Chapter 708 Fairness
Even though he and Kathleen were just ordinary friends, the other party's slightly intimate behavior still made Albert feel a little uncomfortable.
“Long time no see, I didn’t expect to see you here.”
Albert glanced at Isobel secretly, then cleared up his expression and greeted Kathleen in the same tone as facing a friend.
“That’s your girlfriend, she’s more beautiful than expected.”
Katherine looked at Isobel with a scrutinizing gaze, and joked with a smile, "However, you came to participate in a competition, and you actually brought your girlfriend with you. It's really enviable."
"How did you become the team leader of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?" Albert tried to change the subject so as not to be led into a trap by asking him to answer the question of who is more beautiful.
"Grandpa has a good relationship with the headmaster of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He persuaded him to let me become the team leader. By the way, I forgot to tell you, I am now the potions assistant teacher at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Katherine said from He looked away from the playing field and looked at the young man with unique temperament in front of him again. The opponent was more confident than before.
“That’s surprising, I thought you would…”
"I have to find something to do for myself, and now I just have a name in school." Catherine interrupted. She is very accomplished in potions, and her exquisite appearance makes her very popular in school. The most important thing is that she is a well-connected person, so there is no difficulty in certain things.
“You don’t mind if it takes up a little bit of your boyfriend’s time!”
Kathleen smiled kindly towards Isobel, who was walking towards her, with a bit of ridicule in her tone.
"I don't mind. Anyway, Albert always has a bunch of beautiful female friends around him. I'm used to it now." Isobel gestured to Kathleen to look at the Veela lady from Beauxbatons.
It was undeniable that the girl who was suspected of having Veela blood was more beautiful than the other two just by looking at her appearance.
"My intuition tells me that she is not a good girl. Maybe you should stay away from her." Kathleen showed a strange smile to Albert: "So as not to follow the footsteps of the unlucky Wagadu student, although There is no evidence, but I think no matter how hot the African continent is, it won’t burn people’s brains out.”
"She is right, witches of Veela descent are very talented in charm magic, and most boys can't resist it." Isobel agreed with Kathleen's words.
The two of them had no favorable impressions of the girl who was more beautiful than them, especially after the other party did such a bad thing, their feelings towards her became even worse.
Professor Slughorn was actually very curious about Kathleen's identity, and even more curious about the relationship between them.
Speaking of which, Mr. Anderson is really popular with girls.
"The game is almost over, don't you have to comfort your students?" Isobel's words meant to drive them away.
Just now, a student from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry messed up the elation potion by adding the wrong ingredients and had to give up the competition.
Such cases are actually not uncommon here.
“He doesn’t need my comfort.”
Kathleen actually didn’t care much about the outcome of this game, or she thought that Albert would most likely win the final championship and take away the golden crucible.
That man is very powerful.
Kathleen asked someone to investigate Albert's affairs. When she received a pile of magazines and books, she felt quite subtle.
There are various signs that Albert has already fallen far behind the students participating in the competition in the field of potions. It is not difficult to see this from the competition just now, and there are people he knows even on the referee's bench. People, you have to know that Albert is still underage, but he can already be recognized by more than one potion master.
"How is the research on beauty potions going?" Kathleen lowered her voice and asked about her relationship. "Or, you have been in love recently and forgot about it."
“There is no major breakthrough for the time being.” Albert motioned for Isobel to explain the current progress to this person.
“Essential oil extract?”
Kathleen frowned slightly, seeming to be thinking about the feasibility of this direction.
The whistle at the end of the game suddenly sounded, interrupting the three people's chat.
The pharmacists who were whispering in the referee's seat all fell silent. They all got down from the referee's seat and began to inspect the finished product of the elixir brewed by the contestants. Some of them scooped some up with a spoon to observe the color, and even took a small sip to taste it carefully.
The players were very nervous, looking longingly at the whispering referees, like prisoners waiting for the final trial.
“86 points.”
After some discussion, a referee raised a sign to announce the final score.
The red-haired boy from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry couldn't help but frown slightly, obviously not very satisfied with the score.
One table, and the referee only selects the best finished product for scoring.
Actually, this is very unfair to some players, but this is the current rules of the game.
Yes.
They changed the rules of the Potions Championship.
Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to encounter today's situation.
Everyone is not blind, so they can naturally see that the quality of the two joy potions produced by Hogwarts School is very high, even far superior to those produced by other schools.
This means that one school will be squeezed out, which would be embarrassing. Because it's not fair to other schools.
As for Albert’s elixir, it naturally received high marks.
Even if a wizard wants to cause trouble for him, it cannot be denied that Albert finished it first, and the finished product is far better than the joy potion brewed by most players.
If such a finished product cannot win first place, it means that the fairness of the referee has been questioned.
Of course, the wizards who can serve as referees are all potion masters with reasonable moral integrity. Naturally, no one will be biased. Give them whatever points they deserve, otherwise you will have to become the laughing stock of everyone after dinner.
As a result, Albert scored a high score of 99 points, which immediately made a lot of contestants open their mouths in shock like toads.
They all know that this is a score that cannot be shaken.
There is actually no difference between a score of 99 and a full score. It is just that a certain referee did not want the opponent to get a full score, so he deliberately deducted a point.
The second highest scorer is Guy Bernard of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
This guy got a high score of 94 points.
Albert is sure that this score is definitely boosted by the grandson, the president of the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association, and it must be inflated.
Of course, it is undeniable that Guy Bernard has shown a very high standard.
Without Albert, he would have probably stole the show in the first round. Unfortunately, he met Albert and was crushed ruthlessly and inhumanely.
As for the Veela lady, her potion skills are not bad either. In fact, Alice is considered to be at the normal level of the majority of players participating in the Potion Championship.
It’s a pity that when I encountered a few cheating dogs, I didn’t even have the slightest strength to resist, so they were bulldozed and ruthlessly eliminated.
The third place is the girl from Kastroboše, the one with whom Albert had chatted about "cuckolding" in the morning. Her pleasure potion is much worse than the two of them, scoring only 89 points.
The fourth one belongs to the red-haired boy from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is said that he is of Scottish origin and has a somewhat hot temper. The guy is staring at Albert with his heart full of envy and jealousy.
The high score of 99 points and the two beautiful girls beside him made Albert a lot of hatred in front of other players.
Fifth place is a handsome man from a magic institute wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a gold-colored long-distance running suit, who scored 85 points. The guy was followed by two girls, who were also secretly observing Albert, his competitor.
After all, a score of 99 is too dazzling, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the referee does not want to give full marks.
The sixth place is a blond girl from Kodos Dorez, with a slender figure and a sweet appearance. Unfortunately, beauty did not benefit the potion, and it only scored 81 points.
The other party was looking at Albert curiously, and even greeted the three of them generously despite their gazes.
This beautiful Russian girl actually overheard the conversation of several people just now and was interested in the youth potion they mentioned.
Well, any beautiful girl will be interested in potions that can keep her appearance.
Who makes the girls there age very quickly?
Valeria naturally hopes to preserve her appearance, otherwise she will start to age in a few years.
However, in the eyes of others, this student from Kodosdorez was obviously attracted to Albert.
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Seventh place is a short and fat girl from Durmstrang College. This school is famous for black magic. It obviously does not have any advantage in potions, scoring 78 points.
The two unlucky guys who were obsessed with Ms. Veela were also ruthlessly abandoned by Ms. Veela after they were eliminated cleanly.
No matter how you look at it, Albert is still the best. Unfortunately, he has three beautiful girls over there, and they seem to be having a good time chatting with each other. Obviously, they have nothing to do with her.
In the end, of course, it was the students from Wagadu who barely managed to score 68 points.
In fact, his potions were only barely up to standard, and a group of potions masters even got together to discuss whether to let the tall Wagadu student participate in the competition.
To be honest, having him ranked eighth is a travesty of Isobel, or a travesty of fairness.
With Isobel's level, she could definitely be ranked in the top three, but she was eliminated. In order to be fair, every school must have rules for individual participation.
“It’s really fair!” Catherine looked at Isobel and asked, “Are you angry? You should have been in the top three.”
"not angry?"
"Why?"
“I can’t win the championship anyway, so participating in the first round is just for fun.” Isobel said without thinking.
“Oh, that’s right, anyway, 80% of the championship belongs to this guy.” Kathleen suddenly understood that Isobel’s mentality was so good, and others would probably be wronged like this.
well!
It is fair to other schools, but not necessarily fair to participating students.
(End of this chapter)