Chapter 183: Relatives Who Watched Him Risk His Life
Then, he shared this discovery with Nicolas Flamel, the strongest alchemist in Europe, who got inspiration from the principles of transmutation and Horcruxes and conceived the bizarre Horcrux radar.
Well, Chen Bin was sure that he really didn't have any talent for alchemy. At least he could get inspiration from these ancient techniques. Chen Bin only had a swearing feeling.
According to Old Deng, the search range of this radar was very large, and it was not comparable to the "Marking Soul Curse" that Chen Bin shot on Voldemort's residual soul in the first grade. Moreover, Old Deng was not sure whether Voldemort would discover this soul curse or invent black magic to break the soul curse.
On the contrary, the Horcrux radar can achieve one-way sensing, ensuring that Voldemort cannot find it. Because Flamel was sure that Voldemort only borrowed the lich transmutation to strengthen the soul-splitting effect of the Horcrux, and he did not have the patience to study alchemy for more than 600 years.
Countless thoughts lingered in Chen Bin's mind. He tossed and turned for a while and accidentally woke Kate up.
"Hurry up and take a rest." Kate snuggled happily in Chen Bin's arms, and then the two soon heard even breathing sounds.
In the past two weeks in class, Katerina has been paying attention to Harry intentionally or unintentionally, making Harry think that he was absent-minded and was discovered by her.
This can't be blamed on Katerina. The prophecy book did not clearly indicate in which "Divination" class Harry received Voldemort's image and then rolled on the ground with his scar covered.
Later it was proved that fate changed again. At the end of this school year, Kate curiously asked Chen Bin: "Why didn't he roll over?"
(~o ̄3 ̄)~: "Pettydwarf died a long time ago, how could he make Voldemort angry? If he is not angry, the scar will not hurt. Don't pay attention to these small details, anyway, the big thing must be right!"
Let's get back to the point.
The scar didn't hurt, and Harry missed Dumbledore, the fake Moody and Minister Fudge discussing the disappearance of Bertha Jorkins and Barty Crouch in the principal's office.
However, Dumbledore still set up a trap, and let Harry come to the principal's office to see the interrogation clips of Karkaroff, Bagman and Barty Crouch Jr. in the Pensieve.
Then, he told Harry that his scar had an indescribable mysterious relationship with Voldemort, and talked about several disappearances that occurred in the past few years when Voldemort's power increased.
Chen Bin was not interested in knowing what excuse Dumbledore used to trick him here, but he really wanted to know why Barty Crouch Jr. was still thrown into Azkaban when Frank Longbottom in this world had already immigrated to France.
Although Dumbledore didn't say it, he looked at Chen Bin as if he was looking at an idiot.
"Crouch Jr. is looking for Voldemort's whereabouts, but the Frank Longbottom you mentioned doesn't know about it at all. Without this Auror, he will kidnap another Auror who doesn't know about it, and torture the couple with the Cruciatus Curse as usual."
ㄟ(▔,▔)ㄏ: "If it's none of my business, I'll go back."
In the common room, Harry told Ron and Hermione about the Pensieve and Dumbledore's words verbatim, and then told Sirius.
"Dumbledore also thinks that man is getting stronger?" Ron whispered, "Does he believe in Snape? He knows that Snape was once a Death Eater, but he still really trusts him?"
"Yes." Harry said.
Hermione didn't speak for ten minutes. She sat there with her forehead in her hands, her eyes looking at her knees.
She wasn't thinking about something, but she didn't know how to respond, because she was like this in the prophecy.
However, since Rita Skeeter had been punished now, Hermione followed the direction of the prophecy this time, but accidentally overturned.
She whispered "Rita Skeeter" at the right moment, and Ron couldn't stand it when he saw that she was still thinking about the reporter!
"Oh my God, she's been tortured badly, and you still can't forget her. Women are terrible. Do you have to kill her to make you forget her?"
Hermione was embarrassed because she also thought Ron was right.
She didn't expect Chen Bin to make Rita Skeeter's life worse than death, but she would never dare to go against the plot before the third level.
"I'm not worried about her," Hermione said to her knees, "I just thought...thought...thought..."
"Think of what?" Harry asked anxiously.
Hermione was stuck.
She thought of the following conversation, which never happened in reality.
The three of them didn't go to Hogsmeade that day. She practiced in the common room, and Ron and Harry watched Krum diving by the lake. No one came to the Three Broomsticks Tavern, so naturally they had never heard that Ludo Bagman had passed information for the Death Eaters.
Besides, Harry didn't meet Fudge in the headmaster's office, and Ron would definitely not talk about this topic next.
The more Hermione thought about it, the more she couldn't keep up the conversation. So, she continued, "I just thought it was time to review the content of the final exam."
Harry and Ron watched her run to the stairs leading to the girls' dormitory, then turned their heads to look at each other and said in unison: "She's not feeling well?"
"Periodic discomfort?" Ron guessed.
Harry was puzzled and said, "What is cyclical discomfort?"
Ron: "..."
The third competition will be held on the day after the final exam.
Ron and Hermione should have taken the time to review, but they spent a lot of energy helping Harry prepare. Especially Hermione, she was much more fierce than Harry in sparring, which made the two of them a little scared.
Entering June, the atmosphere in the castle became tense and excited again, and everyone was looking forward to the arrival of the third competition.
Harry practiced spells day and night, and got a training schedule tailored by the presidents and vice presidents of the study clubs. His confidence was stronger than when he broke through the second level.
Harry participated in hundreds of mock battles in the past year, and basically learned all the spells that can be used in the fourth grade. He was no longer the original destiny who only knew the barrier spell, the crushing spell and the directional spell, but could not even master the armor charm.
During this period, Catalina taught classes as usual, helped students with the knowledge of the final exam as usual, and showed off her love with Chen Bin as usual...
Finally, on June 24, the breakfast table of Gryffindor became very lively. Many students also came to cheer Harry up. Sirius even sat next to him and had breakfast with him.
"Don't be afraid later, just do it."
"Okay." Harry understood that this godfather was really unreliable, but he was very good to him.
Professor McGonagall walked towards them along the Gryffindor table. "Potter, the warriors will gather in the conference room next to the hall after breakfast."
"But the competition is held in the evening!" Harry accidentally spilled scrambled eggs on himself. He thought he had remembered the time wrong.
"I know, Potter." Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes at him and explained, "The warriors' relatives are invited to watch the finals. You can meet them."
She walked away.
Harry stared at her back in a daze, then turned his head to look at Sirius. "Isn't my relative you?"
"Maybe I'm a fake relative?" Sirius laughed at himself.
"She doesn't think the Dursleys will come?" Harry asked Ron blankly.
Ron packed his things anxiously and replied, "I don't know, Harry, I have to go quickly. I'm going to be late for the exam. See you later."
After Harry finished breakfast in the hall, Sirius was dragged by Lupin to patrol.
He saw Fleur Delacour walk into the conference room from the Ravenclaw table, followed by Krum and Catalina on the stage.
Harry sat there without moving. He really didn't want to go. He had no relatives—no relatives willing to see him risk his life.
Just as he was about to go back to practice his spells, the door to the conference room opened, and Kate and Chen Bin both poked their heads out.
"Harry, come on, they're waiting for you!"
"Harry, they're here to support you."
Harry stood up, confused. The Dursleys couldn't possibly come. He walked through the hall and pushed the door into the conference room.
Katrina and Chen Bin stood by the door. Well, the relative she wanted to see was Chen Bin, too much unnecessary.
Viktor Krum was speaking Bulgarian quickly with his parents in the corner. On the other side, Fleur and her mother chattered in French, looking at Chen Bin from time to time, and Fleur's sister was holding her mother's hand.
Then, Harry saw the two people standing in front of the fireplace, and his eyes widened in surprise and disbelief.
"Didn't expect it!" Uncle Vernon asked with a smile.
Harry suddenly burst into tears and walked forward.
"Boy, don't cry. Look, others are laughing at you too." Although Aunt Petunia was a little timid about the environment here, she still handed over a handkerchief.
"I didn't expect you would come... Thank you." Harry was really moved and speechless. It turned out that he had relatives who were willing to come to see him risk their lives, but he misunderstood them.
"Silly boy, you still have a family, how could you not have the support of your family?" Aunt Petunia touched Harry's hair affectionately and asked a little curiously: "Is this the school where Lily once studied? This is my first time here, and it is more... magical than I thought."
"Yes, we are in the same college. There are four colleges here..." Harry introduced everything about this school to his uncle and aunt like a treasure, and talked about what the game tonight was.
Then, he proudly introduced them to everyone as his family. Chen Bin had already met Vernon, and everyone nodded as if they had said hello, but Petunia was obviously very afraid of wizards, and only dared to force a smile to deal with it.
"What the child wants is actually very simple." Chen Bin said to Kate.
"I only want you." Kate suddenly confessed, killing him by surprise.
"I want you too." Chen Bin suddenly drove, killing Kate's face full of red.
After the families of the four warriors greeted each other, the atmosphere began to liven up. Especially Fleur's mother, who was obviously very interested in Chen Bin.
"Professor Nama, I heard Fleur often mention you." Fleur's mother said with a smile.
"We have two Professor Nama, she is my girlfriend, Professor Nama." Chen Bin replied politely.
Fleur's mother's smile froze.
Chen Bin's fake smile became more sincere.
Fleur smiled more awkwardly.
Katerina smiled shyly.
Looking at these four happy smiles, isn't it very weird?
At least Harry felt super weird, and didn't know how to explain to the Dursleys what these four people were laughing at.