Spotted By Grindelwald And Went To Hogwarts Chapter 491: The 2nd project starts!
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"Hermione, this is the prefect's bathroom..."
A sumptuous candle-lit chandelier cast a warm soft light on the room, and everything was made of snow-white marble, including the central bath, sunken into the ground, like a rectangular swimming pool. There were about a hundred golden faucets on the side of the bath, each with a gem of a different color set in the handle. There is also a diving board. The windows were hung with snow-white linen curtains; a great pile of fluffy white towels stood in one corner, and on the wall hung only one picture, in a gilt frame. It showed a blond mermaid sleeping soundly on a rock, her long hair brushing her face, trembling slightly with each breath she took.
Kneeling by the bathtub, Daisy said to Hermione while looking around curiously.
Hermione, wrapped in a bath towel, unscrewed several faucets next to her. Daisy was surprised to find that all kinds of bubble bath mixed with hot water were sprayed out, but they were completely different from the bubble baths she had been in contact with before—one of the faucets sprayed out pink and blue bubbles the size of a football; Purple mist permeated the water.
"It's so beautiful." She sighed sincerely.
Hermione stretched out her white legs and dangled on the edge of the bath that was not yet full: "This is probably the most valuable place for a prefect."
Daisy blinked her eyes: "You didn't teach me when you brought me to the prefect's bathroom—you've changed, Hermione!"
Hermione gave her an annoyed look: "Does it make a difference whether I bring you or not? Even if I pointed at your nose and said, as the best friend of the two prefects, you shouldn't violate the school rules frequently, wouldn't you ask Harry to borrow the Invisibility Cloak and sneak out? Besides, this is about the second event of the Big Four—"
"Sure enough, you are the best to me—" Daisy hugged Hermione's arm with a smile, "However, how did Sean find out, and I haven't seen him study it..."
Hermione frowned: "I don't know about him, he's mysterious. You can tell me directly, but I have to let you try it yourself..."
"Damn sense of ritual." Daisy said affirmatively.
While the two were talking, the sound of footsteps came.
Wrapped in a bath towel and holding a golden egg, Stephanie walked in. Her long silver-white hair was **** high, and the bun protruding from it was almost the size of her head.
Hermione glanced at Stephanie, but she didn't show any enthusiasm. Instead, Daisy greeted her very happily.
Little Baihua actually didn't know what was going on. On the day of the Christmas ball, she thought that Hermione and Stephanie had suddenly become comrades-in-arms on the same front—but when the Christmas ball was over, the two returned to their usual lukewarm attitude.
Sean and Daisy have always wanted to know what kind of conversation the two had had, but neither of them had the guts to ask, whether it was Hermione or Stephanie.
Moreover, as Sean's Christmas ball partner, Daisy always has a sense of guilt.
Briefly greeted, at this time, the bath was filled with hot water and bubbles, and amidst the steam, three bath towels were thrown by the side of the bath.
"Huh—" Daisy soaked in the hot water and breathed out comfortably.
Looking at the ups and downs of the little white flower, Hermione and Stephanie first glanced involuntarily, and then glanced at their own chest.
The two of them coincidentally moved a little further away from Xiao Baihua.
Even the two of them had such an idea in their minds—Sean...does he like big ones?
Daisy looked around, a little puzzled, why are the two of them so far away from her...
The combination of the three is actually quite interesting—Stephanie is the oldest of the three girls, but she was only 1.5 meters tall at other times except for the men's clothing at the Christmas ball that day.
Hermione's second eldest is normal, she is currently 1.63 meters, and she estimates that she can grow two or three centimeters—probably?
As for Daisy, who is the youngest and has suffered a lot since she was a child, she is the tallest among the three girls - she was compared with Hermione, she was two centimeters shorter than Hermione at this time last year, and now she is one centimeter taller.
In addition, there is another reason that keeps Stephanie and Hermione away from the little white flower in the bath-scale.
Stephanie is not a steel plate, but it is not far behind; Hermione is satisfied with her height, but she is not satisfied with her size-especially when compared with Daisy.
Maybe it has something to do with food intake. The size of Xiao Baihua's villa completely suppressed the two of them. To be precise, most of her peers would also be suppressed by her.
However, what makes Hermione envious is that Xiao Baihua eats a lot, but the place that should be fat is fat, and the place that should be thin is still thin.
Water mist lingered, and suddenly there was only the sound of water from the faucet in the bath.
Taking a bath is not scary, anyone who is younger will be embarrassed - it is unisex.
Of course, if Sean was here, he would definitely say: I don't value this, and it doesn't matter how big or small, each has its own advantages and various troubles.
The ignorant little white flower didn't understand why Stephanie and Hermione were silent suddenly, she blinked suspiciously and wiped the sweat from her brow.
Stephanie sank her body into the pool a bit, then hugged the golden egg, and said softly: "Sean said, just soak it in the water?"
When I got back to the topic, the other two girls also surrounded me.
Hermione stared at the golden egg suspiciously: "Terry Boot opened it again in the lounge last time - everyone in the portrait protested."
Daisy trusted Sean with all her heart: "Since Sean said so, he must have tried."
The three girls looked at each other, and then Stephanie sank the golden egg into the water and pressed it.
There was no piercing howl this time, the golden eggs in the water emitted a misty golden light, and the gurgling singing floated out, but I couldn't make out what the lyrics were singing.
"Are you going to listen underwater?" Hermione said.
The three sank their heads into the water together.
The singing came to their ears in an ingenious way along the water.
Look for us, where our voices sound,
We cannot sing on the ground.
When you search, think carefully about:
We took away your most beloved baby.
You only have one hour,
To find and recover what we have taken,
After an hour there is no hope,
It is completely gone, never to be seen again.
The three girls floated up, shaking their heads to shake their long hair away from their eyes.
Hermione frowned and said, "This is the challenge for the second level..."
Stephanie's expression was calm: "There is no way to sing on the ground, and this kind of singing—the second level, we have to face... the mermaid..."
Blonde mermaids show off their fins in gilt frames on the wall.
Daisy said "Oh" and said with some displeasure: "But I have seen pictures of mermaids, and they are not as beautiful as the pictures."
"Now is not the time to care about the appearance of the second level challenge project," Hermione said with a frown. "The only place within Hogwarts where there are mermaids is the Black Lake, which means that you will need to go down to the Black Lake...you have to prepare a way to move freely underwater..."
"The method is not a problem—" Stephanie said, "I am more concerned about the content of the competition. According to the literal meaning of the singing, the contestants' beloved things will be taken away, and if they cannot be retrieved within an hour, they will disappear. Speed, method, and degree of completion should be the criteria for scoring."
Xiao Baihua followed the example of the two and began to think: "My beloved... the professors won't take all the desserts from my room?!"
Hermione was speechless for a while, she patted her forehead, and said angrily: "How could it be so simple! And if the professor takes your dessert, I will definitely raise my hands to support it."
"Hermione—" Daisy pouted aggrievedly.
Stephanie lay half-body on the edge of the bath, exposing her snow-white back, and she muttered to herself, "And there are three people in each team, and the favorites cannot be unified. Of course, this may be just a way of describing it, but we failed to understand the real meaning..."
"It's possible," Hermione nodded, "Perhaps the biggest function of this clue is to tell the contestants that the second level will be carried out underwater - after the wizard enters the water, the combat effectiveness will drop sharply, and the contestants who don't find the clue and are not prepared will face a very big disadvantage."
“I think the key may be the cooperation of the contestants.”
"That's right, this Triwizard Tournament is different from hundreds of years ago. With the increase in the number of people, cooperation should also become a difficult point in the test..."
"Also pay attention to the time, this time may represent something..."
Listening to the discussion between the two high IQ players, Xiao Baihua blinked her eyes.
Sure enough, it is best to let others think...
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"Underwater activities are not a problem." Sean said in the Room of Requirement.
They are discussing how to deal with the second challenge.
"The underwater breathing potion should be banned, but we can use other methods, such as the bubble head spell, transfiguration, or gills. Of course, if you stay by my side all the time, I can use other methods to let you move freely underwater."
Hermione has been thinking about it, and after hearing what Sean said, she added: "Sean's underwater combat power should be much ahead of the others, so is it possible to consider..."
Sean turned around in surprise, and then snapped his fingers: "You're bad at studying, but come with me—I can hinder the warriors from other schools."
Hermione gave him a white look: "Don't forget, there are other creatures in the Black Lake."
"I have a Basilisk and a Selma Lake Monster..."
"...they can't be released!"
Stephanie, who has been silent all the time, said: "But Sean can indeed deal with other people. Daisy and I will complete the game, but just in case, Daisy and I have to prepare countermeasures for underwater activities alone."
Several people continued to discuss the details for a while, and Sean decided to give each of them a copy of gills grass - he didn't need to go to Snape's storage room to steal this thing, he had already prepared to buy a lot from the black market, of course, as long as Daisy asked, Snape would definitely give it to him.
Snape was happy for several days after receiving Daisy's gift at Christmas - of course, you can't tell just by looking at Snape's expression, but you can tell by looking at the pile of potions he gave Daisy...
After carefully making all the preparations, Sean let out a sigh of relief: "It's not a big problem. We will choose one of the prepared plans according to the specific challenge project."
The others nodded.
However, the only thing that puzzles Sean is what is his beloved, and whether the three of them are going to rescue Hermione, just like in the original book.
But wouldn't it be a little too simple?
However, Sean's doubts were quickly answered.
A few days later, under the watchful eyes of countless spectators, the warriors stood by the Black Lake.
Sean is accompanied by Reinhard Knott, Fleur, Hugo, and Cedric.
Daisy and Stephanie are not by the lake.
At this time, Ludo Bagman was announcing the rules loudly.
"As you can see, your teammates have already reached the other two sides of the Black Lake. You will all act alone. Have you seen what you have in your hands?"
Shawn raised his hand, and he was clutching a lens.
"The clues of the game have been placed in the golden eggs, as for the specific items..." Mr. Bagman pressed his wand against his throat, and his voice was like a bell, "Our warriors need to think positively!"
"Your teammates are also holding the same thing, so what should you do first, don't I remind you?!"
Sean stood by the lake, he didn't even change his swimming trunks, he was wearing a winter sportswear, which was a bit out of place with the warriors in swimsuits around him.
"It's a bit difficult for the three of us to be separated... But Daisy and Stephanie don't have to worry..." Sean muttered to himself while exercising his muscles.
Obviously, the contestants need to rendezvous with their teammates first, and in an environment like the Black Lake, it is not a simple matter to rendezvous smoothly~IndoMTL.com~ If you use your magic wand to send a signal rashly, you will be spotted by many magical animals in the Black Lake, and you will be in trouble at that time.
The key after that should be the items in the hands of the three of them. After the three are combined, it should be the clue to the "beloved object".
But Sean has never thought about what his beloved thing is. His friends are waving happily in the stands at the moment, and Hermione is wearing a thick cotton coat, yelling something to Sean.
It seems that they wanted to inform Sean of Stephanie and Daisy's location - Snape beside her in the professor's stand didn't intend to stop her at all. In the past, the big bat would have directly deducted 20 points from the prefect lady who blatantly violated the rules.
It's a pity that the referees have already considered it, and the sound from the audience can't be heard by the lake.
Mr. Bagman patted Sean on the shoulder, and then his voice was like thunder, passing over the dark lake to the stands.
"Listen everyone, our warriors are in position. As soon as I blow the whistle, the second project will begin. They have a full hour to recover what was taken from them. I count to three. One... two... three!"
"The game begins!"