"Daisy, do you need an anti-burp potion?"

Hermione asked slightly worriedly while patting the little white flower on the back.

"No, no need... burp... I think this will make me feel better... burp, better... it can relieve tension - burp!" Daisy burped several times.

Because she was unexpectedly selected to participate in the Final Four, the fourth-grade Miss Warrior was very nervous - she had been hiccupping for two hours straight.

Of course, Sean felt that this had something to do with her eating too much in the morning.

"How about a smaller lunch?" Sean asked tentatively.

"That won't work. Lunches are very rich these days." Daisy immediately and resolutely refused without even burping.

Sean: "..."

Hermione: "..."

Although she was very thin, her food intake had always been astonishing. Sean felt that Daisy and Hugo would have a lot in common.

Sean looked at the time and saw that there was still a while before lunch, so he stood up and said, "I'm going to look for Charlotte and Colton. After all, they have participated in the previous Goblet of Fire, so they can learn from it."

When Daisy heard this, she was about to stand up, but she was stunned for a moment, then lowered her buttocks that she had just raised, and put her face against the table.

While hiccupping, he said lazily: "Forget it, Hiccup, you better go ahead, Hiccup... I'm worried that I will sound more nervous. Remember when I come back... Hiccup, tell me..."

Sean secretly gave Daisy a thumbs up, and then nodded: "Okay, you two wait for dinner, remember to save a lamb chop for me."

After that, he left.

Hermione silently turned through the book in her hand. The content written on that page was the topic she had been studying recently. However, even though she had been reading it for a long time, this page had not been turned.

As proud as she is, she had mixed feelings last night. First, she was surprised when Sean was not selected, she was shocked and worried when Sean was selected, and then Stephanie was also selected, and she felt even more like sitting in a chair.

It goes back and forth like a roller coaster.

At the end, when the ignorant and confused Daisy was also selected, Hermione's mood was extremely complicated.

This unexpected situation made her very worried for her two friends, but this new three-person team...

Even though she didn't want to admit it, Hermione was aware of the feeling of being left out.

She even felt that she couldn't keep up with Sean, Daisy and the others.

Obviously the grades are very good, the relationship is obviously good, and they are still young...

But she didn't know why, she just felt like she was being excluded from the circle step by step.

What makes Hermione even more uncomfortable is that she knows clearly that this is not Sean and Daisy's fault, and her friends may also be involved in a conspiracy.

but……

Hermione didn't know how to describe the emotions in her heart right now. All she could do was to look the same as usual and not let her personal emotions affect her friend's important pre-game preparations.

With her face pressed against the cold table, Daisy quietly turned her eyes and took a peek at Hermione, who was flipping through the books in her hands and could not see the expression on her face.

After thinking about it again and again, Xiao Baihua decided not to say anything more.

After all, Hermione had been in a bad mood since the selection last night.

Although she tried her best to avoid showing herself in a bad state, her daze and frown from time to time still exposed her thoughts. Daisy and Sean had a clear understanding of each other and tried to bring up the topic of the Final Four as little as possible.

Especially about Stephanie, which Sean wisely never said once.

Including just now, he was going to talk to Stephanie about preparations before the game, but considering Hermione's mood, he chose to tell a little lie.

After walking through the corridor and coming to a deserted corner, Sean called directly to the wooden door of the Room of Requirement.

Before arriving at Stephanie's small room, Stephanie opened the door and stood in front of him before he knocked.

"Here? Please come in."

"Well, good day, Stephanie." Sean walked in.

"Good day, Sean."

Stephanie led Sean inside. Perhaps some embarrassing things had happened between the two of them here, so the girl's face always had some blush unconsciously.

However, she hid her expression very well.

"I checked all the Goblet of Fire competition information that I could find, and the differences in the challenge items don't seem to be big." Stephanie handed over a piece of parchment with the information she had already compiled on it.

After taking it, Sean read it and said thoughtfully: "The first project is usually related to powerful magical animals, while the second challenge is related to the harsh environment. The third project is quite different.

, but the common point is that the remaining contestants have to compete at the same time, and generally face a duel situation."

Stephanie nodded: "It's roughly the same. However, after the re-organisation, the proportion of duels in the final event has been enlarged - for example, in the last session, the teams of Hogwarts and Nurmengard were almost equal in the end.

It’s a duel on the spot.”

"Yes, we should try to collect as much information as possible about the contestants from other schools. However, the most important thing to pay attention to right now is the first challenge." Sean said.

Stephanie agreed: "Yes, the competition is a scoring system, not an elimination system. Every level is crucial. If our guess is not wrong, the first challenge project is still related to magical animals, then..."

Seeing Stephanie's gaze, Sean smiled: "I am indeed quite good at dealing with magical animals, but I have to take into account the specific types of creatures."

If we follow the original story, the first level of Goblet of Fire involves obtaining a golden egg from the claws of a fire dragon - that golden egg is also a clue to the second game.

Under normal circumstances, an adult fire dragon is a very big threat. Even Sean cannot ensure that he can quickly establish contact with the fire dragon. However, the difference is only whether he can tame it on the spot.

Moreover, as the number of participants increases, the difficulty of a fire dragon will not be so high, and the organizers will definitely increase the difficulty.

This involves a very important point - pre-match questions.

In the original book, Hagrid secretly revealed the fire dragon that was the first challenge project to Harry, and also told Ms. Maxim at the same time.

Krum also learned about the challenge, and Cedric was told the news by Harry.

In other words, the Goblet of Fire not only tests the strength of the contestants, but also tests the foundations of major magic schools, such as their connections, to see this invisible strength.

Sean felt that the organizers and principals of each school basically acquiesced to the existence of this kind of cheating, just like the school rules of Hogwarts.

If you get caught, you broke the rules and accept the punishment. If you don't get caught, then everything is fine and it doesn't count as a violation.

When the first challenge project was highly related to magical animals, Sean immediately thought of two people: Newt and Hagrid.

As members of Hogwarts, these two people will definitely not be directly involved in the project, but they know many people...

Do you have to find time to find out some information...

After discussing with Stephanie for a while about the Tournament of Power, the two walked out of the Room of Requirement together.

As soon as they walked around the corner, they saw Hermione sitting alone at the railing of the corridor, playing with the yellow bird in her hand.

It’s over, the lie I just told was caught...

Hermione also saw Sean and Stephanie coming out of the corner, and her expression became uncontrollably stiff.

Sean sneered and was about to speak when Hermione spoke first.

"Daisy has gone to the bathroom. I'll wait for her here. Sean, how's your message going?"

"Well, it's okay. I heard a lot of news." Sean was a little embarrassed.

Hermione nodded: "Then you go to the auditorium first. If you don't mind, Stephanie, can we have dinner together?"

Stephanie nodded silently.

"Just in time for you to discuss preparations before the game." Hermione smiled.

Sean didn't know what to say for a moment.

Instead, it was Stephanie. She looked at it silently, and then said: "Well, if it is necessary, I will trouble you to give me some more advice when the time comes. Hermione, you are so smart."

There was a rare sincerity in the silver-haired girl's voice.

Hermione was startled, then nodded: "Okay - you go first, I'll wait for Daisy."

Sean was about to say something more, but Stephanie secretly tugged on his sleeve.

He was stunned for a moment, but chose to follow.

After they were far away, Stephanie said: "Hermione is not in a good mood."

Sean scratched his head in distress: "Obviously, she is, and she keeps showing off and pretending to be nice."

The silver-haired girl glanced at him: "You lied to Hermione before you came to me, right?"

"Forehead……"

"I understand what you're thinking. Neither you nor Daisy want to arouse Hermione's emotions - but I think it's better to let Hermione get more involved. Based on my understanding of her..."

Listening to Stephanie's plain and serious words, Sean fell into deep thought.

Indeed, both he and Daisy seemed to have ignored it, focusing only on preventing Hermione from being in a bad mood, while ignoring her true inner thoughts.

He could probably guess the reason for Hermione's bad mood, it was probably a feeling of rejection.

Although both Sean and Hermione knew that this was not a rejection, people's minds were sensitive and their inner feelings could not be determined rationally.

From this point of view, indeed, Stephanie's approach is more correct.

He turned to Stephanie and said, "That's true. Thank you for reminding me."

"No, it should be." Stephanie shook her head calmly.
To be continued...