Infinite World Exchange Group

It was Snape who was the first to agree instead, which wasn't unexpected from Gurrenza. After all, it was the Dean of Slytherin, and Snape the Serpent King was fearless of challenges!

"I will also give out twenty academy points to reward the winner academy and I will give the winner some instructions regarding the shapeshifting technique."

The second person to speak was Professor McGrath, should I say worthy of being a lion and a snake?

One was fearless and one was brave enough to take on the challenge.

"Then I will also take out twenty college points to reward the winning college, and the winner will get some of the magic notes that I made back in the early years."

The reward Professor Freeway finally gave was somewhat unexpectedly generous, after all, it was the magic notes of a generation of Ravenclaw deans, and even those from earlier years were of great value!

"Oh, in that case, I'll also give out twenty college points to reward the winning college, and the winner can pick a favorite plant in my greenhouse."

Professor Pomona likewise gave her own reward.

Looking at the rewards given by the four deans, Dumbledore gave a slight sigh and then spoke.

"I am also interested in this debate competition and I am offering fifty college points to the winning college and the winner can approach me to learn a spell."

"I would like to thank Headmaster Dumbledore and the four deans for their generosity and support."

Gurrenza once again bowed slightly and gracefully, then looked down at the students at the podium.

"Then the reward, as you have just heard, is that the tournament is set for seven days from now, at the Hogwarts Great Hall for a debate tournament!

Each college selects three students from the second year cohort to be the first, second, and third debaters to present their own viewpoints while refuting the opposing viewpoints. The four colleges randomly select viewpoints, such as whether they are on the side of the good that comes from peering into fate and the future, or on the side of the bad that comes from peering into fate and the future.

Since it is the random selection of viewpoints by each college, you need to be prepared to debate two different viewpoints. And in the debate competition, the first point of view presented by the other colleges should not be the same for the following colleges. In other words, not only do you have to prepare debating materials with two points of view, but you also have to prevent your debating materials from being identical to others! Otherwise, you will find yourself in a situation where you have nothing to say.

So in conclusion, I hope you can bring a good debate to the end of this class, class dismissed!"

With the end of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, word quickly spread throughout the entirety of Hogwarts that Professor Gurrenza was hosting a debate tournament involving all four faculties, especially after learning of the winning prize!

Seven days was a long time to say the least, but the time flew by, especially when all the students were doing their best to prepare.

In the Hogwarts Great Hall, Dumbledore, Gurrenza, Snape, McGonagall, Flivver, and Pomona sat on top of the chief, with the students of the four faculties sitting below. And in the middle were two small tables for the debates between the two sides.

"Oh, it's another duel between the lion and the snake."

Gurrenza cocked an eyebrow, just now in the first round, Gryffindor debated over Ravenclaw and Slytherin debated over Hufflepuff.

"Now then, Gryffindor and Slytherin begin to come up to choose their points of view."

With a snap of Gullen's fingers, two slips of paper with pro and con written on them were surrounded by the elements into two identical spheres, which then flew randomly in the empty space in front of them, making it hard to tell which was pro and which was con.

"Hermione, you go ahead."

Harry and Ron looked at each other and unanimously decided to send Hermione up for the draw. That's right, Gryffindor sent out the first, second, and third arguments to be exactly Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Mainly Hermione, Harry and Ron were just incidental. In fact in the debate with Ravenclaw just now, it was also Hermione alone who suppressed and won the debate over the three Ravenclaw debaters.

On the other side of the Slytherin table, Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, and Pansy Parkinson looked at each other, and Draco stood up and walked towards the Professor's table.

Hermione and Draco stood facing each other in front of Gurrenza, silent, but it was as if the students in the audience saw the sparks from the collision between their gazes.

"Hmph!"

"Huh?"

They snorted, each reaching out to grab an elemental ball.

Draco looked at the note in his hand with the word "positive" written on it, which meant that he was on the side of the good that came from looking into fate, into the future, and with the corners of his mouth turned up at Hermione and said provocatively.

"Obnoxious lion, prepare to accept defeat!"

"It is you who will fail, you disliked vipers!"

Hermione returned the provocation with no sign of weakness, her past week hadn't been wasted.

"Now then, the Peeping Fate debate, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin will now begin, with the positive Slytherin speaking."

As Gurrenza's voice trailed off, the lion vs. snake debate began.

"Had regrets in the past, didn't you? Like missing someone you like because of a misunderstanding. "

Pansy stood up as a first argument and looked across at the Gryffindor trio who spoke up.

"If we get a glimpse into the future, we won't have any regrets in the future!

Let misunderstandings never happen again, let misunderstandings be resolved early, let misses turn into encounters, let encounters turn into love. You can live happily with the people you like.

So my point is that a glimpse into the future allows us to avoid regrets and embrace happiness."

Pansy's words put Snape in a trance. If only then, he could have seen himself now and known that he loved her so much, he would never have let her be taken away from Potter! If at that time, I knew Voldemort was going to do something to her, I would have protected her with my life! Unfortunately, there is no if~~.

The three of Harry looked at each other and Ron stood up, an argument they had thought about before when they assumed they were positive, so naturally they thought of how to respond to it.

"Misunderstandings can be resolved, and you can be with someone you like, but how do you know they won't meet someone better than you in the future? You're depriving each other of happiness and stopping each other from running towards a better future!"

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"A glimpse into the future can keep us on the right path forever."

"What you call the right path is simply following a script that was arranged early on like a tug-of-war puppet."

"If this script will make you happy and enjoyable, why not go? Do you have to taste all the pain to be happy?"

"How can we compare those precious pleasures if there is no pain! If all the experiences were all happy and joyful things, that would be the greatest pain!"

"You're bullshitting me!"

"You're the one who's full of shit!"

Blaise and Harry braced their hands on the table, you and I were on pins and needles with each other, not giving in.

"Ahem, second arguments, watch your words, and if you have nothing more to say, then let the third arguments continue."

Gurrenza coughed twice, interrupting both Harry and Blaise.

Chapter 119: End of Debate

"Hermione Granger, you're doing well in your studies, you're either first or second in almost every subject."

Draco asked standing up and looking at Hermione with a faint smile.

"Yes so what?"

Hermione looked at Draco with a wary face.

"For that, you've worked far harder than normal, I suppose. Just what is it that you're working so hard for?"