"Listen to Uncle Fabian, Charlotte—"

Ning An let go of the little banshee's reluctant hand and patted her head gently.

He and Fabian weren't apparitions too far away, the two had appeared in the woods a few miles away from Hogsmeade, and Daphne had been waiting here with Charlotte for a long time.

"I'll leave it to you, Fabian, Charlotte's condition should be stable for the time being, take her back to Hohenzollern Manor, and tell Jung to take good care."

Ning An turned his head to the giant wizard like a hill behind him, and Fabian nodded solemnly.

"But Charlotte...... Want to be with my brother ......"

The banshee held her doll in her hands, and on her shoulders was a model of the Chinese fireball, dozing off and spewing out a few puffs of gray smoke.

Ning An had no choice but to walk up to her, squatted down, smiled and pulled her cheek that was about to cry, and coaxed softly:

"Is Charlotte disobedient? After a few months, my brother will go back, will you stay at Uncle Jung's house first? ”

The little banshee wiped away the tears that were about to fall, blew her nose, bit her lip and nodded, Charlotte was a sensible girl, she understood that this place might not be suitable for her to stay now, and she couldn't play tricks and make trouble for her big brother.

Ning An stroked her hair again, and whispered softly in Charlotte's ear: "When I go back, it will be your tenth birthday, and when the time comes, I will reward you with a magic wand and send you to school in a magic school, how about it?" ”

The little banshee's eyes lit up again, although she was still young, she also knew that she might not be a complete wizard, but these days looking at those wizard brothers and sisters, she gradually understood that this was school.

It was impossible not to envy in her heart, but she ...... Is it really possible to go to school?

"Are you coming to Hogwarts?"

Charlotte seemed to have mustered up her courage and asked Ning An.

Ning An thought about it, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled

"You'll know when the time comes." He scratched the girl's nose hard, then stood up again, looked at Fabian, and nodded at him.

"I'll leave it to you."

Fabian silently bent down, bowed, and then took Charlotte's hand, the little banshee had already burst into tears and laughed, but there was still a reluctant expression on her face.

"Go—" Ning An waved his hand, Fabian pulled out his huge wand, and after a crisp "crackling" sound, only Daphne and Ning An were left in the woods.

"Karkaroff rejected your offer?"

Daphne leaned against a white willow tree that had lost its leaves, clasped her hands on her chest, as if she was worried about Ning An, and Daphne knew more or less about his plans.

"Well, this is expected, there is no problem," Ning An stared at the clearing where Fabian's phantom shifted away for a long time, and said slowly:

"This time it was just a hello, and I didn't think that Karkaroff would agree with us so easily, but it wasn't all for nothing."

"Oh?" Daphne furrowed her eyebrows, a puzzled look.

Ning An turned his head and looked at her with a smile, as if this matter was not worth worrying about at all

"That guy is very afraid of death, as long as he is a person who is afraid of death, things will be much easier."

He beckoned Daphne to get out of here, and it wasn't far to walk back to Hogsmeade from the forest, Daphne wasn't apparition yet, of course they had to walk.

"I guess Karkaroff hasn't slept a day since he betrayed his former 'partners', so we don't need to do anything, and someone will naturally force him to our side when the time comes."

Daphne followed Ning An, stepping on the fallen leaves of the woods that had rotted all winter, and they would eventually become new nourishment, giving the earth a new lease of life in the spring.

For Ning An's plan, she just knew a rough idea, she wouldn't ask more, and Ning An didn't say much, she knew that her current strength was not enough, and she couldn't help much, but she was also worried about Ning An in her heart.

She faintly felt that Ning An seemed to be going to do something very terrible, and the clues could be seen from Fabian's changes, these days, there was basically no smile on the half-blood giant's face, and it was always a serious expression, as if there was something big to do.

"Someone...... Refers to - who? Daphne gritted her teeth, but blurted out the question that made her feel uneasy.

Ning An stopped, looked back at her, and suddenly smiled, his teeth shining white in the soft sunlight shining through the bare branches overhead

"The person Kakarov fears the most."

After speaking, Ning An turned back again, clasped his hands behind his head, looked at the endless blue sky, hummed softly, and the two of them walked in the direction of Hogsmeade, Daphne was still thinking in her heart, who was the person Karkaroff was most afraid of?

After the end of the second project, it seemed that the pace was speeding up without authorization, hurrying away, not stopping for a moment, Hermione and Ning An's dating time was squeezed in many ways, not only the heavy courses, but also because the two got together too often some time ago, they almost wanted to be together every day, resulting in Hermione not completing even half of the tasks that needed to be pre-learned in the plan.

So she had to increase the weight of her studies, which naturally shortened the time for dating Ning An, although Hermione didn't want to do this either, of course she wanted to stay with Ning An every day, but she was Hermione after all, and she was an extremely self-disciplined person, and reason told her that if she continued to play so uncontrollably, she might get a grade that she regretted in the final exam.

On the other hand, she also wants to promote the work of the "House-Elf Liberation Front", and under Ning An's persuasion, she has transformed into a moderate, and the initial goal is to allow the house-elves to receive a meager salary, even if it is a silver xike a week.

The reduction in the time spent dating Hermione meant that Ning An had a lot of time to spare every day, and of course he would not waste that time, in the early days, he wanted to study Voldemort's flying magic, so he simply took advantage of this time to practice.

By the end of May, he was able to fly short distances, but he needed to continue his research and training to increase his altitude and speed.

In the afternoon of that day, he was told by Karkaroff to meet at eight o'clock in the evening at the Quidditch grounds at Hogwarts. Bagman has a third project to announce.

Karkaroff has been looking preoccupied lately, even with his most concerned student, Victor? When Krum was talking, he was a little absent-minded, of course Ning An knew what was going on, and he didn't break it, he just agreed to come down and left.

So under the cloudy night sky, the mist drifted above the field, Ning An stepped on the grass of the sprouts, and hurried towards the Quidditch pitch, and before he had taken a few steps, he heard someone shouting his name

"Krum? Is that you? ”

He looked back and saw a cloud of silver hair fluttering in the wind in the moonlight, and it was obvious who it was, and Fleur was smiling as if she had just come down from the carriage next to the hunting lodge.

It stands to reason that she should just go straight to the Quidditch pitch, but somehow she had to turn back such a way.

"Long time no see," she said, confirming that it was Krum, trotted over, and even when she ran, she was like a court flower, generous and elegant, and today she wore a light blue top hat and a Beauxbatons light blue silk uniform.

"Have you been avoiding me?"

Ning An was a little caught off guard when Fleur suddenly asked such a straightforward question, he didn't pay attention just now, and his attention was on the other party's lips again, which were crystal clear, as if a thin layer of lipstick had been applied.

"No, how could it be......"

Ning An said curtly, his eyes flickered a little under the night sky, in fact, he didn't deliberately avoid Fleur, but during this time, he either stayed in the cabin, or secretly went to the Forbidden Forest to practice magic, and the rest of the time was basically dating Hermione.

Fleur did come to him once, but he asked Daphne to say that he was not there, so he pushed him back, and later made Daphne laugh for a long time, saying that he was willing to refuse Fleur? Girls like Dracul.

Only Ning An himself understands that he really wants to avoid Fleur, and when he has a second project, the experience of being underwater will make his memories resurface every time he sees Fleur, especially after Fleur has shown a good impression of him.

He knows very well that he is not Krum, he is Ning An, his girlfriend is Hermione, and there is no good result in entanglement with Fleur, so he will avoid each other, but after all, everyone is a warrior in the Final Three, and it is unrealistic to never meet.

He could only console himself, but Fleur thought he was Krum......

"What do you think?" Ning An changed the subject.

"I bet it's an underground tunnel,"

Fleur's eyes lit up, and when she looked closely, she was indeed very beautiful, a quarter of Meiwa's bloodline was really not covered, Ning An couldn't believe it, and she frequently touched this girl's lips in the second project.

"They wanted us to go in search of some treasure – you know Beauxbatons has this kind of event, we ...... in the fall"

She seemed to be having a good time talking tonight, or maybe she was so happy to see "Krum", and Fleur kept talking on the way to the Quidditch pitch

"Our castle was a beautiful French-style palace, you know, there were gardens made of magic and fountains, and the fairies of the mountains lived in the gardens."

Although she was talking about her school, Furong's gaze did not leave Ning An, she stared into his eyes and asked with interest:

"What about you? You've never told me what Durmstrang looks like? ”

Ning An smiled bitterly in his heart, I don't know what Durmstrang looks like, he has to pick the part of his memory to barely cope

"Ah...... Yes, our school is not as beautiful as yours, it is always snowing, it is very cold, and the castle is not big, only four floors...... But our grounds were spacious and there was a bigger lake in which our boats were parked......"

"That's great too! A castle frozen in all seasons, there's nothing cooler than this,"

Fleur praised, her joyful look as if she really longed for Durmstrang, and she blinked like stars in the sky

"I've always wanted to go to Northern Europe to experience life, and it would be nice if Durmstrang and Beauxbatons had an exchange program like this......"

As she spoke, she looked at Ning An from the corner of her eyes, Ning An had to scratch her head, smiled wryly and sighed, Durmstrang's reputation is not very good, it can be regarded as the darkest magic school in the world, Beauxbatons and Hogwarts are exchangers, and they will not exchange with Durmstrang, so Fleur's idea is probably impossible.

Seems to understand that it's really whimsical, Fleur? Delacour sighed, stroked his silver hair, and said excitedly:

"But we don't have much time at school anyway, do we?" When she spoke, her eyes never took off Ning An, as if something was attracting her

"To be honest, I didn't expect your English to be so good, you know, I'm, I've never been very proficient in English-"

She muttered about her thoughts, Ning An was the first time he had seen Fleur so talkative, he remembered that Fleur was not like this on weekdays.

"What are you going to do after the Triwizard Tournament? I'm graduating soon, maybe I'll get a part-time job and do an internship for a while, what about you? Continue to stay in Durmstrang? ”

"Ah...... Yes, I'd like to find an opportunity to work as soon as possible—" Ning An looked back, the Quidditch field was still some distance away from them.

"But aren't you a Bulgarian Seeker? Aren't you going to play Quidditch in the future? ”

"Uh, yes...... No, I mean, I want to experience more experiences, different jobs, you know...... Learn a different skill—"

Fleur's voice revealed appreciation, and her words drifted out in the breeze

"That's great, what kind of job are you going to get? Maybe we'll be able to become colleagues then? ”

When Ning An was searching for the names of various professions in the wizarding world in his mind, Ludo came from afar? Bagman shouted loudly:

"Hey, here, come and see, Krum, Miss Delacour—"

Ning An shouted for help, he smiled at Fleur, and ran towards a large shadow in front of her, Fleur followed, and when she saw the scene in front of her, she couldn't help but exclaim

"What is this?"

The Quidditch field was no longer flat and smooth, and it looked as if someone had built a myriad of low walls here, crisscrossing them like trenches jutting out of the ground.

"Hello, how about you take a look at this?"

Harry and Cedric hadn't arrived yet, and Bagman obviously didn't intend to reveal it so early, but just looked at the two with a smile as if to say, "Guess what?

"It's a labyrinth." Ning An, who had already known the answer, didn't think it was strange, he stared at the low walls, but he was thinking of different things in his heart.

It's almost coming, the final project, is what he did right, is this, really not hurting Hermione?

Ning An looked at the labyrinth that had not yet been built under the moonlight, and was dazzled.