Even after the previous conversation with Nicolamay, Brandi has been trying to communicate with Hey Ha in the wand, trying to force Hey out of the core of the wand as Lemay said.

However, no matter how hard and soft it is, it doesn't seem to work very well - Brandi can easily feel Hey dozing in his wand even through his powerful mind, but there is no way to communicate with it and get it out.

Until he remembered the scene when the Chamber of Secrets and the Basilisk were fighting. At that time, he didn't even think about the guardian spirit, but Hey came out on his own just as he was about to be killed by the basilisk - and even helped Brandi remove the petrification effect!

And then think of Hehe, every time there is movement, wake up the potion...... Philosopher's Stone ......

Hey! This little guy is only interested in magical things!

Brandi had thought so, and he seemed to have guessed correctly.

The feeling of exhaustion rushed up like a tidal wave, and then gradually subsided, and Brandi felt the rough and hard touch of the bark behind him. Gradually, his feelings returned......

When he opened his eyes, there was a shallow tooth mark on his wrist, and the owner of the tooth mark seemed to have turned his face and disappeared after eating and wiping it as before—and at the same time took with him almost three or four percent of the magic on Brandy's body.

Tsk, it's really expensive enough to ask you to do a favor, if you have the ability, you can change the owner to see, I'm curious about who else can afford you except for leeks like me!

Brandi pursed her lips and struggled to her feet. He didn't know exactly what kind of curse Sister Orianna had put on him, and he hadn't learned about curses at all. But unlike the petrification in the secret room, although the curse was lifted by Hehe, his body was still full of exhaustion and weakness, as if he had just slept for a long time in the dark, and then opened his eyes from the bed-

By the way, it's the same feeling I had when I met Katie before lunch. I was put down by my senior sister before breakfast, and I didn't get up until noon, hmm...... Four hours. If you were to be hit right now, wouldn't you have avoided the wizard duel match perfectly!

That's true!

He shook his head vigorously, shook off the fatigue in his body, and walked towards the castle with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

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"Britney! Oh, thank goodness you finally showed up, where the hell did you go! Stepping through the castle gates, Brandi had just passed through the foyer when a voice of surprise rang out in the distance. Brandi, who was still a little distracted, turned his head in a daze, and found that his robe had been grabbed by someone, and his body was involuntarily pulled in the opposite direction.

"Wendy-sensan ......?" Puzzled, he asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"What for?!" Wendy's expression was slightly annoyed, "There are still ten minutes before the game starts, but our Hogwarts participants haven't even arrived, what do you say I'm here for." Cho and Katie are still looking for you in the castle right now! ”

Ten minutes???

Brandi gasped as he looked at the huge wall clock in the foyer, yes, it was fifty o'clock...... Even if the curse is lifted, did you accidentally fall asleep because you stayed up late yesterday? What should I do now, it's too late to find Oriana!

"Don't be aside, hurry to the dueling arena, Madame Maxim will inform us of the duel order and precautions before the game." Seeing Britney standing in a daze in a daze, Wendy Marbell only said where she had dozed off and hadn't woken up yet, and hurriedly dragged and dragged in a hurry, and two soft little hands pushed her back hard, and finally barely shoved Britney into the wizarding dueling arena before the game.

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Brandi has never been to the Wizarding Dueling Arena...... In addition to jumping up and down all day looking for the Death Eater hiding in Beauxbatons to steal the Second Seal, the main reason is that the doors are closed almost all year round.

The original intention of the construction of the dueling arena at the beginning seems to be to cultivate the self-defense ability of the young wizards as soon as possible during the period when the dark wizards are rampant. It's just that with the defeat of the first Dark Lord Grindelwald and the second generation of the Dark Lord Voldemort, the entire European wizarding world suddenly entered a period of unprecedented peace, and the meaning of the existence of the dueling arena itself gradually became unimportant. Today, it has been completely reduced to a place where Beauxbatons used to store miscellaneous items on weekdays and to house students in emergencies.

It wasn't until the arrival of the Hogwarts group that the dueling arena, which had been sealed for many years, was restored to its original appearance.

"Ho ......"

Seeing the scene in the gate, even Brandi, who was confused, couldn't help but take a deep breath and began to envy Beauxbatons's strong financial resources.

It's too big, this place is just too big. Undoubtedly, this is yet another room the size of Beauxbatons Auditorium, which looks like the opera house that Brandi visited as a child. The room is a double-layered circular structure, and the hallways are covered with bright red cashmere carpets. There were no windows, but there was no sense of stuffiness, and the ventilation and lighting seemed to be provided by the glowing large magic circle of the room's dome, and in the center of the room was a pure white stage enclosed by a golden fence, with a narrow shape similar to that Brandy had seen in the fifth seal.

At this moment, the teachers and students of the whole school seem to be waiting here to see the show, the stands on the first and second floors are full of people, and the students who did not grab their seats are congested forward, surrounding the stage tightly.

The thought of having to show up in front of so many people in a moment, Brandi just sweated nervously.

"Let's go, hurry, we need to hurry up and get ready." Wendy took his arm and ran down the hallway, sneaking through a small dark door on the side of the room. "Madame Maxim has mentioned the general process before, and when she finishes speaking, it will be the third grade competition - Merlin bless, you must be a little better luck later, this can be regarded as an international competition, and it is a shame to be eliminated before the first round."

"What's that? The first round? Brandi looked at her in surprise, "Is there still a round in this game?" Isn't there one person from every school, and then the third grade plays the third grade, and the seventh grade plays the seventh grade? ”

Wendy's footsteps stopped.

"Who told you that wizard duels should be fair enough to let students of the same level go against students of the same level?" She said strangely, "This tournament is determined by drawing lots." ”

………… Ha?

In fact, it seems that there is more to it than simply drawing lots to determine the order of battle.

“…… All of you represent your school and want to play fairly on the field of play and win honor for your school. Race style, race level, race result ......" When Brandi and Wendy hurried to the players' lounge, Madame Maxim had been here for a long time. That fluent official accent reminded Brandi of a speech at the elementary school sports day.

Seeing that the two of them had come so late, her face showed a slight look of displeasure, but it was immediately covered by a pile of smiles.

"In that case, everyone will already be there." She slapped her face, and two small boxes appeared on the small square table next to her, each with a fist-sized hole at the top, and Beauxbatons and Hogwarts crests painted on the front.

"I think everyone should already know the detailed rules, as for Miss Marbel and ...... Well, Miss Spears, you can ask your classmates later, and I won't repeat it. Then, the guests will come first, and the Hogwarts girls will be selected. ”

Madame Maxim smiled and said, "Start with your youngest third-grader, and if you win a few numbers, you will be facing a junior opponent from our school. The winning side gets one point, and the loser's lowest remaining player moves on to the next opponent, so that's fine. ”

"Well, let's start with you, Miss Spears. Good luck~"

14：07

The space was as quiet as death.

On the sixth floor of the castle, the door of the school hospital opened lightly, and the squeaking sound was particularly harsh in the corridor where even a needle could be heard falling on the ground. A tall figure squeezed out of the crack in the door, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth when she saw the empty hallway.

The man began to walk down the hallway, unhurriedly. Her destination seemed clear. Turning around and descending to the fifth floor, I walked straight through the rows of classrooms, and the end of the slightly gloomy corridor already faintly revealed the soft sunlight of late spring April.

The destination was close at hand, but she suddenly stopped.

“…… That's pretty much it. ”

She muttered something and then turned sideways into a nearby room.

It was a small place, and judging by the sign next to the door, it seemed to be a storage room used as a Defence Against the Dark Arts prop, and the small space was stuffed with old miscellaneous items and cupboards, and there was little room for people to put their feet on. She tiptoed, carefully stepping over a staggering skeleton and a few dusty cushions to the deepest part of the storeroom—

A standing cabinet stood quietly.

"You must be in a hurry, my child."

A pale hand swept across the surface of the cabinet, and the man said softly. "Don't worry, I'll let you out right away."

…………

A cold voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"I thought you'd be going to take a long detour, Professor Mary."

！！！

Mary spun around quickly, her right hand reaching into her pants pocket. But the other party's reaction was obviously very fast, and the blue light hit Mary's hand in an instant, and she quickly retracted her hand like an electric shock—there was an extra charred mark on the back of her hand.

There was a faint smell of burnt paste in the air.

"Don't move, Professor. As far as I know, no wizard has ever been able to sharpen his hands as fast as the lightning of an electric shock spell...... And I can't guarantee that the next spell will be as gentle as the one just now. The person behind her cautiously walked in through the door, revealing her pretty face.

"It's too dark in the room, maybe we should come out and talk openly, what do you think, Professor?"

Professor Mary hid in the shadows under the cabinet, unable to see her face clearly.

"To tell you the truth, I really didn't expect you to stop me, you really let me down, Miss Thomson."