International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 304 The Triwizard Contest and Mad-Eye Moody

With a deafening thunder and a flash of pale lightning, the door of the auditorium was knocked open. Everyone looked towards the door, only to see a tall man standing outside the door, holding a gun crutches for height.At this time, the ceiling became cloudy like the outside weather, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

The man's face seemed to be carved out of a piece of rotten wood, every inch of his face was scarred, his mouth was cut out with a big crooked opening, the tip of his nose was gone, and one of his eyes was small, with a glint inside. The other eye is round like a blue coin, and it keeps turning, even turning completely to the back of the head, leaving only a white eyeball.

He took out his wand and cast a single spell on the ceiling, dispelling the lightning and restoring it to its stormy appearance.The man limped to Dumbledore's side, shook hands with him, looked at the ceiling and cursed: "This stupid ceiling! This shitty weather!"

Dumbledore patted him on the shoulder and told him to sit quickly in the empty seat to his right.

The man was not polite, took his seat directly, and then took a plate of sausages and began to munch. Although the banquet was over, the dishes on the teaching staff table had not disappeared.Even if he was eating, his fake eye kept turning, scanning every student in the auditorium.

Lu Ren felt that he had been stared at by him several times, and Harry next to him was no exception.

"Please allow me to introduce the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this year: Professor Alastor Moody."

Everyone was shocked by Moody, so that after Dumbledore finished speaking, the audience was dead silent, and no one applauded at all.You know, even last year when Professor Lupine came here wearing a tattered robe, several people applauded.

Moody was indifferent to the silence. He ignored the pumpkin juice in front of him, but took out a curved wine bottle from his cloak and took a swig. The sound of him cutting sausages was heard throughout the auditorium.

"Well," Dumbledore continued his speech, "let us start from the beginning... For the next term, Hogwarts will resume tradition and restart an activity that has been canceled for more than a century, and that is The Triwizard Tournament. This year's Triwizard Tournament will be held at Hogwarts!"

The atmosphere suddenly became lively again, and everyone was aroused by this competition.

"The Triwizard Tournament was founded 700 years ago as a friendly rivalry every five years between the three largest wizarding schools in Europe: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. Each school One warrior was selected, and then three warriors competed against three kinds of magic items. The competition was held in turn by the three schools, and this time it happened to be Hogwarts. Initially, it was believed that this was a friendship between young wizards from different countries It was an excellent way, but later, due to too many deaths, the Triwizard Tournament was interrupted."

Hermione looked around in astonishment when she heard the death toll, but most of the students in the Great Hall were whispering excitedly, eager to hear the specifics of the Triwizard Tournament, and most were not interested in those who died more than 100 years ago.

"Everyone has been trying to bring The Tournament back, but it's only recently been successful, our Ministry of Magic has made a huge effort. We have done a lot this summer to ensure that no one's life is in danger for every champion."

Lu Ren let out a cold snort in his seat, hoping that they would check the mental state of the directors this time to ensure that they were not controlled by the Imperius Curse.

"A week later, the principals of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will lead the candidates they have selected, and the selection ceremony will be held the next night. An absolutely impartial referee will decide which students They are the most qualified to compete for the Tri-Power Cup, and the final champion will not only win honors, but also receive a bonus of [-] Galleons." Dumbledore continued.

"However, in order to ensure your safety, the participating schools and the Ministry of Magic unanimously decided that this year's contestants must be at least 17 years old before they are allowed to register." Dumbledore raised his voice, because a burst of dissatisfied protests erupted in the auditorium , the voices of the Fred brothers are particularly loud - they are only a few months away from turning 17.

After announcing this, Dumbledore also sent the students back to their dorms to sleep.

Everyone was discussing the Triwizard Contest, Fred was still aggrieved that he was born a few months late, Ron was in a daze, he was attracted by the bonus of one thousand Galleons.

Hermione breathed a sigh of relief: "Sure enough, Professor Dumbledore has already arranged it. The idea of ​​turning 17 is really great!"

Lu Ren looked at her with a half-smile, and whispered to her, "Did you forget? The two of us are already 17 years old."

Hermione couldn't help but blush when she thought of the absurd things that happened in the Room of Requirement. She raised her head angrily, stared at Lu Ren and said, "So you plan to sign up?"

"I haven't made up my mind yet..." Lu Ren stretched his waist, and seeing that no one was paying attention to the two of them, he patted Hermione's buttocks. The long-lost touch made him a little excited, "Sleep in the dormitory tonight, or Go, Room of Requirement?"

Hermione gave him a blank look: "Hurry up and go to bed! There is still class the next day!"

"It's okay, all the rooms have bathrooms..."

The two started joking with each other.

Lu Ren really hasn't decided whether he should participate in this Triwizard Tournament, and he doesn't know what new tricks Voldemort will play, but there is one thing he is sure of, that is, Voldemort must get Harry's blood again. Resurrection, because this way it can remove the fragment of Voldemort in Harry's soul without hurting Harry.

On that night 13 years ago, Voldemort was hit by his own killing curse, and then his soul flew away-I have to say that Voldemort was really low.The same killing curse was used on the baby. Grindelwald ordered his subordinates to do the same thing in Paris. As a result, Grindelwald had nothing to do with it. He also set fire to the city, and Voldemort became a ghost directly.

A small part of Voldemort's soul possessed Harry, which gave Harry and Voldemort a strange connection, and also meant that Harry became one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.To kill Voldemort completely, every Horcrux must be destroyed, and Harry, as a Horcrux, must be destroyed—that is, die.

Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?There really are.

That is to let Voldemort use Harry's blood to resurrect, so that between the two people, one will not die and the other will not die-that is, mutual blood lock.This is a card bug, Harry's blood is blocked, so the Horcrux is destroyed, Harry will not die, it is a perfect solution.

(End of this chapter)