Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 474 Preparation before the game
Before going to bed at night, Charles carefully studied the photo album sent by the old man as usual and found that he seemed to be very good at divination.

He saw Seamus pacing in the bedroom and asked, "Are you nervous?"

Seamus replied, "A little bit."

Charles asked again: "About the competition?"

Seamus nodded.

Charles closed the photo album and said, "Don't worry. Trust your teammates, make the most of their strengths, listen to the advice of professionals, be the first to rush forward when you encounter danger, and be the last to run when you retreat, and basically there will be no problem."

Simo had no idea how to manage a team, but after listening to Charles's explanation, he had a better idea.

In his opinion, when it comes to management team, Charles is the best, and the company he runs is in the newspapers every other day.

And Charles just lost his memory, he didn't become stupid.

Charles continued, "A castle is most easily breached from the inside. You also need to pay attention to coordinating relationships within the team and try not to let people with conflicts stay together."

Ximo nodded immediately and said, "I understand. Please tell me more!"

Charles spoke whatever came to his mind, pouring out things like warrior, mage, and priest, throwing five fireballs to finish the job, and turning the enemy into sheep first, etc. He didn't know why he knew this.

The only things related to combat in Hogwarts are the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and the Dueling Club, but both are mainly individual combat. Team combat is only available during professional training after joining the Auror program.

Simo had blind trust in Charles. He sat on the bed and took out a notebook to write down the things, more seriously than in class.

After Charles finished speaking, Seamus thought for a moment and said, "If I can get all five assistants, I have to arrange their respective tasks well."

Charles hadn't told him about assistants yet, so he asked, "Who are your assistants?"

Seamus replied, "Harry, Hermione, George, Malfoy, and Scamander."

Charles felt something was wrong, so he asked, "I remember Scamander is only in the third grade?"

Seamus said, "Yeah, but he's very skilled at dealing with magical creatures. Even Hermione can't compare to him."

"We encountered a lot of dangerous magical animals on the way to that very hot cave that day, and he dealt with them all."

Charles asked in surprise: "Killed them all?"

Seamus shook his head and said, "No, he made those magical animals behave themselves."

Charles thought to himself, "So that's it."

"But he has weaknesses in other areas and I'm worried that he could get injured," Simo continued.

Charles said: "So you have to bring out everyone's strengths and make up for their weaknesses."

"So what should I do?" Seamus asked him.

"Let's discuss this together." Charles said, "One person's wisdom is limited, so let's work together to find a solution."

"That's how work is in the company. When there's a problem, we hold a meeting to solve it. Small problems are solved in a big meeting, and big problems are solved in a small meeting."

Seamus was confused by him in the end and thought he was joking.

"I understand!" Seamus nodded. "But it's still early. We need to get an assistant who can play in the second game next week. The third game the assistant will play in will be after the Christmas holiday."

Charles thought so too and decided that everyone should just have a happy Christmas before considering these things.

"Time is running out. There are less than two months left!" Hermione's sense of time is different from others. "We will take the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination next year, and George will also take the Ultimate Wizarding Examination. Time is very tight!"

Harry immediately said, "The exams are still a year away!"

George also said: "It's still 1994!"

But it was no use, as they were dragged one by one by Hermione towards an empty classroom near the common room, which was the meeting point for their group.

Malfoy asked Seamus cautiously, "Is she always like this?"

Seamus nodded.

Malfoy and Rolf Scamander couldn't help but slow down their pace, for fear of disturbing Hermione.

Seamus said to Rolf, "Don't worry, Hermione is actually very kind." The empty classroom had been cleaned up, the blackboard was still there, and there was a large round table in the middle, covered with a red, yellow and green checkered tablecloth.

Simo said to them: "I heard that in the next game, you will be locked up, and we need to break the trap and rescue you within a certain period of time."

“Only those who are rescued in the second game can become assistants in the third and subsequent games.”

Harry and the others didn't take it seriously at first, but they soon became serious.

George turned to Hermione and said, "Hermione, I want you to teach Seamus more about lock picking spells over the next two days."

Hermione immediately replied, "No problem, I'll go to the library and check out those books tomorrow at noon."

It doesn't matter that they will be locked up in the agency.

However, based on Simo's past history, he might end up breaking the mechanism while breaking it himself.

So Hermione had to find some gentle spells.

Simo continued, "I will submit your list before the afternoon of the day before the competition. The list needs to identify the people in the first agency, rescue them first, and complete the next task with me."

This involves the question of who comes first and who comes later.

It can be expected that the difficulty will increase when two people participate in the competition. If there is a problem with the assistant of the principle, it is likely to affect the subsequent results or even lose.

Malfoy was the first to speak slowly: "I suggest Granger be the first."

He didn't dare speak too fast, because if he accidentally said a word, it would be all over.

George breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I agree."

Harry was also relieved and said happily, "I agree, she can solve the problem."

Everyone was worried about Seamus solving the mechanism, but Hermione didn't care.

However, Seamus shrugged and said, "I'll have to do the undoing myself, and Hermione can guide you."

Everyone's faces turned dark again.

The first person was finally decided to be Hermione.

Rolf said, "I'll be the last one."

He knew his own strength, which was only useful against magical creatures.

George then said, "Harry is second."

Judging from Harry's past performance, he will be a very good fighter.

Harry shook his head and said to George, "I think the second one is you. Unlocking the mechanism is the most important thing."

"I'm afraid that solving the puzzle is the most important part of this game."

Everyone thought it made sense and that George was better than Harry in this respect.

The next step is easy, as the third and fourth places are Harry and Malfoy respectively.

Harry suggested it himself, so I have no objection.

Malfoy had no objection. There were many Gryffindors here and he was not the last one, so it was fine.

Next, Simo took out his notebook and repeated to everyone the tactics Charles had mentioned last night.

Now it was George's turn to shine.

He is the Beater of the Quidditch team. Unlike the lone Seeker, the battle between the Beater and the Chaser is not much different from a real battle between wizards and requires teamwork.

There are some common principles in how to attack, cover, transfer, etc. during a battle, and he is responsible for arranging the formation.

After some discussion, everyone came up with a preliminary plan.

(End of this chapter)