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The results of the competition were broadcast live throughout Europe.

On the day of the competition, it wasn't just the Daily Prophet that came to visit— the France Le Cri de la Gargouille *, the Northern Europe newspaper * Viking Daily *, the gossip magazine * Bewitched and Bothered *, the women's magazine * Witch Weekly *, the morbid magazine * the Quibbler *, and so on. Basically, all the media outlets with a bit of fame and status in Europe were there. This was naturally Gulana's doing. As her organization's spokesperson, Skylar naturally wanted to take this opportunity to promote Skylar and make Skylar a powerful and idol-like figure in the wizarding world.

After the match, Skylar received a flood of letters from almost every country in Europe, all praising and admiring him in different languages. Some even started their own fan clubs in their own countries. One writer, using the pen name "Admiral Jaina," even included a donation in her letter—a cash voucher stamped with the Gringotts seal, valued at 115 Galleon!

Skylar had Daphne gather all the members of the Sleeping Dragon Society. The group of people worked together in Chamber of Secrets behind the large mirror on the fifth floor, opening, translating, and replying to each letter. Several hours passed in this way, and when it was time for dinner, the members left first, leaving only Skylar, Morrie, and the Greengrass sisters to continue opening and reading the letters.

Of course, Skylar wouldn't mistreat himself and his three girlfriends. Dinner was brought over by Dobby and was Dobby lavish. He also opened a bottle of Ogden champagne to celebrate Skylar's successful victory in the First Task.

That evening, when they entered the Slytherin Common Room, it erupted in cheers and commotion once again. The tables and chairs were piled high with cakes, along with Pumpkin Juice and Butterbeer.

Blaise Zabini set off some Filibuster's Fireworks, filling the air with sparks and flecks. Several eye-catching new banners were also hung on the walls of the common room, most of them depicting Skylar pointing his wand at Fire Dragon, making the Fire Dragon bow its head like a dog, but there were also two that showed Harry's butt on fire.

Draco walked over, patted Skylar on the shoulder hard, and said proudly, "You're amazing! Skylar, I've already written to Mom and Dad, and they're very proud of you too!"

Skylar looked at Draco and finally said what had been on his mind for so long, "Thank you, you pig shit..."

"Don't call me by that name!" Draco, somewhat annoyed. It was a nickname the two brothers had given themselves when they were children, but they hadn't used it on each other since they were nine years old.

The two brothers exchanged a silent glance, then burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Draco stopped laughing and said in a menacing tone, "Hmph, you only won the First Task. Putting aside that good-for-nothing Potter, I think those two girls are really strong. You'd better be 'careful'!"

Skylar's eyes and lips still held a smile, but a hidden glint flickered deep within his eyes. He said loudly, "I know, you pig shit. Don't worry!"

"Ah!!! You're still talking!" Draco looked on, on the verge of exasperation, as he heard the noisy laughter erupting from the young wizards around him.

Just as Draco picked up a piece of cake, intending to smash it at Skylar suddenly whispered, "Thank you, brother."

Draco paused for a moment, then snorted, "I'm not messing around with you anymore, I'm going back to my room to sleep!" Draco turned and left haughtily, taking the cake with him. Before entering the boys' dormitory corridor behind the blue tapestry, he didn't turn back and said softly, "You said it yourself, we're brothers."

As Draco's figure disappeared behind the tapestry, Skylar's lips curled into a slight smile.

Draco's departure did not cool down the atmosphere; instead, it made the younger wizards even more frenzied. At this moment, beer foam, food scraps, and confetti from various cannons were scattered all over the table and the floor.

Pansy walked over, followed by her three little followers— Audrey, Tracey, and Millicent. She smiled and said, "Congratulations, Skylar."

"Thank you, Pansy," Skylar replied politely.

"This celebration," Pansy said meaningfully, "Was organized by Draco for you. I heard he spent all his allowance for the semester."

Skylar said softly, "I understand, and thank you, Pansy."

At that moment, Terence Higgs Family appeared out of nowhere, holding a large mug of Butterbeer. He raised the mug and shouted, "To our Slytherin Champion — Skylar!"

All the young wizards raised their cups at the same time, shouting Skylar's name.

After setting down his cup, Terence said, "You're amazing, Skylar! It's incredible! You broke the ironclad rule that 'Fire Dragon cannot be tamed'! As far as I know, in the past hundred years, only you and Master of Fantastic Beasts Scamander have been able to do this!"

Skylar had also heard a little about Scamander's deeds. It was during the time when Muggle were waging World War I (1914-1918). Scamander participated in the Ministry of Magic's top-secret plan to tame the Ukrainian Ironbelly. In the end, the plan was terminated because the Fire Dragon only listened to Scamander and continued to eat other dragon tamers.

Regarding this strange phenomenon, Skylar had a theory: Scamander's family may have had a bloodline talent similar to being close to Fantastic Beasts, and because of his slightly introverted personality, he brought out this talent.

Nott also came over and handed a package to Skylar. "This is a gift from Dad to congratulate you on your great success today."

Skylar and Nott exchanged a glance and nodded in tacit agreement.

The Carrow Sisters touched the Winky Golden Egg. "My goodness, it's quite heavy. Is this the clue for the second level?"

At this point, the others also began to pay attention to the Golden Egg. Blaise said, "What could be inside?"

"I don't know, I haven't looked into it yet," Skylar said with a sly grin. "But you can open it and take a look?"

Blaise handed the Golden Egg to the strongest Goyle, Goyle, who used his fingernails to pry open the egg by digging into the grooves around Golden Egg surface.

It was empty inside—but the moment it was opened, an extremely terrifying, piercing scream filled the entire room.

"Turn it off!" Pansy yelled, covering her ears with her hands.

Goyle slammed the Golden Egg shut. "What was that?" Blaise asked, staring at the Golden Egg. "It sounded like Banshee's cry... but also a bit like Mandrake's scream. Anyway, it gave me a very bad feeling..."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Terence said. "Skylar has even tamed Fire Dragon, why would he be afraid of these?"

Everyone readily agreed.

When Skylar returned to his dormitory, it was almost one o'clock in the morning. He opened the package that Nott Sr. had given him; inside was a book titled "The Compendium of Alchemical Locks," which contained all the methods for making and breaking alchemical locks throughout history.

Excellent, that's exactly what Skylar needed.

Skylar deeply felt the importance of building power. In his previous life, many fan fiction novels liked the protagonist to become powerful alone, without considering that everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. No matter how powerful a person is, even someone as gifted as Voldemort cannot conquer the world on their own. Only by gathering the strength of many can more things be accomplished.

He took out several more items from his Suitcase Space and arranged them on the bed. These were all congratulatory gifts sent to him by his allies, and it had taken him quite a while to sort them out. Now that no one was around, he could take them out and examine them.

What Gulana sent her was a dragon-shaped specimen sealed in a transparent container. According to her, the specimen inside was an Ancient Divine Dragon cub excavated by the organization's archaeologists in a certain ruin. It was sealed using the organization's secret sealing technique and still contained a small amount of the Ancient Divine Dragon's magic power, that is, the power of the Ancient Divine Dragon's bloodline.

Mr. Slughorn gave him Potions, and all of them were extremely precious. In addition to a bottle of Felix Felicis, there was also a large bottle of dragon blood. Pure dragon blood extracted from adult dragons is very expensive, and its trade is almost monopolized by the Ministry of Magic, making it virtually impossible to buy on the market.

The bottle that Slughorn gave was not ordinary adult dragon blood, but a bottle of dragon blood that had been activated. This required many complicated ritual steps and precious magical materials, and it took several months to make.

Because of Dumbledore, it is well known that ordinary dragon's blood has twelve uses (this research was published by a young Dumbledore), although most of them are quite useless, such as cleaning ovens, removing spots, and treating plantar warts. In his previous life, Skylar often wondered why dragon's blood could be sold at such a high price.

What ordinary wizards and common people didn't know was that those were the uses of ordinary dragon blood.

The true value of dragon's blood lies in its ability to be processed into active dragon's blood.

Active dragon blood can stimulate the body's functions and potential, with effects varying slightly depending on the type of dragon used. However, the production process is extremely difficult, and even the most skilled Potions Master rarely have the opportunity to refine active dragon blood.

Take the bottle Skylar received as an example. It contained Black Dragon blood of a living Hebridean Black, Slughorn then added to the blood in sequence: the abdominal flesh of the Ukrainian Ironbelly, the fangs of the Peruvian Vipertooth, the black ridges of the Norwegian Ridgeback, the sharp tail stings of the Hungarian Horntail, the golden tassel-like spikes of the Chinese Fireball (similar to a lion's mane), the golden horns of the Romanian Longhorn, and the eyes of the Antipodean Opaleye...

These materials are extremely expensive and rare, and the ritual also has many requirements for them. For example, the horns of the longhorn dragon must be three feet long, the fangs of the Peruvian Vipertooth must not have been sprayed with venom for at least three months, and the eyes of the eggshell dragon must be at least larger than a watermelon...

After completion, it needs to be sent to the Star-Gathering Platform, which is under the control of the Ministry of Magic. There, a magic circle gathers the moonlight and starlight, allowing the dragon blood to be illuminated by the most intense starlight and moonlight, causing a mutation in the power within the blood.

It's not surprising that Skylar received gifts from these three people. As his fame grew, his relationship with Gulana became increasingly close, so she certainly wouldn't hesitate to curry favor with Skylar. Similarly, famous people are like honey to Slughorn, and they are the people he is most eager to win over and befriend.

The fourth gift surprised Skylar the most.

The gift was given by Alvin Carrow, the father of the Carrow Sisters and the current head of the Carrow Family.

Alvin Carrow was a very imposing man. Compared to the heads of other Pure-blood families, he was not well-known, but he was not someone to be trifled with. In the original story, the Carrow Family was a fanatical Pure-blood Supremacy family, but unlike Lucius, he did not personally intervene. Instead, he sent his good-for-nothing brother Amycus and sister Alecto Carrow to join the Death Eaters.

Despite Amycus relatively weak abilities—even the young Harry and Alecto Carrow underage Luna could easily defeat them— the Death Eaters entrusted them with the crucial task of infiltrating Hogwarts and becoming Hogwarts professors. In reality, this was largely due to Alvin Carrow's influence.

Regardless of what the gift is, the act of giving a gift itself implies a lot.

The Carrow Family's outward support for Pure-blood Supremacy is likely just for show. After all, Skylar's behavior at Hogwarts is no secret, and anyone who investigates will know that Skylar is probably not a supporter of Pure-blood Supremacy. Mr. Carrow's two daughters are studying at Hogwarts, so there's even less reason for them not to know.

Therefore, it's not hard to understand the meaning behind Alvin Carrow's actions—this is a family that prioritizes profit above all else. The fact that Amycus and Alecto Carrow joined the Death Eaters is ultimately for the benefit of the family. This doesn't stop Alvin himself from betting elsewhere. If he can gain Skylar's friendship and broaden the family's options, he will do so without hesitation.

This means that this is someone we can try to win over!

The gift was not insignificant, given that it was given by the patriarch of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. It was a simple list, but it contained names that were anything but ordinary.

Dolfin Rowle, Corban Yaxley, Trelawyn Selwyn, Archibald Avery, Bath Rosier, Bode Slughorn...

The names of Nott Sr. and Alvin Carrow himself were also seen above...

Some of these people were recognized Death Eaters, while others were Pure-blood family heads who had provided funding and manpower but had not personally participated in the battles.

This is a very interesting list!

Skylar's pupils gleamed with shrewdness, and a wicked smile curved his lips. If he wasn't mistaken, this list confirmed a suspicion he had long held.

It seems Mr. Carrow has truly done me a remarkable favor!

[Obtain the "Compendium of Alchemical Locks"!]

["Ancient Divine Dragon Specimen" Acquired!]

[Felix Felicis obtained!][Active Black Dragon Blood obtained!]

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