Chapter 262: Hermione and Fleur

By nightfall, Alaric finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"You two have been following me all day," he frowned, looking at the two sisters. "Don't you have your own things to do?"

"Being by your side is the most important thing for me right now," Fleur tossed her silver hair seductively and glanced at him with charm.

"Gabrielle likes Alaric the most," Gabrielle said innocently, looking at Alaric.

Seeing the cute or charming looks of the sisters, Alaric couldn't even get angry, so he could only helplessly ask, "Alright, I give up on you two. Tell me, what do you want?"

The sisters exchanged a glance, their eyes showing some excitement. Finally, the elder sister spoke up.

"I want to know what's inside that golden egg," she asked.

"I spent all night yesterday studying it, but apart from that awful scream, I didn't get any information. As a judge of the Triwizard Tournament, you must know more."

"I do know a lot," Alaric said with a serious face, "but as you know, being a judge of the Triwizard Tournament, I'm bound by rules. I can't disclose any information."

"You biased guy!"

Fleur pouted, acting coquettishly.

"You're favoring that girl Granger. You help her but not me. I bet Miss Granger already knows the secret in the golden egg."

"I'm sorry, but you're wrong," Alaric explained, "I haven't told Hermione the secret in the golden egg."

However, before he could finish speaking, Hermione's voice came from afar.

"Alaric! Did you know? Just now, I discovered the secret in the golden egg."

—Wow, why didn't you find it earlier or later? Why now? Aren't you just putting me in more trouble?

Alaric slowly turned his head to look at Fleur.

Sure enough, Fleur already had an expression that said, "I don't believe you at all, you old scoundrel."

Don't ask me how I can tell from that expression.

"Well..." Alaric was a bit embarrassed, "actually, I just gave her two hints. Strictly speaking, she discovered it herself."

At this moment, Hermione had already run up to him and excitedly kissed him on the cheek.

"Thank you! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have discovered the secret in the golden egg so quickly. Honestly, this puzzle is really clever."

Now the misunderstanding was even greater.

Fleur, who had been suspicious, after hearing Hermione's words, thought for a moment and looked at Alaric with much softer eyes.

"Initially, I didn't believe it," she said gently, in a tone that made Hermione's hair stand on end.

"I always thought you really favored Miss Granger, telling her all the insider secrets of the tournament, especially since before, to help Miss Granger deal with the dragon, you secretly taught her a very powerful spell.

Isn't that right?

But after hearing Miss Granger, I'm starting to believe that you only gave her a hint."

"After all—" she glanced at Hermione and smiled slightly, "a rival's words can't be trusted completely."

"Damn it!" Realizing that her words hadn't bluffed Fleur and instead let her discover the truth, Hermione was somewhat sulking.

Although she could come up with countless strategies in battle, in matters of emotions, against Fleur, ten Hermione couldn't compete.

"Alright, alright," Alaric finally took over the conversation, enjoying the showdown, "since you now believe what I said, what do you want?"

"First, I want the same treatment as her!" Fleur pointed at Hermione, speaking in a tender voice. "I want the two hints you gave her."

"Hmph!" Hermione was very dissatisfied.

"Okay, I'll tell you later," Alaric nodded, "and then?"

"Secondly, I want compensation!" Fleur jumped up in excitement now that Alaric had accepted her terms.

"Because to deal with the dragon, you gave Miss Granger special treatment."

"I really didn't give her special treatment," Alaric smiled wryly, trying to explain, but seeing Fleur's completely unbelieving eyes, he finally gave up.

It was understandable. Hermione scaring off the dragon was simply unbelievable, something not even Dumbledore or ancient Merlin could do.

It was natural for Fleur not to believe Hermione could do it either.

"Alright, even if I did give her special treatment, what do you want then?"

"I warn you, Miss Veela," Hermione pointed at Fleur, getting a little angry.

"Don't push your luck with irrelevant conditions."

"Don't worry, Miss Granger," Fleur glanced at her, saying, "I, like you, don't want to make things difficult for him."

"You better keep your word," Hermione hmphed and stopped looking at her.

"My second request is, I heard that Hogwarts is going to hold a grand Christmas ball this Christmas," Fleur said with longing in her eyes.

"During the ball, everyone will wear formal attire and dance with their partners in the ballroom. As champions of the Triwizard Tournament, we will lead the dance."

Fleur's words made Hermione have a bad premonition.

Sure enough, her next condition shocked the girls.

"I hope Alaric can be my dance partner at this ball."

"And Gabrielle too!" Little Gabrielle raised her hand beside her. "Gabrielle also wants to dance with Alaric."

"Yes, and Gabrielle too," Fleur affectionately patted her sister's head, then looked at Alaric. "What do you think?"

"Not happening!"

A sudden sense of crisis made Hermione angry. "

You two outsiders, don't be delusional. Alaric should be my dance partner."

"Just because of your bean sprout figure?"

Fleur flaunted her chest, evidently having developed quite well compared to Hermione, which Alaric had noticed over this period.

"And Gabrielle would support her sister," the little girl protested against Hermione, "Alaric can be the dance partner for both of us!"

"You... you!" Hermione's face turned red with anger, becoming incoherent. "You're shameless!"

"This is an adult's ball," Fleur became even more proud, "little girls shouldn't join in."

"Alaric is the same age as me," Hermione pointed out sharply, "he's also a little boy."

"Is that so?" Fleur elegantly moved to Alaric's side, taking his arm. "Then he can be an adult like me and dance with his big sister!"

Sure enough, in this respect, Hermione was still no match for Fleur, losing ground in just a few words.

Finally, in desperation, Hermione completely ignored the others.

"Whatever you can do, I can do too!" she exclaimed, abandoning herself. "And we have two people here who can be my and Cho's dance partners."

That's how Hermione selfishly sold out her former rival and current ally.

Now the two girls were evenly matched in momentum.

In Diagon Alley, in the Alchemy Shop, the young and beautiful shopkeeper suddenly felt her hair emitting green light for some reason.

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