After saying hello to Dumbledore, Ethan casually found something to pass the time, and finally came to the day of the ball.

Because he had long been sure that the dance partner would be Illya, he didn't bother with this, and he wasn't 'disturbed' by a large group of girls, and after the ball officially began, after he completed the task of leading the dance, he danced with the happy Illya for a while, and then packed some snacks and walked to the side to rest.

"You're beautiful today. ”

"Thank you. ”

Hermione still became Victor's dance partner, and Victor still had a crush on Hermione.

Her two friends, Harry and Ron, still didn't invite her.

Maybe it's really because they've known each other for too long, and these two completely ignore the potential of the girl next to them.

Harry still has a crush on Zhang Qiu, but considering that Cedric Diggory will not be killed this time, the young couple will not experience life and death sooner, and it seems that their relationship will not end anytime soon, so it is impossible for Zhang Qiu and Harry to get together again.

Ron, like most Hogwarts boys, was fascinated by Fleur, who was of Fleur's blood, and he and his good brother Harry failed to find a dance partner, and ended up attending the ball with a pair of twin sisters.

Originally, the twin sisters were happy after receiving the invitation, but the performance of the two young boys at the dance disappointed the sisters, so the two good brothers became alone again.

Especially when they found out that Hermione, who had been dangling around all the time, was so beautiful, and she hadn't found it before, and she didn't send out an invitation, the feelings in the hearts of the two people became more and more complicated.

Ethan wasn't as entangled as they were, he already knew what Hermione would be like in the future, so Hermione's surprise today didn't surprise him.

The girls were attentive in this regard, and Hermione noticed that Ethan didn't have the completely unbelievable reaction that Harry and Ron had before.

"You don't seem surprised. ”

"Why the accident?"

Hermione looked a little surprised, but the reaction made her even happier.

Because the two of them had their own dance partners, it was impossible to chat here all the time, so they quickly separated, and Ethan also noticed that Hermione went to Harry and Ron later, and then walked away angrily, and it seems that the plot has generally changed little.

"In that case, Hermione will still be a hostage that Victor wants to rescue, right?"

Compared to Ethan, Victor doesn't seem to have many options, and in the end, the event organizers can only choose Hermione, whom Victor likes, as a hostage.

So Ethan didn't expect that it was Hermione who he wanted to rescue, and Victor seemed to be a friend of his.

In the second game of the Triwizard Tournament, Black Lake Bottom Rescue, each contestant has an hour to find and rescue the hostages captured by the merfolk in the vast Black Lake.

At this time, Ethan was soaking at the bottom of the Black Lagoon, staring at Hermione on the other side.

Ethan looked around, several other hostages were in a coma, they were protected by a spell in the coma, so they would not choke to death.

The spell will lose its effect after being found and awakened by the contestants, especially after the ropes that bind the hostages have been severed, and the contestants need to return to the surface with the hostages as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, after finding the hostages, as long as they are not greedy to rescue the other hostages, the mermaid will not embarrass the contestants too much, which means that the hostages and contestants can easily return to the water, and there will be basically no danger.

But now the situation is a little different, Hermione wore the amulet given to her by Ethan, and she came to her senses very early, and the spell that could keep her from drowning had also dissipated, and then the underwater breathing and other spells on the amulet began to have an effect, allowing Hermione to breathe freely at the bottom of the dark lake, and the enhanced vision could easily see the surrounding situation.

At first, she was still a little confused, and she panicked when she found out that she was in the water, and then she found that she was not choking on water, and she could even breathe freely, so she slowly calmed down.

Looking left and right, Hermione spotted several people who were also trapped next to her, but she didn't rush to wake them up, she didn't know anything about the situation, and it wasn't a good idea to act rashly at this time.

After thinking about it for a while, Hermione decided to untie the rope around her feet first, but she couldn't find her wand after a long time.

At this moment, Ethan came to her at a very fast speed, and the two of them stared at each other.

Ethan wasn't surprised to see Hermione here, but after looking left and right, he saw that Hermione seemed to be the target he was trying to rescue.

One over there was Ron, who was clearly Harry's target.

There is also a little girl, who is supposed to be Fleur's sister.

In addition, the boy he didn't know at all was wearing the same school uniform as Victor, and Dumbledore couldn't let himself save someone he didn't know at all, right?

"Tsk, this situation is not surprising at all. ”

Holding out his hand to Hermione, motioning for her to grab herself, he waved his other hand, and a spell opened the rope at Hermione's feet.

But what made Hermin feel strange was that Ethan did not swim quickly to the surface of the water with her, but sank directly to the bottom of the lake at an alarming speed, and then raised his hand slightly, not knowing what spell was released.

"What did you do?"

Unable to help but be curious for a while, Hermione asked directly, only to realize that she could talk casually underwater.

"Unleashed an illusion to keep others from discovering us. ”

"Why?"

"Because I'm not going to go back too early. ”

Ethan stood at the bottom of the lake, the bottom of the Black Lake was not a beautiful place, it was full of aquatic weeds and sludge, and even the water of the lake was so dirty that it was uncomfortable to look at.

So he would never soak in this kind of place for more than half an hour, his closed hands slowly separated, and with his movements, the surrounding lake began to separate to both sides, and finally formed a spherical space with a diameter of more than two meters.

Hermione was no longer surprised that Ethan was able to use this tactic, she just wondered why Ethan chose to hide under the water when he could have returned to the surface immediately.

"Don't you want to win?"

"Yes. ”

Ethan rubbed his already soaked hair, and although he could use the spell to refresh himself and make himself clean, he gave up on the idea for a moment at the thought of getting himself back into the water.

Hermione in front of her, although she was protected by an amulet, the clothes on her body before she woke up had been soaked in the cold lake water, and the temperature here was very low, so she was not very comfortable.

The cleanliness and a simple thermostat spell made Hermione's face look much better.

"Thank you. ”

After thanking her, she began to ask the question again.

"Why don't you want to win?"

"This competition itself is a show, why do you think Harry, who didn't sign up, was chosen as a contestant in the Goblet of Fire?"

Hermione was already smart, and she immediately figured out the key.

"Someone wants him to participate...... And you want him to win?"

Could it be Dumbledore, but although Dumbledore took a lot of care of Harry, what was the purpose of letting him win the Triwizard Tournament?

Even if Hogwarts wants to win the Triwizard Tournament, it doesn't necessarily have to let Harry participate, there is a special existence like Ethan in the house, so wouldn't it be solved by asking him to make a move?

Especially when Ethan was already in this tournament, throwing Harry in again was completely superfluous.

"Voldemort?"

Thinking of Ethan's previous statement that he came to Hogwarts to have something to do with Voldemort, plus Harry's identity, Hermione immediately linked these things together.

"That's why you're participating in this competition? You were asked by Professor Dumbledore to protect Harry?"

"Very smart. ”

Although Hermione may not know many of the details, she still guessed part of the truth.

"So you don't care if you win this competition, you just need to participate in this competition......" Hermione was sorting out her hair, her hair was messy after being soaked in water and then 'dried', which made her care. "In that case, you were so high-profile in the first game. ”

Because Ethan's advantage in the first game was too great, if he completed the second game quickly, the others would have little chance of winning.

That's why he's staying here, and then going out when the time is almost up, and it's enough to barely pass this competition.

In Hermione's eyes, this was the price Ethan had paid for his previous showmanship.

"I'm already very low-key, and it took a lot of effort to control myself not to scare the fire dragon, or accidentally use too much force to kill the fire dragon directly!"

“......”

Hermione opened her mouth, tempted to say that Ethan was bragging, but looking at the current situation, coupled with his unbelievable identity, maybe he was telling the truth?

Looking at Ethan again, he saw that Ethan was looking at something with his head held high, and Hermione also raised his head in the same position, but she couldn't see anything clearly.

"What do you see?"

"Harry is saving Ron...... And the little girl. ”

After Harry found the hostages, he tried to rescue Fleur's sister, but was besieged by the merfolk and barely managed to escape back to the surface at the last minute.

He couldn't have gone out of his way to help Harry, but Harry had spent a lot of time in the water, and it was almost an hour by this time.

After reminding Hermione that she was about to soak again, Ethan led her out of the area from the bottom of the lake, then swam some distance before resurfacing.

He came out at a very good time, and before everyone could see him cheering, Harry was drawn to all their attention.