Chapter 193: Hermione's Principles

The next morning, Harry and Luo En met Donna at breakfast without any surprise. She seemed very interested in exchange students, and greeted them enthusiastically as soon as they met.

However, because they didn't meet Hermione in the Charms class, they left Zhang Qiu and Donna to copy notes together, while Harry and Luo En skipped class and slipped out without hesitation.

"We have two ideas, one is to find Tang Tang Nade and ask about Hermione's whereabouts," Harry said. "The second is to try our luck in the library."

Perhaps because what Luo En was about to do made him feel a bit guilty, he didn't have the face to find Tang Tang Nade, but instead chose to go to the library first.

Actually, for Hermione, if she wasn't in the library, it would be a fresh thing. And, luckily, she was sitting alone in the library, and neither Fleur nor Elena were by her side.

"Uh, Hermione," Luo En opened his mouth somewhat embarrassedly. "Are you alone?"

"That's right," Hermione looked at him generously. "I'm collecting information on dragons; this is very important."

Harry and Luo En were slightly silent, so she added: "If you want to help Harry, I think you can do the same."

"Can you lend me your information to see?" Luo En scratched his head.

"No, Luo En," Hermione said very seriously. "Since I accepted this job, I must abide by professional ethics. Now Harry and Elena are competitors, so I can't give the information to you; you need to check it yourself."

"However, did Tang Tang Nade say we can't help each other?" Harry tested.

"He didn't say that, but he hopes I will cooperate with Elena as much as possible. Obviously, the keynote set by Elena is that the champions must guard against each other and compete with all their strength," Hermione shrugged. "I suggest you check the information; actually, it's already not very appropriate. I should suggest you play well here with Harry and get to know more new friends."

"But, Hermione," Luo En's eyebrows raised high. Harry knew this was a sign that he was unhappy. "The Triwizard Tournament is just something that happened this year, but we were friends long before, and we will be in the future. Why do you have to act so strange?"

"If you really treat me as a friend, you should respect my work," Hermione said somewhat unhappily.

"Hey, how should I put it, Tang Tang Nade himself actually intends to help Harry secretly," Luo En said. "Perhaps he let you be Elena's consultant just to help us find out information?"

"I understand that you and Harry are determined to defeat the Dark Lord," Hermione persuaded. "But using dishonorable means to complete the plan, in that case, what is the difference between you and the Dark Lord?"

"Even if we don't mention that plan, don't you want to win honor for Hogwarts at all?" Luo En's tone was already a bit wrong.

"First of all, victory obtained by deception and leaking secrets is not honorable," Hermione was also a bit angry. "Secondly, don't think that I like Hogwarts very much."

Luo En still wanted to say something, but Harry stopped him. "It's alright, Luo En, we have to respect Hermione's decision."

"However, I am a bit curious, did you decide to collect information yourself, or did Elena ask you to do so?" Harry said as gently as possible.

"Of course she suggested I do so, otherwise I certainly wouldn't mind sharing this information with you," Hermione's anger also eased a lot.

"Alright, then we won't disturb you," Harry pulled Luo En and wanted to leave, but Luo En was a bit resistant.

"I have one more question, I must ask," his voice sounded a bit shaky. "Do you really not like Hogwarts?"

"I can't say I don't like it, but I don't like it that much either," Hermione shrugged. "At least not enough to make me violate my principles for it."

Luo En repeated the word "principles" very forcefully, like spitting out chewing gum, then snorted coldly and pushed Harry to walk out.

Hermione didn't chase after them, nor did she speak. When Harry looked back, she was sitting in the chair again.

"I really can't believe it, why has Hermione become so strange," Luo En said with dissatisfaction. "She wouldn't say a word."

"Actually, we still got that crucial information," Harry said in a low voice. "If Elena had the confidence to deal with all the dragons like me, she actually wouldn't need to collect information."

"That's the logic," Luo En said somewhat depressed. "But what I can't understand is that Hermione would actually not like Hogwarts."

"This is normal, Luo En," Harry said. "She is Muggle-born and naturally lacks a sense of belonging to Hogwarts. Moreover, Tang Tang Nade intends to recommend Hermione to study at a magical university in the United States, which further diluted Hogwarts' weight in her heart."

Luo En's expression was a bit frustrated and also a bit annoyed. Harry decided not to say more about this matter, and he began to ponder: if Elena didn't have full confidence in dealing with dragons, that is to say, the possibility of her injuring more than five dragons in one breath was slim, then it was completely fine for him and Cedric to appear after her.

Now Harry had roughly sorted out the appearance order he wanted: it was best to let Elena and Fleur appear first, so as to facilitate Cedric to observe how to complete tasks other than the dragon; then it was himself and Cedric. He could injure all the dragons, and Cedric would be the first to use a broomstick, so he could get more points than Krum.

But an important point was that Renata and Krum heard their discussion about broomsticks that night, which made Harry couldn't help but ponder: if he were Krum, he might swear that he could fly better than Cedric, so Renata would agree to their appearing after Cedric, which was undoubtedly very favorable for Harry.

And judging from the argument last night, Renata might not have any preferred order herself, she was just targeting Elena, so he could use Hermione to set a trap slightly, letting Renata naturally grab the last position.

"Hey, Luo En," Harry said in a low voice. "Are you still worried about Hermione?"

"No," Luo En said angrily.

"Then can you do me a favor, that is to tell Hermione quietly," Harry said. "Just say I have the confidence to deal with four dragons in one breath."

"I don't really want to go," Luo En rolled his eyes. "She will definitely say some bullshit about principles again."

"You still say you're not worried? You wouldn't be trying to be awkward with her, would you?" Harry teased and poked his arm. "Take this opportunity to make up with her."

"No, Harry, I don't want to go," Luo En hesitated, then added. "You intend to let her deliberately leak this information to Elena, so as to facilitate us to obtain the appropriate appearance order, right?"

"That's right," Harry nodded.

"But have you ever thought that she might not be willing to do so? She will feel that this is us bluffing and using her, because having her tell Elena is more credible than us directly finding Elena," Luo En thought seriously for once. "And if you don't tell her that this is information you intend to deliberately leak to Elena, then she might not go tell Elena for the sake of our friendship."

"Hiss, I didn't consider this layer," Harry touched his chin. "But if we don't tell her this is deliberately leaked information, and she still tells Elena for the sake of work?"

"Then our friendship is over," Luo En said sadly. "I don't want to hear such news."

"That's true, there's no need to do this, this is also a kind of torture for her," Harry pondered. "We need another person, another one of our own who is enough to gain Elena's trust..."

"Eh, actually we are at Beauxbatons now," Luo En reminded. "Any random student will be biased toward Fleur and Elena, right?"

"So, if we let Donna write a small note for Fleur, the effect is actually better than telling Hermione directly," Harry nodded, he already had an idea.

After dinner, when everyone gathered again on the open space next to Sarah's cabin, Harry said his opinion first: "Continuing the topic from yesterday, after consideration, we agree to appear second, but the requirement is that we must prioritize determining the combination name."

Elena and Renata looked at each other. Although they were not very harmonious, neither of them wanted to appear second, because judges were always less likely to have a deep impression on the second contestant.

"Can." "I have no opinion either."

"Alright, then our combination name is determined as 'Order of the Phoenix' (OrderofPhoenix)," Harry said. "When you discuss the order, pay attention to our combination name."

Choosing Order of the Phoenix as the name, Harry was prepared to further anger Voldemort. For a long time, the Order of the Phoenix had been a resistance organization on the front line, and Voldemort found it hard to endure not being angry. And for Cedric, he knew that Dumbledore's beloved pet and Patronus were both phoenixes, so he easily accepted this name that "seems to be paying tribute to the headmaster."

"Then our combination name is 'Slumber' (ZZZ)," Elena said provocatively.

"Then we are 'Deep Slumber' (ZZZZZZ)," Renata retorted directly.

"Seriously speaking, actually we don't need to target each other anymore," Fleur said. "Since Harry and Cedric have determined to appear second, why don't we each consider from our own perspective whether it is better to be before them or after them."

"Right," Krum also agreed. "We don't know each other, actually we can't choose any good strategy, repeated arguing is meaningless."

"But we don't know Harry and Cedric very well either," Renata said without a guilty conscience.

"This is very simple, I think I can introduce our strategy for your reference," Harry said calmly. ===== CHAPTER 194 =====