Hogwarts Scholar System

Madame Maxime straightened her tall figure.Her handsome head touched the chandelier filled with candles, and her huge breasts in black satin clothes rose and fell violently.

"What does that mean, Dumbledore?" she said haughtily.

"I want to know this too, Dumbledore," Professor Karkaroff said - with a cold smile on his face and a pair of blue eyes as cold as ice, "There are three warriors in Hogwarts? I don’t remember anyone telling me that the host school can have two more warriors. Didn’t I read those regulations carefully enough?”

He gave a short, unpleasant laugh.

"That's impossible," said Madam Maxime, her large hand covered with gorgeous opals resting on Fleur's shoulder. "It's unfair that Hogwarts can't have two champions."

"In our impression, your age limit can exclude competitors who are not old enough, Dumbledore," Karkaroff said, still with a cold smile on his face, and the chill in his eyes was even deeper. "Otherwise, we will definitely bring more candidates from our school."

"Did you throw your names into the Goblet of Fire, Harry and Hermione?" Dumbledore asked.

"No." Harry and Hermione shook their heads together.

"Have you asked any of your older classmates to help you throw your names into the Goblet of Fire?" Dumbledore continued to ask.

"No." Harry and Hermione replied immediately without hesitation.

"They must be lying!" cried Madame Maxime.

"Dumbledore must have got that line wrong," Madame Maxime said, shrugging.

"Of course, that's possible," Dumbledore said politely.

"Dumbledore, you know you are not mistaken!" Professor McGonagall said angrily, "How ridiculous this statement is! It is impossible for Harry and Hermione to cross that line, and as Professor Dumbledore believes That way, they didn’t persuade the upperclassman to do it for him, and I think everyone else should believe that, too!”

"Since you don't agree that there are three warriors in Hogwarts, why don't you just leave Cedric, whose name was sprayed out first, and delete Harry and Hermione's names? Why be so excited!" Maple When he spoke, neither Mrs. Maxim nor Karkaroff expected that a student would have the courage to comment in front of them. After seeing Maple, Karkaroff showed disdain, as if he had interfered with such a little brat. There was some dissatisfaction in their conversation.However, he was somewhat moved by Maple's proposal.

"This is a good idea." Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff agreed together.

"But their names spurted out from the Goblet of Fire. How can I say this?" Ludo Bagman seemed to have some objections, but he was not tough and his attitude could not be tough. He subconsciously turned his eyes to Bagman aside. Ty Crouch, "Barty, what do you think?"

"We must abide by the charter. The charter clearly stipulates that anyone whose name comes out of the Goblet of Fire must participate in the Triwizard Tournament."

"Hey, Barty knows the regulations by heart." Bagman said, a smile immediately broke out on his face, and he turned back to look at Karkaroff and Mrs. Maxim. It seemed that the matter had been resolved satisfactorily.

"I insisted that my other students re-enroll," Karkaroff said.His voice was no longer smooth, his smile disappeared, and the expression on his face was extremely ugly, "You must put the Goblet of Fire out again, and we must continue to add names to it until each school produces two warriors. This way That's only fair, Dumbledore."

"But Karkaroff, I'm afraid this won't work," Bagman said. "The Goblet of Fire has just been extinguished, and it won't be rekindled until the next tournament -"

Maple sighed secretly, is it really not possible?

Barty Crouch, who was under the Imperius Curse, and undercover Barty Crouch Jr., it would be really difficult for them to work together as father and son. It seems that Maple wants to just cross out Harry and Hermione's names. too naive.

"Durmstrang will never participate in the next hegemonic tournament!" Karkaroff was furious. "We have had so many meetings and gone through so many negotiations and consultations. I never thought that something like this would happen again! I I just want to leave now!”

"A bluffing threat, Karkaroff!" roared a voice from the door. "You can't leave your warrior now. He must play. They all must play. As Dumbledore said, this is the result of It's bound by a magical contract. That's good for you, isn't it?"

Moody just walked into the room.He limped toward the fire, and every time his right foot landed, there was a loud thump, thump, thump.

"Advantageous?" said Karkaroff. "I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean, Moody."

He tried hard to sound contemptuous, as if he cared nothing for Moody's words, but his hands betrayed his inner self as they balled into fists involuntarily.

"Really?" said Moody softly. "It's easy, Karkaroff. Someone put Potter and Granger's names into that goblet, knowing that if the names were sprayed out, they would Gotta compete.”

"Obviously, that person wants to give Hogwarts three chances!" said Mrs. Maxim.

"I agree with you, Madame Maxime," Karkaroff said, bowing to her, "I will file a complaint with the Ministry of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards -"

"If anyone has a reason to complain, it's Potter and Granger," said Moody gruffly, "but, it's funny, I didn't hear a word they said -"

"Why are they complaining?" Fleur Delacour couldn't help but ask, stamping her feet, "They have a chance to participate in the competition. For many weeks, we have fully hoped that we would be selected! Bring honor to our school!" There is also a bonus of one thousand Galleons, this opportunity is what many people dream of!”

"Maybe someone wanted them killed for this," Moody said, with a hint of a growl in his voice.

His words were followed by an extremely tense silence.Ludo Bagman looked very anxious, his body moved up and down uneasily, and he said: "Moody, you old guy, why did you say such a thing!"

"We all know that Professor Moody feels that the morning is wasted if he does not find six people trying to murder him before lunch." Karkaroff said loudly, "Obviously, he is also teaching his students to be suspicious now, old Thinking that someone is trying to kill you. As a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, this kind of quality is really rare, Dumbledore. But there is no doubt that you have your own considerations."

"Why, am I making something out of nothing?" Moody roared, "I have a feeling, huh? The one who threw this boy's name into the goblet must be a clever wizard..."

"Oh, what evidence do you have for this?" Madame Maxime raised her two big hands and asked.

"Because they deceived a very powerful magical artifact!" Moody said. "To deceive the goblet and make him forget that there are only three schools participating in the competition, it requires a particularly powerful confusion spell. I guess , they must have registered the names of Potter and Granger as students from the fourth and fifth schools to ensure that they were the only candidates for that school..."

"You seem to have put a lot of thought into this matter, Moody," Karkaroff said coldly. "This is a very novel theory, but, of course, I heard that you have had a sudden change in your mind recently. Imagine that you received a birthday present that contained a cleverly disguised basilisk egg, and smashed it to pieces before realizing it was a travel alarm clock. So if we don't What you said is completely true, and you can understand it..."

Bingo, Karkaroff unintentionally told the truth, but he didn't know it.

"It is true that some people will use innocent activities to achieve their own goals," Moody retorted in a threatening tone. "My job is to think about problems according to the thinking of a dark wizard. Karkaroff, you should not forget ——”

"Alastor!" Dumbledore warned.For a moment Harry didn't know who he was talking to, but then it dawned on him that "Mad-Eye" couldn't be Moody's real name.Moody fell silent, but still looked at Karkaroff with resentment. Karkaroff's face turned red as if it was on fire.

"How this situation came about, we do not know," Dumbledore told everyone gathered in the room, "but it seems to me that we have no choice but to accept it. Both Cedric and Harry To be selected to compete. Therefore, they must..."

"Ah, but Dumbledore—"

"My dear Madame Maxime, if you have another solution, I am willing to listen."

Dumbledore waited, but Madame Maxime said nothing, she just stared angrily.And she was not the only one showing dissatisfaction.Karkaroff's face was livid, but Bagman seemed very excited.

Maple didn't know that Moody actually added Hermione's name because he didn't want to cause trouble, but Claire, who had just joined and made great achievements, wanted to take revenge on Maple and made this request. Unfortunately, Maple also used Uncle Nine's power to teach Voldemort a lesson when he took the Philosopher's Stone.In addition, Voldemort believed that even the addition of Harry's name would arouse Dumbledore's vigilance, and there was no harm in adding one more name, so Voldemort, who was no less vengeful than Claire, agreed to Claire's request.

Although he didn't know this, Maple could also tell that since Moody had put both of their names in, if he wanted to delete either Harry or Hermione, Moody would probably not agree to it.

After all, he is still a minor, and his right to speak cannot be compared with Moody's.Although Moody was rejected by many people in the Ministry of Magic and was hated by others, they felt not only hatred and disgust but also fear towards Moody.If Moody insists forcefully, no one present except Dumbledore and Barty Crouch can stop him.

Although Barty Crouch is not as bottomless as Moody in insisting that Harry and Hermione participate in the competition, he will not vote against it.

As for Dumbledore, he was such a saint that Karkaroff dared to yell at him.

"I have a proposal." Maple said at this time.

"Children, stop yelling here!" Karkaroff said angrily. He was unhappy but did not dare to attack Moody, so he took out his anger on Maple.

"Mr. Karkaroff, if I were you, I would keep my mouth shut. Hogwarts already has two more names than you, and my current proposal will definitely be beneficial to you." Karkaroff seemed to It felt like someone had choked her throat, and her face suddenly turned purple.If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Madame Maxime would have laughed.

"Keep talking, I want to see what you have to say?" Karkaroff was slapped hard by Maple, his face was very ugly, and he said bitterly.

"The three warriors in Hogwarts are more than the warriors in Beauxbatons and Durmstrang combined. This is too unfair to them." Karkaroff snorted, but Maple ignored it and continued: " As the host, we cannot let you suffer without doing anything. My suggestion is to use the extra Harry and Hermione as substitute warriors, and you can also choose two more substitute warriors as substitutes."

"This is against the rules." Mr. Crouch said before Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff could agree.

"Yes, it is indeed against the rules. But as Professor Moody said, it is obvious that someone was obstructing this matter. Otherwise, without the intervention of the wizard, the Goblet of Fire would only select three warriors. Perhaps it is as the conspiracy theory says. Hogwarts wants to win, maybe as Professor Moody said, it is the remnants of some evil forces who want to take revenge on Harry. Even the names of Harry and Hermione are still done by two different people.

But since some unscrupulous people have ruined the game without Professor Dumbledore and everyone else paying attention, then we can make appropriate adjustments. "Maple said, Moody and Crouch were unmoved, and Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff did not speak rashly. It seemed like they were going back to before.

Although Maple's current performance surprised all of them, it did not mean that they took Maple's words seriously.Maple's age is his biggest flaw.

But Maple also has an unexpected killer move——

"Professor Dumbledore, all the referees in charge of the Triwizard Tournament are here now."

"Of course, you mean-" Dumbledore quickly guessed Maple's thoughts and cooperated.

"Since you are all responsible for the decisions of the Triwizard Tournament, then this matter also belongs to the Triwizard Tournament. Why not let everyone vote on it too!"

Barty Crouch looked at Maple steadily, and Maple looked at him without any sign of weakness.Everyone around him fell silent, waiting for Mr. Crouch's decision.

"Okay, let's vote!" Mr. Crouch agreed.

Moody gave Maple a strange look. At this moment, he seemed to regard Maple as an opponent worthy of taking seriously, but that was all.Moody was not a referee and had no right to vote, but even if he was a member of the referees, Moody had no intention of objecting. He just wanted to ensure that Harry and Hermione would not be deleted from the list of participants.

Not surprisingly, the vote passed.Madame Maxime, Karkaroff and Professor Dumbledore all raised their hands, and even Ludo Bagman thought it was more interesting and voted in favor.

Both Madame Maxime and Karkaroff smiled with satisfaction.

The trick of letting the referee vote was a stroke of genius, and it actually allowed him to complete it.

Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, and Fleur Delacour couldn't help but glance at Maple. They all thought they couldn't do it for Maple who was chatting in front of several bosses. arrive.Krum was still so gloomy, Cedric felt a little ashamed, and Fleur Delacour had a strange look in his eyes.

"Dumbledore, the suggestions put forward by your students are much better than your doing nothing. I think it's time for you to step down and give way to others." After finishing, Karkaroff did not forget to sarcastically say.

"Your proposal is good. After he graduates, I will seriously consider the candidate you propose." Dumbledore replied politely.Karkaroff was choked. He didn't expect that his ridicule would help the little bastard, and he began to feel depressed again.

"I have another suggestion. If all nine people participate in the last event, there will be too many people." Maple finally revealed his trump card, "Since six people are substitutes, then the scores before the last event have not exceeded the school's If they are warriors, they will not be able to participate in the last event. Instead, substitutes will be substituted for the warriors to participate in the last event. This can not only ensure that the best talents from each school participate in the last event, but also provide incentives to the three warriors. But don’t Replaced by his own replacement.”

"The most dangerous part of the Triwizard Tournament is also the last one. Eliminating those with insufficient abilities ensures the ability of the remaining warriors to protect themselves. At the same time, it also brings the final game back to normal, allowing the person who intends to sabotage the normal holding of the Triwizard Tournament to This guy’s conspiracy must not succeed.”

"Why don't we vote again." Dumbledore's eyes lit up and he spoke immediately before anyone could object.

Moody naturally wanted to stop it, but after a round of voting, it was too late for him to change.Not stopping the referees from voting in the first round was tantamount to acknowledging the authority of the voting. He, who was not a referee, had no reason to intervene at this moment.

Moody felt frustrated. He had been tricked by an underage wizard.He looked hard at Maple. When Maple was talking, he thought he had overestimated Maple's ability as much as possible, but now he realized that he still underestimated Maple.You can no longer treat him as an underage student, but you should treat him as an adult and treat him on the same footing as yourself.

Moody thought to himself that this matter must be reported to the master immediately.

"good."

Naturally, this vote passed without any surprise, but what was unexpected was that it passed unanimously, and even Barty Crouch cast a vote.

It seems that although Barty Crouch was hit by the Imperius Curse, Voldemort has not yet regained full strength, so he is still unable to completely control Barty Crouch.

Everyone seems happy except for undercover Moody.

"Okay, let's continue, or should we wait until all the warriors are ready before doing warrior coaching?" Bagman said.

"Let's do it now. Madam Maxim and Karkaroff can explain the warrior precautions to their substitute warriors."

"Barty, it's up to you to speak." Ludo Bagman said.

"Okay," Barty Crouch said, looking exhausted. "Director, yes—the first project—"

He took a few steps forward and walked into the light of the fire.Barty Crouch didn't seem to be awake, and his face looked very haggard.There are two deep shadows under the eyes, and the wrinkled skin is as white and transparent as paper, completely different from the Quidditch World Cup.