Chapter 91 Stand-in Doll
Gretel received Harry's news, and the little savior was terribly distressed.
No one believed him, including Ron, who was with him day and night. Everyone would stare at him with suspicion when they saw him.
This feeling reminded Harry of the bad days in primary school with his cousin Dudley.
Dudley had made no friends throughout elementary school by making up all sorts of rumors, and this was how it felt.
He had almost forgotten those dark days since entering Hogwarts.
The fourth hero of the Triwizard Tournament, oh, what a shameful name.
Everyone regarded Harry as a despicable camper who used illegal methods to gain the name of a brave man.
Harry could understand other people's doubts. After all, he would also be doubtful if his experiences were experienced by others.
But it shouldn't be the case. Why would Ron doubt him? The two of them had obviously been together from morning to night.
'You said in the morning that you would also put your name in at night so no one would see you. I'm not a fool. ’
Harry imitated Ron's words, and from his aggrieved tone, Gretel could hear his sadness.
"Gretel, you know, I don't have it."
After searching all over Hogwarts, Gretel was the only one who didn't look at him with that strange look.
Harry has been eating together with Gretel these days.
There is no other way. In other places, as long as he passes by, others will immediately make way for him to make way for a large space.
No matter how hard you squeeze, you won't get close to him, as if there is something unclean on him.
"Professor Moody told me that someone might have planned to kill me, so they hatched this conspiracy."
Well done, Gretel just wanted to rush in and give Barty Crouch Jr. a big thumbs up.
As the implementer of the entire conspiracy plan and the undisputed mastermind behind the scenes, Barty Crouch Jr., an undercover agent with superb acting skills, ended up on the same front as the victim himself.
Hearing Harry's reliance on 'Moody' in his words, Gretel felt helpless.
Barty Crouch Jr. is truly a well-deserved wise man in the Death Eater camp.
If it wasn't him who snuck in, but some other Death Eater, Professor Fu would probably have been dreaming of being resurrected for the rest of his life.
Harry also said that when professors gathered around him to seek proof, Professor Moody was the only one who tried to defend him.
Professor Moody roared crazily in front of everyone, "Maybe someone wanted Harry to die because of this. It must be some highly skilled wizard who put the child's name into that cup.
If you want to confuse the powerful Goblet of Fire, you need a very strong spell. To be honest, Harry doesn't have this ability now. "
After saying this, he nodded apologetically to Harry.
Gretel watched Harry say good things about 'Moody' over and over again in front of him, and shook his head helplessly in his heart.
If Barty Crouch Jr. had not died, would it be possible for the Death Eater camp that retained the only brain to win in the end?
After all, Harry looks so dorky.
No, you can’t blame Harry, Barty Crouch Jr.’s acting skills are truly one-of-a-kind.
Professor Si still needed Dumbledore's life as a pledge of surrender to regain Professor Fu's trust.
As for Barty Crouch Jr., he conquered everyone in Hogwarts with his acting skills.
By now, in Harry's heart, his trust in 'Moody' has reached Dumbledore's level.
After so many years, it was the first time that Harry felt that a professor could get along with him so well.
But Barty Crouch Jr. didn't pay anything. He even got rid of the suspicion because he argued for Harry.
The only people who have the ability to deceive the Goblet of Fire are the professors present. The students do not have this ability.
Except Gretel.
But at this time, no one would be crazy enough to doubt him.
Even if Gretel was extremely talented, he was only in the fourth grade. What could a fourteen-year-old wizard do?
They couldn't even get into the circle drawn by Dumbledore, let alone use a spell to make the Goblet of Fire spit out the fourth name.
Therefore, not even Dumbledore had any doubts.
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Harry was lonely, after losing his friend.
Although Grete is very important in his heart, the two of them are not from the same college after all.
Ron used to accompany him from morning to night, but this time, Ron didn't believe him either.
Fortunately, Hermione was by his side to enlighten him from time to time, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to survive.
But no matter how difficult life is, you have to get through it.
On February 24, 1995, Harry gained everyone's admiration. No one would look at Harry with that kind of scrutiny again.
In fact, after the first game, not many people wore the Potter stinky badge anymore.
Harry's courage has cleared away a lot of stigma for himself.
Except for Slytherin, they persisted in wearing the badge designed by Draco Malfoy, and stood next to Harry whenever they had nothing to do.
But after February 24th, no matter how shameless Slytherin was, he was embarrassed to wear that insulting badge anymore.
Harry would rather fail his game than save Fleur Delacour's sister from the bottom of the dark lake.
People believed that such a kind-hearted Harry would not be a person who illegally threw his name into the Goblet of Fire just for the sake of publicity.
"Harry Potter, the true warrior."
Even the Durmstrang students who insisted on having a bad look had to give a thumbs up when they saw Harry.
Gretel mingled in the crowd and looked at Harry, who was hugging Ron in celebration.
He also looked at Dumbledore, who was nodding to praise Harry on the high platform.
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Gretel still doesn't understand why Harry's name was spoken when the Goblet of Fire came out.
Dumbledore didn't stop the game. Is the tradition of the wizarding world so important?
Confuse the Goblet of Fire with a spell, let it reignite, and choose it again in front of everyone.
For him, the world-famous White Devil, it was just something he could accomplish with a raise of his hands. Why did he agree half-heartedly because of Old Barty Crouch's insistence?
Gretel didn't think Dumbledore couldn't see that this was a conspiracy against Harry Potter.
Clearly following what Harry told him, everyone insisted on excluding Harry.
Barty Crouch Jr., the instigator, charged forward, striving to save Harry from danger.
Karkaroff also said angrily on the sidelines, rekindling the Goblet of Fire until there were two warriors from each school before starting the game again, which also proved Gretel's idea.
They have the ability to confuse the Goblet of Fire, which is a magical creation. For these famous wizards, it is just a matter of effort.
Even if Gretel was not a conspiracy theorist, he felt that Dumbledore had gone too far.
Maybe Karkaroff is right?
Two brave men can indeed get more opportunities in the Triwizard Tournament.
Gretel shook this thought out of his mind and looked at Cedric.
"I wonder if Mr. Cedric's 'death' can wake Dumbledore up from his dream of having everything under control?"
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Early on the morning of June 24th, I was in the room where I needed help.
Grete opened his silver eyes and carefully twisted the particles escaping from Grete's body into a thread bit by bit.
The other end was connected to a doll the size of a palm.
"Cedric, no matter what happens, never let this doll leave your side."
Grete explained carefully.
In order to ensure that Cedric can save his life in the hands of Professor Fu.
Grete has been researching for a whole school year, and he even put down the development of new products for this purpose.
He wouldn't risk his partner's life. If he couldn't guarantee Cedric's life 100%, he would rather let Cedric retire.
Cedric knew what was in store for him tonight.
Grete had already had a detailed discussion with him a week ago, and he knew that his life would be in danger during this trip.
Gretel gave him the right to choose. He could announce to the referees of the game that he was withdrawing from the game at any time.
In fact, according to Gretel's plan, he planned to use Polyjuice Potion to replace Cedric, so that he could ensure Cedric's safety without fail.
But such a major matter cannot be decided by Gretel himself, even if he uses his veto power.
When Cedric knew his plan, he ignored his obstruction and informed the core members of the team.
Everyone disagrees with Gretel taking this risk.
It's not that Cedric isn't afraid of death, he's only seventeen years old.
However, when he thought that there was a one in ten thousand chance of an accident, he couldn't selfishly let Gretel take the risk for him.
However, they urgently need an opportunity, an opportunity to break Dumbledore's myth.
Only by allowing flaws in Dumbledore can their organization pry a crack in the tightly knit wizarding world.
Otherwise, with Dumbledore around, their development would always be difficult.
Voldemort was incapable of becoming their opponent.
Everyone knows that their biggest opponent will always be the Wizengamot, which is at the top of the magic world.
Those old guys who maintain the traditions of the magic world.
If Dumbledore, the old Lion King, died fighting against Voldemort, his successor would always adhere to his ideals.
Let the magical world rest in peace.
But what they resisted was the wizarding world that allowed wizards to die slowly.
Only through the 'death' of a person, or the death caused by Dumbledore's hesitation, can there be a chance to tear him off the throne.
Cedric hesitated, but in the end he stood up bravely.
He didn't know how many times Grete had cut off his hair and drained his magic power in the last few days for his safety.
The stand-in doll is Gretel's final masterpiece.
It can't bring people back to life, it can't even replace a leaf for people, but it can help its owner resist the killing curse.
The particles carrying his personal will were extracted from Cedric through the Silver Eyes, forming a stand-in doll with the same aura as himself.
The essence of the killing curse is a strong idea, that is, through the belief that "I want the target to die", it takes away the life of the person who is cursed.
Voldemort's Killing Curse, needless to say, the intention to kill, that is to say, his Killing Curse will definitely take away a life.
Since it cannot be resisted, move the target of the killing curse to another target.
Without the help of Silver Eyes, there would be no particles with a strong personal aura, and Gretel would not be able to protect against the killing curse.
Harry's mother, Lily Potter, relied on ancient magic spells and her strong love to protect her children to deflect the Killing Curse.
This is similar to Gretel's stand-in doll.
But one bounced back to Voldemort, and the other was transferred to the stand-in doll.
No one knows what experiments Gretel did to ensure the effectiveness of the stand-in doll.
Three days ago, on the day the stand-in doll was completed, Gretel tied 'Moody' into the Room of Requirement without telling everyone.
He never takes the initiative to arrest people for human experiments. This is the only exception so far.
But in order to protect his partners, he had to lower his bottom line just a little bit.
Talking about the entire Hogwarts, only if Barty Crouch Jr. is used as a test subject, Gretel will not feel any psychological pressure.
The Killing Curse, like the Cruciatus Curse, requires more than magic power the will of the caster.
Barty Crouch Jr. watched helplessly as Gretel gradually increased his desire to kill and used the killing curse on him over and over again.
Fortunately, Barty Crouch Jr. was not destined to die. Before he was frightened to death, Gretel finally determined the protective power of the stand-in doll.
After cleaning his memory, he threw him out of the Room of Requirement.
This also caused Moody, who had always been suspicious of others, to appear particularly irritable in the last period of his fourth grade.
Faced with such Moody, Karkaroff, a guy who never scorned his words, finally chose to give in.
As long as there is Moody, he will consciously stay away.
If he couldn't stay away, he would definitely follow Dumbledore closely.
He knew that the headmaster of Hogwarts would not allow anyone to fight here.
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On the evening of June 24th, the final game of the Triwizard Tournament began under the eyes of everyone.
The four warriors will search for the Triwizard Cup to become the ultimate winner in an endless maze.
Since the morning, Cedric seemed worried. Many people advised him not to be too nervous. He had already proven himself by breaking into this place.
Even if he fails, he is still Hufflepuff's unique warrior.
The Triwizard Tournament is a highly anticipated moment, and the relatives of the warriors will also come to the scene.
As a group of relatives and friends, they will witness the warriors' last glorious moment together.
Cedric's parents arrived at Hogwarts early this morning, shortly after Gretel strapped a stand-in doll on him.
He took his parents around for a day, visiting his classroom, dormitory...
He took his parents to visit all the places that made him happy in the past.
But all day long, he barely smiled.
It wasn't until he arrived at the tall maze that Cedric let go of the pressure in his heart, gave his parents a bright smile, hugged his parents heavily, and walked out of the rest room.
However, his father did not see that a drop of crystal tears slowly slid down the fur coat, dripped down, and soaked into the ground.
"Come on, whatever it is, I'm Cedric Diggory."
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