Chapter 296 The Second Project
Madam Pomfrey, who was fiddling with the glass bottle, was startled by Mike's shout and immediately glared at Mike.
As the only and most powerful professional doctor in Hogwarts, no one in the entire Hogwarts dared to disobey her, not even Dumbledore.
After all, as a mortal, you will definitely get sick.
And once you get sick in Hogwarts, Madam Pomfrey is your only choice.
At this time, if you usually offend Madam Pomfrey, the consequences can be imagined.
Out of medical ethics, she will not ignore you, but it is okay to choose some treatment plans that will make you suffer more.
If it were normal, Mike would not dare to offend this bad-tempered doctor.
But now for Professor Flitwick, Mike can't care so much.
So, with Madam Pomfrey's murderous eyes, Mike came to her with Professor Flitwick in his arms.
"Madam Pomfrey, I'm sorry. But the situation is a little special now!" Mike said, "Professor Flitwick seems to have some problems."
After saying this, Madam Pomfrey quickly put away her murderous look and asked Mike to lay Professor Flitwick flat on the bed that was placed at midnight and began to check him.
Madam Pomfrey's hands were groping back and forth on Professor Flitwick's body, and her expression became more and more serious.
This made Mike's heart tighten!
However, at this time, Madam Pomfrey suddenly punched Professor Flitwick in the chest and said unhappily:
"Okay! Get up quickly if you're okay! You're so old, and you still like to play pranks!"
Then, under Mike's surprised eyes, Professor Flitwick rubbed his chest and sat up from the bed with a smirk on his face.
"You..."
Mike looked at Professor Flitwick, who seemed to be fine, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"Oh! Mike!" Professor Flitwick said, "Don't worry about me! I feel much better now!"
At this time, Mike didn't know that he was fooled by Professor Flitwick. He shook his head helplessly, not angry, and said:
"Okay, as long as you are okay."
Professor Flitwick responded with a happy laugh.
At the beginning, Flitwick was indeed a little angina pectoris because of Dumbledore, but it was actually not a big deal.
He could have stopped Mike from sending him to the medical point, but for some reason, when he saw Mike's nervous look, he suddenly wanted to see what Mike would do in this situation.
And Mike didn't let him down.
Not bad, not bad, it's not in vain to love him!
Professor Flitwick thought so, and his laughter became louder and louder.
Madam Pomfrey looked at the two of them, and a smile appeared on her originally serious face. She said to Mike:
"Well, since your teacher is fine, it's your turn. Lie down quickly, I want to give you a full body check."
"Uh, forget it. I'm not injured at all."
Mike scratched his head and said, but as soon as he finished speaking, Professor Flitwick and Madam Pomfrey said loudly in unison:
"No!"
Seeing this, Mike knew that he couldn't escape, so he could only find an empty bed to lie down and accept the examination.
The result was not as he expected. His physical condition was very good, much healthier than most ordinary people.
After the examination, he finally met his other three competitors in a temporary ward next door.
Because it was a temporary ward, the furnishings here were quite simple. After removing the four single beds, it can be described as a bare house.
When Mike walked into the ward, Harry was sitting on a bed, talking to Ron and Hermione. On the inside of the bed were placed the Firebolt and the golden egg.
He was still wearing the Quidditch protective gear, and one arm was hanging with a thick bandage on it to prevent Harry from moving the injured arm.
Fleur and Krum were lying on the bed, neatly covered with white quilts, so Mike couldn't see their injuries.
Krum stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes, motionless, looking like he had no desire to live. Mike now felt that what Professor Flitwick said was probably true, and Krum's injuries might be really serious.
Compared with her previous sickly look, Fleur looked very energetic at this moment.
She was holding her golden egg in her hand and examining it carefully, as if she could see something from it.
The next moment, as if something had been touched, the golden egg in Fleur's hand suddenly broke into two halves.
It was empty, with nothing inside.
But just as it split in two, a terrifying, sharp and piercing scream filled the entire room!
"What did you do? Turn off the sound!"
Ron covered his ears and shouted, but his voice was completely drowned out by the scream, and no one could hear what he was saying.
Finally, Fleur hurriedly closed the golden egg, and the scream disappeared.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and put down their hands covering their ears.
"What was that just now?"
"I... I don't know." Fleur answered Harry's question with a face full of fear, "The sound came from the golden egg, and I seemed to have triggered something just now. How about? I try again?"
"No, no, no! At least not here!"
Ron hurriedly stopped her.
At this time, Hermione found Mike standing at the door and hurriedly said happily:
"Mike! Congratulations!"
Unlike her two friends who were chatting excitedly, Hermione was paying attention to the situation outside the whole time, and naturally knew that Mike performed very well.
Her shout also made the rest of the people in the ward react.
Ron and Harry greeted Mike excitedly, while Krum glanced at Mike and then continued to stare at the ceiling with despair.
Fleur had the most exaggerated reaction.
She suddenly sat up straight and asked excitedly:
"Mike, Mike! How many points did you get?"
Mike was about to answer, but Hermione next to him answered in a boastful tone:
"46 points! You are at the bottom now! Ma'am!"
Fleur's expression froze, and she stared at Mike with watery eyes, then quickly retracted her gaze, pulled up the quilt and buried herself in it as if she was too ashamed to see anyone.
Mike wanted to go up and comfort her, but Hermione next to him continued:
"Ignore her! Are you two really in the relationship that the newspapers say?"
Mike was silent after hearing this.
He did not forget that he promised Penelope to stay away from Fleur, and now in the public eye, he could only cast an apologetic look at Fleur.
Seeing that Mike did not go over to comfort her for a long time, the bulging quilt suddenly bulged out a small bulge, as if someone inside was kicking the quilt.
But this action seemed to have touched the wound, and a cry of pain suddenly came from under the quilt.
Hermione laughed, and Ron and Harry also laughed.
At this time, the sound of fingers tapping the door suddenly came from behind everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you look fine!"
Ludo Bagman's voice came. When Harry saw that it was him, he jumped off the bed and stood up straight, looking very nervous.
"Oh! Harry! You don't have to be like this!" Ludo Bagman said with a flattered look, "I just came to tell you one thing. The second project will start at 9:30 am on February 24th next year. Before that, you can rest for a long time, enough for you to heal your injuries (Bagman's eyes swept across Harry's tightly bandaged arm). The information about the second project is hidden in the golden egg you got, so you can try to open it and have a look. Well, that's all I have to say. Goodbye everyone!"
After that, Bagman left in a hurry.
But he didn't walk far before he suddenly turned back as if he remembered something.
"I almost forgot to tell you." Bagman came to Mike's side and put a note into Mike's pocket where no one could see, and then said, "Regarding your scores, Mike is currently ranked first, followed by Harry, and Krum is ranked third. As for Fleur, unfortunately, you have the lowest score now. Okay! This time I really have to leave!"
Although they already knew the result, Harry and others were still too excited to control themselves.
Fleur could faintly hear crying from her quilt, and Krum.
He still looked like he had no desire to live, as if the score had nothing to do with him at all.
That night, a dinner was held in the Ravenclaw lounge to celebrate their champions. Mike won the first place in the first stage of the triumvirate.
The dinner was very sumptuous. Ravenclaw's Quidditch captain, the drunkard Roger Davis, even ignored the previous warning and took out a large amount of high-proof fire whiskey again.
This move immediately raised the atmosphere of the entire dinner to a higher level.
The excitement of touching the taboo was something that these underage wizards could not resist.
However, just as everyone was toasting, Professor Flitwick suddenly appeared in the lounge.
Everyone was stunned. In the past, Professor Flitwick would not participate in such banquets, so they dared to drink so boldly in the lounge.
Now Professor Flitwick showed up unexpectedly!
"Aha! Firewhiskey!" Professor Flitwick stared at Roger and said, "Let me guess, this must be your handiwork again, right, Roger!"
Roger's face fell all of a sudden. Professor Flitwick had already told him very clearly before.
If he was caught drinking by Professor Flitwick again, he would be expelled.
Poor him, he is about to graduate now. If he is expelled at this last minute...
He dares to swear that his parents will kill him!
But what he didn't expect was that Professor Flitwick would say:
"What are you still standing there for? Come and fill it up for me!"
Roger couldn't believe his ears. After being stunned for a moment, he quickly poured a full glass and handed it over, with a flattering face and a posture that was very consistent with his status as a lackey.
After taking the glass and looking at the wine that was almost overflowing, Flitwick glared at Roger fiercely again.
"This kid! How come he doesn't have any sense at all! ? "
Flitwick thought so, but didn't say anything. He raised his glass and said:
"Mike's performance today is really outstanding! I am very satisfied! So, everyone! Cheers!"
After that, Professor Flitwick raised his head and drank the whiskey in the glass.
"Oh! Long live!"
Seeing that their dean not only did not intend to punish them, but even took the lead in drinking, the people who were still stunned also quickly drank the wine in their glasses.
The atmosphere of the dinner became lively again.
Mike in the corner looked at the happy crowd and smiled softly. His glass bumped against Penelope's glass and he drank it all!
At this time, Professor Flitwick, who had greeted the students in front of him, came to Mike and looked at the golden egg on the table beside Mike and said:
"Mike! You did a great job, but now is not the time to be careless. So regarding the golden egg, I suggest you spend more time on it."
"In fact, I already know the secret hidden inside."
Mike said calmly.
Just like the first project, Mike received a note from Bagman and Crouch again, and the note contained a detailed decryption method.
But in fact, even without their help, Mike was familiar with each project.
Because the Goblet of Fire was Mike's favorite part, he had read it back and forth at least 5 times in his previous life, and he hated the original books after that! He
liked it because after experiencing so many events, Harry and the others finally grew up, reached the age of falling in love, and each had their own favorite person.
The reason why he hated it was because Hermione, who had always been regarded as the heroine, ended up with Ron, a stupid boy!
This was something Mike couldn't accept at the time.
It wasn't that Mike was a lolita control, so he couldn't accept that Hermione had someone she liked.
Mike was already very old when he read this book, so he regarded Hermione as his own daughter.
When he knew that Hermione and Ron were together, Mike instantly felt that his daughter had married a rubbish man.
Even Krum is better than Ron!
At least Krum is handsome and a sports star!
Mike shook his head and retracted his divergent thoughts.
Professor Flitwick on the side didn't notice Mike's misconduct at all. When he heard that Mike had cracked the secret of the golden egg, his face was stunned for a while, and then he picked up the golden egg with a nervous look and pulled Mike to an empty dormitory.
"Really? The golden egg has only been in your hand for less than half a day? You discovered the secret?"
Seeing this, Mike did not say anything. He directly used the Spring Water Charm and the Levitation Charm to summon a large ball of clear water floating in the air, and put the golden egg into the water to open it.
"Put your head in the water and you will know." Mike stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
Professor Flitwick did it doubtfully.
And the moment he put his head completely in the water, he heard a beautiful song:
"Look for us, where our voices are heard.
We can't sing on the ground.
When you search, please think carefully.
We have robbed your most beloved treasure.
You only have one hour to find and take back the treasure we took away.
After one hour, there will be no hope.
It will completely disappear and never appear again!"