Cause And Effect, Dumbledore’s CPU was fried!

Harry looked at the ceiling above his head, feeling a sense of deja vu.

Looking around, he realized that he was lying on the bed in the infirmary at the moment.Cedric and Krum were lying on the beds next to his.

But he didn't see Sirius, Professor Moody or Mr. Crouch.

'Mister Crouch!'

Harry jumped up from the hospital bed. He remembered that before he fell unconscious, Mr Crouch was hit by the combined force of their spells.

Just didn't know what happened next.

"Alastor, don't blame yourself, go back and rest first."

Dumbledore's voice came from outside the infirmary, and then a clunking sound was heard in the distance.

The sound was very familiar to Harry. It was when Professor Moody's prosthetic leg touched the ground.

Knowing that Professor Moody was fine, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

At this time, the two people beside him also gradually woke up. The two were also a little dazed about being in the infirmary.

"Potter, what is going on here?"

Harry was about to explain to Krum when the door of the infirmary was opened.

"Are you awake yet? I'm glad you're all fine."

It was Dumbledore who entered.

Harry also took a special look outside and found that there was no one else outside the infirmary.

"Professor Dumbledore, how is Mr. Crouch? Is Professor Moody okay? And..."

Seeing Harry's anxious look, Dumbledore waved his hand to calm him down.

"Harry, I'm very pleased that you care so much about others."

"But I need to know what happened just now, can you tell me in detail?"

Seeing Dumbledore's gaze, the three of them nodded in agreement.

It was Harry who spoke first.

He told the story of the three of them leaving the Quidditch pitch for the Forbidden Forest. However, he chose to conceal the matter about the three of them forming an alliance for the last task.

Probably because he didn't want Dumbledore to know his dishonorable behavior.

"Wait Harry, why did the three of you go to the Forbidden Forest together?"

"Well..."

Seeing that Harry was at a loss for words, Dumbledore turned his gaze to the other two.

Cedric caught his eye and flushed.

"We were going to discuss the third task together and how to deal with Lucas."

If it weren't for Dumbledore's good ears, he was afraid I wouldn't have heard what Cedric said because it was too low because of his shame.

"So that's the case, what happened afterwards? Keep talking."

Harry was secretly relieved to see that Dumbledore wasn't upset about it, so he continued to tell the specific process of meeting Mr Crouch and Lucas successively.

Soon, he finished telling the story about exactly what had happened.

Dumbledore stood there in silence for a long time, he probably understood why Lucas was so angry.

"Harry, why do you suspect that there is something wrong with Lucas? As far as I know, you used to have a very good relationship."

"Professor, I'm not the only one who thinks this way, Padfoot, do you know who Padfoot is?"

Seeing Dumbledore nodding, Harry continued: "Padfoot also says that Lucas has a lot of schemes and ambitions, and Professor Moody."

"After I told him about the situation in the Forbidden Forest, he immediately took me back the same way, and said that Mr Crouch was not safe with Lucas there."

"Headmaster, I know you trust Lucas very much, but are you perhaps being deceived by him?"

Harry's question silenced Dumbledore again, there are many things that he can't explain to Harry just yet.

But look at Harry's confident eyes. The old bee, who was always good at deceiving others, became speechless for the first time.

After a few more minutes, he chose to skip the subject.

"Please recall carefully, it was Professor Moody who made the first move, right?"

Krum and Cedric nodded immediately, Harry also nodded and said, "Headmaster, actually Professor Moody had a reason for doing this."

"At that time, Lucas stood in front of Mr Crouch and prevented us from getting in touch with him. Professor Moody also acted in a moment of desperation."

Dumbledore sighed inwardly, he didn't expect Harry to trust others so easily. It seems that in Harry's opinion, whoever treats him well is more trustworthy.

Dumbledore suddenly regretted not listening to Lucas, and should have had a good talk with Harry beforehand.

"Then why was Lucas standing in front of Barty Crouch?"

"Of course he wanted to take Mr Crouch away."

"Where did he want to take him?"

"Well..."

Seeing Harry hesitating, Cedric said in a low voice: "He wanted to bring him to you, Headmaster."

"Oh? Mr. Diggory, can you tell what you saw?"

"Well, when Lucas first arrived, he made it very clear that he would bring Mr Crouch to meet you in your office, and that you had asked him to help find the whereabouts of Mr Crouch."

Seeing that Dumbledore nodded in confirmation, Cedric continued: "But Harry was not willing to let Lucas take him away, and insisted on finding you himself."

"Later he asked us to stay and watch Mr Crouch. He went back to the castle to look for you. During this period, Lucas sat far away and did not try anything."

"It wasn't until Harry came with Professor Moody that Lucas got up to stand in front of Mr Crouch, and said that no one could take Mr Crouch away except you."

Speaking of which, Cedric paused. He glanced at Harry, as if he planned to check his reaction first. He waited until he was sure he wasn't going to stop him before continuing.

"Lucas insisted from the beginning to the end that only you could take Mr Crouch away, which is why he ended up fighting with Professor Moody."

"As for..."

Cedric didn't say the following words out of consideration for Harry. But Krum, as a person from another school, didn't have such concerns.

"As for Mr. Potter, I was very skeptical at the time. He clearly said he was going to find you, but he brought back a crazy and weird old man."

"You...how can you doubt Professor Moody? He's a senior Auror!"

Harry yelled at Krum angrily. But the Bulgarian Seeker didn't respond, and didn't even want to pay attention to him.

At this time, Krum also saw that the alliance between them could no longer be maintained.

Even if they could. A person who does things without thinking… Krum is not at ease to cooperate with someone like that.

Dumbledore calmed down the angry Potter, and turned to look at the other two.

"Then why did you attack Lucas?"

Cedric lowered his head and said in a low voice: "At that time, I was confused, and Harry asked me to help, so I drew out my wand, but was quickly knocked out."

Hearing Krum express the same words, Dumbledore turned to look at Harry.

"I was worried that Professor Moody couldn't beat Lucas, so I wanted to help."

Figuring out the cause and effect, Dumbledore suddenly felt like his brain was going to burn out.

He could tolerate Harry being reckless and not practicing his spells well. But he absolutely couldn't tolerate Harry's bad habit of trusting others so easily.

Just because fake Moody helped him through the first two tasks, he trusted him unconditionally?

Dumbledore couldn't understand that.

He knew that Bagman had been talking to Harry these past few months, hoping to offer to help him cheat.

So why was Harry so wary of Bagman?

Is it because the other party's purpose is too obvious?

That fake Moody's help without any purpose and without asking for compensation should be even more suspicious.

Dumbledore felt his head itch, he felt as if his brain was about to explode.

"I already understand the matter, it's getting late, you guys go back to rest too, Harry, you stay here for a while."

Watching Krum and Cedric walking out of the infirmary, Harry became very disturbed.

"Professor Dumbledore, did I do something wrong this time?"

Looking at the worried eyes of the boy, Dumbledore sighed inwardly.

The third task is about to start. So for the success of the plan, at this moment, he could only continue to hide it from Harry.

It wouldn't be nice to be caught by the fake Moody because he told Harry the truth.

"No, you should be commended for helping your own professor, Harry."

Hearing these words, Harry completely let go of his worries, but Dumbledore's words were not finished.

"However, you shouldn't attack your classmates either. I remember I told you about this issue some time ago."

"The most correct choice for you at that time was to let the other two come to me, wasn't it?"

Harry lowered his head, seemingly admitting his mistake. But he didn't listen to Dumbledore's words in his heart, or just listened to the first sentence.

As long as Dumbledore was sure he had done nothing wrong…

By the time Dumbledore had finished speaking, Harry thought of poor Mr Crouch again.

Hearing his inquiry, Dumbledore said regretfully: "Harry, Mr Crouch was inadvertently hit by your spell, which was a heavy blow to him who was already in a bad condition."

"Then he?"

"Sadly, Barty Crouch has passed away."

Harry's pupils widened and his expression became very sad.

"Don't feel bad Harry, it's not your fault."

Seeing Harry nod, Dumbledore felt relieved.

"Hurry up and go back to rest, and work hard for the rest of the month, and work hard for the third task!"

Encouraged by Dumbledore, Harry just smiled lightly.

On the way back to Gryffindor, he was busy thinking about what happened just now.

If he hadn't attacked in the end, wouldn't Mr Crouch still be alive?

Thinking of this, Harry shook his head violently.

If Lucas didn't block it, if he directly handed over the person to himself and Professor Moody, then Mr Crouch would not have to die.

'That's right, that's it!'

Harry's eyes suddenly became firm, without the guilt and sadness from just now.

At the same time, Dumbledore also returned to his office.

All the professors, including Madame Maxime and Karkaroff, were waiting for him there.

Seeing him coming back, Karkaroff greeted him aggressively.

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