[HP] Comparative

The incident cast a faint cloud over Harry's otherwise bright mood.Although Dumbledore only asked him about his relationship with Tom, he couldn't help but wonder that it was impossible for the principal to speak up as simple as it seemed.

Perhaps, Dumbledore wanted to ask a long time ago?

Maybe, Dumbledore doesn't trust Tom?

Ask yourself, Harry could understand Dumbledore if the answer to both questions was yes.After all, Tom does have a lot of little tricks in private.He didn't know if Dumbledore had discovered the secret of the ladies' bathroom, but it was only natural for the Headmaster to notice something different about Tom.

Anyway, Dumbledore was quite right in his conclusion that Tom wouldn't be willing to take part in the match.In other words, Dumbledore also thinks that Tom can win, but the issue of Tom's own will must be thrown away.

So, is Dumbledore implying that Harry is too gullible for Tom?

Harry muttered inwardly.When Dumbledore heard him mention the twin wands, his reaction was subtle.The Headmaster seems to have a similar, but more ambiguous, attitude to Hermione's - it could be a good connection, or a bad one, the jury is still out.

Should I keep a real distance from Tom, as Sirius suggested in his letter?

a small voice asked Harry in his head.

But Dumbledore also made mistakes when he was young, and the basilisk ate the acromantia is nothing...

Another voice immediately jumped out to refute.

All kinds of messy thoughts were fighting in Harry's head, and his skull hurt from the noise.All problems come down to Tom, as long as the tall boy is willing to clarify...

So, after Wednesday's exam began, Harry slipped into the empty women's bathroom again, wearing the Invisibility Cloak.The inside looked the same as before, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and evenly sprinkled the butterfly wing phosphorous powder that Lily had given him on the only path connecting the gate and the sink.

Given that Tom really wanted him to win the Triwizard Cup, the best time to check the Marauder's map would undoubtedly be the night after the end of the third project, if Tom had indeed returned the map to Harry on purpose.If Tom's name hadn't been shown on the map then, and the phosphorous powder left footprints here...

Harry took a deep breath and stuffed the half-empty glass bottle back into his bag.No matter what is underneath, he must find out the truth!

**

Ron and Hermione's exams ended on the day of the third event, but that didn't dampen their enthusiasm for Harry's competition at all.Harry tried to explain that he could also practice spells on his own, but with little success, and he went with his friends.

On the day of the game, the messenger owl brought Harry a lucky card from Sirius.There was only one paw print on it, and it was still muddy, but he liked it very much.Strangely, even Mrs. Weasley wrote to wish Harry a good race, but Lily and James didn't send even a word.

This confusion was resolved after breakfast.Because Professor McGonagall came over and asked Harry to go to the next conference room to meet the family members who were invited to watch the battle.He was overjoyed immediately, and rushed over at a trot all the way.

"Harry!" Lily was waiting on the chair.Seeing her son appearing at the door, she stood up immediately.

Harry threw himself into her arms and gave her a tight hug. "Mom!" He turned to look at James, who was watching them with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come!"

"Oh, we wanted to surprise you." James winked playfully at Harry with his left eye behind his glasses, "Besides, Lily is worried that if I told you earlier, you might be under more pressure."

Lily glared at her husband. "Don't listen to your father's nonsense," she habitually kissed Harry's right cheek--she used to kiss the right forehead, but adolescent boys ran too fast--"Mom believes in you, no matter what you are The best one."

Harry grinned happily.He wanted to say that he, too, believed he was the best, but that didn't seem appropriate in the presence of the other Warriors and their families.Therefore, he suggested: "How about we go out for a walk?"

Lily and James naturally readily agreed.The two of them had graduated from Hogwarts for many years, and when they came back at this time, they missed everything.The family of three wandered from the castle to the outside of the castle, and went to Hagrid's cabin to say hello.The half-blood giant was obviously very welcome when he saw Lily and James' eyes shining.After a few words, Harry realized that Hagrid might have something to talk to James, so he pulled Lily out the door.

A mother knows her son well.Before Harry asked any questions, Lily took the initiative to answer: "Hagrid wants to ask some questions about school protection."

Suddenly, Harry realized.A basilisk might be roaming the Forbidden Forest, which certainly wouldn't reassure the gamekeepers much.He couldn't help but glanced at the pumpkin patch outside the hut, where a dozen big roosters were walking around looking for food, occasionally making clucking sounds.

Lily followed Harry's gaze and immediately realized something more. "You guessed something too, didn't you?" She lowered her voice suddenly, "If the Heir of Slytherin and his legend about the Chamber of Secrets are true, that heir should be among the students by now..."

She said no more, but Harry knew what she meant.Parseltongue, basilisk, heir of Slytherin... All suspicions point to the same student, Tom Riddle.

Seeing his silence, Lily sighed silently. "James still doesn't believe it, because he feels that he has turned all the corners of the castle countless times. But he can't speak Parseltongue, and there may be any mechanism that he can't open. Besides, Britain has been around for hundreds of years. With no history of Basilisk sightings, and the rare ability of Parseltongue—you know, the most famous Parseltongue is Slytherin himself—the odds of these two things happening at the same time, unrelated, are extremely low. "

If the chamber of secrets is really under the women's bathroom, it's reasonable that James and the others couldn't find it...

"The only question is whether Tom is a real Parseltongue." Harry reluctantly answered, his heart sinking.

Lily watched his expression carefully. "Don't worry, Harry, I haven't changed my attitude on this. Not all Slytherins are Dark wizards, even if he is a Parseltongue. It's just..." She paused, "If you can go further If we're sure, James and I can probably put your mind at ease."

Harry understood what Lily meant.As long as his personal safety is not involved, the parents don't want to worry too much about who he's friends with. "I know, I will ask him." Because he didn't want to be asked how to find out, he took the lead in throwing out the question he had been thinking for a long time: "How can I tell whether a person will become a dark wizard? Wizard, how can we stop him?"

Lily smiled. "I'm glad you can ask that, but the latter one is still too far away from you. As for the former one..." She paused, and the smile on her face faded unexpectedly. "I guess James and Sirius may have secretly mentioned to you that I once had a Slytherin friend."

"Uh..." Harry didn't expect her to bring it up, and was momentarily stuck, wondering whether he should nod or shake his head.Nodding your head is tantamount to betraying your father and godfather, but shaking your head is cheating your mother.

"It's okay, Harry." Lily noticed Harry's embarrassment and patted him on the shoulder gently. "The two of them don't know the details, so the version they told you is definitely not accurate. But it's a very long story. I'll tell you slowly after you're on vacation."

Harry would have liked to know now, but he was sure Lily's reason for taking it easy was because he thought he was still young; if he had to ask the question, he would have to confess that he was going to confront Tom at night.

But without thinking, neither Lily nor James would agree to his plan to jump into the sewer in the middle of the night.

Therefore, Harry could only try his best to suppress the knot in his heart, and nodded.

Other than that, Harry had a great day.It wasn't until dinner time that he regained his nervousness.However, after he recited all the mantras silently and found that he remembered them all, he felt much better.

After the meal, the warriors followed Bagman out of the auditorium to the Quidditch pitch.The tall hedges made all the difference in the field; there was a huge gap in front of them, and the dark passage inside looked a little scary.

Harry told himself again to calm down.No matter how he was signed up, he did fantasize about being on the podium from the moment he knew about the Triwizard Tournament.It's just that the person he wants to see and cheer for him has changed...

But would Tom really cheer for him?

Harry thought for a while, and realized that the image that popped up in his head was the tall boy with his hands raised, but still with that handsome face.This image was outrageous and funny, and he couldn't help being amused by himself.Krum next to him cast a puzzled glance, he quickly restrained his expression, and then looked into the stands——

The audience had entered, but Harry couldn't make out who was who because they were so far apart.Lily and James, Ron and Hermione must be up there, and he waved vigorously in that direction.As for a certain Slytherin prefect... as long as he plays well in the future, he will be able to take advantage of the victory and pursue him at night!

With this mentality, Harry and Cedric started trotting after parting at the first fork.Soon, he came across a swarm of Billywigs.They are blue and have a sapphire-like luster, but if they are stung, they will feel dizzy and float up.

Harry didn't want to be found drowsy floating in mid-air at the end of the match.He cast a hurricane spell decisively, and while the bugs were blown dizzy, he turned and ran quickly to another fork.

The road is also very quiet.Harry was thinking about the direction—the trophy was in the center of the maze, and he had to go northwest—and then suddenly it went dark, and vines rushed towards him silently.

He was taken aback.In a moment's pause, his ankle was entangled by something cold.

"Fire!" Harry exclaimed, without thinking.

At the sight of the light, the devil's net that was blocking the way was drawn back into the hedge, and slipped faster than it had appeared.Harry quickly checked his ankle, only a slight red mark around it.He heaved a sigh of relief, and accelerated to run away from this section of the road.

There was only one road in the new bend, and a great cloud of golden mist floated in the center of the road.Harry had never seen such a thing before, and poked tentatively with his wand, but there was no response.He looked back at the direction he looked at—turning back now would only take time—closed his eyes and turned his attention, and rushed in directly.

It turned out to be an anti-gravity spell.Except for a period of walking in the fog that seemed to be head-to-toe, there were no other effects.

Harry continued to run forward.Twice he came to a dead end and had to backtrack to retrace his route; once, the Boggart caught up with him from behind, but he recognized the huge, ugly, shapeless black thing right away— —

He has nothing to fear, and of course it has no way of doing it.

It was getting darker and darker, and Harry was becoming more and more convinced that he was getting close to the center of the maze.I don't know where the others are... he thought to himself, turning another corner.No one is sending red sparks for help into the sky, which means that everyone is still in the game, and he should hurry up...

Then Harry's thoughts were interrupted by a huge snail in the side road.The thing was ten feet wide and made a lot of noise, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of the flames belching from its tail from afar.

It would be unwise to go head-to-head with an animal covered in thick shells that deflect spells.In an instant, several spells flashed through Harry's head.In the end he settled on the safest kind, which Fred and George used for their mischief-making a big swamp on the ground.

The aggressive snail immediately sank into the mud, unable to move at all.Harry silently said sorry to the next person who was going to go that way, turned his head and continued walking in the previous direction.

He made a few more turns.On a long, straight path he found a monster very much like a lion, but with the face of a woman.

It's a sphinx.She told Harry that this was the closest way to the finish line, but she needed to solve her puzzle.Harry had no other better choice, so he agreed; fortunately, he quickly solved the problem and successfully passed the test that might be eaten.

The words of the Sphinx were quickly verified to be true.Harry walked this distance, and just turned his head when he caught a faint light ahead—it was a trophy—he immediately began to accelerate the sprint, and halfway through the run, he heard other footsteps approaching in the distance.

Someone else is coming soon...

With the thinning hedges on either side, Harry couldn't see who it was, but he couldn't lose at the last minute—he was using all his strength, his breathing was short of breath, and his throat was burning deep in his chest; The vision became clearer and clearer, and the dragon-shaped sculpture entrenched on it reflected the unique cold light of silver under the moonlight.

At this moment, a figure rushed out from the edge of Harry's field of vision.But he didn't have time to look closely, he was obviously closer to the trophy—seven steps, three steps, one step—

He clenched the lower part of the silver cup tightly, feeling the cold and sharp pterosaur wings hurt his palm; because he didn't have time to brake, his crotch hit the stone platform where the trophy was placed.However, he felt no pain at all, and excitedly raised the heavy trophy in his hand.

There must be some kind of magic attached to it, as the sky explodes with fireworks, illuminating the venue with colorful, dazzling lights.The applause in the stands was deafening, and many voices were shouting Harry's name in unison.

Victory tasted even sweeter than Harry had expected.A surge of joy washed through his heart like a waterfall, making him feel like he can accomplish anything today.

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感谢在2022-05-0119:18:33~2022-05-0720:01:54期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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Thanks to the little angels who cast rockets: 8 for LobsterJam; 2 for Xiashui Xiliu; 1 for Tang Chenxin and Fusheng Wuyu;

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