Harry looked a little uneasy, his face very pale and his eyes darting about.
Su Er was not at all surprised to see Harry come through the door. In fact, if Harry had not been there, that would have been real trouble. Who knew whether that old bastard Voldemort might cook up something else?
Now that Harry had become the fourth Champion as planned, everything that followed was essentially under control and would proceed according to the original plan. Likewise, all of this fell within Old Bumblebee's calculations.
Karkaroff and Barty Crouch outside must have breathed a huge sigh of relief, right?
"What is it?" Pheobe, who had been bored for some time, asked. "Do they want us back in the Great Hall?"
As Pheobe spoke, Su Er silently lit a candle for Old Voldy in his mind. All he could say was that Old Voldy's vision was far too limited, nowhere near that of the man far away in Nurmengard. He deserved to be plotted against by Old Bumblebee until his death.
Harry opened his mouth, unsure how to answer Pheobe's question, and turned a pleading gaze toward Su Er.
"Did something go wrong?" Su Er approached Harry, feigning ignorance, and asked with concern, "What happened out there...?"
"I..." Harry was just about to explain to Su Er when a flurry of hurried footsteps sounded behind him.
"This is extraordinary!" Ludo Bagman's voice arrived before he did. He hurried inside, grabbed Harry's arm, and pulled him over to the fireplace.
"Extraordinary! Nothing like this has ever happened." Ludo Bagman released Harry's arm, wrapped an arm around his shoulders, and pulled him closer to his own large belly, facing Su Er and the other two.
"Gentlemen... and lady, allow me to make an introduction. Incredible as it may seem, a