[HP] Seven Nights Talk

"...Harry? Harry?" After Harry went down, Sirius still stood by the lake.Now that Ron was back and Harry was gone, he immediately became anxious and tried to go into the water to find his godson.

Several staff members stopped him.Because according to the agreement signed before the game, the Warriors already know that the game may be risky and must take full responsibility for it.Therefore, within the specified time of the game, other people cannot go down to interfere with them.And according to the normal situation, it is impossible for Ron to float out of the lake by himself.That is to say, Harry got him out, and then he didn't know why he didn't come up.

The referee seat began to whisper, nothing more than discussing how to calculate the time in this situation.This was beyond their expectations—according to their expectations, either the two of them would come back together, or the players would come back by themselves. How could it be like this?And if Harry ever got into trouble, he could always send out a distress signal, right?What is there to do?

Although Madam Maxim was not very happy, in the end they finally reached an agreement, and this time will be calculated according to the combined return time of Harry and Ron.In other words, even if Harry showed up at the last second, Fleur and Krum would have to come back within half an hour if they wanted to defeat him.

"Is Mr. Potter really all right?" Professor McGonagall asked, a little worried.

"I don't think so. The mermaid leader has already negotiated with us. They promise that each warrior can only rescue his own hostages." Dumbledore said, he was still calm.

That is to say, Harry was still in a normal state when he rescued Ron underneath.And according to the speed at which Ron floated up, Harry obviously used something like an acceleration spell underneath.Everyone else who heard this could have thought, let alone why Harry didn't come up at the same time.

"Is it because Hermione is still down there?" Professor McGonagall put forward a hypothesis in disbelief, and then realized that it was very likely to be true.Although according to the jury, Hermione is Krum's hostage, but she is also Harry's friend, and it is only normal for Harry to be willing to do this.

"I'm afraid so," said Dumbledore, looking past Voldemort, who was motionless.Then he looked outside the stands again, "Minerva, please go down and persuade them."

Professor McGonagall looked at it, nodded and went down.And Voldemort just pretended he didn't see anything - but it still didn't affect his judgment.He knew all too well the strength of Sirius' darling son, and was sure he still wanted to dive into the water.And he also wanted to say that even if Hermione came up, Harry would probably still care about the little girl below.Because if he remembered correctly, Fleur failed to bring her sister up in the end.

But isn't there a mermaid to do this?What the hell was Harry doing down there?Does he have to be certain that all the hostages are safe?

Voldemort frowned inwardly.As stupid as he thought it was, Harry probably would have done it.He leaned back in his chair, thinking about it.Now there are only mermaids and Grindylow in the Black Lake, not even a red hat.Things like colored ball fish are not lethal, so there shouldn't be any danger.Then there is gills grass, eating this will not affect thinking and action, and the validity period is about one hour.And according to Harry's tone, he also had other ways to deal with it after the gills herb had worn off.

If there were any uncertainties, he couldn't find them at all.

At this time, almost 55 minutes of the game time had passed.Ripples suddenly appeared on the calm lake, and everyone stretched their necks, and then they saw a man with a shark's head pulling the unconscious Hermione up.

"Second to arrive! Mr Krum from Durmstrang!" Bagman announced excitedly.

There was applause again on the sidelines, and there was a flurry of activity under the rostrum.Krum's transformation was not particularly successful, and he was taken aside by Karkaroff to take care of him as soon as he came up.Madam Pomfrey immediately wrapped Hermione in the prepared blanket and handed her a bottle of purple potion.

Hermione wakes up, and then she sees Ron and Sirius, and realizes she's the second. "You're coming up!" she said, and then another thought occurred to her: "Where's Harry? Why isn't he here?"

"That's what I was going to ask you," said Sirius quickly. "Did you see Harry down there?"

"...what?" Hermione didn't understand. "Didn't Harry bring Ron up here? Why are you asking me that?"

Ron looked rather embarrassed. "I don't know anything..." he said, "We went down together, but when I woke up, I was already on the shore!"

Hermione almost jumped up. "Harry didn't come up?" She didn't care about anything else, and shouted: "Victor! Did you see Harry in the mermaid square below?"

Although Krum was on the other side, he kept paying attention to her side, and felt very inexplicable at this moment: "Of course I didn't see it. I heard from them that the first warrior had already come up, so I was in a hurry... ..."

He was still saying something later, but Hermione was stunned and didn't pay attention.And the information revealed in these words is not that simple, everyone can't help but look at each other.This is not good news - they thought Harry was probably down there guarding the other hostages, but if Krum didn't see him there, where did Harry go?

At this time, Harry, who was being missed by a large group of people, was circling far outside the stone caves of the mermaids.This time he was familiar with the rules, so he took Ron away first.When he could almost see the sky, he cast a spell on the unconscious man, and then made sure that Ron floated up by himself, was pulled ashore again, and he turned back down by himself.This time he was much more careful, swimming carefully at an angle, and returned to the edge of the mermaid cave, not letting any mermaid see him.After waiting for quite some time, he finally saw Krum arrive - the half shark head was really easy to spot.Less than a minute later, he saw Krum swimming out again, and it was Hermione.

Then there was another long wait.Finally Harry saw what he wanted to see - a few merfolk started dragging a little silver-haired girl upstream, and it was clear that the deadline had come.He looked at his newly purchased waterproof watch through the water waves, then at the rocks underneath, and quietly hid in a darker place.Everything is going well, it depends on the result.

And in the last 5 minutes, the lakeside was already in chaos.Because after Krum, Fleur also appeared.It's just that she didn't bring anyone up—she simply lost her way and choked herself into a mess.But after taking a few breaths, she wanted to rush into the lake again.It was useless to go any further at this time, Madame Maxime held her back, and she struggled and screamed.The noise, plus people wondering where Harry had gone, couldn't have been worse.

In this case, the one-hour cut-off time has finally come.There were more and bigger waves in the lake, and four mermaids with dark green skin emerged from it, and among them was Fu Rong's younger sister.Fleur burst into tears with joy, but Harry was still missing.

At this time, Dumbledore had already stepped down from the rostrum to the lake, looking stern.He talked to a very strong-looking mermaid at the water's edge, and his face changed after a few words.Sirius had been waiting for the result, and now that he saw the situation, he knew that something was wrong without an interpreter. "...the mermaid didn't see Harry either?"

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud sound of water.Those who didn't stare at the lake turned their heads and could only see the water splash, while some who saw it screamed: "Professor!"

Dumbledore stood up abruptly, and glanced at the rostrum.Sirius didn't know which professor it was, but he realized that someone had already taken action before him, and he plunged into the water directly.

"...Sirius!" Hermione called out when it was too late.Then she suddenly realized that the one who jumped down first was Professor Roald, her eyes widened immediately.

This happened within a few seconds, and almost no one reacted immediately.It wasn't until they came back to their senses that they realized that something might have gone wrong with Harry.But the one who jumped down first turned out to be... More voices rang out, and everyone wanted to know what happened.

No one could sit still on the rostrum, and everyone squeezed to the side to look down.Most people's faces were surprised and worried, but there were also some relatively unusual reactions.Karkaroff's face was unpredictable. He felt that even if Roald was an Auror, he was too concerned about Harry; and if it was another guess, it would be even more impossible-which Death Eater would worry about the life and death of the Savior?As for Professor Snape, he was holding onto the wooden railing with both hands, and the expression on his face was changing, quite strange.

Voldemort, who was already swimming deep in the lake, of course couldn't hear the commotion outside.In fact, he didn't pay attention to other people's reactions at all.During that hour, he had convinced himself countless times that Harry was just being too heroic, trying to save everyone; that if anything went wrong, it was Harry himself to blame.But over time, he realized that wasn't the case.The appearance of Gabriel was the last straw——

Harry definitely did it on purpose!He deliberately didn't come up, just waiting to see his reaction, to see if he would go down!He could indeed sit back and watch, but how could...?

It turned out that the previous ones were all smoke bombs!Whether it's a ball or a partner or any other calm response, it's just a disguise, just to numb the nerves.The damn boy!He did catch a weakness of his own, which was hurting himself!