Sorcerer Supreme at Hogwarts (English Versión)-Chapter 120: For Fleur, it was easy too.
Chapter 120 - For Fleur, it was easy too.
For Fleur, it was easy too.
After a while, as people settled back to wait for the next competitor, they brought the new dragon into the arena: a Welsh Green dragon. Meanwhile, in the section where Stephen and the others were, they now had Wanda, who had just arrived moments ago with plenty of sweets to share.
"Now, let us welcome our second competitor. Not only is she the champion of the Triwizard Tournament, but she was also the champion in the International Duel Competition, accompanying the multiple-time champion of this event. Let's give a round of applause to Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons!" said Ludo excitedly, as the crowd in the stands began to cheer just as enthusiastically as he was.
After all, Fleur was quite famous and popular. Let's remember, she appeared in a few films as an extra. Well, Stephen did too. But Fleur's fanbase was much larger since Stephen tended to hide all the time.
Then, Fleur calmly stepped out into the arena, staring directly at the dragon, which was guarding its eggs very protectively. After all, the constant movement around the area seemed to put it on alert.
"It seems Miss Delacour is looking for a blind spot to cast a spell," said Ludo, observing how Fleur walked between the rocks, searching for a moment of distraction from the dragon.
Seeing that the dragon didn't stop looking at the eggs, Fleur had to change her plan. So, she cast a spell to put the dragon to sleep, which worked perfectly.
But she remembered something Stephen had told her a while ago. Instead of getting closer, she created fans of light and launched them directly at the golden egg. One of them hit it upwards, while the other hit the back, sending it right into Fleur's hands, completing the task almost as quickly as Wanda.
"That was incredible! Miss Delacour took the golden egg without even moving from her spot, completing the task. Let's all give her a big round of applause!" shouted Ludo, smiling with excitement.
Fleur greeted everyone with an elegant smile as she approached the judges to receive her score.
It was no surprise when all the judges, as well as Amelia and Ludo, gave her the highest score. After all, she was quick, precise, and didn't make any unnecessary movements. Now, Fleur and Wanda were tied for first place.
"Well, that was just as fast. I hope the other two put on more of a show, because if not, this will end sooner than planned," said Tony, watching everything unfold.
"Well, we've got something prepared in case that happens," said Grandmother Perenelle as she approached them with Nicolas Flamel.
"Hello, Grandma, are you bored of hanging out with those old folks?" said Wanda, greeting her grandparents with a cheerful smile.
"Remember, we're older than they are," said Perenelle, lightly tapping her granddaughter on the forehead.
"But to be honest, we are a bit tired of their questions, so we escaped," said Nicolas calmly. After all, the box they were in was the Ministry box, as well as that of the pure-blood families, where all those types were, and every word was about gaining favor with a partner, whether for economic or political interests. Some even tried to arrange betrothals between their children.
When everyone heard that, they didn't know what to say.
"Ah, right, this magical world is very much like feudalism," said Tony, speaking mockingly.
"Well, we'll leave all those businessmen to young Sirius, in the meantime," said Perenelle, smiling. "Arcturus must be proud of his grandson," she said, thinking of a grumpy old man she'd known a long time ago, who never left his castle.
"Yeah, sure," everyone said in unison, knowing how Sirius really was. He could probably mentally blend in with them easily.
As they continued talking, waiting for the next champion, Fleur arrived after changing into a more comfortable outfit.
"Hi, Fleur! You were amazing," said Perenelle, giving her a warm hug as Fleur arrived.
"Thank you," said Fleur, a little embarrassed. "Though I was expecting it to be more difficult when they said I would face a dragon. But simply stealing an egg is easy," she said with a bit of pride.
"Well, they had to lower the difficulty. I still remember the first competitions, which were about stealing a scale from a hydra or trying to tame a cerberus," said Nicolas, recalling the past.
"What a coincidence, we have a cerberus in the Forbidden Forest," said Wanda, intrigued.
"No. Even though it's a three-headed dog, it's not a real cerberus. It might be a mutation. A real cerberus is the size of an adult dragon, and its saliva is acidic, just like its breath is poisonous," said Nicolas, surprising everyone present.
"So, you had to tame those things? That's pretty crazy. And here I thought Hogwarts was already dangerous. Looks like it was worse back then," said Tony.
"It's funny how the European schools are the most dangerous in the world. And all because of Hogwarts, now that I think about it," said Stephen, laughing mockingly.
"Let me remind you that you wanted to come to this school. We wanted to send you to Beauxbatons with Fleur and the others," said Perenelle quickly.
Meanwhile, Fleur stared at Stephen with a bit of resentment, as it would have been quite nice if they both had gone to school together. Surely, all of Stephen's siblings would have ended up there too.
"But if I hadn't come to Hogwarts, Harry would be in this dangerous school," said Stephen quickly to defend himself, to which Perenelle nodded in understanding and forgave him.
"Knowing that idiot Albus, he would probably still be guided by that stupid prophecy. What nonsense," said Perenelle. After all, she had lived for so many years that she had seen hundreds of prophecies, some that came true and others that didn't. But she usually didn't interfere; after all, she was just an old woman who hoped to continue aging with her husband.
Luckily, Stephen had come into her life, and then the others, something she would always be grateful for.
While they continued talking, the new challenger had actually been in the arena for quite some time, but no one paid attention to him, except Ron, who was shouting excitedly every now and then.
Krum quickly cast a spell, blinding and confusing his opponent, making him start walking erratically from side to side, stepping on several eggs. But Viktor took advantage of this to run toward the golden egg, grabbed it, and then quickly ran off, finishing his task.
"Let's all give a round of applause to Viktor Krum, who completed his task, even though he had some issues along the way! Now, we wait for the judges to give their scores," said Ludo, drawing the attention of Stephen and his group.
"What a shame, those eggs could be useful for some interesting potions," said Loki, looking at the broken eggs on the ground.
"They're fake eggs," said Stephen calmly.
"Really?" asked Wanda quickly.
"Obviously, those dragons are ours, after all," said Stephen, as everyone looked at him in surprise, except for Natasha and Tony, who already knew, since they technically helped Stephen manage the family businesses. Though "help" was more like Stephen throwing everything at them and running away.
After all, it was under Tony's name, so it was the perfect excuse. Tony didn't mind much, as he ended up doing what he did before. He even got several assistants to do the same. However, something that caught Natasha and Stephen's attention was that his assistants were all men. They both assumed it was out of respect for Pepper.
"Does that mean you knew from the beginning what the challenges were?" asked Hermione quickly.
"Well... yes. I even know what the next ones are," said Stephen with a hidden smile.
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"Then why didn't you tell Harry so he could prepare in advance? If we had more time..." Ron quickly said.
"Yeah, but that would've been unfair... to Krum," said Stephen, since if he told Harry, he would also have to tell Fleur and Wanda. And the only one he wasn't interested in telling the challenges to was Viktor Krum.
Hearing this, Ron, the biggest Krum fan, quickly shut up.
"So, how did Harry prepare to fight a dragon?" asked Wanda, interested.
Hermione thought for a moment, knowing that it didn't really change anything for them to know, since they would see it in a while.
"Actually, when he found out the dragons wouldn't see him as an enemy, we thought of ways to use that. Since we believe that once he's close to the eggs, the mother would be protective, it would only attack then. So, we looked for a perfume," said Hermione quickly.
"Perfume?" asked Stephen quickly, intrigued, as it was quite different from what Harry was supposed to do.
Maybe because he felt more confident the dragon wouldn't attack, he ended up coming up with another plan to exploit that weakness.
"Yes. We talked to Ron's brother to ask what dragon tamers use to avoid being attacked all the time. And he recommended a perfume made from the male dragon's pheromones," said Hermione quickly.
Hearing that, both the Flamel couple, Natasha, and Stephen were a bit stunned, while the others didn't understand much.
"Well, this will be quite interesting," said Stephen, as he suppressed the urge to laugh under the gaze of the others, who were seeking answers.