A Small Punishment

"Harry, did you need something?"

After breaking away from some supporters, Harry gestured toward a corner nearby.

"What is it?"

"The first task is dragons. One for each person."

Harry did not beat around the bush. He directly shared the information he had just learned with Yinsen. Yinsen knew Harry had gotten the news from Ron, then used the Invisibility Cloak to get a relatively close look at those dragons.

"Thanks, Harry."

While the two were talking, Yinsen noticed someone secretly watching him and Harry Potter. It was probably Mad-Eye Moody, who was being impersonated by Barty Crouch Jr.

He had to ensure that Harry Potter won the Triwizard Tournament and personally touched the winner's cup, which had long been turned into a Portkey. Now that the event had been decided, he was considering how to help Harry win.

So from his perspective, Harry sharing intelligence with a competitor was truly depressing.

"You're welcome."

Compared to Cedric Diggory, Harry Potter had a better relationship with Yinsen. They also had mutual friends. Although Yinsen was a Slytherin student, he was never arrogant and never casually mocked others. On top of that, Yinsen's ordinary family background made Harry feel closer to him—after all, before coming to Hogwarts, the people Harry had interacted with most were ordinary people.

It was also because of Yinsen's appearance that Harry Potter's impression of Slytherin House had changed somewhat: not all Slytherins were bad Wizards.

He did not know what effect this would have on what came next, but that was not Yinsen's concern. What he needed to consider now was how to deal with the unlucky creature across from him. While his competitors worried about drawing a difficult dragon, Yinsen had to worry about how to defeat a dragon "normally."

"You can't go all out, can