“Wizarding chess match? Why should I participate? Facing the smiling Dumbledore in front of him, Ye Ting had the idea of hitting someone for the first time.

This old fellow, why did he arrange such an inexplicable task for him?

He was very busy now, he still had a lot to do, and his schedule was full: the newly renovated house had to be tidied up, various plants had to be prepared for the new garden, the Philosopher’s Stone had not yet begun to be studied, and he wanted to learn Agmanis during the summer vacation.

“I’ve heard about your record.” Dumbledore explained with a smile: “You played well against the wizarding chess level, I have never seen such a combat strategy – with more pieces at the same time to crush the opponent. I heard that you played wizarding chess for the first time, right? ”

“Oh, you’re so well informed.” Ye Ting rolled his eyes perfunctorily: “But I’m very busy now, I still have a lot of books to read, and there are still a lot of research unfinished, I don’t have time to participate in that international wizarding chess tournament.” ”

“You’re the most gifted student I’ve ever met,” Dumbledore sighed and complimented, “I’ve seen many gifted young people, but none of them work as hard as you. They will spend a lot of energy on play, comparison, love and other chores. Sometimes, I even feel that you are not mature like a young man. However, I think you pushed yourself too hard, why not find a chance to relax like children of the same age? ”

“You treat the international wizarding chess game as relaxation?”

“Yes, I think it’s a relaxation for you,” Dumbledore looked at Ye Ting with a smile, “To be honest, Hogwarts hasn’t made a difference in this tournament for many years. I remember that Hogwarts always got good names in international wizarding chess tournaments, both in my time and in Professor McGonagall’s time, but now, Hogwarts has not participated in this tournament for several years in a row, and in European schools of witchcraft and wizardry, it is Beauxbatons students who are in the limelight on this field. ”

“Okay, I’ll think about it.” Ye Ting was a little annoyed to hear it, so he had to casually perfunctory.

“It won’t take you much time, only two or three days at most.” Dumbledore saw his attitude and continued to persuade: “I heard, you have been decorating your garden recently? If you are willing to participate in this competition, no matter what place you get, I will decide, and let Professor Sprout give you a share of all the seeds of precious herbs in the greenhouse of Hogwarts, how about it? ”

“You mean really?” Ye Ting was a little moved, it was a very troublesome thing to collect so many kinds of herbs. It would be a lot easier if you could get all this directly from Hogwarts.

“Of course, I’m the headmaster of Hogwarts, and I still have some power in my hands.” Dumbledore winked at him jokingly.

“Whatever the ranking?”

“No matter what the ranking. But I’m sure you won’t perfunctory me as an old man in this regard, right? ”

At this time, Ye Ting felt that this old man was still quite annoying, because he really knew Ye Ting very well, and Ye Ting had always done things like this: either not to do it, or to do the best.

“Well, you win.” He sighed: “As you wish, I will go to this competition with you, and I have won the championship.” ”

……

This year’s International Wizarding Chess Tournament was held on a small island in the Mediterranean, where anti-phantom spells were cast, and the way to get there was through a portkey.

After passing the portkey, Ye Ting and Dumbledore appeared in a large square, surrounded by many wizards coming and going, and the scene of the game was in the ancient castle in the center of the square.

Obviously, the status of the international wizarding chess tournament among wizards is very high, at least in terms of numbers, there are still many people who come to the competition site.

Most of them come from different countries, but they are still mostly from Europe and the United States – of course, there are many players and spectators from Central Asia, and the Asian side has the fewest yellow people.

However, compared to the past, the number of Asian players has now made a breakthrough of zero – for a long time, Asian wizards preferred to play a game of black and white pieces in turn on an empty board, wizarding chess has only become popular there for nearly a hundred years, but wizards have never acknowledged the importance of changes in Muggle society here.

Ye Ting found that Dumbledore was indeed very famous in the world, they had just come here for a while, and no less than ten wizards came to greet him, these wizards looked very old, but their magic was not weak, and they knew at a glance that they were not simple characters.

Of course, these old people did not come here to compete, they were either wizard chess enthusiasts, bought expensive tickets, and came to watch the battle; Or as a guardian, bring your juniors to the competition.

These old men enthusiastically introduced their juniors to Dumbledore – judging by the name, most of these young people were their grandchildren or granddaughters, so it seemed that these people were from large families in the wizarding world.

However, Ye Ting didn’t like these people, so he just barely coped when greeting them.

Despite this, Dumbledore introduced Ye Ting to them every time, and when they heard that Ye Ting was the inventor of the hottest mobile fireplace in the wizarding world recently, each of them cast a surprised and appreciative look at Ye Ting.

“Are all the young people who come here to compete?” After saying goodbye to an old wizard from Denmark, Ye Ting asked Dumbledore softly.

“Oh yes, although there are still a few old people who will participate, but most of the contestants are young people.” Dumbledore nodded slightly: “You know, playing wizard chess is a very energy-consuming thing, when I was young, I could play three days and three nights with others in a row, but now…”

He smiled self-deprecatingly: “Although we old men have some advantages in magic and experience, but, you see, as long as the next one or two games, we will run out of energy.” ”

Next, Dumbledore took Ye Ting to meet several other acquaintances, according to Dumbledore, they are all the most academically advanced wizards in the wizarding world today, and they are frequent guests in academic journals such as Transfiguration Today, Charms Innovation, and Practical Potions.

After learning about Ye Ting’s identity, these old men warmly welcomed this young man who had achieved academic achievements at a young age.

This time, Ye Ting finally didn’t just say hello like just now, he chatted happily with these old men, exchanged a lot of academic opinions on charms, transfiguration, etc., and finally exchanged mailing addresses with many of them and agreed to write letters to each other.

“Oh, it’s rare to see you talking so much with other people.” After leaving them, Dumbledore looked at Ye Ting with some novelty: “Ms. Schprengel also said that she would introduce her granddaughter to you, and I dare say that she has never admired a young man so much.” ”

“They’re great old people.” Ye Ting said happily, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: “Their knowledge is very profound, and I have benefited a lot from communicating with them.” ”



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