The slight chill in the air was no match for the heated atmosphere at the Dragon farms.
"Well done!"
"Hey, you two lucky little fellows! You cost me my wager, but I'm still happy."
"Oh, heavens! Hogwarts came first!"
When Harry and Draco became the first to run through the gate, the roaring cheers of over ten thousand England Wizards nearly knocked Shawn out of the sky.
Some people were unhappy, though. Among the crowd, the Twins' faces instantly fell.
The odds they had offered on Harry and Draco taking first place were extremely high.
Naturally, Bagman, the host, had to whip the atmosphere into a frenzy. He was particularly enthusiastic, looking as though he had won quite a fortune.
"Hey, fantastic! Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy have taken first and second place!
Look, they've pulled their Golden Eggs out from inside their robes and raised them high..."
Not far from Bagman, Lucius was rather annoyed that the fellow had put Harry's name before his son's.
His son had come first!
Although Narcissa was beside herself with excitement, she was even more distressed by her son's tattered clothes and wounds.
"Oh, my darling has suffered so much. Hogwarts has a day off tomorrow.
Lucius, we need to help our son recover properly. You don't have anything on at the Ministry of Magic tomorrow, do you?"
Although Lucius also very much wanted to spend time with his family, the Wizards' Conference would begin the day after tomorrow.
As one of the Ministry of Magic's top two or three officials, how could he possibly have any free time? He was already run off his feet.
He had only attended the first task of the Triwizard Tournament today because he was simply too worried about his son's safety.
Hadn't she noticed that Barty