Adelaide's words instantly caught the attention of Alice and Cho Chang. Alice stared intently at Adelaide and pressed for more details: "What kind of task did Headmaster Dumbledore give you? Do you need me to lend a hand? There are others to look after the Dragons in Romania even if I don't go; missing this one summer break won't matter."
Cho Chang also spoke up: "If you need help, I can choose not to go back with my parents. We can go to HK together next year instead."
Facing her friends' inquiries, Adelaide scratched her head, her expression becoming rather odd.
After a moment of hesitation, she slowly spoke: "You guys should go ahead and attend to your own business. I don't need help here. Dumbledore just wants me to use the summer break to get in touch with two new students who have rather special identities ahead of time."
Hearing this, Cho Chang's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, as if she had fallen into deep thought.
After a while, as if suddenly remembering something, she said softly: "Special new students... If I recall correctly, that famous savior, Harry Potter, should be turning eleven this year and enrolling in Hogwarts. He certainly counts as one of the special new students. But besides him, who else is special?"
Adelaide shrugged helplessly, indicating that she knew nothing about it either.
However, she currently had two suspects in mind—Draco Malfoy, who came from a pure-blood wizarding family and had a dark background, and Neville Longbottom, whose parents were original members of the Order of the Phoenix and who had almost become the savior himself.
Draco Malfoy was the only son of Lucius Malfoy, Lord Voldemort's confidant, and his mother Narcissa's sister was the incredibly cruel Death Eater, Bellatrix Lestrange.
The House of Malfoy was quite prominent in the Wizarding World today, and Lucius Malfoy was even one of the Twelve Governors of Hogwarts. Adelaide thought Dumbledore might want her, in her capacity as the Young Master of the Wizengamot, to contact the Malfoy family in advance and find a way to persuade them to change their stance and switch sides.
As for Neville Longbottom, he was truly a child of misfortune. Although he didn't become the savior by losing both parents, his situation wasn't much better—his poor parents had fallen victim to the Death Eaters and were eventually tortured into insanity by the Crucio curse.
It was possible Dumbledore had long known Neville Longbottom was somewhat slow-witted. Considering his parents were original members of the Order of the Phoenix, it wasn't impossible that he wanted Adelaide to give him some extra tutoring over the summer break.
At this time, Adelaide didn't know that she would meet both of her suspects during the summer, but neither was the special new student Dumbledore wanted her to contact—that special new student was actually an old acquaintance of Adelaide's.
Time flew by like a white horse passing a crevice, and in the blink of an eye, it was Wednesday.
The sun was shining brightly that day, a gentle breeze was blowing, and the whole of Hogwarts was filled with a warm and joyful atmosphere.
Because at eight o'clock this morning, the final Quidditch match of the semester was about to begin—the "pinnacle" duel between Slytherin and Ravenclaw!
Although the final destination of the quidditch cup was no longer in doubt, the match still acted like a magnet, drawing countless students who had just finished their exams and were in a relaxed state to come and watch.
They sat in groups on the stands or stood excitedly at the edge of the pitch, looking forward to a brilliant contest between the two teams.
The Ravenclaw Quidditch players were already geared up and ready to go. Natasha, as a Beater on the team, looked particularly heroic and spirited.
She was dressed in the blue and bronze team uniform, holding a long bat, her eyes fixed firmly ahead.
When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Natasha shot out like an arrow from a bow, moving with lightning speed across the field.
Meanwhile, in the stands, Adelaide, Cho, and several other seniors shouted with all their might: "Go Natasha! Ravenclaw will win!"
Inspired by her friends, Natasha's blood boiled with excitement. She swung her bat, accurately hitting the bludger time and again, and skillfully directed it toward the Slytherin chasers, successfully disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm.
Faced with such an outstanding performance from Natasha, the Slytherin Quidditch captain, Marcus Flint, was nearly bursting with rage.
He glared at Natasha with gritted teeth, his body trembling involuntarily.
However, considering that the relationship between Ravenclaw and Slytherin was relatively harmonious, and that Natasha herself was a Russian-descended pure-blood Wizard living in Britain—Russian Quidditch hooligans were world-famous, once achieving the glorious feat of 200 Russian hooligans beating up 2000 British ones during a Quidditch World Cup.
So even with fury burning in his heart, Marcus didn't dare to intentionally foul her or provoke Natasha. He could only curse in his mind while carefully dodging the bludgers she hit, trying his best to find an opportunity to catch the ball.
Unfortunately, Ravenclaw's Seeker was too weak. The Golden Snitch was eventually caught by Slytherin's substitute Seeker. Slytherin ended the game at 160:30, and Ravenclaw was completely defeated.
The Quidditch match came to an end, and next came the day when grades were released.
Adelaide ranked first in her year with straight O's except for Astronomy, where she received an E.
Adelaide gave the Astronomy section of her report card a hard kiss. Setting aside the nearly perfect written test, the fact that she had actually received an 'Exceeds Expectations' for the star chart she had marked at random meant Merlin must have exerted his power to max out her luck!
On the night the grades were announced, the entire campus was immersed in excitement and anticipation, because tonight was not only the time to reveal academic results but also the annual End-of-Term Feast.
At this special moment, everyone was thrilled, waiting for the final results of the house cup to be revealed.
For Ravenclaw House, this year's results were of extraordinary significance—thanks to the extra 200 points Adelaide received from the Special Merit Award for the school, they successfully made up for their losses in the Quidditch matches, allowing Ravenclaw House to finally break Slytherin House's six-year winning streak for the house cup!
This historic victory sent the entire Ravenclaw House into a frenzy, and Adelaide, as one of the heroes, became the center of attention—the seniors rushed over to hug her one after another, leaving a mess of lipstick marks on her cheeks.
As the news of Ravenclaw House winning the house cup spread, the green and silver decorations in the Great Hall that originally represented Slytherin House were instantly replaced with the blue and bronze of Ravenclaw House.
Streamers fluttered and flags waved; the entire Ravenclaw table was filled with a celebratory atmosphere. Only Cho Chang pursed her lips, unenthusiastically wiping Adelaide's cheeks with a handkerchief.
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