On the first night of a normal school day, the atmosphere in the Gryffindor common room was a little more cheerful than usual because of the return of Professor Bryan and Hermione Granger, the warrior of Gryffindor House.

As Harry and Ron descended the spiral staircase from their dorm room with a pile of homework to the public break, many were eagerly discussing the showdown between Professor Bryan and the group of dark wizards he had arrested for brutal treatment of Muggles, details of which were revealed in the Daily Prophet.

It was the outskirts of Berlin at night, and the golden net of fire shrouded the earth like a canopy, and the blazing fire reflected the night as bright as day, and the whole of Berlin could be seen almost as brightly.

It must have been a duel that would have been the same as last summer's, the night of the Quidditch World Final – many people thought so.

"My mom told my dad about it!"

As Harry and Ron passed by Seamus, Seamus was angrily shaking the Daily Prophet in his hand, which contained a report on the verdict of some serious crimes of dark wizards.

"He wrote to me that if these bad guys were in the Muggle world, they would definitely eat guns based on the bad things they did. I agree with him, oh, look at the verdict of the trial court, sentenced to Oxstad for thirty years, so if you're lucky, these scumbags still have a chance to enjoy retirement?! ”

Before Seamus could say anything from Dean on the other side and Ginny, who had become absent-minded immediately after seeing Harry, he said indignantly,

"I bet Professor Bryan wouldn't give these scumbags another chance to see the sun if he was willing to preside over the trial!"

Harry knew that Seamus's father was a Muggle, which was why he hated these dark wizards in particular, so he slowed down, jumped over Seamus's shoulder, glanced at the newspaper a few times, and asked Ron suspiciously,

"What is Oxsta?"

"It's a prison, I guess, but it's not as famous as Azkaban,"

Ron shrugged,

"I'm more curious about why Seamus's dad wants those bad guys to eat guns, guns. What's that, Harry, a poison? ”

It's not easy to explain, and Harry thinks for a moment before saying,

"It's from the gun. It's a Muggle's metal wand, which shoots metal marbles that are very fast and can penetrate the body, and if you are hit by the vital point, you will die directly. Some Muggle nations used it for execution, but the Muggle government in England had abolished it. ”

"Oh!"

Ron imagined the sensation of a high-speed metal marble passing through his body, and shivered a few times,

"It must hurt, Muggles are perverts, but these dark wizards do deserve this punishment."

The couch by the fireplace they usually made was occupied by the two first-year wizards, and Harry stopped Ron from trying to get rid of the two 'eyeless' juniors, and the two of them picked a table near the stairs of the girls' dormitory and put the homework book in their arms on it.

Harry raised an eyebrow when he glanced at the wall on the wall diagonally above the old chest of drawers on the other side of the common room

"Hermione hasn't come back yet, she's been there for about an hour."

"Who knows, maybe the prefect's bathroom is too big and she's lost there,"

Ron slumped onto the couch and said nonsensically, "Still, I think Angelina might be bragging that the bathroom isn't that luxurious at all. Percy wouldn't pass up a chance to brag to us, but he never showed us about it. ”

But when the words landed, a trace of worry appeared in Ron's eyebrows,

"I didn't hear Hermione mention that she was a very good swimmer, but the second game required her to be in the water for a full hour, which was completely impossible, right?"

Perhaps it was Seamus's 'gun' that inspired Harry, and he said thoughtfully,

"Unless, she can get professional diving equipment for the competition. Just like in the first game, Hermione summoned the Cloak of Invisibility to prepare a set of scuba in advance."

Harry knew what Ron was going to ask, so he explained in advance,

"It's the same Muggle-made device, and you can move freely underwater when you wear it. But I'm not sure if scuba will work properly at Hogwarts, and if that's a violation, it's Muggle stuff after all. ”

Ron also knew where Harry's inspiration came from, his back off the soft couch, his spirits lifted,

"It sounds a lot more fun than 'guns', and when Hermione comes back, you can tell her about the idea and ask her for her opinion."

"Speaking of which, I've been curious about one thing,"

Harry's turquoise eyes blinked, and he said in confusion, "According to the hint in the golden egg, they will take Hermione's precious treasure, if they don't get it back in an hour, then the warriors will completely lose their treasure, what do you think it will be, for Hermione?" ”

"That's a good question, we've been forgetting about that,"

Ron frowned and puffed out his cheeks,

"It's hard to say Harry, maybe it's "A History of Hogwarts", she's always loved this, of course, or maybe "How to Get Rid of the Dying You", it's her new favorite, she took it with her everywhere she went before the accident."

"It's possible."

Harry chuckled and was about to make a guess when the portrait of the fat lady unscrewed, and Hermione, whom they were talking about, slipped through the doorway into the common room.

Hermione seemed to have seen something good, and with an excited smile on her face, she stopped in the doorway for a moment, and noticed Harry and Ron running towards them with brisk steps.

"Let me go--"

Hermione unceremoniously lifted Harry up from the couch and drove him to squeeze a couch with Ron, and the two boys, who were not all short in size, looked at each other before looking at Hermione together.

After the bath, Hermione's reddish cheeks were shiny, and her still wet hair was on her snow-white, upright collarbone, perhaps because she was too excited, Hermione tied the first button of her shirt to the second buttonhole, which made her chest appear crimson.

Ron rubbed his nose and looked away, then he noticed that Lavender was looking eagerly at him in the crowd, and after a moment of trance, he waved and smiled at Lavender.

"What's going on, Hermione?"

Harry pointed out a small omission in his dressing, and then asked curiously.

"I thought of it!"

Hermione pursed her lips and resisted her excitement,

"How easy, oh. Actually, I can't say it's easy, but I believe I can do it., but the point is, I should have thought of it a long time ago, didn't I? ”

"If you mean"

Harry was confused by Hermione's description, and he frowned and hesitated.

"That's it, Advanced Transfiguration. Can become a creature that can breathe underwater, I ignored it because it was a course that I only started to contact in the sixth grade! ”

"Sixth grade?"

Ron smacked his tongue,

"I have to warn you, Hermione, there's only a week left before the competition, and it's time to master a NEWTS-caliber spell in such a short period of time. I think Harry's previous proposal was a good one, saying that there was something that could help Muggles move underwater called scuba, if you could get it in a tournament with a summoning charm. ”

"Scuba?"

Hermione was stunned, and then gave a negative opinion,

"That would help me in the underwater, Harry, but you know, it also requires professional training to use, which is not my specialty, and I don't think the judges will allow me Muggle equipment."

"Well, I didn't think I could do it, but speaking of which, I do remember one thing,"

Harry lowered his voice,

"Cedric approached me before you came back, and he wanted you to talk to him alone and say that he wanted to repay you for the help you gave him before the first game, and I guess he probably already had an idea and wanted to give you a reminder."

And as Harry expected, Hermione refused without any hesitation, but he was still slightly curious,

"Speaking of which, where did you get your inspiration, Hermione?"

"Oh!"

Hermione stroked her hair and said happily,

"There's a mural in the prefect's bathroom with a blonde mermaid in it, and it's the one that reminds me of this."

(End of chapter)