[I admit that my parents have given me strength. I think if they could see me now, they would be proud of me... Yes, I sometimes think of them in the middle of the night and cry for them secretly.]
[I don't think there is anything to be ashamed of... I don't think there is anything that can hurt me in the tournament, because my parents are protecting me]
After reading this interview, the laughter in the great hall became louder.
Someone even walked up to Harry and handed him the newspaper so he could read it himself.
Harry threw it on the ground violently and complained about that stupid reporter in his heart.
He didn't say any of these things during the interview.
Originally, he wanted to use the newspaper to clarify that he didn't sign up to the tournament, but now it seems that the situation became even worse.
He walked to the end of the long table with his head down, no one wanted to eat with him anyway.
Seeing another Daily Prophet dropped on the long table, he hesitated for a moment and picked it up.
Reading the content, he understood that he was being too naive, he was afraid that he would keep encountering more and more trouble.
Seeing that a large section of the newspaper was full of content about himself. He searched hard for a long time before he saw the information of the other champions.
One of the most mentioned was Lucas.
But there was actually only one paragraph, introducing that Lucas has a powerful wand, other than that there was nothing else.
As for the other three champions, Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum were barely mentioned.
Even Krum's name was misspelled as Victor Crom.
As for Cedric?
Sorry, there was absolutely no information about the pride of Hufflepuff in the newspaper.
Harry finally understood why Hufflepuff's students were angrily mocking him by reading the contents of the newspaper in his face.
He really wants to strangle that stupid reporter.
…
The following few days, Harry's life was worse than death.
Originally only Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw wore the badges. But since that newspaper article, even Gryffindor has been wearing them.
Some Gryffindors think that Harry is lying again.
He obviously became a champion and he kept saying that he didn't sign up, that he didn't want to participate in the competition.
But on the other hand, he said those ostentatious words in the interview.
This made them very uncomfortable.
As for the students of the other two schools. They did not wear the badges, probably out of courtesy.
But the way they looked at Harry, it was as if they were seeing trash.
But it's okay, the attitude of the Slytherins towards him hadn't changed, which made Harry feel better.
As the day of the first task kept getting closer and closer, Harry felt increasingly anxious, so he went to Hagrid.
Although the gentle giant believed that he did not put his name into the Goblet of Fire, he was clearly not the type to give good advice.
Fortunately, Sirius' reply letter arrived at this time.
…
Lucas looked puzzled at the few people in front of him.
"You called me here, what's the matter?"
Blaise Zabini said mysteriously: "Everyone in the House has prepared a surprise for you, and entrusted us to give it to you."
Pansy Parkinson nodded, with her face looking quite proud.
Astoria smiled and Daphne slightly raised the corner of her lips in an attempt to smile.
Obviously, the two also knew what the so-called "surprise" is.
"Okay, let's go while there is no class now!"
Draco waved his hand. "Follow me"
Several people walked out of the castle and walked towards the Forbidden Forest along the path.
Lucas probably guessed what they were preparing for him, but still pretended not to know.
They sneakily avoided Hagrid's sight and entered the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest smoothly.
"Chief, this surprise is due to Pansy's great contribution. She communicated with her family and found some news."
"The students of the House relied on this bit of news to insinuate to their respective families."
"In the end some people got useful information from the Department of International Magical Cooperation, the Department of Transport, and the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures."
The crowd led Lucas to a dense vegetation in the middle of the forest.
The noise from behind the vegetation was already clearly audible.
Draco finally concluded: "We have repeatedly confirmed the reliability and time of the news, and we decided to take you to visit as soon as these big guys arrived."
Several people forcefully separated the vegetation and revealed five dragons that looked like hills appearing in the open space in the distance.
"Fire Dragon, the thing you need to face in the first task."
"Students in years 4 to 7 are already researching spells that are effective on fire dragons, and I believe there will be results in a short time."
"Lord Chief, do you want to have a closer look at the dragons?"
When Astoria asked this, all eyes turned to Lucas.
"Thank you!" Although he already knew the content of the task, they have worked so hard to investigate and study.
Even at the expense of looking for clues through family relationships.
This moved Lucas very much.
"Can we really see them up close?"
Astoria patted her nonexistent chest lightly, and said proudly: "Of course it's no problem!"
Daphne invited Lucas to visit the paddock.
"Miss Greengrass!"
Daphne and Astoria just showed up and those dragon trainers immediately went up to say hello to the two of them.
Seeing Lucas' eyes full of doubts.
Draco approached him and whispered: "I heard that Astoria wrote to their family and begged for a long time. Finally Mr. Greengrass agreed to invest in a dragon farm in Romania. Your charm is really extraordinary!"
Lucas looked at Astoria in front of the group in surprise.
At this moment, that petite figure is trying to maintain the majesty of the young lady of a pureblood family.
"My lord, come quickly, I will let you explain the habits of these dragons, so that you will be more confident in dealing with them."
At this time, the five dragons have been transferred to the paddock made of thick wood.
There were seven or eight wizards standing guard with wands around each paddock.
These huge guys have equally bad tempers.
From time to time, their flame breath will rush into the sky.
"This is the Swedish Short Snout." The dragon trainer led the crowd to a silver blue dragon with horns on its head.
"The personality of the Swedish Short Snout Dragon is relatively docile among dragons, of course it is only relatively speaking."
After introducing the Swedish Short Snout the dragon trainer took everyone to visit the Hungarian Horntail, Chinese Fireball, Common Welsh Green and Ukrainian Ironbelly in turn.
Judging from the introduction of the dragon trainer.
The Hungarian Horntail and Ukrainian Ironbelly were the dragons with the most violent temper, the most aggressive and the most destructive power.
Several boys looked at the dragons with very excited expressions.
Especially the dragon fanatic Draco. He had to stop for a long time when he saw every dragon and no amount of force could take him away from the side of the paddock.
After visiting the dragons, the crowd began to return to the castle.
Leaving the paddock, Draco was finally back to normal.
"I just asked, if you want to subdue the dragon, you need at least 20 competent wizards to cast spells together."
The others frowned. They knew that dragons were dangerous before, but never saw it with their own eyes.
Facing those dragons head on today, the huge size caused a visual impact to several people.
There was also a heavy sense of oppression.
"Lord Chief!"
Seeing the concern in Astoria's eyes, Lucas looked at the others again.
It turns out that everyone looked concerned about him.
"If I can't even subdue a simple dragon, how can I be your Chief? Don't worry, just watch my performance when the time comes."
"By the way, Draco, you can tell Potter about the dragon later."
"Harry?" Draco's expression became a little hesitant.
"Yes, he should be really helpless at this time, as a good friend, shouldn't you help him?"
"But you..."
"Draco, don't alienate your friends because of me, my problem with Potter is limited to the two of us."
"You are my friend, and he is also your friend, understand? Go, go and help him!"
Draco nodded heavily, and immediately turned and walked towards Gryffindor tower.
Lucas looked back at the others and said, "The words just now are also for you."
"Understood, Chief!"
…
Harry was walking in the corridor alone. The people around that saw him were either avoiding him, or mocking him with the badge on their chest.
He seems to have gotten used to it after so many days.
He no longer insisted on explaining to others that he did not register.
But this did not make him relax, instead an inexplicable anxiety lingered in his heart.
Suddenly he felt someone patting his shoulder.
Harry thought it was those annoying people again, so he turned around and roared.
"Can't you just leave me alone?!"
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