Chapter 690: On the eve of the game
Time flies, and two months pass in a flash.
However, to the surprise of Ivan and others, the magical world was very stable during these days, and the school classes were going on as usual, and everything was so peaceful.
Even when he was in Potions class, Snape rarely asked them for trouble, but his face was still gloomy, and he didn't know if Dumbledore had assigned him some new tasks.
As the end of the semester was approaching, the young wizards in the castle had become more and more urgent to stop their usual leisurely appearance, so that the originally empty library and lounge were suddenly crowded with people in the afternoon.
As the Warriors, Ivan and Harry have a heavier burden on their shoulders, after all, they still need to prepare for the upcoming third game.
Equally nervous about the two of them was Hermione, who had been sorting out the spells she might use during the match for the past few days, and making sure Ivan and Harry had mastered them all.
"Professor Moody once said that the final game was to be played in a large labyrinth, and they would put some ingenious traps and dangerous magical creatures in the passages of the maze as a test... Other warriors may attack you, too! ”
Hermione talked to Harry about the dos and don'ts of the game, and suggested that he practice the offensive spells on his list more these days, and be prepared to fight his opponents to the death in the maze.
Harry kept nodding, but he looked a little absent-minded the whole time.
Ron patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly. "Stop thinking about the mystery man, Harry! Maybe it's just a nightmare you've had, it's been more than two months, and if you really want to do it, the mystery man will already have a move! ”
"That can't be a dream, Ron!" Harry retorted. "I didn't know who Barty Jr. was at the time, but I heard Voldemort mention his death, do you think that's possible?"
"But even if that's true, we can't do anything right now, and you might as well think about it for a few days......" Ron said with a pout.
Harry didn't reply, he knew Ron was right.
In fact, the calm of more than two months gradually made him doubt the reality of the dream, and he feared that his words would make the professors' efforts in vain.
Thinking so, Harry sighed and turned his attention to the long list of magic spells in front of him, most of which he had successfully mastered in the past two months, but he was still not very proficient in using high-end spells such as the Iron Armor Charm.
In contrast, Ivan, who is also a warrior, is much more relaxed.
He had mastered all the basic magic on the list in the early years, and the final exams had never been a problem for Ivan, so he became the most laid-back person in the entire lounge, with a daily prophet in his hand and looking through it carefully.
The previous incident with Barty Jr. made Ivan vigilant, and paid more and more attention to the importance of intelligence, and reading the newspaper almost became his daily habit, so as not to miss some key news.
It's just that recently, the Daily Prophet is full of reports related to the Final Three, or some lace news, and there is not much nutritious content at all, and even the arrest of Barty Crouch is not mentioned, and Ivan guesses that it was probably suppressed by Fudge.
I just looked at it for a while, and just when Ivan thought that there was a lot of lace news today, he was suddenly attracted by the content of one of the pages.
"You can take a look at this message!" Ivan threw the Daily Prophet in his hand onto the table, pointed to the news column on it, and spoke.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all leaned in curiously to take a look.
"Three days ago, a Muggle was attacked by a curse?" Hermione said in disbelief after reading the news.
"That's right! And the place where the accident happened was in that seaside village! Ivan said with certainty.
Although this is not explicitly stated in the Daily Prophet, Ivan was able to roughly analyze it based on the familiar background on the photographs.
"Peter and Voldemort must have started to act, let's go tell Professor Dumbledore!" Harry threw down the book in his hand and was about to run out.
Ivan stretched out his hand and grabbed him, and said helplessly. "No need, Harry! You don't think Professor Dumbledore doesn't know about this, do you? Don't forget, the professor keeps an eye on it! ”
"Maybe Professor Dumbledore drove the mystery man away!" Hermione guessed.
"In that case, isn't the mystery man's plan in vain?" Ron was very happy, the news that the mysterious man planned to slaughter the village and resurrect him was scared enough.
"How can it be so easy!" Ivan shook his head solemnly, he didn't think Dumbledore and Voldemort had met yet.
Otherwise, with Voldemort's current half-dead state, it would have been impossible to escape from Dumbledore's hands, and there was no mention of wizarding battles there in the Daily Prophet.
This means that Voldemort is still lurking in the shadows.
There had been no action for two months before, and Ivan thought it was likely that Voldemort was looking for a suitable time to make a move, such as ...... The day the final match of the Goblet of Fire begins!
As the referee of the Triwizard Tournament, Dumbledore would stay at Hogwarts that day to preside over the entire game, and without Dumbledore's great enemy, Voldemort would be much more at ease.
This attack may have been a test to know how the members of the Order of the Phoenix responded, and whether they had exposed their whereabouts and made Voldemort aware that something was wrong.
While they were discussing, an owl flew in through the opening of the window, and after wandering around the common room, flew straight towards Harry, dropping the envelope he was clutching at his feet onto the table.
Harry opened the envelope with ease, pulled out the parchment inside, and when he read the contents of the letter, he looked excited.
"Who sent you the letter? What is written on it? Ivan asked curiously.
"It's Sirius! He wrote that during the third game, the Ministry of Magic would invite the relatives of the Warriors to watch the game, and he would come over that day! Harry said with a delighted look.
"That's good news!" Ivan smiled, but he didn't know if Althea would come, she seemed to hate Dumbledore and was always reluctant to enter Hogwarts......
(PS: I've been in a bad state lately, and I can't adjust it for a while, so I'm still a change today, sorry...... )