As far as the results were concerned, Harry finally won the Ravenclaw Golden Crown instead of the Triwizard Cup, bringing an inexplicable end to the restarted Triwizard Tournament.
When Harry emerged from the green flames holding the golden crown and smiling, the audience cheered for him.
Even if the bowl of soup during the Triwizard Tournament had already changed its taste, if the people who drank the soup didn't taste the taste, everyone would actually be happy.
It ends with Harry becoming the champion, which is actually a good ending.
However, the game hidden behind this grand event can only be said to have just begun. From the moment Harry appeared in front of everyone holding the golden crown, the chaos beneath the calm had already begun.
Dumbledore sat at the table, calmly watching the young wizards cheering for Harry, but he felt a little relieved in his experienced heart.
To be honest, he had a crush on the little boy Harry, who was someone he could never become. Harry had the courage to face his enemies and the determination to deal with others - but he didn't.
Yes, no one could imagine that this man who was called "the greatest white wizard of our time" was actually... at least, he thought he didn't have enough courage.
Everyone thought he was very strong, and he was indeed very strong... But perhaps only Maka vaguely understood how strong this old wizard was.
However, even such a "very powerful" wizard kept lamenting his "weakness".
He hated himself.
He hated the self that witnessed his sister's death, the self that couldn't correct Tom Riddle, and the self that had great love but no courage to break the rules of the world.
He hated himself who only knew how to blame himself.
Dumbledore actually knew very well, whether it was Voldemort's actions or Maca's action plan, he already understood it.
But when two students are fighting each other endlessly, no matter whether they are good or evil, he wants to save them, but he can't save them.
Maka made a scene during the World Cup that day and acted out a play with him, but afterwards he could only sigh for his performance in the ruins.
He had to admit that he had never been a good teacher - would there be any good teacher like him who could only watch his two students fight each other and fight to death
He didn't want either Maka or Tom to die like that. What he wanted more was for the two of them to coexist peacefully and call him "Professor" together.
But he never managed to wake Tom up, not even once!
What's even more ridiculous is that when Tom, Voldemort, tried to disrupt the entire British wizarding world, he found that he couldn't wipe his students from the world with his own hands.
What he can do is just let his two students fight and kill each other
"It would be best if I could use my death in exchange for a happy ending." - Dumbledore thought this more than once, and he even conceived a plan for this.
Looking at Harry who was in high spirits below, and thinking about Maca far away in southeastern Europe, Dumbledore shook his head secretly.
It's okay for Harry, at least his life direction is traceable; but for Maka, even the experienced Dumbledore can't guess what kind of person Maka will grow into.
Maka is actually a very selfish child, or in other words, he only sticks to the most fundamental principles in his heart. When someone or something involves his principles, no matter whether it is good or evil, it will never affect his judgment.
Even if Maka would destroy the world because of something in the future, Dumbledore would not be surprised at all.
Fortunately, the child still understands the beauty of "love" - this is one of the reasons why Dumbledore is willing to let go and let him act on his own.
Just as Dumbledore was thinking calmly, he suddenly seemed to notice something and turned his wandering gaze in Harry's direction again.
Tom Riddle's minions finally took action.
…
"Potter, is this the magic item used to replace the Triwizard Cup? What is it?"
Surrounded by everyone, Harry stood in the middle holding Ravenclaw's golden diadem, smiling and showing it to the little wizards around him.
This is proof that he worked hard, passed through many levels, and finally became a champion.
For an ordinary little wizard, he is indeed a child with both courage and strength. If you put aside Maka's perversion, it is not an accident that Harry becomes the champion.
But when he was the only "normal person" left in the entire third event, the champion felt a little embarrassed - of course, there weren't many people who knew the truth.
"Hey! Potter, show me what kind of magic item this is, it looks so cool!"
Ravenclaw's golden diadem was quickly passed around among the crowd. Most of the young wizards wanted to touch it, and Harry was not that stingy.
"call out-"
Just when everyone was looking at the golden crown, a strange sound came from a distance. Everyone subconsciously turned around to look, but immediately discovered that the scene they saw had an indescribable sense of déjà vu.
"The Dark Mark!"
Compared to last time, this time more students recognized what the skull in the sky meant, and panic... came again.
There was a commotion in the crowded crowd. Everyone looked left and right, or exclaimed, and even some cautious students began to move.
Harry was shocked to find that the golden diadem that had been passed around among the crowd had just disappeared.
At this moment, two students took advantage of the commotion to sneak away from the crowd and walk towards the exit of the Quidditch pitch - Moody, who was always monitoring the situation, followed immediately.
"… Albus."
On Dumbledore's side, other professors began to take the initiative to maintain order, while Professor McGonagall paused and looked towards Dumbledore.
"I'll leave this to you first, Minerva." Dumbledore stood up and said calmly, "I'll go over there and take a look at the situation."
"But, Ravenclaw's golden diadem..." McGonagall looked down and said hesitantly.
"No, it's okay," Dumbledore smiled and nodded, "We can't lose the Golden Crown. Our first priority is to protect the safety of our students."
After saying that, Dumbledore also glanced down, and then hurried towards the school gate.
…
"...Tonks, watch your head!"
On the wide horse path beside the woods outside the school gate, the battle was actually very fierce.
Long before the Dark Mark was issued, Voldemort's Death Eaters had already been fighting with the members of the Order of the Phoenix who were ambushing outside. Various spell beams criss-crossed, and brick fragments and turf-covered soil were turned around. Fei, the battle situation is quite chaotic.
Just looking at the number of people, it was obvious that there were more Death Eaters.
But even so, that's not all. Compared with the Death Eaters who were waiting in that cemetery before, the number of people here was obviously not much.
Therefore, members of the Order of the Phoenix as early warning teams can still resist for a while.
However, it can be discovered from this that the number of people in the Order of the Phoenix is actually too small. To face Voldemort's attack head-on, this alone is indeed not enough.
It's no wonder that the main purpose of the Order of the Phoenix is to secretly resist the Death Eaters.
"Heart-breaking and bone-cutting!"
Among the trees beside the road, Bellatrix was laughing ferociously as she dropped from the tree canopy and cast a Cruciatus Curse at Tonks without hesitation.
Tonks had done well in Auror training, and her reactions were quite quick at the moment. When she heard the warning from Lupine in front of her, she immediately rolled to the side to avoid it.
"Expelliarmus!"
A red beam of light shot towards Bellatrix, but the hastily aimed shot was a bit inaccurate. Even though it was fast enough, it was still easily dodged by the opponent.
But Tonks wasn't trying to hit the opponent, she just wanted to buy herself some time to stabilize the fighting rhythm.
"Armor protection!" "Collapse!"
At that moment, Tonks defended and Bellatrix attacked, the fighting habits of the two began to show.
Tonks knew very well that her fighting ability was not her strong point. Although she was not completely defenseless, she would always be unable to resist as time went by.
Therefore, she focuses more on defense and dodge.
But Bellatrix has always used offense instead of defense, and she has always been a bit disdainful of defensive spells.
"Avada Kedavra!"
Tonks' eyes widened and she hurriedly jumped to the side again - the Iron Armor Curse could not prevent the Life Curse, she had to avoid it, otherwise she would definitely die.
"Hahahaha... The master is the most powerful! Long live the Dark Lord!"
Bellatrix screamed sharply, and cast the next spell in the direction where Tonks was hiding - for her, the burden of using the Death Curse was not small, and it was not a spell that could be cast continuously. .
Other members of the Order of the Phoenix were restrained, and even Kingsley Shacklebolt, an elite Auror, was being cared for by several Death Eaters.
However, in such a critical situation, Tonks was not without any means of counterattack.
Seeing that the opponent's attack was strong and aggressive, she simply rolled over again and hid in the bushes. When Bellatrix cast two more spells on the bushes, she had already fled in another direction.
"who!"
Just as she was about to push aside the bushes and try to pull Tonks out again, Bellatrix suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from her left hand side.
"It's me, Lestrange."
A slightly deep male voice sounded from behind the tree over there, and then, a big man with a big body and a round waist suddenly walked out.
"Goyle? If you're not going to fight over there, why are you here?" Bellatrix asked sharply.
"Oh—" Goyle said gruffly, "I came to see if you need any help."