Chapter 183 The Secret of the Forbidden Forest

Just when the onlookers saw that Lu Yunkai completed the test in just five minutes and thought that the second task might be too simple, the other contestants proved with their actions that Lu Yunkai was able to complete it so quickly purely because of his own ability.

After more than forty minutes, the second person appeared on the water.

Krum appeared with Hermione in a mess.

After being pulled ashore by his classmates from Durmstrang, he explained why it took him so long:

It turned out that he attacked immediately after seeing the mermaid guarding the hostage. The guarding mermaid could only be forced to fight back, but was no match for them, so he could only call for help from his companions... As a result, he was repelled twice by the group of mermaids, and finally snatched Hermione.

He made it more difficult for himself.

Lu Yunkai silently gave Krum a thumbs up in his heart.

After that, five minutes later, the third person finally appeared: Fleur.

But there was no Gabrielle beside her.

Because she was worried about her sister and was unfamiliar with the area, Furong got lost, and was attacked by some magical creature in the water that she didn't even recognize, causing the underwater breathing spell to fail, and she was almost entangled by water plants...

That's what she said herself.

But her worried look was not an act at all.

Although she was pulled out of the water by her classmates, she was still crying her sister Gabrielle's name in a bath towel.

"Yunkai, since you are so fast, why don't you go to the water to help Furong find her sister?"

Daphne, who had recovered on the side and was wrapped in a huge bath towel with a smile on her face, encouraged Lu Yunkai.

"…What are you doing? There's no danger, there's no need!"

"But she's worried! If you go and help, she'll definitely be very grateful to you, and then she'll be excited... maybe something good will happen to you!"

"…Are you sick?" Lu Yunkai laughed and tapped Daphne's head gently, "I'm telling you, if you keep saying the opposite of what you mean, be careful that I'll take it seriously!"

"Oh." Daphne smiled and stuck out her tongue.

Anyway, she's in a good mood now.

When Dumbledore found her today and said that she was undoubtedly the most precious person to Lu Yunkai, she felt so proud in her heart. Although she had a little doubt about her own value when she saw that Harry's precious person was actually Ron, what else could Daphne say when she saw that Lu Yunkai found her and brought her back in just five minutes?

This is destiny!

As for Lu Yunkai's nagging...

It feels even sweeter to listen to!

"But I'm a little worried about Harry." Lu Yunkai sighed softly, "He should have been the second person to find the place just now! Why hasn't he come up for so long..."

"Could he attack the mermaid? Like Krum..."

"It's not impossible. His impulsiveness is comparable to Krum's. But the problem is that the time for the sac grass is only one hour. If he delays any longer, I'm afraid he will be in danger."

"Yeah." Hearing Lu Yunkai say this, Daphne also put away her smile.

Although she didn't care whether Harry would be in danger, she knew that Lu Yunkai cared, so...

I hope he's okay.

Time continued to pass, and finally, the time was about to come.

Not only Lu Yunkai, but also everyone on the rostrum began to get nervous.

The shadow of the death of warriors in every Triwizard Tournament seemed to begin to loom over...

And those viewers who thought that the game setting was simple and Lu Yunkai could easily complete it before, now don't mention it anymore.

Fleur failed, and Harry's whereabouts are still unknown...

Just when the crowd began to get agitated and even planned to go down to the lake to search for Harry, finally.

Harry appeared on the lake.

Two hands, one holding Ron, the other holding Gabriel.

"Okay..."

Seeing this scene, Lu Yunkai, who was ready to drink another bottle of potion to jump into the lake, stopped, smiled helplessly and shook his head.

This brat was planning to save Gabriel as well, so he delayed for so long!

It really deserves to be Gryffindor!!

Well, this time, Gryffindor is a compliment.

So he didn't care about the details of whether the two were still opponents in the game, and whether the game was over. He rushed to Harry's side in a few steps, took out two bottles of potion from the system, and poured them into Harry's mouth because he was a little choked by the expiration of the effect of the sac grass, and his body temperature was too low after staying in the cold lake water in Scotland for an hour at the end of February, and he looked like he was dying.

The Gryffindors who were busy wrapping Harry in blankets did not stop Lu Yunkai from doing so.

They were not worried that Lu Yunkai would poison Harry or something...

And seeing that Harry, whose face had turned black and blue and looked like he was about to die, almost immediately regained his color after taking two bottles of potion, the worried Gryffindors finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are sick! Don't you think that if there is really danger, can Dumbledore and the others ignore it? You don't need to be a hero!!" Lu Yunkai complained to Harry.

"But the egg clearly said..."

"Daphne told me that it was Dumbledore who found them and persuaded them to be used as hostages. Otherwise...how do you think those mermaids captured these four people at the same time?" Lu Yunkai sighed, "Okay, You were obviously in second place, but you were forced to be second to last.”

"...It's good that people are fine."

There was a shy smile on Harry's face, but he nodded seriously.

"Forget it. As long as everything is fine." Seeing Harry's smile, Lu Yunkai really lost his temper and sighed softly.

At this time.

"Oh! Thank you! Harry!! Thank you!!"

Fleur squeezed in next to Harry.

Another really worried person.

The emotional Fleur was very grateful to Harry for saving Gabrielle, and even gave Harry a big kiss...

"What, are you envious?" Daphne, who was next to Lu Yunkai, teased him.

"I'm envious. I've never seen you thank me so much...ah! What are you doing!!"

"You didn't want it!!" Daphne blushed and wiped her mouth.

And around, a group of booing people were shouting "Oh! Oh! Oh!"...

This girl! !

Lu Yunkai smiled and sighed.

Well, Harry is right, as long as people are fine, everything else...

unimportant.

There was chaos below for a while, and those who were taken hostage also woke up one after another, and then came to their "warriors" to express their gratitude. Finally, the results of the game came out.

Dumbledore, as a representative, announced the results of the second round.

Lu Yunkai's first place has no resentment. Not to mention the speed with which he brought Daphne back, as the only challenger who completed this task completely dry, he truly deserved his title.

After seeing the mess of the other three warriors, no one (not even Karkaroff, who had been trying to lower the scores of the warriors from other schools in the first round) had any doubts about his performance.

And the second place...

"The leader of the mermaids just found me and said that Harry Potter was the second to find the hostages. He persisted until the end to ensure that all the hostages could be rescued. In order to commend his actions, we unanimously decided , giving him the second place rating.”

Dumbledore's words aroused applause from many people.

In addition to the Gryffindors who were excited to find something, the Beauxbatons students also applauded one after another.

Although Fleur, as the representative of Beauxbatons, was not without controversy in their school, Gabrielle's cuteness was unanimously recognized by everyone. Otherwise, how could this little girl, who will only enter Beauxbatons in three or four years (in fact, because of Chrissy, Gabrielle seems to want to go to Hogwarts more now), get into Beauxbatons' carriage? Come to Hogwarts as one of them!

The third place belongs to Krum. Fleur, who did not find the hostage, has not completed the task, so she can only be ranked fourth.

"The third and final event will be held on June 24th. Before that, I hope all participating warriors can be fully prepared." When talking about this, Dumbledore looked at Lu Yunkai intentionally. At one glance, "It will be a real head-to-head competition."

Lu Yunkai was stunned for a moment, but he still nodded.

What does it have to do with me? Look what I'm doing!

As Dumbledore finished his speech, Lu Yunkai was lifted up by several Slytherins headed by Blaise.

Then, amid Lu Yunkai's protests, the group of people carried him all the way back to the Slytherin lounge.

The celebration begins.

Although Lu Yunkai's performance in the first round was eye-catching enough, and he even killed a dragon in public, due to some inconvenient reasons (well, mainly because of his greed for money), he was pushed to second place, although he was also A good result, but the first place is Harry Potter...

So at the end of the first round, this group of Slytherin students were in a state of wanting to celebrate, but lacking something. Lu Yunkai even felt that Malfoy took the group of boys who were not very active in Quidditch training last year to start training again because of this factor: he didn't want to show that he cared about the Triwizard Tournament.

But this time it was different. Lu Yunkai defeated the other three people with an almost perfect performance, showing his absolute dominance. In this case, the Slytherins who had been suppressed for several months instantly released their passion.

Then……

"Can you put me down? I'm...a little afraid of heights!"

Lu Yunkai felt a little helpless as he watched several people changing shifts and singing tuneless songs like "Lu Yunkai is our king".

He was still thinking about the big event that Chrissy told him!

"Meow! There's no rush." ​​Kris, who was squatting on Lu Yunkai's shoulder, enjoying the feeling of "human being on top of a cat," narrowed her eyes and called out, "Anyway, everyone is dead, and you can't save them..."

"What??" Lu Yunkai shouted out loudly.

The entire lounge was stunned by his shout.

But just pretend it didn't happen and carry on.

"Barty Crouch, died in the Forbidden Forest. I just saw him being killed... Hehe, you will never guess who did it..."

"..." Lu Yun opened his mouth, dumbfounded.

Barty Crouch? ?

No wonder I didn't see him at the game just now, but... why? ?

"The person who did it was Barty Crouch Jr., his biological son, meow, a loving father and a filial son!!" Chrissy said something sinister and strange that only Lu Yunkai could understand.

"..." Lu Yunkai looked at Chris with shock.

Little Crouch came near Hogwarts? ?

Could it be that Voldemort is here too? !

What is he here for? Why don't I know? Could it be that Voldemort listened to some advice from Crouch Jr. and decided to go around him? Didn't all the work I did before go to waste?

What's even more frightening is, what if Voldemort not only doesn't want him to help him, but starts to doubt himself?

Little Crouch can kill his father today, but he can kill himself tomorrow! Is it possible that from now on he will have to carry a stand-in doll on his back at all times?

For a moment, Lu Yun was so happy that he was confused.

However, Chrissy didn't seem to realize that Lu Yunkai was in a bad mood now. Instead, she was still immersed in the joy of winning the Triwizard Cup, and continued in a daze:

"Meow, actually the big secret I want to tell you is not that Crouch Sr. is dead, but... Crouch Jr. drank the polyjuice potion after killing his father. Guess what? He became ...Moody!"

"ah???"

Moody was transformed by Crouch Jr?

For him to target himself this year...could it be under Voldemort's command? ?

It seems the trouble is really big! !

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