Harry Falls Behind

Harry naturally had no idea what was happening outside. Using the sun overhead, he freed both hands.

"Point me in the right direction." He laid his wand flat across his palm and spoke softly to it.

The wand spun once, pointing toward the dense hedge on his right. That was north.

The route Fleur and Ilvas had taken merged with the map of the hollows he had sketched out in his mind countless times over the past few days.

Of the twelve hollows, four were correct.

Fleur and Ilvas had already eliminated three.

That meant he only needed to eliminate five wrong ones among the remaining nine hollows.

All he had to do now was head northwest.

That route would conveniently bypass three of the wrong ones.

After walking roughly fifty meters, Harry reached a fork and pondered for a moment. "Left!"

Outside the maze, Mr. Weasley said, "Harry chose the left path too! Just like Ilvas! What a surprise! Only thirteen minutes have passed, and Fleur has already found the correct tunnel!"

Fleur held a faint blue flame aloft in her left hand as she strolled through the pitch-black tunnel.

The damp air not far ahead brought a breathtaking smile to her lovely face.

At that moment, every viewer who noticed it through the screens held their breath.

In the family seating area, Krum's father hurriedly asked, "May I ask whether your daughter—"

Then Ryan appeared before him, holding Gabrielle's hand. "I'm her boyfriend."

The moment Krum's father saw Ryan's face, he immediately abandoned the thought.

"Sorry, I thought you were her younger brother. You're so handsome, after all." Krum's father was extremely embarrassed.

Just then, Krum set off.

Thunderous cheers erupted from the stands.

"My son is this popular?" Krum's father recalled Krum's descriptions of his time at