Brother, We're Rich!

Training is not an easy task, especially as the competition date draws closer.

As the saying goes, "sharpen your staff at the last minute, and it will be fine even if it's not broken"... William decided to go all in and skip class with a few friends.

Of course, a leave slip is still required.

The heads of the three houses all agreed to this, except for Professor Snape.

With all three houses on leave, this is a great opportunity. Professor Snape will ask William and the others questions in every class.

If someone is found to be absent, they will pretend to be absent and have points deducted.

This shameless deduction of points is definitely invalid. He is only the Slytherin Head of House, while the other heads of the class have all approved their students' leave requests; he has no right to deduct points.

As for the Slytherin students, of course they didn't ask for leave.

Malfoy and Gorilla Captain were still leisurely strolling around, acting as if it were none of their business, as if the competition in a few days was not theirs.

Especially Malfoy, whose daily routine consisted of eating, drinking, and... searching for Potter.

The students were lazy, Snape, the headmaster, didn't care much, let alone provide any training.

Cheating is a tradition in the Triwizard Tournament, but... Snape says he was unaware of this tradition.

He knew that Dumbledore the school year... professors are not allowed to help students.

(Dumbledore: Of all the things I said, how come you only remember this one?)

Until one day, Lucius wrote to Snape, asking his junior and "colleague" for help.

He might not care about his own son, but he couldn't care less about Lucius. The death rate in the Triwizard Tournament was so high, he had to find someone to cheat.

But when Snape received the letter, he was Muggle. As a result of his lack of attention, he genuinely had no idea what the First Task entailed.

He didn't investigate himself, and Dumbledore didn't tell him either.

After much deliberation, I had no choice but to go to the Public Teaching and Research Office to inquire about the situation.

But after I hinted at it to everyone, they all said they didn't know.

Professor Sprout, disguised as McGonagall, with an air of righteous indignation, tells Snape... the professor cannot help the Champion!

Flitwick reassured Snape, saying that students have their own blessings, and as the dean... he could only offer his silent blessings.

Professor McGonagall told him that he could consult Sybill, who was certain she could see the game with her Inner Eye.

Alright... Snape understands.

This is what happens when someone is too outstanding and gets isolated.

The three of them acting so strangely... He said he was being manipulated in the workplace.

Furthermore, Stark is practically a teacher, so why should he be allowed to help his students?

Professor Flitwick was immediately displeased. When he was deducting points, he said William was a student, but now he's saying he's a teacher?

Is everything you write justified?

While Professor Snape was still scheming and plotting, Malfoy finally panicked.

His father's letter finally made him realize the seriousness of the situation. He couldn't rely on the dean, so he had no choice but to buy information from someone!

Malfoy immediately thought of William. But then another problem arose: he had been on leave for several days and hadn't even shown up at the Great Hall.

Brother, where have you been? I've brought you more money!

Even more anxious than Malfoy was Headmaster Karkaroff.

William knew about the dragon, and so did Phoebe. Her knowledge meant that Madame Maxime knew.

Karkaroff has already seen Maxime preventing the Champion from attending class and taking his students to special training sessions.

It's not hard to deduce that they also knew about the competition.

In other words, apart from Durmstrang, almost all the students at the other two schools knew the contents.

That won't do; our school has so many Champion.

He immediately went to Snape.

Professor Snape, still engaged in a heated debate with a group of scholars in the research office, declared that he knew nothing!

Headmaster Karkaroff was devastated. Historically, there have been Champion were unaware of the competition events.

The result was, of course, disastrous.

How bad was it? Durmstrang started out as an honest school, and it took them many years to figure out the tricks.

Of all the Triwizard Tournament held so many times, Hogwarts has won 63 times, Triwizard Tournament Beauxbatons has won 62 times.

Durmstrang... zero times!

Karkaroff wanted to make history, to achieve a breakthrough from zero, not to simply increase the number of zeros to 126!

Even more devastated Karkaroff... was Ludo Bagman!

He was so angry he wanted to hit someone!

"Ron, look, this is the Summoning Charm, repeat after me!" Ludo waved his wand. "The Quill Accio!"

A lightweight quill pen on the table immediately flew into Ludo's hands.

"See, the Summoning Charm is that simple... Try it again."

"The quill Accio!" Ron waved his wand.

But the quill pen remained untouched and was still in Ludo's hand.

Ludo sighed. This was the fiftieth time he had demonstrated it to Ron.

Besides quill pens, they've tried books, ink, Chocolate Frog...

It always loses its breath halfway through flight and falls to the ground like a stone.

This is even worse; they didn't even get to fly.

My heart is tired... I'm weary.

"Focus, Ron, focus!" Ludo roared furiously.

"I've been concentrating so much!" Ron said angrily. "I haven't even had lunch! I'm working like House-elf."

"Is this all for my sake?" Ludo shouted. "If it weren't for Arthur's sake..."

"I can't concentrate." Ron slumped into his chair.

"But for some reason, a huge fire dragon kept popping into my head... I was scared."

Okay, let's try again...

Ron tried again, but still no luck.

Ludo was on the verge of a breakdown. He had never seen such a stupid student.

If I give you an open-book exam now, you still won't be able to learn it?

The Summoning Charm won't work... I'll have to use the Conjunctivitis Curse.

Half an hour later, Ludo was contemplating suicide. Ron became increasingly negative, and later he would only raise his hand slightly, and even that movement was not proper.

"I can't do it anymore, I want to give up..." Ron said dejectedly. "I forfeit, I'm not participating in the competition."

I was never cut out to be Champion.

Ron's voice trailed off as he covered his face, saying, "That's a fire dragon... how could I possibly handle it?"

A dragon... I think Dumbledore's gone mad, wanting to kill the Champion!

"What do you think the Triwizard Tournament is? Child's play, or a trip with you?" Ludo roared.

"Since you've signed up, you have to participate!"

Ron kept his head down and didn't say anything.

"Ron, don't you want to win the championship?" Ludo's tone softened.

That's a thousand Galleon!

Don't you want your sister Ginny to excitedly tell you, "Brother, we're rich now?!"

Ron looked up, opened his mouth, but was speechless.

All the Champion were either terrified, idle, or working hard, while William's training was slowly coming to an end.

Aside from the few spells he taught, everyone was thinking of their own ways to deal with the situation.

Since everyone is the same, it's impossible for everyone to get a high score. Therefore, everyone will take turns entering the Room of Requirement for individual practice.

What surprised William the most was Phoebe.

He had originally thought that Veela's charm only worked on wizards, but he hadn't expected that when combined with magic, it would also be effective on dragons.

However, before the dragon fell asleep, it breathed fire, setting her skirt on fire.

Finally, she had to use Sound Transmission Conch to call for help, asking William to bring the clothes inside.

William was satisfied, feeling that everyone was well-prepared.

At least, I wasn't as panicked as when I first saw the fire dragon.

Cedric was the happiest of them all.

Because before the competition, he finally got the storm he had been dreaming of.

This means that he can now Transfiguration into Animagus.

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