A Hogwarts dissertation guide

"Miss Hagrid?" Pansy always whispered to Harry, "How about we go to Hogsmeade to relax?"

"I think maybe I should study the golden egg," Harry said evasively. "There's not much time left before the competition."

"I'm glad to see you're finally willing to work on a second project," Hermione said. "In fact, I'm almost ready."

"Really?" Harry grimaced. He was just trying to deal with Pansy and rejecting Pansy's invitation. He had no intention of actually thinking about the second project in the common room.

In mid-January, all the classmates went to Hogsmeade to play. Pansy specially invited Harry before leaving, but Harry still used the excuse of a competition to excuse the visit.

But on Saturday, Harry left the castle with Ron and Hermione and walked through the cold and damp grounds towards the school gate.As they passed Durmstrang's ship moored on the lake, they saw Viktor Krum walking from the cabin to Class A, wearing a pair of swimming trunks.

He was indeed very thin, but he still looked quite strong. He climbed up to the side of the ship nimbly, stretched out his arms, and dived into the water with a splash.

"He's already started thinking about how to survive underwater for an hour." Harry said, looking at Krum's black head floating in the middle of the lake, "but it's January, and it must be freezing."

"It was much colder where he came from," said Hermione. "I imagine it must be reasonably warm for him."

"Yeah, it's definitely much warmer than Germany." Ron said, "But there are giant squids in the lake!" There was some worry in his tone, after all, this is his favorite player.But he quickly thought of what Harry, Hermione and he had said - Krum had hoped to invite Hermione to the Yule Ball, and he shut up again.

As he wandered the streets, Harry kept an eye out for Hagrid.After confirming that Hagrid was not seen in any of the shops - it was difficult to ignore Hagrid's size, he proposed to sit in the Three Broomsticks Tavern.

The tavern was as crowded as ever, and Harry's eyes quickly scanned all the tables, but Hagrid was nowhere to be seen.With a heavy heart, he walked to the bar with Ron and Hermione and bought three butterbeers from Mrs. Rosmerta.

He thought glumly that if he had known this, he might as well have stayed in school and continued to figure out how to survive underwater for an hour.

"Does he never go to the office?" Hermione whispered suddenly, "Look!"

She pointed to the mirror behind the bar, and Harry saw the reflection of Ludo Bagman sitting in a dark corner with a group of goblins.Bagman was lowering his voice and speaking quickly to the goblins. The goblins all crossed their arms and looked menacing.This is indeed a bit strange, Harry thought to himself, today is the weekend, there is no Triwizard Tournament event, and there is no need for referees, why would Bagman appear in the Three Broomsticks Tavern?He stared at Bagman in the mirror.He looked nervous again, just like he had in the woods before the Dark Mark appeared that night.At this moment, Bagman glanced towards the bar, saw Harry, and stood up.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment!" Harry heard Bagman say stiffly to the goblins, and then hurriedly walked towards Harry, the baby face showing a smile again.

"Harry!" he said, "How are you? I just wanted to meet you! Is everything okay?"

"Fine, thanks," said Harry.

"I wonder if I could have a few words with you alone, Harry?" Bagman said eagerly. "Can you two make it easier for us, Hermione?"

"Um - okay." After Hermione said that, she and Ron went to find a seat. At the same time, she gave Harry a sympathetic look. Although she didn't know what Bagman was talking to him about, her intuition told her that it was probably Not a good thing.

Bagman led Harry to the end of the bar away from Mrs. Rosmerta.

"Harry, I'd like to congratulate you again on your excellent performance against that Horntail," said Bagman. "It was brilliant!"

"Thank you," Harry said, but he knew Bagman wanted to say more than that, because he could have congratulated Harry in front of Ron and Hermione.However, Bagman seems to be in no rush to reveal the mystery.Harry saw him glance at the goblins on the other side of the bar in the mirror. They all squinted their dark eyes and looked at Bagman and Harry silently.

"This is an absolute nightmare." Bagman noticed that Harry was also looking at the goblins, and said in a low voice, "They don't speak English well... It's like going back to the Quidditch World Cup, with those The Bulgarians are confused... but at least the Bulgarians can make signs that make it understandable. These guys keep mumbling and talking in their Turkish dialect... and I only know one word of Turkish dialect ." He shrugged helplessly.

"What do they want?" said Harry, noticing that the goblin was still watching Bagman warily.

At the table nearby, the atmosphere between Hermione and Ron was very silent. Ever since the Yule Ball, Ron and Hermione had talked much less frequently. Even they themselves didn't notice because Harry was always there. There was an adjustment in the middle, and at this time Harry also left, and they didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Hermione!" A clear female voice sounded, Pansy jumped up and ran to sit next to Hermione.

"Good morning, Pansy." Hermione looked up from her book.

"Harry..." Pansy looked at Harry next to him, who seemed to be chatting happily with Bagman.

"Oh, Mr. Bagman wants to talk to him, probably about the game." Hermione said, "But I still think that as a warrior, you should not accept help from other people, especially that person is a referee. This is not right." Compliant with regulations.”

Pansy stared at Bagman's round, red face and said hesitantly, "Bagman..."

"You know him?" Ron asked.

"He once attended my grandpa's birthday," Pansy said. "He is a simple fool and is not popular in the Ministry of Magic."

"why?"

"Because he always likes to gamble, which puts him in debt." Pansy said cautiously, "I think you'd better be careful with him, lest he attack you. A red-eyed gambler... you understand." "

"Are you worried that he will attack Harry and make him lose ground in the game?" Ron asked worriedly.

Hermione shook her head, "I don't think so. He might prefer Harry to win the Triwizard Cup. After all, most people don't think highly of Harry. Harry's odds of winning are definitely higher."

"Yes."