Unseal at Hogwarts

When the golden plates on every long table became empty, Dumbledore stood up again.

Every student looked at Dumbledore eagerly with a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

Tom was also infected by them and looked at Dumbledore intently.

"The moment that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived." Dumbledore looked at the upturned faces in the auditorium with a smile, "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin."

He gestured to the corner of the auditorium, and then continued: "I want to explain the program of activities for this school year. Before that, please allow me to introduce two guests-"

At the staff table, two people Tom had never seen before stood up.

"This is Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic."

Tom applauded out of habit.

Embarrassingly, except for Tom, only a few people in the auditorium clapped, and the sparse applause made Tom put down his hand hesitantly.

"This is Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of the Department of Sport at the Ministry of Magic."

Tom was cautiously prepared to applaud, and when the auditorium burst into loud applause, he clapped his hands seriously.

Dumbledore briefly introduced the two members of the Ministry of Magic, and then asked Filch, who had been lurking in the corner of the Great Hall, to come forward.

Filch was wearing a somewhat old tuxedo, holding an old wooden box inlaid with jewels with his head held high.

"Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman have carefully reviewed the specific events for this year's Warriors competition. There are three events in total, which will be held at different times throughout the school year..." Dumbledore said.

At this time, Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of Dumbledore.

The students' discussion gradually became quieter, and everyone stretched their necks to see what might be in the wooden box.

"As you already know, there will be three warriors participating in this competition, representing different schools. We will be graded based on the quality of their completion of each competition event."

When Dumbledore said this, the students in the entire auditorium closed their mouths, and it seemed that everyone held their breath.

"When all events are completed, the warrior with the highest score will win the Triwizard Cup. The person in charge of the Tianxuan Warriors is a fair selector——"

Dumbledore tapped his wand on the wooden box in front of him. The wooden box creaked open, revealing the wooden goblet in the box.

This goblet is very rough and unremarkable at all. But the blue-white flame dancing in the cup is particularly eye-catching.

Tom's eyes were immediately attracted to the flame.

He vaguely felt that this beautiful flame seemed to contain some kind of magical energy.

He couldn't help but stare closely at the big wooden goblet, and didn't even listen carefully to Dumbledore's next words.

Before we knew it, the party was over.

Harry, who usually disappeared long ago, suddenly became lingering, as if waiting for something.

Malfoy spoke to Viktor Krum with a smug expression on his face - almost all of Slytherin listened to their conversation with strained ears.

It wasn't until Karkaroff hurried over, caring about Krum's physical condition and asking Durmstrang's students to return to the ship, that the Slytherins reluctantly left one after another.

"Let's go, Tom."

Harry stood up, urging Tom who was still staring at the Goblet of Fire.

He accidentally bumped into Karkaroff who was talking to Krum with his shoulder.

"Be careful." Karkaroff glanced at Harry with some anger.

Tom stood up and found Karkaroff staring at Harry, his eyes wide.

Harry didn't expect Karkaroff's reaction to be so big.

He blushed and said at a loss: "I'm sorry, Professor. I didn't mean it."

But Karkaroff seemed not to hear and shifted his gaze to Harry's forehead.

Tom was not very happy and felt that the Durmstrang professor was a little rude.

But he couldn't say anything, so he nodded to Karkaroff, then pulled Harry away.

Karkaroff looked thoughtfully at the backs of Harry and Tom as they left.

"Wouldn't it be good to just leave like this?" Harry was pulled out of the auditorium by Tom and looked back worriedly.

"You've already apologized, it's okay." Tom said.

Suddenly, Tom felt like he was being watched.

He suddenly turned around and saw Moody, leaning on a cane, looking at him coldly at the door of the auditorium.

Tom frowned and quickened his pace to leave.

"To be honest, although Professor Moody is a little unfriendly to us Slytherins," Harry obviously noticed Moody's gaze, "but compared to the previous Quirrell and Lockhart, he is really good. Defense Against the Dark Arts is taught.”

"That's true," Tom nodded absently, "but I always felt like Moody was specifically targeting me."

Harry scratched his hair and recalled it carefully: "If you think about it carefully, it seems to be true. But he was gentler to me than to other Slytherins, which is really strange."

Tom thought of the rumors he had heard about Moody.

"Maybe because he is a retired Auror?" Tom snorted, "So he has a deep prejudice against Slytherin, who has never had a very good reputation? And you -"

Tom looked at Harry jokingly: "You are the savior of the wizarding world. Even in Slytherin, I can't hide the shining halo above your head."

Harry laughed sheepishly.

"Speaking of prejudice against Slytherin, I still remember when we were in the first grade, we were sitting in the same carriage." Harry showed a hint of recollection, "If you hadn't said it, maybe I would have always felt that Slytherin It’s an evil academy.”

To Tom, this happened only about two months ago.

The two of them put the Triwizard Tournament, Goblet of Fire, and Krum behind and began to reminisce about their school days in the past few years.

Of course, Harry did most of the talking and Tom listened.

Talking and laughing along the way, suddenly, Tom seemed to see another person very similar to himself flashing past the corridor in front.

At first, Tom didn't care. He also carefully remembered what Harry said about the past three years, in case he could use the "Time" card one day, which would be helpful to his actions.

But the strong aura of Clow Card gradually faded away from his vicinity.

Tom suddenly realized: a Clow card had just passed him by!

Since Tom had just noticed Moody's malicious gaze, he thought about it and decided that it would be better to go back to the dormitory first and find Kerubelos to act together.