There were only a handful of people like Hermione who had brains, and with the exception of the professor and a limited number of people, the students thought that Harry and Hermione had signed up for the tournament on their own.

Although, with Maple's intervention, Harry and Hermione's Warriors became Warriors replacements, that didn't make the Hufflepuffs buy it.

Although Hufflepuff has always been at the bottom, this does not mean that they are used to being at the bottom, and if they can trample others under their feet, who would be willing to be a stepping stone for others?

Their pride, Cedric Diggory, had become the school's champion, but before they could celebrate the day when Hufflepuff had finally come to glory, Harry and Hermione brutally shattered their dreams.

Hufflepuff, who had always been good friends with Gryffindor, was angry after Harry and Hermione took away the glory that the Hufflepuffs thought should belong to Cedric, and the original honest Hufflepuff also became angry and had a strong resentment towards Gryffindor who had robbed them of the honor that Hryffindor had so hard to hope for, and the initiators Harry and Hermione were not treated well by them.

During the herb class, Harry and Hufflepuff's Ernie McMillan and Justin Finchrie were grouped, but they each did their own thing, ignoring Harry and keeping a dead face the whole time, as if Harry owed them a hundred Galleons and didn't pay it back.

The bouncing bulb, as its name suggests, is a plant, but it can bounce and move like a bouncing ball. With no one to cooperate and only transplant the bouncing bulb on his own, Harry quickly had a problem, he accidentally broke free from his hand with a writhing bouncing bouncing bulb, and was then hit hard in the face by the bouncing bouncing bulb.

Hufflepuff's Ernie McMillan and Justin Finchrie laughed unhesitatingly in front of Harry, which was uncomfortable.

It's just that the kind Harry thinks that he is in the wrong, and does not ask anything, and continues to work in silence.

There was such an unpleasant scene in the class, but the professor of the herbology class, Ms. Sprout, said nothing, and it was no wonder that she was the head of Hufflepuff.

Normally, Harry would have long wanted to meet Hagrid, but Hagrid's Magical Beasts Conservation class meant meeting the Slytherin students at the same time, which would be his first face-to-face encounter with a Slytherin since becoming a Warrior.

As he expected, Malfoy arrived at Hagrid's cabin with his sarcastic smile on his face again.

"Ah, behold, men, this is the Warrior," he said to Crabbe and Goyle as he approached, and as he expected Harry to hear him, "do you have a book he signed?" It's best to get him to sign quickly, I suspect he won't be here long. Half of the Triwizard Tournament Warriors are dead, Potter, how long do you think you'll live? I guess it was about 10 minutes after the start of the first event. ”

Harry was a little envious of Hermione, who was also a Gryffindor warrior, but Malfoy didn't dare to mock Hermione, as long as he dared to curse Hermione to die, Maple would immediately teach him a profound lesson.

Crabbe and Goyle giggled flatteringly, but Malfoy had to stop there, for Hagrid had returned from the back of his hut with a large stack of crumbling chests, each containing a large whelk.

Hagrid began to explain that the snails were killing each other because they had no extra energy to release. In order to solve this problem, each student had to tie a fried tail snail with a rope and take it for a walk. The students were very scared when they heard this. The only benefit of this plan was that it completely attracted Malfoy's attention.

"Take this thing for a walk?" He stared at a box and asked in disgust, "Where the hell are we supposed to tie the rope?" Tethered to its thorns, to its tail, or to its suckers? ”

"Tethered in the middle," Hagrid said, demonstrating to everyone, "Well, I'm afraid you'll need to put on your dragonskin gloves as an extra precaution. Harry, Hermione, come here, help me deal with this big guy-"

It was clear that Hagrid wanted to avoid the class and talk to Harry and Hermione. He waited until everyone had walked away with the fried tail snails before turning to them and saying very seriously, "So, you're going to the competition, participating in the tournament, as the warriors of the school." ”

"Warrior bench!" Hermione corrected him.

Under Hagrid's bushy eyebrows, Beetle's black, bright eyes looked very worried.

"I wonder who put your name in it?"

"Why, do you believe we didn't?" Harry said, trying to hide the gratitude that swelled up at Hagrid's words.

"Of course I do," Hagrid muttered, "I believe you, and so does Dumbledore, everybody believes in you." ”

"I wish I knew who did it." Harry said resentfully.

Hagrid turned his head to look at the lawn, and Harry and Hermione followed his line of sight, only to see that the classmates were now scattered, and they were all having a hard time. The snail is now more than three feet long, and its strength is amazing. They were no longer fleshy, carapaceless, colorless, but had grown a thick, shiny, grayish-white armor-like thing. They are somewhere between a giant scorpion and an elongated crab, but they still can't see where their heads and eyes are. They have now become powerful and difficult to control.

"Looks like they're happy, right?" Hagrid said happily that Harry was sure he was talking about fried snails, as his classmates were clearly not happy. Every now and then, with a frightening crackle, the tail of a snail exploded, pushing the snail forward for several meters, and more than one student was dragged to the ground by it, struggling desperately to get up.

Only Maple was more laid-back, using his magic to secure a sturdy stick to the ground, and then tied the rope with the whelk firmly to the stick. Maple cast a spell on the rope, making it look like a rubber band, allowing the snail to pull the rope a few meters away, and then the rope will shrink and pull the snail back to its original location.

After Maple showed his hand, the other Gryffindors asked him for help, and they could hide leisurely to the side with the tail snails tied, and after a while, all the Gryffindor students relaxed.

The Slytherin students were very envious, but unfortunately none of them could use such magic, and they could not pull their faces to ask for help from their rival Gryffindor, so they could only continue to deal with their own fried tail snails bitterly, so that the Gryffindor little lions could see the jokes.

When Hermione saw this, she was also intrigued, and immediately used the same magic on the whelk they were dealing with.

"Well, I don't know, Harry," Hagrid sighed suddenly, his gaze returning to Harry with a worried look on his face, "As the champions of the school, you can run into anything, can you?" ”

As a member of the Professor's team, and someone Dumbledore trusted a lot, Hagrid naturally learned the new rules very quickly after Halloween. But as much as he feared for Harry's well-being, he didn't offer to have Harry's performance almost erased as Maple did.

Harry's life was as difficult as it was in his second year. Although Hermione was a warrior like him, Hermione was a witch. They could only isolate Hermione, but they couldn't directly use insulting words and behaviors, and they didn't dare, Maple was always by her side like a protector, and they didn't want to give Maple an excuse to make a move.

But to Harry, they weren't so polite. And Harry is also a celebrity, the hero who defeated the Dark Lord, the hero of Quidditch, the more celebrities like this, the more they like to pour dirty water on him, watch the excitement when he is excluded, and even step on it.

Harry could understand the attitude of the Hufflepuffs, even though he didn't like it, and they wanted to support their own champions. As for the Slytherins, he had known for a long time that they would only give him vicious insults. He's extremely unpopular with them, as he always has been, Harry is used to it, so it doesn't matter. This is because he defeated Slytherin on several occasions for Gryffindor in Quidditch and House Cup.

It's just that the Ravenclaws are also one-sided against him, which makes Harry a little uncomfortable.

In the past, Slytherin was the target of public criticism, but I didn't expect that Gryffindor would also be isolated by all the other students.

Perhaps to Ravenclaw, Gryffindor is like a dragon slayer.

After the dragon-slaying warriors slay the dragon, they themselves became dragons.

Before Harry went to school, Slytherin was a well-deserved dragon, and the cult of pureblood made them look down on all the students of the other houses, and their headmaster, Snape's favoritism and targeting of the students of the other houses, made the Slytherins more and more isolated and disgusted. But they still occupy the school's highest honors, the House Cup and the School Quidditch Cup, which is even more annoying.

Harry helped Gryffindor put an end to Slytherin's undefeated myth, and at that moment, Harry and Gryffindor immediately became dragon slayers in the eyes of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

However, after ending Slytherin's criminal rule, Gryffindor began to hold on to the school cup again, and last year they made up for the only shortcoming, the Quidditch school cup.

Well, you won by strength, although you are not happy in your heart, but forget it.

But now, the Triwizard Tournament has finally allowed Hufflepuff to win an honor, but you Gryffindors still don't let it go, which is too domineering!

Disgust and resentment poured in from all directions, weighing on Harry's breath.

Fortunately, Harry still has Ron by his side, and with the support of this best friend, Harry has made Harry's life much better, and in this regard, Harry is grateful to Maple.

Sure enough, Sirius Black rushed over as soon as he heard the news, but it was not known if he had read the Daily Prophet or the magical radio he had created.

Television is a more convenient communication channel than newspapers, and it stands to reason that magic television should be able to easily defeat the Daily Prophet and seize his position.

But this is not the case, and at the beginning of the broadcast of the program about the Triwizard Tournament, it did receive an enthusiastic response, and the Daily Prophet was caught off guard.

The wizards of the Daily Prophet are not all antiques, and they immediately realize the irreparable gap between their newspaper and the television media.

Also as Maple expected, the wizard of the Daily Prophet did not honestly develop the magic TV and magic TV magic inscriptions on his own, but directly wanted ready-made.

After being refused, the inducement did not achieve coercion, and he used his position to use dishonorable means to force the TV station to comply.

Fortunately, Maple found Mr. Weasley and a big man like Dumbledore as backers, which made the Daily Prophet's plan fall through.

But people are not as good as heaven, and although Dumbledore's support prevented Maple's magical TV station from making wedding dresses for others, his presence also touched the sensitive Fudge's fragile nerves.

The Daily Prophet can still be controlled by the Ministry of Magic, but the Ministry of Magic, which TV station, doesn't even have a chance to intervene, plus Dumbledore, who Fudge fears the most, intervenes, Fudge immediately came up with a set of conspiracy theories-

Dumbledore regretted giving up the Minister of Magic to him, so he created such a television station, intending to start with public opinion.

No, he can't let his TV station defeat the Daily Prophet, otherwise Dumbledore will call Bainuo, and I'm afraid the wizarding world will be full of news about his Fudge's resignation.

Dumbledore was Fudge's confiner, and Mr. Weasley was not popular with the pure-bloods, so the Ministry of Magic and the pure-bloods joined forces, and the popularity of the TV station was immediately suppressed.

However, it was impossible for Fudge to completely erase the magic television from the wizarding world.

First of all, Magic TV is not illegal, and Fudge may not be able to directly come up with a law banning magic TV.

Before Fudge made his move, through the sale of TV stations and the gifts of Dumbledore and Mr. Weasley, there were already many magical TVs in the wizarding world.

It's still easy for wizards with a little ability to hide something from the eyes of the Ministry of Magic, and those from wizarding families with a certain status, the Ministry of Magic can't come to the door and let them destroy the magic TV.

Anyone who has ever used a magic TV knows that it is much better than the Daily Prophet.

And because of the matter negotiated between Maple and Dumbledore for the Aurors, many Aurors also hid a magic TV set, which Fudge probably never expected.

However, the methods of Fudge and Malfoy also make the TV station very uncomfortable, and they directly target those who buy magic TV.

It's okay to keep it private, but if you openly use magic TV in your own shop or in public, they will punish you in all kinds of ways.

The Ministry of Magic is the only official institution in the wizarding world, and the pure-blood families hold most of the money in the wizarding world, the self-employed simply keep you from finding a job, and the shops leaving you bankrupt.

Unlike newspapers, TV stations can recoup their costs by raising the price of newspapers and selling them alone. But instead of relying on the money from the sale of TV sets, TV stations earn advertising revenue through ratings.

Under the operation of the Ministry of Magic, although the TV station was not directly seized by the Ministry of Magic, they didn't receive a single advertisement.

But fortunately, it is only the initial stage of the TV station, and they currently only have one project to shoot and broadcast the Triwizard Tournament, so it is not difficult to maintain, but there is no profit.

It's just that Mr. Weasley and Allison didn't tell Maple about these things.

Having seen the big black dog, Peter Pettigrew in the hands of Maple, and don't worry about Voldemort and the rest of the Death Eaters knowing Sirius Animagus's secrets.

Looking for a time this weekend? It would be better to call Professor Lupin as well, to be a witness.

By the way, there are some preparations to be made before that.

Maple pondered a plan, and then he, along with Hermione, Harry, and Ron, went to Snape's underground classroom, where there were two Potions classes in the afternoon.

When they arrived at the classroom, they found the Slytherin students waiting outside the classroom, each with a large badge pinned to the front of their robes. Harry didn't read the words at first, and didn't care.

But Malfoy and they deliberately showed the badge so that Harry could see it clearly-

I saw that the same words were printed on those badges, and the bright red letters shone in the dim light of the underground corridor, as if they were on fire:

Support Cedric Diggory –

A true warrior of Hogwarts

"Do you like it, Potter?" Seeing Harry approaching, Malfoy exclaimed, "What other tricks do they, look!" ”

He pressed the badge to his chest, and the words on it disappeared, and then another line appeared, shining green:

Potter stinky

The Slytherins laughed out loud. Each of them pressed their badges, and at the end of the day, Harry was surrounded by the glaring words - Potter stinking. Harry felt blood rush over his face and neck.

"Oh, that's funny," Hermione said sarcastically to Pansy Parkinson and the Slytherin girls, who laughed better than anyone else, "what a wit." ”

Maple, who was almost inseparable from Hermione, stepped forward, and Malfoy immediately showed a wary expression, for fear that Maple would suddenly pull out his wand.

It was also in their Slytherin Headmaster Snape's class that Malfoy dared to be so provocative, but he still didn't dare to speak out directly to Hermione.

Under Malfoy's wary gaze, Maple didn't make a move. Malfoy, however, quickly left the room and returned to their seats.

"Harry, there's no need for a boring war of words with these guys. As long as you put in an excellent result in the first event of the Triwizard Tournament, it is the most beautiful counterattack against them -

The better you perform in the Triwizard Tournament, the more it proves how naïve Malfoy is today! He's like a clown, and he can only come up with some tricks that can't be put on the table. When you show your abilities on stage, he can only watch your performance sadly offstage! ”

"I see!" As soon as Maple explained, Harry said with a smile on his face.

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