The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

Captain Field sighed after he saw Karina and Sun Zhu.

Although he was immediately given a cold look by senior Cecilia, Sun Zhu could sense his depressed mood.

Karina was unaware and said excitedly: "Captain, Zhu also has a light wheel in his hand!"

Captain Field's frown relaxed only slightly, but he still looked troubled.

"Captain, is there something wrong?" Cedric asked.

"I didn't expect that only two girls came." He continued to frown.

Sun Zhu also frowned and looked at senior sister Anna who kept shaking her head.

"Dear Zhu and Karina, don't get me wrong." Senior Anna rolled her eyes and looked at Cecilia. "He doesn't mean to look down on girls. He just doesn't know how to speak."

Field quickly reacted and explained, "Yes, I mean, there are too few people. There were three seniors on the team last year, and now they have left. They served as batsmen and chasers, which requires a lot of strength..."

"Girls can be Chasers too." Karina said, "Senior Anna does a great job, doesn't she?"

"Well, you're right, but..." Field simply said bluntly: "The situation of our college team this year is this: I am the goalkeeper now, and the seekers are Cecilia and Cedric. Cecilia will graduate next year, and I will graduate the year after, and the same goes for Anna. All the chasers except Anna have left, so if you want to join this year, you may not be able to be a substitute like Cedric and James last year and play in every game - which means that you need to spend a lot of time here to practice."

He pointed to the Quidditch training ground at his feet. Not far away, the Gryffindor Quidditch team was still selecting new players for this year.

Sun Zhu was a little surprised. She looked at Anna and asked, "If I remember correctly, the Chasers who competed with Senior Anna last year, one in the fifth grade and one in the sixth grade, have both withdrawn early this year?"

"That's exactly the other reason." Anna raised her eyebrows while tumbling a Quaffle in her hand. "One of them dropped out early because he couldn't take care of the team due to the OWSL exams, and the other had to drop out because... he was seriously injured. Including the graduated batsman, his injury was not light either."

"What happened?" Karina frowned, with a rare look of worry on her face: "I know injuries are inevitable in Quidditch games, but how could it be so serious?"

"To put it simply, he was bullied by the Slytherins." Another batsman who had been silent said, "When Senior Punk retired, the injury on his arm had not yet fully healed. If James had not been a substitute last year, I'm afraid his injury would have been more serious."

"Turlock, don't say that." Field shook his head, "Slytherin is not just targeting us."

"That's right, Captain." The anger on Trok's face had not completely faded. "They didn't just target us, but the tricks they used, including using Bludgers to hit our faces and hands, were nothing special. They also deliberately used the broom or their own broom to crash into the opponent's broom. The rules of the game clearly prohibit the use of any spells on the opponent's broom, but they just violently crashed it, and then said that our equipment was inferior to theirs."

In Quidditch matches, it is forbidden to use any form of magic on all the opposing players and brooms, as well as the referee and the balls. However, physical attacks are not prohibited, although there is a chance of being awarded a penalty in official matches.

The Hogwarts School Infirmary's medical wing can heal most injuries, but it also requires a certain period of recovery, which still has a great impact on the outcome of the game. Moreover, repeated injuries are very harmful to the health of players. It is difficult to avoid sequelae if they happen too many times. Many professional Quidditch players retire early because of this.

"High-performance Nimbus and Sweep can avoid this to a large extent, but given their playing style, no matter how good the broom is, it can't withstand such damage." Troch crossed his arms and gestured to Gryffindor not far away. "They still lost to Slytherin last year even with Charlie Weasley. Both Beaters were injured, and one Chaser retired early... But Gryffindor has no shortage of new players. They can also recruit more substitutes than us, allowing the players to take turns to rest."

"So this is why the captain is worried?" Sun Zhu nodded and looked around. Including her and Kalina, there were eight people in total.

Keeper, Captain Field. Seekers, Cecilia and Cedric. Beaters, Turlock and James. Chasers, Anna and any who joined temporarily.

Except for the Seeker who can be rotated as a substitute, there is no more or less for other positions.

It's no wonder the captain is upset. With half of the team made up of sophomores, and lacking practical experience and tolerance for errors, it's easy to imagine that it will be extremely difficult for Hufflepuff to get good results this year.

"Marcus Flint, he should be the next captain of Slytherin." Cecilia took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes and said, "Most of what Trok said just now was his idea. Their playing style is indeed more fierce, but it can't be said to be a foul. We have suffered losses from Gryffindor, but Captain Audrey of Ravenclaw has a way to deal with them, so the damage is not that serious."

"Audrey has a good relationship with them, and their current captain is pursuing the Ravenclaw Seeker." Anna spread her hands. "Of course, they are also quite strong, but they are less targeted."

"Are they selective in the players they target?" Sun Zhu suddenly asked. "School competitions are not like formal international competitions, and the tension between the two sides is not that strong. I have only seen the operations that Senior Trok just mentioned in some Quidditch quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. If there is no hatred, why would they do it so cruelly?"

"Actually, they only started doing this in the second half of last year." James suddenly said, "In the first half of the year, they weren't so targeted. They just competed with Gryffindor more."

Cedric frowned and looked at Sun Zhu, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Sun Zhu turned his head and stared at him motionlessly for less than three seconds before he admitted defeat and said, "It's just my guess. Well, I remember that the players who were targeted in the game last year seemed to be hemp-blooded wizards and half-blood wizards."

Karina exclaimed, "Ah!" Anna said thoughtfully, "That's right. I'm not sure about Gryffindor, but the few seriously injured Hufflepuffs are not pure-blood wizards."

Trok cursed inwardly, and Captain Field also muttered, "So they are now openly discriminating against people of pure blood? I know that some Slytherins do think that pure-bloods are superior, but they have never had a big conflict overtly. Why are they suddenly..."

"It's probably because of the relationship between Malfoy and Professor Snape." Carina said, "Last semester, Malfoy bluntly questioned Headmaster Dumbledore in front of all the teachers and students in the school, and Professor Snape has always agreed with his pure-blood supremacy theory. So, it's not surprising that some Slytherin students would behave like this!"

"Ahem, everyone." Cecilia interrupted, "It doesn't make much sense to guess this. The difficulties our team is facing now are, first, we are short of manpower, and it takes time to train new players. Second, the equipment needs to be upgraded, which is not only related to the outcome of the game, but also to the safety of the players. The former cannot be solved for the time being. After all, Professor Sprout said that Hufflepuff will not require any student to do anything they don't want to do in the name of the college. So if no one else takes the initiative to sign up for the Quidditch team, we have no way to force it. As for the latter..."

"The halos in Sede and I's hands should be enough. The sweep in Karina's hand is also the latest model, so..." Sun Zhu glanced at the others.

"Trock, this Nimbus 1996 in my hand is yours for this semester. It doesn't matter if the goalkeeper's broom is a little weak. As for Anna, James and Cecilia, the Comet 210 in Anna's hand may not be strong enough to withstand a strong impact. Cecilia's old sweeper..."

Cedric raised his hand and said, "If you don't mind, if the seniors are going to compete, my Nimbus can be used by everyone."

Anna shook her head nonchalantly, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone: "It's fine with me. I'm used to using comets. What's more, if our guess is correct, they won't target a noble pure-blood wizard like me."

"Then James..."

"My father has promised me that he will buy me a Nimbus before Christmas this year, and I will have to wait for another three months at most."

"Looking at it this way, there aren't as many problems as we thought." Cecilia looked at Sun Zhu and Karina with a smile: "Anyway, welcome to join us. Without you, we would have a hard time this year."

"Welcome! Please forgive my initial rudeness." Captain Field said sincerely, "However, you will have to face double the training from now on. I'm afraid there will be no extra time for you to have fun this semester."

Sun Zhu gave an indescribable smile, but Karina was extremely excited.

Even when she returned to the dormitory, her face was still full of excitement.

Fina placed the dinner she brought back for them on the table: "Looks like I'll have to bring you dinner more often in the future?"

"It's okay, we can go to the kitchen and ask the elf to add a meal."

"You were taken to the training ground right after class. When you came back, one of you seemed to be silenced, and the other seemed to have taken stimulants. What on earth happened? Can't anyone explain it to me?"

"Hey, Fina, I just feel like the burden on my shoulders is so heavy." Sun Zhu took a bite of pumpkin pie with a bitter face.

"I feel the glory of Hufflepuff, and I see the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup waving to us!"

"I say, can you two neutralize each other?" Fina rolled her eyes. "Hurry up and eat. We have Defense Against the Dark Arts class tomorrow. I heard that many first and fifth graders had points deducted or even sentenced to confinement today. Rest early and prepare for tomorrow's challenge."

Sun Zhu whimpered, and Karina finally stopped being excited.

"Xiao Tongzi, even though the savior hasn't come yet, Hogwarts is not very peaceful." Sun Zhu sighed in his heart.

"Host, I believe you can solve all of this perfectly." The system still has full confidence in her.