Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...

Chapter 335 Speculations on the Third Project

"No curses, no dark magic, no tricks that could trigger other spells..."

After carefully analyzing the entire golden egg from beginning to end, Avada breathed a slight sigh of relief: "It seems they don't intend to tamper with this golden egg, which means it should be safe until the third project begins. I still have six months to prepare..."

"And this golden egg itself has three main functions."

Avada picked up a small notebook from the side, opened it, put down his wand, picked up a quill, dipped it in ink, and quickly began to write: "First is a spell that's probably used to locate a certain item, but it's not activated yet—even if it were, it wouldn't be useful, the source that needs to be located probably hasn't been sent over yet..."

"After this magic is activated, part of the golden egg's shell will start to glow, and the direction the glowing part points will indicate the location of the targeted item. Isn't this design a bit...?"

This thing is a standard egg-shaped object the size of a human head, and it's not light either. Normally, you can use a levitation charm to make it float up and stay by your side, but this golden egg is going to face the perilous environment of the Three Kingdoms Tournament, and its material doesn't seem very sturdy. It's the kind of thing that would crack if you dropped it hard, and would shatter completely if you dropped it a few more times. So this huge thing that has nothing to do with the word "portable" is actually meant to be carried around to guide you?

He imagined with some doubt what it would be like to use this golden egg—he would have to constantly free one hand to support the heavy golden egg as he moved quickly through a scene, and every now and then he would have to look down to see if the direction the glowing area of ​​the golden egg was facing was exactly the same as his direction of movement...

"However, at least we can confirm that in the third level, the warrior needs to be guided...a maze?"

Avada thought about the scene of the third project in the original work and wrote down the idea: "Holding the golden egg is like having a hand crippled. Even if you use magic to reduce the weight, it is difficult to free the hand holding the golden egg. You also have to be constantly distracted from protecting this not-so-sturdy golden egg from dangerous environments... This is equivalent to weakening the warrior's strength in a roundabout way."

"Furthermore, judging from the magical structure, it seems that multiple areas on the eggshell can glow simultaneously, meaning there might be more than one area to reach. Therefore, the area required for the third stage will definitely be much larger, at least several times the size of the second stage's arena..."

After pausing for a moment, he dipped his brush in ink again and began to write: "After receiving some kind of signal at the bottom of the eggshell, its positioning function will automatically shut down. Then the entire golden egg will open from the inside and begin collecting and transmitting the surrounding images and sounds back... In other words, the place where the golden egg opens is likely to be a closed scene that the audience cannot see?"

"But that doesn't make sense either—doesn't the organizer of this tournament have magic that records large-scale scenes? Otherwise, Hogwarts wouldn't be able to see the live broadcast of the first and second events... If it's a closed space, wouldn't it be enough to just set up such a spell in that room? Why go through all the trouble of stuffing this spell into the golden egg and having it coexist with the other spells?"

"The more magic a magical item is imbued with, the more difficult it is to craft... Isn't that all part of the cost?"

"Or is it that setting up a recording spell in that enclosed space is more difficult than stuffing that spell into the golden egg? What's going on?"

"Could it be that the density of magic in that space is even higher than that of this golden egg...? Well, that's possible, after all, it's a challenge the warriors will face, so more magic is normal... But why did it have to be made into a closed space?"

Given that the information available at the moment was still too limited, Avada had no choice but to bury these doubts in his heart for the time being and continue recording: "And the third function of the golden egg... is to serve as a 'key'."

"Once a signal is received at the bottom of the eggshell, meaning it's placed in a specific location, a magical pathway can be created as the golden egg itself is opened, allowing certain spells to be channeled outside through the opened egg—those spells must exist within that enclosed space, though I don't know for sure yet. But if we extrapolate from the structure at the bottom of the eggshell... it seems to contain characteristics of Transfiguration?"

"In other words, the magic that emerged from the golden egg at least has characteristics of polymorph, and is most likely intended to provide the warrior with some items..."

Avada stopped writing, slowly reviewed what he had previously written on the paper, and finally put the quill down.

"In short, in the third project, I first need to use the golden egg's directional function to find the location of one or more enclosed spaces, and those spaces are also enchanted with a considerable amount of magic. Then I need to install the golden egg onto a device in that space, and while starting a recording for the audience to see, activate a spell that is at least related to transfiguration, but may also contain more than that..."

That's all that can be confirmed at the moment.

He closed his laptop, turned off the light, and lay back in bed, but his mind remained active, keeping him awake with a kind of tired clarity that kept him awake: "Overall, this third project should be similar to the original story, involving a maze-like level, but instead of directly finding the Triwizard Tournament trophy, it's that enclosed space... Right, according to the location magic on the golden egg, there are multiple enclosed spaces—meaning, it's possible that each warrior will need to enter one?"

"In that case, there won't be direct conflict between the warriors, but rather some kind of competition within their own closed spaces... So where will the championship trophy be set up? Could it be that this time it's different from the original story, and the third event is still a points-based system?"

"That's not right either. Karkaroff said before that the third event would directly determine the champion. The points accumulated in the first two events are just to gain an advantage in the third event, which is the same as in the original story... So that enclosed space is not the end of the maze?"

"What's even more intriguing is, where will the conspiracy that the pure-blood family has been planning begin?"

Thinking about this, Avada felt even more unable to sleep: "Unlike the original story, this match will be broadcast live in front of all viewers. Even if Barty wanted to make a move, he couldn't just sneak into the maze and knock the warrior unconscious..."

"In other words, if, as I suspect, the third event becomes their trigger, then there's definitely something wrong with the competition venue—and that enclosed space is the prime suspect!"

"I need to remind Krum and Fleur, and check their golden eggs while I'm at it—just in case Little Barty tries to pick on the weakest link?"

(End of this chapter)