[HP] Comparative

The next day is Sunday.When he first woke up, Harry didn't know why he was so anxious, and it took a while to think about the dragons.All kinds of speculation about the tall boy immediately jumped into his mind, and he couldn't help shaking his head vigorously—there were indeed many unsolved mysteries about Tom, but his immediate priority was obviously to get rid of the fire dragon.

Just after breakfast, Harry took Ron and Hermione to the grounds outside the castle.As he walked along the lake, he told Hermione everything about the dragon and Tom.He left out the ladies' room part, of course--since Tom caught him and let him go last night, he should have kept it a secret from Tom; besides, the women's room hadn't been proven yet. ...

Ron had heard Harry say this before, and he still looked horrified when he heard it again. "They actually brought the dragon!" He hissed and gasped, "No wonder Charlie was always hesitant to talk during the summer vacation!"

Seeing Ron's reaction, Harry couldn't help guessing that if the first project was announced immediately after the Warriors were selected, everyone would believe that he didn't throw his name into the Goblet of Fire.After all, it's one thing to show off, but it's another to lose your life...

Suddenly, a vague idea flashed through Harry's mind.He didn't catch it in time, because Hermione started asking: "According to Riddle, they don't ask the warriors to fight the dragon alone?"

Harry nodded, giving up on pursuing that idea for now. "His exact words were 'that can't be done'. It sounded like he was pretty sure none of us could do it."

Hermione and Ron glanced at each other, and their expressions instantly became indescribable.You know, Harry wore the cloak of invisibility and wandered around the castle many times, and was only discovered last night; it was nothing more than being discovered, and Tom didn't even leave Harry with the slightest chance to resist——

This shows what?

It means that they are probably not Tom's opponent together, and Tom may be able to deal with a fire dragon alone!

"Is Riddle really only one grade above us?" Ron asked sincerely once.At the beginning, he was still a little psychologically unbalanced, but after a few years, he had no other feasible solution except to surrender.

Hermione sighed heavily, as if she understood Ron's thoughts completely - the gap was too great to be jealous, because he had divided Tom into another kind of person from the bottom of his heart. "I hope Riddle's guess is right," she said dryly. "After all, while it's not easy stealing eggs from a dragon, it's a lot easier than dealing with it."

"So what should Harry do?" Ron asked again, with a worried tone, "I heard that the female dragon that hatches the egg is very bad-tempered, and it's dangerous to get close to it. Harry's goal is still the dragon egg , it will definitely be irritated!"

That's true.The three exchanged glances with each other, no matter who they were, they were unsure.

After looking at each other for a while, Hermione spoke first: "We still have to prepare for the worst." She looked at Harry, and said firmly, "Go to the library now!"

However this time the library did not solve the problem.In the dragon books, there was a section that went into great detail about how difficult it was to deal with, and the rest, about feeding and disease, were more suitable for Hagrid to read.Because Tom said it was not too difficult for Harry, they also read a lot of basic books.

Putting an end to this fruitless work was Krum, who entered the library sullenly.In order to avoid being disturbed by members of his star chasing club, the three had to leave there angrily.

Although the phrase "not too difficult" was all over Harry's head, he still noticed another thing. "You just said Krum 'here again', Hermione? Does he go to the library a lot?"

"A few times recently," replied Hermione, still feeling agitated. "Every time he brings a bunch of chattering girls, it's annoying!"

Harry was about to ask about that. "But wouldn't Tom attract a whole bunch of girls too? Why didn't that happen before?"

"Because they dare not use the method of making noise in the library to attract Riddle's attention." Hermione pointed out the key point angrily, "If they dare to do that, Mrs. Pince will ask them out without asking. .As much as they wanted his attention, no one wanted that kind of negative attention."

Harry hadn't noticed this kind of detail before, and suddenly realized what he said.This comparison made him wonder that Ron's attitude towards Tom might be the most appropriate one - thanking the other party for his help, but never trying to shorten the distance between the classmates.

But you're not Ron, Harry couldn't help but refute himself in his heart, the one who used twin wands with Tom was you!

For Ron, he got other inspiration from this topic. "You can ask Riddle directly, Harry!" He clapped his hands vigorously and shouted excitedly, "Didn't he already promise to help you?"

Harry didn't answer right away.He didn't like the idea, not in the first place; and now, he was more resistant to asking Tom for help—

Although he wanted to be friends with Tom before, it didn't mean that Tom was obliged to help him; and when he doubted the other party's motives, he asked the other party to help him, and he thought he was not so cheeky.

But then again, if Tom was actually acting when he apologized to Harry, why would he do it?

It can't be because Harry is a warrior, you know, the warrior hasn't been selected at that time; Tom doesn't seem to be really interested in the invisibility cloak, let alone he didn't know that Harry had an invisibility cloak that would never wear out; The last possibility left, as Hermione hinted, is that the twin wands have a use that deserves more Tom's attention than flashback spells?

If he can understand this, maybe he can understand Tom's unpredictable attitude... and the hidden motives, if Tom really has one... Although he can't see any malicious intentions in Tom, after all So far, the other party has indeed been helping...

Ron didn't know what Harry had been through, and he didn't know Harry's concerns. "As far as I know, Riddle never breaks his promise." The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this solution was feasible. "Would you like to go back to the library and wait for him to appear, Harry?"

"Let's have dinner first." Harry didn't want to dampen Ron's enthusiasm, so he had to find a reason to evade.

Hermione walked beside him, and upon hearing this, she looked at him with an affirmative and insightful look.

Because of this, Harry didn't go back to the Tower with Ron and Hermione after dinner.He was going to pretend he went looking for Tom, but couldn't find it, so he could get by.Tom had been in the Slytherin common room for a good reason...

Harry climbed two flights from the foyer, then from the third to the fourth, wandering aimlessly.When he came down from the fourth floor, he couldn't control himself in the end, and cast his gaze at the place where Tom had appeared as he did late last night.It was really a genuine women's bathroom, and the wariness on the tall boy's face was questionable——

What the hell is Tom doing in there?

Harry became more and more curious.Considering that he might be treated as a pervert if he went in now, he barely resisted the urge to take out the invisibility cloak in his schoolbag.But he swore to himself in his heart that when he solved the fire dragon, he must find a quiet time to take a look quietly.Not that he couldn't ask Hermione to do it for him; but it was such an outlandish request that she would be suspicious...

Thinking so, Harry went down to the hall again.His meager luck seemed to have come at last: he had just descended the last flight of stairs when he saw Cedric approaching from the other end.

Harry immediately thought of the dragon, hurriedly followed quietly, and stopped him when he turned to a secluded corner.

Cedric was dubious about the content of the first item, because Harry couldn't explain to him how he knew it, and it sounded like a fair game to tell him why.But before leaving, he said goodbye to Harry politely.

"I seem to have an illusion, which one of you two is more graceful in the competition."

Just as the Hufflepuff boy was gone, these words suddenly sounded behind Harry, startling him a lot. "...Tom!" Why did Tom happen to be here?Did Cedric hear everything he said to him?

The black-haired, black-eyed boy slowly stepped out of the shadows, with a faint smile on his handsome face. "One day has passed, have you figured out a way to deal with the fire dragon?"

Harry was sure the place had never been occupied before.In the blink of an eye, he has gone from being heard to being eavesdropped and even followed.He was about to ask a question about this, but when he heard the words, he was suddenly dumbfounded. "...Not yet." For some reason, he lacked confidence when answering this way, and he didn't dare to look directly into those dark eyes.

Tom showed no surprise or surprise at all. "I saw you spent most of the day in the library," he said, as if curious, "still haven't figured it out? Really?"

Before saying that, Harry must have thought it was full of concern, but now he wasn't so sure. "Why do we have to figure it out in one day? I don't think this matter is as light as you said!" At the end of the speech, he himself heard a trace of unrepressed anger in his tone.

"Really?" Tom asked softly.He was completely unaffected, and even walked half a circle around Harry with great interest. "Professor Slughorn praised you as a great flying man before, did I hear you wrong?"

Harry thought he was, but... "Only wands are allowed in the tournament!" he retorted a little annoyed, "I can't bring Firebolt|arrows!"

"You have a wand, so you're afraid you won't be able to get the broom?" Tom asked again, his expression was full of disbelief at this moment, "Could it be that your wand is just a display?"

There's definitely a bit of irony in that last sentence.But once Harry understood what the other person meant, he couldn't care less about getting angry. "Are you talking about using a Flying Charm?" His eyes widened.

"I remember it being taught in the fourth grade textbook," Tom said, as if by default.

Harry didn't want to reveal to Tom that he hadn't learned the spell yet, very, very much. "Why did you remind me of this?" He forcibly changed the topic, his tone was stiff, almost questioning.

It was a pretty blunt turn, but Tom seemed satisfied only that Harry understood that he should summon the broom with the Coming Charm. "I will do what I promised." He showed a perfect smile, "By the way, thank you for your book."

As soon as the words fell, Harry felt a sudden sinking behind him.Something seemed to be stuffed into the bag, most likely it was the thick book he sent out before. "You..." He looked at the tall boy who moved quickly in confusion, and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Why did you go into the women's bathroom?

[-]% of Tom will be perfunctory, and the remaining [-]% ​​probability is that he can only get a false answer.

Ask why you want to help me in the game?

The answer is probably the same as above.

Ask why you apologize to me with false reasons?

Come on, even if it's true, does he have enough proof?

Just when Harry was full of question marks, Tom said again: "Anyway, I wish you success."

"Really?" Harry asked suspiciously.The change in his manner from last night to tonight was so marked that he could not believe that Tom hadn't noticed it.But in this case, Tom still took the initiative to give him hints.Although according to Tom's own statement, the promise he made must be fulfilled; but this promise was also made by Tom on his own initiative. Why did the other party have to help him and lie to him at the same time?

Tom's smile suddenly widened. "Whether you believe it or not—" he dragged his voice, "If you have to choose a winner among the four of you, I prefer that person to be you."

Harry didn't listen.He stared at the tall boy's flawless smile, unable to reconcile it with the melancholy and lonely face from the second time at the Slug Club.

What good was Tom lying to him anyway?He has never been able to hide his emotions very well, but Tom acted as if nothing had changed, or he didn't care at all... If the other party helped him for unknown reasons related to twin wands, it was entirely possible to directly Say it... Even if you don't want to say it, you can take it lightly, there is no need to deliberately lie to him...

The vague thought popped up again, and Harry caught it by the tail this time. "If you want to sign up for the Triwizard Tournament, are you sure you can do it?"

The topic changed so quickly, Tom blinked, slightly surprised. "Why do you ask that?"

"Suddenly." Harry said, staring at those dark eyes for a moment, not wanting to miss any of the other's reaction. "I guess you can not only do it, but there are many ways?"

Tom looked at Harry again, a little surprised now. "Professor Dumbledore drew the age limit," he said slowly, neither affirming nor denying.

It wasn't even an answer, but Harry thought he could see what it meant—it wasn't that Tom couldn't sign up, he just didn't want to risk the world; the golden line was drawn not only on the ground, but on people's heart.Judging from this, what Tom said to Professor Crouch was most likely true: he didn't want to be too public.

"Then you must know how many people in the school can fool the Goblet of Fire?" Harry continued to ask.

Tom narrowed his eyes slightly, and Harry caught a familiar alertness and deliberation in them.After a while, he said calmly: "About the person who threw your name into the cup, do you already have someone to suspect?"

"I haven't." Harry shook his head vigorously, still staring intently at Tom's face, and said word by word, "But I think you have."

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