Time passed minute by minute, and golden threads were pulled out from the alchemical restrictions on the Goblet of Fire by Lynn, dissipating into the air.
The alchemical arrays that turned into restrictions continued to decrease under Lynn's analysis, and fine beads of sweat covered his forehead.
These alchemical arrays were not that difficult for Lynn, but they were also not as simple as he had imagined. Although each of these alchemical arrays was easy to break, it was unexpectedly challenging to break the restrictions formed by the combination of these alchemical arrays.
Lynn had to break these alchemical arrays one by one in a specific order. If the order was wrong, the alchemical array that dissipated previously would be restored to its original state under the resonance of other alchemical arrays, causing Lynn's efforts to be wasted.
However, compared to bomb disposal, this could be said to be extremely simple. After all, if Lynn failed to break the alchemy circle, he could only start over again. But if the bomb disposal personnel failed to defuse the bomb, they would be shattered to pieces by the explosion, and there would be no trace of their body left.
Obviously, this was a test from Dumbledore. He was testing not only Lynn's alchemy level but also his patience and perseverance.
During the long process of analyzing the alchemical array, Lynn made two mistakes and chose the wrong order to break the alchemical array, which made him start over twice in a row.
But Lynn was not discouraged at all. He simply combined the experience of his previous two failures and tried hard to break the alchemical ban set by Dumbledore.
At the entrance of the hallway, Irina was watching Lynn's movements, but at this moment, she suddenly looked outside the hallway vigilantly. The icy power she had released earlier told her that someone had come here.
Irina raised her wand and pointed the tip of it out of the hall.
No matter who the visitor was, she would not allow them to disturb Lynn's alchemy.
"Rowle, what are you doing here so late?!"
A scarred figure appeared not far from Irina, and an eyeball that was obviously an alchemical creation was spinning wildly in one of the other's eye sockets.
The visitor was none other than Professor Moody, or rather, Barty Crouch Jr.
After seeing Irina appear alone at the entrance of the hall, Barty Jr. couldn't help but feel a murderous intent in his eyes. You see, it was this little witch who killed dozens of their Death Eaters on the night of the Quidditch World Cup and sent the remaining living Death Eaters to Azkaban prison!
If the master were to be resurrected but couldn't see his servants, how sad he would be!
Thinking of this, the murderous intent in Barty Jr.'s eyes grew stronger.
Irina stood at the entrance of the hall, blocking the other party's sight of the Goblet of Fire. She took the initiative and said, "Professor Moody, what brings you here so late at night? Could you be planning to do something to the Goblet of Fire?"
Professor Moody was speechless for a moment. It was indeed his plan to cast the Confounding Charm on the Goblet of Fire and put Harry Potter's name into it. His plan was revealed by Irina, and he was unable to refute her words for a while.
Professor Moody looked uncertain. He said coldly, "You slandered a professor in person, and Gryffindor will deduct 10 points! Rowle, you have no right to question a professor's actions. On the contrary, you did not sleep at night and went out for a night walk, which violated the school rules of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For this, Gryffindor will deduct another 50 points!"
Hearing this, Irina chuckled and said, "I'm sorry, Professor Moody, but I don't think you can deduct my points yet. The reason I'm here is because of Professor Dumbledore's order. This is the note Professor Dumbledore gave me."
As she spoke, Irina handed a piece of parchment to Professor Moody.
Professor Moody looked down and saw a line of words: "Student Irina Rowle is hereby allowed to leave the dormitory after curfew, move freely within the castle, and complete the tasks assigned by me." At the end of the line of words was Dumbledore's signature.
Long before Lynn and Irina reached a cooperation with Dumbledore, they had asked Dumbledore for a note allowing them to move freely within the castle during curfew.
Lynn and Irina both knew that a higher-ranking official could crush a person. Now Barty Jr. was using the identity of Professor Moody, while they were just ordinary students. To prevent Barty Jr. from using his identity as a professor to suppress them, they naturally had to use Dumbledore's identity as a backer.
After all, no matter how great a professor is, he is not as powerful as the headmaster, right? !
After reading Dumbledore's note, Professor Moody's face grew even uglier, but he could not openly oppose Dumbledore for fear of revealing a flaw.
So he groaned and said, "I'll leave this note here for now. I'll talk to Dumbledore."
After saying this, Professor Moody limped away again.
Irina did not stop Professor Moody from taking the note away. To be on the safe side, she and Lynn had prepared hundreds of identical notes. Even if they met other professors later, they could easily take out the notes to deal with them.
After three or four hours, the sky outside the castle was already getting light.
"Finally done!"
Lynn wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh.
The alchemical circles on the Goblet of Fire that now appeared before him belonged to the Goblet of Fire itself, and the alchemical restrictions set by Dumbledore had disappeared after Lynn spent an entire night cracking them.
After breaking the alchemical ban on the Goblet of Fire, Lynn quickly took out a piece of parchment from his pocket, wrote his name and the full name of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on it, and threw it into the Goblet of Fire that was emitting blue and white flames.
The blue-white flame immediately engulfed the note that Lynn threw into it. Lynn waited for a while, and after making sure that there was no problem, he walked forward again. As he waved the magic wand in his hand, golden threads spewed out.
In the previous process of analyzing the alchemical restriction, Lynn had already mastered all the techniques of refining this alchemical restriction. Now that he had already put his name into it, for the sake of his classmates' lives and safety, he naturally had to re-attach the restriction to the Goblet of Fire.
Compared to breaking the alchemical restriction where no mistakes could be made, re-attaching the alchemical restriction to the Goblet of Fire was just a process of stacking alchemical arrays layer by layer. In less than ten minutes, Lynn had re-attached the alchemical restriction that he had spent a whole night breaking to the Goblet of Fire.
After doing all this, Lynn turned around and looked at Irina, who was already very sleepy and yawning continuously, but still staring at him with bloodshot eyes to protect him.
Lynn's eyes were full of tenderness. He came to Irina, rubbed her head with his hand, and said softly, "Let's go. We can go back and rest."
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