[HP] The Elegance of the Night

"Fire dragon? How do you know?" Draco stopped and looked suspiciously at the blue-eyed boy leaning against the stone wall, "Why did you tell me?" Aren't they rivals?

"For the sake of fairness!" Harry replied, "Not only me, but also the warriors from the other two schools have found out about the fire dragon. For the sake of Hogwarts, I don't want you to lose without knowing why. "

"Then do I have to be grateful for your sense of justice? If you don't tell me, I will lose badly?" Draco didn't appreciate it, Harry gave him a faint look, and then showed Igil With a friendly smile, he turned and walked in the opposite direction of the hall.

"Is he waiting for us here on purpose?" Draco softened his tone when he saw Harry's back going away. He had learned how competitive Harry Potter was from the first year of school.He originally thought that the opponent was the one who most wanted him to lose the game, but he didn't expect...

"What do you think, Igil, is his word believable?" That being said, Draco already believed more than half of it. This kind of lie can be easily exposed. Lying won't do the boy any good. "If he said That's true, where can a fire dragon fit in?"

"In Hogwarts, there is only one place where you can hide them without disturbing the students." Igil frowned slightly, staring at Harry as he walked through the empty corridor, thoughtfully...

After breakfast, Igil and Draco walked slowly along the grass by the lake to Hagrid's cabin, and they planned to go around the cabin into the Forbidden Forest when no one was looking.Beauxbaton's huge carriage was parked not far from the wooden house, and twelve tall flying horses were breathing hot air from their nostrils.

Beauxbatons usually lived in a carriage, so Igil and Draco were very careful when passing that section of the road.As soon as he entered the woods, Igil let Basilisk return to its original size and lead the way.The breath of the basilisk can somewhat make those aggressive and dangerous animals restrain their claws and fangs.

Along the way, eight-eyed spiders, big and small, fled quickly from the dark corners of the bushes. The largest one was as big as a desk. The basilisk was the natural nemesis of eight-eyed spiders. It reduced the troubles of the two little Slytherin wizards along the way.

In the depths of the Forbidden Forest, even in the daytime, it looks gloomy. The canopy covers most of the sunlight, and the mottled light cast from the gaps in the branches is almost negligible.This was the first time they had gone so deep into the Forbidden Forest. The Hogwarts Castle and the four towering towers that they could always see when they looked back in the past were now covered by the trees behind them.

The wind whistled through the gaps in the trees, adding a chill to the terrifying and oppressive environment in the Forbidden Forest.Igil and Draco didn't encounter any creatures along the way. In the Forbidden Forest, there were still trees except for trees. Some of the weird and twisted trees had grown here for hundreds of thousands of years. From a distance, their thick branches looked like The faces of the devil struggling in pain.

"Harry lied to us, we have traveled so far, we didn't even see the shadow of the fire dragon." Draco clasped his arms with both hands and rubbed them gently, exhaling a ball of white air from his mouth and nose with each breath .

"Maybe we should try to look in other directions." Yigil said, at this moment, a deafening sharp roar suddenly cut through the sky.

"Fire Dragon!" Draco exclaimed excitedly, Igil made Basilisk shrink and put it in his hand again, and then tiptoed to follow Draco's pace.

After walking forward for less than 2 minutes, they felt the increasingly intense sunlight. Not far away was a large clearing that had been cut down. The cut trees were sawed into thick planks to form a field.

"Igil, look!"

Draco hid behind a thick bush, and four adult dragons that looked very fierce were imprisoned in the field.They stand on their hind legs with their mouths fifty feet above the ground.Clouds of flame erupted from the fang-like mouth for at least forty feet.

"Hungarian Horntail, Welsh Green Dragon, Swedish Short-nosed Dragon, and Chinese Fireball!" Draco, who loves dragons like a dragon, announced their names in one bite. Seeing so many fire dragons at once, Draco looked special Excited, "They are so beautiful, so beautiful."

"Keep your voice down." Igil grabbed Draco's clothes and pressed them down. Those dragons wriggling and stomping were dangerous creatures. Except for their smooth scales, he didn't see their beauty at all. The pair of protruding eyes and the strange thin and sharp horns around the face only made him feel fierce.

There were at least thirty wizards standing on the field, and one of them, a freckled man with red hair, was particularly conspicuous. He was Charlie Weasley: one of Ron's older brothers, and he was chanting spells with seven or eight wizards. .Other wizards clung to the chains that were attached to the dragon's legs and the big thick leather straps around the dragon's neck.

"It's no wonder Potter knows about the events." Draco stared intently at the red-haired wizard they'd met in their first year at school.

"This won't work, recite the stun spell, and count to three, everyone recite together!" A wizard shouted loudly.

"Stunning!" When the count reached three, more than thirty wizards said in unison, and the stun spell was shot at the fire dragon like a rocket, and the burst of sparks fell like a shower on the thick scaly hide of the four dragons.The fire dragon fell down while shaking, and its strong body weighing several tons crashed to the ground, shaking the surrounding trees to tremble.The flames in their nostrils were extinguished, but the smoke was still rising.

"That's cool." Draco praised, and Igil's face turned black when he heard this.

"It's your turn to deal with these big guys in two days, Draco." Igil raised his forehead, could his roommate have a sense of crisis, after seeing these big guys, his heart was almost in his throat Immediately, "I can see that the Stunning Spell works on Fire Dragon, but at least six or seven adult wizards must use it together."

"Igil, I miss Karl I, I don't know how big it is now." Draco squatted on the ground, holding his cheek with his hands in nostalgia, "It's such a cute Norwegian Ridgeback."

Hey, what you should be thinking about is how to deal with them!Igil was so angry that he was about to vomit blood.

"Go and check the dragon eggs, Charlie." One of the wizards in the group shouted to the red-haired wizard, and he shouted to several other wizards, "The time of the stun spell is getting shorter and shorter, you have to watch it carefully." , be especially careful with dragon eggs."

"They're almost developing antibodies, Director, let alone us, even these dragons won't be able to stand it anymore." A curly-haired witch complained.

"Igil, the competition must be related to dragon eggs. These four female dragons are brooding and hatching eggs, and they are more irritable than ordinary dragons." Draco Stareye Malfoy looked at the four sleeping female dragons eagerly, " If I could get a dragon egg..."

"Let's go, Draco!" Igil quickly grabbed Draco's clothes, if he didn't drag him away quickly, I don't know what would happen.

"Don't be like this, Igil!" The platinum-haired boy pursed his mouth aggrievedly, "I'm just saying... Do you think there are so many people guarding them at night?"

"..." Draco, you are hopeless.

Igil firmly held Draco's hand and walked towards the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. He was really afraid that this kid would run back and cause trouble if he didn't pay attention.Along the way, the platinum-blonde boys all looked back reluctantly. Because of this, Igil quickened his pace, much faster than when he came.

"Be lighter, I'm already dressed like this!"

"be honest!"

When they were approaching the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest, a somewhat familiar male voice yelled, followed by another sharp voice, extremely impolite.Igil stopped walking, he winked at Draco, and silently cast a few spells.

"When will you pay back the money you owe us!" A few goblins gathered on the small road ahead, and they surrounded Mr. Bagman, one of the referees sent by the Ministry of Magic.This was the first time Igil encountered a goblin outside of Gringotts.

"You can accommodate for a few more days. When I get the salary, I will pay back the interest immediately." Bagman bowed humbly and lowered his head.The goblin who questioned him only reached his waist, but the goblin's finger touched his nose.

"Interest! That's only Galleons. You, the director of the Sports Department, can't even afford this little money!" The goblin said angrily, "I saw you as the director, and you were a famous Quidditch player before." Players are the ones who lend you money, if you don’t have money, you still gamble!”

"Be patient for a while, Mr. Griphook, why don't you lend me some more?"

"Ah!" the goblin uttered a loud voice, "Ludo Bagman!"

"Listen to me, listen to me...Mr. Griphook, I didn't lend me this money for nothing. I have a brilliant idea." Bagman hurriedly appeased the goblins, who surrounded him even tighter.

"You all know that I am the referee of this Triwizard Tournament. I will borrow a sum of money from you to bet that Harry Potter will become the champion. If he wins, I will use this money to pay off the debt. I will only take the rest .”

"Sounds good." The elves discussed together for a while, and the elf with a particularly loud voice showed a smile on his face, "How much do you plan to borrow?

Bagman gestured with his finger. Because of the angle, Igil didn't see how much he borrowed, but judging from the goblin's reaction, it was a lot of money.

"Deal! Good luck, Bagman."

After the transaction was completed, the goblins left sparsely. Mr. Bagman unbuttoned his neck and let out a heavy breath.He looked around for a while, and walked out swaggeringly.

Igil, who was in a complicated mood, lifted the spell on his body, and his roommate stayed quietly from the beginning to the end, which was a bit too quiet.

"Draco?" Igil called softly, and Draco seemed to come back to himself after hearing his call.

"They all want Potter to win, Igil. Even the referees..." Draco said lowly.

"Porter said to be fair ... but the game has not even started, and the balance of victory has been tilted." …