Chapter 555: Bad Influence

Harry wanted to talk to his belief face to face. This belief had been supporting him for a while, like a bright spot on the horizon that never dimmed.

The excitement of becoming the champion of the whole school had gradually subsided, and a vague sense of fear followed.

The first task was approaching, as if some terrible monster was blocking him and preventing him from moving forward. He had never been so nervous before, even before the Quidditch match, or when he was competing with the Slytherin class for the Quidditch Cup, he was not so uneasy.

The future was simply unimaginable for Harry. He felt that his whole life was caught up in the vortex of the "first task", and it might be terminated with it...

In fact, he didn't know what magic weapon Sirius had to make him feel better. For him, this task was like performing a very difficult and thrilling magic for the first time in front of everyone.

Vanlin had been reassuring him and had taught him some spells, but Harry was still very flustered.

In any case, if he just looked at Sirius's friendly face at this time, Harry would feel it was a great encouragement.

He wrote back to Sirius, saying that he would meet him by the fireplace in the common room at the appointed time. He and Hermione spent a lot of time discussing how to get rid of the people who stayed in the common room that night.

If these methods didn't work, they would throw in a bag of "dung bombs".

But they hoped not to take this measure, because Professor McGonagall would skin them alive.

In the end, it was still Fanlin who came up with a pretty good solution, that is, he would practice magic in the common room.

Of course, this didn't require him to do much.

Just turn on the power of his human refrigerator to the maximum, which would be more effective than anything else.

Everyone wants to be warm, after all, the weather outside is still good now, quite cold...

For this proposal, Fanlin originally intended to refuse.

However, this didn't work very well under Hermione's authority.

However, Hermione seemed to be busy recently, and now the two of them are busy with their own things. If they were to do activities together, Hermione couldn't help with many of Fanlin's research.

For example, Fanlin's spell deconstruction.

The sudden explosion of the spell is not so fun. This is not a big deal for a RMB player like Fanlin who has luxurious equipment, but for Hermione...

In fact, it is still difficult to guess what the girl is thinking, and Hermione is a little unwilling to admit defeat.

The girl's strength is good among the young wizards, but it is not enough for Fanlin.

To be honest, Fanlin is actually having a bad time now.

He must avoid Fleur... Fleur is not just talking about teasing his attack power.

What's more, Fanlin has to worry about Voldemort. He has not found a reasonable thing to break through Moody's defense line.

For example, potions, the method used to deal with Peter.

Fanlin has always wanted to add something to Moody's meal.

However, this matter has already had a great practitioner.

The vomiting potion that teases others is ineffective in this way. Poor Fred and George, they tried to tease Lee Jordan.

Then, Moody exposed the two of them as soon as he walked by, and then they were gloriously locked up.

The magic eye is not covered.

Fanlin had to be cautious. He couldn't use some crude tricks. Who knows how Voldemort and his men attacked Moody.

But this is Hogwarts. If Fanlin wanted to attack Moody, he had to communicate with Dumbledore. But who knows what Dumbledore is busy with? He didn't have much time to pay attention to Fanlin.

Everything can only rely on Fanlin himself.

Of course, there is also Harry.

If Ron was here, Harry would have one more person to talk to, but now it seems...

Meanwhile, Harry's life in the castle is getting worse and worse because Rita Skeeter published her report on the Three Wizards Tournament. And that article didn't focus much on the tournament, but instead exaggerated Harry's personal life.

Harry's photo took up most of the front page, and the entire article (published on pages 2, 6, and 7) was about Harry. The names of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang champions were misspelled and squeezed into the last line, and Cedric was not mentioned.

The article was published ten days ago, but Harry still feels ashamed whenever he thinks of it.

He couldn't remember if he had ever said the words in Rita Skeeter's report, let alone in that broom cupboard.

"I think my strength comes from my parents. If they see me like this, they will be very proud of me. Sometimes I shout their names loudly at night, and I am not in a hurry to admit it... I know that nothing can hurt me in the game because they are watching me..."

In addition to translating Harry's words into a long and smelly version, Rita Skeeter also interviewed others. "Harry finally found love in Hogwarts. His close friend Colin said that Harry was inseparable from a girl named Hermione Granger all day long. This Muggle-born girl not only has amazing beauty, but also is one of the best students in the school like Harry."

From the moment this article appeared, Harry had to endure cynicism, mostly from the Slytherin class.

"Potter, would you like me to give you a handkerchief when you cry on Halloween?"

"Potter, when did you become the best student in the school? Did you and Gryffindor create this school?"

"Hey, wait a minute, Harry!"

"Right, that is it!"

Harry finally couldn't bear it anymore, turned around in the corridor, and shouted: "I cried my eyes out because of my dead mother, and now I have to do more -"

"Oh no, you just dropped the pen."

Cho stood behind him, and Harry felt his face become red and hot.

"Oh, yes." He mumbled and took back the pen.

"Well, good luck to you on game day," she said. "I really hope you do a great job."

Harry felt that what he had just done was extremely stupid. Hermione was also involved in this unpleasant incident, but she did not get angry at the unreasonable bystanders. In fact, Harry admired her attitude in dealing with things.

"Amazingly beautiful? Her?" When Pansy Parkinson met Hermione for the first time after reading Little's article, she laughed sharply: "What did Rita compare with?" -A chipmunk?"

"Ignore it." Hermione said in a proud tone, striding past the snickering girls with her head held high, as if she didn't hear anything.

"Ignore it, Harry."

But Harry couldn't ignore it. Ever since Harry told Ron about Snape's decision to imprison him, Ron had ignored him. Harry still half-hoped that the two of them could reconcile during the two hours in Snape's "dungeon", but that day he ran into Rita and published the article, which made Ron even more confused. I believe Harry enjoys this kind of time in the limelight.

Hermione was very angry at their behavior. She persuaded them one by one, trying to make them break the silence, but Harry was still stubborn. If Ron didn't admit that Harry didn't write his name into the burning goblet, If Ron didn't apologize to him, there would be no room for conversation between them.

"I didn't start this," Harry said stubbornly, "This is his problem."

"You misunderstood him!" Hermione couldn't help but say, "I know he misunderstood you too -"

"Misunderstood him?" Harry said, "I didn't..."

But that's a complete lie.

Harry liked Hermione very much, she was different from Ron. Of course, if you like this... Harry doesn't have any idea yet. Not everyone is as purposeful as Fan Lin.

But when you spend all day with Hermione, you spend less time laughing and more time in the library.

Harry still hadn't mastered the Flying Charm, and he seemed to have encountered some obstacle.

Hermione thought it would be helpful to study theory, so they spent a lot of time at lunch concentrating on books.

Viktor Krum often stayed in the library for long periods of time, and Harry didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

Is he studying, or looking for something to help him successfully complete his first mission?

Hermione was unhappy with Krum's presence, not because he was in their way, but because of the hordes of girls peeking at him from behind the bookshelves, giggling alarmingly.

And in the Quidditch World Cup, and more importantly, Hermione didn't know...

The days were flying by, getting closer to the first mission, as if someone had deliberately set the clock forward. No matter where Harry went, he could not shake off that feeling of panic, as pervasive as the vitriol inspired by the Daily Prophet's articles.

However, there is one good thing, Sirius is coming. This was what Harry was really looking forward to.

Then, now only Fanlin is left.

Regarding Rita's actions, Fanlin just felt very irritated...

Are you kidding, can you believe the rubbish written by Rita?

However, Fanlin still reluctantly accepted the paragraph describing Hermione.

But what the hell is this about Harry?

Didn't Fanlin just refuse Rita's interview and give her a "mmp"?

Is this Fanlin's fault?

It's all Rita's fault...

Fan Lin once thought of Rita's image...

Well, there's really no image to it.

But what the hell are you doing worse than Umbridge?

In fact, Rita did not catch Fanlin.

Perhaps, Fan Lin's recent invisibility aura has been a little too high. In short, Fan Lin still hasn't seen a bitch like Rita, let alone Fleur and Crewe, who don't hang out in Hogwarts very much. Damn it. (To be continued)