"Mm... huh?!"
Pheobe had been nodding along, but at Harley's last sentence, she suddenly froze.
Wasn't there something wrong with that logic?
Wasn't I... worrying here because I can't beat a Dragon and don't know how to deal with them?
If I could take down a Dragon, why would I be so nervous right now?
"Just kidding." Harley grinned mischievously and stuck out her tongue. "Taking down a Dragon is definitely the worst option."
"After all, the Dragons were rented by the Ministry of Magic from the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary. If we just killed them, we'd cause the Ministry a considerable financial loss."
"The Ministry wouldn't allow that. Even though the rules don't say anything about it, and there'd be no reason to make us pay, our scores would definitely be lowered."
As Pheobe listened to Harley, her expression grew increasingly strange. Hermione couldn't help rubbing her forehead, either.
That reason for not killing the Dragons... was just ridiculous!
Harley continued rapidly analyzing the Dragons' weaknesses. "There's only one core idea behind this task: study their weaknesses and target them."
"Dragons are enormous, but their eyes and nostrils are relatively vulnerable. They're two of the weakest spots on a Dragon's body."
"A Dragon's eyelids aren't like the rest of its Dragon Hide. They don't have much resistance to magic, so even getting hit by a spell with its eyes closed would hurt."
"The nostrils are another major weakness, though to be precise, the nostrils and mouth should be treated as a single weak point."
"If we use magic to interfere with those two areas, the Dragon might not be able to breathe fire."
"And most importantly, by then, the Dragon's fire will already have been produced,"
Hermione continued, flipping through the thick book in her hands,
"So if too much