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After the Easter break ended, a stifling atmosphere quietly settled over the castle. Most students had spent Easter racing to finish their holiday homework, leaving them no time at all to revise for the final exams. As soon as the break was over, they suddenly realized there was only one month left until finals, which made them feel even more miserable.

It was not just the final exams. The Quidditch final between the Gryffindor team and the Slytherin team was also drawing near with the end of the Easter break. The match that would decide the Quidditch champion would begin on the first weekend after the holiday.

On the eve of the match, the atmosphere in the Gryffindor Common Room was oppressive, with anxiety and unease bleeding through the noisy surroundings.

The players sat in armchairs in a corner of the common room, drinking Butterbeer and eating the desserts on the table as they discussed the tactics they might use tomorrow and how to exploit the Slytherin team's weaknesses.

Simply defeating the Slytherin team would not be enough. They had to be more than fifty points ahead before catching the Golden Snitch to claim the Quidditch Cup, so Angelina, Aaliyah, and Katie, the three Seekers, became the focus of the discussion.

Fred and George believed Wood had overlooked something. They thought the Slytherin team would definitely use every despicable means possible to stop them from winning, so they ought to strike back hard with the Transylvanian Feint. There was no need to be polite with them.

When Albert took Tom downstairs for some fresh air, he could naturally sense everyone's anxiety. Some things were difficult to understand, though, so in the end he could only chalk it up to the atmosphere. Even Hermione had been infected by it and put