After saying hello to Dumbledore, Ethan just found something to pass the time, and finally came to the day of the dance.

Because he had long been sure that his dance partner would be Illia, he did not bother with this, nor was he "disturbed" by a large group of girls. After the dance officially began, after completing the task of leading the dance, he danced with the happy Illia for a while, then pretended to have some snacks and walked aside to rest.

"You're very beautiful today."

"Thanks."

Hermione still became Victor's dance partner, and Victor still developed a favorable impression of Hermione.

Her two friends, Harry and Ron, still did not invite her.

Maybe I have known each other for too long, and these two completely ignored the potential of the girl beside me.

Harry still had a good impression of Zhang Qiu, but considering that Cedric Digory would not be killed this time, the young couple would not experience life and death early, and it seems that their relationship will not end in a short period of time, so Zhang Qiu could not get together with Harry again.

Like most Hogwarts boys, Ron was a little fascinated by Furong, who had a veterinary ancestry, and neither he nor his good brother Harry found a favorite dance partner, and finally attended the dance with a pair of twin sisters.

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

Especially when she found that Hermione, who had been swaying around her, was so beautiful, and she hadn't noticed it before and hadn't sent an invitation, the feelings in the two of them became more and more complicated.

Ethan was not as entangled as they were. He had known what Hermione would look like in the future, so Hermione's surprise did not surprise him today.

The girls were very careful in this regard, and Hermione noticed that Ethan did not have the completely unbelievable reactions of Harry and Ron.

"It seems you're not surprised."

"Why is it accident?"

Hermione seemed a little surprised, but this reaction made her happier.

Because the two of them had their own dance partners, it was impossible for them to chat here all the time, so they quickly separated. Ethan also noticed that Hermione later went to find Harry and Ron, and then left in a fit of anger. It seemed that the plot had not changed much.

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

Compared to Ethan, Victor doesn't seem to have many choices. In the end, the organizer could only choose Hermione, who Victor likes more, as a hostage.

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

In the second game of the Three Thousands Championship, Black Lake rescue at the bottom of the lake, each player has an hour to find the hostages captured by the mermaids in the vast Black Lake and rescue them.

At this time, Ethan was soaking at the bottom of the Black Lake and stared at Hermione on the opposite side.

Ethan looked around and saw that several other hostages were in a coma. They were protected by a curse in their coma, so they would not choke to death.

After being found and awakened by the contestants, especially after cutting off the rope that tied these hostages, the spell will lose its effect. At this time, the contestants need to take the hostages back to the water as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, after finding the hostages, as long as you don’t greedily want to rescue other hostages, the mermaids will not make things too difficult for the contestants. That is to say, the hostages and contestants can easily return to the water, and there will basically be no danger.

But the situation is a little different now. Hermione was wearing the amulet given to her by Ethan and woke up very early. The spell that could prevent her from drowning had also dissipated. Then the underwater breathing and other spells on the amulet began to produce effects, allowing Hermione to breathe freely in the dark bottom of the lake, and the enhanced vision could easily see the surrounding situation.

At first, she was a little confused and found that she was in the water and panicked for a while. Then she found that she was not choking on the water and could even breathe freely. Then she slowly calmed down.

After looking around, Hermione found several people who were also trapped by her side, but she did not rush to wake them up. She knew nothing about the situation and it was not a good idea to act rashly at this time.

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

At this moment, Ethan came to her at a very fast speed, and then the two stared at each other.

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

One over there was Ron, which was obviously Harry's target.

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

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

"Tsk, this situation is not worth a surprise at all."

He reached out to Hermione, signaled her to grab her, then waved another hand, and a magic force opened the rope under Hermione's feet.

But what surprised Hermione was that Ethan did not take her to swim up the water quickly, but sank directly to the bottom of the lake at an astonishing speed. Then he raised his hand gently, not knowing what kind of spell he released.

"What did you do?"

Unable to help but be curious, Hermione asked directly, and then she realized that she could actually speak freely underwater.

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

"Why do you do this?"

“Because I’m not going to go 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 water and grass and sludge. Even the lake water was very dirty, and it made people feel uncomfortable just by looking at it.

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

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

"Don't you want to win?"

"Yes."

Ethan rubbed his already wet hair. Although he could use the spell to make himself refreshed and clean, he temporarily gave up on the idea when he thought of letting himself return to the water for a while.

However, although Hermione in front of her, although she was protected by amulets, her clothes on her body were soaked in the cold lake water before she woke up. In addition, the temperature here was very low, and she was so wet that it was not very comfortable.

The cleansing and a simple constant temperature spell made Hermione's face look much better.

"Thanks."

After thanking her, she began to ask that question again.

"Why don't you want to win?"

"This competition itself is a performance. Why do you think Harry, who did not sign up for the initiative, was selected as a contestant by the Goblet of Fire?"

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

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

Could it be Dumbledore? Although Dumbledore takes good care of Harry, why did he win the Triumph?

Even if Hogwarts wants to win the championship in this Triumph, he may not have to let Harry participate. There is a special existence like Ethan in the academy. Wouldn’t it be solved if he asks him to take action?

Especially when Ethan has already participated in this competition, throwing Harry in is completely a superfluous move.

"Is it Voldemort?"

Recalling Ethan's previous statement that he came to Hogwarts and Voldemort had something to do with him, and Harry's identity, Hermione immediately linked these things together.

"That's why you're participating in this competition? Did you ask Professor Dumbledore to protect Harry?"

“Very smart.”

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

"So you don't care about the victory of this game, you just need to participate in this game..." Hermione was tidying up her hair. Her hair was soaked and then 'dryed', which made her care a lot. "Since that's how 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, there would be almost no chance for others to win.

That's why he stayed here and went out after the time was almost over. It would be enough to barely pass this competition.

In Hermione's eyes, this is the price Ethan paid for his previous appearance.

"I'm already very low-key. At that time, in order to control myself, I won't scare the fire dragon, or accidentally beat the fire dragon to death with too much force, which took a lot of energy!"

“…”

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

Looking at Ethan again, she found Ethan looking at something with her head raised. Hermione also raised her head in the same position, but she couldn't see anything clearly.

"What did you see?"

"Harry is saving Ron...and that little girl."

After Harry found the hostage, he wanted to rescue Furong's sister, but was besieged by a mermaid. He barely fled back to the water at the last moment.

He didn't make it easy to help Harry, but Harry spent a lot of time in the water, and it was almost an hour at this time.

After reminding Hermione that she was going to soak in water again, Ethan took her away from the bottom of the lake, then swam out for a while before floating to the surface.
Chapter completed!