Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 505 The Weakness of the Gryffindor Team

Chapter 505 The Weakness of the Gryffindor Team

Harry hesitated for only a second before choosing Hagrid over Sirius.

Although he longed to hear about his father's school days, such things could be told anytime, as long as Sirius was still at Hogwarts.

But now Ron seems to need him more.

"Sorry, Sirius, I'd like to go see Ron," Harry said, walking straight past the Whomping Willow.

"Of course, I'll go with you," Sirius said. "I watched the game just now, and Ron definitely needed some—well, some comforting."

Sirius paused for a moment, as if racking his brains to come up with a "relatively polite" way of putting it.

Honestly, he thinks the other Gryffindor players and their supporters need comforting more.

While watching the game, their emotions were like a broom on the field, rising rapidly one moment and plummeting the next.

However, since Ron is Harry's friend, he will definitely side with him.

Xilun watched from afar as the group walked towards the wooden house at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Instead of giving chase, he turned a corner and returned to the castle.

He had many more important things to do than comfort Ron, such as going to the principal's office first.

It would be best to tell Dumbledore about some recent events as soon as possible, before he leaves the school.

Soon, Xiren arrived at the principal's office on the eighth floor. The password for the gargoyle at the door was the same as before, so there was no need to go to Professor McGonagall again.

Dumbledore was in the headmaster's office, but he didn't seem too surprised by Sirius's suggestion that he wanted to take Harry to the Shrieking Shack. Instead, he remained calm, as if he had known all along.

But that's not surprising. If Dumbledore knew nothing, he probably wouldn't have felt comfortable leaving the school.

Having realized this, Xilun said nothing more and quickly left the principal's office, returning to his dormitory.

Previously, whenever Gryffindor won a Quidditch match, a small party would be held in the common room to celebrate the victory.

Fred and George would bring plenty of cakes and cookies from the kitchen, and occasionally hot butterbeer from three brooms.

This is also the only opportunity for everyone to drink butterbeer outside of Hogsmeade Week, so these small parties are often more popular with students.

But today, the Gryffindor common room, which should have been bustling with activity, was unusually quiet.

There was no feast, no cookies, cakes, or butterbeer. Only Angelina and the other Quidditch team members sat in a corner, seemingly discussing something.

As Siren approached, he overheard them analyzing why they had almost lost to Slytherin in the match.

Angelina did not place all the blame on Ron.

Indeed, Ron's performance in this game was poor, even negligible, but putting aside his individual abilities, Angelina noticed another thorny issue.

Their backcourt defense is a bit too weak.

Previously, they had the best goalkeeper in the entire school; no matter how tricky the angle, Oliver Wood could always keep every Quaffle out of the net. The rest of the team only needed to focus on attacking and finding the Golden Snitch.

This resulted in neither the chasers nor the two batters, Fred and George, having any awareness of returning to the goal, which was also a reason why they fell behind by a large margin.

If they could have recovered in time when the Quaffle came to their backcourt, or if the batters could have helped the goalie more, the score difference earlier wouldn't have been so large.

Angelina came here specifically to discuss this issue.

Of course, Ron still bears the greatest responsibility. His mental fortitude is too weak; Slytherin only needs to shout a couple of slogans to make him so nervous that he completely forgets what he is supposed to do.

Angelina simply couldn't believe why he would do this—after all, this wasn't the first time such a thing had happened, or rather, every time a new member joined the Gryffindor team, the Slytherins would pull this stunt during a match.

Whether it's her, Katie, Fred, George, or even Oliver Wood who has already graduated, they all experienced the same situation as Ron.

But Ron was the only one so nervous that he completely forgot what he was supposed to do.

Then, the door opened.

Harry and Ron walked in from outside, and they also noticed the strangeness in the common room, as well as the Quidditch team members sitting in the corner.

"Perfect timing, I was just about to look for you." Angelina said upon seeing the two of them, "Come on over, there are some things we'd better clarify first."

Ron's face turned deathly pale instantly, and his legs seemed to be petrified, so stiff that he couldn't move.

But the common room was only so big, and with Angelina's constant urging, he was half-pushed and half-dragged by Harry to get there.

"Ron won't be kicked off the team, will he?" Hermione walked up to Celion and asked with some concern.

As a friend of so long, she knew all too well how much Ron loved Quidditch, and how excited he was to be selected for the team, unable to sleep for several days.

If they get kicked out after just one match —

"No, he only has himself to blame!" Hermione quickly realized something else, but then her tone changed, "He performed so badly, it's only natural that he was kicked out of the team."

Siren glanced at Hermione, who was talking to herself, with a puzzled look.

"Since you already know, why are you asking me?"

"I'm just speaking from a friend's perspective," Hermione sighed. "As a friend, I still don't want him to be kicked off the team."

"I can't say for sure either." Xilun looked towards the corner again, but this time he was too embarrassed to get too close, so he didn't hear what they were saying.

However, judging from Ron's increasingly excited expression, the result doesn't seem to be too bad.

The team disbanded after about half an hour.

Harry came over immediately and told them some good news—at least in Ron's eyes, it was good news.

According to Harry, Angelina is already considering changing the goalkeeper, but for some reason, she will give Ron another chance.

But this is the only time. If Ron performs terribly in the next match against Ravenclaw, then she won't hold back.

Everyone else accepted the result.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't be affected anymore," Ron said firmly.

As for how true that statement is, we'll only know after the next match begins.