A friendly day at Hogwarts

Umbridge returned to her seat and sat down. Dumbledore took the lead and began to applaud, and the other professors also clapped perfunctorily with him.

Glenn was still looking in the direction of the Gryffindor table, but strangely, he couldn't see Morgana.

There were only a handful of students applauding, and most of them began to zone out before listening to a few sentences. At this moment, they didn't even realize that the speech had ended.

Dumbledore bowed slightly towards her and said, "Thank you very much, Ms. Umbridge, your speech was very enlightening."

He didn't refer to him as professor, because Umbridge was just a so-called senior inquisitor, not a real Hogwarts professor.

"Why do I feel that this senior investigator is so weird, as if there is something behind his words." Qiu frowned and said to Glenn.

Glenn nodded and whispered: "If I guess correctly, this woman was sent by Fudge to monitor Dumbledore and try to control Hogwarts."

Not only Glenn and Autumn, but there were whispers from the long tables in every house, all of which seemed to be discussing the airborne Ms. Umbridge.

Dumbledore seemed not to have heard anything and continued to talk about the Triwizard Tournament.

This topic is obviously much more attractive than "Senior Investigator".

"The Triwizard Tournament - founded about 700 years ago, is a friendly competition between the three largest wizarding schools in Europe. The three schools are: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang .”

Dumbledore explained with a smile.

"Each school selects a warrior to compete in three magic events. This event is held every five years, and the three schools take turns hosting it. Everyone agrees that this is an excellent opportunity for young wizards from different countries to establish friendship. A good way - but then, too many people died, and the Triwizard Tournament was interrupted."

At this point, Glenn was keenly aware that Dumbledore seemed to be glancing in his direction, and he suddenly felt something bad.

"death toll?!"

At the same time, Muggle-born students expressed shock.Of course, more people don't care about this and are looking forward to hearing more details about the Triwizard Tournament.

"Over the centuries, people have tried many times to restore the Tournament, but unfortunately, they all ended in failure." Dumbledore continued, "With the efforts of the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts, we have done a lot of work this summer. , to ensure that every warrior will not encounter life danger."

Hearing what he said, some of the little wizards who were originally worried about danger also became energetic and looked eager to try.

"In October, the Headmasters of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will bring their handpicked contenders, and the selection of the warriors will take place on Hallowe'en. An impartial referee will decide which students are best qualified to participate Compete for the Tri-Strong Cup, win honors for your school, and personally get a bonus of [-] Galleons."

Most people were excited, as if they would be selected by the "referee" to compete, especially Fred and George who shouted loudest.

"In fact..." Dumbledore spoke again, and the auditorium became quiet again, "In the original plan, we considered setting an age limit for registered contestants, that is, prohibiting minors under the age of 17. Students participating——"

The twins raised their eyebrows and were about to protest loudly.

Before they could speak, Dumbledore continued: "However, under the advice of your former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, we considered it comprehensively and finally decided to relax this restriction. ..”

As he spoke, he cast his eyes in Glenn's direction again, and even winked quietly.

"It was arranged again..." Glenn was speechless for a while, but also a little angry.

Although there is nothing wrong with the choice of letting yourself compete, the feeling of being calculated is still a bit unpleasant.

Dumbledore said a few more words about being warm and friendly to the guests, and then announced the end of the banquet.

"Okay, freshmen—come and gather here..."

Glenn stood up helplessly, and together with Qiu, he led the way for the new students.

Seeing Glenn personally leading them the way, these immature little wizards even forgot about their shyness and gathered around them enthusiastically.

Qiu suppressed her smile and led them patiently towards Ravenclaw, not forgetting to patiently introduce them to the shortcuts and stairs along the way.

"By the way, have you seen Morgana today?"

After finally finishing the prefect's accusation, Qiu asked, leaning lazily on the sofa in the common room.

Glenn shook his head: "No, maybe something delayed me on the road, and she hasn't replied to me yet. I plan to write her another letter tomorrow to ask."

"That's all we can do." Qiu sighed, "By the way, regarding the Triwizard Tournament... you should sign up to participate, right?"

"He will definitely participate!" Eddie came up and said, "Dumbledore said that the age limit in the original plan was removed. Isn't this obviously to provide convenience for Glenn?"

Marietta also echoed: "Compared to ordinary students, Glenn has personally captured dark wizards. He will definitely be able to defeat them easily!"

"Stop flattering me..." Glenn said helplessly, "To be honest, I don't really want to sign up..."

"Why?" Marcos asked.

Glenn explained casually: "There are too many reasons, such as this year's Ls..."

Several people looked at his serious look and all rolled their eyes.

...

Early the next morning, the storm finally subsided, but the magic ceiling of the auditorium was still gloomy.

During the delivery time, a group of owls lined up to enter the auditorium window.One of them circled in a circle and dropped the Daily Prophet in its talon into Glenn's lap.

Glenn put down his cup and unfolded the front page headline——

"The World Cup crisis, the Minister of Magic personally responded. 》

The accompanying picture is a frontal photo of Fudge standing on the podium and speaking. His expression is impassioned and seems to be very contagious.

Fudge has been silent for a long time since Barty Crouch was sentenced to receive the Dementor's Kiss. ​​This is the first time he has officially spoken in public.

"After the Quidditch World Cup finals held recently, Barty Crouch took advantage of his position to use the Imperius Curse to control many innocent wizards to attack the camp and summon the Dark Mark, causing intense panic among the people..."

"After careful investigation by the Ministry of Magic, we have learned the full circumstances of this incident - in fact, Barty Crouch's true identity is a loyal follower of a mysterious man hidden in the upper echelons of the Ministry of Magic..."

When he saw this, Glenn couldn't help pinching his eyebrows and felt speechless.

Although Crouch is an unpleasant person, he is a hardliner who firmly opposes Voldemort and even sent his son to Azkaban with his own hands.

Fudge's smear campaign is really too vicious...