The next day, Ning An realized what 'Krum's exclusive troubles' were.

The November days were getting colder and colder, and a thin layer of frost had condensed on the early morning meadows, and as Ning An and Daphne stepped on the frozen grass and walked towards Hogwarts Castle, there was a "creaking" cracking sound under their feet, as if they were stepping on snow.

There was no one in the empty meadow, and the Hogwarts students had probably not left the warm common room, but had just climbed out of their large velvet beds with copper pillars.

Durmstrang students had been dining on their own ship, but Hogwarts also welcomed students from other schools to the Great Hall, and two long tables were added to the four houses for Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students.

Daphne is tired of the usual potatoes and whole-wheat bread on board, "I want to vomit when I smell black pepper with potato chips now", is Daphne's exact words.

It doesn't matter where Ning An eats, but he still has to bring some food for Fabian and Charlotte, and the two of them are now hiding in Daphne's room, which is spacious enough that no one will enter or leave at will, and the doors are locked, but it is not convenient to eat.

But there is always a way, Ning An lazily thought, how long ago was the last time she had dinner with Daphne?

His heart was full of nostalgia and warmth at the moment, but it didn't take long for him to cry and laugh.

The two of them sat down at a long table covered with crisp white cloths, where there were also a few Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students, and Beauxbatons's Meiwa smiled charmingly at Ning An.

"Look straight."

Daphne dissatisfiedly tapped the plate in front of Ning An with a spoon, laughed at him and lowered her head to eat the steak on her plate, gobbling it could be seen that she had been tortured by potato chips recently, and she didn't know why she didn't come to eat in the castle before.

The two of them sat together, recovering what they had felt when they were still at Hogwarts, except that they were sitting at the long Slytherin table.

Ning An glanced slightly at the thought of it, and the Hogwarts students also gathered more and more around the table in the lobby as the sky dawned, and Ning An understood why Daphne didn't come to Hogwarts Castle to dine before.

She's probably a celebrity.

Daphne is of course very famous, in fact, several core members of the snake letter around Ning An were very famous, but now they are escaping, closing the pass, the only thing the students can see is the 'traitor' Laurel, for Daphne, who was once an important figure in the snake letter, the students are still very curious, dropped out of Hogwarts and transferred to Durmstrang who specializes in dark arts, and now he is back here because of the Triwizard Tournament, which will naturally attract a lot of attention.

Especially at the Slytherin table, there were people constantly pointing and pointing in this direction, Daphne put down her fork and looked up, they all quickly lowered their heads, each talking, not daring to look this way, and when Daphne continued to eat, it was not long before the whispers sounded again.

"That's the man......"

"Yes...... However, I heard that she was not there at the time. ”

"The Greengrasses—"

"Greengrass? I remember that there was also a ...... in the third grade? ”

"That's her sister—"

Daphne rolled her eyes helplessly, she was really a little playful and cute with this strange expression, Chong Ning'an stuck out her tongue and said with her lips: "Look at it, as expected, right?" ”

However, the troubles are still to come, as more and more students come to breakfast, the trouble belonging to 'Krum' also comes unexpectedly, just like celebrities have fan support groups, Krum probably also has such fan sisters and fans, but they are not officially recognized, they quietly sit at the nearest table of Ning An and Daphne, and do not eat, occasionally eat twice on the bo/nong plate, most of the time in tou/kui Krum.

Someone wanted to come up and ask for an autograph or something, and the others made a noise, but in the end they didn't come, probably shocked by the gloomy temperament of 'Krum'? Perhaps the bold signatures are long gone, and there are only some hesitants who dare not come forward.

Ning An also really felt distressed, he and Daphne inexplicably became the target of public criticism, although they were not put in the spotlight to appreciate, but there were a lot of discussions and peeps in secret, so that he wanted to quietly bring Fabian and them something back to eat, but he had to be cautious, and then cautious.

"How, do you think it's annoyance, or joy? When you were at Hogwarts, you wouldn't have been as small as the students from other houses. ”

Daphne still laughed, unconcerned about the people at the Slytherin table who were talking about her, even her own sister, Astoria? When Greengrass, Eric, and Dominic appeared at the table, they ignored it.

Astoria was stunned when she saw her sister here, but then she calmly chatted and ate, but Ning An's eyes were not there, Gryffindor was at the table, Harry and Hermione walked through the crowd and sat down at a table, but Ron was nowhere to be seen.

Ning An looked for it again, and found that he was sitting with Fred, George, and Gryffindor's Lee Jordan, and suddenly it occurred to him that Ron was probably making trouble with him for Harry to be elected as a warrior, and when he passed the table and saw that Krum was also dining in the auditorium, Ron hesitated, as if he wanted to come up and ask for an autograph or something, but he was still pulled away by his brother.

"When the Triwizard Tournament starts, I don't even know yet?"

Being stared at by so many people, Ning An was also a little uncomfortable, he picked up the mojito on the table and took a small sip, which is non-alcoholic, and students can also drink it.

"You don't know? The first project is tomorrow. ”

Ning An was stunned for a moment, the cup in his hand almost didn't fall, looking at the sly smile on Daphne's face, he almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of water, this is a sincere trick, right?

"I forgot to tell you, Karkaroff seems to have taken Krum to see what the first project was in advance, and you didn't ask in advance, but we can torture him when we go back?"

Ning An put down the cup, took a small bite of green beans, glanced at Daphne helplessly, and muttered, "No need......"

He could probably guess that if there was not much change, the first project would probably be to cross the fire dragon, and it would not be easy to snatch a golden egg from the fire dragon, but it would not be difficult for Ning An, and there was no need to prepare in advance, but there was a competition tomorrow, and the psychological preparation was still a little hasty.

The difficulty lies in the fact that in order to complete the game, it can't exceed the strength that Krum should have, and with Dumbledore and them present, he definitely can't come up and ask for the life of the fire dragon directly with one Avada, but a killing curse with rough skin and thick flesh is estimated to be unkillable.

A few more rounds can always solve the problem, Ning An muttered in her heart, Daphne seemed to be fearless, she had confidence in Ning An, whether it was the silent spell on the ship before to subdue Krum, or the props made by boiling compound decoction, the traceless stretching spell, or even making a wizard like Fabian obey orders, Daphne understood that Ning An's strength was absolutely fine, and it was because of this that she would play a trick with him as if she were half-joking.

Ning An looked around, but he didn't find anyone wearing the badge of "Potter's stinky", but the students at the Hufflepuff table still brought a "Cedric come on" sign on the outside of their robes to show their support.

Probably Malfoy is no longer interested in doing things right with Harry, from the side, it has relieved some pressure on this troubled and depressed teenager, Ning An slightly raised his assessment of Malfoy in his heart, and then left the auditorium with Daphne after breakfast, not seeing the puzzled gaze of Hermione, who was sitting opposite Harry behind him.

"Daphne ......"

"What, Hermione?" Harry asked

"Oh, nothing, Harry - we go on, your Flying Charm must be timed......"

The clock was beaten by a pair of invisible hands, the wind was blowing, the clouds were rolling, and the green grass on the pasture was blown eastward in the morning, and then fell to the north in the afternoon, and in the evening it was probably still covered with a layer of hoarfrost, and then melted by the warm sun at noon the next day, and so on, and perhaps it was time for winter.

Ning An spent the afternoon in the cabin with Fabian, Charlotte, and Daphne, and on the way back to the ship from Hogwarts Castle, he met Krum's friend, presumably a guy named Poliaco, and judging by his frowning expression, he probably thought that Krum's pursuit of Daphne had finally worked.

Naturally, he didn't want to disturb the good things of his dead friend, so he left with a smile, but he didn't know that his dead friend was knocked unconscious and tied up, and he had to pull out a few hairs every day.

The day passed like this, and when Ning An was chatting, he was not thinking about how to deal with the fire dragon, and he had a few plans in his mind, but the actual operation still had to wait until the day of the competition to try.

In fact, Harry's method should be very good, relying on flying to break through the fire dragon block should be considered a relatively easy way, but Ning An is not Krum, he is not good at flying broomsticks at all, if he is not afraid of exposing Animagus, he will become a raven relying on agility and speed, and he can probably play the fire dragon around, but obviously it is not worth exposing his transformation in front of Dumbledore and others.

He couldn't help but envy the flying magic of the Falling Ground Demon, there were very few people who could have this hand, probably except for Voldemort and Dumbledore, only a few of Voldemort's cronies would meet, oh yes, and his former teacher, Snape, he learned two hands from Voldemort.

Even if I read Voldemort's notes, there is no mention of flying magic, this is probably the new magic that Voldemort researched later, in terms of practicality, it is indeed stronger than a lot of spells, but it must be very difficult, Voldemort and Dumbledore needless to say, they are the best of wizards, and Snape is also a genius who knows more spells than the average student in the seventh grade when he first entered the school, and it is not surprising that he can learn it.

It's a bit difficult to figure it out by myself, I didn't think about the transformation of Animagus before, but now it's useful to think that this magic can be learned, but if I'm still at Hogwarts, maybe Snape can give it to himself.

Ning An also smiled, what Snape taught him was just delusional, if he really knew that he was here, it would be strange if the half-blood prince didn't come to understand him in person with his wand.

As he said without saying a word, thinking about the magic of 'flying', the day passed in a hurry, and Karkaroff came back from outside in the evening, and specially called 'Krum' to his room to talk, nothing more than to ask if he was prepared for tomorrow's game, what method he planned to use, and of course there was a hint: if you can't do it, I can teach you - such an attitude.

But after Ning An casually said two of the best plans, Karkaroff stroked the curly goatee on his chin, smiled with satisfaction, and then looked full of confidence, as if 'Krum' had achieved good results nine times out of ten, perhaps fantasizing about his proud appearance in front of Dumbledore, Karkaroff laughed more and more.

Ning An talked to him for a while, so that he felt that this person was not annoying, and he was kind to his own people, of course, maybe Krum was the trump card in his hand, so he took special care of him, or maybe on the eve of the game, he always had to say something nice or something.

But his voice is mellow and pleasant, his appearance is tall and thin, and he is still very handsome, except for a pair of cold and sharp eyes that are a little unlikeable, other places are still very subtle in exchange for the favor of others, and it is no wonder that he can be the principal of Durmstrang.

However, Ning An knew in his heart that this person was afraid that Voldemort would die of fear, so he smiled in his heart, left after talking, and returned to his room, Fabian and Charlotte also cast a phantasmagoric charm and came back, and there was no word all night, and the next morning, the entire deck of the big ship was busy early.

With the castle in the distance and the huge carriage parked outside the Forbidden Forest, there seemed to be a completely different atmosphere in the air than yesterday, and everyone knew that the first event of their long-awaited Triwizard Tournament was about to begin.

Ning An didn't have any expectations, today was earlier than yesterday, but the first event was held in the afternoon, and the students of Hogwarts probably had to finish class before they could watch the game, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang didn't have this burden, and they discussed the afternoon game in twos and threes, some people went to see the venue, and some people were busy making some magical celebrations and cheering props, in short, it was lively as if it was going to be a festival.

"What do you think of Karkaroff?"

Daphne stood beside Ning An, and Krum's group of interested friends stopped coming over, which also saved Ning An a lot of trouble, and the girl knew that Karkaroff called 'Krum' to talk for a while last night, she was still a little worried that Ning An would be recognized, after all, playing another person and magic ability are two different things.

"That's it, he's probably already worried about Voldemort right now, and I told him two plans and he thought the game was fine."

As the sun slowly climbed and rose, seeping a little warmth into the already cold earth, it was time for the afternoon, Ning An had lunch on the boat, Daphne had to be tortured with potato chips again, and finally Ning An heard Karkaroff's call

"Let's go, Krum, the Warriors are going to gather in the arena below, let them take a good look at your strength."

Ning An grinned bitterly, I still have to find a way to make them not see my strength......