When it was Karkaroff's turn to score Harley, he gave her the lowest possible score without hesitation—
Seventy points.
Harley had earned a full three Golden Eggs, so seventy points could only be considered her base score.
Judging by Harley's performance, giving her full marks would have been entirely fair—in fact, it would have been perfectly reasonable and exactly what everyone expected.
Most of the judges had deducted only one to five points because they had to follow precedent in international Wizarding World competitions. They couldn't all give full marks; the contestants needed to seem as though they still had room to improve.
But... Karkaroff's seventy points were ridiculously over the top. He might as well have written "I'm docking her points" across his face!
And judging by Karkaroff's expression, it seemed he hadn't even wanted to give her seventy.
If he hadn't been forced by the rules to give her at least that much, he would have preferred to give her no more than two points, just to make up for the two points Professor Dumbledore had deducted from him.
In an instant, the Hogwarts students erupted. Karkaroff's actions had set them all off.
"The Lion Queen of Gryffindor performed brilliantly! How dare you give her only seventy points, you rotten old bastard!"
Fred led the charge, shouting through a Sonorus Charm as he waved his red flag. The lion on it roared along with him.
At least he had been careful enough to use a voice-changing device before shouting.
"Exactly! How do you have the nerve to give her that score? Harley's performance deserved full marks!"
George loudly challenged Karkaroff the same way.
"You toothless old freak! You're targeting her, you son of a bitch!"
The twins' language wasn't exactly polite, but they had said precisely what the