Chapter 460 The Pot Falls From the Sky

On Halloween Eve, the cafeteria was full of pumpkin elements, dozens of pumpkin lanterns with different expressions were floating in the air, and groups of bats were flying between pumpkins and candles.

What was even more exciting was that the candidates for the Triwizard Tournament would be announced after the dinner tonight.

The students couldn't wait to rush into the cafeteria, and everyone and the ghosts were discussing this matter, and exchanging with each other who had put their names into the Goblet of Fire in the past few days.

"Can't you be quiet during the holidays?"

Charles sighed deeply, pinched his brows, and had the urge to hit someone in his heart.

The Goblet of Fire will announce the list tonight, and Dumbledore must be in the cafeteria. It's a good time to make trouble.

At this moment, the entrance to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets was opened again.

Myrtle was very nervous, walking around in the bathroom, saying "what should I do?"

Charles was called by her on the way to the cafeteria. After thinking for a while, he said to Myrtle: "I'll go down and take a look. If I'm not back before the end of the dinner, I'll tell Professor Dumbledore."

He was also a little worried. What if Slytherin put more than just the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets?

It would be terrible if any precious cultural relics with commemorative value were lost abroad. It would be better to keep them at home.

At this moment, Charles's thinking became British.

It was time for dinner. At the table, the Gryffindor students suddenly found that Charles had not come yet, and even the ruby ​​was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Charles?" Seamus looked around and couldn't find anyone.

Harry said mysteriously: "He might have secretly thrown his name into the Goblet of Fire when no one was around."

Everyone thought it made sense, because the ruby ​​also disappeared, and many people speculated that he asked the ruby ​​for help.

Ron picked up a chicken leg and ate it while saying, "Maybe he's crying in the bathroom because Hermione is angry with him."

Then Hermione stepped hard on his foot, and his expression suddenly twisted.

Everyone was talking and laughing while eating pumpkin dinner, but halfway through, Charles still didn't come back.

Many people didn't care, saying that he must have been caught by the golden circle and would be let down later.

On the other side, Charles didn't go directly into the pipe leading to the secret room, because there was a Japanese devil's snare he planted at the other end.

The devil's snare will stretch out vines to wrap around people who approach it, and then strangle them tightly, causing injuries or death to the victim.

If the victim stops struggling, the devil's snare will think that the prey is dead and will loosen the vines.

But what Charles planted here is the imported Japanese devil's snare. The biggest difference between it and other devil's snares is that the vines will secrete mucus that corrodes animal hair or clothes, and secondly, it will sow seeds deep inside the prey's body, which can be called the enemy of young witches.

Charles asked Ruby to take him to the secret room. It was quiet here, no one was there, and screams and cries for help were heard from afar.

He turned on the night vision function of his glasses, took out his wand, and walked carefully to the other end of the pipe.

The Japanese Devil's Net caught a person, and the vines tightly wrapped around me. The wand fell to the ground, and the tip of the wand emitted a faint light.

Charles curled his lips. It was actually a man. It would be great if it was Helen or Helena. It turned out to be Helena's fiancé.

"Bernham Carter?" He recognized the man, one of the students who suddenly appeared at Durmstrang.

"Save me!" Carter shouted hurriedly when he heard someone coming.

His situation was not good at the moment. This strange plant seemed to be very interested in his body. Not only did it want to kill him, but it also wanted to have sex with him.

Charles said expressionlessly: "This is not the place you should come to."

Carter hurriedly shouted: "I know, I'll leave immediately!"

Charles had no intention of saving him and asked: "What are you doing here?"

Carter stopped talking all of a sudden. From his expression, it can be seen that he was hesitating, struggling, and fighting fiercely in his heart.

Charles waited quietly for half a minute, did not speak, turned around and left.

Carter shouted: "I say, I say!"

Charles ignored him and continued to leave.

Now he is not desperate, who knows what he will say to fool himself.

In the cafeteria, Ron took a piece of pumpkin strips that seemed to be fried, took a bite, and it was sweet and sour.

"How can there be such a method, sour and sweet." Ron was not used to the taste.

Harry took a look and said: "This sweet and sour pumpkin should be an Italian dish. I have seen Charles make it. It seems that the pumpkin strips are fried and mixed with sugar, mint leaves, cinnamon powder and white wine vinegar. He eats it with meat."

Ron picked up a chicken leg, took a bite of meat and a bite of sweet and sour pumpkin, and thought it was not bad.

Speaking of Charles, Harry found that he had not come back yet, so he said, "Should we leave a dinner for Charles?"

Everyone around him looked at him like a fool.

Harry also came to his senses. Is there anything more stupid than leaving dinner for the restaurant owner?

At this time, Fleur and Erica came over one after another, asking why Charles was gone.

They talked about bad topics at noon, and now he was gone, and they were a little worried about his safety.

But no one knew where Charles was.

After a while, Dumbledore also discovered this problem.

It is common to be late for dinner, but this does not include Ruby.

Now that dinner is almost over, Ruby and Charles have not shown up, there must be something wrong.

But Dumbledore is not worried that Charles will encounter any danger. With Ruby, escaping is not a problem.

Suddenly, Dumbledore froze for a moment, his face twisted a little, and his crooked nose straightened.

Professor McGonagall noticed his abnormality and asked, "Albus, is your throat choked?"

Dumbledore leaned over and whispered, "I suspect Charles asked the ruby ​​to help put his name in the Goblet of Fire."

Professor McGonagall's mouth twitched. When discussing how to guard against naughty children, various factors were considered, but no one thought of this.

First, there are too few phoenixes, and second, Charles was busy with business, fertilizer experiments, and alchemy experiments last year. He looked obedient, which made people forget that he was a destabilizing factor who could be brothers with Dementors and trick Grindelwald out of the mountain.

Professor McGonagall asked in a low voice: "What should we do?"

Dumbledore shook his head helplessly and said: "He might have already done it."

"If I had known, I should have moved the Goblet of Fire here first, instead of moving it after the dinner."

"Alas, if he really did that kind of thing, only you can discipline him."

After he finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows at his bestie.

In the passage of the Chamber of Secrets, I don't know how long it has passed. Carter's shout was full of despair, and Charles appeared again from the darkness.

Charles said: "You only have one chance."

Carter immediately said: "It is said that there is a very powerful magical power in Hogwarts. It appeared a hundred years ago. I want to find it!"

Charles just snorted coldly.

Carter thought he didn't believe it, and continued to shout: "I didn't lie to you. Although this matter has been erased, some wizard families in Britain and abroad have mentioned this matter!"

"A hundred years ago, there was a powerful wizard in Hogwarts. Legend has it that he put his power in Hogwarts Castle!"

Charles sighed in his heart. They really came to find the power of the old man.

He said coldly: "Go back and tell the mastermind behind you that this is not something he or she can control."

Carter nodded hurriedly and shouted: "I understand, I will!"

"Please put me down, it...it wants..."

Charles raised his wand, knocked the man and the Japanese Devil's Net unconscious, then used the Glue Curse to stick Carter's wand to him, then stuffed the man into the pipe, and finally cast the Clear Spring Water on the pipe.

A strong stream of water spurted out of the wand, rushing Carter all the way to Myrtle's territory.

Charles asked Ruby to take him to the bathroom, said hello to Myrtle, and then went to the cafeteria.

He hadn't finished his meal yet, and his stomach was growling with hunger.

The door of the cafeteria was closed, and Charles pushed the door open, but no one noticed him.

The Goblet of Fire was placed in front of the professor's seat, and the red flames around it were burning, and sparks kept splashing out, like an erupting volcano.

A long flame suddenly jumped into the air, and a piece of parchment was lifted from it.

Everyone was stunned, because the names of Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour and Cedric Diggory had just popped out of the Goblet of Fire, and no one expected that there would be a fourth person.

The entire cafeteria suddenly became quiet, with only the crackling sound of the Goblet of Fire constantly spewing sparks.

Suddenly, Harry's excited but deliberately suppressed voice rang out: "Hey, it must be Charles who did it!"

The cafeteria suddenly "buzzed" and many people laughed out loud.

Almost everyone - including the professors - thought Harry was right.

In particular, Ruby actually ran to the Goblet of Fire and flew around for several times.

Charles realized that he was late to come back, and it was so late that he closed the door and ran away while no one noticed him.

This pot is not fun, he has to get rid of it, so he has to catch Bonham Carter.

He ran to the bathroom, but it was empty. Carter had woken up and left.

This is too much, catch him immediately!

In the cafeteria, Dumbledore sighed in his heart and reached out to grab the four pieces of parchment from the place where the Goblet of Fire came out.

He unfolded the parchment and stared at the name written on it very seriously.

The cafeteria fell silent again. Everyone looked at Dumbledore with curiosity and expectation. Dumbledore looked at the note for a full minute.

Finally, in the expectation of everyone, Dumbledore cleared his throat and read loudly:

"Seamus Finnigan!"