To the audience, the second project of the Triwizard Tournament was actually a failure.

Because almost the entire process of the game is conducted underwater.

The audience waited in the cold wind for nearly two hours, but only saw the beginning and the end.

If John hadn't led the mermaids to drag the scarred giant squid ashore in the end, the audience would have felt even more bored.

It is precisely for this reason that as soon as the game ended, everyone was eager to know what happened under the lake.

Warriors like John, Michelle, Harry and Cedric are obviously not people who like to show off.

What's more, what happened under the lake had nothing to show off to the other warriors except John.

Therefore, hostages like Draco have completely become big stars in Hogwarts.

At every moment, a large number of students gathered around him to listen to him talk about his experience as a hostage.

Draco was also very used to this feeling of being the center of attention.

He told the story over and over again.

At the beginning of the game, he was still telling people that he was approached by staff from the Ministry of Magic. After learning about the situation, he drank a cup of potion and lost consciousness.

But when John met him again at dinner.

The story in Draco's mouth became that he was warmly invited by Dumbledore and the mermaids several times, and then he went to the Black Lake, accompanied by the mermaids, toured the entire mermaid village, and finally arrived at Ten

Several mermaids fell asleep peacefully while singing and became hostages.

This kind of bizarre story is obviously more eye-catching.

So the number of people gathered around Draco during dinner increased several times.

However, soon everyone around Draco left.

Because Ron is telling the same type of story.

And the version he told was a hundred times more thrilling than Draco!

In his words, he encountered a complete kidnapping.

Throughout dinner, Ron recounted how he fought with his bare hands against fifty armed merfolk, who first forced him to submit and then tied him up.

"Wes is talking nonsense!" Draco complained to John with a ferocious expression, "I never thought that he would make up such a shameless story in order to attract attention! It is indeed Wes.

!Shame on pure blood wizards!”

John swallowed the beef in his mouth and shook his head speechlessly.

He couldn't quite understand what right Draco had to say such things about Ron.

Because essentially, Draco was doing the same thing as Ron before, but the story wasn't as good as Ron's.

"Just wait and see, John, I won't give up!" Draco said, "I will go back and write another "Song of the Hero of the Black Lake". The protagonist of the song is you, the hero. As for Ron,

I’m going to write him as a clown!”

After saying that, Draco chewed a piece of steak viciously.

Look at that ferocious movement, it's like he's biting Ron's flesh.

"Then I wish you good luck."

John said perfunctorily, and then turned his attention to the other corner of the Gryffindor table, where Michelle was.

After returning from the Black Lake, the two of them spent the whole afternoon together.

It was not until dinner time that Michelle returned to Gryffindor, dining and chatting with Hermione and others.

John also agrees with this.

After all, Michelle also has her own friends, and there are people in Gryffindor who care about her.

People can't just forget about friendship just because of love.

This is wrong.

It is precisely for this reason that John did not lean towards Michelle during dinner, so as to leave enough space for her, Hermione and others to play around.

However, some people are not so discerning.

For example, Alice.

After the girl came out from the bottom of the lake, she seemed to be crazy and began to pester Michelle.

Wherever Michelle went, she would follow her, and she would hand over water and snacks from time to time. She was very attentive.

Just like now, she ignored the glares of the Gryffindors around her and forced her way to the Gryffindor table, pouring juice for Michelle and cutting steak.

Even after finishing her work, she didn't eat anything.

She just smiled and watched Michelle eat, as if she could feel full just by looking at Michelle.

"What a psycho."

John couldn't help but complain.

As soon as he finished speaking, John noticed another wave of fragrant wind washing his face.

He turned his head subconsciously and saw Furong running up to him at some point.

"Thank you, John! They told me you saved me and Gabrielle!"

Fleur held John's hand and cried.

As she spoke, her chest heaved violently due to the disordered breathing.

This is really a spectacular sight.

So much so that all the Slytherin boys around him stopped chewing and stared blankly.

Draco was even dumbfounded.

He didn't even notice when the meat in his mouth fell off.

In the end, it was Pansy who hit him hard on the head to wake him up.

"This is what I should do."

John pulled his hand back and said expressionlessly.

At this time, Furong also gradually stabilized her breath.

"I will never forget this kindness!"

She solemnly said the same words as Mrs. Maxim, and then said, "In addition, Dumbledore asked me to inform you to go to the principal's office as soon as possible. The password is [Black Pepper Candy]."

Hearing this, John's expression finally became serious.

After being pestered by Fu Rong, he chatted with her for a while before getting up and heading to the eighth floor.

Read the password.

The monster stone statue made way.

John went up the escalator and entered the principal's office.

There are more people here than he thought.

In addition to Dumbledore, Snape, the old mermaid and his daughter, Bagman, Crouch and Fudge were also present.

"Oh! Our dear warrior is here!"

As soon as John appeared, Fudge laughed and stepped forward to give John a hug, "John, we have been discussing it for a long time, and then we came up with the best solution, and I want to tell you."

John nodded politely towards Fudge.

Then he looked at Snape and Dumbledore and said:

"So, you have found the mastermind?"

Dumbledore and Snape did not answer.

The expressions of both of them were not very good, and Snape even clenched his fists.

"We will find him, but it will take some time. You should understand, John, even if our Aurors are elite enough, they are still not omnipotent."

Fudge comforted him in a cheerful tone, "But now they have found some clues. The giant squid also had a steel needle inserted into it before the competition and was fed a magic potion, and the dosage was larger than the previous fire dragon!

I have to say, John, it's amazing that you can defeat that kind of monster!

I'm so proud of you!"

"Proud? I think you should feel more fortunate!" John said coldly, "If someone in this project dies because of this, as the Minister of Magic who promotes the Triwizard Tournament, guess what you will have

A good ending?"

Hearing this, the smile on Fudge's face finally disappeared.

Since the end of Voldemort's reign of terror, the entire wizarding world has begun to shift towards a more open, inclusive and secure development direction.

In other words, it is no longer the time in the past when Hogwarts could allocate several death quotas every year and it didn't matter if a few students died casually.

If any students really died because of the Triwizard Tournament.
To be continued...