Hogwarts: Me? Fight Voldemort?

Jimmy asked cooperatively, "Dumbledore adopted your plan?"

“Yes, we used the second plan.” Hermione smiled, revealing her teeth, and her eyes narrowed into slits. “Professor Dumbledore even gave me an extra 20 points.”

"Have you paid?"

"I didn't ask for money."

Jimmy scoffed, "Stingy, I know to pay up!"

Hermione rolled her eyes at him and started eating her sandwich.

George and Fred, who were eavesdropping nearby, exchanged a glance and quietly got up and left.

By noon, news that the details of the Triwizard Tournament had been finalized had spread throughout Hogwarts.

Those who had previously tried to gather information but failed miserably in front of Hermione are now stirring up trouble again.

With only one week left, it will be crucial for the four warriors from the three schools to obtain intelligence within that timeframe.

Harry's anxiety continues to grow; he has been reviewing all sorts of material lately, even going through all the books he'll be studying in fifth grade.

This directly led to Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour, and Viktor Krum also getting involved and reading various books together.

Harry and Hermione are friends, and Harry is working so hard because he must have gotten information!

So they can't go wrong by following Harry's lead!

Many people who know Hermione also think that this is the right thing to do, after all, that's the kind of person Hermione is, with a very high pursuit of learning and a strong obsession with exams.

Hermione is definitely turning the Triwizard Tournament into a final exam!

—Ron once said with great conviction.

However, it was soon discovered that the back mountain was blocked off, and that Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, and Hagrid would go to the back mountain every day after dinner.

The students could also see a circular wooden platform in the distance, which seemed to enclose a construction site.

That has now become the focus of discussion among the students. Countless students are trying to go to the back mountain to find out information. There are not only students, but also warriors and several professors.

Some wanted to sneak over on broomsticks, some wanted to use illusion spells to slip through the forest... and some even wanted to use their femininity to extract information!

“Hagrid…I hope I’m not late.” Mrs. Maxim, dressed in her finest clothes, knocked on the door of Hagrid’s cabin in the middle of the night.

Hagrid, who opened the door, was dressed in a very different way. He was wearing a yellow suit with white polka dots, but on his feet were a pair of shorts that were stretched very tight by his muscles.

With a confident and nonchalant grin on his face, he nodded and said, "Good evening, uh, I mean, of course not! Actually, I should be the one coming to you."

“Since it’s a joint decision, it doesn’t matter who takes the initiative, does it?” Ms. Maxim said with a smile, her eyes occasionally glancing at the tall and strong Hagrid beside her, her legs feeling slightly weak.

"Hehe! Hehe..."

Although the beauty before him was captivating, Hagrid was not one to forget his principles for the sake of looks. He awkwardly made a gesture behind his back, and Harry, who had been hiding, immediately followed.

Just today, Hagrid suddenly approached Harry and asked him to come here tonight.

Harry arrived at the cabin, exchanged only one sentence with Hagrid, and then saw Madam Maxim approaching from afar.

Hagrid told him to hide, and now it seems they're going for a walk?

But as they wandered, they ended up in the valley at the foot of the back mountain, where a few low roars could be faintly heard from the mountains.

These sounds were unsettling. Even Ms. Maxim, who had been chatting and laughing, nervously moved closer to Hagrid and said in a sweet voice, "Hagrid, I'm a little scared!"

Eek!

Jimmy, who had hidden himself using the Disappearance Charm, got goosebumps. He followed along and discovered that even half-giant women were naturally good at feigning weakness.

With her physique and strength, even a giant dragon might not be able to subdue her in a short time.

Hagrid, however, was quite pleased with this. He puffed out his chest and instinctively put his arm around Maxim's shoulder. "Don't be afraid, I'm here! What I'm going to show you is right ahead!"

snort!

It's riddled with errors!

Hidden in the woods, Karkaroff shook his head in disdain. To be completely fooled by a woman, the Hogwarts professors were really not very good!

Hohoho!

Big news! Hagrid's spring has arrived!

Behind the bushes, Li Qiaodan revealed a wicked grin, as if he had discovered a great secret.

At that moment, two hands reached out from the side and covered his teeth.

"Don't laugh, your teeth are too bright!"

"Tell me quickly, what's going on?"

George and Fred pulled Lee Jordan back; neither of them were disguised and dared not show their faces.

Li Qiaodan sat down on the ground and said mysteriously, "Hagrid and that old hag Beauxbatons are getting together!"

The back hills of Hogwarts are especially lively at night...

Hagrid and Maxim eventually reached the depths of the canyon and saw what was protruding from it.

A massive three-headed dog, and a giant dragon that has been fed the water of life and death and is fast asleep!

The deep sound was a purring coming from the three heads of the Cerberus. The three heads opened their eyes as they smelled the stranger's scent, and when they stood up, they were even taller than Hagrid.

"Lu Wei?" *2

Harry and Jimmy, who were hiding, looked at the three-headed dog whose tail was wagging like a windmill, and they both blurted out the same name.

Isn't this Fulve, the three-headed dog who guarded the Philosopher's Stone?

Could the dragon behind it be... oh, not Norbert, but a strange Hungarian wood bee, with several dragon keepers guarding it.

"Oh~!"

Hagrid released Maxim's hand, ran to Louie, and rubbed each of the three dog heads with his big hand.

Chapter 299 Each with their own thoughts

"Hagrid, is that... Cerberus?"

Ms. Maxim was equally astonished by what she saw. The enormous three-headed dog was an excellent guard, and the dragon was capable of causing countless poachers to perish.

Is the first challenge of the Triwizard Tournament going to put the warriors to face a Cerberus and a grumpy Hungarian wood bee?

Hagrid's eyes were full of affection, his large face already covered in saliva from the three dogs' tongues. He smiled like a child and a mother at the same time, "What a beautiful creature! Don't you like it?"

“…Of course! May I get a closer look?” Ms. Maxim feigned interest, wanting to observe more closely.

Hagrid agreed without a second thought; he even wanted Ms. Maxim to pat Louie's head.

The two were on a sweet date, but Harry, who was wearing an invisibility cloak, was already half-defeated.

Lou Williams is barely passable, but how is he going to defeat a Hungarian wood wasp?

Wow, that was an amazing game!

Who wouldn't want to watch a young wizard fight a fifty-foot-long dragon covered in scales and breathing fire from its nose with a ten-inch stick?

Or rather... he was brutally murdered by a giant dragon.

Harry left dejectedly, and the remaining few also quietly retreated after seeing the three-headed dog and the dragon; at least they knew what the warriors were about to face.

Jimmy, who had hidden himself using the Disillusionment Charm, also left. It was unexpected that Hermione would use Louie and a dragon as the first challenge; it didn't suit her personality at all.

The next day, a reporter from the Daily Prophet arrived at the school.

Not only Daily Prophet reporters, but also Percy, Ludo Bagman, and Connelly Fudge.

They all came to Hogwarts, seemingly with some purpose, and summoned the champions and Hermione to a closed room for a talk.

Jimmy also spotted the obese Rita Skeeter in the crowd of reporters. The woman, as always, adorned her body with glittering jewelry and dressed herself up extravagantly.

Perhaps her appearance and those jewels were a good match before, but now her obese body is just an eyesore.

That's what Harry thought, and he was interviewed separately by Rita Skeeter.

Having witnessed Rita Skeeter and Jimmy's online feud, Harry didn't like Rita Skeeter and initially refused, but it was Cornelius Fudge's request.

Every Warrior gets an interview; he's not the only one.

About an hour later, they came out of that room.

Jimmy saw Percy, who was winking and gesturing at him, though the gesture was hard to decipher.

Hermione walked back to the Gryffindor table with a puzzled look on her face and slipped a letter under the table to him. "Percy asked me to give this to you."

"Percy gave it to me?" Jimmy looked at Percy again and found that he and Connelly Fudge had left through the side door.

Open the letter and take out the letter paper to read.

[Dear Mentor Blaine:]

I've been working with Cornelius Fudge lately, and the methods you gave me have been very helpful. I've made quite a few colleagues at the Ministry of Magic. They think highly of me, and I've even treated them to drinks and meals at the Continental Bar, and we occasionally have small gatherings. However, I still have some questions about how to gauge their thoughts, and I hope you can provide some answers.

Recently, Cornelius Fudge has been trying to use the Triwizard Tournament to promote the Ministry of Magic's achievements, seemingly attempting to overshadow the impact of the Quidditch World Cup. The Ministry of Magic is very satisfied with the Quidditch World Cup; every participating employee received a 200 Galleon bonus, and those who remained with the Ministry received 50 Galleons…

Skipping over a lot of trivial information, Jimmy's gaze suddenly stopped on a certain passage, and he turned to look at Hermione in surprise.

"Is Connelly Fudge going to bring people from outside the school into the game?"

After swallowing the food in her mouth, Hermione nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what Minister Fudge just said."

Seeing the angry look on Jimmy's face, she asked suspiciously, "Are you worried about safety?"

“Of course!” Jimmy said angrily. “He’s crazy! Does Hogwarts allow just any unidentified wizard to come in? These are all students!”

"Minister Fudge said he would send Aurors and Dementors to maintain order, and Professor Dumbledore agreed to it..."

Hermione explained Cornelius Fudge's arrangements, and since Professor Dumbledore had agreed, there shouldn't be any major problems.

"Aurors? Dementors? They've really gone mad!" Extreme anger can sometimes make you laugh, and Jimmy was laughing in anger right now, not knowing how to describe the unique sense of relaxation in the magical world.

This damned sense of laxity allowed a pig to become Minister of Magic, a position that, ironically, grants absolute power to the ministry.

Connelly Fudge, that idiot, doesn't even use his brain to think about whether the risks and benefits of doing this are proportional. He dares to do things where the benefits are far lower than the risks.

He was either controlled by a soul-stealing curse, or he got his head caught in a door when he was a child.

Dumbledore's agreement was probably intentional, or perhaps unintentional.