The farce of rising and falling points had to end sometime. Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall noticed the almost outrageous fluctuations.
And so, that man stepped forward.
"The Castle has been very lively lately," he said. "That is good. Young people should have some energy, but I hope you will devote more of it to absorbing knowledge and making it your own."
"Rather than making things difficult for an old professor who has spent a thousand years in the Castle. He is already very old. He has contributed a thousand years of service to History of Magic and possesses an extraordinarily rich knowledge of history. That is what you should be focusing on."
"The points have changed far too frequently these past two weeks. I hope things can return to normal." Dumbledore looked around. "I have no intention of investigating who started this."
Old Bumblebee's gaze paused at the Hufflepuff table, but quickly moved on without attracting any attention.
"I also hope the professors will exercise rational restraint in their conduct and make reasonable use of the authority in their hands."
"Very well. That concludes the matter."
With that, he swept his hand and reset the points hourglasses to how they had been two weeks earlier.
At the table, Su Er noticed that Snape's expression had turned exceptionally ugly.
Oh, if Su Er remembered correctly, two weeks ago had been precisely when the little Hufflepuff badgers were being active in Professor Binns's classes. In other words, Professor Snape's two weeks of point farming had been in vain.
Now that was what you called back to square one overnight!
Besides, the headmaster's move was clearly meant to appease the little Hufflepuff badgers, and had also successfully pushed Slytherin below Gryffindor. Otherwise, why had he not restored the points to their pre-Christmas