Chapter Twenty-Six: Gentlemanly Manners
On Sunday evening, Phoenix stood barefoot on the shore and bent over to find a suitable stone. Hermione sat on a rock, tilted her head to look at him, and gushed about Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, who told Harry last night on Floo.com.
"It's no secret that Karkaroff was a Death Eater. "He was arrested and later released." He cooperated with the Ministry of Magic and gave many names. Does he dare to go back? No, certainly not. On the contrary, he was terrified to death, knowing that Voldemort would not let him go. ”
"Who do you think it is?" asked Hermione slowly, "Who else would Dumbledore be wary of when he arranged for Professor Moody to come to Hogwarts?"
"I don't know, anyone can possibly. The parade in the World Cup, I told you. Harry wasn't too surprised by Harry, and I don't think Dumbledore was surprised, more of a worry. The missing witch of the Ministry of Magic, you know? I mean the newspaper. ”
Phoenix threw the stone flakes with great force, and the water flakes rippled, and the stone flakes continued to bounce and finally fell into the water.
"Bertha Jorkins?" said Hermione, "didn't notice, did it matter?"
"I think it's important. Not her, but the place where she disappeared - in Albania, where Voldemort was alive and well, and as a member of the Ministry of Magic, she should know a lot. But then again, Voldemort probably wouldn't kill her, and it was better to put her back after the torture, no one cared about a small Ministry of Magic staff anyway. But if she goes missing, it will always attract the attention of some people, especially the ones he fears."
"So--the Mystic might know about the Tournament?" Hermione asked, thinking along Phoenix's train of thought, "He should be the only one with Peter - you said the Mystic was unhappy with those people, and they abandoned him. ”
"Or maybe he'll just come to the door—"
"You say he's resurrected?" Hermione gasped.
"No, it's definitely not, I've been on his guard, and Klaus will definitely contact him when he comes back to life. "But, whoever threw Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire, he did it with the intention." If anyone wants to kill him and make everything look like an accident, this tournament is the perfect opportunity. ”
"Isn't it the same for you?" Phoenix grinned, "Your—is that Klaus going to stand by and watch?"
"If you look at the same thing from different angles, you will come to different conclusions. For me, this tournament is a rare one, and it can quickly raise my reputation and show those people that I am not going to be tied up. If all goes well, I'll be out of the situation I'm in no time. ”
"Well, you have to be safe. Hermione knew he wasn't going to change his mind.
"Of course, let's go back. ”
When Hermione returned, she rushed headlong into the library. Blake hadn't had time to say how to deal with the dragon, she and Harry were racking their brains to think that the magic could deal with the dragon without being particularly complicated, which was not easy. Hermione didn't ask Phoenix, and he didn't help Harry's will.
"Like eating a car, you're about to lose. Andrei said with a smile. He and Phoenix sat in the courtyard playing chess, and Phoenix lost three games in a row.
"Don't worry—yes. He pondered his next steps.
When Harry came to Phoenix, Andre reminded him softly.
"What- oh, Harry. Hello, what's the matter?" Phoenix said in amazement, not knowing what he was here for.
"Hello, that's the case—I have something I want to talk to you about. Harry didn't want to say it in the presence of others, and André gave Phoenix a look and walked away.
"Phoenix," Harry said as soon as Andre got to a position where he couldn't hear them, "the first project is a fire dragon. ”
"Oh?" Phoenix, of course, wasn't surprised by what Harry said, but how he knew. He pretended to be uncertain, caught off guard by the news.
"It's the dragon," Harry said quickly, "there are four of them, one for each of us, and we must pass by them." ”
"Are you sure?" said Phoenix, in a low voice.
"Absolutely," said Harry, "I saw it with my own eyes. ”
"How did you find out? We shouldn't know—"
"Leave it alone," Harry said quickly, "I'm not the only one who knows. Fleur and Krum now know - both Madame Maxim and Karkaroff have seen the dragon. ”
He stared at Harry. In this case, the dragon is already near Hogwarts, and in this case, Hagrid may be able to take him there.
"Why are you telling me?" he asked.
Harry looked at him in disbelief. Immediately realized that their relationship was not close, and going to the secret room in the second grade may be the only time they were close friends. Last year, when Phoenix represented Slytherin against Gryffindor, there was even less connection between them.
Harry couldn't let his strongest rivals face those behemoths unsuspecting—he couldn't afford to see him die. Perhaps, with Malfoy or Snape, it would be-
"That's—fair, isn't it?" he said to Phoenix, "we all know now - we're all at the same starting point, aren't we?"
It's quite personable, Phoenix just thought of this. Oh, oh, oh, I heard a familiar voice behind me. He turned to see Mad-Eye Moody coming out of a nearby corner.
"Potter, you come with me. He said in a gruff voice, "Peverell, you go." ”
Harry looked at Moody in horror. Did he hear their conversation?
"Hmm-Professor, I'm going to a herb class-"
"Leave that alone, Potter. Please come to my office—" Moody, apparently, had been staring at Harry. Normally, Dumbledore wouldn't let him wander around.
After the doorman went to the empty building, André returned with a Beauxbatons boy.
"Hey, he's really not a good chess player. ”
"Straight down to business, Henry. I didn't get anything out of his mouth, he was shrewd. ”
"Normal," Henry restored the board, and the two restarted the game. "He didn't make a loud noise, he didn't send anyone to contact us. I could see that he had his own plans. ”
"What about us?"
"We don't move. Anyway, he just participates, and it makes no difference how he participates. If he can't survive this time, it's fate. Henry was confident in his chess prowess, his eyes were fixed on Andre and he played blind chess without looking at the chessboard.
"What if, he survives?"
"Then help him. This is what my father meant, Klaus is always shouting and shouting to kill, magic can't solve everything. Besides, he didn't win Grindelwald or anything. ”
"My father said the same thing, he said that if Klaus succeeded to the throne, he would fight the third battle of Istanbul. But I've heard that Asia wants to protect him. In a few days, an Asian observer group will stop by Hogwarts to watch the game. ”
"Yes? I guess it's all for the '98 conference. What is the big thing in this century, why is everyone so weird. Henry was silent for a long time after speaking, and suddenly said, "Like after eating, General, you lose." ”
"No, you lost. With a sly glint in Andrei's eyes, Henry looked down. The chess pieces did not listen to his command at all, and the chess game was completely different from what he had calculated.
"Damn, you're cheating. ”
"That can't be helped, my family's wizard doesn't know you, who asked you to use the polyjuice decoction to become someone else's. Andrei laughed.
"Nonsense, can I use my own looks? Feelings are not you, go and confuse the Goblet of Fire. ”