Chapter 440: The "Well-behaved" Fire Dragon

The little girl not only stayed in her brother's arms, but also gave Diana a sunny smile; but that smile was filled with pride, and her little nose and pointed chin almost reached the sky.

I let you take your brother to bed so early every day. Your brother is mine!
How could a little girl who was only three or four years old hide her jealous thoughts from a "big girl" who was three or four thousand years old? Diana couldn't help laughing, and she deliberately reached out to poke Lin You, signaling him to appreciate the little expression on his sister's face.

In the end, it was Minerva who felt shy when being looked at. She lowered her head and buried her face in her brother's shoulder, leaving only the back of her head visible.

Lin You had no choice but to carry the little girl all the way into Hogwarts Castle.

"Oh, you are willing to bring out this lovely little princess?" The one who came to greet him was Alastor Moody; with a terrifying face and a hoarse voice, even the teasing words sounded "savage" from the mouth of this former Auror.

"Also, why are you still like this? Haven't you found a cure? That's not what you said before...Also, who is this young lady..."

"This sequelae is a little unexpectedly difficult to deal with, but it's nothing, just think of it as growing up early." Lin You started to talk nonsense, "This is my girlfriend, Diana Prince. Maybe I forgot, remember Dumbledore knew her, didn't he tell you before?"

Moody was obviously shocked by Diana's identity. His magic eyes circled around Diana, and his expression gradually became strange. "Albus is very tight-lipped, you know. In addition, your magic experiment failed, and the result was difficult to cure. Was it an accident or intentional?"

“Who will take the initiative to create mistakes?”

"Why not? Like a little boy who meets a pretty girl and can't wait to grow up?"

"I never thought that Mad-Eye could even joke."

"Haha, okay, let me lead the way for our lovely little princess." Moody finally turned his gaze back to Minerva.

After several years, most of the relatives and friends knew that there was a little girl in the Forresters' family, but not many had the opportunity to see her in person. Including Moody, who had only known her before but had never seen her face. This time, he looked her up and down with curiosity, forgetting that his face was a nightmare for a child.

Fortunately, our little goddess is not the superficial person who only looks at the appearance; ever since they met, her attitude towards Moody has been more curious than afraid, especially the "magic eye" on his face that was spinning around, which made the little girl couldn't help but reach out her hand.

The little fat girl moved her hand, and Lin You was so scared that he quickly pressed her down; the invisible magic power locked the space around the little girl's body, blocking her from interfering with the operation of external magic power.

It would be fine if he overturned a chessboard or smashed a cup and spilled some wine, but if he crushed Mad-Eye's magic eye, it would be a bad ending.

Be good, let’s give some face to “Uncle Ace”, he is an old friend of our family.

The fluctuations of spiritual communication between gods are unknown to mortals. Lin You silently comforted the naughty child and tried every means to divert the little guy's attention elsewhere.

Let's go watch the dragon race! That race is fun!
"We have three different fire dragons for this competition, which is a rare sight." Moody, who was leading the way, was unaware that he had escaped a disaster. He introduced the competition items as he walked.

"Three fire dragons? There are still three contestants?" Lin You asked calmly.

"The Triwizard Tournament, of course it's three people," Moody asked curiously, "Didn't you read the news reports? The Daily Prophet has already published several special reports on the Triwizard Tournament."

"I saw a little bit, but didn't pay much attention to it," Lin You answered casually. His nonchalant look was in line with the usual impression that the Forresters had on wizards. "I heard that Dumbledore has been promoting the 'Boy Who Lived' in the past few years. I thought he would do the same thing this time and push Harry Potter to the position of a champion in the competition!"

"How is it possible? Although Dumbledore is old, he is not confused. The Triwizard Tournament has the highest mortality rate among participants in history. How could he let a fourteen-year-old child take such a risk?"

"That's true." Lin You nodded indifferently.

The plot was indeed changed. Harry Potter did not participate in the competition, and his situation at school this school year might be much better. Voldemort could no longer take people away from the school in the same way as in the original plot.

"Any news about that person?" Lin You quickened his pace, walked shoulder to shoulder with Moody, and asked in a low voice. Although he didn't care about Voldemort, considering the huge crowd, his voice would inevitably reach other people's ears, so there was no need to add to the panic.

"At the beginning of this month, there was an invasion at Ilvermorny School, and someone stole the snake staff that had been hidden at the school gate. You should know about this." Moody also lowered his voice. "It was later found out that it was done by the You-Know-Who's men, but he didn't expect that there was a deep hidden restriction on the wand, so when he tried to awaken the wand, he suffered a backlash and attracted the Aurors. Unfortunately, when the Aurors arrived, the other party had already run away, leaving only the snake staff and strong traces of dark magic at the scene. It is impossible to determine whether the You-Know-Who was present at the time."

Lin You chuckled and said, "So there is no way to confirm whether that person has been resurrected again?"

"Yes." Moody couldn't help getting angry when it came to this question. "The Ministry of Magic has so far refused to publicly admit that Voldemort is still alive. They have even manipulated public opinion, trying to attribute all recent events to a powerful but unknown dark wizard."

Lin You sneered: "An unknown dark wizard? Dumbledore almost died at his hands, isn't he famous enough? Were all those Death Eaters who were arrested and tried before fake?"

"Fudge is confusing people. Every time we ask him, he says 'we need more time to prepare' or 'it's not the right time yet'. Even many former Death Eaters - I mean those who were not caught this time - are helping Fudge cover up the news. You know, if the news of Voldemort's return spreads, these people will be the most uncomfortable."

Moody became more and more angry as he spoke, and gradually he could no longer hold back his voice;

"Because they muddied the waters, many people thought that Dumbledore was exaggerating, and even thought that he deliberately exaggerated the strength of his opponent in order to cover up the fact that he was old and weak. The one who defeated him was not the You-Know-Who at all, but just an ordinary dark wizard; these idiots always have wishful thinking."

"You've already said you're an idiot. Isn't wishful thinking the mark of an idiot?" Lin You didn't care and ended the topic just as he entered the audience seats.

The first event of the Triwizard Tournament required dealing with a fire dragon. Compared to the dangers of the latter two events, which were mainly aimed at the contestants, the threat of the fire dragon was also aimed at the audience; therefore, the security of this event was also the most stringent of the three events. As a professor of the host school, Moody also took on part of the security responsibility and had to separate from Lin You and the other two. There was a large isolation belt between the audience seats and the competition venue. Every other section of the isolation belt was guarded by a staff member from the Romanian dragon farm. A silver-blue Swedish short-nosed dragon was chained in the center of the competition venue, guarding the golden dragon egg under its feet.

The host, Ludo Bagman, spoke in a high-pitched voice, bringing his passion for Quidditch to the Triwizard Tournament; one could tell from his voice that he was in high spirits, as if the predicament of being heavily in debt had not affected him in the slightest.

The emotions of the audience in the stands were easily influenced by the host, and being able to witness a live fire dragon with their own eyes was an opportunity that most wizards could not ask for.

For a moment, the scene was filled with thunderous cheers and deafening laughter; today was destined to be the busiest time in Hogwarts in recent years.

The cheers obviously stimulated the fire dragon and also scared Cedric, who was the first to appear.

The Swedish short-nosed dragon flapped its wings continuously and flew up, but was then pulled back to the ground by the chains; balls of dragon breath flames spewed out from its mouth and nose, spreading aimlessly around.

Cedric was wearing a black and yellow robe, which matched the main color of the Hufflepuff house emblem. He hesitated at the entrance, intimidated by the sudden roar of the dragon and surprised by the huge crowds in the stands.

Normally, there aren't so many spectators at the college Quidditch matches.

It's not just the fire dragon who doesn't like the noisy environment of the stadium. There is also a young goddess who is ten thousand times more terrifying than the fire dragon; Minerva sits on Lin You's thighs, her two chubby hands tightly covering her ears, and her eyebrows are almost wrinkled together.

Brother, you are lying. It’s not fun here at all!
Especially the Swedish short-nosed dragon that kept breathing dragon breath in the center of the venue was what the little girl hated the most; no matter whether it was the reincarnation of Athena in Saint Seiya, or the goddess created by the rewritten will of the big world to protect the world's peace, subconsciously she did not like violent and destructive creatures like fire dragons.

Lin You's impression of the game was quite good. The show of a 17-year-old boy fighting a dragon was quite interesting to watch. His mood was probably similar to that of some people who like to watch cockfighting or cricket fighting.

Among the three, Diana was the one who paid the most attention to the competition. She was really worried about the safety of the contestants, so she watched the game with the most concentration. When she saw Cedric using Transfiguration to turn a stone into a dog, successfully distracting the dragon and grabbing the golden egg, the Amazon princess applauded generously; then she criticized a shameless principal for deliberately giving low scores.

The excitement at the scene made Diana involuntarily recall the competition on Paradise Island, especially when the second contestant appeared, this sense of immersion was even stronger.

Because the second one to appear is the only female warrior, the same gender as the Amazon women on Paradise Island.

The noisy voices at the scene quieted down for a moment, and then erupted in a more frenzied manner.

"Eh... so beautiful!" Minerva's innocent and sincere words revealed the reason for the fanatical atmosphere.

Beautiful women are always more likely to attract attention and stir emotions; especially Fleur Delacour, who has a part of the charming bloodline of Veela, even an innocent child like Minerva is amazed by her.

The only dragon that wasn't moved by the beauty of the Veela was the dragon. The Welsh Green Dragon was "relatively" gentle and would not normally harm humans, but the dragon had been under a Confusion Spell and mistook the contestant for a thief who wanted to steal dragon eggs.

The hot dragon breath made Furong hesitate and she looked for an opportunity cautiously.

In the audience, Minerva had already begun to favor the beautiful young lady; the child's innocent mind did not know how to distinguish right from wrong, and since she was biased towards Fleur, she immediately became doubly disgusted with her opponent.

The dragon roared and screamed like a ghost, so fierce, so abominable! The little guy widened his eyes and glared at the green dragon. The goddess's "intention" was instantly transmitted to the fire dragon's heart, making it tremble all over.

The connection between the mind and the soul is not magic, and there is no fluctuation at all, so Lin You was completely unprepared. By the time he discovered that the fire dragon's "emotions" were not right, and thus discovered the hidden connection between the other party and Minerva, the situation was already irreversible.

How could a mere fire dragon withstand the "threat" of a goddess? Once it sensed the hatred in the goddess' heart, it was almost scared to death on the spot; the audience saw that the originally angry fire dragon suddenly became timid and kept shrinking back.

The dragon's roar that had resounded through the sky disappeared, leaving only the trembling whimpering; the huge dragon head buried deeply in its wings, as if it was afraid to see people.

The golden dragon egg was completely exposed, eight feet away from the fire dragon's feet; the audience could see that if it weren't for the chains restricting its range of movement, the green dragon would have wanted to fly out of the arena and get as far away from Furong as possible.

Except for the culprit and his brother, everyone was confused; was this veela's charm magic so strong? Could it easily affect even a fire dragon?
Little did they know that at this moment Furong was even more confused than the others. She hesitated for a long time before she mustered up the courage to step forward. Not until she held the golden egg in her arms did she confirm that the fire dragon had indeed "given up voluntarily". She was overjoyed and turned around and ran away quickly.

The audience was amazed, except for a certain little goddess who lowered her head to be "teached" by her brother. Her aggrieved look was very much like the fire dragon who still buried its head in its wings on the court.

The impact of emotions is lasting and will not disappear in an instant; so even if Minerva has been blocked from the mental link by Lin You, the fear in the Green Dragon's heart will not disappear immediately, but will continue until the end of the game.

A group of dragon farm staff came forward and tried every means to get the green dragon to stick its head out, but failed; they had no choice but to put shackles on it and sent it out in this "shameless" posture.

"Cheating, definitely cheating!" Karkaroff, who had met Lin You once before, was furious at the referee's booth. "Someone helped the Beauxbatons players off the field."

"Watch your words. Do you dare to take responsibility for what you say?" A woman who was nearly twice as tall as a normal person confronted Karkaroff. "Irresponsible and slanderous words will never be forgiven."

Seeing that the tension was growing, other people in the referee's booth spoke out to persuade the two principals to stop fighting in public.

They didn't know that Karkaroff's unfounded assertion was actually the truth. (End of this chapter)