[Hufflepuff's Gold Cup (Damaged): A token of Hogwarts founder Helga Hufflepuff. It may have had magical power before it was damaged, but now it is just an ordinary gold cup]
Tom played with the golden cup in his hand. This golden cup that once belonged to Hufflepuff and later became Voldemort's Horcrux has now become an ordinary cup that cannot be more ordinary. But to say it is ordinary is not quite right.
, because magic aside, this cup is made of pure gold. Even if it loses all its magical effects, it is still worth a few dollars.
At this time, there was a very obvious reddish-brown stripe on Hufflepuff's gold cup, which looked like it was rusted. Yes, gold can also rust! Although gold itself is extremely chemically stable, it is not related to sulfide.
The chemical affinity of gold is very strong, and it easily absorbs acidic gases such as hydrogen sulfide in the air, so that the surface appears dark colors such as orange and brown. Not to mention that ancient craftsmanship was limited, and gold often contained many impurities.
Tom knew that this pattern should be the mark left after Dumbledore slashed it with Gryffindor's sword. Gryffindor's sword is a good thing, and the silverware made by the goblins can absorb things that can strengthen it.
I don’t know how many poisonous magical animals Gryffindor used this sword to kill. Anyway, it was always used to destroy Horcruxes with one sword, and there was no need for follow-up blows.
"What did you study?" Hermione leaned on Tom's shoulder in boredom, twirling her hair on her fingers and staring at the gold cup in Tom's hand.
"If you want, you can drink with it." Tom put his cheek against Hermione's bun, rubbing it back and forth, rubbing his ears together.
"I don't want it." Hermione felt uncomfortable when she thought that the cup was once Voldemort's Horcrux. Of course she would not drink from it.
"Well, it's up to you..."
Hermione wanted to say something else, but her face suddenly turned red. She said quietly but urgently: "Tom, don't be like this... The library is a public place..."
"Oh? Why do I remember someone once... [oh] in the library?"
Hermione's face was as red as the sunset.
"That was an accident..."
"Accident?"
"yes!"
…
While the two were playing around, Professor McGonagall's bald donkey appeared, startling them both.
"Five points will be deducted from Ravenclaw for making noise in the library." Professor McGonagall was also young, so she naturally knew what the young lovers were up to, so she deducted points from both of them mercilessly.
"Mr. Yodel, please come to my office after dinner today." After lightly punishing the two, Professor McGonagall said in a calm tone.
Tom:???
He can fit an egg into his mouth.
"Professor McGonagall, you must have made a mistake somewhere? How could this... be me? You'd better ask someone else - of course, if it's Hermione, please allow me to refuse for her." Restricted by the confidentiality agreement.
, Tom couldn't reveal too much, but he still chose to give Professor McGonagall crazy hints and ask her to choose another person.
Yes, before the second event of the Triwizard Tournament begins, the organizers will find the people the warriors value most and then sink them to the bottom of the Black Lake. The warriors need to pass a series of tests to pass the level and rescue the people they value most.
people.
Tom thinks this is ridiculous. Who is the most important person to the Warriors? Isn’t it up to the organizers to choose?
Although he was very idealistic, Tom accepted it. It was too outrageous to choose him, right? Did any of these three warriors have any connections with him? Tom felt that Dumbledore was up to something.
Professor McGonagall glanced at Tom without saying anything, and then left the library, leaving Tom sitting there with a very sad look on his face.
"So what is the second project about? Why are you so angry?" Hermione was extremely curious. She and Tom sat at a table at the back of the Charms classroom, chatting confidently.
This class is very suitable for distraction, because the spell practiced today is the banishing spell - the opposite of the flying curse, which can drive objects away from the wizard, so the classroom is noisy, which also gives Tom and Hermione a chance to talk
Some whispers.
"It doesn't hurt to tell you..." Tom told Hermione the reason why Professor McGonagall came to him.
"To be honest, I was very surprised because I couldn't figure out why it was me. If it was you, it would make sense, but why was I the chosen one?"
Hermione:......
"Maybe you are the most important person to Miss Delacour," she said quietly.
"What a joke!" Tom was shocked, "The most important person to her should be her sister!"
"How do you know she has a sister?"
Tom:……
I can’t talk any more today!
As a result, Tom finally went to Professor McGonagall's office at night. When he opened the door, he found that Qiu Zhang, Luna and Professor McGonagall were already waiting inside.
Tom raised his eyebrows. Now it was clear that Hermione was right. Cho Chang was Cedric's most important treasure, Luna was Krum's, and after elimination, he was Fleur's.
"Professor, something must be wrong..." Tom felt his throat was dry. What's going on? There doesn't seem to be anything between him and Fleur, right?
Why was I chosen? How should I explain this to Hermione?
Professor McGonagall was unwilling to show her hand to Tom until now.
It turned out that the organizers had found an opportunity to contact the three warriors and hypnotized and questioned the three people. Afterwards, they also modified the memories of the three people.
The most important person in the hearts of the three warriors was determined based on the results of the inquiry.
Hearing Professor McGonagall say this, Qiu Zhang's face suddenly turned red, Luna's eyes also flashed with joy, but Tom's eyes were full of fear.
Seeing that Tom looked like he had seen a ghost, Professor McGonagall cleared her throat, "Yordle, actually you are not the first person Miss Delacour mentioned...it's just that her first choice left some time ago.
Hogwarts is not very convenient now, so we chose the second most important person in her heart, or the person she misses most."
Professor McGonagall seemed to be suppressing a smile, "Miss Delacour has quite a lot of resentment against you."
Tom's expression suddenly became very exciting: Didn't he just reject her invitation to be a dance partner?
"I hope you can help us, Yodel." Professor McGonagall stared at Tom with serious eyes.
"She won't stop fishing for me in the end, right?" Tom felt that the moment Fleur saw him at the bottom of the lake, she might choose to leave him there.
"It's okay, we will fish you out." Professor McGonagall assured.
Tom:……
In the end, he reluctantly drank the potion provided by Professor McGonagall and fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, the competition started as planned. The auditorium on the edge of the Black Lake was filled to the brim with students from the three schools. Under the auditorium, there was a series of small wooden buildings connected together and built around the lake.
The students were talking a lot, and they were all guessing what was inside the wooden building.
"There may be a wizard in each room, and the warriors must defeat the wizard to enter the next floor."
"How can there be so many wizards...Have any seniors been brought into the project this time?"
"It seems not. I didn't see any face missing."
Listening to the buzzing in her ears, Hermione was a little upset. She didn't understand why her boyfriend suddenly became the most important person to another woman. Yesterday, before Tom could tell Hermione the truth, he was killed by McGonagall.
The professor was upset. So if she knew that Tom was Fleur's backup, or that he was on the list because he rejected Fleur, Hermione would definitely laugh until her stomach hurt.
She was just glad that she had acted quickly, and now Tom was hers.
What else could Fleur do if she liked him? Tom Yoder's first kiss was not yours, Fleur's, but mine, Hermione Granger!
When the three warriors gathered together, they looked at each other without saying a word.
Without him, all three of them were confused about the project in front of them.
After the end of the first project, they did not get much information about the second project. At this time, the three people standing on the edge of the Black Lake all had a bad premonition.
After everyone gathered, Ludo Bagman walked to the most conspicuous position in the stands and told everyone the rules of the game.
"First of all, we have to review the results of the three warriors in the first round. Cedric Diggory scored 88 points in the first event and is currently ranked first. Cedric Diggory from Durmstrang
Viktor Krum scored 40 points, temporarily ranking second, Beauxbatons' Fleur Delacour - 32 points, she needs to work harder!" Ludo Bagman's face glowed, looking at
Get up very excited.
The reason for his excitement is simple: he doesn’t need to pay back the money!
During the World Cup finals, he owed a large amount of money to the goblins. The background of these goblins was so deep that as a senior official of the Ministry of Magic, he did not dare to default on the debt, so he had to find a way to repay the money. But a while ago, Gu
There was a sudden thunderstorm in the Ling Pavilion, and a large group of high-level officials were imprisoned and are still being imprisoned, including Bagman's creditors.
Now that the creditor is gone, there is no need to pay back the money, which is why Bagman is so happy.
"In the second project, the warriors need to pass many tests to save the most important and caring person in their hearts, and their 'baby' is now... there -" Bagman roared loudly
He said, pointing his finger sharply at the black lake.
"That's right, at the bottom of the Black Lake! We sank the most important people in the hearts of the three warriors to the bottom of the lake! They have three hours to get back what was taken away from them. If they haven't got it back after three hours...
...Hehehehe!" Bagman's voice echoed across the lake, and the expressions of the three warriors changed instantly.
Bagman did not say what would happen to the three of them after the timeout, but his hey hee laughter was really unsettling.
The three of them immediately looked towards the lake, but as far as they could see, they could see nothing except the dark black water.
The black lake seems to be enough to swallow up all hope and life. No one knows what is under the water. This challenge is enough to make people with deep sea phobia die suddenly on the spot.
Looking at the deep, bottomless lake, Fleur's face suddenly turned pale. In her opinion, the person who was sunk in the black lake must be her sister! Previously, Voldemort and his death-eating
The tumult caused a huge stir, so for safety reasons, Furong sent her sister back to her hometown and hid it.
She didn't understand. She had obviously sent her sister back to her hometown, so why was she still involved?
Krum and Cedric also looked a little unnatural. They were both looking for countermeasures quickly, looking for ways to keep themselves underwater for several hours.
"We once said that the advantages of the first project will be carried over to the second project, so we invited three warriors to come over. The organizer provided them with some props to help them solve the problem." Bagman
The voice rang in the ears of the three people.
They immediately headed towards Bagman.
Bagman waved, and a table appeared in front of the warriors, with two things on it. The one on the left looked like a tangled gray-green rat tail, and the one on the right was a metal jar with a scale on it.
The watch is also connected to a respirator, with a booklet underneath.
Cedric, who came from a wizarding family, was confused about the things on the right, but he knew the plant on the left. It was a thing called gillyweed, which allows people to breathe underwater.
Fleur and Krum next to them knew a little about the Muggle world, so they recognized it. On the table was a scuba tube used by Muggles when diving. This is a self-contained underwater breathing device.
It allows divers to breathe freely.
"In front of you are two small props that can help you. The gillycyst on the left requires 30 points to redeem, and the scuba on the right requires 20 points. Don't worry, I want to tell you something else.
You can't enter the Black Lake directly next, you need to pass through those wooden houses first, but we can still simplify this process through points!" Bagman stopped Cedric's hand reaching for the gilly grass and motioned for him to listen first.
Finish it yourself.
"There are a total of three tests in those wooden buildings, but you can choose to skip the test by spending points - 30 points for one test, you are innocent!"
Hearing that there was such a rule, the three warriors immediately made plans in their minds.
There are only two props, which means that if the first two people choose to buy props, then Fleur, who is third in line, has no choice. But Krum's points are a bit embarrassing. He can't skip the level if he buys props.
It would be bad if you are stuck in a level and can't get out...
Props also have their own pros and cons. Gilly grass is better than scuba. Regardless of whether the three wizards know how to scuba, the weight of the scuba alone is enough for them to seriously consider it - if they choose it, they have to carry it on their backs.
This thing is for completing levels. If there are levels with a lot of exercise, you will definitely be exhausted.
"Okay, let's make a choice based on the scores! Mr. Diggory, have you considered it?" Ludo Bagman looked at Cedric with some anticipation.
Cedric thought for a moment and made his decision.