The Charles Becomes a Wizard

"Ciel, don't you know?" Draco turned his head and looked at Ciel.

“That’s the Mermaid from the Black Lagoon.”

"They could occasionally be seen from the common room window after curfew."

As for why Draco knew it so clearly...

He didn't really want to talk.

Oh, it's a mermaid...

Is this what a mermaid looks like?!

Ciel recalled the various descriptions of the charming appearance of mermaids in the stories he had read, and then looked at the gray mermaid with sharp teeth and a steel fork in her mouth...

It cannot be said that they are exactly the same, it can only be said that they are completely unrelated.

Charles suddenly began to admire the writers' gorgeous words and rich imagination.

How on earth did they manage to portray such a ferocious creature in such a haunting way?

"Is there something wrong?" Draco asked again.

Ciel spoke truthfully: "It's just... it's very different from what I imagined."

"What do you imagine it to be like? Has anyone in the Muggle world seen a mermaid?"

"The mermaid in the story would appear on the bank of the Rhine when it was dark, using her cold and beautiful appearance and sad and moving singing to confuse passing boatmen and sailors, causing them to lose their direction and eventually sink to the bottom of the river..."

"I think you mean Lorelai." Draco leaned over the railing and looked down. What he saw was still the dark and calm lake. He couldn't see the scene he hoped to see, of the savior being chased by mermaids and running away.

Draco let out a slow sigh.

"Although it also has a human body and a fish tail, it is a completely different monster from a mermaid. The monster itself is not very aggressive, at least it is not comparable to a mermaid."

"Mermans like these, who live in cold fresh water, are also called Selma Lake Monsters. They are intelligent, ferocious, and brave. Although they look a little... But believe me, you don't want to know what will happen if you anger them."

While the two were chatting casually in the stands, Harry, who was sinking in the lake, finally found the "treasure" guarded by a mermaid holding a steel fork.

The first thing he saw was Sirius, floating silently in the lake with his ankles tangled in water plants, and then Hermione Granger beside him.

He swam over quickly and reached out to pry Sirius' eyes open, trying to wake him up, but Sirius was still floating unconscious in the lake. Harry had no choice but to dive down and use his hands to untie the flexible seaweed.

After finally helping Sirius break free from the water plants, he was about to turn around to rescue Hermione Granger when the mermaids suddenly changed their relaxed attitude. They suddenly surrounded Harry, and the leading mermaid raised the sharp steel fork in his hand and pressed it against Harry's neck.

The mermaid's messy long hair blew up, and her dim eyes stared at Harry without blinking, and she let out a sharp, clearly warning roar: "You can only save one!"

"But she is my friend too." Harry tried to reason with the mermaid, but she was clearly not in that mood. The steel fork slashed Harry's neck without hesitation. The mermaids' resolute attitude made Harry want to back down.

The next second, the mermaid's expression suddenly became panicked. She completely ignored Harry, tightly clenched the weapon in her hand and fled away in a panic.

This reaction...

Harry looked back in confusion, only to see a ferocious shark with its bloody mouth opened and rushing towards him.

Harry was startled and pulled Sirius' arm to dodge the shark's attack. When he raised the wand in his hand and prepared to attack, he found that the "shark" had a human body.

The shark's sharp teeth easily bit off the water plants entangled with Hermione Granger, and then it quickly grabbed the girl's arm and swam towards the lake.

There were only three people left in the lake now. In addition to Harry and Sirius, there was a girl with silver-white hair. Obviously, she was Fleur Delacour's "treasure".

But Harry had just seen Fleur Delacour being dragged into the water by an unknown magical creature, so she was probably eliminated.

So this girl...

He couldn't leave the girl here alone.

Harry calmed himself, used a spell to cut the seaweed on the girls' ankles, and swam towards the surface with one in each hand.

As time passed, the effect of the gillweed gradually declined. The gills on Harry's cheeks disappeared silently, the webbed feet on his hands and feet also gradually faded, his chest ached from the water pressure, and the feeling of lack of oxygen made him dizzy. But at this moment, a group of Grindylows tamed by mermaids surrounded Harry and launched frequent and swift attacks on him.

Their long tentacles entangled Harry's limbs, trying to drag him to the bottom of the lake. Their sharp teeth bit Harry's body, leaving traces of blood. Harry was almost surrounded by them.

Harry tried his best to get Sirius and the girl to the surface of the lake, and then he sent out a fire spell from his wand, driving away all the Grindylows.

But after struggling and fighting, Harry had no strength left. He looked up at the lake that was so close to him, and stretched out his arms hard to touch the faint light cast from the lake, but his tired body sank weakly to the bottom of the lake.

Sirius, who was sent to the surface of the lake, came to his senses instantly. He was about to praise Harry for his performance, but when he turned around, he did not find any trace of Harry.

"Harry? Hey, Harry!"

"Has any of you seen Harry?" Sirius asked loudly, but everyone had a confused expression on their faces.

In fact, no one in the stands could figure out what was happening in the lake.

According to common sense, the warrior and the "treasure" should appear at the same time.

They were also very curious about what Harry had experienced.

"Could something have happened to Scarhead?" Draco's gaze unconsciously fell on the calm lake.

Although he had heard that the loss rate among contestants in the Triwizard Tournament was very high, when this incident really happened to him, Draco felt a little uncomfortable.

He just disliked Harry and was happy to see him get humiliated, but he didn't really want to kill him.

Sirius, who was pulled ashore, immediately panicked. He hurriedly tore off the thick blanket on his body and was about to jump into the water again.

"Sirius!" Dumbledore came over quickly and stopped his excessive behavior in time.

"The game isn't over yet. Your behavior will affect Harry's results. You should trust Harry."