บท 475: Chapter 474 "On A Girls' Mind"
"No, no need... I think this will make me bet-better... it can relieve my tension." Daisy hiccupped several times.
She is very nervous about being unexpectedly selected for the Tournament. She's been hiccupping for two hours. Of course, Sean felt that this had something to do with her eating too much in the morning.
"Why don't you eat less for lunch?" Sean asked tentatively.
"Lunches are really good lately. I can't leave them be." Daisy immediately and resolutely refused without even hiccupping.
Sean thinks that Daisy and Hugo should have a lot in common.
Sean glanced at the time and stood up, "I'll go find Charlotte and Sterling. After all, they have participated in the Goblet of Fire before, and they just happened to be here."
Daisy was about to stand up when she heard this, but she was taken aback for a moment. She sat down immediately and put her face on the table.
She said lazily, "Forget it, you can go without me... I'm worried that I'll be more nervous when I hear it. Come back and remember to tell me later..."
Sean gave Daisy a thumbs-up and nodded, "You two wait for dinner. Remember to save a lamb chop for me."
After that, he left. Hermione silently flipped through the book in her hand. The content on that page was the topic she had been researching recently. However, she had obviously read it for a long time, and she hadn't turned over this page.
Last night, her feelings can be described as mixed. First, she was surprised when Sean was not selected, then shocked and worried when Sean and Stephanie were selected. It was like a rollercoaster of emotions for her.
In the end, when Daisy was also selected, Hermione's mood was extremely complicated. This unexpected situation made her worry about her two friends. Even though she didn't want to admit it, Hermione realized that she felt excluded.
She even felt that she couldn't keep up with Sean, Daisy, and the others. Obviously, her grades are very good, and their relationship is good. But for some reason, she just felt that she was being excluded from the circle step by step. What makes Hermione even more uncomfortable is that she clearly knows that this is not Sean and Daisy's fault.
Hermione didn't know how to describe the emotions in her heart now. All she could do was make herself look the same as usual and not affect her friend's important pre-match preparation because of her personal emotions.
Daisy's face was pressed against the cold table, and she quietly rolled her eyes to take a peek at Hermione, who was flipping through the book in her hand. After thinking about it, Daisy decided not to say anything more.
Hermione has not been in a good mood since the election last night. Although she tried her best to avoid showing herself in a bad state, her blankness and frowning from time to time still revealed her thoughts. Daisy and Sean had a good understanding and tried to keep the topic of the Tournament as short as possible.
Especially about Stephanie, whom Sean wisely never said once. Just now, he was going to talk to Stephanie about the preparations, but considering Hermione's emotions, he chose to lie.
Walking through the corridor and coming to an empty corner, Sean called out the door of the Room of Requirement directly. Before he came to Stephanie's room, Stephanie opened the door and stood in front of him before he knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
"Good day, Stephanie." Sean walked in.
"Good day, Sean."
Stephanie led Sean in. Maybe there had been some embarrassing things between them. Her face was always blushing unconsciously. However, she hid her expression well.
"I checked all the information about the Goblet of Fire competition that I could find, and it seems that there is not much difference about challenge items." Stephanie handed over a piece of parchment, which contained the information she had already gathered.
Sean read it after receiving it and said, "The first stage is generally related to powerful magical animals, while the second stage is related to the harsh environment, and the third stage is quite different. But the common thing is that the remaining contestants have to compete at the same time, and it would be some kind of a duel."
Stephanie nodded, "It's basically the same, but after the reform, the proportion of the duels in the final stage has been extended. For example, in the last Tournament, the teams from Hogwarts and Nurmengard were the only ones left in the duel."
"We should try our best to collect as much information as possible about the contestants from other schools, but the point we need to pay attention to now is the first stage," Sean said.
Stephanie agreed, "Yes, it uses a scoring system rather than an elimination system. Every stage is very important. If our guess is correct, the first stage is still related to magical animals."
Seeing Stephanie's gaze, Sean smiled and said, "I'm pretty good at dealing with magical animals, but I also have to consider the specific types of creatures."
According to the original book, the first stage of the Goblet of Fire involves obtaining a golden egg from a dragon, which contains a clue for the second stage.
The threat of an adult dragon is high. Even Sean cannot guarantee that he can quickly establish a connection with the dragon. However, it is only the difference between whether he can be tamed on the spot. Moreover, when the number of participants increases, the dragon's difficulty will be high, and the organizer will definitely increase the difficulty.
This involves a very important point before the game. In the original book, Hagrid secretly revealed the dragon of the first stage to Harry while he was showing it to Madam Maxime. Krum also learned it through his own means, and Harry informed Cedric.
In other words, the Goblet of Fire tests the strength of the contestants as well as their connections and relations in the background. Sean felt that the organizers and principals of each school acquiesced to this kind of thing.
If you get caught, you violate the rules and go to accept punishment. If you don't get caught, then everything is fine, and it's not a violation. When the first stage was highly related to magical animals, Sean immediately thought of two people, Newt and Hagrid.
As people from Hogwarts, these two people will definitely not directly participate in the stage, but they know many connections. He discussed this with Stephanie for a while, and the two walked out of the Room of Requirement together.
As soon as he walked around the corner, he saw Hermione sitting there alone in the corridor, playing with the yellow bird in her hand all the time.
The lie he had just used had been blown.
Hermione saw Sean and Stephanie coming out of the corner, and her expression stiffened. Sean sneered, and when he was about to speak, Hermione spoke first.
"Daisy has gone to the bathroom, and I'm waiting for her here. How's your research going?"
"It's okay, I heard a lot of things." Sean was a little embarrassed.
Hermione nodded, "Then you should go to the hall now to eat. Stephanie, if you don't mind, let's have dinner together."
Stephanie nodded silently.
"A perfect way to discuss the preparations before the game while eating." Hermione smiled.
Sean didn't know what to say for a moment.
Stephanie looked at her silently and said, "Well, it is necessary. I might ask you to give me some advice when the time comes, Hermione."
She showed a rare sincerity.
Hermione was startled and nodded, "Okay. You guys can go first. I'll wait for Daisy."
Sean was about to say another word, but Stephanie pulled his sleeves. He froze for a moment but chose to follow.
After walking away, Stephanie said, "Hermione's not in a good mood."
Sean scratched his head in distress, "Obviously, she has always pretended to be in a good mood."
She glanced at him, "You lied to Hermione before you came to me, right?"
"Well…"
"I understand what you were doing. Neither you nor Daisy should want to disturb Hermione's feelings. However, I think it's better to let Hermione participate in this more." Listening to Stephanie's words, Sean fell into deep thought.
Both he and Daisy seemed to have neglected her. They only paid attention to the point of not making Hermione's mood worse while ignoring her real inner thoughts. He could probably guess a little bit of the reason for Hermione's bad mood; it might be a feeling of her being pushed away.
Although both Sean and Hermione know that this is not a rejection, their minds are sensitive, and inner feelings cannot be determined rationally. From this point of view, Stephanie's suggestion was correct.
He turned to Stephanie and said, "That's true. Thank you for reminding me."
"You should be more keen about it in the future." Stephanie shook her head calmly.
"Many things start with misunderstandings, and both parties ignore their true needs."
"A good relationship needs to be managed continuously." She suddenly stopped and tilted her head towards Sean.
Sean froze for a moment, then laughed, "You're right, Miss Ollivander."
"Good luck with it later."
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"Mr. Wallup, because you were selected as one of the Hogwarts delegates, does this make you feel like you are superior here?" In the Potions class, Snape said to Sean with a half-smile.
"No, sir," Sean said loudly.
"Then can you tell me, what is this stuff you boiled?"
"It's a strong fireproof potion that is still in the making."
"Strong Fireproof Potion?" Snape sneered. If you smear a dozen or so potions on your body, you might be able to get burned yourself."
"But it's not done yet..." Sean couldn't help but refute, although his potion might not be that good.
Snape's face darkened, "There's an hour left. I don't think you can."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a junior student outside the door.
"Professor Snape, Mr. Wallup has been asked to go upstairs because of his status as a delegate..." the child said timidly.
Snape looked down, and it was obvious that he wanted to say something more.
However, he still looked at Sean with disgust, "Take those things of yours and disappear before my eyes, now."
"Yes, Professor." Sean slipped out quickly, and Snape's voice reprimanding Harry echoed in the classroom.
"Thank you, couldn't be a better timing," Sean said with a smile.
The junior student walked excitedly," saw the people from the Daily Prophet, and they must have wanted to interview you."
"Well, it sounds troublesome but much better than Professor Snape, I suppose."
When Sean arrived at the location, he opened the door and walked in. The others had already arrived, and Daisy was standing nervously in the corner. Her eyes lit up when she saw Sean.
"I'm not late, am I?" Sean greeted with a smile.
"No, no," Ludo walked to him, "Come in; we have a little something to prepare, like interviews and wand testing."
"Wand testing?" Sean asked.
"We have to check that your wands are fully functional and perform well. Because in the future, wands are your most important equipment." Ludo said, "They're upstairs with Dumbledore."
"Also, this is Rita Skeeter," he said, pointing to the witch in magenta robes. She's writing for the Daily Prophet and is currently writing a short article about the Tournament."
Skeeter is asking Reinhardt, and it looks like Reinhardt is about to explode. Her hair was done up in delicate, stiff curls that looked oddly out of place. She wore jeweled glasses, clutched an alligator bag in her fingers, and had her nails painted.
Sean smiled slightly. Isn't this an "old acquaintance" whom he hadn't seen for a long time? Skeeter heard the voice. She turned her head to look at the new delegate. The floating quill turned around with its owner.
Seeing Sean's face, Skeeter's normal expression suddenly disappeared and became extremely stiff.
"Hello there." Sean greeted with a smile.
"Um.. oh! Yes, hello there." She smiled stiffly as if she had been pinched and stuffed into a bottle.
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