Chapter 304: Mermaid Song
Seeing Harry and Ron looking distracted, Wright was not unaware of the situation.
It's nothing more than Cedric telling Harry the secret hidden in the golden egg and Hermione getting angry at Ron!
All of this was within Wright's expectations. After all, the reason for coming to this dance was to maintain the normal progress of the timeline.
Seeing the lights in the auditorium about to go out, Wright walked forward and woke up the two people who were in a daze.
On the way back to the dormitory, Wright and the other two didn't say anything, and it was obvious that they all had something on their minds.
On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up late because they were so excited about the dance.
Even the Gryffindor common room was much quieter and deserted than it had been the night before the ball.
Harry and Ron were doing their homework, yawning, while Wright was reading a book quietly.
Hermione, who had already finished her homework, was stroking the big orange Crookshanks.
Ron and Hermione seemed to have reached a tacit agreement and neither of them mentioned their quarrel.
Although they seemed friendly, they were too polite and seemed a little unnatural.
Hermione felt the same way, and looked at Harry who was yawning and said:
"Harry, you should research the clues for the second game."
"We'd better figure it out as soon as possible. If it's as dangerous as the fire dragon, we still have time to come up with a countermeasure."
Harry, who was in a trance, was suddenly startled. He dropped his homework and went back to the dormitory to take the golden egg to the lounge.
"Mr. Bagmore said that this golden egg can be opened. The clue is inside it."
Harry said as he handed the golden egg to Ron who was holding it out to him.
"Harry, I remember you opened it before. Did you press here?"
Ron asked curiously, inserting his finger into the groove above the golden egg.
"No, Ron, wait..."
Harry, who was explaining at first, saw Ron's action and tried to stop him, but he was still a step too late.
The next moment, a sharp, piercing scream echoed throughout the lounge.
Ron, who was closest to the golden egg, subconsciously threw the golden egg away when he heard the horrifying sound.
Wright, who was not far away, heard the harsh sound, frowned, and cast a spell without a wand: "Silently and without a trace!"
The terrifying sound that was originally so harsh suddenly disappeared in the lounge.
Wright took the golden egg without any hurry and closed it.
Ron rubbed his ears with trembling hands and complained listlessly:
"It's like a banshee's cry. Even if I hear it again, it's hard to accept it!"
"Could it be that the second level is to subdue a female demon?"
Harry nodded continuously when he heard this, and seemed to agree with what Ron said.
But although Hermione didn't think so, she didn't have any good evidence.
Wright took out a book called "Overview of Underwater Plants and Animals" and handed it directly to Harry.
He even said mysteriously: "The solution is right here!"
After saying this, he slipped into the secret chamber to modify his wand under the puzzled looks of Harry, Ron and Hermione.
When Wright walked in the castle, planning to find a corner to move to the secret room.
Only then did I realize that since the end of the ball, there have been many more couples in Hogwarts Castle who are looking extremely affectionate.
It was obvious that the dance brought many students together who were in love.
The most famous couple among them is the brave Cedric and his dance partner Qiu Zhang.
They were like conjoined twins, holding hands all day long and constantly appearing in various places in the castle.
Even Wright was almost hit by them when he moved through space several times.
This made Wright, the lone wolf, very angry. Looking at their disgusting state, he said bitterly:
"No wonder I didn't save you, you deserve it!"
……
Happy times passed quickly, and the Christmas holiday ended with the wailing of a group of students who did not do their homework.
Nothing unexpected happened in the new semester, except that the winter chill became more intense.
The biting cold wind made all the students lose interest in attending classes and they just wanted to stay in front of the fireplace and warm themselves by the fire.
When Wright had completely transformed the wand and returned to the common room from the secret room.
He saw Harry, Ron and Hermione running towards him in a hurry.
Seeing the three people with excited and nervous expressions, I couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"
"You look so excited, did you discover something big?"
Harry held the golden egg, his face full of excitement, and said excitedly:
"We found the clue, it's a mermaid!"
"The piercing sound we heard that day was the voice of mermaids. It was the singing of mermaids."
Seeing Harry so excited, Wright was very considerate and showed an extremely surprised expression:
"Wow! How did you find out? This isn't a coincidence."
Hearing Wright's question, Harry didn't know what he was thinking, and his originally excited expression turned a little disappointed:
"Cedric told me that the golden egg had something to do with water, so I sneaked into the prefect's bathroom with it."
"At the suggestion of a ghost named 'Myrtle', I dived into the water with the golden egg and opened it."
"Then, the originally extremely harsh sound suddenly turned into a song underwater."
After that, Harry repeated the song he heard without waiting for Light to speak.
"Come and find us, where our voices are heard."
“We can’t sing on the ground.”
"When you search, think carefully."
"We have taken away your most cherished treasure."
"And you only have an hour."
"To find and recover what we have taken."
"After an hour all hope is lost."
"It is completely gone, never to be seen again."
After Harry finished speaking, Hermione, the brainiest person, continued to explain:
"I think this second game should be about the warriors diving into the Black Lake."
"Found something that was stolen by the merpeople, and only had an hour to do it."
"If it exceeds this time, the game will be considered a failure!"
After listening to Hermione's explanation, Wright nodded in agreement on the surface, but he didn't think so in his heart:
"Hermione, what was stolen was not an item, but a hostage."
"It's ridiculous to be backstabbed by a human and to give away the people that the warriors valued to a monster."
"And then the Warriors risked their lives to save them. I have to say this is a qualified dark fairy tale."
Just as Wright was daydreaming, Ron suddenly asked a fatal question:
"So what can Harry do to stay in the water for so long?"
"You know, Harry not only has to find something, but he also has to fight the mermaid for that thing!"
Harry, who was originally happy because he knew the project, was dumbfounded after hearing Ron's question.
