Record-Breaking

Aren't you going to watch today's Quidditch Match?

Room of Requirement, Katrina finished her homework and looked up at Albert, who was still busy with his own things across the table. She reminded him, "I remember today is the Gryffindor Team vs. Hufflepuff Team game."

"I know, no rush. You go ahead, we'll see each other again soon." Albert buried himself in his work.

Now Katrina understood: the other party was preparing to use Time-Turner.

Not long after, the door to the Room of Requirement was opened, and Isobel walked in with light steps, looking as if he had just returned from outside the castle.

"Faster than expected, it looks like Gryffindor Team has won," Albert said without looking up.

"How do you know Gryffindor Team won?" Katrina couldn't understand where Albert's confidence came from; Hufflepuff Team wasn't weak at all.

"Gryffindor Team did win."

Isobel sat down next to Albert, took out a thermos from his backpack, poured himself a cup of freshly brewed milk tea, and then poured a cup for Albert and Katrina as well.

"Would you like a piece of cake?" she asked.

"No, I haven't had lunch yet." Albert picked up his milk tea and took a sip, but didn't eat the cake offered by the other party. "You can test this thing for me later."

As he spoke, he handed Isobel a Quill.

"Is this the automatic Quill you mentioned to me last time?" Isobel took the Quill from Albert, examined it carefully, and felt that it was no different from an ordinary Quill.

However, she could roughly guess how to use it; Albert had explained the manufacturing process to her before.

"This thing is still a semi-finished product."

Albert tidied up the parchment on the table, then continued reading for a while. Around noon, he finally closed the book and prepared to go to the kitchen for lunch.

Albert ate something and, before leaving, asked the House-elf to prepare some pastries, as Fred and George would surely come to the kitchen to get some food to celebrate their victory after the game.

The two found a secluded spot and used the Time-Turner to go back an hour to the time when everyone was preparing to go to the Quidditch Pitch to watch the game.

Didn't Professor McGonagall say that the Time-Turner shouldn't be misused outside of learning?

Katrina was stunned by Albert's skillful maneuvering. Shouldn't he have kept himself undetected? "Aren't you worried at all..." Katrina's words were cut off by Albert before she could finish.

"If you operate it properly, you won't encounter those problems. At this point in time, we are still in the Room of Requirement, so there's no way two people could appear at the same time. I've always told you that you should make good use of the Room of Requirement." Albert believed that Katrina should be bolder when using the Time-Turner, instead of using it timidly. Katrina didn't use the Time-Turner much to free up more time, which is why she was so exhausted.

Katrina was speechless, especially after seeing Isobel come over and greet them, she probably realized that Isobel's situation was similar to Albert's.

"I really don't understand why Professor Snape wants to be a referee?" Katrina said, looking at Snape's extremely gloomy face.

The audience was quite surprised to see Snape replace Madam Hooch as the temporary referee. Gryffindor's reaction was even a bit excessive, and it was unclear who started throwing things onto the field in protest.

"Perhaps Snape wants to prevent Gryffindor Team from winning."

Albert knew, of course, why Snape was acting as referee, but he wouldn't tell anyone else. After all, Snape had been misunderstood for a long time, and he didn't mind Snape continuing to be misunderstood.

In fact, many people, including other teachers, believed that Snape wanted to prevent Gryffindor Team from winning.

Why was Snape unpopular at Hogwarts?

Frankly, Snape's approach was somewhat ridiculous; he didn't need to go to such lengths.

Who would make the same mistake twice?

Dumbledore even showed up in person. Albert didn't believe Quirrell would be foolish enough to attack Harry twice in the same place, especially right under the headmaster's nose.

The game started amidst chaos when George "accidentally" hit the Bludger at the referee, forcing Snape to dodge in time, which angered him so much that he immediately awarded the Hufflepuff Team a penalty.

A few minutes later, Snape inexplicably awarded Hufflepuff Team another penalty, giving Hufflepuff Team the advantage of scoring first.

Hearing Lee Jordan's sarcasm, the Hufflepuff students, who were initially excited, became somewhat embarrassed. Snape's obvious favoritism was truly unacceptable.

If Snape continues like this, the Hufflepuff Team could very well gain the points to win the game before either side catches the Golden Snitch.

"Snape wants Slytherin to keep winning the Quidditch Cup?" Katrina felt she had guessed Snape's intentions. As long as Gryffindor lost a game, Slytherin Team would have a chance to turn the tide.

"The breakthrough lies with Harry Potter," Isobel said.

Albert and Katrina both fell silent. They both knew that Gryffindor would win in the end, and there was no doubt that Harry Potter had caught the Golden Snitch.

The three of them instinctively Binoculars at Harry Potter, the savior who circled the arena like an eagle, seemingly searching for the Golden Snitch.

Just then, Harry suddenly shot towards the ground like a bullet, and the audience stood up, letting out gasps and cheers.

"What exactly does he want to do?" someone screamed.

Harry charged straight at Snape, as if he was about to knock Snape off the broom.

Just as Snape adjusted his Flying Broom to avoid Potter's impact, he saw something golden "whoosh" past his ear. Harry also stopped his dive, his hand hovering a few inches to Snape's side.

Just as Snape was about to award the Hufflepuff Team a penalty, he saw them give him a malicious smile. Then, Harry triumphantly raised his arm, the Golden Snitch firmly in his hand.

The match is over.

The stands erupted in cheers; this was undoubtedly a new record that would be difficult to break.

The entire match lasted less than five minutes.

"We won! We won!"

As the Gryffindor students swarmed into the arena, lifting Harry up and tossing him into the air, Snape, pale-faced, landed as well. Gazing at Harry Potter surrounded by his followers, he spat angrily at the ground.