Fleur looked back and saw the fourth champion of this competition...
Harry Potter... I don't know what magic tool she used, but she has now become Harley Potter...
"Why don't you dry yourself off?" Kayson, somewhat speechless, tossed his jacket, which was hanging nearby, to Harley, telling her to wrap herself in it first. Then, he snapped his fingers, and the fireplace beside them suddenly burst into flames.
"Uh, I've only been studying magic for a few years, sometimes I just can't remember," Harley said, trembling.
"Whatever you want, Miss Delacour, is there anything else?"
Fleur looked at Harley, who was now an outsider, and shook her head with a somewhat stiff expression: "No."
Harley, shrinking into herself, looked at the departing Fleur and asked, somewhat confused: "What did she come to you for?"
Kayson shook his head: "I don't know." As he spoke, he pulled out two enchantment books: "One for you and one for Cedric."
"No problem, Professor." Harley nodded, trembling, picked up the enchantment book, and wobbled out.
Following closely behind... Yes, they connected quite well.
"What's your plan now?"
Dumbledore smiled: "I need you to do something for me. In the second task, the champions need to rescue their most cherished treasure."
Kayson frowned: "So?"
"What do you think Harley's most cherished treasure is?" Dumbledore asked.
"Hmm... Ron?"
"Exactly. Then this task is yours to complete," Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Huh? What task?" Kayson asked, utterly bewildered.
"Of course, it's to capture Ron. Oh, and Cho Chang. She's Cedric's dance partner, and they're supposedly in love. So, naturally, Cedric's most precious treasure is her." After Dumbledore finished speaking, he unhurriedly left.
Like an old geezer.
"Always giving me difficult tasks." Kayson sighed, picked up the crystal ball on the table, and summoned both Ron and Cho Chang.
Your master... needs to borrow you two for a bit!
...
The second task arrived as scheduled, but the expressions of the champions were clearly not very good. Of course, Krum and Fleur's expressions were even worse.
Firstly, their treasures were taken. For Krum, this was fine; it was just one of his good brothers, so no big deal.
After all, for his brother, an entire Black Lake full of merpeople might not be enough for him to kill.
But the latter was different. Fleur's precious treasure was her sister, who was young and not very powerful in magic. Although she would certainly be protected underwater, being scared was unavoidable.
The other two, Cedric and Harley, were different. They received the inheritance of the Sea's Disdain. As long as they found their respective treasures, they could return to the surface in less than three seconds. The pressure they faced was much less than the other two.
Kayson sat in the stands, his gaze not on the nearby Black Lake or the large screen Dumbledore conjured with magic high up, but intently fixed on Barty Crouch, who was also sitting in the stands.
Before, in the banquet, everyone except Barty Crouch had been cleared of suspicion, although passively.
With just this one person, it was hard not to be suspicious, or to put it more bluntly and directly, he was the mole hidden within Hogwarts.
Soon, all four champions used their respective methods to dive into the water. Cedric and Harley both used swimming caps enchanted with underwater breathing, while the other two used human transfiguration and the Bubble-Head Charm.
As the four champions plunged into the lake, Cedric was roughly the fastest, because the mechanical arm behind him could, in a sense, act as a propeller.
Krum's human transfiguration was surprisingly abstract; he transformed into a shark's head, which only served for underwater breathing. His swimming speed still relied on his two legs.
No, it was still somewhat useful. At least a shark's head is more streamlined than a human head, reducing resistance in the water.
As for the other two, Harley could have used her Alchemy backpack, but because she was heavily penalized by Madam Maxime for using it in the last task, she decided to be a bit more conventional this time.
Fleur, like Harley, was a traditionalist, relying purely on swimming.
However, the final result was obvious: Cedric, who used technology, came in first. After that, Kayson lost interest in watching further.
Because Harley, this little... girl was a bit shy, dressed even more formally than Kayson, who was sitting in the stands.
With that kind of immense resistance that could exhaust a person, it would probably take Harley one or two hours to find Ron.
Kayson sat drowsily in his chair, dozing, until the final round of applause roused him. He opened his eyes to see Harley carrying Ron, who was nearly frozen to death, on her back.
"Hmm, should we go back? What were the rankings?" he asked.
"Cedric first, Fleur second, Harry third, and Krum last. I feel like Krum didn't have much drive, and it's quite difficult for shark teeth to precisely bite through ropes," Professor McGonagall explained.
"A task just ended like that. I think I can go back and get some good sleep... I hope they don't leave the knowledge I taught them in the water." Kayson sighed, about to return to his office.
Then he was blocked by Hagrid.
"What now?" Kayson asked, surprised.
"Madam Maxime accepted my request for a date!" Hagrid exclaimed excitedly.
This time, Kayson used his most basic wisdom. He looked at Hagrid briefly, pondered his emotional intelligence in pursuing girls: "You should go to Severus and ask him for a love potion or something similar."
"But that kind of love isn't true love," Hagrid retorted.
"Just kidding. What are your plans? Where are you going to go?" Kayson asked.
"We plan to walk around Hogwarts Castle and chat," Hagrid said.
"...Let me guess, she didn't agree before, but after Professor McGonagall controlled Hogwarts and defeated that three-headed Dragon, she suddenly agreed?" Kayson probed.
"How did you know!!!"
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