Chapter 179 Moral Character

On the other side of the room, Eleanor and Lucida had also fought. The two were going back and forth, but judging from the relaxed expression on Eleanor's face, she obviously retained her strength. , and Lucida is just the opposite. Her face is very solemn, and she concentrates on every move, barely allowing herself to make any mistakes.

Schelling appeared. He looked directly at Katalin, showed a naughty smile, and said: "I always treat beautiful women particularly favorably. Are you sure you want to fight with me?"

Katalin knew that she had failed today. Even if she could really defeat Xie Lin, she would not be able to defeat the two brothers joining forces. Not to mention, once Eleanor takes care of Lucida, she will have no chance to escape even if she wants to.

She showed a wry smile and said, "If I give up, what will you do to me?"

"Let's go! I don't want to fight with you." Xie Lin shook his hand, "But don't think about the hostages. Just admit defeat on this project!"

Schelling was indeed sure of capturing her, but he didn't want to expose too much of his strength in front of Draco and Eleanor, especially since he was sure that as a descendant of the first family of France, Katalin must still have the skills to win over others. Use it. After all, today he was purely here to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and this fight was not in his original plan.

Katalin glanced at Lucida who was still struggling to resist, gritted her teeth, swung her fish tail, and swam up quickly.

At the same time, Eleanor scolded, and just used a sealing magic to seal Lucida into a container similar to a crystal coffin.

Xie Lin swam towards Draco and Eleanor. Although he had suspicions in his mind, he still asked: "Brother, do you have a way to return to the ground by yourself?"

Seeing Draco nodded, he used the stone transformation technique to transform Hector, Lucida, Irina, Miles, and Gallup into stone statues and put them into the suitcase space.

Then, he said: "Eleanor, there is no time to chat now, we don't have much time left. Save the hostages first!" Eleanor nodded in agreement.

Xie Lin directly used the cutting spell to cut off the ropes binding the hostages, and then took Daphne into his arms. At this moment, Daphne was still sleeping. I don't know what sweet dreams she had, and even her lips still had a gentle and peaceful smile. , just like the sleeping princess in the fairy tale, people can't help but feel caring.

Then, Schelling hugged Daphne with one hand and untied the Beauxbatons female student with the other hand. She was Katalin’s hostage. It was said that she was a disciple of a subsidiary family of the Monroe family, and her status was like Goyle and Crabbe are Katalin's followers just like Draco.

Xie Lin gave her a not-so-gently shake and threw her behind his back. He stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her slim waist and carried her on his back. This girl's face is pretty good. Although she is not as good as most of the beauties Xie Lin knows, she is not worse than Audrey and Tracy. However, her figure is outstanding. She can feel two plump and soft balls on her back. The feeling, pressed tightly against his back.

Eleanor curled her lips and looked at the stout Poliarco, and couldn't help complaining about why Sai Fang chose this pig as her hostage, but she could only reluctantly hold Polyarco with both hands. The body swings the fish tail vigorously.

After the two of them waved to Draco, Draco stayed where he was and nodded. He only said to Sherrin, "come find me in my dormitory someday" and waved for them to leave quickly.

The mermaid tribe is quite a distance away from the lake. Although Xie Lin was carrying two hostages, first of all, the weight of the two girls was not heavy. Secondly, Xie Lin's physical strength, as well as his bonus to water-based skills in the demon dragon state, made him stronger than Lenore swam a lot faster.

He swam back to shore first.

As soon as Schelling surfaced, Daphne and the Beauxbatons female students both opened their eyes and they all woke up. The Beauxbatons female student looked a little frightened and confused when she saw that it was not Katalin but Sherin who was holding her.

"I knew you would definitely rescue me." When Daphne saw Xie Lin, she showed a gentle smile, then looked at the female student who was nestling tightly behind Xie Lin, and frowned. Frowning, he asked with a somewhat unkind tone: "Who is she? Why is she in your arms?"

"She is Monroe's hostage. A lot of things happened down there. I will explain to you later." Xie Lin said quickly.

The stands were full of people, shouting and shouting, and everyone seemed to stand up.

At this time, Eleanor also surfaced, only about a quarter of an hour later than Schelling. At this moment, she had taken off her mermaid costume and restored the bubble-head charm costume she had before falling into the water. She dragged the stout Polyarco with all her strength, and finally got him out of the water. Polyarco yawned greatly, as if he had just woken up from a sweet dream, and ended up eating hard. A blast from Eleanor.

Several of them waded towards the shore. The judges all stood there and watched. Dumbledore was squatting by the water, talking closely with a mermaid who looked particularly rough and fierce.

Xie Lin guessed that this mermaid's memory might have been modified a long time ago.

Dumbledore made that high-pitched, piercing sound that mermaids make on the water, and apparently, he also spoke merfolk. Finally, he stood up straight, turned to the other referees, and said, "Let's have a meeting first and then make the score."

Madam Pomfrey welcomed Shaylin, Daphne, Eleanor, Polyarco, and the female students of Beauxbatons over and gave each of them a thick blanket and a cup of hot refresher.

At this time, Harry, Ron, and Katalin were already there. The three of them were sitting there wrapped in blankets. Harry and Ron talked in low voices from time to time, with excited expressions on their faces, while Katalin sat there expressionless and silent.

At this moment, Bagman's voice, amplified by magic, suddenly rang in their ears, and the audience in the stands suddenly quieted down.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally made a decision. Merkus, the mermaid leader, told us exactly what happened under the lake. We decided to give each warrior the following score based on a full score of 50..."

"Although Katharine Grindelwald-Morrow showed excellent use of the Whale Lung Curse, she was attacked by Grindylow when approaching the target and failed to successfully rescue the hostages. We give her 25 points."

"Harry Potter took Gillyweed and achieved amazing results. He was the first to return with the hostages, but he exceeded the stipulated time of one hour by one minute. Therefore, we give him 47 points."

"Eleanor von Hohenheim used the Bubblehead Curse, which was very effective, but she was the last to return. According to the mermaid's report, she was unfortunately entangled by a giant squid underwater, so it took a lot of time. I We give her forty points. "

"The last warrior, Shaylin Malfoy, used his original human transformation technique to effectively enter the water. "Bagman continued, "He was the second to return, but the time he used was far more than the stipulated time of one hour. However, the mermaid leader told us that Mr. Malfoy could have returned earlier. He failed to return in time because he wanted to ensure the safety of all the hostages, not just his own hostages. "

"Most of the judges," Bagman glanced at Karkaroff with great dissatisfaction, "felt that this fully reflected the noble moral demeanor. However... Mr. Malfoy's score is forty-two points. "

Shaylin's mouth corners slightly raised, and his eyes seemed to inadvertently sweep across Katarin's position, but the latter seemed to have no sense, and still sat there expressionlessly.

Every word the mermaid said was probably arranged by Katarin. Obviously, after this battle, Katarin has already given in. The entire Ghost Society was wiped out, and a family with a size and strength similar to Monroe turned against her. She could no longer find hope of turning defeat into victory. Her show of goodwill was to win more favor from Schelling, hoping that if Schelling won the Triwizard Tournament in the end, he would let her go and stop chasing her.

As for Walpurgis, she also needed to notify the family as soon as possible to respond. She didn't know all of Walpurgis's hidden power, but she also knew that Walpurgis would probably not let her, a loser, off easily.

Since she was born, because of the two blood talents she possessed, she has always been the apple of her family's eye and the pride of the entire family. The family has poured countless efforts and resources into her, allowing her to go smoothly all the time, creating an illusion that everything is under control.

This defeat severely shattered her fantasy. The current situation is obviously out of her control, and she feels deeply powerless. Regardless of whether the Malfoy family retaliates or not, regardless of whether Walpurgis punishes or not, these two potential threats have become two heavy burdens hanging on her heart.

Although Sherin ranked second in this project, he is still ranked first overall.

His total score for the two projects is 92 points, while Harry and Eleanor tied, both ranked second with 85 points, and Katalin ranked last with a mere 70 points.

Harry's heart jumped with joy, and he clapped his hands with Ron with pride and laughed. In the first project, he ranked at the bottom, but this time he surpassed to second place in one fell swoop. Who dares to say that he has no hope of winning now?

Daphne stared at Sherin with a smile, and said softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "So you are not taking advantage of girls - you are showing moral demeanor!"

"Uh..." Sherin didn't know how to answer. He wanted to righteously defend his innocence, but thinking of the touching touch he had just enjoyed from behind, he was speechless for a moment.

"The third and final project will be carried out on the evening of June 24th," Bagman continued. "The warriors will be informed of the specific content of the project one month in advance. Thank you for your support to the warriors."

(1) The magic used to modify memory is not the Oblivion Spell often mentioned in other fan fiction, but another magic. The original book does not mention the name of this magic, but this book sets it as the "Memory Manipulation Spell". This magic has been used by Voldemort, Slughorn and Hermione.

(2) Voldemort used it on his uncle and the elf Huggies to deceive everyone in the Ministry of Magic at the time, including the Wizengamot headed by Dumbledore. Even Dumbledore did not realize the existence of Horcruxes until many years later (after the diary), and then he realized that something was wrong with the case that year, and used Legilimency to extract the real memory again. According to him, this is a very difficult and technical process.

(3) After Slughorn fabricated false memories for him, Dumbledore was even unable to forcibly extract the real memory, and a "fragmentation" phenomenon appeared after the false memory.

Summary: - Dumbledore could be deceived by the memory modification spell without using Legilimency specifically. Even if he deliberately used Legilimency to investigate, he might be able to detect something wrong, but it was not 100% possible to extract the correct memory.