Chapter 47
Gryffindor students obviously like this challenging game more than Hufflepuff students. At the end of the class, Gryffindor's overall score is much higher than Hufflepuff's.
When they were ejected from the trial field, many of the students present did not react.
James Potter was the most emotional.
"Sirius, did you see that? I was about to hit the statue, and it was about to be penetrated by me. How did it come out?"
Sirius also felt a little sorry, he hadn't had enough fun yet.
There were two crisp metallic knocks from the podium.
The rankings of all students are displayed on the blackboard.
James straightened his robes with some pride, ready to welcome his own glory.
He took a look at the rankings and found that he was ranked ninth, Sirius was ranked eighth, and the first was - Lily Evans.
"Why am I not first? I just smashed so many stone soldiers." James exclaimed.
He had been observing the others. They didn't hit as many numbers as he did, so there was no way he could lose.
"You did hit the most people, but you didn't cast any armor spells on your body, so you were hit a lot."
Jiang Li tapped the oval metal a few times, and the image of James in the trial field appeared on the screen.
On the screen, James and Sirius kept attacking the stone soldiers. They did not stop even after being hit several times and cast armor spells on themselves.
"I've already said that if the armor spell is broken and hit, the points will be reduced." Jiang Li looked at James and said slowly, "If this was a real war, you and Sirius would have died countless times.
I hope you will think about how to protect yourself before you fight back. Hufflepuff students do this very well and their points are rarely deducted."
James stopped talking.
He didn't even notice this, and he looked listless and lifeless.
Sirius poked him with his elbow and said, "No, you are already listless."
James said listlessly: "If I pay attention to protection, I will definitely be the first."
Lupin comforted him: "Professor Malfoy may teach in this way in the next class. You can get first place again next time."
Hearing this, James perked up a bit.
He lay on the table and watched Lily happily run to the stage to receive the first place reward.
"Lily, what's Professor Malfoy's reward?"
Lily's roommate Amy came over curiously and asked,
Lily generously opened the box to show her roommate and said happily, "It's cakes, there are ten different flavors!"
"It's so beautiful, just like a flower." Amy said with envy.
"Would you like to try one? I can give you one." Lily said generously.
"Lily, you're so nice."
James lay on the table, watching Amy take a red hibiscus-like pastry and eat it, exclaiming in amazement as she ate.
"It's so delicious. It's different from the candy from Duke Bee. It's not as sweet as I imagined, but it's so fragrant and crispy. Woohoo, I feel so sad when I think about not being able to eat such delicious pastries in the future."
"This is a Chinese pastry, different from what we have here. Professor Malfoy said that not being sweet is the best compliment to desserts."
Listening to the conversation between the two, James chewed the corner of the table jealously and looked at the box in Lily's hand with red eyes.
"It's just pastries, everyone has eaten them." He muttered to himself.
"But I've never eaten cakes like this." Sirius also lay on the table, his face squeezed into a lump as he looked at James and whispered, "Do you think if I ask Lily Evans for cakes, will she give me one?"
"You want to know what the cake tastes like?"
James' eyes lit up instantly.
He stood up, straightened his robe, and said seriously, "Since my brother wants to eat it, I will let you taste the taste of that cake before I die, even if it costs me my life."
Sirius:?
Did he say that?
James found an excuse for himself, fixed his hair, and walked up to Lily like a catwalk model, greeting her with a bright smile.
"Hi~Lily."
Lily immediately became alert and reached out to hug the box of pastries on the table.
"Don't be so nervous. I'm actually here to apologize."
James raised his hand to show that he had no ill intentions, and looked at Lily sincerely and said, "It was indeed my fault for attacking you on the train before. Now I solemnly apologize to you, and I hope you will forgive me."
Seeing those hazel eyes looking at her sincerely, Lily relaxed a lot and thought for a while.
"If you're sincerely apologizing, then I forgive you," Lily said seriously.
"Really!"
James was so delighted that he grabbed her hand and looked at Lily excitedly and said, "Are we friends now?"
Lily's face turned red instantly and she quickly pulled her hand back.
"Sorry, I'm just a little excited." James touched his head and looked at Lily and said, "I really want to make friends with you."
Lily felt that James was like the big dog raised by the neighbor next door, except that he had a tail wagging behind him.
She nodded modestly and said, "Okay, we are friends!"
Finally I got what I wanted to hear.
James' mouth was grinning happily to the back of his ears. He looked at Lily expectantly and said, "Since we are friends, can I have a taste of your pastries?"
Lily:?
Seeing James drooling at the pastry, Lily still gave him a piece of pastry.
A smile immediately appeared on James' face, and his whole body seemed to be blooming with flowers.
He took the Guifei Pastry and walked in front of Sirius with the momentum of a king returning, and shook the pastry in front of Sirius.
“You actually got it.”
Sirius looked at James Potter somewhat touched. Just now when the other party stuck out his big butt and asked for pastries in front of Lily Evans, he actually felt that James was embarrassed.
He deserves to die!
Just as he reached out to take the pastry, James, who had received his brother's admiring gaze, ate the pastry with a satisfied look on his face.
It was indeed fragrant and crispy, much more delicious than the ones made by their house-elf.
Sirius: “…”
Where are his pastries???
Isn't this thing for him?
James burped, gave Sirius a thumbs up and said, "I tried it for you, it tastes really good, fragrant and crispy, and the filling inside is also very soft and sticky."
A vein on Sirius's forehead jumped.
"So you ate the pastries you asked for me?!"
"Didn't I tell you what pastries taste like? Don't you also know... cough cough, help!"
"You spit out my cake! I can't even taste anything!"
James rolled his eyes as Sirius, the angry man, strangled him with his arm.
"Stop arguing, it's just a cake, just make another one next time."
Lupin hurried over to mediate and pulled the two men apart.
Peter also stood aside and whispered to stop arguing.
Somehow this news spread, and everyone knew that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would reward the first place winner with delicious pastries.
The story became more and more exaggerated, and it was said that more than a dozen boys fought for a cake. Because the cake given by the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class could prolong one's life as long as one eats it, all students look forward to getting a reward in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
Jiang Li didn't know that the story would be spread so exaggeratedly.
"You're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
She pulled Snape, who came to her office to receive the reward, into the room and stuffed a knife into his hand.