Chapter 472: Rules

Tempted by the strawberry preserves, Valen quickly started to explain But apparently, she was a beat slower than Hermione and has not realized the seriousness of the problem. Hermione awkwardly fed her a few slices of dried fruit and left with the journal given by Felix. "Professor, I think Valen was just careless." She tried to fix her earlier blunder before leaving.

Valen blinked, what do you mean I was careless?

"I understand," Felix said as he hugged Valen, Hermione hesitated for a few seconds as she stood on tiptoe and prepared to leave, when he called her out from behind. "Miss Granger, you can try to repair that time-turner using Nicolas's journal as a reference, but whatever the outcome is, remember, you should not use it and don't ever put yourself in danger."

"You have my word, Professor." Hermione replied.

Felix watched the door close, then turned his attention to Valen, who is sitting on his lap, and she patted his thigh with a look of satisfaction as she half-squinted her eyes. "Kiki! (Keep feeding!)" Felix laughed at her leisurely look.

" Aren't you going to read the book - The Tales of Beedle the Bard?" He said.

Valen looked at him suspiciously.

"Some time ago you were pestering me with the story 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune'," Felix said, "in fact, you will find that it is followed by the equally wonderful story called 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart' ..."

"Kee!" Valen looked startled, "Kiki! Kee Kee Kee! (Don't lie to me! That's a horror story!)"

"It's true, every story in The Tales of Beedle the Bard has a hidden message," Felix said with a smirk, "for example, the male wizard used dark magic to separate his heart from his body and lock it in a crystal box, by which he avoided the worldly affection... ... Perhaps this is the poet's artistic expression of the Horcrux; not to mention that this story warns us not to tamper with the deepest mysteries of life--"

At that moment, he suddenly paused. Don't tamper with life at will - so does his current transformation toward a magical being count as tampering with life? He mulled over this question, in any case, he should be more cautious and careful, at least until the transformation is completed, it is better for him to stay at school without going out.

Who knew the next time he inspected the company's branch, he might bump into a noseless freak when he push open the door?

A sweet taste suddenly burst into his mouth, and Felix looked back down to see Valen reaching out her small hand to shove a strawberry preserves into his mouth.

"Kiki! ( A different story!)"

Felix bit into the sweet preserves and said vaguely, "How about this story, 'The Tale of the Three Brothers'?" Valen nodded vigorously, who wanted to hear about the hairy heart, isn't that a curse word, specifically used to describe the cold and heartless wizard?

Don't try to fool her, she is a Niffler who has read the full set of "The Strange Adventures of Little Wizard Mick".

"Once upon a time, three brothers were travelling on a secluded pathway. It was nearing dusk when they came across a turbulent river and encountered a man who called himself Death ..."

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"Did you send the letter?" Harry asked, as he has lent his Hedwig to Hermione, so she could write home.

"Yeah, and I brought this along." Hermione said proudly, waving a journal in her hand, and Harry's eyes lit up. "Data about Time-Turner?" He asked in a whisper, and after receiving an affirmative response, he quickly sat down next to Hermione.

"Where's Ron?" Hermione asked casually, opening the journal carefully as she did so.

"He has gone to the entrance hall again to make sure if the rules for the third task are posted." Harry said, as he and Hermione quickly noticed that the journal resembled 'answer space' and he stared at the icons on it, and impatiently tried to click on the one that reads "Nicolas Flamel Dismantling Project".

"Wait, Harry." Hermione stopped him and said, "Professor suggested that we should first have to read the information that Nicolas Flamel had gathered about the experiments regarding the time-turner." She clicked on the first icon - it showed a witch with a painful expression, and Harry felt uncomfortable, but he quickly regained his composure as lines of text began to appear on the journal.

"Eloise Mintumble? What did she do?" He asked curiously.

"She ended all long-term time travel with her first-hand experience." Hermione explained briefly.

After a while, Harry finished reading about Eloise Mintumble's experience, and he smacked his lips to express his feelings, and at that moment, Ron came back gleefully.

"The rules are out!" He shouted, shaking the parchment in his hand with a clatter that drew the attention of everyone in the common room. "Ran into Cedric and the group, and Collins handed me a copy of it ..."

A curious crowd gathered around.

"Read it!" Seamus shouted.

"Oh, uh ... well," Ron enjoyed the feeling of being flocked, he cleared his throat and looked at the contents of the parchment. "First up, the results of the first two tasks - Cedric's team 126 points, Uagadou 113 points, Beauxbatons 110 points, Durmstrang 100 points, and Ilvermorny 73 points."

"You missed one." Neville reminded him.

"Did I?" The smile on Ron's face threatened to snap.

"You forgot to say-"

"Oh, yes." Ron pretended to slap his head, "I forgot our score, ladies and gentlemen, are you all ready for this one?"

"Ron, if you like the shape of your nose as it is, you should better speak." Fred threatened unsmilingly.

"It's 128 points," Ron said honestly, " First place." He added.

The common room remained silent for a few seconds, then a deafening cheer erupted as everyone clapped in unison, "Well done!" Seamus shouted, waving his fist and shouting in exasperation.

Ron's face quickly turned red.

It took him a while to push his way out of the crowd and join Harry and Hermione, with Ginny following him in tow.

"They're so enthusiastic." Ron said in a deliberately breezy tone, "I mean, it's not entirely because of me."

Ginny stared at him hard, as if he had something dirty on his face, which made Ron uncomfortable. So he stammered, "Well, I admit, Harry and Hermione's credit is a bit greater ..."

Hermione grabbed the parchment he carried and read the specific rules on it. After a long while, she said with a sigh of relief, "It's a lot better than I thought."

"What does it say?" Harry asked.

"Before getting the trophy, you don't have to worry about being attacked by other champion teams, you just have to deal with the dangers of the maze itself. The person who gets the trophy will reveal his position every two minutes to allow champions from the same team and other teams to ascertain his location, and it's all down to luck as for who finds the person with the trophy first-"

"What do they plan to do?" Harry couldn't help but ask in retrospect, "How - if I get the trophy, how will I reveal my position?"

"Well," Hermione scanned the parchment quickly, "it says the trophy will sing loudly, the sound will last ten seconds, and the Weird Sisters have recorded a battle song just for that. It's also important to note that we must abide by the internationally accepted rules of dueling competitions, which means that dark magic will be banned and there are strict restrictions placed on harmful spells. The Stinging Jinx we practiced before may not come in handy ..."

Hermione said a dozen more restrictive rules one after another, such as prohibiting lethal spells against the champions, and if the battle ends with one of the parties unconscious, such as being hit by a stunning spell, the winning champions must take the initiative to send a signal to summon the patrolling staffs.

"... Finally, the competition will end when we pass through the trophy, which is the door key out of the maze." Hermione looked up.

"So the key to the race is getting the trophy first, and then-" Ginny said slowly.

"Stay mobile." Hermione said.

"Be careful not to get ambushed." That is Ron's answer.

"Defeat your opponent quickly." Harry also answered without thinking. The other three looked at him at the same time, so he explained, "I think the further along you get, the more likely you will be exposed, and it's useless to hide because you will run into someone any second."

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