Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 511 The Gryffindor Casanova
Sherlock, Harry, and Ron returned to the foyer and tossed the slips of paper with their names on them into the Goblet of Fire.

This scene received strong support from the onlookers.

"Lion King!"

"Savior!"

“We were just saying that if you don’t come soon, I’m going to write your names on a piece of paper and throw you in.”

The Gryffindor prefects said to Sherlock and Harry, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"is it?"

Sherlock tilted his head. "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have had to come all this way."

"Hahahahaha!"

The nearby lion cubs all laughed happily.

The Weasley twins also came over to join in the fun:

“Listen, Sherlock, even if you are our Lion King, I will not give you this opportunity!” George said.

“Harry, you too! Even though you are the hero who defeated Mystic, I will not admit defeat!” Fred said.

"Sigh, doesn't anyone care about me?" Ron said with a gloomy face. "I signed up too!"

It's really unpleasant to feel ignored.

"Maybe everyone thinks that with Sherlock and Harry around, you'll never be chosen, right?"

Neville whispered, "It's okay, I'm the same way."

Ron: (╯▽╰)
"Navie, you're really good at comforting people."

At that moment, Ginny quietly walked over as well.

She took Hermione's hand and asked softly, "Hermione, even Ron is participating, aren't you planning to join?"

"My abilities are not yet sufficient to handle such events."

Hermione smiled and shook her head. "With Sherlock and Harry already putting their names in the Goblet of Fire, I don't think it can choose any other wizards under the age of seventeen."

“What if?” Ginny’s voice was even softer, only she and Hermione could hear. “Wouldn’t it be better if you could compete with Sherlock?”

Hermione glanced at Ginny with some surprise, noticed the way Ginny was looking at her, and then suddenly realized what was going on.

Ginny had originally planned to join the Gryffindor Quidditch team this year.

She planned to use this method to increase the time she spent with Harry.

Hermione was very supportive of Ginny's decision.

Unexpectedly, a three-way battle for supremacy has taken place this year.

As a result, the deal fell through.

If you miss it once, you'll have to wait another year.

Considering that Sherlock's participation in the Triwizard Tournament would definitely take up a lot of his time...

Such shared adventures are definitely a great opportunity to strengthen your bond.

Ginny, putting herself in others' shoes, had already missed an opportunity herself, so she didn't want Hermione to miss this one too.

Having discerned Ginny's thoughts, Hermione immediately grasped her hand. "Ginny, it was Sherlock who suggested that Harry put his name in the Goblet of Fire."

Hermione, you mean...

"I believe in his choice."

Hermione said firmly.

News of Sherlock and Harry's participation in the Triwizard Tournament spread quickly (as did Ron).

After all, both of them were popular figures on campus.

The brothers Colin Crevey and Daniel Crevey were the most excited.

As die-hard Harry Potter fans, they couldn't wait to tell everyone they knew the news.

Colin even pulled Harry along and took several photos with the two brothers.

After three years of honing his skills, he is now a proficient photography master.

Having finally shaken off the two brothers, Ernie McMillan of Hufflepuff grabbed him again:
"Cedric signed up too, Harry!"

Ernie grasped Harry's hand with his broad, calloused hand and shook it vigorously up and down:
"I believe he will definitely become a champion of Hogwarts. Then it will be up to you!"

Even Harry himself didn't expect that so many people would support him.

Some people did want to find Sherlock, but Sherlock said he felt a little tired and wanted to go back to his dormitory to rest.

So Harry was pulled aside by one person after another to ask questions and express their support.

During this process, the Crevie brothers would occasionally jump around and give him extra surprises, which made him even more frustrated.

It wasn't until Qiu Zhang pulled him out of the crowd under the pretext of doing homework together.

"Phew, I'm saved."

Harry wiped the sweat from his brow, took the water glass Cho Chang offered, and drank it all in one gulp. "Thank you, Cho."

"It seems you don't like these kinds of occasions?" Qiu Zhang gave a sweet smile.

It's not that I don't like it.

If we actually won the game, then I could accept doing this.

But right now I've only just started participating in the competition—no, not even participated, I've only just registered.

This is so embarrassing.

“Harry, as long as you sign up, you will definitely be chosen for the Goblet of Fire. Everyone I know thinks so.”

Cho Chang looked at Harry and said sincerely, "I believe you."

Looking into Cho Chang's tender eyes, Harry impulsively told her about a dream he had had in the past two days.

He dreamed that he had become a champion of Hogwarts, and he stood on the field, joyfully raising his hands to face the entire school, where everyone was cheering and screaming.

He had just won the Triwizard Tournament, and Qiu Zhang's face stood out clearly in the blurry crowd. Her cheeks were flushed, and she was full of admiration and praise.

Cho Chang looked at Harry in surprise, but then smiled and said in a soft voice:
"No need to dream, I can look at you like this right now, if you're willing."

Their eyes met, and everything was understood without a word.

Not far away, Hermione was sitting and chatting with Ginny.

“Where’s Sherlock?” Ginny asked.

"I guess they ran away while everyone's attention was on Harry?"

Hermione sighed. "He always manages to disappear and reappear so mysteriously, I'm used to it by now."

“You’re used to it now, but I’m not,” Ginny said quietly.

Hermione glanced at Harry and Cho Chang, who were chatting happily, and immediately understood what she was talking about.

"She's way ahead of me."

Ginny said with some disappointment, "It was me, it was me first, I was clearly here first..."

Hermione couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this.

She said instinctively:
"My dear Ginny, there is no first come, first served when it comes to love."

You absolutely mustn't have any childish thoughts like, "I was here first..."

At this point, Hermione was horrified.

Ginny's words just now felt strangely familiar to her, and without thinking much about it, she subconsciously blurted out what was on her mind.

But now that I think about it carefully, aren't these exactly the words Gemma said to herself before graduation?

At this moment, isn't Ginny to Cho Chang what I am to Gemma?
In the game of love, even though they were the first ones there, others managed to get ahead of them.

This moment felt just like that moment back then. Even the words he blurted out to Ginny perfectly mirrored Gemma's words of comfort to him.

How can they be so similar?

Just as Hermione was lost in thought, Ginny suddenly showed a resolute expression:

"I understand, Hermione!"

"What do you unserstand?"

Hermione looked at Ginny in surprise, wondering what had suddenly happened to the girl in front of her.

“You’re absolutely right. There’s no such thing as first come, first served in love. Ideas like ‘I was here first’ are just too naive!”

"Oh……"

"I've made up my mind. As long as Harry isn't with Cho Chang, I won't give up!"

"Uh……"

"Thank you, Hermione. I knew you would support me!"

"..."

For a moment, Hermione was at a loss for words.

But what surprised her even more was yet to come.

Suddenly, Ginny stood up and strode confidently toward Harry and Cho Chang, forcefully intruding into their private moment.

However, the three of them actually started chatting.

This situation actually gave Hermione the feeling that "I'm not here to break you up, I'm here to join you."

Once they started talking, they couldn't stop.

When Sherlock was resting in his dormitory, Harry woke him up to find that it was already dark.

He glanced at the time, then looked Harry up and down, and couldn't help but laugh:
"Dear Harry, it seems you've been with two girls all afternoon. Cho Chang and Ginny, perhaps?"

Harry wasn't surprised that Sherlock could see that.

He nodded and said, "I just parted ways with Qiu and Parvati."

"Pavati Petil? What are you doing with her?"

Sherlock was a little surprised.

It's not surprising that Harry is with Cho Chang.

But how could the other girl be in Petil, Gryffindor?
"Oh, I was indeed with Cho and Ginny at first."

Harry still finds it somewhat baffling that Ginny suddenly and forcefully joined his conversation with Cho Chang today.

For some reason, Ginny suddenly became tough.

She definitely wouldn't have done this in the past.

But in any case, the result was good.

Cho Chang has a very gentle personality and did not clash with Ginny. The three of them got along quite well.

"But then Ginny had to leave, and Cho Chang said she could help me with my homework—that was the reason she pulled me out of the crowd—who knew Parvati would show up too..."

Harry looked a little embarrassed at this point.

However, when facing Sherlock, he always said what he meant.

So after a brief pause, he continued:
"Didn't Ron and I make up a bunch of unfortunate stories last time?"
As a result, Professor Trelawney asked us to write down our predictions for the month after next.

Last time, Pavati and Lavender helped Ron and me with our homework, so I don't plan to bother them this time.

But unexpectedly, she took the initiative to find me, and coincidentally, I was with Qiu at the time..."

That's all I have to say; there's no need to say anything more.

Sherlock burst into laughter. "Harry, ladies are definitely your forte."

"It's not as exaggerated as you say..."

Seeing Sherlock laugh, Harry became even more embarrassed.

"No doubt about it, my dear Harry, you'll be even more popular once you become a Triwizard Tournament champion."

By then, in addition to "The Boy Who Lived," "Savior of the Wizarding World," "The Dark Lord's Only Nemesis," and "Gryffindor's King of Fighters," you'll have another new nickname.

"what?"

"Gryffindor Casanova, what do you think of that nickname?"

"..."

After the teasing, Sherlock took the opportunity to recount his meeting with Dumbledore that day.

Harry then realized that it was Dumbledore's idea for Sherlock to participate in the Triwizard Tournament with him.

After hearing Sherlock's words, Harry, while suddenly understanding, asked with some worry:
"Sherlock, if the Goblet of Fire hadn't chosen us...would Dumbledore have stopped taking us to find the Horcruxes?"

Compared to the worried Harry, Sherlock seemed much more carefree:

"To gain it is my fortune, to lose it is my fate."

However, if I can't participate in the three-way battle, it's like losing a lot of fun for me, which is indeed a bit of a pity.

As for Horcruxes…

Sherlock's gaze deepened. "We should wait until Dumbledore has a clue before discussing this matter further."

"Sherlock, do you think Professor Dumbledore has any leads now?"

Yes, but he couldn't be sure.

The three-way battle did indeed distract him to some extent.

I think he could hand this matter over to Professor McGonagall and the other professors—after all, only the three of us currently know about Horcruxes.

"If we can find the Horcruxes before Voldemort regains his physical body, it would be the perfect start for us."

Harry didn't notice that Sherlock used "starting" instead of "resulting".

He was concerned with the other aspect.

"But if Voldemort spent so much time making and collecting Horcruxes, isn't it unlikely that we could find them in just a few years?"

"That's not necessarily true."

Even Voldemort himself probably never imagined that Lucius Malfoy would so easily deliver his diary into our hands.

Not only did it make us destroy a Horcrux early on, it also made us realize the special relationship between the Horcrux and him.

In this respect, we all have to thank Lucius.

We might search for a long time, but once we find the right direction…

Sherlock's gaze deepened: "Perhaps we'll be surprised at how quickly we find the Horcruxes."

Noticing Harry's confused look, Sherlock laughed:

"Let's go, didn't you come to invite me to a banquet?"

"Ah, I almost forgot about that!"

Harry slapped his forehead and said.

After he parted ways with the two girls, he found that everyone else was in the auditorium but Sherlock was nowhere to be seen. He then wondered if Sherlock was still in the dormitory, so he rushed back to call him.

"If I hadn't come to find you, would you have missed the Halloween Eve party?"

"Won't you come looking for me?"

"will not."

"Then there's no need for this problem to exist."

Harry: (￣︶￣)
(End of this chapter)