The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

This was the first time that Tom saw the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch. This pitch in the dusk did not have the bustle of game days and looked deserted and a bit eerie. The stadium is oval in shape, and the playing field is 500 feet long and 180 feet wide. There is a small circle with a diameter of two feet in the center of the field, where Bludgers, Quaffles, and Golden Snitches will be released during the game. At the ends of the long axis of the ellipse, there are three fifty-foot-tall poles with rings on top. This is the scoring area for the Quaffle. The outside of the stadium is a stand, which is divided into four areas according to the college and the professor's podium. The audience can sit on the top of the tower-shaped stand and have a panoramic view of the stadium.

[Task: Wandering in the world. Goal: Explore the magical world

Four stages of progress: 4/8 Hogwarts Quidditch pitch unlocked]

Sure enough, the Quidditch pitch could also count as an anchor. He found a seat and sat down, quietly waiting for the captain's arrival. After this week's classes, Tom has been to many classrooms in the castle, but not just any classroom can become a check-in anchor. This week, he only found two new anchor points, one was the Hogwarts greenhouse and the other was the astronomy tower. There’s one more location today: the stadium.

Tom waited for a while, but Captain Rich didn't come. Instead, he met an acquaintance: Harry, whom he had met on the train, came over carrying a broomstick. In the morning, six owls delivered a package to Harry, and it seemed that the broom was inside the package. It could be seen that Harry was very happy and in a very anxious mood. He walked quickly and hummed a tune. But when he saw Tom, he was obviously startled.

"Why are you here?"×2

"I came here for a walk——"×2

"What a coincidence..."×2

Then the two fell into silence.

Harry: "..."

Tom: "..."

Harry was surprised, and Tom was no less surprised than him. Tom knew that Harry was going to be admitted to the Gryffindor Quidditch team in advance, but he didn't expect that his team test would be at 7pm tonight!

This was a bit embarrassing, but fortunately Harry was much more embarrassed than Tom: he was still holding a handful of contraband in his hand! Freshmen are not allowed to hold brooms. At this time, Harry was very lucky. The person he met tonight was Tom from Ravenclaw House. He had met Tom before. Harry felt that this person was much more normal than those in Slytherin, and he should not report him. Himself - of course, I am not afraid of being reported.

Seeing Tom's eyes falling on his broom, Harry forced a smile and said, "A friend gave it to me... I couldn't help but take it out and ride it."

"Then your friend is really rich. He is willing to give away Nimbus 2,000." Tom likes this kind of tough-talking person the most, and it is particularly interesting to tease him.

Harry showed an awkward smile, "Ah, is this Nimbus 2000? I don't quite understand... Well, anyway, can you keep it a secret for me?"

Fortunately, Tom didn't delve into it, he changed the topic, and Harry chatted with him all the time, and at the same time he was very anxious: It's not far from seven o'clock, and Wood is coming!

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Alessandro Ricci is in a good mood. Because their college team is likely to introduce a talented newcomer.

Oliver Wood was in a good mood. Because their academy team will introduce a talented newcomer.

Today Alessandro Ricci is going to the Quidditch pitch to determine the suitable position for the newcomers, and today Oliver Wood is also going to the pitch to determine the suitable position for the newcomers. Rich made an appointment at 7 p.m., and Wood made an appointment at 7 p.m.

So the two met on the way to the stadium.

Ridge and Wood looked at each other in a deadly silence. Finally, the silence was broken by the banging sound coming from the wooden crate held under their armpits.

"What a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you here. Are you going?"

"Take a walk. I ate too much for dinner. Come out and walk around twice to digest it."

"Then why are you carrying two brooms and a suitcase?"

Richie cursed in his heart: Aren’t you also carrying a suitcase?

Wood did not continue to dwell on this issue. The two looked at each other, and Richie coughed twice: "Did you have a date on the Quidditch pitch?" Since Richie took the initiative to break the window paper, Wood did not. Hiding it again: "Yes, I have a date."

"By coincidence, I also have a date at the stadium."

The two of them already knew each other's purpose, and this suspicion was verified when they met Tom and Harry who were chatting awkwardly in the stadium.

The two captains fell into a brief silence, and then looked at each other and smiled. Both Ridge and Wood were relieved. Both of them knew the other's secret, which was equivalent to neither of them knowing. Moreover, although they have not read a divine book, they also know how to figure out who is their enemy and who is their friend. Are Ravenclaws Gryffindor's friends? This issue is controversial, but Ravenclaw is definitely not Gryffindor's enemy. Gryffindor has one and only one mortal enemy.

In Wood's view, even if you add another strong player to Ravenclaw, it cannot surpass Gryffindor, which has already made up for its shortcomings. Instead, it can add obstacles to Slytherin, which is a good thing. From Ritchie's perspective, he didn't lose anything in this matter - to say the least, didn't he gain valuable information about Gryffindor?

So the two simply walked into the stadium together. The appearance of these two people made Harry stunned, but Tom was not very surprised. Wood explained the rules of Quidditch to Harry and Tom, and then the four of them went to both ends of the court in pairs to do their own tests.

Richie handed Tom an eighty-percent-new broom. "Here, this broom is the Sweep Seven Stars produced by the Sweep Broom Company. It is the standard broom for our team. This broom is very cost-effective. Basically, if there are no special needs, everyone will use this broom for competitions."

After finishing speaking, Richie felt a little depressed. He recognized the model of the broom in Harry's hand just by looking at it - how could a team captain not recognize the famous Nimbus 2000? He also wants to ride this broomstick!

"It's a pity that Professor Flitwick can't buy such a broom for his students. He doesn't have such a strong will to defeat the Slytherin team." Richie sighed in his heart, but he had also heard a few rumors. The reason why Professor McGonagall has such an obsession is because she was fouled by a member of the Slytherin team in a seventh-grade game that could determine the Quidditch Cup. She broke several ribs and her head. I also suffered a concussion from the fall. From then on, it became her lifelong wish to see the Slytherin team lose miserably on the Quidditch field.

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