Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Dumbledore also seemed to have noticed their sudden silence, and he smiled slightly and continued, "Mr. Filch, please bring up the box."

No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the Great Hall just now, and now he was walking towards Dumbledore, holding a large wooden box studded with jewels, which looked very old and worn.

The students watched with fascination and discussed enthusiastically.

In order to see more clearly, Colin simply stood on the chair.

His younger brother Dennis also stood up, but he was so small that even if he stood, his head would not be much higher than others.

"Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman of the Ministry of Magic have carefully reviewed the specific items for this year's Warriors competition," said Dumbledore, as Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him, "They also made many necessary arrangements for each project. There are three projects in total, which will be carried out at different times throughout the school year. They will test the warriors in many different ways. Test their magical talents, their guts and Their ability to reason. And, of course, their ability to overcome danger."

Hearing the last sentence, the auditorium became silent, and everyone seemed to stop breathing.

"As you already know, there will be three warriors participating in the competition." Dumbledore continued to say calmly, "Representing a participating school, we will grade them according to the quality of each competition item they complete. After the three items are over, The warrior with the highest score will win the Triwizard Cup. It is an impartial selector who is responsible for selecting the warrior, and it is the Goblet of Fire!"

Having said this, Dumbledore drew out his wand and tapped three times on the lid of the box.

The lid creaked slowly open, and Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, rough-hewn wooden goblet.

The cup itself was inconspicuous, but it was filled with dancing blue and white flames.

Ivan can feel that this is a magic item with strong magic power, but it is not a legendary magic item.

Its role is to select the respective warriors from among the students of the three magic academies, and let them sign a contract with the Triwizard Tournament.

If the strength is strong enough, you can confuse the Goblet of Fire, thus affecting the selection of warriors.

With the strength of Barty Crouch Jr. and Keresis, this can be easily done.

Maybe they have already put Harry's name in it. The Goblet of Fire has been kept by the Ministry of Magic. As the organizer of the Triwizard Tournament and one of the members of the jury, Crouch can easily touch it and will not cause other people's attention. Suspect.

Dumbledore closed the box and put the cup on the lid so everyone in the Great Hall could see it clearly.

"Every student who wants to run for a warrior must write his name and school name on a piece of parchment and throw it into this goblet." Dumbledore said, "Those who want to become a warrior can do so within 24 hours. Sign up inside, tomorrow night, which is the night of Halloween, the goblet will select the names of the three students it thinks best represent the three schools. Tonight, the goblet will be placed in the foyer, and all who are willing to participate in the election All the students have access to it.”

"As I said before, in order to prevent underage students from being tempted," said Dumbledore, "after the goblet is placed in the hall, I will draw an age line around it. Anyone under the age of seventeen Nobody can cross that line."

"Finally, I would like to remind every student who wants to participate in the election that this competition is not a child's play, so don't take part in it rashly. Once a warrior is selected by the Goblet of Fire, he must persist in the competition to the end. Whoever puts himself Putting your name into the cup actually forms a magical contract that must be kept. Once you become a warrior, you are not allowed to change your mind. Therefore, please think twice and make sure that you really want to participate in the competition. Then put the name in the cup. Well, I think it's time for everyone to go to bed, so I wish you a good night."

"Age boundary!" said Fred Weasley, with twinkling eyes. "That's easy, sure you can be fooled by the aging potion, can't you? As long as your name gets in that cup, you'll be happy." Just laugh, it can't tell who's over 17 and who's under!"

By this time the students were walking through the hall towards the two doors leading to the foyer.

"But I don't think anyone under 17 can win," said Hermione. "We haven't learned enough..."

"That's about yourself." George said impatiently, "Think about Ivan, he is only 13 years old this year, how many people in the school can be better than him?!"

"Ivan is different, and he doesn't plan to participate, he promised Dumbledore!" Hermione said immediately.

But George ignored him, turned to the others and said, "Harry, Ron, Colin, you will also try to participate, won't you?"

The three hesitated, and finally nodded again.

"As long as you can cross Dumbledore's age limit, it's not a bad thing to try." Harry remembered Dumbledore's insistence that students under the age of seventeen could not sign up, but then he remembered the moment when he won the Triwizard Cup. Brilliant scene.

"By the way, where is he?" said Ron. "Dumbledore didn't say where Durmstrang's representatives slept, did he?"

He suddenly remembered this incident, and hurriedly searched for Krum in the crowd.

From Ron's appearance, he wanted to invite Krum to sleep in his bedroom.

Chapter 550 Karkaroff

Ron looked left and right for Krum, and his question was answered almost immediately.

By this time they had reached the Slytherin table, and Karkaroff hurried over to his students.

"Now, go back to the ship," he said. "How are you, Viktor? Have you taken your medicines? Are you full? Shall I send some warmed wine from the galley? "

Krum shook his head sullenly, and put on the fur cloak again.

"Professor, I'd like some wine," said another Durmstrang boy, salivating.

"I didn't ask you, Polyarko," said Karkaroff sternly, his fatherly gentleness disappearing in an instant, "I noticed that you dripped food on the front of your robe again, Clean it up quickly, you nasty boy..."

Karkaroff turned and led his student towards the door.

They happened to walk to the door at the same time as Ivan, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Colin, Ginny, Fred, and George.

Everyone stopped and let Karkaroff go first.

"Thanks," Karkaroff said casually, glancing at them.

Suddenly, Karkaroff was completely stunned, his gaze resting on Harry.

He turned his head back to Harry and stared at him hard, as if not believing his eyes.

Durmstrang's students followed behind the headmaster and stopped.

Karkaroff's eyes moved slowly to Harry's face, fixed on the scar.

Durmstrang's students also looked at Harry curiously, and they could see some enlightened expressions on their faces.

The boy with the dripping soup on his chest stabbed the girl next to him, and pointed at Harry's forehead without concealment.

Krum also looked at Harry with scrutiny, and then fell on Ivan and Hermione.

Ivan looked at him, feeling that Krum's eyes seemed to have some kind of strange emotion.

Realizing that Ivan was looking at him again, Krum hurriedly turned his head to the other side.

This was really strange, they had known each other at the Quidditch World Cup last time, why did Krum hide from himself? !

"You are..." Karkaroff said slowly.

"Yes, that's Harry Potter," said an angry voice behind them.

Karkaroff turned sharply to find Mad-Eye Moody standing there.

He leaned heavily on his crutches, his magic eye staring unblinkingly at Durmstrang's Headmaster.

Karkaroff's face turned pale, revealing a hideous mixture of resentment and fear.

"It's you!" he said, staring blankly at Moody, as if not sure he really saw him.

"It's me," said Moody grimly. "Unless you have something to say to Potter, Karkaroff, go right ahead, you're blocking the door."

At this time, half of the students in the auditorium were waiting behind them.

People behind scramble over the shoulders of those in front to see what is causing the traffic jam.

Professor Karkaroff didn't say anything more, he waved his hand and led his students away.

Moody stared at him until he was out of sight.

His magical eye was fixed on Karkaroff's back, and an expression of extreme disgust appeared on his incomplete face.

Facing Karkaroff, Keresis's reaction was a little too excited even if he was pretending to be Moody.

Ivan thought for a while, separated from the crowd, and told everyone that he was going to say hello to Gabriel and the others before going back.

Instead, he followed Moody down a remote side staircase to the deserted third-floor office.

"Boy, I reminded you, we'd better have less contact!" Keresis said through gritted teeth.

At this time, they were standing in the dark corridor, even if they were very close, they couldn't see each other clearly.

"You seem to have a grudge against Karkaroff?" Ivan asked directly, ignoring the other party's reminder.

"That cunning guy has caused me and my people a lot of trouble in the Nordic region. That's my own business, and I will solve it. You just need to know that Karkaroff is very dangerous. Don't be fooled by his appearance. Blinded." Keresis said in a low voice, "He's a Death Eater."

"It used to be, he has betrayed Voldemort, but it is undeniable that he is indeed dangerous." Ivan paused and continued to ask, "However, it should not be the focus of our current attention. Did you find that person tonight? ? Could it be Barty Crouch?!"

"Barty Crouch is obviously being controlled. I saw it with my own eyes, but I can't be sure if he is a fake from that person. I repeat, he didn't believe me and didn't tell me his plan at all!" Kay Resis lowered his voice and said, "I came here to attract everyone's attention. This is the task Voldemort gave me, and it is also the punishment for my failure last time. Well, if you don't want me to be discovered immediately, then leave immediately Here, go back to sleep!"

Ivan turned and left, it seemed that Keresis knew no more than him.

When Ivan returned to the common room, all the little wizards gathered there to discuss the Goblet of Fire.

Fred and George are selling their aging pills, surrounded by a crowd.

It seems that if the aging agent is indeed effective after verification tomorrow, they seem to plan to buy it.

Hermione ignored them, holding a thick book in her hand, and was constantly recording something.

Ivan said hello and went back to his bedroom alone.

He took out the Marauder's Map, laid it on the bed, and tapped it lightly with his wand.

Ivan quickly searched for Barty Crouch Jr.'s name on it. In Dumbledore's office, he saw Dumbledore, Karkaroff, Mrs. Maxim, Barty Crouch, Ludo Bagman is all there.

The five of them seemed to be chatting about something, because Barty Crouch Jr. had the same name as his father, so it was not sure if it was him.

Aiwen slid his finger down gently, gliding across the names of familiar people.

Everyone in Beauxbatons was living in their carriage and was walking to the vicinity.

The students of Durmstrang have already returned to the boat. On the map, there is a cloud of white mist at the position of the lake, covering everyone's names, and they can't see anything clearly. The powerful force on the boat Protection magic makes the Marauder's Map useless.

It seems that Durmstrang still needs to find another opportunity to verify it.

Ai Wen searched carefully again before putting away the Marauder's Map.

He looked at the ceiling and thought about it again. If he were Barty Crouch Jr., how would he act? !

Voldemort, Keresis, Karkaroff, Barty Crouch Jr., Barty Crouch, the faces of several people kept spinning in his mind. He had a feeling that this incident seemed to be It will not develop in the direction I expected...

Chapter 551 The Secluded Grove

The next day is Saturday, and generally, everyone wakes up very late.

But Ivan got up early, and he promised last night to take Gabriel to familiarize himself with the Hogwarts campus.

Hogwarts was extremely quiet in the early morning, and Ivan followed the empty corridor to the gate of the castle.

The sky was a little dark, the sun hadn't come out yet, and there was no wind outside.

From a distance, Durmstrang's big boat floated slightly in the lake, shrouded in a layer of mist.

It was too dark to see clearly last night, but now, the ship looks even more hideous.

It's like the ghost ship that usually appears in the story, with all the unpleasant black and dark green decorations on it.

It casts a dark reflection in the water, like a skeleton.

Although the appearance is rather scary, if possible, Ivan would like to go up and visit.

A lot of magic was cast on this big ship, even including black magic. There are many designs and magic reactions that Ivan is not familiar with. He wants to study and study, but Durmstrang will definitely not invite him to go up.

Ivan looked away, and walked along the lawn by the lake to Hagrid's cabin.

Beauxbaton's huge powder-blue carriage stopped less than two hundred yards away.

The elephant-like rune horses pulling the carriage graze in a makeshift paddock.

Not far away, near the pumpkin patch behind Hagrid's cabin, there were terrifying explosions and rattling sounds from time to time.

It was the restless snails, now on a rampage, trying to get away from Hagrid.

Now, each snail is three feet long, and they have even begun to kill each other.

Hagrid had to change to a stronger wooden box, although this had very limited effect.

Aiwen walked around Hagrid's cabin from a distance, and as soon as he reached the carriage, he saw Gabriel.

She crouched in the foyer like a kitten, looking like she had been waiting for Ivan for a long time.

Gabriel wore a set of dark blue wizarding robes, and her waist-length, solid-colored hair seemed to glisten in the early morning sun.

With a mischievous smile on his face, his eyelashes fluttering, he looked at Ivan passionately.

This makes her look very cute, and makes people feel happy and warm.

"Be quiet, sister and the others are still sleeping inside!" Gabriel said softly, pressing her lips with her finger.

Behind her, Aiwen could see that the interior decoration of the carriage was very luxurious, continuing Beauxbaton's usual style.

Colors such as gold and red are the main tone. After passing the foyer, there is a large living room.

On the inner side, there are small rooms, where the boys live, and the girls all live upstairs.

Gabriel stood up cautiously, probably because she squatted for too long, her body shook when she climbed out of the carriage.

She didn't dare to touch the glass door of the carriage, because the wind chime hanging on it would definitely make a sound that would startle the people inside, and she was about to fall...