Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 306, page 304: He plunged down in one go.

The day of the second match arrived as scheduled, and the audience gathered once again. However, this time the venue was no longer the same as before, but moved to a temporary building near Black Lake. The stands were arranged in tiers on the opposite shore of the lake, and wizards were gradually taking their seats.

"Has any of you seen Draco?"

Daphne, who had already found a seat, angrily questioned Crabbe and Goyle in the row in front of her.

"No, I didn't see it last night."

The two looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

"He said he needed to talk to me yesterday, but he never showed up. I had to wait for him for three whole hours on the loft next to the Ravenclaw lounge, in the cold wind all night."

Daphne was furious. Draco dared to stand her up; she was going to make him pay today.

"If any of you see him today, be sure to tell him he's dead."

"Draco? What does he want with you?"

Pansy, Daphne's best friend, asked curiously.

"You just want to find out about Astoria. You all know about the Christmas Eve ball. You were even thinking of saying a few good words for Astoria, but forget about it now."

It would have been better if she hadn't asked; the more she asked, the angrier Daphne became.

"Oh, poor Draco, let us mourn for him together."

Pansy exclaimed, seemingly enjoying the spectacle.

However, this situation did not last long, and they soon changed the subject.

"What method do you think Mr. Dursley will use to win today? It's a pity the timing of the first match is so inconvenient, otherwise I would definitely like to witness Mr. Dursley defeating four fire dragons by himself. Oh, that scene must be very fascinating."

"Like he did at the Christmas Eve ball?"

"I really envy Miss Granger."

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"Do you know what the competition is about? I heard it's related to water."

"I don't know. My family hasn't found out the specifics either, but it seems like we're going to go diving."

"Look, Mr. Dursley and Mr. Potter are here!"

The young wizards pointed to the arena on the other side of the Black Lake.

On the other side, four warriors took the stage one after another. For the other three, this was their first time standing in front of the audience.

Its appearance was met with countless cheers.

Many wizards who had never seen them before stared at them with curiosity.

"A loud and clear voice."

As the host, Bagman once again stepped forward, introducing the four warriors beside him to the audience with extremely exaggerated body language.

This should have been done during the very first match.

"I think the audience has already gotten a preliminary impression of our contestants. How will they perform in the upcoming matches? Let's wait and see."

After speaking, Bagman looked at the referee's table, indicating to the referees that they could officially begin.

Dumbledore sat upright, smiling and nodding. Lucius still had that expression that everyone owed him thousands of Galleons. Madam Maxim looked a little unnatural, frequently glancing at the audience as if searching for something. Karkaroff seemed to be in a good mood today; his usually pale face was unusually rosy, and he occasionally showed off his mouthful of gold teeth.

"As soon as I whistled, the second event began. Our competitors had a full hour to reclaim what had been taken from them."

Bagman then explained the actual content of the second match to the audience—to search for the stolen items in the fishman tribe at the bottom of the Black Lake.

"Now, I'll count to three."

"one two three!"

He dragged out the sound of the word "two" for a long time, and when he shouted "three," a sharp whistle echoed in the cold, still air, and a loud cheer and applause erupted from the stands.

The first to go into the water was Hibiscus. She tapped her head with her wand, creating a giant bubble.

This was one of the few ways Harry found to dive underwater—the Head Bubble Charm.

To make up for her zero score in the first game, she needs to race against time this time.

The second to jump into the water was Viktor, and of course he wasn't unprepared; his body deformed the moment he entered the water.

A moment later, a humanoid creature with shark-like features appeared in the water and then swam forward at an extremely fast speed.

It's a very sophisticated Transfiguration Charm, though not from Animagus, it can achieve a similar effect, but it's unclear how long the effect lasts.

Harry exclaimed in admiration; Viktor's approach was one he had never considered.

Then it is.

Harry turned his gaze to Dudley.

Dudley smiled and gestured for him to go first, while Harry gestured for Dudley to go first, wanting to know how Dudley would get through this.

A head-bubble spell? A transmutation spell? Gill-sac grass? Or a potion?

Seeing Harry's resolute attitude, Dudley no longer held back and plunged into the lake. Before Harry could react, he shot past Fleur and Viktor like an arrow and disappeared into the bottom of the lake.

'It seems like no magic was used. Or perhaps they used it but didn't realize it?'

To understand why Dali swims around Black Lake every few days,

"As expected of Brother D."

Harry thought to himself with admiration, then pulled a vial of potion from his pocket—Underwater Breathing.

He spent a week cooking this himself.

Harry's potion-making skills, while not as good as Dudley's, were still so good that even Snape couldn't find much fault with them.

Of course, his talent in poisons far surpasses his other abilities.

For example, the Living Hell Potion (the Water of Life and Death) that he created was used as a model by Snape.

After drinking the potion, Harry followed Dudley into the water.

The lake water in February was icy cold, and the surrounding environment was pitch black, but thanks to the underwater breathing potion, it became slightly clearer.

Fortunately, the temperature of the lake was still within Harry's tolerance range at this time. Although his swimming speed was not as fast as Dudley's, it was still above average among ordinary people. He surpassed Fleur, the first person to enter the water, in just a few breaths.

Yes, Fleur was clearly the first to enter the water, but she had already been surpassed by Viktor, and now she has been surpassed by Harry. As for Dudley, she didn't even know when he had surpassed her.

To be honest, the Head Bubble Charm isn't a very good method. Although this charm ensures breathing, movement speed still depends on the user. If the user's swimming speed is already slow, then it's not very useful. In terms of practicality, it's not as good as Viktor's Transformation Charm, which at least provides a certain boost to swimming speed after transformation.

The key to the blister pack has a fatal flaw: it is not very defensive and can be easily punctured.

Once the scalp is destroyed, the consequences are not good.

Underwater breathing can effectively compensate for this deficiency.

Hibiscus's choice can be considered a very poor one.

(End of this chapter)