Although Professor McGonagall repeatedly emphasized that this matter should not continue to make a big fuss, she could not persuade anyone.
Gryffindor students are not law-abiding guys. The Slytherins are eager to defeat those stupid lions. Coupled with Professor Ulysses' good eloquence and Principal Dumbledore's hidden purpose, the two houses The competition was finally approved.
Even as "encouragement", Principal Dumbledore announced the matter in public at the dinner, and even cheerfully asked the other two colleges if they would participate.
"Headmaster!" Professor McGonagall strongly disapproved of involving the other two well-behaved colleges and could not help but stop him.
But she forgot that this principal was also part of the "troublemaker" in this school.
"Minerva, don't be so serious," Dumbledore blinked. "A little competition isn't a bad thing. Besides, the school hasn't been lively in a long time."
As for Christmas? Oh, that’s a festival that happens every year, so it can’t be counted.
Professor McGonagall, knowing that she could not speak, could only shut her mouth and began to think about how to let her college win.
Just kidding, she is the Head of Gryffindor, so this situation is naturally directed at her own house.
In the end, Hufflepuff chose the audience seats with a majority of votes, while the Ravenclaw eaglets joined the competition ambitiously, for a hundred points for the championship! For the glory of Ravenclaw!
The addition of Ravenclaw did not attract too much attention from the other two heads. The two prefects of Slytherin and Gryffindor had already stood up. They looked at each other across the table, their eyes filled with determination to win. .
"I think it's better for you to admit defeat as soon as possible." Slytherin's prefect took the lead in provoking, speaking with Slytherin-style contempt and taunting, "After all, your college can't win the House Cup even if it scores 100 points."
The Gryffindor prefect sneered: "Being too arrogant can lead to overturning. Look at me, I almost forgot that you have overturned not once or twice. May Merlin bless you and keep maintaining that superficial prestige."
The two of them were very familiar with each other, and they poked at each other's pain points with every sentence, and a few words created a strong atmosphere of friction.
In the end, when Professor McGonagall tried to stop them, the two of them snorted and sat down, briefly ending the verbal exchange.
Principal Dumbledore cleared his throat to attract everyone's attention: "Now, let me, the principal, talk about the new activities held here."
He blinked and gave a bad smile: "Since it's a competition between colleges, let's compete on classwork."
"Charms, transfiguration, potions and herbs, all required courses and other elective courses, oh, and of course Quidditch." He paused and saw the little wizards below looking at him expectantly. No more pretentiousness, "And a magic duel!"
Compared with classes, magic duels naturally attract the attention of young wizards, uh, except for some Ravenclaws who only care about studying.
Because it is set as an academic competition, the content of the competition is naturally relatively comprehensive, ranging from compulsory to electives, and the referees are professors of various subjects.
As for the referee of the duel, it was Professor Yuri Siaster from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
As for how the projects will be competed, it is up to the professors to decide. At least it will not be as simple as writing papers for exams.
The competition time was set for Saturday and Sunday, and the activities of various clubs were temporarily suspended. The entire school was looking forward to the arrival of Saturday and Sunday.
Finally, at Friday dinner, a huge notice was posted on the wall with the school rules.
After dinner, the little wizards gathered here one after another, not paying attention to Administrator Filch's cold face, and crowded around to see the content clearly.
These are the rules for tomorrow's game.
Due to the tight schedule, one weekend was obviously not enough to hold all the competitions, so four weekends were designated as competition time according to the time.
The competition adopts a free registration system and does not limit age or grade. However, if the lower grades are self-aware, they will not try to challenge the knowledge of the upper grades. Although this competition itself is not the kind of competition that lower grades can participate in.
Noah quickly read through the various competition rules and memorized them in his mind.
The subjects of History of Magic, Herbalism, Potions, Magical Literature and Alchemy adopt competitions with a rush-answer mechanism. The participating students who answer the questions first will win.
Transfiguration, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, and Care of Magical Biology are all taught in practical exercises, and the first person to perfectly use the spell wins.
The professors of the Divination class, Astronomy class, Apparition class and Muggle class did not choose to participate in this competition, because Professor Trelawny of the Divination class said that Divination is not a subject that can determine the outcome in a short time, and the Professor of the Astronomy class did not choose to participate in this competition. Professor Sinister said that the little wizards should get enough rest at night to prepare for the next day's competition or course, and there is nothing to compete in astronomy class. After all, she does not need the little wizards to draw a star map by hand. The professor of Apparition simply asked for leave from Principal Dumbledore, saying that he could take this opportunity to give himself a short vacation. As for the professor of Muggle classes... Professor Babuji doesn't like fighting. Rather than watching a group of young wizards compete here, she prefers to study the preferences of Muggles.
In short, the rules of the competition were decided like this. As for the duels, they were scheduled after dinner every night. The little wizards had two hours to participate in these duels and decide the winner in the knockout round.
As for Quidditch, the Quidditch competition was scheduled for the last week, and the three houses had two days to decide the winner.
Young wizards who want to participate can sign up with the prefects of each college. The prefects will then submit these entries to the student union. The professors are only responsible for deciding the final outcome, regardless of who participates.
Of course, if the deans of their respective colleges secretly cheer for the students of their own colleges outside of competitions, the school will not care.
However, the ethics of professors do not allow them to help students cheat, which is worthy of recognition.
Noah finished reading the rules and returned to the lounge with his three roommates.
The prefect was already waiting. When he saw Noah, he nodded to him and motioned for him to come over: "How many do you plan to participate in?"
Noah's strength proves that he is qualified to participate, but some classes are indeed beyond the reach of lower grades, so there are not many projects that Noah can choose from.
Noah glanced at the parchment in front of him: "I can take part in history of magic, herbal medicine, potions, magic literature, and alchemy. I have read all the available textbooks. Of course, if the professor teaches private lessons on the course, Then we need to give up at our discretion. In practical competitions, I can participate in duels, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms and Transfiguration."
