Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 279 Believe it or not, I performed the craftsmanship on the spot (please vote)

After entering the auditorium, Durmstrang and the students from the Institute of Magic sat at the Slytherin table, which was the least crowded place after all.

Ilvermorny and the Ravenclaws sat together, while Castrobusher went to the Hufflepuff table.

The Beauxbatons wizards came to Gryffindor's side without hesitation, after all, Harry was Gryffindor.

As Ms. Maxim said before, Harley is really famous in Beauxbatons now.

When that group of thugs were closest to Beauxbatons' carriage, they were only five or six tents away.

Ms. Maxim took the group of little wizards to evacuate the scene, but saw the Blizzard cast by Harley from a distance.

That kind of heroic appearance... Anyway, the boys at Beauxbatons are all planning and discussing, and fantasize about inviting Harley to be their dance partner at the dance between the Triwizard Tournament and dancing together.

Although they are probably just wishful thinking.

As soon as Hermione and Harry took their seats, Fleur and Gabrielle occupied the seat on the other side of Harry.

"Long time no see, Harley. Did you miss me?"

"Of course." Harry gave Fleur a hug and hugged Gabrielle.

The little girl was looking at the Hogwarts auditorium curiously. She said "Hello, Sister Harley" in a perfunctory way, and continued to admire the banners on the wall.

Harry didn't care too much, but Fleur was unhappy.

She grabbed Gabrielle's ears and asked her to turn her head and say hello seriously before letting her sister go.

When Madame Maxime came in, Fleur carried Gabrielle's robe, which was still looking around, and asked the restless little girl to stand up.

"This is Beauxbatons' traditional custom. When the principal enters the auditorium, everyone must stand up. Students can only sit down after the principal sits down."

Gabrielle explained to Harry in a low voice, but Fleur gave her a sharp look.

"Oh, no! I forgot that my sister said that talking is forbidden during this period!"

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After almost everyone in sight was seated, Professor Dumbledore stood up.

The auditorium quickly fell silent, and only Professor Dumbledore's voice filled every corner of the auditorium:

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts! And - distinguished guests from afar!"

Dumbledore looked at the foreign students with a smile.

"It is with great joy that I welcome you all to Hogwarts."

"At the same time, I also sincerely wish you all the best. I hope you can enjoy the comfort and pleasure of home in Hogwarts."

"The Six-wizard Tournament will officially begin at the end of the banquet. Now let's enjoy a sumptuous dinner first."

"Without further ado, let's have dinner!"

After Professor Dumbledore sat down, the plates in the auditorium were instantly filled with sumptuous dishes.

Signature dishes from various countries appeared one after another, dazzling the students.

Brazilian barbecue, black bean rice, clam chowder, French fish soup, baked snails with garlic, raw fish sashimi, three kinds of salmon, fried lamb chops with a charred aroma, looking up at the stars...etc., something seems to have been mixed in. weird stuff?

The house elves probably tried their best to satisfy their foreign friends.

However, it seemed that dark dishes such as looking up at the stars were inappropriate, so a girl from a certain magic place frowned.

Is this how fish eat? What a waste of fish!

Fleur took off her turban, and helped the restless Gabrielle take off her turban as well.

In an instant, the surrounding space became completely quiet.

All the male students on the Gryffindor table stopped what they were doing and looked at Fleur in a daze.

But Fleur took it for granted and continued chatting with Harry and Hermione.

After studying hard throughout the third grade, Hermione could also insert herself into the conversation between two people in French.

"Your students are really charming." At the teacher's desk, Professor Dumbledore noticed this scene and chatted with Ms. Maxim with a smile.

"It's just a little talent, it's nothing."

Ms. Maxim’s voice was calm, but the smile on her lips could not be concealed at all.

"It's Harry from Hogwarts, she is really talented. That snowstorm... I have to say, she was really skilled in controlling the weather spell."

Professor Dumbledore smiled proudly and said nothing, but drank half a glass of mead in one go.

The principals of other magic schools also read the recent British "Daily Prophet", thinking that they could collect some useful information, and then they saw Harley's record.

So they knew something about Harley, and now they could join in the chat.

Only Karkaroff remained silent in his seat, just sipping rum.

I don’t know if Professor Dumbledore did it on purpose or accidentally.

Anyway, there is an open seat on Karkaroff's left, and on his right sits Alastor Moody, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.

Although he didn't look up, Karkaroff felt that Moody's magic eye had been staring at him, scanning every inch of his skin.

This old guy, when he was still a Death Eater, he was the one who personally arrested him and put him on trial for Crouch.

Fortunately, I was clever and betrayed many of my teammates, so I escaped.

As a result, the seats are arranged like this now. Is it because I deliberately messed with my own mentality?

Karkaroff cursed secretly in his seat, but did not dare to do anything unusual, and even had to put a smile on his face.

The side door of the auditorium suddenly opened, and Filch guided two officials from the British Ministry of Magic in.

They are Ludo Bagman and Barty Crouch.

However, the mental state of these two people seems to be very average. Crouch is as thin as an old bone, and wrinkles have appeared on his face; although Ludo still looks so fat, there is a trace of irritability in his eyes.

As if he had expected this, Professor Dumbledore stood up and welcomed the two Ministry of Magic officials to their seats.

When he first saw Crouch's mental state, Karkaroff was a little happy.

Although looking at Moody's condition, he can probably live for another thirty or forty years.

But Crouch seems to be dying! This is also a good thing for you. Wouldn't it be nice to live longer than your enemies?

But he soon lost his joy, because Karkaroff's seats changed to Barty Crouch on the left and Alastor Moody on the right.

Karkaroff almost went straight to Red Wing, Dumbledore, you old fool, what do you mean!

On the left is the person who tried me, and on the right is the person who arrested me. How dare you target me!

Believe me or not... I was immediately frightened.

Karkaroff greeted the two of them very sincerely and in a low-key manner, with a smile that almost overflowed his face.

This made Kamo Michichi amazed. I didn't expect that Mr. Karkaroff would also be impressed by the "craftsmanship spirit" of the Magic Institute!

This bow is really standard!

"This time we are responsible for refereeing the Six-wizard Tournament." Ludo sat down and chatted with Dumbledore.

"Director Umbridge was supposed to be the referee together with me."

"But you know, Minister Fudge has been a little busy recently, and Director Umbridge, as the minister's former secretary, naturally has to stay and help."

"Plus, she made a little mistake."

As he spoke, Ludo looked around and whispered,

"The thing that was used in the first competition event was originally agreed to be one for each person, but Director Umbridge ordered seven."

"Alas, Director Umbridge's experience is still not enough. After all, she is relatively talented, which makes her lack of time to practice."

As he spoke, Ludo shook his head, looking very sorry.

The other Hogwarts professors and the principals of the two magic schools in Europe laughed and said nothing. Of course they understood what Ludo meant.

Wasn't Ludo just secretly accusing Umbridge of parachuting here as secretary to the Minister of Magic and having no ability at all?

After all, Ludo spent decades crawling around on the Quidditch pitch, and was chased and beaten by Bludgers for decades. He also won many honors for Britain before he successfully became the Department of Magical Sports and Sports. Director.

In a word, why are you, Umbridge, on an equal footing with me?

And it can be seen that Umbridge has made huge mistakes recently, which has angered Ludo, who has always been good-tempered.

After all, this job is shared by two directors. One of the directors has a problem and is a close aide of the Minister of Magic.

Then Ludo must be responsible for solving her trouble! No wonder Ludo started to act weird.

However, everyone was an adult and no one chose to pick up the topic. They just said a few words of "This is so regrettable" and then changed the direction of the conversation.

After a long time, when everyone had finished their dessert, the plates on the table looked like new again.

Professor Dumbledore stood up, and a mixture of excitement and nervousness filled the auditorium.

All eyes were fixed on Professor Dumbledore. The Weasley twins were so excited that they almost stood up and leaned forward.

"The moment has finally arrived," Professor Dumbledore said, smiling at the faces looking back at him.

"The Six-wizard Tournament is about to begin. I will explain some specific details about the competition below."

"First of all, we would like to introduce some important guests here. They are-"

"Headmaster Olim Maxim of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"Headmaster Igor Karkaroff of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"Headmaster Egilbourne Fontana of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"Rector Joseph Olawela of Castrobushe."

"Principal Kamo Michimitsu of the Magic School of Magic."

"Also Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of the Department of Physical Education and Sports at the Ministry of Magic, and Mr. Barty Crouch, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation."

Every time Professor Dumbledore introduced a guest, there would be a burst of polite applause in the auditorium.

When Ludo was introduced, the applause was particularly enthusiastic.

After all, Ludo is very famous as a batsman and has won many honors for England. Even after retiring for so many years, he still has a large fan base.

"In the past few months, the principals and directors have worked tirelessly to prepare for the launch of our Six-Power Tournament."

"Now, we will form an eight-member referee team together to evaluate the performance of the Warriors."

"As you know, each school will send a warrior to represent their school in the Six Powers Tournament."

"The specific events for this year's Warriors competition have been fully designed and have been reviewed by the Ministry of Magic."

"The competition has a total of three events, which will test the warriors' talents in multiple aspects - including courage, reasoning ability and the ability to overcome danger."

"We will make a comprehensive score based on the talents of the warriors in the project, and ultimately determine the champion."

Professor Dumbledore paused, looked at the expectant faces below, and coughed twice:

"As for the method of selecting warriors that everyone is most concerned about, it is - the Goblet of Fire!"

Filch walked out of the side door holding an ancient wooden box inlaid with jewels. The box looked heavy, so Filch walked slowly.

After taking the wooden box, Dumbledore took out his wand and tapped the lid of the box three times.

The lid of the box opened slowly, making a squeaking sound.

Professor Dumbledore took out a large, roughly carved wooden goblet from the box.

The cup itself looks inconspicuous at first glance, but if you look closely, you will feel that the roughness of the outer wall of the cup becomes more and more charming.

If you are a knowledgeable ancient magic rune master or an alchemy master, you can recognize here that there is a lot of magic and alchemy attached to the cup. The rough marks on the outer wall of the cup are actually small alchemical runes and ancient magic runes.

At this time, the cup was filled with blue-white flames, and the flames were jumping up and down regularly.

Professor Dumbledore closed the box and placed the cup on the lid so that everyone in the Great Hall could clearly see it.

"What I have in front of me is the Goblet of Fire, a very ancient magical object."

"Every student who wants to compete for the Warriors must write his or her name and school name on a piece of parchment and then throw it into the Goblet of Fire."

"As for the registration time, it is twenty-four hours. Tomorrow night, at this time on Halloween night, the Goblet of Fire will select the names of the six students he thinks can best represent the six schools."

"From now on, the Goblet of Fire will be placed in the foyer. All students who are willing to participate in the Six Wizards Tournament will have access to it."

An invisible hand held the Goblet of Fire and flew to the front of the auditorium, where the schools were divided when school started.

A table suddenly appeared on the floor, and the Goblet of Fire landed on the table smoothly.

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

(ps. The Triwizard Tournament in the original book is slightly unreasonable. According to what Dumbledore said at the beginning, the warrior with the highest total score in the three events wins the Triwizard Cup. However, although there is no clear explanation in the original book, it is probably If you get first in the last maze event, you will get the Triwizard Cup. So the author changed it. The scores of the first two events only affect the time to enter the maze. The ownership of the trophy is based on the maze event.)