Chapter 383: Cats are like that (Edited)

Harry didn't know that the kitten he "entrusted with important tasks" had already forgotten the task of monitoring Lupin, and was lying in the treetop, lazily enjoying the sunshine.

But he wasn't thinking about Lupin now, as the chances of Gryffindor winning were getting slimmer and slimmer.

Although Harry was covering for the Hunters, as Cho Chang had done, he was unfamiliar with the job, so even though his flying broom and flying skills were a little better than Cho Chang's, he wasn't helping the team catch up with the score, but still widening it.

This was the essence of the tactics used by Ravenclaw.

Since they had over 150 points total, they could ignore the Golden Snitch and focus on scoring, and for this reason, Cho Chang had been training for some time how to work with his team to capture the Quaffle.

With an extra cover player, even if there was a slight gap between the two teams, it would be made up by Cho Chang, not to mention the fact that the Ravenclaw team was no longer weaker than Gryffindor.

If Gryffindor followed Ravenclaw's example and let their Seeker score, they would be playing into their hands.

Not to mention if Harry, who had received no special training, could cooperate well with his teammates, being a Seeker who could not score with the quaffle, he would not be instrumental in scoring goals, and at best would keep the game tied, with little chance of a comeback.

In the unlikely event that Gryffindor managed to get back in front on the scoreboard with Harry, there was a third variation of Ravenclaw's tactic, which was to refocus on the Golden Snitch, with the whole team helping Cho Chang find the Snitch while the match was in progress, and then find an opportunity for Cho Chang to break away to catch the Golden Snitch while the rest of the team pestered Harry, as they did last year.

Gryffindor wasn't able to force a third Ravenclaw turnover, as Harry's addition didn't stop Gryffindor from losing on the scoreboard, so after several failed attempts to counterattack, Wood had to accept the fact that they were going to lose.

In this case, Gryffindor naturally would not choose to die slowly, Harry was released again and then caught the Golden Snitch before Ravenclaw beat them by one hundred and fifty points.

Although the match was won by Gryffindor, this year's Quidditch championship went to Ravenclaw.

So the moment Harry caught the Golden Snitch, neither he nor any of the other Gryffindors felt joy, but instead the losing Ravenclaw cheered noisily.

"Nya!"

∑(=ΦωΦ=)

The loud noise woke the sleeping kitten by the Black Lake, who flapped his ears and turned his head in the direction of the quidditch pitch.

Naturally, Fish understood that what was making the noise was the end of the match.

It's just...

What did that have to do with him?

(=?ω≤?)

(=′Д`=)

Indifferent, the kitten raised its hind legs, scratched its chin and yawned profusely.

After adjusting his position, Fish buried his head in his front paws again, his two triangular ears sticking out stubbornly and twitching from time to time.

It's a beautiful sunny day...

I have forgotten something after all...

What is it?

I don't remember...

Never mind, it's not important...

Zzzzz...

"Trying" to remember, the kitten went back to sleep peacefully.

(=￣ω￣=)

...

When Harry, along with the rest of the Gryffindors, returned to the common room feeling lost, he found that Fish was neither in his dormitory nor in the common room.

"Fish couldn't have seen Lupin and Black meeting up, and run off to catch them himself, could he?"

With a certain kitten's extensive past and Ron's long-standing prejudice against werewolves, he moved closer to Harry and whispered as soon as he realized Fish wasn't there.

"I don't suppose so?" Harry scratched his head and said, "I even saw Professor Lupin in the crowd on his way back.... Fish is probably at the House of Requirement right now...".

"But if he'd seen us coming back on the Marauder's Map, he would have come back too, wouldn't he?". asked Ron rhetorically, puzzled.

"That I don't know..." Harry shrugged, "It's not like you don't know what Fish looks like, he could have suddenly run off to play somewhere."

"That's true." Ron nodded, not giving the matter any more thought, then started sighing again, "I wonder who came up with Ravenclaw's tactics, Wood's are like a three year old's compared to his. We've been completely outclassed."

Harry let out a long sigh and said nothing.

For the young lions, accustomed to solving problems recklessly, this kind of defeat, not by a difference in strength, but by a tactical defeat, was difficult to accept.

Wood, in particular, in charge of tactics, was still stunned.

What the Gryffindor players didn't know was that the tactics employed by Ravenclaw had been invented long ago, but as the number of teams in the quidditch league grew, the higher ranked teams were finding it harder to do the same.

The points difference could be added by playing against weaker teams, so professional teams abandoned it long ago, and only in smaller leagues like Hogwarts, where there were only four teams, was it possible to use that tactic.

Anyway, the quidditch championship had gone to Ravenclaw this year, and Harry and the others had to accept this reality.

After a few moments of sighing in the dormitories, the group cheered up and headed to the Great Hall for lunch. Inside the hall, the Ravenclaw students were all smiles, and Flitwick at the teachers' table as well.

Harry hadn't been seated long when Fish came strutting in from outside with open arms.

"Fish, over here!"

Harry, who was in a hurry to ask him about the situation, stood up, looked into the murderous eyes of the girls around him, and waved loudly.

"Oh, no!"

∑(?ΦДΦ?)

Fish saw Harry wave and finally remembered what he had forgotten.

He approached Harry and, before he could say anything, smiled and averted his gaze, offering an admission of guilt, "Sorry, Harry, the morning sun was so nice that Fish inadvertently fell asleep..."

(??ω??)?

Harry: "..."

"Ah, never mind, Professor Lupin seems to have been watching the game anyway."

After being speechless for a while, Harry twisted the corners of his mouth dryly and consoled him in turn.

He should have known that, given Fish's nature, it was unrealistic to expect him to look sincerely at a map he wasn't that interested in.

Good thing Lupin didn't seem to do anything during the game....

Even if Lupin had done something, Harry couldn't do anything about it, he couldn't complain to Fish, could he?

As for scolding the cat....

It wouldn't have taken Sirius Black to kill it, the Hogwarts girls would have done it!