Chapter 681

After greeting Dumbledore, Ethan casually found something to pass the time, and finally made it to the day of the dance.

Because he had long been sure that the dance partner would be Illya, and he didn't bother about it, nor was he "disturbed" by a large group of girls. After the ball officially started, after he completed the task of leading the dance, he accompanied the happy Yi Liya. Liya danced for a while, then packed some snacks and went to rest.

"you look pretty today."

"thanks."

Hermione still became Victor's partner, and Victor still had a crush on Hermione.

And her two friends, Harry and Ron, still haven't invited her.

Maybe it was because they had known each other for too long, and the two of them completely ignored the potential of the girl beside them.

Harry still has a crush on Zhang Qiu, but considering that Cedric Diggory will not be killed this time, this young couple will not experience life and death early, and it seems that their relationship will not end in a short time , so it is impossible for Zhang Qiu and Harry to get together again.

Ron, like most Hogwarts boys, is somewhat fascinated by Fleur, who has Veela blood. However, neither he nor his good brother Harry found a suitable dance partner, and finally attended the ball with a pair of twin sisters .

Originally, the twin sisters were very happy after receiving the invitation, but the performance of the two little boys at the ball disappointed the sisters, so the good brothers became lonely again.

Especially when they found out that Hermione, who was hanging around all the time, was so beautiful, and he hadn't noticed it before, and when he didn't send out an invitation, the feelings in the hearts of the two became more and more complicated.

Ethan wasn't as entangled as they were. He already knew what Hermione would be like in the future, so Hermione's surprise today didn't surprise him.

Girls were observant in this regard, and Hermione noticed that Ethan didn't have the utter disbelief that Harry and Ron had previously responded.

"You don't seem surprised."

"Why the surprise?"

Hermione looked a little surprised, but the reaction only made her happier.

Because the two have their own dance partners, it is impossible to chat here all the time, so they separated soon. Ethan also noticed that Hermione went to find Harry and Ron later, and then left angrily. Generally little change.

"In this case, Hermione will still be the hostage Victor wants to rescue?"

Compared with Ethan here, Victor doesn't seem to have many choices. In the end, the event organizer can only choose Hermione, whom Victor likes better, as a hostage.

So Ethan never expected that Hermione was the one he was going to rescue, and it seemed that the one Victor was going to rescue was a friend he had a good relationship with.

In the second round of the Triwizard Tournament, Rescue at the bottom of the Black Lake, each contestant has one hour to find and rescue the hostage captured by the mermaid in the vast Black Lake.

At this moment, Ethan was soaking in the bottom of the Black Lake, staring at Hermione opposite.

Ethan looked around. Several other hostages were in a coma. They were protected by magic spells while they were in a coma, so they would not choke to death.

After being found and awakened by the players, especially after cutting the ropes that bound the hostages, the spell will lose its effect. At this time, the players need to return to the water with the hostages as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, after finding the hostages, as long as they are not greedy and want to rescue other hostages, the mermaid will not make it too difficult for the contestants. What's the danger.

But the situation is a bit different now. Hermione woke up early wearing the amulet Ethan gave her, and the spell that could keep her from drowning has dissipated, and then the underwater breathing and other spells on the amulet began It produced an effect, allowing Hermione to breathe freely in the dark bottom of the lake, and the enhanced vision could easily see the surrounding situation clearly.

At first she was a little dazed, and she panicked when she found herself in the water, but then she found that she was not choking on the water and could even breathe freely, and then she gradually calmed down.

Looking around, Hermione found several people who were also trapped beside her, but she didn't rush to wake them up, she didn't know anything about the situation, it's not a good idea to act rashly at this time.

After thinking about it, Hermione decided to untie the rope tied around her feet first, but she couldn't find her wand after groping for a long time.

At this moment, Ethan came to her very quickly, and then the two of them stared at each other.

Ethan was not surprised to see Hermione here, but after looking around, he found that Hermione seemed to be the target he wanted to rescue.

The one over there was Ron, who was clearly Harry's target.

There is also a little girl, who should be Furong's younger sister.

The other boy he didn't know at all was wearing the same school uniform as Victor. Dumbledore couldn't let himself save a person he didn't know at all, right?

"Tsk, this situation is not surprising at all."

He stretched out his hand to Hermione, signaling her to grab him, then waved his other hand, and a magic force opened the rope under Hermione's feet.

But what made Hermione feel strange was that Ethan didn't take her to swim quickly to the surface of the water, but sank directly to the bottom of the lake at an astonishing speed, and then raised his hand lightly, unknowingly released a spell.

"what have you done?"

Unable to bear curiosity for a while, Hermione asked directly, only to find that she could speak freely underwater.

"I released an illusion to prevent others from discovering us."

"Why do you want to do this?"

"Because I'm not going back too early."

Ethan stood at the bottom of the lake. The bottom of the Black Lake was not a beautiful place. It was full of aquatic plants and mud, and even the lake water was dirty. Just looking at it made people feel uncomfortable.

So he would never soak in this kind of place for more than half an hour. His closed hands slowly separated. With his movements, the surrounding lake water began to separate to the two sides, and finally formed a ball with a diameter of more than two meters. space.

Hermione was no longer surprised that Ethan was able to use this method. She just wondered why Ethan chose to hide under the water when he could return to the water immediately.

"Don't you want to win?"

"Yes."

Ethan rubbed his drenched hair. Although he could use a spell to make himself refreshed, he temporarily gave up the idea when he thought that he would have to return to the water in a while.

It was Hermione in front of her. Although she was protected by the amulet, the clothes on her body were soaked by the cold lake water before she woke up. In addition, the temperature here was very low, so it was not very comfortable to be drenched all over.

Cleaning up and adding a simple constant temperature spell made Hermione's complexion look much better.

"thanks."

After thanking her, she asked the question again.

"Why don't you want to win?"

"This competition itself is a performance. Why do you think Harry, who didn't take the initiative to sign up, was selected as a contestant by the Goblet of Fire?"

Hermione was already very smart, and she immediately figured out the key.

"Someone wants him to participate... and wants him to win?"

Could it be Dumbledore? But although Dumbledore took care of Harry a lot, why did he win the Triwizard Tournament?

Even if Hogwarts wants to win the Triwizard Tournament, it doesn't necessarily have to let Harry participate. There is a special existence like Ethan in the college. Wouldn't it be solved if he was asked to do it?

Especially since Ethan had already participated in this competition, throwing Harry in again was completely redundant.

"Is it Voldemort?"

Reminiscent of what Ethan said before, that his coming to Hogwarts had something to do with Voldemort, plus Harry's identity, Hermione immediately connected these things together.

"That's why you participated in this competition? You were invited by Professor Dumbledore to protect Harry?"

"very smart."

Although Hermione may not be clear about many details, she still guesses part of the truth.

"So you don't care about winning this competition, you just need to participate in this competition..." Hermione was arranging her hair. Her hair was messed up after soaking in water and 'drying', which made her Very concerned. "Since this is the case, you were still so high-profile in the first game."

Because Ethan gained too much advantage in the first game, if he quickly completed the second game, the others had almost no chance of winning.

That's why he stayed here and went out when the time was almost up. It was enough to barely pass this competition.

In Hermione's eyes, this was the price Ethan paid for his previous limelight.

"I've been very low-key. At that time, I spent a lot of energy trying to control myself so that I wouldn't scare the fire dragon, or accidentally beat the fire dragon to death with too much force!"

"..."

Hermione opened her mouth, wanting to say that Ethan was bragging, but looking at the current situation and his unbelievable identity, maybe he was telling the truth?

Looking at Ethan again, he found that Ethan was looking at something with his head up. Hermione also raised her head in the same posture, but she couldn't see anything clearly.

"What do you see?"

"Harry was saving Ron... and the little girl."

After finding the hostages, Harry was besieged by mermaids because he wanted to rescue Fleur's sister, and managed to escape back to the water at the last moment.

It wasn't worthwhile for him to go out of his way to help Harry, but Harry spent a lot of time in the water, almost an hour at this time.

After reminding Hermione that she was about to soak in the water again, Ethan took her out of the area from the bottom of the lake, and then swam a certain distance before surfacing to the surface.

The timing of his coming out was very well grasped. Before everyone had time to cheer when they saw him, Harry attracted all their attention.