Chapter 393 The Useful Twins
The auditorium was now empty, and the flames of the candles were already very low, which made the jack-o-lantern's toothy smile look flickering and eerie. Ada and Harry had left the small room and were heading back to the Gryffindor common room.
Harry lowered his head and followed Ada awkwardly. He suddenly said: "I'm sorry, Ada, you could have..."
"What are you talking about? It's not like you put your name into it." Ada said, "You don't think you've stolen my limelight, do you? Young man, you think too much."
When a school selects a warrior, he should naturally receive the full support of his school. When a school elects two warriors, the school's support will naturally be dispersed. But Ada didn't care at all about the support of her school and classmates.
The three schools participating in the Triwizard Tournament are the best schools in Europe and one of the best in the world. The competition between these three schools will inevitably attract the attention of the European magic world, and newspapers will rush to report on the progress and results of the competition.
What Ada wants is this, a reasonable and legal opportunity to become famous, a chance to show her strength. It makes no difference to Ada whether the opponent is two people or three people.
Ada even hoped that everyone would stop competing and just have a duel, with one battle determining the outcome. It doesn't matter if you don't feel confident, Ada can let Krum and Fleur go together, three to one is no problem.
The first event is on November 24th, the second game is after the new year, and the third game is almost due. Really, can't you hurry up and stop wasting time?
Harry was very grateful to Ada for believing in him, but the more Ada believed in him, the more guilty Harry felt. Harry's embarrassment and hesitation did not escape Ada's eyes.
"Instead of feeling sorry for me, you should think about how to deal with other people. Don't let the rumors defeat you before the first project has even started." Ada said with a smile, "Defeat two big names at once. I feel quite accomplished as a person."
Harry suddenly stopped. Yes, who in the school would believe what he said? Ada believed it, and so would Hermione and Ron, but besides them? Besides these few good friends, who would believe that he didn't cheat and put his name in the Goblet of Fire?
This is also a headache for Ada. Ada can predict what will happen at school tomorrow. Harry will be isolated, ostracized, and even ridiculed in front of others.
But Ada knew that she was powerless to stop it, and the crowd was so angry that she could no longer suppress it. Students will not think deeply about the conspiracy behind Harry becoming a warrior. In their eyes, Harry is the beneficiary of cheating and the cheater.
Just like Harry, people who don't meet the registration requirements will be dissatisfied. Everyone doesn't meet the requirements. Why can you, Harry Potter, successfully register? The most important thing is to be selected?
Those who meet the registration requirements but are not selected are equally dissatisfied. Why can people who are not even qualified to register successfully register and become warriors? Why?
Just a word of "why" can set off a storm, enough to swallow up a person's bones. While worrying about the hidden conspiracy, Harry also had to be careful not to let himself be drowned in saliva, which would also be difficult for the child.
Fortunately, these are all things for tomorrow, at least tonight the Gryffindor common room is in a festive atmosphere. There are two warriors in Hogwarts, both warriors are from Gryffindor, double the joy!
In the common room, the little lions surrounded Harry, stuffing various drinks and food into Harry's hands, screaming, cheering, and whistling. Everyone was curious about how Harry did it, how he passed the age line.
Although Harry repeatedly said that he didn't know what was going on and that he had never done anything, the little lions did not believe Harry's words and did not even realize that Harry had no intention of celebrating at all.
Ada found a place to sit down away from the crowd. Although she was also a warrior, everyone felt that it was natural for her to be selected, so everyone just said a few words of congratulations to her and let her go.
Fred and George also broke away from the noisy crowd and walked to sit next to Ada. The two brothers also brought her a glass of pumpkin juice.
"Is there something wrong with Harry becoming a warrior?" Fred asked.
The twins also noticed that something was wrong. Harry never showed any intention of signing up for the Goblet of Fire, nor did Harry make any attempt. As a result, now that he suddenly became a warrior, the two brothers naturally became suspicious. .
Seeing Ada nod, George then asked: "Then if someone really threw Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire on purpose, what was his purpose? Did he want to help Harry, or did he want to harm Harry?"
Fred and George asked in unison: "Also, when warriors representing three schools were clearly selected, why did Harry's name appear? Is it because the Goblet of Fire doesn't know how to count?"
"From what I know, someone does want Harry to compete. It's not clear what he wants to do. It's just not for Harry's benefit anyway." Ada said, "Moody gave a guess. I think It’s quite in line with the actual situation.”
Then, Ada told what happened in the small room at night, the ugly behavior of Ms. Maxim and Karkaroff, and Moody's thoughts.
Moody believed that someone had cast a particularly powerful confusion spell on the Goblet of Fire, causing the Goblet to believe that there were four schools participating, and that Harry was the only student from the fourth school to register.
The two brothers thought carefully, seeming a little annoyed that they didn't think of the method of confusion spell, but soon they were no longer annoyed. They were still unable to cast a spell to confuse a high-level magic item.
"Do you have any suspicions?" George continued to ask, "Speak up and let's think about it together."
Ada pointed out three fingers and said: "I have three suspects. The first is Ms. Maxim. She has the ability to do this, but I don't know what it means to her, so I think she is the least suspicious."
If something goes wrong at Hogwarts, the first people to suspect must be these outsiders. Ms. Maxim obviously has giant blood. When Voldemort was rampant, some giants chose to become Voldemort's servants.
"The second one is Karkaroff. He was once a Death Eater. After being arrested and imprisoned, he escaped punishment for betraying other Death Eaters at the Council. Later, somehow, he actually became the He chose the headmaster of Durmstrang. There is really no one in this school. He chose such a complete thing." Ada said disdainfully, "Given his former status as a Death Eater, maybe he wanted to take credit from his master. !”
Fred said: "I heard that Durmstrang teaches black magic to students. Karkaroff is a Death Eater and his professional counterpart. Maybe he was chosen for this reason."
"I heard a lot about Durmstrang from my grandmother." Ada shrugged and said, "Anyway, if it were me, I would never go to that shabby place of Durmstrang."
"Is it worse than Hogwarts?" Fred asked with a smile.
Ada nodded and said, "It's colder than Hogwarts, and it's worse than Hogwarts."
Even though Ada and the twins broke through Hogwarts one by one and disliked the cold and old place, they could only talk about it themselves. If outsiders dared to say so, they must discuss it carefully.
Where did you say it was worn out? Do you dare to say it again?
"Who is the third person?" George asked, "It can't be Mad-Eye Moody. He was an Auror before. He filled half of the cells in Azkaban."
The fingertips of Ada's hands met together, and the index fingers of her left and right hands kept shaking, and she said: "The third one is indeed Moody. I always think he is strange, but I can't say what is strange about him."
Excessive force, Ada always felt that Moody was a little too forceful, whether it was the Defense Against the Dark Arts class or his behavior in the small room at night.
Fred suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Do you remember what Seid's chatty dad said to his father that morning when we set off from the Burrow to King's Cross Station?"
After Fred's reminder, Ada also thought of the conversation in the fireplace that morning. Moody said that he was attacked and caused some problems. His Muggle neighbors also called the police, but the Ministry of Magic found no trace of Moody being attacked.
Was it true that Alastor Moody was not attacked that night? Is this all Mad Eye Moody’s imagination? Is the Professor Moody I see in school really Alastor Moody?