After a joyful and frenaizing Christmas, the Triwizard Tournament continues. Luckily, although there were a few twists and turns, the second project was almost successful.

Now, all that everyone has to worry about is the last item on June 24.

On the eve of the third event, a twenty-foot-tall hedge was erected in advance of the Quidditch Arena at Hogwarts. The well-manicured hedges form a large and complex labyrinth with many artificial obstacles and puzzles that require the contestants to solve with their own minds and spells.

Sirius is committed to using his time at Hogwarts to help his godson, Harry, with these Triwizard Tournament projects. He kept reminding Harry to focus on the game and not on anything else, and that things outside the walls of Hogwarts - especially the mess of personnel and changes in the Ministry of Magic - Harry didn't need to care, and couldn't take care of.

Liu Quan is not very clear about the details of the original work, and she is not a standard HP fan in the world of Bunsheng, so when it comes to this moment of undercurrent surging, in addition to futile anxiety, she finds that she has nothing to do for a while.

She remembered that Voldemort would be resurrected at the end of the Goblet of Fire, but how, who but Wormtail was involved in the conspiracy, and what was Harry's place in it?...... She didn't know any of it.

And, unfortunately, although the system instilled some knowledge about the original and the fandom in her at the beginning, if you think about it carefully, you will find that the knowledge is incoherent, incoherent, and even has limited hints about the development of the story. Perhaps because she didn't want to interfere too much with the fragile plot balance of the world as an outsider, the system seemed to be quietly and tightly controlling her understanding of the plot - even when she herself automatically and spontaneously recalled some knowledge about the original HP in the world of Bunsheng, the system bacteria never relaxed its monitoring of this part.

So, even though she remembers that Cedric Diggory will die at the end of this episode, she doesn't know how it happened!

Willow Springs' admitted, even though his father, Amos Diggory, was a bit of a babbling annoyance, but Cedric Diggory was undoubtedly a very likable and good boy. He is handsome, excellent, hardworking, friendly, and many wonderful adjectives are suitable for complimenting him. Although she didn't know him as well as she knew Harry, he wasn't a big supporting character in her mind - and no one better understood how a big supporting character could struggle with a terrible and difficult fate, didn't she.

However, she tried to hint at Dumbledore's problem when Crouch Sr. disappeared, but Dumbledore apparently had no better way to prevent it than she could clearly point out to him that Moody was an impostor, but she didn't dare to tell the truth at the risk of the world collapsing immediately.

Besides, how could she explain why she was able to foresee these secrets in advance? She was Lily Evans, the flower of Gryffindor, one of the backbone of the Order of the Phoenix, but that didn't mean she had the buff of Infinite Trust in front of Dumbledore and the others. Without a plausible and convincing explanation, even she couldn't prevent others from having the slightest legitimate doubt about her.

In the midst of this ambivalence of dilemmas, the date of the final leg of the Triwizard Tournament is gradually approaching.

On the eve of the third event, after the curfew, Liu Quan stood in front of a window in the corridor on the eighth floor, looking out over the arena.

Beneath the dark sky, the lines on the other side of Hogwarts Castle are shadowed in the dim moonlight. In the distance, there was a dark forbidden forest, and it seemed that the night wind could be faintly heard blowing through the canopy.

Tall hedges have been erected on the Quidditch field, and the maze has been built. In the depths of that labyrinth, the Goblet of Fire will be placed there - and then what?!

Unaware of the fact that his hands on the windowsill had curled up his fingers and clutched the old wooden window frame of Hogwarts Castle.

[I want to ...... I gotta go...... She thought so.

Then the long-lost system bacteria suddenly appeared in her mind.

What else does the player want to do?] Its voice was cold and calm, successfully stopping Liu Quan's feverish brain at that moment.

[Do you want to stop Harry? or Cedric Diggory?] It continued to speculate calmly, its voice becoming more and more indifferent.

Liu Quan: [...... ］

Speechless for a moment because he had somehow guessed his idea, but knowing that it would be impulsive and dangerous to do so, Liu Quan had no choice but to turn his gaze away from the neat rows of hedges and look at the night sky with few stars in the distance.

［...... I don't remember the exact plot that followed,] I don't know how long she was silent, but she finally said to the system bacteria in her brain, [so every step I take next may be dangerous...... ］

The system fungus sneered.

[So, player, are you going to convince me to give you more spoilers?]

Liu Quan was silent.

[Players don't seem to be as resigned to their fate as they used to be," it continued to comment in a sneering tone. Of course, even if Liu Quan was shocked after hearing this evaluation, she didn't reveal it, let alone say anything.

【...... Do you think that you have experienced so many worlds, such a long life, and have never failed before, should you think that you can become a little higher and more virgin?

Sure enough, the system bacteria were followed by a cold taunt.

[Do you think that with your own ability, you can exert your excellent character of compassion in this world, and it will not lead to any serious and irreversible consequences, don't you?]

Liu Quan continued to be silent. However, the system bacteria with the [Epic Mind Reading Technique], which is an anti-heaven skill, have already seen through everything.

It paused, and suddenly said in an emotionless tone: [...... Do you want to know the truth? Now I can tell you. 】

Liu Quan: ?!

[Why did I warn you at the beginning of entering this world that this world may be your last level, and you can get extremely high points and meet the conditions for all access to the game?...... That's because, before you, there have already been more than a dozen players who have failed this level. 】

In the silence of the night, the voice of the system bacteria echoed in her head, and it seemed to shake her brain for a moment - although she knew that it was only a communication between consciousnesses, and it was impossible for the sound of the system bacteria to be transmitted to the outside world and heard by others.

[This level is the most difficult. This is not just a casual statement. 】

[If we want to keep this world from collapsing, we have tried all kinds of possibilities. Players before you have played a variety of roles, and Severus Snape is not limited to additional side quests. 】

[Why do you designate him as a side quest target instead of anyone else when you raid this world?, that's because no one else has the same position and importance as him, enough to maintain a certain balance in this world.] 】

[Do you think we haven't tried to appoint Siris Black, James Potter, or even Harry Potter himself as the player's quest?!]

I don't know if it's Liu Quan's illusion, the system bacteria sneered lightly.

[In the end, we found out that, in the final analysis, there were only two characters in the title of the original book - the prisoner of Azkaban, Cyris Black, and the half-blood prince, Severus Snape.] 】

[In the previous week, the player who was ahead of you in terms of points and rankings also played Lily Evans, and the side quest object accepted was Siris Black.] 】

[It's a pity that she failed.] ...... Moreover, her failure has led us to terminate her main quest and evacuate her from this world, otherwise the world, which has already experienced multiple mission failures, is too fragile and threatens to collapse at any moment, and can no longer be repaired. 】

[And the real Lily Evans you meet in this world is the original character that we deliberately never really withdrew.] Because the world can no longer afford to completely withdraw from this important person a series of vacuums. Not even if you jump into that role right away to fill it. You have to form a new balance somewhere with you on the repair mission as the fulcrum for the world to continue to function. 】

[Hence the conclusion we have reached. 】

[Cialis Black is important in the original work, but because he didn't survive to the finale, this importance is greatly reduced. 】

[So we only have one possibility left-]

[Severus Snape, who died in the finale.] 】

[However, it is also wrong to rashly use him as the object of the main quest.] We've tried and failed to do this in the previous week. 】

[He is still different from the previous world's Hijikata Suizo after all. ...... After all, Toshizo Hijikata supported and led the Shinsengumi to the end, and his disappearance can almost be equated with the disappearance of the Shinsengumi, so his storyline is enough to support the whole world. But Severus Snape couldn't. He only served as Dumbledore's assistant - to put it more brutally and bluntly, as a marionette - to the end according to Dumbledore's arrangement and intentions, but his overly abrupt and hasty death ended this, and after his death, neither Hogwarts nor the wizarding world was in danger of extinction. In the world of HP, it is not Severus Snape who bears the responsibility of supporting the continued survival of Hogwarts and the wizarding world, but Harry Potter. 】

[Only such a small difference, after we deeply studied and reflected on all the previous failures, was determined to be the key to whether the world can be repaired and continued, and it is also the key to listing Severus Snape as a side quest target instead of a main quest target.] 】

Now, it's up to you, the last player of this world. 】

If you still can't succeed, the world will never have a chance to be repaired again. There is no doubt that the moment you fail, the world will fall apart. 】

You don't even have a chance to think about the punishment you will suffer if you fail," the system coldly concluded.

[Because your ridiculous sense of justice and comical qualities of compassion will crush your own in that moment—think of the lives that have disappeared because of the collapse of this world!

[So, haven't you learned anything from the people you met along the way?!] The questioning of the system bacteria hit Liu Quan's heart hard.

[Kunimitsu Tezuka, Keigo Keibe, Reiji Munakata, Toshizo Hijikata, Ichi Saito...... Are these people just names in your memory for you?!]

Think about it, stop being presumptuous, player!] it finally snapped.

[If you think about it and think that the Virgin Mary is more important, you will not have a chance to accomplish what you want to do!, because before that, you will be judged to be a dangerous person who will pose a threat to the world and be directly wiped out!!]

Willow Springs: ?!!

The night breeze blew in through the open window, cold and messy against her face.

For the first time, the system bacteria in front of her loudly counted the names of those who had left traces and memories in this part of her life.

So...... It must be because the situation has reached a very urgent juncture, and it feels that if it doesn't do this, it won't be able to wake up the players who are already obsessed, right?

Liu Quan was silent for a long time.

[You always sacrifice yourself and fight for the team. 】

【...... The so-called victory begins to go away at the moment you realize it. 】

[It's also my pride to be able to fight with you.] 】

[We Shinsengumi will unite no matter what difficulties lie ahead, I am so convinced. 】

...... The chaotic voice sounded in my head.

Those deep memories have been opened. The pictures that I had seen in the Endless Palace, from Tezuka and Traces to Koichi and the Deputy Chief, their faces, their voices, suddenly seemed to return to her eyes, and they appeared very close to her.

Liu Quan blinked slowly. Then, all the shadows in those hallucinations disappeared. There was still only a deep dark night in front of her, and the country that was about to enter summer had a still cold night breeze, as if carrying the ancient and contemplative atmosphere emanating from this ancient castle.

[There are innocent ordinary people here, and there are also your companions!!, do you understand?!]

She was startled, and shuddered.

[As one of the Seven Kings, plus the duty of R4, I must defeat you. But the Sectakata Reiji personally - I just want to save you, Zhou Fang!]

This is the voice of Munakata Reiji. What reverberated in her memory was a plot that she had never experienced in person, but that she had witnessed in the Endless Palace.

[I'm sorry for letting you draw the next lot.] This is Zhou Fangzun, his voice is as always, like a lazy lion, always so careless, lifting weights like light.

【...... If you're really sorry, you should think of a way to do it before it gets to this outcome!] This was the heavy, heart-wrenching voice of Reiji Munakata.

The tragic scene was clearly engraved in her mind from the moment she saw it, and occasionally turned into a nightmare to haunt her in the middle of the night.

Strangely, when she scrolled through so many images related to the precious people she had met in the past, the last thing that came to mind was two people who she had not reached the ending of the line with the highest favorability in the first place.

Fushimi Sarubiko said, "I hate people with a lot of energy. If he just looks down from above, and is not moved by the small feelings of the people below, isn't the king just a boring and lonely person. 】

Izana said: "I believe that my research can make everyone happy...... But what I've discovered is the power of loneliness. Although many people followed, it seemed that each king was walking alone——]

She unconsciously used the same language and picked up Xiao Baijun's next sentence.

“...... It's as if I and everyone else parted ways on that day. ”

Then, she closed her eyes and smiled slowly.

The smile gradually turned into a wry smile, and then a tear that could not be stopped by closing her eyes came out from under her closed eyelids and slid down her cheek with a click.

“...... I get it. She said.

Opening her eyes, she looked at the huge labyrinth of hedges in the distance, and whispered as if in a trance: "With a sword to make a sword, our righteousness has no haze—"

Then, she laughed silently.

"'Righteousness'......" she said as if to herself.

"It turns out that in the face of 'righteousness', even life is so small. ”