After Christmas, the new semester begins.
Time flies like an accelerator.
In the blink of an eye, it was mid-February.
In the past month or so, the Champions of each school have had a hectic life.
Not only do they have to compete in Quidditch, but they also duel, and they have to study the secrets of the Golden egg.
One of the most uncomfortable is the Golden egg. Many people have been studying for a long time, but their ears are almost deaf, and they still haven't found anything.
Harry was one of them, and this brainstorming wasn't his forte.
So he used a skill that he had gradually learned since entering school.
Hug the thigh.
"Alvin! You can't just be silent!"
In a classroom, Harry sat on the ground, hugged the speechless Alvin's thigh, and pleaded repeatedly.
Isn't this savior's style a bit crooked?
Just after Potions class ended, Harry mysteriously pulled Alvin here.
At first, he thought Harry was trying to say something important, but as soon as he entered the room, Harry jumped directly at him...
"You didn't have to drag me here, did you?"
Hearing Alvin's words, Harry shook his head as if he had not heard them. "I'm just afraid that you will give me a hint and it to be known by others, and it will affect you."
With you, is this still good for me?
"Why don't you go to Professor Snape?"
Hearing Alvin's question, Harry was overjoyed. He knew that this was almost done and hurriedly said.
"I went to Snape, and he took the Golden egg and gave it back to me two days later. He just left me the word 'Merpeople' and said nothing else."
"You don't know what he means?" Alvin looked at Harry in surprise. Snape's hint was so obvious. Do you want him to tell you the answer directly?
"But I don't know where to go to learn the language of the Merpeople..."
Harry's face showed bitterness.
"Go to the third bookshelf on the right side of the library and find the book 'Detailed Explanation of Ancient Athenian Magical Creatures.' There is an introduction to the Merpeople language at the top. This book is enough for you to clear the task."
Alvin didn't tell Harry that all the problems could be solved by putting the Golden egg in the water because he thought it was too simple, so he added a back door to the Golden egg to fix the bug.
Even if the Golden egg was placed in the water, they could only hear the same high-pitched sound.
Harry would have liked Alvin to tell him the answer directly, without the hassle.
But Alvin ignored him, turned around, and walked out of the classroom.
Harry held the Golden egg in the Gryffindor Common Room while mumbling something.
The little wizards looked at him from time to time for fear that Harry accidentally opened the Golden egg and caused another tragedy.
"Ron, what do you think is the dear or important most to me?"
Raising his head, Harry suddenly said to Ron, who was playing chess with Seamus.
Ron pondered for a moment and said very confidently. "Firebolt, you can't wait to sleep with Firebolt every night."
"Firebolt?"
Ron suddenly thought of something and excitedly leaned over to him and said in a low voice. "Do you know the clues in this Golden egg?"
Harry nodded and said softly. "Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground, An hour long you'll have to look, To recover what we too."
"Cool!" Ron exclaimed. "How did you decipher this thread?"
Harry was a little embarrassed to say that. He ran to the library and flipped through the book Alvin was talking about.
For three full hours, he didn't read a word...
Later, he had an idea and handed the news to Cedric, who only took two days to decipher the content.
And Cedric also told Harry.
"So someone is going to steal your Firebolt, and you have to find them within an hour and get the Firebolt back."
Ron's analysis made Harry nod in agreement, and he thought so too.
"Why don't you use your brains to search for such a simple clue about the Merpeople?"
Hermione's voice startled the two of them, and behind the stacks of tall books, she stuck her head out.
She heard what the two said just now, and Hermione didn't want to pay attention, but the more Ron said it, the more outrageous he was, and she couldn't bear it anymore.
After all, Harry was representing Hogwarts and Gryffindor, and Hermione, who had a sense of collective honor, didn't want to lose face to her own house.
Hermione's serious expression subconsciously reminded Harry and Ron of Professor McGonagall, and neither dared to breathe.
According to 'Hogwarts: A History,' a group of Merpeople lived in the depths of the Black Lake in the school.
"According to the introduction of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,' other than here, the closest mermaid activity to Hogwarts is Birmingham, 800 kilometers away."
Hermione talked eloquently and surprised Ron and Harry.
"So, I think the third task should be all the Champions diving into the Black Lake to find something stolen by the Merpeople, and you only have an hour."
Harry nodded, as expected of the Miss Know-it-all.
Hermione's statement sounds much more reliable than Ron's.
"So, how do I stay in the water for so long?" Harry quickly realized what the biggest challenge was this time.
Not to mention staying in the water for an hour, he can't swim.
In the past, when Harry was at Dursley's house, he would not have the conditions to learn to swim, but Dudley did learn to swim. Dudley often boasted to him about how good he was when he came back.
But Harry felt that Dudley's physique came with a swimming ring, and he could float naturally without learning it.
When Harry came to the wizarding world, he never thought about swimming. He even couldn't finish learning the spell. Who has the time to learn this!?
In addition, Harry didn't know whether the Firebolt was waterproof., He only hoped the staff would consider this when the time came.
And Hermione saw that they had found the right direction, so she didn't say anything and went about her business.