HP: Becoming a Maiden Heartthrob

February 2th, the second competition event.

When Nalilian followed Lavender and Parvati to the audience seats by the Black Lake, they all felt magical.

She was not taken away.

Bagman announced from the referee's table, "Listen up everyone, our warriors are in place, and they have one hour to reclaim the most precious thing that was taken from them."

"What is this?" Lavender didn't understand the purpose of the project. "What was stolen from me?"

"What exactly were they robbed of?"

"People?" Parvati said. Lavender looked at her and she shrugged. "I guess. Didn't you notice that you didn't see Hermione?"

"Huh?" Lavender opened her eyes wide and looked around as she listened to her words. "I really didn't see Hermione. So Hermione was captured?"

Parvati nodded solemnly, "She should be Potter's most precious thing."

"That's a little strange," Lavender said, glancing at Nalilian. "Where's Lilian? Shouldn't she be the most precious thing to Ende-senpai?"

Then who could be the most precious one to Senior Ende?

Parvati was startled, and after realizing this, he and Parvati looked at each other, and they all fell silent, looking at Nalilian worriedly.

Nalilian leaned against the fence and looked at Kerston.

In the past few months, she has been busy looking for diving spells. Kerstin was also reading a book, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. When Nalilian saw that he didn't practice and found out that the book he was reading was "How to Deal with a Love Rival", it was too late. She was so angry that she kicked him on the spot.

But after seeing the magic he used in the first project, she also knew that her worry about him was unnecessary.

What exactly did he prepare?

Harry took off his shoes and socks, stuffed something into his mouth and walked down into the Black Lake. He looked like he was going to die, which was a bit silly. People in the audience couldn't help laughing. Krum transformed himself into a shark, but he only succeeded in turning a shark's head and dived into the water. Fleur used the Bubble Head Charm and a bubble appeared on her head for her to breathe.

They all look silly.

"...Oh, our warriors are so well prepared," Bagman was explaining, but he was also a little confused when he saw Kerston standing still on the shore.

Kerston stood quietly on the shore, watching them go into the water.

"It seems our Mr. Ender has something surprising planned?" Bagman guessed.

Others in the audience were also talking, excited about how Kerston would get in the water next.

No one would question whether he could do it after seeing his last battle with the dragon.

After the three warriors went into the water, Kerston picked up the wand. Everyone looked at him, expecting what he would do, and then they saw him draw a circle with his wand.

What is this doing?

The whole audience was stunned.

Only a few wizards in the referee's booth opened their eyes slightly wide.

After Kerston finished drawing it, the circle rushed into the water, and layers of pressure on the water surface avoided it.

Everyone held their breath.

This scene is extremely worth watching. Layers of water waves squeeze out from the periphery of Kston's circular channel, stirring up waves in the entire Black Lake, as if it were being stirred up by it.

He created an underwater passage!

“Jiwa——!”

When a sharp sound came from the passage, Kerston stopped the magic, pointed the wand in his hand, and a thin black rope emerged from the tip of his wand and extended into the circle.

After about a few minutes, the rope dragged a person out of the circle.

Everyone opened their eyes wide.

Short brown hair, damp clothes clinging to the body, and a handsome face.

It's Cedric.

Others: ...Ah?

So the most precious thing is people?

But this person was rescued just like that?

This is too easy, so easy that it feels like he is cheating.

Remember, he didn't even touch the water!

"cough……"

After Kerston conjured up a rope to pull Cedric out and throw him on the ground, he left Cedric coughing up water and disappeared along with the underwater passage.

"Kston—!" "Kston—!"

The audience erupted in applause and cheers.

Who would have thought that he would solve the problem in this way!

"Oh, Senior Ende is so awesome!" Lavender couldn't help but hugged Nalilian and cheered.

"But why," Parvati wondered, "why is Senior Ender's most precious Senior Diggory?"

She couldn't understand it at all.

Narielian looked at Cedric, frowned, and held on to the fence tightly.

Amidst the thunderous applause, poor Cedric knelt on the ground with seaweed on his head, coughing heartbreakingly.

Kersten accepted the applause from the crowd.

Nalilian paused.

I somehow felt that something was wrong with this scene.

Kerston glanced towards the audience, and in full view of everyone, he took out an Eye of Argos.

A large screen lit up in the audience, showing Cedric coughing up water in an awkward manner.

Cedric: "..."

Nalilian: "..."

No, he must be sick.

Nalilian pushed aside the people in the audience and rushed down.

Lavender looked at Cedric's face on the screen, which was as beautiful as a lotus flower after being soaked in water, and clicked her tongue. "Lillian eats really well."

Parvati: "...they've broken up."

"Oh," Lavender replied, "then she must have eaten well."

Parvati, “…”

"But why did Senior Ende show this to us?" Lavender didn't understand.

He had clearly finished the game.

"Maybe it's to increase Senior Digory's competitiveness," Parvati said.

There were many girls in the audience staring intently at the screen, where Cedric, who rarely looked vulnerable, was already glowing green.

*

"Mr. Ende has completed our race, but we will wait for the other warriors who went into the water to return before we make our assessment."

"But I have to say, Mr. Ender's move was truly stunning. We can ask Mr. Crouch to explain the spell he used."

Bagman was explaining with an Amplifying Charm, and then he turned the conversation to Mr. Crouch.

Mr. Crouch, "It's obvious that Mr. Ende used a strengthening spell for the Water Repellent Charm. When the spells are stacked to a certain level, it can..."

While the referee was trying to maintain the situation, Nalilian had already run to the referee's table.

Kerston stood aside, talking to Cedric with his head down.

Cedric had recovered, stood up, and borrowed his wand to dry the moisture off his body.

Nalilian stopped and felt that it would not be a good idea for her to go there now.

But when she saw Cedric's clothes and the red and gold bow tie he was wearing, she was startled and suddenly realized why she was not taken away.

Polyjuice Potion!

The mermaid who was responsible for capturing people probably didn't know her habits. Apart from attending classes, she stayed in the dormitory and slept, but the mermaid could see that she would be with Kerstin.

Then it's very simple.

If Cedric drinks Polyjuice Potion, disguises himself as her, puts on Gryffindor wizard robes, and then acts out a scene with Kirsten, he will be captured.

so smart.

Nalilian gritted her teeth.

He is really not afraid of death.

but……

She lowered her head.

This is indeed a very good idea.

*

At the end of the second task, Fleur rescued her sister Gabrielle, Krum rescued Hermione, and Harry rescued Ron.

All three of them successfully rescued the people and performed very well, but the one with the highest score was of course Kerston.

That improved spell was so amazing that all the judges could not find a reason to give it a low score.

"What? Senior Ende directly split the water?"

After the game, Ron, who was put under a stunning spell by the mermaid and dragged to the bottom of the lake as Harry's most precious thing, returned to the common room with Harry. When he heard his roommates Dean and Seamus discussing this, he was furious.

He didn't even see it!

Harry was very calm, "So that passage was built by Senior Ende."

The underwater passage was so eye-catching that it also guided him in the direction he was looking for. He believed that the other two warriors had found their way in the same way.

But it was still a little scary when I saw Senior Diggory walking through it.

"That's not splitting the lake," said Ron, baffled by Seamus and Dean's exaggeration.

"That's impressive enough," Dean said. "The report about him came out this afternoon."

He flicked the Daily Prophet in his hand.

Ron picked it up and looked at it.

It was another article praising Kerston, with every word tactfully praising the wonder of his magic, as if it were praising the creation of the world.

In the attached photos, Naxton pressed the water-repellent ring into the black lake, and the scene of stirring up layers of waves was reproduced again and again, as if the effect was real.

And the next report was about the grand occasion of the magic camera at the entrance of Flourish and Blotts. Before the second competition began, thousands of people gathered in Diagon Alley to watch.

The attached photo also shows the scene of a huge crowd outside Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. The text below also says that it was the shock brought by Senior Ende that attracted so many people to come and see it.

"That's amazing," Ron couldn't help but say.

"Actually, Harry's not bad at all, thinking of eating this gillyweed to breathe underwater," said Dean.

"Sirius discussed this with me," said Harry.

"It's different with a Godfather," Ron said sourly.

"No one can compare to you, Harry's most precious thing," Seamus said with a grin.

"Disgusting!" Ron protested.

"I just didn't expect that Senior Ende's most precious thing was Senior Diggory," Dean said.

"Ah," Ron also sighed, "I think it should be Nalilian."

"I agree," Seamus replied.

Harry pursed his lips.

In fact, the clothes he saw Senior Diggory wearing that day were Gryffindor clothes.

Something must have happened between them to prevent Nalilian from having to go through this.

To put it bluntly, Senior Ende had actually already figured out the content of this competition and had already made preparations.

Prepare to prevent Nalilian from getting hurt.

Compared to him, it wasn't until Ron was tied up that he realized how weak the competition was.

"Senior Ende is really amazing," said Seamus, who shared Harry's sentiments. "Now, my mother told me that many people have changed their views on Muggle-born wizards."

"what?"

Three pairs of eyes looked at him.

Seamus said excitedly, "Because Senior Ender performed so well, he completely dispelled the myth that purebloods are more powerful than Muggle-born wizards. My mom is super happy about this because she is a Muggle-born wizard!"

Thinking of Hermione, a Muggle-born wizard, and Ron, a pure-blood, he wondered, "…does it really matter who's more powerful?"

Harry knew what he meant. "It's true that none of us can compare to Hermione."

Finally understanding what Ron meant, Seamus and Dean burst out laughing.

"Actually, I didn't know Hermione was so pretty until she dressed up," Seamus said after laughing.

"Fleur is the most beautiful, no argument," Ron said.

"What do you think?" Dean looked at Harry.

"Nellie," Ron said before Harry could reply.

Harry glanced at Ron, annoyed at being exposed again.

The other three boys laughed again.

*

"Lillian..."

When Hermione returned to her dormitory after the celebration in the Gryffindor common room, she found it was pitch black, with only Narellean's bedside lamp still on.

But she was already asleep in bed.

Hermione sighed helplessly.

This guy is sleeping more and more, and all he does every day is sleeping.

She walked to her bedside and reached out to help her turn off the light, but as soon as she touched the switch, the light made a sharp sound.

Hermione looked at Narilean.

This was obviously something she did on purpose.

Was it to wake herself up?

"Hermione..."

Narilian woke up in the bed, opened her sleepy eyes, looked at Hermione and shouted, then slowly sat up.

"It's almost spring," Hermione said, "Why are you still hibernating?"

Nalilian laughed, a rare moment of humor for her.

"Hibernation is so comfortable. I've fallen in love with that feeling and can't change it anytime soon," said Nalilian.

"You didn't even go to the celebration," Hermione said, sitting on the edge of her bed and looking at her worriedly, "either Gryffindor or Hufflepuff."

Nalilian shook her head.

Hermione said, "Your condition is very serious. You really need to go to the hospital wing."

"Really?" Narilean said, changing the subject. "Hermione, how are things going over there?"

"What?" Hermione asked puzzled.

"About house-elves," Nallylian asked.

Hermione was startled, "You know."

"Yes," Nalilian said, "Why didn't you ever tell me?"

Hermione sighed, "Harry didn't let me tell you because I asked him to contact Dobby and give him the courage to ask for his salary."

"Why?" asked Nalilian.

"Maybe he wanted to give you a surprise or something," Hermione waved her head.

"Did it work?" asked Nalilian.

"Of course," Hermione said with a hint of pride, "A house-elf called Kaka is also helping out in the kitchen. In total, we now have five house-elves on payroll."

"Isn't it amazing?"

Nalilian smiled, "Yes."

You have to know that house-elves are slaves of wizards. Hogwarts only took them in, but it was Hermione's action that gave them the courage to break the shackles of their own limitations.

Like Kerstin, she always manages to do things that she finds difficult, so difficult that she doesn't even want to imagine or do them.

and so……

"Hermione," Narilean said, lowering her eyes, "I actually have something I want to ask of you."

"What?" Hermione asked.

Nalilian said softly, "Can you help me make Polyjuice Potion?"

"Polyjuice Potion?"

After she finished speaking, the little black ball nestled in her long hair on the bed beside her opened his eyes.