Chapter 250

On the way back, Harry tried to imagine the scene he had fabricated, constantly perfecting the details. In the tent, after sitting down and drinking some tea, Harry told the story he had told before to everyone again. This time he was more proficient.

"After I heard that voice, I immediately made a decision. I wanted to help Deng Buliduo. The Ministry of Magic handed the Chronos Moment to me, and I couldn't waste this good card."

"The Chronos Moment, what exactly is it?" Madame Maxime asked.

"It's a device that can greatly strengthen the first two spells released by a wand when it has a Priori Incantatem effect," Harry said. "Because only my wand and Voldemort's wand have twin cores, this device was specially made for me to defeat Voldemort in a duel."

"You can defeat Voldemort? A fourteen-year-old child defeating the most powerful Dark Wizard?" Vaskov questioned.

"Obviously, under such harsh conditions, its effect must be exceptionally powerful," Tang Tang Nade interrupted him. "As long as Harry fully exerts the power of the Chronos Moment, defeating Voldemort is not an impossible thing."

After they calmed down, Harry continued: "I crashed into the maze, and then the maze changed. I walked a little bit, and suddenly I saw an exit. When I came out of the exit, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had reached the top floor."

"This is impossible, there is no such coincidence," Vaskov continued to question.

"Perhaps Deng Buliduo temporarily controlled the movement of the maze," Tang Tang Nade immediately retorted. "Don't find fault here, let Harry finish."

"After I reached the top floor, I found Voldemort confronting Deng Buliduo," Harry began to describe the scene at that time. However, after finishing the fire snake, Harry had to start making up the story.

"... At this time, I saw Voldemort take out a metal wand and attack Deng Buliduo. The Professor hurriedly conjured a small silver shield to block it. At this time, I immediately jumped out and pointed my wand at Voldemort, telling him to stop. Sure enough, Voldemort kept one hand suppressing Deng Buliduo, and the other hand took out the yew wand and pointed it at me."

Harry paused and continued, "Taking this opportunity, Deng Buliduo removed the silver shield and instead shot a golden torrent of magic, which offset the blue laser shot by Voldemort, temporarily suppressing him."

"Do you remember who was standing on the left side of the wave confrontation and who was on the right side?" Tang Tang Nade suddenly asked.

Harry recalled the scene he tried hard to imagine, and then said, "From my perspective, Deng Buliduo was standing on the right."

"Nothing, you continue," Tang Tang Nade sighed with a hint of regret.

"Uh, just now I said Deng Buliduo suppressed Voldemort, but he probably didn't have the certainty of winning. He shouted at me, 'Do it quickly, Harry, do it,' shouting twice," Harry imagined Deng Buliduo's tone. "So I also took out my wand and chanted the Stasis Charm at Voldemort. The Chronos Moment began to exert its effect. This Stasis Charm was strengthened, but it was strengthened a bit too much, and it also enveloped Deng Buliduo."

"At this time, Barty Jr. came driving the TARDIS, but there was an Anti-Disapparition Ward here, so he intended to crash in. As a result, although the TARDIS broke the ward, it exploded. Fortunately, the Stasis Charm had already been completed at this time, and I just happened to have time to use an Impediment Jinx to protect myself and the painting," Harry said. "The explosion shattered the tower, but I found that the Chronos Moment still had a lot of residual energy, so I hurriedly chanted a Restoration Charm, trying to repair the tower destroyed by the explosion with the remaining energy, and it succeeded."

"We did see the tower destroyed, the fragments stayed in the air, and after a while, it was restored," Madame Maxime said. "But whether it was resisting the explosion or repairing the building, they required a lot of magic. Is this really done by you?"

This was done by Zhang Qiu, but Harry couldn't say it. Once he mentioned Zhang Qiu's Orthodox Descent of the Divine Alliance Talisman, he couldn't explain why Zhang Qiu wanted to chant this kind of spell—it couldn't be just to repair the tower.

"Because there was an accident before, causing the Chronos Moment to be in an overcharged state. After I sealed Voldemort and Deng Buliduo, it still had a lot of energy left. And if the magic stored in the Chronos Moment is not used up in time after it is activated, it is very likely to induce a second explosion," this question couldn't stump Harry at all. "This is why the Ministry of Magic and Deng Buliduo didn't make me part of the plan at first, because using the Chronos Moment is risky."

"But what about your original plan?" Madame Maxime asked casually.

"We didn't have a plan originally. It was accidentally learned that Voldemort read the newspaper and thought I was very threatening to him, so he prepared to attack me," Harry knew this question was also very sensitive. "The Ministry of Magic gave me the Chronos Moment in advance to ensure that I could deal with Voldemort's attack at any time, not to let me go to him for a duel. I admit that I didn't do very well on this point."

"Considering that he has a blood feud with you, I think it is understandable," Tang Tang Nade tirelessly spoke well for Harry.

"Considering that Voldemort was likely to ambush me at the end of the Triwizard Tournament, Deng Buliduo took the initiative to propose to watch over the top of the tower. Barty Jr. promised to support as soon as possible once the battle started, but he was late. Not only was he late, but when I had clearly succeeded, he drove dangerously and broke the TARDIS," Harry deliberately revealed a hint of dissatisfaction. "I suspect he did it on purpose."

"Why would he deliberately cause this explosion?" Madame Maxime asked.

Harry explained the theory of the river of time again. The few people present showed expressions of half-belief, only Vaskov nodded imperceptibly.

"... And the Ministry of Magic used the Chamber of Secrets to suppress Deng Buliduo in the second year, and perhaps this explosion also contains these political factors. I think this is very unreasonable," Harry said, pretending to be indignant.

"Logically speaking, time theory, including that machine starting with T," Madame Maxime leaned down and asked, "all belong to the secrets of your Ministry of Magic, and you just said it out like this?"

"Because I put Veritaserum in the tea," Tang Tang Nade immediately showed a triumphant expression.

Harry looked at Tang Tang Nade in shock. When he was making up lies, he was smooth, but he didn't feel any Veritaserum at all. However, he soon understood that this was Tang Tang Nade further enhancing the credibility of his words, avoiding Vaskov continuing to question the maze.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Madame Maxime said immediately. "You go and rest, we'll discuss the competition again."

"I think I should give up the trophy," Harry suddenly said. "Renata undoubtedly passed all the tests, and I was just lucky, and I didn't put my mind on the competition."

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Tang Tang Nade asked. "What is Cedric's opinion?"

"I think it's very fair to do so. Because it was Deng Buliduo who called us to leave the Magic Tower, Fleur and Elena both did so, otherwise they would have had a chance," Cedric, who was sitting on the side, spoke up. "I agree to give the trophy to Renata, or have a rematch."

"There has never been a rematch in the Triwizard Tournament in history," Madame Maxime looked at her champion with a hint of apology, only to find that she was daydreaming. "Then the trophy will be awarded to Renata."

After deciding this matter, the judging panel had one more thing to do, which was to write to Hogwarts and Durmstrang, asking them to choose two new headmasters.

In the afternoon, Snape came to Beauxbatons, which meant one thing: he was chosen as the new headmaster of Hogwarts.

"We'll talk more about things when we go back, Potter," he looked a bit sad too. "But I can tell you a piece of good news: no student or professor died in the Battle of Hogwarts. Some people were injured, but Madam Pomfrey will heal them."

"So, the Battle of Hogwarts still happened," Harry sighed.

"The situation is more complicated now. I'm not even sure what Deng Buliduo told you and what things he didn't tell you," Snape shook his head. "Grindelwald left his memories for you, they are in the headmaster's office. You can take a look with the Pensieve when you go back."

"I am sure Deng Buliduo regarded you as his own..." Snape stopped mid-sentence. Harry could see his gloomy face twitching, as if he wanted to squeeze out a smile. "You have grown up, but I will continue to look after you."

"Now you can go back to the train to rest. Tomorrow morning, after the ceremony, we will set off back to Hogwarts," Snape finished this sentence and walked into the judging panel's room.

Harry returned to the train. Luo En asked him about the situation curiously. Harry patiently told him his story from beginning to end. Ronald Weasley was someone he could definitely tell everything to. He might not be able to give constructive advice, but he would definitely not leak secrets. After weaving countless lies, Harry longed for someone to confide in. Now he understood Barty Jr. a little bit, but what Barty Jr. didn't expect was that Harry could survive from that desperate situation.

"But why did you say that?" Luo En asked. "Deng Buliduo will never come out, it's still the same for the Soviet Union, right?"

"I don't intend to use Deng Buliduo to scare the Soviet Union anymore. The card I want to play is Voldemort," Harry explained. "According to Grindelwald, although Voldemort is sealed in the painting, as long as the painting is destroyed, he can still use the Horcruxes to resurrect. This passage was heard by Renata from beginning to end, and she will definitely tell Vaskov. Grindelwald is the absolute authority on Dark Magic, they will believe it."

"That is to say, now the painting is kept by me, and the Horcruxes are scattered among the Death Eaters. Although Britain's situation is a bit chaotic, the Soviets still dare not act rashly against us—if we are forced into a corner, at worst we will summon the Dark Lord together, and then they won't want to get any benefits either," Harry said.

"But what if Voldemort really resurrects?" Luo En said somewhat dejectedly. "Deng Buliduo doesn't have Horcruxes, burning the painting will kill him too."

"Did you really fool yourself?" Harry laughed, then whispered, "Don't you forget, I said at the beginning, they are not sealed in the painting, but in that frozen space-time. As for the painting? I just use it to scare the Soviets and continue to maintain Britain's deterrent power."