[HP] Marriage relationship

When Alan and Draco walked to the long table and sat down, everyone saw it, but they were not surprised. Although Alan was also a member of Durmstrang, he was actually not outstanding, and he was completely incompatible with Krum. By the way, only his delicate face attracted the attention of some Slytherin masters and ladies, and when they found that Draco pulled Alan to sit beside him, they all looked away.

Obviously regarded Alan as Draco's 'prey' or something.

This was supposed to be the biggest Halloween dinner, and almost none of them wanted to attend. Even the food on the table, which was much more delicate than usual, could not arouse their interest. Everyone was waiting for the moment to announce the warriors after the banquet. Even Draco, too, looked a little absent-minded.

Only Alan still stuffed something into his mouth with a calm face. In the eyes of others, he was a little more contemptuous, and regarded him as the kind of wizard who knew he couldn't be chosen, so he had already exiled himself .

In the middle of the banquet, there was a commotion in the auditorium. It was Krum who appeared at the door with Audrey on his arm. Krum sent Audrey to her friend Fleur in a very gentlemanly manner before returning to Sri Lanka. Leitlin's long table.

Alan raised his eyebrows in doubt, but then he understood that according to Audrey's personality, even if he would not be the final candidate for the warrior, he would not miss the final announcement process. he comes back.

Sure enough, Krum looked at Alan as soon as he sat down, his two thick black eyebrows trembled, and he smiled wryly: "I never knew Audrey could talk so well, obviously Madam Pomfrey refused to agree to it at first." Let's come over..."

"We?" Draco chewed the word carefully, always feeling that it revealed a lot.

"Oh, yes," Krum smiled, he had a good impression of Draco, after all, he was Alan's fiance, so he also answered his question, "I promised Audrey to accompany her in the medical wing before. "

Draco really believed what Krum said now. Audrey was really good at talking, and he convinced Krum, who had been avoiding her before, that this company was obviously staying up all night.

"Victor, without you, how can this selection of warriors go on..." Alan had finished drinking the drink in the cup at this time, and was whispering while wiping his lips with a napkin.

Krum's slightly dark face was obviously red, and he waved his hands embarrassingly: "There are also Beauxbatons and Hogwarts warriors."

Draco was a little surprised, because Krum didn't hesitate at all, as if the position of this warrior was already firmly in his hands, and he was very confident in his own strength.

Of course, he also knew that for this group of straight-forward Germans, it would be good to just ask them if they had any questions, and they would not know the year and month until they realized it.

"Because I need this match to increase my status in the family." Facing Draco's question, Krum laughed. He didn't know how much Alan had revealed to Draco. Seeing that his friend did not object, Then he said directly, "For example, deciding on a future marriage partner, thanks to Alan for giving me this opportunity..."

Alan shook his head, his face showing a hint of emotion. He looked at Audrey who was talking to Fleur, and said in a low voice, "This match doesn't mean much to Audrey and me."

"Alan, what do you mean, the warrior of Beauxbatons will not be Miss Castei?" Draco asked strangely.

"Yeah." Alan nodded, looked at Krum, and pointed out, "One is enough." After all, Audrey has been waiting for Krum for so many years, and she has been suppressing and refusing to accept the family's offer. Arranged marriage contract.

Krum moved his mouth, but did not deny it as usual.

After a while, all the dinner plates disappeared, leaving only the students' belongings and some decorative candlesticks on the long table, and the noise in the hall continued unabated.But as soon as Dumbledore stood up, all the noise died away, and Karkaroff and Madame Maxime stood on either side of him, looking as tense and hopeful as the others.The baby-faced Ludo Bagman smiled and winked at the students, while Mr. Crouch remained uninterested, even annoyed.

"Well, the Goblet of Fire is almost ready, and a decision can be made," Dumbledore said. "It will probably take a minute. The wizard whose name has been called, please stand up and come forward."

He took out his wand and waved it vigorously. Except for the candles in the jack-o-lanterns, everything else went out, and the auditorium suddenly fell into a state of semi-darkness. Only the burning wooden goblets glowed brightly and sparks shot , even a little dazzling.

Alan's eyes were completely uncontrollable when they first came into contact with the darkness, and they turned into dark green vertical pupils almost instantly, and the skin covered by the robe began to have tiny scales spreading.

Krum habitually glanced towards Alan, and immediately saw the pair of cold snake eyes, almost frightened his soul. Seeing that no one in the hall noticed, he hurriedly held Alan's hand and shook it vigorously one time.When he touched the skin on the back of Alan's hand, he became even more anxious, because the originally delicate skin was covered with fine scales, and the temperature of the whole hand dropped to the lowest level.

Alan shook his hand, and immediately noticed his abnormality. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils had returned to normal, and the fine scales on the back of his hands had also faded away, but his heart was still beating wildly. The emotions that had been suppressed to the extreme began to surge again.

Draco didn't notice anything wrong at all, he was looking at the Goblet of Fire seriously like everyone else, Krum looked at Alan with some concern, and quickly looked away to avoid attracting the attention of others.

The flame inside the goblet turned red again, crackling sparks burst out, followed by a piece of burnt parchment around it, the parchment seemed to fly into the air with the flames, but a thin hand He grasped it without fear of the flames, held it high, and then, the owner of the hand read out the name on it.

"Champion of Durmstrang," Dumbledore announced in a clear, strong voice, "Victor Krum."

Applause and cheers swept through the auditorium, many people shouted 'not surprising at all! ''Deserved! ’ In other words, Karkaroff couldn’t hide his excitement, and shouted: “That’s great, Viktor, I knew you were destined to be a warrior!”

Only Draco looked at the unsurprising looks on the faces of the Durmstrang students, and thought about the strict hierarchy of this school in his heart, and couldn't help thinking, if a fireball was ejected from the Goblet of Fire The parchment with the little sun painted on it, how should Dumbledore announce it?

He soon put this outlandish thought behind him, for a second hero came out, Fleur Delacour, a pretty girl with long silver hair, who stood up gracefully and walked lightly. Walked up to Krum with a very proud expression on his face.

"Miss Castell doesn't look surprised at all." Draco said to Alan, because he learned that Audrey's mother and Narcissa were cousins, he paid more attention to Audrey.

"She's not arguing with a little girl," Alan said.

This sentence is a bit strange, because Audrey and Delacour are obviously the same age. Draco glanced at Alan with a puzzled expression, and suddenly found that he was a little different from the daytime.

"Hero of Hogwarts, Cedric Diggory!" After the enthusiasm in the auditorium cooled down, Dumbledore announced another name.

It was as if a frying pan had exploded. All the students on a long table jumped up and cheered loudly.

The boy named Cedric stood up from the group of people with a warm smile on his face. He was a very handsome boy with short brown curly hair, clear eyes, tall and strong, and full of energy. .

"Great," said Dumbledore cheerfully when the uproar had died down, "Now that our three warriors have been chosen, then..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the Goblet of Fire rushed up again with a red tongue of flame, and a piece of burnt parchment jumped out of it, and Dumbledore reached out his hand reflexively to catch it.

The following auditorium fell into a strange silence, because this was the first time such a situation had occurred. The Goblet of Fire, which should have been extinguished after the selection of three warriors, was still burning. Dumbledore looked at the note, he His expression became visibly stiff, he just stared at the note, while the others stared at Dumbledore.

Including the three warriors in front of the Goblet of Fire.

Then, Dumbledore cleared his throat and read aloud—

"Harry Potter."

"How is it possible!" This was everyone's first reaction.

"How did Potter throw the name in?" was the second reaction of many quick-witted wizards.

The same flame, the same parchment, and unlike the previous warriors, Harry Potter didn't get any applause, and a buzzing sound began to fill the auditorium, as if thousands of bees were chirping angrily.

"What's going on..." Draco's eyes widened.

Alan's original indifference disappeared all of a sudden, he sat up straight, and looked at the skinny black-haired boy who was completely stunned by the Gryffindor long table in surprise.

His back looked extremely helpless, his big green eyes widened helplessly, looking blankly at his friends around him, but they didn't give him any hints until Dumbledore shouted "Potter, Harry!" Potter, come forward, come here, and stand with the warriors."

Harry, who was stared at by everyone, reacted like a marionette, and walked up stiffly step by step, as if he was about to go to the execution ground.

"What the hell does this mean? Dumbledore." Madam Maxime stood up all of a sudden, and her burly and tall body suddenly touched the chandelier full of candles. Her huge chest in black satin clothes undulated violently, looking Very angry.

"Wait a minute, Madame Maxime," said Dumbledore, lighting up the entire hall with a wave of his wand.

"I want to know that too, Dumbledore," Karkaroff said arrogantly, with a cold smile on his face, "There are two warriors at Hogwarts? I never saw it in the tournament rules, The organizer can have two warriors, didn't I look carefully enough?" He gave a short laugh, his voice was ugly.

Every professor came over, and they began to discuss in a group, but it was obvious that Karkaroff and Madam Maxim were very dissatisfied, and Harry Potter who asked them in turn was like a poor prisoner , stood there stupidly, the other three warriors were far away from him.

The Durmstrang students in the audience were a little angry. They were naturally a little disappointed that Krum became a warrior, but they already knew Krum was strong.

But the Germans have always been rigorous and pursue fairness. The fact that Hogwarts has two warriors is directly challenging the most sensitive line in their hearts.

Therefore, even though Alan suppressed them, they were still very angry.

The professors didn't know what agreement they had reached, and Alan could clearly see that Karkaroff's smile disappeared, and the expression on his face was very ugly.

But all of them looked helpless, as if there was no other way but to accept Harry Potter as the No.4 warrior.

"The principal is too useless, just let Hogwarts take advantage of it..." Apresh, who has always been hot-tempered, muttered in German in a low voice, and the surrounding Slytherins who could understand German were a little surprised Looking at her, after all, from the previous point of view, Karkaroff's experience in Durmstrang is more like the best feeling, and the students are very obedient.

"Okay," Dumbledore regained his serious expression, pressed his palms, and said, "It doesn't matter how this situation came about, we can only accept it, we have no choice, Harry Potter will be the No. 4 warriors take part in..."

"Wait..." Alan interrupted Dumbledore suddenly, stood up from the chair slowly, and said with a smile, "You don't seem to have asked for our opinion."

He was still wearing the scarlet standard robe, and his figure became more and more slender. His shoulder-length blond hair reflected brilliant light under the candlelight. His appearance remained unchanged. He was still standing there simply, with his back straight and his eyes indifferent. , but attracted everyone's attention.

It was completely different from the original low-key look.

"You are..." Dumbledore glanced at Karkaroff and found that he was not surprised.

"Chief Durmstrang, Alan de Castelil," Alan raised his chin haughtily, bringing his arrogance to the limit of lawlessness, "Durmstrang's representative team in the three-final match captain."

The smile on Dumbledore's face remained the same, but his heart was already turbulent. Of course he knew the status of Durmstrang's chief. Stronger than some professors.

A chief needs to be a wizard who has gone through dozens of trials and can win the top spot in every aspect, so as to be able to convince the public.

And Durmstrang doesn't have a chief every year. The last chief was the world-renowned Potions Master and the president of the Potions Association, and the last chief was Gellert Grandwald. No one in the wizarding world doesn't know his name.

Every wizard who can become the chief wizard is an existence who will make great contributions in a certain field in the future.

The expressions of the Slytherin students were even more strange. Who would have thought that the existence that originally defined them as the tail of the crane would suddenly become the chief, with a higher status than Krum.

Their eyes turned to Draco unconsciously, but Draco was also in a daze, completely unaware of what happened.

The eyes of the students from the other three academies are a little strange. Since Alan is the captain, why is the person selected by the Goblet of Fire not the captain, but Viktor Krum?

"Then, Mr. Castei, what's your problem? Or, do you have any objection to our solution?" Dumbledore asked kindly, his eyes were very sincere, and he didn't despise Alan at all because he was a student.

"Harry Potter, what are the consequences if he doesn't participate?" Alan still looked indifferent, staring at Dumbledore and the circle of professors behind him quietly, not at all distracted by the fact that everyone's eyes were on him. Timid, obviously used to this kind of occasion.

"He might die," said Moody, striking the ground loudly with a wooden leg, looking extremely angry. "Obviously someone wants Potter's life!"

"I'm not talking to you, sir!" Alan's voice suddenly became stern, his eyes shot at Moody like a sharp sword, and he said word by word to that extremely weird and ugly face: "You don't even have basic manners?" I don’t understand, so I’m not qualified to answer my question.”

Dumbledore was about to get angry when he saw Moody, so he calmed him down and prevented him from doing anything. Alan was not an ordinary Hogwarts student, he was a student of Durmstrang, and it was obvious from his name He is a nobleman, and a genius most valued by his family.As headmaster, he couldn't let Moody get into trouble.

"Moody is the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts," Dumbledore said, "He thinks someone cast a powerful confusion spell on the Goblet of Fire..." This is to show Alan Moody's identity, and at the same time It also indirectly reminded Alan that Moody is qualified to participate in this matter.

"Hogwarts will also benefit, sir, after all, you have two warriors." Alan sneered, "Besides, I'm not a student of Hogwarts, and I'm not under the jurisdiction of this 'Professor Moody' .”

Draco looked at Alan in amazement. It was the first time he saw Alan's sharp-tongued and aggressive appearance. He had to say that he exuded great confidence and dared to directly question Dumbledore. Extremely strong.

"In so many games over the years, I have never heard of any school with two warriors. As far as the death rate is concerned, I quite agree with Professor Moody's argument that 'someone wants Potter's life', after all He is only 14 years old, and he is forced into the match of three 17-year-old wizards, and his missing arms and legs are all light..."

"He may die if he does not participate in this game, but if he participates in this game, he is still in danger of death, and it is unfair to Durmstrang and Beauxbaton! Sorry, we do not accept this reason, if Just because Hogwarts is the organizer, it is necessary to add one more warrior and one more chance of winning," Alan said, bowing to the professor's chair, and said loudly: "Durmstrang refuses to participate in this competition. .”

"Mr. Castei, you don't seem to have the right to change Krum's decision." Dumbledore's face finally became serious because of Alan's words. "It seems that we should consider the opinions of the warriors."

"I don't want to participate in this competition." Harry couldn't wait, and the headmaster was the first to respond to him, "I didn't throw my name in."

Alan looked at Harry in surprise, and found that he blushed and turned his head away when he met his gaze. He was obviously a shy little boy.

Just the same age as Draco.Alan thought of his fiancé, and his impression of Harry rose a bit.

"I'll retire too." Fu Rong shouted hastily after receiving Audrey's gaze signal.

Cedric looked very troubled.

Krum didn't speak, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that he was following Alan's decision.

A good warrior selection match turned into a retirement meeting.

For a moment, everyone looked at Alan with admiration.

"We must abide by the statute. The statute clearly stipulates that all wizards whose names are sprayed out of the Goblet of Fire must participate in the competition. This is the rule and the tradition of the past." Ludo Bagman, who has never had a sense of presence, wiped him That baby face soaked in sweat.

However, Alan is not so easy to compromise. Since he can stand up and oppose it, he is very dissatisfied with this matter, and he will not back down. Why don’t you follow the rules, or are you saying that Hogwarts wants to bully us from afar and force us to add places? I heard that Mr. Potter is a well-known figure in the UK. It's big too."

"No... none of us expected this kind of thing to happen..." Ludo Bagman's face became more sweaty, "but the Warriors must not retire, this is a game that has been suspended for many years and finally won The resumption of the game with the efforts of all parties must not be messed up."

"That's good," Alan folded his arms leisurely, and said with a smile: "It's okay if you don't retire, and we don't want to make a trip for nothing."

The professors finally eased their faces, and the expressions of the two officials present finally changed. They shouldered the expectations of the Ministry of Magic. If the game was withdrawn like this, their positions in the Ministry would also be withdrawn.

Alan tilted his head and said, "Since the Goblet of Fire can jump out the fourth note, it must be able to jump out the fifth and sixth notes. Anyway, it hasn't gone out yet. In order to fully demonstrate the fairness of the game, prevent Mr. Potter from Facing death by not playing, we Durmstrang and Beauxbatons each have another warrior."

Ludo Bagman turned pale with shock, "But... the previous rules..."

"We don't have to always abide by the rules set by our predecessors, do we?" Dumbledore suddenly smiled, blinking his blue eyes mischievously behind the lenses, and said with a smile, "We can't always stick to the rules and stand still. , the six warriors, presumably this competition will also become a milestone in the history of the top three..."

Hearing what Dumbledore said, Ludo Bagman stopped talking, but Barty Crouch, who had been silent all the time, took a careful look at Alan, and he was full of malicious intent when he came into contact with Moody. Gaze, he turned his face away in disgust.

The author has something to say:

Today is a full 6000+. This is what I have thought about for a long time. I even thought about it before I started the article. There may be many bugs, but I still wrote it like this. I didn’t stop somewhere for the sake of the coherence of the plot. After all, next time The update is Saturday.

I don't know if it will ruin the three-final match in many people's minds, and I don't know if I have collided with other people's brains.

Anyway, no matter how much you complain about it, I won't change it, hehe.

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