Chapter 496 "Angered"

"Storing a spell?" Sean's eyes widened for a moment.

This is not as simple as leaving a color-changing spell on the wand. It is extremely difficult to store a spell that can be activated at any time on a thing like a wand. However, this also made Sean breathe a sigh of relief, and Daisy completely collapsed.

"You scared me to death..." she murmured.

Stephanie didn't look anything wrong except a little weak, and the Obscurus' magic in her chest was slowly dissipating. Sean knew why this power stayed; it didn't hit her body but hit the temporary transparent barrier of the magic she had prepared.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Sean still asked although he knew that Stephanie wasn't the kind of person to be reckless.

Stephanie nodded, "I'm sure. The spell is powerful, and my spell is activated by the magic wand automatically. Because it stuck on my chest, I was blown out by the force, so I passed out. Looking at it now, there is a slight pain in my chest, which is similar to being punched."

"Please don't look at me like that." She said calmly.

Sean and Daisy both stared at each other suspiciously.

"In a competition like this, it's not a big problem to suffer such an injury. Of course, I will go to Madam Pomfrey for examination afterward."

Seeing that Stephanie calmly analyzed her injury, Sean was completely relieved. As long as the spell does not directly hit the body, everything is fine. At this time, the entire grass area has been destroyed by the Loch Ness Monster and the Basilisk, and Sean's eyes are looking over it.

Someone with an Obscurus' power attacked them. Moreover, he immediately thought of a problem. They were hiding their true strength, waiting until the critical moment, and then using the Obscurus' power to give an instant blow. Moreover, they seem to have expected that Daisy will be shocked to see it.

In other words, they knew that Daisy had been parasitized before.

Apart from the Potter family, Sirius, the Neville family, Lupin, Professor Moody, Professor Dumbledore, himself, and Hermione, there was only one person who knew about it.

In the beginning, a group of people joined forces to remove the Obscurus. At that time, a short and fat man appeared, Peter Pettigrew.

In the original book, Sean pays attention to Pettigrew, who appears around the Potter family from the very beginning. He takes the opportunity to ask the Potter family about the identity of that person, and it is indeed him.

But Sean didn't get any traces of Peter's betrayal. Neither James nor Lupin nor even Professor Dumbledore, they didn't think that Peter might be a betrayer.

Although Sean was vigilant at the time because of doubts, he did not pay attention to the whole process as he did at the beginning. After all, this world is very different from the one he remembers, so Peter's background has undergone completely different changes as well.

Even after Sean became a student with Grindelwald, he also asked about Peter, and he was puzzled because he had never heard of this person.

After Sean got the spell for Voldemort's Dark Mark, he wanted to see whether Peter had it. But he didn't see anything wrong, and he even rolled up his sleeves with a smile and talked with James and the others.

So far, Sean has let go of most of his doubts and no longer pays attention to Peter Pettigrew. Moreover, Peter and James rarely meet. It is said that they work for a multinational magic company.

The fact that Daisy was parasitized will not be forgotten, but no one will mention it. Today's unexpected situation made Sean recall it all at once. These are the only people who know how to take advantage of Daisy's mind, and their identities are easy to find. The only person who makes Sean doubtful is Peter Pettigrew.

Of course, there is another person. That unknown wizard planted the curse on Daisy and indirectly caused her to be parasitized.

The Potter family and Professor Dumbledore have been tracking down that person, but after so many years, the wizard is nowhere to be found, as if the world has eaten them alive, even though James wants to catch that person alive.

So much so that Sean would never think of the wizard he had never seen before again.

Attaching an Obscurus magic power to a spell is something only an Obscurial can do. Currently, the only known Obscurial who has lived past the age of ten are Aurelius and Sean. The Obscurus in his body is not a symbiotic relationship with himself but a cooperative relationship.

Naturally, the attacker couldn't be Auri. There might be another powerful Obscurial that Sean didn't know about. But Sean is more inclined to another possibility, magic power extraction.

It seems unrealistic to extract the magic power of an Obscurus, but if the magic power of The Sloth can be extracted, why not an Obscurus?

This act of attaching powerful power that wizards cannot borrow to the spell reminded Sean of what he had seen and heard in the cemetery back then.

This ability is most likely related to the Returners. The wizard who cursed Daisy may be a member of The Returners. This leads to more questions: Why did the Returners curse Daisy? Why did they suddenly attack Daisy?

Just to weaken the strength of Sean's team in the tournament?

Sean didn't think so. They must have deeper intentions. However, now is not the time to think about those issues.

Sean frowned and looked at the grass area. The Loch Ness Monster and the Basilisk almost ran over every corner with their bodies, but they didn't find anything. There is nothing strange about the grass plants at the bottom. Sean thought that the attacker had a special concealment magic. They were either hiding or had fled away after seeing their spell hit.

"Just in case..." Sean thought for a moment and ordered the Loch Ness Monster and the Basilisk to retreat.

When the two beasts returned to their side, Sean raised his wand. His magic power surged out crazily, which made Daisy and Stephanie look over in surprise.

He started to cast magic. This is the most powerful of the ancient magics Sean has mastered and is also the one he is most proficient in. Under the blessing of the Obscurus' magic power, a terrifying flame phoenix spewed out.

The mermaids watching from a distance are shivering. They are aware that the Lake is heating up. The lake water didn't extinguish the flames at all, and it even dried up the water around it, creating a dry zone.

Sean narrowed his eyes slightly and swung his wand. The flames attached to the phoenix, screaming, and rushed towards the grass area that had been flattened before.

A large amount of water bubbled from the bottom, and the audience looked at the center of the Lake in surprise, not knowing what had happened at the bottom.

At the bottom, the grass area that had been hiding the attacker had been completely scorched, and a dry area appeared. When the flame phoenix disappeared, the water suddenly filled in again.

There is no longer any grass that blocks the view, only an empty ground at the bottom of the Lake. However, even under such a terrifying and powerful spell, there were still no signs of the attacker.

"Ugh, they slip away." Sean snorted coldly.

He turned his head, "Let's go. The second stage has been finished. Let's take Stephanie to get examined."

The two nodded in agreement and swam towards the Lake under the cover of the Loch Ness Monster and the Basilisk. Sean turned around before leaving for a last look and left.

After their figures disappeared completely, part of the bottom that was burnt suddenly trembled.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally made a decision. Mercus, the female mermaid, told us everything that happened at the bottom of the Lake. We have decided to score the contestants as follows.." Ludo said loudly with his wand near his throat.

"Sean Wallup, Daisy Potter, and Stephanie Ollivander were the first to complete this stage and returned to the ground 20 minutes earlier than the others," Hogwarts students burst into cheers. Wallup also showed a strong affinity for magical animals. He used a Kelpie in the Lake to help his team complete the task. Therefore, we decided to give them 49 points!"

"Beauxbatons' team showed an excellent use of the Bubble Head Charm, but unfortunately, they failed to complete the final task, so 27 points!"

"Durmstrang's has shown a strong level of spells. Although their Transfiguration skills are not perfect, they have completed the stage excellently, 39 points!"

"Another team from Hogwarts, represented by Cedric Diggory, performed admirably. Although they were five minutes late, we decided to score them 43 points!"

"The last is the Nurmengard's team. Even though they lost one of their companions first, the remaining two still showed superb cooperation. Even in the water, combined with the amazing Transfiguration technique, injuring the mermaid is against the rules of the competition. They successfully completed the task, but the referee decided to give them 35 points!"

"The third and last stage will be carried out on the evening of June 24th," said Ludo. "The contestants will know the specific content of the stage one month in advance. Thank you for being so supportive to the contestants this time."

Sean and the others did not hear the final summary. They are currently in the school infirmary.

"Okay, it's just some bruises. Your teammate gave you a healing potion? Now, go back to sleep. The pain won't be present the next day." Madam Pomfrey said to Stephanie.

After confirming that nothing happened, Sean and Daisy breathed a sigh of relief.

Stephanie sat up from the chair, put on her coat, bowed to Madam Pomfrey, and walked over, "It's nothing serious then."

Only then did Daisy carefully hug her, "It's great that you're fine..."

Seemingly not used to being hugged by others, Stephanie was a little embarrassed and patted Daisy, "It's okay."

Sean breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the other bed in the infirmary. On it was one of Nurmengard's contestants, Hugo.

Hugo still had his eyes closed tightly at this time, and hadn't woken up yet. Madam Pomfrey is still investigating the reason why he passed out. So far, she can only determine that it has some connection with some kind of spell.

"It will take a few days for him to wake up, so it's not a big problem." Madam Pomfrey said.

"It's strange. Why did they do a sneak attack on Hugo, and with Hugo's strength..." Patricia was also in the infirmary, picked up Hugo's robe, and took a look, "There is no trace left. A completely different level of strength crushes Hugo."

"You didn't have a round at the time, did you?" Sean asked.

Daniels nodded. "We also guessed that there might be a situation where the three of them would start separately, but we have already prepared a way to contact them. According to the professors, Hugo was attacked in the middle of our area."

Sean thought about it, and he had a theory. The person who attacked Hugo was probably the same person or the same group as the person who attacked Daisy. Hugo has always been the host of Gluttony in Sean's heart.

At that time, Hugo was at the same starting point as himself, and the other three were Fleur, Cedric, and Reinhardt.

If they want to sneak attack, it is obvious that people who start from the same starting point would have a geographical advantage over Hogwarts grounds, and it has teleportation magic, just like Sean's unique teleport magic.

Otherwise, they could only do a sneak attack on Daisy while she was alone.

Since then, Fleur, Cedric, and Reinhardt have been among the most suspected people, and Sean considered Durmstrang to be with the Returners.

In other words, the biggest suspect right now is Reinhardt.

In the infirmary, Daniels shivered. He turned around in a panic and felt a cold, murderous intent and anger emerging from Sean.