Ludo Bagman and Krum talked for about ten minutes, and when he came back again, his expression looked a little gloomy, and he was still swearing in a low voice, as if this chat made him very unpleasant.

Then he hurried out three broomsticks, and the elves all stood up and walked out after him.

The elfs looked so fierce that Fred and George didn't go to him for the Galleon, but got together and discussed them with interest.

"You say, why did Bagman look for Krum?" Fred asked.

"Could it be related to the Triwizard Tournament?" George thought for a moment, "As one of the referees, Bagman should know a lot of news...... This certainly includes what the second project is. ”

"Do you think he deliberately leaked the news to Krum......"

"Probably not...... Cedric frowned slightly, "The referee is absolutely not allowed to cheat the warriors, and Bagman, as the director of the Department of Physical Education at the Ministry of Magic, must understand this."

"And if this kind of thing gets out, his director will do it."

"I know......," said Fred, "but it's suspicious, isn't it?" Before a game, deliberately avoiding other people and chatting alone with a warrior is not normal. ”

"Krum must have rejected him." Qiu thought for a moment and said, "You also saw it just now, Bagman's face was ugly when he came over. ”

"Maybe he's pretending." Cedric said quietly. "Discuss it in advance and deliberately act for us to show ......"

Kyle raised an eyebrow, and somehow, he seemed to smell a sour smell all of a sudden.

Now Cedric is like he typed the wrong code and was drenched in vinegar when he went back to the common room.

Fred and George also noticed this, and they got together and couldn't help but say.

"Why don't you go to Lady Pardiv's teahouse......" Fred said in a long voice.

"That's right." George laughed and said, "That's where you should be, isn't it good to go for a glass of syrup?" ”

"No, it's supposed to be coffee......

"Well, syrup disguised as coffee......"

The two of them then let out a sneering laugh together.

Of course, in the end, Cedric and Cho still didn't go to Lady Padiff's teahouse, and after leaving the three broomsticks, they returned to Hogwarts together.

A few people walked through the gate, talking and laughing all the way down the field towards the castle.

"That's weird...... Connor, who was chatting with Aki, suddenly said, "Look at that house-elf, he seems to be dressed differently from those in the kitchen, this can't be that Dobby." ”

"What?" Kyle followed her gaze.

Connor was right, in the clearing next to the castle, there was indeed a house-elf.

And unlike the elves in the kitchen who only wore tea towels and pillowcases, the elf in front of him was dressed a little too fashionably.

Long boots, a brown leather jacket that looked like a race car driver, and a cowboy hat with windproof goggles underneath.

"Oh, that's cool...... Fred couldn't help but say, "This house-elf is so personal, do you know where he works in the kitchen?" ”

"I don't know." Cedric shook his head, "Seriously, I've never seen him in the kitchen. ”

That's for sure......

The corners of Kyle's mouth moved, he recognized it, this dressed house elf, except for the Tata of the Nicola family, the entire wizarding world could not find a second one, even Dobby, could not accept such a trendy outfit.

But the question is, how could Tata be here, didn't he stay in Nicol's manor all the time?

Or is it ...... Nicol is here?

Because of the crown?

Kyle's heart pounded twice.

Just then, the house-elf also came over and stood in front of them.

"Are you...... Tata? Kyle asked.

"Yes sir, Tata greetings you." Tata took off his hat and bowed slightly. "Mr. Dumbledore and his master are in the castle, and they asked Tata to come to him."

"Oh, Kyle, do you know this house-elf?" Fred said in surprise.

"Yes, it works in Nicol's house." Kyle said.

Then he looked at Connor again, "I'm sorry, I might have to go find Professor Dumbledore first, we'll see you at dinner, and if all goes well, maybe I can surprise you then." ”

With that, Kyle followed Tata into the castle, and the others stared at each other in place.

In the end, Fred was the first to break the silence and said, "Kyle just said Nick? Nick who almost lost his head? ”

"I listen too." George scratched his hair, "Does it mean that ghosts need house-elves too?" ”

"Can you use your brains?" Cho said angrily, "Kyle is clearly not talking about the ghost Nick you know. ”

"I'd like to think of someone." Cedric whispered, "As you remember, one year during a vacation, Kyle went to France. ”

"French ......," Fred said suddenly, and he also lowered his voice, "you mean to ...... Nicolame? ”

"That's right." Cedric said, "Don't forget that house-elf mentioned the headmaster's name earlier. ”

"If so...... That's a big deal. Fred exclaimed, "I'm starting to wonder what Kyle's surprise is." ”

……

On the other side, Kyle had already followed Tata to the headmaster's office on the eighth floor of the castle.

In the large headmaster's room, Dumbledore was still sitting in his place, and across from him was an old man with gray hair.

It was Nicol Lemay, who wore a yellow striped shirt and a toad mirror pinned to his breast pocket.

"I was just saying that you should have come back already." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Long time no see, Kyle, how are you doing?" Nicol smiled and said hello as well.

"Not bad." Kyle said, "Nicol, are you here for that thing?" If you want me to say you don't have to go to Hogwarts, just write a letter. ”

……

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after saying this, Kyle noticed that Nicol's expression seemed to become a little unnatural.

"Oh?" Dumbledore's blue eyes looked over, "I guess it's not the same thing we'll be talking about later." ”

"Ahem, it's nothing, Albus." Nicol said, "It's just that Kyle asked me to fix a gadget before." ”

"I see." Dumbledore laughed and said, "Kyle always finds something new, and I've seen that many times. ”

"That's right." Nicola May nodded approvingly.

Ravenclaw's crown, there's nothing more curious in the wizarding world, I don't know where Kyle got it.

"Well, we'll talk about that later." Nicol didn't continue the conversation, and instead said, "I did think about inviting you to the manor again, but Albus told me that you are now a warrior in the Triwizard Tournament, and I thought it would be better to come over so as not to distract you." ”

"There's no need." Kyle shook his head, "It's still early before the game starts, so there's no distraction." ”

"I don't think so." Nicol said with a smile, "The Triwizard Tournament is a big event, especially for the warriors involved, every second is related to whether they can win the championship in the end, and you can't be sloppy." ”

Kyle didn't speak, he always felt that the reason given by Nicol was a bit far-fetched, but the other party had already arrived at Hogwarts after all, and it was useless to talk about it any more.

"I'm really glad they can restart the Triwizard Tournament, I saw the first event, it's exciting, it's much more exciting than the last one...... If you want me to say, you shouldn't have played in Durmstrang, every Triwizard Tournament they have has been bad. ”

Nicol seemed to be stuck in memory, and kept talking about how bad the last Triwizard Tournament was and how unreasonable the event schedule was.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that Dumbledore had to interrupt him.

"While the history of Triwizard Tournament is interesting, let's get down to business, Nicol."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, Kyle vaguely felt that Nicol didn't seem to come to Hogwarts this time because of the crown, but because of something else.

"Okay then."

Nicol didn't go any further, he looked at Kyle and said, "I'm here this time mainly to borrow something from you." ”

"What?" Kyle asked.

"The ashes after the phoenix's nirvana."

(End of chapter)