared to other institutions.
It usually involves conflicts between students from Slytherin and Gryffindor houses. Minor frictions in class can escalate into curses and malicious pranks after class.
Moreover, the timing of these incidents is predictable. They often occur when Gryffindor students are heavily penalized for violating school rules, and Slytherin students can't help but go over and mock them, leading to more small-scale conflicts between the two houses.
As the end of the academic year approaches, Gryffindor's house grades often lag behind those of other houses, which is especially distasteful of Slytherin, whose house grades are far ahead, leading to an increase in friction and conflict.
As for Ravenclaw students, they are generally engrossed in studying and reading, rather arrogant, and rarely cause trouble, considering it a waste of time.
However, sometimes isolation and passive-aggressive behavior occur among them, with many people ganging up on an introverted, unsociable, or seemingly strange student from the same college.
This situation also exists in other houses, but it is not as pronounced as in Ravenclaw.
Finally, Hufflepuff House is the most worry-free, with students showing the highest level of respect for school rules, but they are often the ones who suffer the most in campus conflicts.
Students from other colleges insulted and cursed them, but instead of retaliating, they sought the professor's opinion first.
Of course, Hufflepuff students sometimes erupt when others insult their house or make trouble over food.
Filch introduced Dudley to the various houses of Hogwarts with great familiarity, which drew frequent nods from Dudley.
"The battle between a reckless brave man and a glib-tongued ambitious man is easy to understand. It is only natural that honest people will not explode unless their bottom line is crossed."
As for intelligent people, those with average intelligence tend to resist and isolate those truly talented individuals who remain silent, in order to maintain their fragile psychological balance.
This kind of isolated, passive-aggressive behavior generally doesn't happen in Slytherin, because Slytherin members are all real relatives with their own hierarchy, belonging to a pure-blood interest group.
This usually doesn't happen in the Gryphon Academy because brutes don't understand passive-aggressive tactics, and it won't be long before it escalates into physical violence.
This generally doesn't happen in badger yards because honest people are usually introverted, and their emotions are reserved in everyday interactions. There's no such thing as passive-aggressive behavior in these situations, because their usual interactions are already close to passive-aggressive.
As Dali flipped through the records in his large notebook, he analyzed and remarked with emotion.
Then he turned to the section about Snape's daily verbal abuse and physical punishment of students.
"Wow! Quite a few! But most of them were verbal abuse, and fewer were physical assault. Old Bat still has a certain sense of propriety, although not much of it."
For a half-blood wizard like him to be so protective of that pure-blood Slytherin brat and to be so hostile towards Gryffindor, it seems he truly hates the Marauders to the core, to the point that he's taking it out on others.
What I hate most about him is this tactic: every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. What kind of skill is it to seek revenge by targeting others instead of the right person?
Dudley gave Snape a few harsh words of abuse.
He then closed the large notebook, returned it to Filch, and gave him new instructions: "Go back and tidy it up again. Make a copy and hand it to me during dinner tomorrow night."
"Yes, Teaching Assistant!"