Chapter 170

You are right that Hogwarts is the safest place, but:

First grade, Voldemort.

Second grade, little Voldemort and the basilisk.

Third grade...Although it is related to the Death Eaters, it is the easiest year, but it is not much better, because Nietzsche was there during the summer vacation, and she also escaped death several times.

When she thought of this, Hermione was so angry that she pinched Nietzsche's face hard, and then found that the touch was surprisingly good.

While he was not awake, Hermione pinched his face to vent her anger, and thought: If it was Nietzsche, what kind of reason would he find?

So she said: "Don't be silly, the sudden restart of the Triwizard Tournament is a symbol of maintaining peace in the European wizarding world. Because Fleur and Madame Maxime have a good relationship, we have to help Fleur."

Harry Potter has a high empathy, he will not refuse.

And Cedric is a good student. When he heard that it would help unite the wizarding world, he also agreed.

Krum didn't care about these things, but as a Quidditch rising star, he cared a lot about other people's eyes and had a strong self-esteem. He could even sign autographs for fans with annoyance.

Therefore, when Harry and Cedric looked at him with admiration, he could only nod silently.

"Very good... Harry, you tie them to Krum's broom with water plants. Senior Cedric, you go to the front to lead the way, and I will stop the giant squid above you." Hermione held Nietzsche and began to lead the way up.

Although the giant squid of Hogwarts is usually very docile and occasionally pushes students who accidentally fall into the lake back to the boat, it is completely different in the game.

Its huge size can break the armor charm with just a wave.

Underwater, only Hermione and Cedric, who are protected by the bubble head, can recite the spell. Harry can move easily underwater and can push the flying broom to speed up, while Krum is responsible for controlling the direction of the broom carrying four people.

"Set sail!!" Seeing the shadow pressing in, Krum let out a vague roar in the water.

It's too heavy... Five people sat on a flying broom. Fortunately, it was underwater, otherwise it would have been broken long ago.

Harry kicked his legs with all his strength. He didn't need to worry about oxygen at all. He could breathe and push hard.

They were like a fleet encountering a storm at sea. When the first wave of huge waves hit, Cedric used the barrier spell to slow down the impact. Although he was overturned several times by the current, the mission was considered a success.

Because Krum and Harry could withstand this pressure and continue to rise.

'Captain' Hermione raised her wand high above them, and took advantage of the Norwegian sea monster's slowness to slowly move it away.

The drums and horns of the mermaids became more and more urgent, and the offensive of the tentacles whipped one after another. Perhaps seeing that his trick didn't work, the clever squid changed another method: it leaned over and wrapped its tentacles around.

Those suckers that opened and closed, and the squirming fangs, were things that students would never see on weekdays.

The squid was like this, the more the prey struggled, the tighter it would shrink...

"My magic power and their oxygen are almost exhausted!" Cedric shouted anxiously.

"I'm thinking of a way!" Hermione's wand was the only light now. She concentrated and thought of a way, "Hold on! I'm thinking of a way... Think about it, Granger, what are the rules of the game?"

As long as the warriors can go back with their respective goals, that is, they have to leave the water first.

To be honest, a powerful wizard like Dumbledore should know some secrets of magic, and he also knows many rare or unknown ancient languages.

Levitation? No, this giant squid with magic, the size alone is not something she can contend with now.

Apparition? Hogwarts banned wizards' space magic.

The magic she had learned was turned over page by page in Hermione's mind. Suddenly, she thought of an alternative magic - Transfiguration.

The difficulty was that water was very difficult to control. It was always in a state of flow, which did not meet the requirements of Transfiguration, but she did not need to change the water of the Black Lake into anything else.

She tried to change the language to mermaid language, chanting "Vera Verto" over and over again

Not enough... still not enough, unknowingly Hermione actually followed the melody of the mermaids' singing outside and chanted.

Maybe it worked, because she heard a lot of water splashes in her ears. They were wrapped in the tentacles of the giant squid, and the water splashes were sucked out from the gaps. Then, they felt that their internal organs were about to be thrown out.

A huge whirlpool appeared in the entire Black Lake, and the gentle giant squid was like a freshly baked meatball, spinning and spinning, and was thrown to the shore.

When the tentacles opened, the sunlight made everyone squint their eyes. The fresh air replaced the damp, fishy smell of mucus, and Hermione seemed to be swallowed and spit out by something.

The people in the stands stood up, stretching their necks to look back.

"Are we still alive?" Cedric popped the bubble, staggered away, and breathed in big gulps of air, "I don't want to play with this squid in my life."

He thought he was going to be eaten.

Nietzsche also woke up at this time, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Hermione sitting on the ground in a duck-like posture. The mucus and lake water made her clothes fit tightly to her body, forming a perfect curve.

But at the same time, he felt his face hurt.

Nietzsche covered his left face and said, "My face feels like it was pinched by a crab..."

Hermione said angrily, "It's normal to have crabs at the bottom of the lake~"

(End of Hermione's perspective)

Chapter 257 'Master of Performance' Moody

It was very uncomfortable to be soaked all over, especially when Nietzsche and Hermione supported each other and stuck together, the feeling of close connection was very intriguing.

Several blankets flew over, and after they wiped the mucus off their bodies, they casually put them on their heads.

Ginny also woke up, and her wet appearance made Harry look crazy. Before her brother Ron came over, she seized the opportunity and kissed Harry on the face lightly.

Then Qiu Zhang followed suit. The biggest beneficiaries today should be Harry and Cedric.

"What about you?" Hermione bent her elbow and said weakly, "Doesn't your Highness intend to express her appreciation for your warriors?"

The place where the giant squid landed was still some distance away from the stadium. Yu Nietzsche turned his head and took advantage of the couples behind him who were immersed in their hugs and kisses. He was in high spirits.

He rubbed his hair hard, making it very loose, and the black hair fell on his ears. Then he blinked like Irene Adler, and the posture was very much like a noble lady who sneaked out of the city in disguise.

In just a blink of an eye, Hermione almost misjudged him.

He pretended to be shy, and their heads got closer and closer as he walked. Just when Hermione thought they were going to kiss, he suddenly stopped.

"Sadly, you're right, but..." Nietzsche used his fingers to wipe away the fishy giant squid mucus on her face, and said playfully, "But let's talk about it when you have time, okay?"

Unlike Ginny, Qiu and others, this move between him and Hermione was more like flirting.

When Nietzsche found that the audience and referees rushed over from the stadium, he immediately put away his previous bird-like appearance, tugged at his wet clothes as if nothing had happened, and stood aside without saying a word.

"Your drama performance has improved again." Hermione shook her head helplessly, looking at the cheering people with annoyance.

Madame Maxime seemed to be in a much better mood. She held Fleur's hand and gently patted the back of her hand to comfort her. It seemed that Hermione also helped Headmaster Dumbledore.

When Fleur excitedly hugged Gabrielle in a trance, Nietzsche knew that the friendship between Beauxbatons and Hogwarts had warmed up a little.

"Thank you..." She looked at Hermione with complicated eyes, "I didn't know Gabrielle would be included in the competition, so I panicked, but thank you anyway."

From her words, one can still feel the conflicting emotions.

Dumbledore and several referees pulled Hermione away from Nietzsche, and then asked several other warriors before getting the score.

In the end, in this game, Cedric tied with Krum and Harry, all with 40 points, while Hermione had 47 points...Even if they cooperated, they could be distinguished from each other in terms of magic.

Even Karkaroff had to admit Hermione's talent when he saw the water vortex she created.

"Then the third event will be held in June, and you have plenty of time to prepare." Scrimgeour said.

But at this moment, Moody's peephole tied around his waist suddenly turned, and he shouted in the noise: "Something's going on, Rita Skeeter is here! Don't try to do bad things secretly!"

He angrily got in and out of the crowd, rudely pushing many students to stagger.

Nietzsche followed him around for several times, but he didn't see Rita. Disillusionment was even more impossible, after all, the fake Moody's magic eye could see through the invisibility cloak.

Moody's move made Bagman alert instantly, and he looked around timidly.

"Astori." Dumbledore called him calmly.

"Wait... She must want to make up something that goes against the facts. I said, it's better not to let me catch her!" Moody hit the grass frantically with his cane.

Nietzsche looked for a long time and found that the fake Moody was really angry, not pretending. He didn't know how many people Rita Skeeter had offended.

To be honest, he originally just asked the other party to protect Mr. Crouch in disguise.

亅　 But it seems that it would be better if Rita sacrificed herself to become the evidence of the fake Moody. In this way, when he rescued her again, she would owe him a favor...

"That woman again!" Nietzsche pretended to be angry, raised his fist and hit the air hard, "She only wants to keep an eye on what happened in Hogwarts and make up some stories that are unfavorable to the principals."

Madame Maxime looked at him with appreciation and followed suit.

After the second project, everyone became curious about what happened under the water. They gathered around Hermione in groups, wanting to hear how she turned the tide.

Hermione talked a lot about the use of magic, saying how she created a whirlpool and threw the giant squid onto the shore, but no one wanted to listen to the boring and tedious magic knowledge, so only one day later, they turned around and surrounded others.

Ginny and Harry are now the focus of Gryffindor. Nietzsche saw Ron biting his fork enviously several times.

Perhaps because of Moody, Hermione was rarely harassed by Rita this time.

"Luckily you asked her to go find Mr. Crouch, otherwise I might be as miserable as Ginny." Every time Hermione walked into the hall, she would always look at Ginny struggling in the crowd with heartache.

"Really? I think she was scared away by Moody..." Nietzsche looked at the empty seat in the guest of honor.

Now the relationship between the three schools has eased a little. Students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang sit casually at the school table and chat with people they are interested in.

Since the end of the second project, he can always see a few Gryffindor students sitting at the Hufflepuff table, or Ravenclaw students running to Slytherin to talk and laugh with Durmstrang students.

And the flags on the table are also randomly inserted. Malfoy sat at the Ravenclaw table several times. If he hadn't quarreled with others, he would have thought that others sat in the wrong seat.

"That's not surprising!" George said, sitting opposite the two of them. "Skeeter wrote bad things about Mad-Eye Moody during the summer vacation."

"I dare say she won't be proud for long... In order to maintain the safety of the school, Professor Moody stares at the Marauder's Map every day." Fred poked the plate disappointedly, "But I think this Marauder's Map will probably never come back."

The Marauder's Map can show the passages outside the specific secret room in Hogwarts, and can also observe everyone's path.

In other words, no matter what method Rita Skeeter used to enter the school, she could be discovered by Moody, which was not good for Nietzsche.

However, at breakfast time on Friday, a brown owl landed on Nietzsche's shoulder. It was not his and Hermione's owl, but it picked up food from a bowl on its own.

Its feathers were very messy, and it looked like it had been flying for a long time.

But Mercury was not accommodating. It flapped its wings fiercely and used its claws to push the evening full of food behind itself.

"There is a letter from Rita." She pulled the envelope off the owl in surprise.

Nietzsche immediately put down his knife and fork, habitually crossing his fingers on his nose. If he guessed correctly, Rita should have found news about Barty Crouch.

When Hermione opened it, the content was just as he expected.

The handwriting was very light, indicating that the speed was fast and the writer was very anxious; the spacing between the characters was tight and there was a lot of blank space between the lines, indicating that the other party would pause for a while after writing each paragraph and lacked courage.

The letter read:

Crouch was not at home. I noticed that his mental state was very bad and he was staggering when he walked. This was a sign that he was trying to break free from the Imperius Curse. He kept muttering "Hogwarts" and "He killed Bertha"...

This is big news! Great, I have already thought of how to start it. It's called "The Director of the Ministry of Magic Killed an Innocent Witch". How about it?

It seems that Rita Skeeter has no idea what she has been involved in.

Chapter 258: The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole is behind

After Rita's letter arrived, the plan that was delayed by the second competition could finally be put on the agenda.

After Nietzsche and Hermione finished the potions class in the afternoon, the professor did not even mock Potter, and hurried to the principal's office with them.

"Crouch killed Bertha Jorkins?" Scrimgeour was the most surprised. He walked around the principal's office with his eyes bulging. "This... She disappeared in Albania... But how could she offend Crouch like this."

He had no preparation. After being called to the office, Dumbledore directly showed him Rita's letter.

"Bertha, Bertha, how did you damage his interests..." The head of the Auror was puzzled.

"What does Crouch value most?" Nietzsche asked calmly.

In everyone's eyes, Barty Crouch always seemed to be the kind of workaholic who dedicated his life to the Ministry of Magic.

In this office, Dumbledore's confidants, such as Remus Lupin, the deans of Gryffindor and Slytherin, gathered. They all expressed more or less distrust of the news from Rita.

There was no way, because she was notorious?

"During the most rampant period of the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters, he advocated that the Aurors fight violence with violence. Mr. Crouch hated dark wizards the most. You know that Fudge's minister was picked up, right? It was because of something that happened later..."

"His son is a Death Eater. Because of this, Crouch was devastated and his career came to an end."

俿 Scrimgeour was very familiar with the former director of the Executive Department because he was one of the many Aurors back then.

Hermione reacted quickly, she immediately realized something, and whispered: "He excused his son?"

"Excused? He sent his son to Azkaban himself!" Scrimgeour's face was solemn, "I watched the child die in prison... and was later buried outside the prison by Dementors."

But the next second, he seemed to realize the key point and suddenly shut up.