A magical journey that begins at Hogwarts

It's perfectly reasonable for one hostage to account for half the points, isn't it? If the time limit is exceeded, then points should be deducted appropriately.

All I want to see is his decision; I don't care about the outcome of the three-way battle.

"I understand, I understand."

"I wonder what kind of choice Miss Klein would like to see?" Dumbledore asked. "Would Gaius save one or both?"

"This question is meaningless, Professor Dumbledore."

My younger brother doesn't like to get into any trouble, but he's actually more responsible than anyone else. Knowing him as I do, I'm sure he'll save both of them.

"and you..."

"What I want to know is who he will save first?" Adrian said meaningfully. "One is someone who was innocently implicated, and the other is his good friend."

Professor Dumbledore, if it were you, who would you save first?

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore couldn't help but gasp.

Damn it! He's too narrow-minded. He's lived for over a century and this is the first time he's encountered such a tricky question.

Even if both can be saved, the key is who to save first. Whether it's the first reaction or a decision made after careful consideration, it reflects a person's psychological profile.

Adrian calmly awaited Aaron's decision, completely unaware that the other referees were now looking at her with a more serious and wary gaze.

This is something a sixteen-year-old could come up with; compared to her, people their age are just for show.

“Aaron is truly blessed to have a sister like you,” Dumbledore said, forcing a smile.

"Thank you for the compliment." Adrian humbly accepted it. "It is because of my encouragement as his older sister that his younger brothers and sisters have been able to grow up healthily."

Everyone:......

It must have been quite a hardship for them to grow this big.

......

That's too cruel, too malicious, too despicable.

Aaron also received the message from the Thought Entity and learned of Adrian's purpose, and couldn't help but curse in his heart.

He looked at the two hostages in front of him, their faces as wilted as eggplants. He felt a surge of anger in his chest that he couldn't cough up or swallow, and he almost suffered internal injuries from suffocation.

"As expected of my sister! She actually pulled this trick on me?" Aaron said with a somewhat sad smile.

Then Harry swam over, and the mermaids surrounded him, pointing and gesturing.

He looked at Aaron, who was wrapped in a spherical barrier, completely protected from water, and dressed warmly, and then looked at his own hands and legs, and felt a great sense of loss.

I thought the gill sac grass was the secret weapon for getting into the water, but I never expected there to be another one even better. This magic is just too amazing.

But upon closer inspection, he was taken aback to find Hermione and Luna standing in front of Aaron, and for a moment he was at a loss.

"What's going on? You're trying to save two people?"

“It’s obvious!” Aaron said irritably.

"What are we waiting for? Let's save her!" Harry said urgently, reaching out to pull on Hermione's ropes.

“Only one can be saved,” a mermaid warned Harry, pointing a spear at him.

"One?" Harry suddenly realized something and looked at Aaron in alarm. "That means..."

“It’s just as you understand it.” Aaron shrugged. “But that’s none of your business. Take Ron and leave before the gill sac grass’s effects wear off.”

But what about you?

"Get lost!" Aaron said impatiently, his eyes conveying a clear message: Are you going to stay and hold me back?

Harry pursed his lips. He also realized that his gills were making it difficult to breathe underwater, so he couldn't help if he stayed.

He looked at the thick, slippery seaweed holding the hostages and felt he needed a small knife.

Do you have a knife? Can I borrow it?

A string of exclamation marks flashed through Aaron's mind. He shook his head speechlessly. "You're a wizard. A wand is enough. Why do you need a knife?"

Harry paused for a moment, then immediately drew his wand.

A beam of red light struck the rope binding Ron, causing it to detach automatically and Ron's body to float upwards uncontrollably.

Harry quickly swam over and took his arm. "I'll get Ron ashore first, then I'll come help you."

"No, please!" Aaron exclaimed, stopping Harry in alarm. "You probably don't have a second gill sac grass, right?"

"Ah this..."

"Please, I'm begging you, don't cause me any more trouble, okay?"

Harry's lips twitched slightly, and he nodded awkwardly before leading Ron upstream.

Shortly after he left, Cedric swam over.

"Isn't your spell a bit too exaggerated?" Cedric said enviously.

The Bubble Head Spell can only create bubbles around his head. Although it allows him to breathe underwater, it is completely incomparable to Aaron's magic.

"Want to learn? But I can't teach you. This is a closely guarded secret of the Gaius family." Aaron said this nonsense with a straight face, explaining it to Cedric as well as to the viewers watching the game through the light screen.

Percy, who was sitting in the referee's seat representing Barty Crouch, turned very ugly upon hearing this. He knew without a doubt that Aaron would not contribute this magic, and his dream of promotion and a raise was largely shattered.

"So what's going on with those two?"

“It has nothing to do with you. It’s probably because I had two dance partners at the Christmas ball.” Aaron said meaningfully, then gave a wry smile. “Unless you want to help me, you’d better leave quickly.”

Cedric immediately realized that the two hostages were probably arranged by Adrian for Aaron. He couldn't understand the love-hate relationship between the siblings, but he knew he couldn't get involved.

He glanced at his dance partner, Qiu Zhang, and a spell snapped the ropes binding her. "Take care."

Aaron sighed silently, then glanced at his watch. Less than a quarter of an hour remained, and he had to make a choice within that time.

Once more than an hour has passed, those merfolk's spears might be aimed at him.

Aaron reached into his pocket, pulled out a Galleon, and muttered to himself while telling the others, "I don't believe in fate, but I have to admit that sometimes you have to leave it to fate."

"Save Luna on one front, save Hermione on the other—it's a happy decision."

Ding!

He tossed the golden dragon into the air, and it landed face up in his hand.

Without hesitation, Aaron cast a spell to untie Luna's ropes and also cast an Iron Armor spell on her.

He then grabbed Luna's arm, preventing her from rising.

It's not that I can't, but I don't dare.

Besides Grindylow, the Black Lake is also home to giant squid and all sorts of other dangerous creatures. If Luna is sent back alone and something goes wrong on the way, we'll regret it.

On the referee's stand, Adrian watched this scene and couldn't help but smile. "As expected of my brother, he actually knows how to use such a simple and crude method."

"Although it smacks of escapism, it's still a tactic," Dumbledore commented, and Karkaroff and Maxim both nodded in agreement.

A few minutes later, a shark head charged wildly and swam up to the statue, scaring the mermaids into scattering and fleeing.

This is Viktor Krum, who transformed his upper body into that of a shark to breathe freely underwater.

He tried to bite the rope binding his dance partner with his teeth, but because shark teeth are not very convenient, it took him a lot of effort to bite through the rope.

"and many more."

Just as Krum was about to leave with his hostages, Aaron called out to him.

"Do me a favor and bring Luna back with you."

Krum paused for a moment, a look of confusion flashing across the shark's face, unsure whether he should help him.

“I might be a bit tired in a bit and won’t be able to take two people away.” Aaron pointed to Hermione, who was still tied to the sculpture, and continued, “It’s just a small favor for you to take her back.”

In return, I'll help you with the third project, if the opportunity arises.

Krum hesitated for a moment, then grabbed his dance partner with one hand and Luna with the other, and swam swiftly toward the surface of the water.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?" a mermaid asked, puzzled. "Time is almost up. You should know what that means."

Aaron remained silent; he couldn't very well tell them that he had to finish the competition last for some reason!

Next, all he had to do was wait for Fleur to come and take her sister Gabrielle away, then he and Hermione would charge straight out. If they ran fast enough, even the mermaids might not be able to catch him.

However, as time ticked by, less than five minutes remained until the one-hour deadline.

Aaron's mood gradually grew heavy. He turned to look at Hermione and Gabrielle and couldn't help but complain, "What's going on? Don't let us down at this crucial moment!"

With less than four minutes left, he paced anxiously at the bottom of the lake.

With only three minutes left, he couldn't help but suspect that Furong was in trouble, no matter how unwilling he was to believe it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have left her own sister here.

He gritted his teeth, took out Captain Jack Sparrow's compass, and put on a heartbroken look, saying, "I never thought I would waste my last chance on my rival."

Chapter 386 The Vanished Compass, Mission Completed

As Aaron thought of Fleur Delacour, the compass needle spun rapidly, pointing to a precise location.

“This time it really is a race against time.” Aaron shook his head bitterly, added a water-repelling spell to the tail of the mermaid sculpture to separate the lake water, and then added an armor spell to Hermione and Gabriel.

With two layers of protection, he accelerated his movement in the direction the pointer was pointing.

In less than half a minute, Aaron arrived in front of a large patch of lush aquatic plants.

A pale red light flickered continuously among the emerald green water plants, and strange, shrill cries rang out from all directions, instantly making him feel uneasy.

Damn it, you actually stumbled upon the lair of the Grindelwald Monster? Your luck is just too good.

Aaron cursed inwardly, but his hands moved without hesitation.

With a wave of the magic wand, the seaweed clump split in two, revealing the hibiscus struggling inside.

She was surrounded by a dense swarm of Grindylows. Every time she waved her wand, more than a dozen water monsters would be frozen in place, but another wave would pounce on her the next moment, leaving her in a sorry state.

Logically speaking, the Warriors, with their level of skill in the Triwizard Tournament, shouldn't be unable to handle Greendylo, but her most beloved sister's life was now hanging in the balance, and the hour was getting shorter and shorter, making her extremely anxious, and she couldn't even unleash 80% of her full strength.

Underwater is Greendylow's domain; the Water Bubble Charm only allows her to breathe freely, unlike the Water Repellent Charm which completely protects her from the lake's water.

Veela's bloodline also cannot support her fighting underwater. Over time, her limbs will become heavier and heavier until she can no longer even swing her wand.

Aaron pointed his wand straight ahead, took a deep breath, and said, "Immediately imprison!"