Then an even more bizarre situation happened afterward.
Link had only just finished answering questions for less than half an hour when Quirrell called out Link's name again.
"Mr… Mr. Flamel, what is the effect of the Shield Charm 'Armor Protection'?"
"It can create a magical barrier that deflects spells and physical objects, thereby protecting a specific person or specific area. Generally speaking, for spells that aren't very powerful, it often can bounce them back."
"Am… amazing! Hufflepuff gets 10 points!"
"Mr. Flamel…"
"Mr. Flamel…"
In just this one class session, Quirrell had called Link at least seven or eight times, each time asking questions that even a normal person could easily answer, and then gave Hufflepuff points.
By the end, everyone was already looking at Quirrell and Link with extremely strange expressions.
If the first few questions could still be explained as Quirrell having a brain short-circuit and giving Hufflepuff some benefits, now it was clearly blatant favoritism toward Link.
This made the Gryffindor students, who were taking the class with Hufflepuff, very angry.
Link himself remained quite calm. But out of disgust toward Quirrell, when faced with Quirrell's last question, "If a Dark wizard appears in front of you, what would you do?"
He still directly answered, "I would just slide-kick him straight away…"
This made Quirrell's expression somewhat unpleasant, but even so, Quirrell still awarded Hufflepuff 5 points in the name of 'commendable courage.'
Fortunately, after this question, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class finally ended.
Link quickly packed up his things and was about to leave the classroom with John. He didn't want to stay with Quirrell for even another moment.
But right at that moment, Quirrell on the platform suddenly said, "Mr. Flamel! Please wait! I… I have something to talk to you about. Can you come with me to my office?"
As soon as Quirrell said this, Link's body paused, and the other students in the classroom all showed expressions of "as expected."
In their view, Link must have gotten involved with Quirrell over the Christmas holidays, or perhaps he had some kind of leverage on Quirrell.
But Link's next behavior surprised everyone present.
He looked at Quirrell expressionlessly, then said coldly, "Sorry, Professor Quirrell. I still have something to do and need to go to Professor Snape. Maybe you can talk to Professor Snape and see if he's willing to make an exception."
Upon hearing this, Quirrell's expression immediately turned awkward. He shook his head quickly and said without any hesitation, "Th… then maybe next time, let's talk next time. I'm not in a hurry."
Link sneered with disdain.
Putting aside the Voldemort on the back of Quirrell's head, the current Quirrell was just a coward. Without revealing Voldemort's identity, even when facing someone like Snape who once worked for Voldemort, Quirrell didn't dare to act arrogantly at all, especially since Snape had strictly warned him during Halloween.
Shaking his head, Link quickly left the classroom with John.
As soon as they walked out of the Great Hall, John excitedly grabbed Link.
"Unbelievable! What on earth did you give Quirrell? He just gave Hufflepuff a full 75 points!"
Hearing John's words, Link subconsciously glanced at the house point hourglasses in the Great Hall.
Sure enough, Hufflepuff's hourglass had visibly risen by a noticeable amount.
Of course, even so, Hufflepuff still had the lowest score among the four houses.
However, because the other three houses had been attacking each other fiercely this year, Hufflepuff's score wasn't that far behind and looked a lot better than in previous years.
"It's not what you think. Him giving me points wasn't out of kindness." Withdrawing his gaze, Link said seriously.
Upon hearing this, John just shrugged and said disdainfully, "What bad intentions could Quirrell have? Everyone in Hogwarts knows he's just a useless guy. You didn't see it, but on Halloween, Quirrell was so scared he fainted from the troll!"
Seeing John's slightly inflated attitude, Link shook his head and teased, "I think you should focus more on Quidditch. Isn't your match coming up soon?"
Hearing this, John's face instantly fell.
Link's words were like telling someone who didn't study that an exam was coming, pure evil.
Fortunately, John was good at adjusting himself. He quickly recovered and said gleefully, "Actually, our match this time is basically guaranteed. In a few days, we'll play against Gryffindor, and guess who the referee is? It's Snape. You know what that means, right?"
Of course Link knew what that meant.
At Hogwarts, Snape's hatred for Gryffindor and Harry Potter was well known throughout the school.
So given Snape's character, everyone assumed he would absolutely show bias and make unfair calls against Gryffindor.
At the same time, Harry's equipment advantage was also neutralized by the Nimbus 2000 that Link had given Cedric, so in this case, Gryffindor losing was almost inevitable.
But Link didn't think so. Even though Cedric was excellent, Harry Potter was the true protagonist of this world. With luck on his side, Cedric might not really be able to beat him.
If Hufflepuff lost this match, it would be a devastating blow to both Cedric and the entire Hufflepuff House.
After all, in the past, they could blame it on having poor equipment, but now that the gear gap was closed, if they still lost, it meant their own strength wasn't enough.
Of course, this wasn't what Link needed to worry about. .What really mattered to Link now was Quirrell and Voldemort.
From Quirrell's strange behavior in class, it was already clear that he and his master were eager to make a move on Link. Asking Link to come to his office afterward was essentially baring his fangs.
If it had been a regular student who didn't know the plot, they might have fallen for it.
Unfortunately for Quirrell, Link knew his identity all too well.
But this also served as a reminder for Link, the plan needed to be sped up, or else he might end up being the one who got struck first.
Thinking this, Link left John and quietly turned into a dark, empty corridor.
He gently tapped the wall, and only after hearing the rustling sounds from inside did he speak in Parseltongue, "Arkam, start monitoring the Forbidden Forest's movements. Our operation is about to begin."
"Understood, Link."
The eerie rustling from within the wall gradually faded, and Link also walked toward the Hufflepuff common room.
In the coming days, he planned to go into seclusion for a while and devote as much time as possible to Occlumency training. He had a feeling that he was about to master it very soon.
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