The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

Bagman was a little confused when he heard this, and murmured:

"I...I'm not a minister..."

"How is this possible? Don't try to lie to me!" The old mermaid puffed his beard and glared, "You humans all look the same, and we mermaids can't tell them apart at all! I remember clearly the last time I came to visit our Black Lake mermaids. Mr. Minister is wearing the same clothes as you!

I see!Do you, the Ministry of Magic, want to overturn the previous contract with us?

You once said that as long as we stay in Hogwarts for generations, you can keep us safe!

As a result, look at it now..."

Snape also added with a serious expression:

"I remember that the Ministry of Magic promised last time that it would catch the guy who manipulated the fire dragon and ensure the safety of future projects. But this time something happened to the second project! What on earth is your Ministry of Magic... mean?"

Bagman became more and more panicked.

He subconsciously looked left and right, trying to find Crouch.

Although he didn't like Barty Crouch's character of always liking to dominate power, he had to admit that as a strong contender for the position of former Director of the Department of Magical Execution and Minister of Magic, Crouch was indeed capable. of.

Generally speaking, such thorny problems are left to Crouch to solve.

Crouch always does a great job too.

However, after searching left and right several times, he finally remembered that Crouch was not here at all today.

The person who replaced Crouch was just an insignificant assistant like Percy.

And Percy is also a slippery guy.

At this moment, he was hiding far away and could not find anyone at all.

Bagman was angry and anxious.

He was shaking all over and his face was extremely ugly. After a while, he looked at Dumbledore again and said in a pleading tone:

"How about we talk about these things slowly later? Now... let's finish announcing what needs to be announced."

Dumbledore, John and others actually knew very well that Bagman couldn't make the decision at all.

Looking at Bagman's pitiful appearance, everyone nodded.

Bagman beamed with joy when he saw this, put his wand against his neck and prepared to speak.

At this moment, Madame Maxime rushed into the crowd like a chariot.

"Where's Fleur? Have any of you seen Fleur?!"

she yelled nervously.

Judging from the strong muscles on her wrists, this guy might have a higher concentration of giant blood than Hagrid.

After hearing this, John and the old mermaid looked at each other, and then John said:

"Don't worry, she's fine."

After saying that, John stepped aside.

From behind him, a female mermaid who looked particularly rough and fierce and wore a leader-like ornament came out holding the unconscious Fleur.

"The girl was entangled by Greenlody and failed to reach the square. John took my daughter to search for a long time before he found her in a water meadow."

The old mermaid said with a smile.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Madame Maxime immediately hugged Fleur, and then kept thanking John and the old mermaid.

John nodded and said:

"I can't just die without saving her. Well, let's take her to Madam Pomfrey first. She seems to be seriously injured."

Madame Maxime took a deep breath, squatted down, and said from the perspective of John:

"We will never forget this kindness!"

After that, she did not leave, but called a few Beauxbatons boys to come over and take Fleur to the school hospital, while she stayed where she was and looked at Bagman.

Bagman understood instantly, turned on [loud voice] and said excitedly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally made a decision. The mermaid leader and his daughter Merkus told us everything that happened under the lake. We decided to give the warriors a full score of fifty points. The scores are as follows…”

"Despite her excellent use of the Bubble Charm, Fleur Delacour was attacked by Greenlody as she approached her target and failed to rescue the hostages. We give her..."

Bagman looked at Dumbledore and others, as well as Percy, who appeared again at some point. After seeing the score, he announced: "25 points!"

Although Bagman said it somewhat euphemistically.

But the audience is not blind, and their understanding is not bad.

Everyone didn't have much favorable impressions of Fleur, a player who didn't even arrive at the Mermaid Square and was rescued by John in the end.

Therefore, there was only some sparse applause on the field.

"Cedric Diggory also used the Bubble Charm, and Viktor Krum used Transfiguration, which was incomplete but still effective." Bagman continued, "Both of them were They arrived at Mermaid Square, but they failed to rescue the hostages. In the end, Krum was even injured, and Cedric had to withdraw from the game early in order to save him.

Therefore, Cedric and Krum's scores are... 30 points and 28 points respectively! "

Cedric, who had also come out of Madam Pomfrey's place, gave a wry smile and bowed to the Hufflepuff stands, which still gave him fierce applause.

"Michelle Shafiq and Harry Potter used gillyweed and achieved amazing results." Bagman said, "Not only did they successfully reach Mermaid Square, they also rescued all the hostages. ! Therefore, their scores are... 46 points and 35 points!"

"I should have gotten zero points."

Harry shook his head and said in a hoarse voice, "I didn't make any effort the whole time, just like John and Michelle's pendant."

"Wow -" Draco exclaimed, pretending to be surprised, "It's amazing that you are aware of yourself, Scarhead!"

Harry glared at Draco angrily, but did not pounce directly like before, but continued to stare in Bagman's direction.

So did the vast majority of the spectators in the stands.

Now, they are all expecting the same thing.

“Finally, there’s our John Shafiq!”

In the midst of great expectations, Bagman raised his voice and shouted, "He also used Gillweed, although he was the last one to return and it timed out seriously. But the mermaid leader told us that John, Michelle, and Harry The same, they are all the first people to arrive at Mermaid Square.

He failed to return in time just to deal with the crazy giant squid and delay Michelle and Harry's efforts to rescue the hostages!

And in fact, he did it!

Not only did he save all the hostages and warriors, he also saved the mermaids and defeated the giant squid!

His score is..."

Bagman held up a sign with 10 points written on it and looked at the other judges.

Maxim and Percy, who represented Crouch, gave 10 points without hesitation.

Dumbledore also smiled and gave ten points.

When it was Karkaroff's turn, the situation became a little more complicated.

Karkaroff coyly wanted to score points.

Judging from the movement of his wand, it should be the number 7.

However, before he could actually raise his wand, Snape glared at him with an almost cannibalistic look.

Karkaroff shrank his neck, muttered for a while, and then drew another number - 10!

"...50 points!"

Bagman immediately shouted excitedly, "John scored 50 points! It is worth mentioning that this is the only player in the history of the Triwizard Tournament to get a perfect score in a single event! John Shafiq Sir, he created the historical record of the Triwizard Tournament!

This is too difficult!

John's feat conquered every referee present! "

Following Bagman's announcement, the stadium once again erupted in cheers and applause.

Almost everyone in Hogwarts was going crazy at this moment!

Bagman, on the other hand, blushed and continued to shout amidst the commotion:

"The third and final project will be carried out on the evening of June 6th. The warriors will know the specific content of the project one month in advance. Thank you for your support to the warriors!"

After saying that, Bagman saluted the excited crowd in the stands, and then ran to John's side after communicating with Dumbledore and others.

"John, we will find out about this matter. But please... give us some time and let us discuss it with Dumbledore." Bagman said with some embarrassment, "Don't worry, it won't take too much time. Yes. We will notify you as soon as there are results!"

John ignored Bagman, but looked at Dumbledore and Snape expressionlessly.

He really didn't trust those losers at the Ministry of Magic.

It wasn't until Dumbledore nodded seriously that John took a deep breath and walked to Hogwarts Castle accompanied by Michelle and others.