Alice's Travels

trap.

In the soundless silence, Alice immediately thought that this must be a conspiracy specially designed against Harry-there is no and should not be a fourth warrior.

This was a pre-set rule, and Harry would not be someone who would do whatever it takes to run for the trophy—not to mention that they met today, and what Harry said and his appearance at that time undoubtedly showed that he did not sign up.

This kind of accident is too deliberate and too obvious. The person who can escape Dumbledore's magic without making a fuss should not be as simple as a student, so it seems to be obvious who it is——Voldemort's person.

After disappearing for so long and the true traitor Peter Pettigrew fled, Voldemort's influence resurfaced.

He seems to be a lingering ghost, lurking in the dark, trying to cast shadows over people again.

But the people of the Ministry of Magic can't even touch his shadow, and can only make terrorism appear again and again.

Harry is like a thorn in the bottom of their hearts, always thinking about sex——then, at this time, pushing him out and asking him to participate in a competition that is inherently life-threatening, other than wanting him to die Alice could think of no other reason.

Everyone stared blankly at Harry, no one expected this result.

Harry showed a blank look, looked at Hermione and Ron, "I didn't put my name in, you know I didn't."

Alice looked up at Dumbledore, waiting for him to cancel Harry's place. Since it was something outside the rules, and it was so obvious-why not just ignore it?

This is for Harry's sake and the best way to protect him.

However, Dumbledore soon let her down. He looked solemn, and without saying anything else, he let Harry walk into the room where the warriors were waiting.

Would Dumbledore not have noticed it was a conspiracy?

How can it be!

But he obviously disregarded Harry's safety and pushed him into such a trap—for what, to lure the snake out of the hole?Draw out the manipulator, draw out the traitor in hiding, even draw out Voldemort - to catch them all?

This may be the right thing to do in the big picture, as long as Dumbledore can keep a close watch and keep Harry safe - but it certainly puts people at great risk.

Alice finally realized that Dumbledore is indeed a leader, he can sacrifice a few people in exchange for the long-term future of the majority.

Dumbledore may be a righteous, powerful and responsible person, but Alice no longer dares to fully trust him—when his own safety and the interests of the majority are at opposite ends of the balance, he will definitely not hesitate Giving up on yourself as long as you can win a bright future for more people.

This is contrary to Alice's thinking - she would rather bear the burden of the world than cause accidents to those she cares about.

She knows that she is undoubtedly selfish and narrow-minded, so she will definitely not be a great person-but it is really impossible for her to see her important people in danger.

She may not care about other people, but she will definitely not care about her own people.

Elimination of terrorism, a peaceful life, this is what everyone longs for - but when you really have to sacrifice yourself to pave the way first, would you be willing?

I am afraid that many people will hesitate, which is why soldiers are respectable—especially like peacekeeping forces, they are risking their lives to defend their homes and countries.

Alice knew that what Dumbledore did was not wrong, he was looking at it from a longer-term perspective, and it was also for the consideration of more people-but Alice did not dare to stand on their side, even though he might represent justice, but She didn't have the courage to rush to the forefront at any time.

When Dumbledore and the judges all entered the Warriors' Room, the auditorium was in chaos, and everyone was buzzing about Harry's selection.

The Hufflepuffs were particularly outraged that Harry's election, which they believed to be shameful cheating, meant their House had more Hogwarts hero Cedric Diggory a competitor.

Alice pursed her lips and did not participate in any discussion—they obviously focused on different things, and these remarks seemed meaningless to her.

They didn't think about the possible meaning behind this obvious anomaly and what consequences it would lead to, but instead focused on the increase in the number of contestants and Harry's cheating methods.

The dinner ended in chaos and all students were asked to leave the auditorium.

And Harry was confirmed as the No.4 warrior, and stayed in the room temporarily to understand the specific rules of the game with other warriors.

When he walked out of the auditorium, Malfoy's face was completely darkened, and he walked quickly towards the Slytherin lounge with a gloomy face.

Hermione frowned, apparently thinking about something.But Ron's face looked very unnatural.

"What's the matter with you?" Alice walked over and looked at Ron and asked.

"What can I have," said Ron sullenly, "do you have anything to do—I want to go back to the lounge first."

Alice stared at him, said nothing, and Ron strode away.

"He's angry," Alice said to Hermione in a certain tone. "He thought it was Harry himself who signed the name, right?"

"I think—" Hermione said slowly, after a pause, "well, he might—be a little jealous."

"He didn't expect that the consequence of Harry participating in the competition would probably be his death, right?" Alice said indifferently.

"Harry is so famous," said Hermione, frowning. "You know Ron always has to compete with so many brothers at home, and he is always easy to be left out when he is with Harry. He never mentioned it before." , but I think—this time he couldn't take it anymore..."

But Ron was Harry's best friend, and the closer the person was, the more painful it was to be stabbed——Alice's lips moved, but she still didn't speak.

She pursed her lips and changed the subject, "This time it should be a trap specially set for Harry, do you have any ideas?"

"Tell Harry to write to Sirius and tell him what happened," said Hermione quickly, her expression serious. "It's not an easy thing to do. I don't think any student can cheat the Goblet of Fire. Those It's clear they're after Harry and he needs to be protected."

"Have you anything to suspect?" said Alice, "about the manipulative—"

"Not yet," Hermione shook her head, looking extremely worried, "but I guess - it should be Voldemort's men."

"Are you going to wait for Harry here?" Alice asked.

Hermione nodded, "I need to talk to him first."

Alice didn't say anything more, and she didn't mention anything like asking Harry to voluntarily withdraw from the game. She knew that with Harry's personality—or Gryffindor's characteristics, it was almost impossible for them to voluntarily withdraw.Even though there are many dangers ahead, when he is confirmed as the fourth warrior, it means that he must participate-there is no option to give up voluntarily.

Even if the person who was kicked out at this time was replaced by Alice, she would call out to abstain from the very beginning, no matter who said or what was stipulated, since it was obvious that there was a conspiracy in front of her, she would definitely not do it— But her approach obviously won't work for anyone else.

Alice reached out and patted Hermione on the shoulder, and left there.

In the next few days, Harry's life really became difficult.

It's like going back to the second year when Harry was found out to be a possible heir of Slytherin, only now it's worse - Hufflepuffs are absolutely disgusted with Harry in order to support their champion; Winclaw thinks that Harry must have performed some kind of trick to become a warrior, a villain in order to earn more fame; let alone Slytherin, he has always held great malice towards Harry.

And the most unbearable of all, was Ron - this time he no longer sided with Harry, but avoided Harry like other Gryffindors, and stopped talking to him.

As Harry's good friend for a long time, Ron's attitude really made Harry uncomfortable, but he didn't want to beg Ron to talk to him. The relationship between the two of them was so stalemate-these Only when Hermione and Alice were willing to believe in him, and Hermione was always by his side, Harry finally felt less lonely.

No matter in or out of class, Hermione always accompanied Harry, comforting him and persuading him—Harry followed her advice and wrote to Sirius about the incident, and tried to ignore the attitudes of the people around him, but he was almost inseparable from her stay together.

Alice has become cautious in her actions at school recently. Since someone can do something in the Hogwarts hall, who knows what will happen to those people if they are still there?In addition to attending classes these days, she only goes to the library and dormitory. She doesn't go out alone or wander around casually.

As soon as she returned to the lounge from outside this afternoon, Malfoy threw a shiny bauble in the face.

Alice reached out to catch it, and found that it was a large badge with the words "Support Cedric Diggory - A True Champion of Hogwarts" printed on it.

Alice looked up at him, but said nothing.

Malfoy stood up from the sofa, and said slowly: "There are other tricks, you press it in—"

Alice tried to press it according to his words, and the words on the badge immediately changed to "Potter stinks".

"Funny, isn't it?" Malfoy sneered, raising his eyebrows. "Perfect for Potter, isn't it?"

"Very boring, in fact," said Alice quietly. "You always like childish things, don't you?"

"Childish—it's not naive at all!" Malfoy said viciously, taking a step closer to Alice. "You should be wearing it to class tomorrow! Show up to Potter like all the Slytherins!"

"I refuse." Alice threw the badge on the sofa, turned around and walked towards the dormitory, "What's the use of you doing these things—it can't change anything except for some unpleasantness."

Before going in, she looked back at Malfoy who was standing with his back on the spot, "You should learn to grow up, young master Malfoy."

Malfoy turned around, staring at the direction where Alice's back disappeared for a few seconds, an angry light flashed in his gray-blue eyes.