Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 278 The murderer is myself?

In the blink of an eye, the rune horse landed smoothly.

Those golden, elephant-sized horses shook their huge heads and the silver mantles on their backs, and their fiery red eyes rolled around, and they soon noticed Harley.

Several horses snorted in a friendly manner, and one of them even neighed, which startled the little wizards around.

Harry remembered that when Fleur took her to visit the horse pen of the Talisman Horse, she personally fed these delicate young masters and ladies several barrels of fine malt whiskey.

I didn't expect their memory to be so good, and they recognized Harley so quickly.

The carriage also hit the ground heavily along with the rune horse, splashing large amounts of dust.

After the car came to a complete stop, the door with the image of "two golden crossed wands, with three stars emerging from each wand" opened.

A boy in a light blue robe jumped down, bent slightly, and opened a golden spiral staircase from the floor of the carriage.

Then he took a step back respectfully, lowered his head slightly, and waited for the other people in the carriage to appear.

Many students gasped when the shiny black high heel stuck out of the carriage.

What big shoes! Is this the shoe size a normal person should have? I'm afraid only giants need shoes of this size!

Ms. Maxim led the Beauxbatons students out of the carriage gracefully and stood in the open space.

She was still wearing the same many exquisite decorations as the last time she met Harry, but this time she changed into a black satin dress.

Professor Dumbledore first led the students in applauding, and then kissed Ms. Maxim's hand without bending down.

"Dear Ms. Maxim, welcome to Hogwarts!"

"Professor Dumbledore," Ms. Maxime said slowly in a deep voice, "I hope everything is well with you."

"Very well, thank you." Professor Dumbledore responded.

"These are the students I brought with me. I will take care of your school during this year." Ms. Maxim waved her hand, revealing the dozen students behind her.

Among them was a tall witch with a turban on her head, holding a little girl of about eight or nine years old who was also wearing a turban, and was looking around.

After seeing Harry, Fleur blinked her exposed blue eyes in a friendly manner.

Harry stood behind Professor McGonagall and did not move, only showing a smile in response.

After all, she now represents the face of Gryffindor, and she cannot make any big moves in such a serious occasion.

However, Ms. Maxim quickly helped Harley solve the problem.

After she and Professor Dumbledore murmured for a while, the principal called Harry over.

This caused the little wizards around to whisper again. Unexpectedly, Harry actually knew the principals of other magic schools.

Is this the connections and influence of a genius?

Harley walked forward quickly, bent her legs slightly, and lifted the sides of her robe slightly: "Good evening, Ms. Maxim."

"Good evening, Hallie." Ms. Maxim nodded, "Long time no see. I haven't asked you to thank you yet."

"Eh~" Harley tilted her head slightly and looked at Ms. Maxim in confusion.

"It was the riot in the last Quidditch World Cup final." Ms. Maxim explained softly,

"That group of thugs almost affected the Beauxbatons students, and almost injured Fleur and Gabrielle."

"Thankfully you stopped them. So I want to thank you."

"This is what I should do, madam." Harley's face was full of humility, "It's just a little effort."

"Hey, you are such a great kid, why aren't you from Beauxbatons?"

Ms. Maxim sighed and started poaching in front of Professor Dumbledore.

"Nico likes you so much, and there are many Beauxbatons students who admire your appearance that night."

"If you come to Beauxbatons, I can definitely guarantee that you will become the principal after graduation."

"Ms. Maxim, it's not a good idea to poach someone in front of me." Professor Dumbledore interrupted her with a smile.

"Even if Harry wants to be the principal, he will still be the principal of Hogwarts. I'm an old man and I'm already ready to retire."

"You are really boring, Dumbledore." Ms. Maxim complained casually, while looking around,

"Are the other magic schools not here yet?"

"They will come at any time." Professor Dumbledore smiled slightly.

"Would you rather wait here to greet them, or would you rather go in first and warm up?"

"Then let's warm up first."

Ms. Maxim wanted to say something else, but suddenly several thunders sounded in the sky, and the strong wind began to howl.

Several huge white eagles rode the wind and drove electricity towards Hogwarts.

The frequency of their wings beating is unusually uniform, and their flight directions and formations are also exactly the same.

It is a magical animal unique to North America, the thunderbird.

There is a hut looming in the middle of these thunderbirds. There is no rope connected between the hut and the thunderbirds, but it moves forward quickly under the tug of the thunderbirds.

"Lady Maxime, I believe our friends from Ilvermorny have arrived."

Professor Dumbledore looked at the Thunderbird approaching and said softly,

"I'm afraid I need to ask the Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts to temporarily remove the rune horse to make room for the guests in Ilvermorny."

"Of course, I hope your professor can take care of it...well, I think he can do it, at least he won't get hurt."

Ms. Maxim saw Hagrid walking up to lead the horse and couldn't help but nodded.

However, Hagrid's performance is not particularly good now. He always sneaks in to see Ms. Maxim unconsciously.

Fortunately, Professor Dumbledore was here, otherwise he would have gone up to have a chat with Ms. Maxim.

"I forgot to remind you, Beauxbatons' rune horses only drink single malt whiskey!" Ms. Maxim suddenly reminded.

"Oh, okay!" Hagrid replied loudly and subconsciously, and was going to go to the Pig's Head Bar immediately to buy dozens of barrels of the purest alcohol.

What? The vice principal hasn't approved the money yet? Are you kidding? Hagrid, the invisible rich man at Hogwarts, really has no money!

Isn’t it just out of pocket? purchase!

The Thunderbirds were about to land, and there was another school arriving at the same time as them.

A clearing by the black lake of Hogwarts suddenly bloomed with green light.

Countless seeds quickly took root, sprouted, sprouted branches and leaves, and turned into trees.

The trees formed a perfect circle, leaving an open space in the middle.

There is a seed that shines like an emerald in the clearing.

When other trees had finished growing, the "emerald" bloomed, but instead of turning into a tree, it quickly formed a giant pink flower in bud.

The flowers shone with light and slowly bloomed, revealing a group of wizards wearing robes with the emblem of the Castrobushe school.

This novel way of appearing made the students exclaim in surprise. After all, the way Beauxbatons and Ilvermorny arrived in the sky before they landed were at least understandable to everyone.

But Castrobushe’s method... I’ve never seen it before, I really haven’t seen it before!

Ilvermorny's Thunderbirds quickly landed, and the hut hit the ground as hard as the previous carriage.

"Welcome, welcome!" Professor Dumbledore strode forward to greet him, while Ms. Maxime followed closely behind.

"Good evening, Dumbledore." Joseph Oliveira, the principal of Castrobusher, took the lead to walk out of the newly formed woods.

"Thank you for planting the seeds in advance, otherwise we wouldn't be able to arrive so smoothly."

"Easy to do." Professor Dumbledore nodded and looked at the middle-aged wizard who had just appeared on the other side.

"Agilburne, was the journey going well?"

"Of course." Ilvermorny's principal, Egilbourne Fontana, waved his hand gently, and the breeze dispersed the dust around him.

"Long time no see, Dumbledore."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers casually.

The thunderbirds nodded at Principal Fontana, quickly flapped their wings and took off, disappearing into the clouds.

Looking at the inquiring looks of several principals around him, Principal Fontana smiled politely:

"Thunderbirds are proud, and Ilvermorny only has an equal contractual relationship with these powerful magical animals."

"We can ask Thunderbird to help, but we must pay corresponding compensation."

"Now that they have completed their contract, they are returning to the Thunderbird Sanctuary in North America."

"A very harmonious relationship." Professor Dumbledore took up the topic, so as not to let the place become silent.

"I was just discussing with Ms. Maxim about when you would arrive."

"Would you like to go in and warm up first? The magic house and Durmstrang's friends haven't arrived yet..."

Before Professor Dumbledore finished speaking, a very strange voice suddenly floated from the darkness.

The sound was a suppressed rumbling and sucking sound, like a giant vacuum cleaner moving along the river bed.

The calm water surface of the black lake suddenly became rough, and huge waves rolled up on the water surface, and the waves slapped on the wet lake shore.

Then, a large whirlpool appeared in the center of the lake, with a slender pole sticking out, followed by sails and rigging...

An ancient sailboat that looks like a skeleton is emerging from the black lake!

But an accident happened. When the boat had just completely emerged from the water, a huge gourd suddenly rushed over from the river upstream of the Black Lake.

The gourd slammed into the sailboat and made a loud bang.

So as the wizards from the four schools were stunned, the sailboat tipped to the side, and the gourd flew out in the opposite direction.

It’s broken, there was an accident!

Professor Dumbledore reacted quickly, instantly pulled out his wand and struck it hard.

A large number of iron ropes suddenly stretched out in mid-air, and instantly tied the mast of the sailboat and some handrails on the boat, and pulled them back with force.

At the same time, an invisible giant hand seemed to appear on the surface of the black lake, holding the hull from the other side and pushing the boat back bit by bit.

Principal Fontana of Ilvermorny also drew out his wand and unleashed the power of the wind, trying to stop the gourd that was crashing towards his hut.

Principal Oliveira of Castrobusche naturally couldn't sit idly by, after all, his camp was also nearby.

The branches of the trees on the shore suddenly grew and spread rapidly, forming a wall of trees to protect the shore of the Black Lake.

At the same time, countless thick branches were tied towards the gourd, trying to stop it.

Ms. Maxim also symbolically pulled out her rolling pin-like magic wand, turning the lake water into walls to block the gourd.

At the same time, it can be seen that there are also magical forces at work on the boat and gourd, trying to stabilize both.

In the end, the sailboat did not tip over with the help of Professor Dumbledore's magic, and the gourd was intercepted by the other three principals.

A middle-aged man wearing a bright silver fur cloak suddenly walked out of the cabin of the sailboat angrily:

"Who is it! Who is attacking us, attacking Durmstrang Magic School!"

"You are an enemy of the entire Durmstrang, and you are also an enemy of most of the Nordic magic world!"

Behind them, a group of young wizards wearing black fur cloaks also poured out of the cabin, holding wands in their hands and looking around hatefully.

"Professor Karkaroff, it was the gourd that hit you."

Professor Dumbledore pointed to the yellow gourd that looked like a house parked on the shore.

"It seems... there are people from the magic house."

The stopper of the gourd opened, and a group of wizards wearing robes that blended Japanese kimono style jumped out.

The leading wizard also looked angry and confused: "Who attacked us with thunder and lightning? Who is it!"

"If it weren't for those inexplicable thunder and lightning, there would be no problem with our imitation Shuten Doji's gourd!"

Principal Fontana's expression suddenly turned a little ugly. After all, it was a rare sunny day in the area around Hogwarts tonight.

If there is thunder and lightning...it seems...it seems to be the thunderbird of Ilvermorny?

Maybe they saw a giant gourd floating in the water and were curious, so they threw a few thunderbolts with their claws?

The murderer is myself?

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After Professor Dumbledore's detailed explanation and mediation, Principal Fontana finally apologized to Karkaroff and the principal of the Magic Institute, Kamo Michitsu, and promised to bear the repair costs of both parties, which finally turned things around.

The little wizards felt very lucky to finally be able to go back to the warm halls of Hogwarts to enjoy dinner!

After such a big series of things happened before, it was already an hour before it was time for dinner.

It is no exaggeration to say that the little wizards are starving!

Even if Krum was discovered on the way back to the castle, it didn't improve everyone's interest much.

Only a few enthusiastic fans gathered around, trying to get Klum to sign his name on his clothes with lipstick.

After all, if you don’t have enough to eat, who has the energy to watch the international Quidditch superstar?

You can chase the stars at any time. If you miss this meal, you will really die!

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(Thanks to the two big guys "Nine-tailed Yanhu" and "Budenglou" for the reward!)