Chapter 161: Before the game

"Is the game today?"

In the Great Hall of Hogwarts, Ning An and Daphne sat at a long table next to Gryffindor and ate.

"Hmm...... It's ......" Ning An took the toast in his hand and swallowed a piece of fried egg, not forgetting to glance at a book on the table without a cover.

"You don't have to be in such a hurry to eat, the others haven't come to the auditorium yet."

Daphne slowly paddled the cereal in the small bowl, and the Hogwarts house-elves prepared a very hearty breakfast for the guests.

"Look a little more, and remember it more reliably." Ning An's eyes didn't want to take his eyes off the book for a minute.

"Oh, now you should thank Snape for the potions recipes he taught you?" Daphne took a small bite of cereal, snickering and muttering, making sure that only he and Ning An could hear the voice.

"I have to say, this is a real help, who would have thought that Krum's parents would come."

"Isn't this a normal thing, inviting the families of the warriors during the last project, and you can only blame you for not being prepared."

Ning An closed the book, let out a long sigh of relief, picked up a piece of roasted sausage from the plate in the middle of the table and put it in his mouth, glared at Daphne, and spit out a word lightly

“Глупав”

“Тисиголямкретен.” Not to be outdone, Daphne fought back, and Ning An was stunned for a moment, blinking her eyes, as if in disbelief

"Can you understand?"

"Bulgarian is about the same as Russian, what language do you think I used to communicate in Durmstrang?" Daphne flicked her blonde hair back and raised her head triumphantly.

"Don't be nervous, your Bulgarian is now as good as Krum, at least in my opinion." Daphne's tone softened again, the two of them were just joking with each other.

"Yes, it's all thanks to the Spiritual Word Potion and the Wisdom Enhancer Potion." Ning An stuffed the last small piece of roasted sausage on the fork into his mouth and muttered indistinctly.

A few days ago, he had been informed by Karkaroff that the Warriors' families would be coming to Hogwarts the morning before the start of the third project to watch them complete the third project, and that Krum's parents would also be present.

Wait for Ning An to go back and talk to Daphne before he reacts, Victor? Krum communicates with his parents in Bulgarian, and he doesn't know anything about it.

Fortunately, his skills in potions saved him, and Ning An remembered that Snape had told him that if he wanted to learn a language quickly and in a short period of time, Psionic Potions was the best choice.

Ning An was also left with the assignment of mixing this potion, of course, it was Snape's private teaching to him, and Ning An kept it firmly in his mind.

So in a short period of time, he bought materials and mixed potions, and finally made a bottle of spiritual word potion and a bottle of wisdom enhancement potion, which were enough for him to learn Bulgarian in a short time.

"Hmph—" Daphne let out a cold snort as she looked at the Ravenclaw table on the other side.

Ning An looked back, it turned out to be Furong, she also looked here, the expression on her face could not show joy and anger, as if she didn't see Daphne's gaze, and ate breakfast quietly.

"Won't you go over and say hello?" Daphne asked Ning An.

But soon there was no need for Ning An to say hello, Fleur had already come, and her smile was as bright as the morning sun

"Good morning, Krum—"

"Good morning,"

Ning An responded embarrassedly under Daphne's glare, he didn't understand why Daphne was so careful, didn't she save her first in the second project, why did she become enemies with Furong?

"Will your parents come too? My mom will be here, and dad is too busy for him to come—"

When she said that her father couldn't come, Fleur had a slightly lost look on her face.

"Well, they're coming, but I don't think there's much to see, right?"

Ning An shook his head and said to Furong, "The family is beside you, watching ...... We, the game that risked our lives, weren't that exciting......"

"That's for honor, Victor—" Fleur frowned, then quickly relaxed

"You don't have to show mercy, but you have to be careful of me."

"Ahem—" Daphne coughed heavily, as if choking on the cereal in the bowl.

"Are you alright?"

Ning An hurriedly asked her, but she didn't speak and just stared at Furong, Furong smiled, didn't speak and turned to look at Ning An, and whispered to him:

"It's getting late, I'll go see if my mother is here first—goodbye, Krum."

"Goodbye ......"

Ning An watched Fleur leave the table and walked into the conference room, on the other side, Pani also got up and walked towards the conference room, Cedric and his wife were not strangers to him, the two had lived in someone's house for a while.

"She's beautiful, isn't she?" Daphne silently tuddled at the cereal in the bowl, as if to crush them piece by piece.

"Yes, she has Meiwa blood."

Ning An wondered if Daphne had an upset stomach, otherwise why didn't she finish the little bowl of cereal for a long time.

With a "bang", Daphne suddenly slapped the table and stood up suddenly, startling Ning An, she leaned her face closer, gritted her teeth and whispered:

"You know what? My grandmother once told me the story that the babies were all Errynes banshees, and they would suck the magic and spirit of the wizards, and then eat their flesh and bones, and drink their blood......"

Daphne said as she approached Ning An, as if to add a little horror to the story, she showed a very frightened expression, but apparently Ning An didn't find this convincing at all.

"Well, it's time for me to go, don't leave Krum's parents waiting. ”

He pulled out of his chair and ran to the conference room, leaving Daphne back in her seat and continuing to paddle at the cereal that was almost inedible.

Passing through the foyer, Ning An pushed open the door of the conference room, and there were many people in the room, all of whom turned around when they saw him come in, some of whom he knew and some of whom he didn't.

Pani and Diggory were standing by the door, and when they saw Ning An, they nodded at him, only the two of them understood what they meant to each other.

There were two figures standing by the fireplace, one tall and one short, the wizard was very peculiar, he was tall, with a ponytail, an earring on his ear, and a small fan-like thing hanging on it, and his red hair made Ning An immediately guess his identity, he must be a member of the Weasley family, presumably to see Potter.

And the short and fat woman standing next to him, needless to say, should be Molly? Weasley.

He didn't have much time to look around, and Ning An was seeing Fleur pulling her mother by the wall and chattering non-stop, when he heard someone behind him calling him.

"Victor—"

He turned around and saw a middle-aged man and a woman, both with black hair, the man was quite tall, strong, and had the same hooked nose as Krum, and he immediately understood that this was Krum's parents.

"How was it at Hogwarts? Karkaroff said you did a great job in the Final Three, this is my son! ”

Mr. Krum was very pleased with his son, and once again he thanked Snape silently in his heart for giving him the recipe for the Spiritual Word Potion, and the hurried and fast Bulgarian language flowed in his ears with great clarity, and then he responded in the same language.

The door to the conference room was pushed open again, and Harry reluctantly walked in with his head down, followed by Professor McGonagall, who seemed to have been brought over by the Professor.

"Hey, Harry—"

Ning An admired herself as she talked to the Krums, and could hear Mrs. Weasley shouting to Harry, of course, it was possible that she was too loud.

However, this conversation was indeed extremely boring, and the Krums were nothing more than encouraging their son to win honors such as the Triple Cup for Durmstrang, for the Krum family, and for himself.

"Hello—"

The crisp greeting woke Ning An from the edge of absent-mindedness, and when he looked up, there were already three people next to him, Fleur pulled her mother over at some point, little sister Gabrielle? Delacour took his mother's hand and looked at Ning An curiously, as if sensing that he had just wandered and was snickering.

The Krums had a look of surprise and confusion on their faces, looking at Fleur's mother and daughter who had suddenly come over to say hello, and at their "son" as if they wanted him to introduce him a little.

Ning An had no choice but to bite the bullet and introduce: "Furong? Miss Delacour, one of the champions of the Triwizard Tournament. ”

The two of them shook hands, Krum's parents didn't speak English very well, and Madame Delacour could barely communicate with Ning'an, so they could only watch from the sidelines.

"Fleur told me that you saved her, saved Gabrielle—"

"Where, where, actually, I didn't do anything......"

"She complimented you on being a very good boy......"

“……”

The whole conversation gradually turned into a mutual compliment between Ning An and Madame Delacul, and the Krums nodded their heads in agreement from time to time, and Fleur and Gabrielle snickered vigorously next to them, but they didn't expect the cold-looking, tough Krum to talk like this, although it was not the first time for Fleur to see the contrast of Krum, but she still felt fresh.

Compared to the kind that looks cool, she still likes the current Krum, because she knows that at the critical moment, Krum will show his coolness, and he is a very friendly person on weekdays, watching him communicate happily with his mother, Fleur also has a smile on her face, and her mood seems to have become very good all of a sudden.

After a short exchange, Ning An led "his" parents to the warm grounds of Hogwarts, visited them, and introduced them to his good friend at school, Daphne.

The Krums' eyes immediately became strange, and they looked Daphne and Ning An up and down back and forth, Ning An also felt that he didn't know why, but he didn't want to stay with the couple for too long, after all, he was an impostor.

So he made an excuse that he was not feeling well and wanted to rest, so the couple hurriedly let him go, and asked if he needed to inform Karkaroff if he wanted to let the Hogwarts school doctor come and something like that.

Ning An naturally stopped them one by one, just said that he was a little sleep-deprived, in order to prepare for the triwizard at night, the Krums immediately asked their "son" to go back to rest, and Ning An took the opportunity to slip away, leaving Daphne to accompany the two to continue their visit to Hogwarts.

Ning An lay in his cabin for the whole afternoon, and the Krums returned in the evening, and the three of them had not been in the cabin long before it became dark, and they had dinner in the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

Ning An looked at the enchanted ceiling above, watching the sky slowly turn from blue to dark purple twilight, and his heart gradually cooled.

Cutting the bacon into strips with a knife, he knew that his time was running out to play Krum, as if an old-fashioned wall clock was ticking forward in his mind, reminding him that it was coming, it was coming, it was coming, and the final moment was coming.

His heart gradually turned cold, and he shook his head lightly as he looked at the students in the auditorium who were talking and talking, and seemed to be looking forward to tonight's tri-finals.

Who would have thought?

There was a short and fat figure next to the faculty desk, Ministry of Magic/Zhang Cornelly? Fudge sat next to Madame Maxim, his face tightened, and today he took over the duties of fifth referee in place of the missing Mr. Crouch.

The news of Crouch's disappearance has not yet been announced, which is why the uninformed people here can discuss the next project in such a safe way.

Ning An's gaze swept over the Gryffindor table, Harry lowered his head, and Ning An could see his hands clenched into fists, hanging down on his sides, as if he was nervous, Hermione and Ron sat on either side of him, saying something from time to time.

Further to the left, he saw the Slytherin table, where Malfoy, Eric, and Astoria were all gathered together, but he couldn't see Crabbe and Goyle's two henchmen, who were whispering something to each other, and seemed unusually quiet.

At Ravenclaw's table, he saw Qiu Zhang, she looked haggard and stared absentmindedly at the plate in front of her, Luna sat at the end of the long table, looking around with great interest, Ning An looked away, lest she meet her eyes, this girl always has the power to see through people's hearts.

Crossing the Hufflepuff table, Parney seemed to be as careless as Ning An, he saw Ning An's gaze, the two silently confirmed each other, and then finished looking around, Ning An looked at the ceiling again.

Then, gently close your eyes.

"What does the future hold......" he muttered.

"What did you say, Victor?" Mr. Krum, putting down the forked steak and wiping his mouth with a napkin, asked.

"Nothing," Ning An shook his head, only to see Dumbledore stand up from the faculty desk

"Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes I'm going to invite you to the Quidditch pitch to watch the final event of the Triwizard Tournament, and now the warriors are invited to the stadium with Mr. Bagman."

Harry and Cedric stood up, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw stood up at the table, followed by Nyingan and Fleur, and Durmstrang and Beauxbatons applauded.

They left the table and walked out of the auditorium with Bagman.