Chapter 179 Morality
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 179 Morality
On the other side, Eleanor and Lucida had also fought each other. They fought back and forth, but judging from the relaxed expression on Eleanor's face, she obviously retained her strength, while Lucida was just the opposite.
Schelling appeared.He looked straight at Katarin, showed a mischievous smile, and said, "I have always given special treatment to beautiful women. Are you sure you want to fight me?"
Katarin knew that she had failed today, and even if she could really defeat Xie Lin, it was impossible for her to defeat the combination of the two brothers.Not to mention, when Eleanor finished Lu Xida, she would have no chance to escape even if she wanted to.
She showed a wry smile, "If I admit defeat, what will you do to me?"
"Let's go! I don't want to fight with you." Xie Lin shook his hand, "But don't even think about being a hostage. You should admit defeat to this project!"
Schelling was indeed sure of capturing her, but he didn't want to reveal too much strength in front of Draco and Eleanor, especially since he was sure that Katharine, as the heir of the first French family, still had the unique skill of pressing the bottom of the box that hadn't been used yet.After all, today he came purely to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and this fight was not in his original plan.
Katarin glanced at Lucida who was still struggling to resist, gritted her teeth, flicked the fish's tail, and swam up quickly.
At the same time, Eleanor screamed coquettishly, and just used a sealing spell to seal Lucida into a container similar to a crystal coffin.
Xie Lin swam to Draco and Eleanor. Although he had guessed in his heart, he still asked: "Brother, can you get back to the ground by yourself?"
Seeing that Draco nodded, he turned Hector, Lucida, Irina, Miles, and Gallup into stone statues with the Stone Transformation Technique, and put them into the suitcase space.
Then, he said: "Eleanor, there is no time to chat now, we don't have much time left. Save the hostages first!" Eleanor nodded in agreement.
Xie Lin directly cut off the rope that tied the hostages with a cutting curse, and then hugged Daphne into his arms. At this moment, Daphne was still sleeping. She didn't know what kind of dream she was having, and there was even a gentle and peaceful smile on her lips, just like the sleeping princess in a fairy tale, people couldn't help but feel caring.
Then, Schelling hugged Daphne with one hand, and with the other hand, he untied the female student from Beauxbatons. She was Katarine's hostage, and it was said that she was a disciple of a subsidiary family of the Monroe family. Her status was like that of Goyle and Crabbe and Draco.
Not very gently, Xie Lin shook her forcefully, and threw her behind his back. He stretched out his hand to wrap her arms around her slender waist, and lifted her up on his back.This girl's face is not bad, although it is not as good as most of the beauties that Xie Lin knows, but it is not worse than Audrey and Tracy, but her figure is outstanding, and Xie Lin can feel two full and soft touches on his back, pressing against his back tightly.
Eleanor curled her lips, looked at the stout Poliaco, and couldn't help complaining why the competition had chosen this pig as her hostage, but she could only reluctantly hold Poliaco's body with both hands, and vigorously swung the fish's tail.
After the two waved to Draco, Draco stayed where he was and nodded, and only said to Schelling, "Go find me in my dormitory someday", and waved them to leave quickly.
The mermaid tribe is quite a distance away from the lake.Although Xie Lin took two hostages, firstly, the weight of the two girls is not too heavy, and secondly, Xie Lin's physical strength, as well as his water-based skills bonus in the state of the devil, let him swim a lot faster than Eleanor.
He swam back to shore first.
As soon as Schelling surfaced, both Daphne and Beauxbaton's schoolgirls opened their eyes, and they all woke up.Beauxbaton's female students looked terrified and confused when they saw that it was not Katharine but Schelling who was holding her.
"I knew that you would definitely rescue me." Daphne showed a gentle smile when she saw Xie Lin, then looked at the female student who was snuggling behind Xie Lin, frowned, and asked in a somewhat unfriendly tone: "Who is she? Why is she in your arms?"
"She is Monroe's hostage, and many things happened below, I will explain to you later." Xie Lin said quickly.
The stands were full of voices, shouting and yelling, and everyone seemed to stand up.
At this time, Eleanor also surfaced, she was only a quarter of an hour behind Schelling.At this moment, she had already taken off her mermaid costume, and restored the Bubble Curse costume she had before she fell into the water.She dragged the heavy-bodied Polyarco desperately, and finally got him out of the water. Polyarco yawned a lot, as if he had just woken up from a dream, and ended up eating one of Eleanor's chestnuts viciously.
A few of them waded to the shore.The referees were all standing there watching, and Dumbledore was squatting by the water, talking closely with a mermaid who looked particularly rough and fierce.
Xie Lin guessed that the mermaid's memory had probably been modified long ago.
Dumbledore made the high-pitched noise that a merman makes on the water, and apparently he could speak merfolk too.Finally, he stood up straight and turned to the other referees, saying, "Let's have a meeting first before scoring."
Madam Pomfrey greeted Schelling, Daphne, Eleanor, Polyarco, and the Beauxbatons, and gave each a thick blanket and a hot cup of refreshment.
At this time, Harry, Ron, and Katharine were already there, and the three of them were sitting there wrapped in blankets. Harry and Ron talked in low voices from time to time with excited expressions on their faces, while Katharine sat there with a blank face and said nothing.
At this moment, Bagman's magically amplified voice suddenly sounded in their ears, and the audience in the stands fell silent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally made a decision. Mercus, the female mermaid leader, told us everything that happened at the bottom of the lake. We have decided to rate the warriors as follows... ..."
"Katharine Grindelwald-Monroe, despite her excellent use of the Whale Lung Charm, was attacked by Grindylow as she approached the target and was unsuccessful in rescuing the hostages. We give her 25 points."
"Harry Potter took gillweed with amazing results. He was the first to return with the hostages, but he was 1 minute over the hour. So we give him 47 points."
"Eleanor von Hohenheim used the Bubble Curse, which was very effective, but she was the last one to return. According to the mermaid's report, she was unfortunately entangled by a giant squid at the bottom of the water, so it took a lot of time. We will give her forty points."
"The last warrior—Sherin Malfoy, he used his original body transformation technique to effectively enter the water." Bagman continued, "He was the second to return, but it took him far more than the specified time of one hour. However, the female mermaid leader told us that Mr. Malfoy could actually return earlier. He didn't return in time because he wanted to ensure that all the hostages returned safely, instead of only caring about his own hostages."
"Most of the referees," Bagman said, glancing at Karkaroff with displeasure, "feel that this fully demonstrates noble morals. However...Mr. Malfoy's score is 42 points."
The corners of Xie Lin's mouth curled up slightly, and his eyes seemed to glance over Katarin's position inadvertently, but the latter seemed to be unresponsive, and still sat there blankly.
Every word the mermaid said was probably arranged by Katarin.Obviously, after this battle, Katarin has given in. The entire Ghost Society was wiped out, and a family with a size and strength similar to that of Monroe turned against him. She could not find any hope of turning defeat into victory. Her gesture of goodwill was to win Xie Lin's favor. She hoped that if Xie Lin won the Triwizard Tournament in the end, she would be spared and would no longer chase after her.
As for Walpurgis, she also needs to notify the family as soon as possible to deal with it.She didn't know all about Walpurgis' hidden power, but she also knew that Walpurgis might not spare her, a loser, lightly.
Since she was born, because of her two bloodline talents, she has always been the jewel in the palm of the family and the pride of the whole family. The family has devoted countless efforts and resources to her, making her smooth sailing and giving her the illusion that everything is under control.
This defeat severely shattered the fantasy in her heart.The current situation was obviously out of her control, and she felt deeply powerless for this.Regardless of whether the Malfoy family retaliates or not, whether Walpurgis punishes or not, these two potential threats have become two heavy burdens, hanging on her heart.
Although Schelling ranked second in this project, he is still ranked first in the overall ranking.
He scored a total of 92 points in both events, while Harry and Eleanor were tied, also in second place with 85 points, and Katharine came in last with a measly 70 points.
Harry's heart beat for joy, he gave Ron a high-five with satisfaction, and laughed.In the first event, he was at the bottom of the ranking. This time, he surpassed No.2 in one fell swoop. Now who dares to say that he has no hope of winning?
Daphne stared at Xie Lin with a half-smile, and said softly in a voice only audible to the two of them: "It turns out that you are not taking advantage of girls—you are showing morality!"
"Uh..." Xie Lin didn't know how to answer. He really wanted to refute his innocence, but he was speechless for a moment when he thought of the touching feeling he had just enjoyed behind his back.
"The third and final project will be carried out on the evening of June 24," Bagman continued. "The Warriors will know the details of the project one month in advance. Thank you for your support to the Warriors."
(1) The magic to modify memory is not the forgetting curse that other fans often say, but another magic.The name of this magic is not mentioned in the original book, but this book is set as "memory manipulation spell".This magic has been used by Voldemort, Slughorn and Hermione respectively.
(2) Voldemort used it on his uncle, and the elf Hedge, to deceive everyone in the Ministry of Magic at the time, including the Wizengamot where Dumbledore was sitting.Even Dumbledore realized the existence of the Horcrux many years later (after the diary), and then realized that something was wrong with the case back then, and used Legilimency to extract the real memory again.According to him, this is a very difficult and technical process.
(3) After Slughorn fabricated a false memory for himself, Dumbledore couldn't even forcibly extract the real memory, and a "fragment" phenomenon appeared behind the false memory.
Summary: - Dumbledore may be deceived by the memory modification spell if he does not specifically use Legilimency. Even if he intends to use Legilimency to investigate, he may be able to detect something wrong, but it is not 100% able to extract the correct memory.
(End of this chapter)
On the other side, Eleanor and Lucida had also fought each other. They fought back and forth, but judging from the relaxed expression on Eleanor's face, she obviously retained her strength, while Lucida was just the opposite.
Schelling appeared.He looked straight at Katarin, showed a mischievous smile, and said, "I have always given special treatment to beautiful women. Are you sure you want to fight me?"
Katarin knew that she had failed today, and even if she could really defeat Xie Lin, it was impossible for her to defeat the combination of the two brothers.Not to mention, when Eleanor finished Lu Xida, she would have no chance to escape even if she wanted to.
She showed a wry smile, "If I admit defeat, what will you do to me?"
"Let's go! I don't want to fight with you." Xie Lin shook his hand, "But don't even think about being a hostage. You should admit defeat to this project!"
Schelling was indeed sure of capturing her, but he didn't want to reveal too much strength in front of Draco and Eleanor, especially since he was sure that Katharine, as the heir of the first French family, still had the unique skill of pressing the bottom of the box that hadn't been used yet.After all, today he came purely to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and this fight was not in his original plan.
Katarin glanced at Lucida who was still struggling to resist, gritted her teeth, flicked the fish's tail, and swam up quickly.
At the same time, Eleanor screamed coquettishly, and just used a sealing spell to seal Lucida into a container similar to a crystal coffin.
Xie Lin swam to Draco and Eleanor. Although he had guessed in his heart, he still asked: "Brother, can you get back to the ground by yourself?"
Seeing that Draco nodded, he turned Hector, Lucida, Irina, Miles, and Gallup into stone statues with the Stone Transformation Technique, and put them into the suitcase space.
Then, he said: "Eleanor, there is no time to chat now, we don't have much time left. Save the hostages first!" Eleanor nodded in agreement.
Xie Lin directly cut off the rope that tied the hostages with a cutting curse, and then hugged Daphne into his arms. At this moment, Daphne was still sleeping. She didn't know what kind of dream she was having, and there was even a gentle and peaceful smile on her lips, just like the sleeping princess in a fairy tale, people couldn't help but feel caring.
Then, Schelling hugged Daphne with one hand, and with the other hand, he untied the female student from Beauxbatons. She was Katarine's hostage, and it was said that she was a disciple of a subsidiary family of the Monroe family. Her status was like that of Goyle and Crabbe and Draco.
Not very gently, Xie Lin shook her forcefully, and threw her behind his back. He stretched out his hand to wrap her arms around her slender waist, and lifted her up on his back.This girl's face is not bad, although it is not as good as most of the beauties that Xie Lin knows, but it is not worse than Audrey and Tracy, but her figure is outstanding, and Xie Lin can feel two full and soft touches on his back, pressing against his back tightly.
Eleanor curled her lips, looked at the stout Poliaco, and couldn't help complaining why the competition had chosen this pig as her hostage, but she could only reluctantly hold Poliaco's body with both hands, and vigorously swung the fish's tail.
After the two waved to Draco, Draco stayed where he was and nodded, and only said to Schelling, "Go find me in my dormitory someday", and waved them to leave quickly.
The mermaid tribe is quite a distance away from the lake.Although Xie Lin took two hostages, firstly, the weight of the two girls is not too heavy, and secondly, Xie Lin's physical strength, as well as his water-based skills bonus in the state of the devil, let him swim a lot faster than Eleanor.
He swam back to shore first.
As soon as Schelling surfaced, both Daphne and Beauxbaton's schoolgirls opened their eyes, and they all woke up.Beauxbaton's female students looked terrified and confused when they saw that it was not Katharine but Schelling who was holding her.
"I knew that you would definitely rescue me." Daphne showed a gentle smile when she saw Xie Lin, then looked at the female student who was snuggling behind Xie Lin, frowned, and asked in a somewhat unfriendly tone: "Who is she? Why is she in your arms?"
"She is Monroe's hostage, and many things happened below, I will explain to you later." Xie Lin said quickly.
The stands were full of voices, shouting and yelling, and everyone seemed to stand up.
At this time, Eleanor also surfaced, she was only a quarter of an hour behind Schelling.At this moment, she had already taken off her mermaid costume, and restored the Bubble Curse costume she had before she fell into the water.She dragged the heavy-bodied Polyarco desperately, and finally got him out of the water. Polyarco yawned a lot, as if he had just woken up from a dream, and ended up eating one of Eleanor's chestnuts viciously.
A few of them waded to the shore.The referees were all standing there watching, and Dumbledore was squatting by the water, talking closely with a mermaid who looked particularly rough and fierce.
Xie Lin guessed that the mermaid's memory had probably been modified long ago.
Dumbledore made the high-pitched noise that a merman makes on the water, and apparently he could speak merfolk too.Finally, he stood up straight and turned to the other referees, saying, "Let's have a meeting first before scoring."
Madam Pomfrey greeted Schelling, Daphne, Eleanor, Polyarco, and the Beauxbatons, and gave each a thick blanket and a hot cup of refreshment.
At this time, Harry, Ron, and Katharine were already there, and the three of them were sitting there wrapped in blankets. Harry and Ron talked in low voices from time to time with excited expressions on their faces, while Katharine sat there with a blank face and said nothing.
At this moment, Bagman's magically amplified voice suddenly sounded in their ears, and the audience in the stands fell silent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally made a decision. Mercus, the female mermaid leader, told us everything that happened at the bottom of the lake. We have decided to rate the warriors as follows... ..."
"Katharine Grindelwald-Monroe, despite her excellent use of the Whale Lung Charm, was attacked by Grindylow as she approached the target and was unsuccessful in rescuing the hostages. We give her 25 points."
"Harry Potter took gillweed with amazing results. He was the first to return with the hostages, but he was 1 minute over the hour. So we give him 47 points."
"Eleanor von Hohenheim used the Bubble Curse, which was very effective, but she was the last one to return. According to the mermaid's report, she was unfortunately entangled by a giant squid at the bottom of the water, so it took a lot of time. We will give her forty points."
"The last warrior—Sherin Malfoy, he used his original body transformation technique to effectively enter the water." Bagman continued, "He was the second to return, but it took him far more than the specified time of one hour. However, the female mermaid leader told us that Mr. Malfoy could actually return earlier. He didn't return in time because he wanted to ensure that all the hostages returned safely, instead of only caring about his own hostages."
"Most of the referees," Bagman said, glancing at Karkaroff with displeasure, "feel that this fully demonstrates noble morals. However...Mr. Malfoy's score is 42 points."
The corners of Xie Lin's mouth curled up slightly, and his eyes seemed to glance over Katarin's position inadvertently, but the latter seemed to be unresponsive, and still sat there blankly.
Every word the mermaid said was probably arranged by Katarin.Obviously, after this battle, Katarin has given in. The entire Ghost Society was wiped out, and a family with a size and strength similar to that of Monroe turned against him. She could not find any hope of turning defeat into victory. Her gesture of goodwill was to win Xie Lin's favor. She hoped that if Xie Lin won the Triwizard Tournament in the end, she would be spared and would no longer chase after her.
As for Walpurgis, she also needs to notify the family as soon as possible to deal with it.She didn't know all about Walpurgis' hidden power, but she also knew that Walpurgis might not spare her, a loser, lightly.
Since she was born, because of her two bloodline talents, she has always been the jewel in the palm of the family and the pride of the whole family. The family has devoted countless efforts and resources to her, making her smooth sailing and giving her the illusion that everything is under control.
This defeat severely shattered the fantasy in her heart.The current situation was obviously out of her control, and she felt deeply powerless for this.Regardless of whether the Malfoy family retaliates or not, whether Walpurgis punishes or not, these two potential threats have become two heavy burdens, hanging on her heart.
Although Schelling ranked second in this project, he is still ranked first in the overall ranking.
He scored a total of 92 points in both events, while Harry and Eleanor were tied, also in second place with 85 points, and Katharine came in last with a measly 70 points.
Harry's heart beat for joy, he gave Ron a high-five with satisfaction, and laughed.In the first event, he was at the bottom of the ranking. This time, he surpassed No.2 in one fell swoop. Now who dares to say that he has no hope of winning?
Daphne stared at Xie Lin with a half-smile, and said softly in a voice only audible to the two of them: "It turns out that you are not taking advantage of girls—you are showing morality!"
"Uh..." Xie Lin didn't know how to answer. He really wanted to refute his innocence, but he was speechless for a moment when he thought of the touching feeling he had just enjoyed behind his back.
"The third and final project will be carried out on the evening of June 24," Bagman continued. "The Warriors will know the details of the project one month in advance. Thank you for your support to the Warriors."
(1) The magic to modify memory is not the forgetting curse that other fans often say, but another magic.The name of this magic is not mentioned in the original book, but this book is set as "memory manipulation spell".This magic has been used by Voldemort, Slughorn and Hermione respectively.
(2) Voldemort used it on his uncle, and the elf Hedge, to deceive everyone in the Ministry of Magic at the time, including the Wizengamot where Dumbledore was sitting.Even Dumbledore realized the existence of the Horcrux many years later (after the diary), and then realized that something was wrong with the case back then, and used Legilimency to extract the real memory again.According to him, this is a very difficult and technical process.
(3) After Slughorn fabricated a false memory for himself, Dumbledore couldn't even forcibly extract the real memory, and a "fragment" phenomenon appeared behind the false memory.
Summary: - Dumbledore may be deceived by the memory modification spell if he does not specifically use Legilimency. Even if he intends to use Legilimency to investigate, he may be able to detect something wrong, but it is not 100% able to extract the correct memory.
(End of this chapter)
