A sharp Hogwarts

"It's easier for Slytherins to lie than to drink water."

Wood looked at Malfoy, his eyes full of suspicion and hostility.

"If you really wanted to come here to warn me, why have you been hiding in the entrance passage and peeking?"

Malfoy took a step back.

"I wanted to wait until your training was over..." he muttered vaguely.

"He is a Slytherin student, Wood." Dalia said rationally, "This is like you breaking in during the Slytherin team's training. I think Draco's concerns are normal, besides what was said just now It can't be a lie, there are actually not that many conflicts of interest between Hogwarts schools..."

"Really? You should really see what happens in upper-level Charms—" George exclaimed. "Ravenclaws force everyone to have a dipping sauce for every dish."

"Hufflepuff will sprinkle a handful of sugar into your magic dish while you're not paying attention." Fred said solemnly.

"The scariest thing is Slytherin, they will throw away your condiments!" George said quickly, "They will even secretly turn off your fire."

"Isn't that because you always like to add chilli to Slytherin dishes-" Malfoy argued quietly.

"It's just a few chili peppers. If you don't want to eat them, just pick them out!"

"That's right, at least we didn't force you to eat raw meat."

Malfoy's voice was quickly drowned out by the Gryffindor players' retorts.

As a junior Slytherin, Malfoy was stuck in the Gryffindor team like a trembling white rabbit.

"...Uh, uh-oh."

Dalia looked at the Weasley brothers who were chatting and gesticulating, and curled her lips in disbelief.

She almost forgot that the biggest contradiction in this magical world is taste.

Compared with the characters and college atmosphere in the original work, different preferences in taste are the biggest barrier at Hogwarts.

As for why Slytherin House hates Gryffindor so much, Dalia has heard a little about it.

Gryffindor, who advocates heavy spicy and oily food, is undoubtedly the number one enemy of Slytherin who pursues the original taste of food.

Not to mention, most wizards in Slytherin House can't eat spicy food.

The biggest hobby of Gryffindor House is to find ways to let others understand the beauty of "spicy".

For example, secretly add a little delicious chili pepper to other people's snacks, magical dishes, or even drinks, or drop a few drops of chili oil...

There are very few students in Slytherin House who have not fought with Gryffindor before graduation, and of course, Slytherin House also gets a lot of compensatory points for this.

Excluding this year, Slytherin has won the Hogwarts House Cup for six consecutive years—and the Quidditch Cup for three years.

"I trust you--"

Dahlia said, patting Malfoy on the shoulder.

The gift of the broomstick was one thing, but she believed in humanity more.

At least for now, Draco Malfoy is not the kind of heartless white-eyed wolf.

more importantly……

"We can definitely win the Academy Cup this year, Wood, believe me."

Dalia glanced at Harry and raised her eyebrows meaningfully.

"We have Harry, right? And, Wood, didn't you say you were going to win the Quidditch Cup this year?"

"I have a hunch that Harry, you will be the key to Gryffindor winning the House Cup and Quidditch Cup."

Even if the world changes, Dumbledore will still be the same old wizard with no integrity - Dahlia is pretty sure.

There may be ten thousand ways for Slytherins to gain an advantage, but the principal's privilege is to ensure that Gryffindor has more "points".

"Huh? A premonition——?!"

Harry stood there blankly, looking suddenly very stressed.

My cousin's "premonition" was no ordinary comfort, it was almost an instruction from the goddess of fate.

On the other side, with Dalia's repeated assurances, the other Gryffindor players finally let Malfoy go.

Malfoy breathed a sigh of relief, his lips twitching into a weak smile.

"Thank you, Dalia... I think it's time for me to leave... If Marcus and the others see me, then - well, Merry Christmas."

Malfoy said something quickly and without thinking, took out a small box from his arms and put it into Dahlia's hand.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and ran out of the Quidditch pitch as if running for his life.

"Merry Christmas?"

After Malfoy left, Dalia looked at the box in her hands.

The box is inlaid with hollow glass, and a silver pocket watch lies quietly on black velvet.

"Malfoy actually gives you a gift?"

Fred leaned over and stared at the exquisite pocket watch with a look of shock on his face.

"Oh, because I gave him a gift——"

Dalia said casually as she put away the late gift and glanced at Fred.

"In fact, you can try it next year...for example, give some Christmas gifts to students from other colleges."

"Forget it, my gold galleons have other important uses."

Fred replied with a shrug, quickly losing interest.

With this episode between Malfoy and Dahlia, the Gryffindor team's training time came to an end.

Everyone walked towards the castle chatting, and the topic soon returned to Dalia.

Everyone is thinking hard about how to complete Friday's assessment.

However, Dalia looked confident.

This time she was ordered to cheat, which was different.

…………

In Defense Against the Dark Arts class the next morning.

Dahlia and Hermione discussed possible aspects of Friday's test while recording various treatments for werewolf bites.

Most of the younger students at Hogwarts have little experience in taking exams.

Compared to the subsequent practical exercises, Dalia was actually more troubled by the arduous task-solving sessions.

The question bank given by various professors had many repeated contents, and most of them were not test papers that could be memorized directly. She had to seek help from the know-it-all lady in the original book - the exam-oriented education imprinted in the soul is a gift, but she chose to put her gift Taken to Hogwarts.

Hermione was definitely good at memorizing things, and more importantly, she was really good at guessing questions.

"These contents should be the scope of this year's final exam, but we'd better refine their core test points."

Dalia said to Hermione, and moved out all the cheat sheet information without waiting for the other party to refuse.

"There are no multiple-choice questions at Hogwarts. They are all fill-in-the-blank, judgment, and question-and-answer questions."

"Therefore, if you want to get full marks on the exam, it is best to extract the content from the exam questions."

"And after the extraction is complete—"

Dalia took out two flat glasses from her arms and handed one to Hermione.

"This is a gift from Professor Dumbledore. The left lens will display what the other glasses see in real time."

"When I enter the examination room, you put it on and help me find the location of the answer."

"Of course not all content is required. I will put question marks next to the questions when necessary."

She said seriously, placing all the information in Hermione's hands.

As someone who had finally struggled out of the sea of ​​problems, she had no intention of getting involved again.

Under Dalia's persistence, Dumbledore finally compromised and gave her a small cheating device.

"But this..."

Hermione bit her lip, struggling hard in her heart.

Obviously, this kind of cheating is almost aboveboard.

At least in Miss Granger's perception, reviewing textbooks and helping with cheating are two completely different behaviors.

Even if this is...

"This is the information and magic props provided by the professors. It is a task assigned by the professors."

Dahlia said she broke through Hermione's defenses in just three sentences.

"After reading these materials, I guarantee that you will get perfect scores in every subject."

"That - just once, once," said Hermione.