Anyway, when Percy himself received an email from Barty Crouch, asking him to temporarily take care of some things in the Ministry of Magic for him, Percy was still quite excited, after all, at his age, even those graduates of Slagelin were rarely able to become an assistant to an important powerful figure in the Ministry of Magic like him, and be able to handle many things on his behalf. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, reality quickly gave Percy a blow to the head, and it was none other than the two girls who often appeared in their classes when he was in class at Hogwarts, and sometimes followed the teachers to participate in the school patrols.

Percy noticed this more recently.

When dealing with some matters of the International Department of Magical Cooperation on behalf of Barty Crouch, Percy was surprised to find that when these files were finally approved, the signature of the approval was not Cornelius Fudge, as he took for granted, but another name, and the title behind Fudge's name was not the Minister of Magic he was accustomed to think of, but the Deputy Minister of Magic.

After carefully studying the signatures, Percy discovered that the two people who had signed after Cornelius Fudge were first deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic and the other was the Minister of Magic.

Percy, who was very curious about the situation of these two people, but was inundated with all kinds of documents, simply found an opportunity to deliberately send some documents that should have been sent to Cornelius Fudge directly to the two first deputy ministers and ministers who were in the Ministry of Magic...... But soon, the reply came back...... It is not an imaginary fierce criticism, nor is it a direct return, but a very light sentence - too much curiosity will kill people.

Frightened, Percy temporarily stopped the temptation, but the incident was still known to Barty Crouch, who was sometimes awake and sometimes dizzy. Barty Crouch didn't teach Percy anything, but only lightly mentioned to Percy that the two highest-ranking leaders who rarely appeared in the Ministry of Magic were still attending Hogwarts. Then he also pointed out that the documents related to the Triwizard Tournament could be handed over directly to Cornelius Fudge for signing, and if it was handed over to those two high-level executives, it would cause unnecessary trouble.

When Percy wanted to continue to ask why, Barty Crouch only said one of the noble beings, who seemed to be the contestant. And these two, from the beginning of the preparation of this competition, took the initiative to avoid suspicion and did not contact anything related to the competition. Immediately, Barty Crouch seems to have reverted to the mode of workaholic, but Percy, who has become accustomed to this transformation, does not find anything wrong with it.

Looking at Holly, who was talking to Dumbledore not far away, Percy also had some faint envy. Even if he had graduated from Hogwarts, even if he had been a prefect and a male student leader during Hogwarts, and even if he was now sitting in this position on behalf of Barty Crouch, he was still in a very low position when talking to Dumbledore, unlike Mr. Crouch, where communication with Dumbledore was a complete equal.

Feeling Percy's gaze, Holly glanced around with some alertness, but found nothing wrong, looked himself up and down, and found nothing abnormal. Ignoring Percy's gaze, Holly continued to ramble with Dumbledore, "So I had to take Luna and the two of them along the bottom of the lake slowly, although the water at the bottom of the lake is also very fast, but fortunately, the situation is better than the water surface at the higher levels." ”

"I'm trying to find a place at the bottom of the lake where the water is slower, and I can cast some more protective spells on Luna, and then hold her and me together as well. After looking for a long time to find a place where the water was a little gentler to accomplish these things, I saw that she was struggling at the bottom of the lake, and then somehow, she fainted. Holly spoke slowly and methodically, as the time seemed to be approaching, but there was still no sign of any other competitors on the lake.

It's right to think about it, the water at the bottom of the lake has been manipulated by Holly, and it has become extremely turbulent, and it is estimated that even Harry Potter, who is very lucky, may not be so easy to reach the place, not to mention, from the beginning of the game, the reason why Dumbledore set an hour is also because even if it goes well, it will take a long time for a young wizard to find the right direction at the bottom of the lake and reach the designated place. As for the process of ascending, it is not so troublesome, after all, as soon as you surface, someone will definitely come over to help pull you out of the water.

Seeing that she had passed out, her face was a little too pale, and her clothes were a little messy, as if she had been traumatized...... I brought her in, I guess if I didn't bring her...... The consequences are hard to say. Holly explained, regardless of whether Dumbledore and the others would accept the explanation.

Dumbledore only parted his mind to listen to Holly's words, as for the credibility of these words, it must be a big question mark, but fortunately, he can also have a good conversation with the merfolk in the lake later, after all, one more means of communication can allow him to better restore the situation at the bottom of the lake from other angles, which is also one of the reasons why he wants to put the game in the black lake.

As the minutes ticked by, the hour-long deadline was getting closer and closer. The water didn't change in the slightest, and most of the audience clenched their fists to know what was going to happen next.

When the Hogwarts bell rang eleven times in a row, the remaining two players still did not appear on the water......

Time was still passing, but the edge of the black lake, which had been noisy, was silent at this time, as if everyone's throat had been blocked by something. Everyone was quiet, looking at the lake, looking forward to the next second a contestant would appear in the water.

In such an environment, every minute and second seems unusually long.

When a string of bubbles came out of the water one after another from a certain position, everyone's hearts that had just been clenched were slightly lowered. Not long after, a large number of bubbles appeared in another position, but this time, the bubbles only appeared for a short time, which made the people who noticed this nervous again.