Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 277 Harley, your clothes are not good. Doesn’t this plunging dress look good?

In mid-October, a notice was suddenly posted on the school bulletin board:

"Six Strong Tournament"

"Representatives from Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Castello Busch, the House of Magic and Ilvermorny will arrive at six o'clock in the evening on Friday, October 30."

"The afternoon classes will end half an hour early. At that time, students are asked to return all non-essential items they carry to their dormitories, dress neatly, and gather in the open space in front of the castle to greet our guests and then attend the welcome banquet."

As soon as this announcement came out, it immediately caused a noise in the school and brought a lot of fun to the students.

Originally, the Six-wizard Tournament had not aroused much discussion in the school, but after this notice appeared, everyone began to continue talking about this topic.

Who will become the champion of Hogwarts, what competitions will appear in the Six Wizards Tournament, and how are students from other schools different from Hogwarts...

These are the objects of heated discussion among students.

As the discussion continued, the students' conversation began to turn to the ever-present topic of which of the six magic schools was the strongest.

Most students firmly believe that Hogwarts is the best wizarding school in the world.

is not that right? After all, the professors at Hogwarts advertise this every year!

Moreover, he is so good, but only Hogwarts sent him an admission letter and discovered his talent. So Hogwarts is not necessarily the best!

But whenever she hears this argument, Harley always chooses to speed up.

If others don't know the truth, how can she not know it?

Hogwarts is ranked sixth in the International Federation of Wizards, barely ranked in the middle among the eleven magic schools.

This cannot be blamed on others. For example, the Kodosdorez Magic School located on the West Siberian Plain is weak in transformation and strong in combat magic;

The Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures classes taught by Castro were outstanding, but the level of the Charms class was not very good;

Beauxbatons is extremely good at alchemy because of his wealth, but his level of training in the field of combat is average...

It can be said that among the eleven existing schools, ten schools have their own strengths and weaknesses.

If only Hogwarts were different, it would be in a league of its own, and Defense Against the Dark Arts would not only be flawed, but the flaws would be outrageous.

After all, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts is a disposable consumable and must be replaced every year.

Everyone else was lame, but Hogwarts simply had a broken leg. How can you compete with others?

Now Hogwarts is ranked sixth, all thanks to the excellent teaching ability of Hogwarts's four deans, who have raised the average score through high scores in other required courses.

In addition, Professor Dumbledore is the president of the International Federation of Wizards, and this ranking is released by the International Federation of Wizards. Everyone should give the president's school a little bit of face.

Otherwise, Hogwarts' ranking... may have to drop even further.

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The imminent arrival of five other wizarding schools at Hogwarts has had many consequences for the castle.

The most obvious one is that the Hogwarts castle suddenly... looks brand new.

The peeling wallpaper in the dormitory was replaced with new ones, the worn tiles on the floor were made as good as ever, all the graffiti on the walls disappeared completely, and a new layer of lime gray was painted on.

The dusty portraits in the corridor were scrubbed clean, and even the backs of the portraits were tidied up.

However, this made the portraits a little dissatisfied. It seemed that they were scrubbed too hard and some of the color on their faces was wiped off.

This caused the portraits to grimace in pain when they touched the newly exposed pink flesh.

In the corridors of the castle, all kinds of ancient and worn-out armors have become shiny, and new lubricants have been poured on the joints so that they no longer make creaking sounds when moving.

Harry could notice Filch doing general cleaning every day, and he also had to do part-time decoration tasks. In short, he mainly focused on all-around.

This also makes Filch's nerves extremely sensitive. Once a student soils the floor, he will get angry and even scare two first-year girls into hysteria.

And Filch also made suggestions to the capable Vice Principal McGonagall.

He suggested that the school should uniformly require students that there should be no garbage in the trash cans in the corners, no quilts and clothes on the beds in the dormitories, and no textbooks and quills on the classroom tables.

Many young wizards complained, why didn't he just stipulate that no one was allowed to stand on the ground! (The resentment towards sleeping in is damned!)

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall rejected this inhumane suggestion, which made Filch mutter for several days.

The ghosts also held an emergency meeting, and Bloody Balor came forward to warn Peeves, prohibiting it from causing trouble during the Six Wizards Tournament.

In exchange, of course, Peeves is allowed to attend the back-to-school dinner next year.

The ghosts actually don't want this, after all, Peeves has been banned from attending the back-to-school dinner.

But on the first day of school this year, Peeves made a big fuss in the kitchen. Although there were many dishes that day, the quantity was seriously insufficient.

The house elves had to work crazy overtime just to barely serve the back-to-school dinner that day.

So if we don't give in now, should we wait until other schools arrive and see Peeves' destructive power before we give in?

The faculty and staff also became increasingly nervous, and Professor McGonagall roared directly during class:

"Mr. Longbottom, I beg you, please do not expose yourself in front of Durmstrang's guests and let them see that you do not even master a simple transformation spell!"

While roaring, Professor McGonagall changed Neville's ears grafted onto the cactus back.

In addition to disciplining students in class, professors also decided to focus on problem students.

The prankster duo - the Weasley twins, Seamus the explosive genius, Neville the cauldron melter...

Professor McGonagall suddenly felt a little superior, why are they all Gryffindor talents!

Wouldn’t it be nice to have more cute students like Harry who are obedient, well-behaved and have excellent grades?

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In this way, time quickly came to October 30th.

That morning, when the students went downstairs to have breakfast, they found that the auditorium had been decorated overnight.

Four large silk banners hung on the wall, each one representing a house at Hogwarts.

But Harry always felt a little awkward. Why was Slytherin's python silver? Witch Online expressed doubts!

Early in the morning, as soon as Harry sat down, the Weasley twins came over.

Fred said mysteriously: "Harry, are you sure you are ready to sign up for the Six Wizards Tournament?"

"Of course." Hallie spread strawberry jam on her slice of bread, "What reason do I have not to participate?"

"Tsk." George smacked his tongue vigorously, "Okay, Fred, you see, I told you that Harley would never give up."

"So what?" Fred asked,

"Everyone has long guessed that Harley will participate in the Six Wizards Tournament and has a high probability of becoming a warrior."

"But this doesn't stop us from trying again! Cedric is ready to sign up, are you still ready to give up?"

"Oh? What are the two Mr. Weasleys going to do?" A somewhat familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"Of course I want to find a way to sign up for the Six-wizard Tournament." Fred answered directly without thinking,

"We both believe in our own strength very much. And George, don't poke me in the waist..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw his brother's strange expression.

Wait, Fred suddenly realized that the voice he just remembered from behind... why is it so familiar?

Immediately afterwards, Fred turned his head and saw Professor McGonagall behind him!

Fred subconsciously wanted to lean back, but the chair was unstable and he fell directly to the ground.

Good brother George laughed out loud when he saw this scene, but he quickly covered his mouth and pulled Fred up.

Professor McGonagall glared at the pair, then turned to look at Harry:

"Harry, come to my office after dinner. Hermione, come too."

Harry and Hermione glanced at each other, not knowing what happened, but they quickly finished their breakfast.

After arriving at the office in McGonagall's classroom, Professor McGonagall was already sitting behind her desk.

"Sit down, relax, just think of it as a chat."

With that said, Professor McGonagall came out from behind the table and handed each of Harry and Hermione a bag with the Traceless Stretch Charm cast on it:

"Harry, Hermione, these are the clothes and jewelry that Sirius customized for you."

"He said these things were of relatively high value, so he specially sent them over in person and asked me to hand them over."

A rich smile appeared on Professor McGonagall's face, and she rubbed Harry's hair:

"Of course, Sirius has given me more than that."

"He also sent me a set of photos of Harley's outfits and asked me to help you choose them when you need to wear them."

"After all, he personally feels that there seems to be something wrong with your taste."

"I gave you some advice by the way. I think these clothes are good."

"It just so happens that when we welcome the guests tonight, each college will send someone to stand at the front of the line."

"How about you think about it? As the representative of Gryffindor, I will help you choose a suit of clothes to wear when the time comes. I think everything else is good except that suit."

Harley's face turned red instantly and she whispered:

"This...this is not good, Professor McGonagall."

"I don't mind standing at the front of the line and representing Gryffindor House, but I really think the suit looks pretty good too."

"What kind of suit are you wearing?" Professor McGonagall glared, "Don't those skirts look good?"

"Although your dean is old and can't keep up with the trends of the times, at least he can tell which outfit looks better!"

Harry didn't dare to look up after being told by the dean, and quietly turned to look at Hermione for help.

But Hermione just tilted her head and smiled, not paying any attention to her best friend.

Finally, under the shock of Professor McGonagall, Harry "reluctantly" chose the neutral black dress robe.

As for the other two skirts, the long skirt of the same style as Hermione's and the black deep V dress, Harry firmly refused.

It's too shameful to wear that kind of clothes now, at least I have to wait until the dance!

On this day, the students did not have much thought in class, which made the professors very angry, but they did not have the heart to confine the distracted students.

When the bell rang early, everyone quickly rushed back to the tower, and then came to the open space in front of Hogwarts Castle.

The deans and prefects of each college were directing the students to line up.

It can be seen that everyone dressed up carefully and chose their favorite clothes.

However, there was a little commotion on the Ravenclaw side. Harry looked up and saw Luna wearing a robe full of sequins, and the sequins were emitting colorful light.

Well, good, that's very Luna.

The Hufflepuffs are led by their prefect and widely recognized as the best Hufflepuff, Cedric Diggory.

Ravenclaw was led by their Quidditch captain, Roger Davis.

Malfoy stood at the front of Slytherin. After all, their family was the noblest in Slytherin in terms of bloodline, which fit their selection criteria very well.

Harry was wearing that gorgeous black dress robe, with white silk gloves on his hands, exuding an elegant atmosphere.

Everyone is very excited and looking forward to the arrival of people from other colleges.

But they soon became less excited. After all, in order to look good, almost everyone chose skimpy clothing.

But if you avoid bloat, you can't avoid the cold.

It's late October and the evenings are starting to get colder in England.

Especially when the sun gradually set and night slowly fell, Harry vaguely heard the sound of chattering teeth and complaints from the crowd:

"Why aren't people from other schools coming? I'm freezing to death!"

Professor McGonagall turned her head instantly and gave Ron a death stare.

Ron trembled with fright and quickly stood up straight, not daring to whisper to Seamus anymore.

"Ah!" Dumbledore, who was standing at the front, suddenly shouted,

"If I'm not mistaken, Beauxbatons' representatives are already here!"

Before the students took the initiative to look for it, a huge thing appeared on the horizon.

The pink-blue carriage that seemed familiar to Harry flew towards Hogwarts, led by twelve rune horses.

The carriage had obviously been carefully decorated. The oak wood on it was polished and shiny, and the metal edges that were already about to fade were resprayed with gold paint.

As if to echo Halloween, several jack-o-lanterns were hung on the edge of the carriage, which were also encrusted with gems.

In short, this carriage reveals one word from the inside out:

富！

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