"We can't go, Ron!" Hermione immediately objected, and took out a thick Spellstone book from her bag. "There are only a few days left until the competition. You still haven't fully grasped the incantations I gave you."
"There are a few incantations, including the Curse of the Eye. You have to learn them as soon as possible." Elwyn added.
"Spare me, Elwyn, Hermione, that's a seventh-grade course!" Ron said. "In these two months, I've learned more than ten incantations. I should be able to deal with unexpected situations. The competition is about to start, I need to adjust my mood now … "
Before he could finish, a rustling sound came from above.
More than a hundred owls flew in through the open window, bringing everyone the morning mail.
Hedwig's white figure was mixed in with a large flock of brown and black owls, and she slowly landed on the table.
She gently pecked Harry, and stretched out her right leg, which was tied to a wrinkled piece of parchment.
Harry quickly untied it, and read the contents of the letter.
Hedwig chirped softly, and flapped her wings as she looked for something to eat in his plate.
"It's a letter from Sirius!" Harry said excitedly. "He wants to meet us, this afternoon at Hogsmeade."
"That's great!" Ron cheered, and said proudly, "We have to go to Hogsmeade, this is Sirius."
Just then, a large black cat landed on their side, and threw a parcel onto Ron's knees.
"What's this?" Everyone looked at Ron curiously.
"I don't know!" Ron looked down at the parcel, and said doubtfully, "That's strange, it's from Charlie."
Charlie Weasley was Ron's second brother, and everyone had just met him during the summer holidays.
When he was studying at Hogwarts, he was a legendary figure in the Gryffindor Quidditch team. He had led the Gryffindor team to win the Quidditch Cup many times. After graduating with excellent grades, he went to Romania to study dragons.
Charlie usually did not contact Ron, let alone send him a package.
Ron opened the package. Inside were two books, "How to Raise a Dragon" and "Common Ways to Tame a Dragon".
"What's going on? Why did Charlie suddenly send me two books?" Ron picked up the note at the bottom of the parcel and read, "Dear Ron, you may need these two books. Please forgive me for not being able to say more."
He put down the note and flipped through the two books, his brows knitting tighter and tighter.
"Charlie must be crazy. Why would I need two books related to dragons, and he won't tell me the reason!"
Looking at Ron's questioning gaze, Harry shook his head with the same puzzled expression on his face.
"We might be able to find some clues from them." Hermione took the book "Common Ways to Tame a Dragon" and flipped through it. "I haven't seen this book in the library. Maybe Charlie and the others summarized it themselves."
"Even if it's a book he wrote himself, there's no need …"
"Ron, don't you understand?!" Elwyn interrupted Ron and said impatiently, "Charlie gave you these two books because he wanted to tell you about the content of the first competition. It's the Fire Dragon!"
His voice was not loud, but it seemed to have some kind of magic power.
Hearing his words, everyone stopped talking and turned to look at Elwyn in shock.
"Oh my god, Elwyn!" Hermione exclaimed and covered her mouth with her small hand.
"What, what did you just say, the Fire, the Fire Dragon?!" Ron stammered, his face pale.
"That's right!" Elwyn nodded his head solemnly. "Charlie definitely knows about it, but he can't say it, it's against the rules."
"That's impossible, why would they use the Fire Dragon as the competition's event?!" Ron stared at Elwyn. "With the little wizard's ability, how could he defeat the Fire Dragon? That's impossible!"
Looking at his expression, it was as if he was expecting someone to suddenly tell him that it was April Fool's Day.
There was still silence, and the silence gradually turned into despair.
Thinking about it carefully, everyone thought that the possibility of Elwyn's reasoning was very high, and accepted this shocking fact.
Only Ron was still unwilling to accept it. He wrote back to Charlie as fast as he could, asking for the details of the matter.
In his words, it was just a coincidence.
Seeing Ron's stubborn look, Hermione wanted to say something, but Elwyn gently pulled her back.
Right now, Ron needed time to digest this news, instead of pressing him step by step. If he did that, he would definitely not be able to handle it.
Although no one talked about the Fire Dragon, this matter still cast a shadow over the rest of the trip to Hogsmeade.
Ron seemed to have a lot on his mind, not as excited as he was at the beginning.
They returned to the dormitory, changed into their respective cloaks, and set off for Hogsmeade.
Harry, Ron, Corin, and Ginny left first, while Elwyn and Hermione went to find Gabri and accompany her to Hogsmeade.
The two of them walked out of the castle, and walked along the lake towards Boothbottom's carriage.
"Elwyn, is the first event really the Fire Dragon?!" Hermione said in disbelief, looking very anxious.
"If nothing goes wrong, it should be!"
"Ron will collapse. How can he defeat the Fire Dragon? This is an impossible task."
"It shouldn't be that difficult. It should just require the warriors to obtain something from the Fire Dragon." Elwyn said.
"I hope so. The two books that Charlie sent should be of help." Hermione said, "I still want to go to the library to take a look. We were going in the wrong direction. I remember the book said that dragons are extremely difficult to kill, because their thick skin is permeated with ancient magic, and only the strongest magic spells can penetrate it."
That's right, dragons are the most terrifying and dangerous magical animals.
When Elwyn first saw one, he was shocked, lamenting the existence of such a monster.
However, ever since he helped centaur Ugat kill a mutated Fire Dragon in the illusion, he didn't have much fear towards it.
Dragons aren't invincible, they have many weaknesses.
Aside from increasing his strength, Ron now also needed to overcome his inner fear.
This was the most difficult point for him.
The two of them discussed the Fire Dragon while walking to Boothbottom's carriage.
Gabri was already waiting there. She was wearing a sky blue school cloak, and she had a bright smile on her face.
For today's trip to Hogsmeade, she had obviously prepared meticulously.
Several girls who were about to leave Boothbottom's carriage passed by her, and let out a burst of bell-like laughter.
"Elwyn, we should tell Hibiscus Chinensis about this!" Hermione suddenly whispered, "She definitely doesn't know."
Elwyn looked at Hermione in surprise. He thought she would suggest keeping it a secret.
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