Unlike others Evelina only took a defensive stance and did not retaliate back with any of the jinxes or hexes. This confused everyone, she also did not bring up her shield when the speed of the hexes thrown by Harry increased by leaps and bounds.
Everyone was shocked as this was duel only for namesake as Evelina never once attacked Harry even for the sake of courtesy. Whereas Harry seemed like he was testing Evelina's boundaries by increasing his speed to an unimaginable amount.
Even after an hour passed Evelina refused to attack back and finish the duel without any hitch. Harry was already tired and the other three Heirs were tired from standing wearing those heavy robes.
All three of them knew that unless and until Harry stopped attacking Evelina on his own accord, Evelina won't back out and this duel will continue till these two had energy to defend and attack respectively.
Not only Harry but everyone inside the Great Hall were confused as to why Evelina was not attacking and the answer to this was known to the Heirs only.
Harry finally relented and stopped his attack, he bowed at Evelina helplessly and looked at her respectfully.
"Your Highness, dare I question the reason for you not attacking me back" Harry asked carefully in a way it won't offend Evelina, though he knew that no matter what he said it would never offend her as she placed him in a position equivalent to her father inside her heart.
"Due to my Secondary element being Sun I cannot attack unless and until the hex, jinx or curse thrown my way is potent enough to kill me" Evelina said as she looked at Harry calmly, though she was guilty for making him this tired but she had no other option.
In the Gryffindor table James flinched when Evelina talked about her death without batting an eye. All along since the time Evelina entered the Great Hall all James had in his eyes was Evelina, even during the duel all he cared was Evelina who was standing like a doll all along till the duel.
He was shocked as well as curious during her duel with his father, when their duel lasted so long he did not care if his father was tired and exhausted but her was worried about Evelina being tired and exhausted when all she did was to defend herself standing in one position without moving.
When the others sitting around him saw him flinch when Evelina talked about her death, other were shocked because this was the first time he moved after Evelina entered the Great Hall. Fred almost convinced himself that James also turned into a statue just like how Evelina turned into a doll.
Suddenly a ray of green beam shot out from the Ravenclaw table towards Evelina and Harry's direction. Everyone including Harry and three Heirs excluding Evelina, looked at the beam of green light and their eyes contracted violently because it was the killing spell itself.
"AVADA KEDAVRA" a voice came from the Ravenclaw table.
[AVADA KEDAVRA causes instant, painless death to whomever the curse hits. There is no countercurse or method of blocking this spell; however, if someone sacrifices their life for someone else, the person who was saved will not encounter side effects of any curses by the specific attacker]
Lauren's eyes contracted violently when he saw the figure he immediately raised his wand in the voice's direction.
"STUPEFY" Lauren said and with a thud sound the girl fell down.
[STUPEFY Puts the victim in an unconscious state. Manifests as a jet of red light]