Chapter 276
Undercover In Harry Potter Chapter 276
After chatting for a while at the entrance of the four headmasters, they led the people from their school into the auditorium.
Among them, the students of Beauxbatons chose Ravenclaw, which is similar to their school uniform, and Durmstrang chose the long table of Slytherin.
The students of the Japanese magic institute chose the Hufflepuff house with the earth-yellow logo similar to the golden they revered.
The three schools chose to sit at the long tables of three houses, which made the only one Gryffindor with no foreign students seated a bit special.
Especially at the Slytherin house, there were a few sarcastic laughter.
Ron stared at Draco Malfoy, who was sitting next to his idol, Krum, showing off the autograph he just got from Krum.
"Ah, yes, Malfoy is flattering him," Ron said sharply, "I bet Krum sees what he's like at a glance...I bet Krum has people everywhere he goes. In courting him, flattering him...you say, where are they going to sleep? We can offer him a bed in our dormitory, Harry...I'll give him my bed, I'll sleep in a camp cot."
Jason sat in the Slytherin seat and glanced at the headmasters in the professor's chair.
He noticed that on either side of Dumbledore's seat, four more positions had been added, three of which happened to be three headmasters, and the extra one, Jason thought, should be Crouch's.
After all the students entered the auditorium and took their seats at the tables in their respective houses, the professors walked in and they went to the guest of honor and sat down.
Last walks were Professor Dumbledore, Professor Karkaroff and Madam Maxime. The Beauxbatons students stood up as soon as they saw their headmaster appear. Several Hogwarts students couldn't help but laugh. But the representatives of the Beauxbatons were not at all embarrassed until Madam Maxime sat down to Dumbledore's left before they sat down again. Dumbledore remained standing, and the hall grew quiet.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and—especially—VIPs," said Dumbledore, smiling at the foreign students, Joy, and welcome to Hogwarts. I hope and trust that you will be comfortable and happy here."
Fleur Delacour, still wrapping his scarf tightly around his head, let out a sneer that was no doubt sarcastic.
"The Tournament will officially begin at the end of the banquet," Dumbledore said. "I now invite everyone to eat and drink as much as they want at home!"
After Dumbledore finished speaking , sat down immediately, and then Karkaroff immediately moved to Dumbledore's side, discussing something closely.
Jason looked at the plate in front of him, and immediately there was a lot of food. It can be seen that this is food that is not usually made in house elf.
In addition, Jason saw several refined foreign foods, such as French fish soup, German sausages, and Japanese sushi.
After half an hour, Jason saw Mr. Crouch enter through the side door next to him, and took a seat to the left of Dumbledore, discussing something with him.
Jason looked away, not paying attention.
And at this time, Leslie, who was sitting next to Jason, spoke.
"Joyce, can you get me some sausages?" Leslie looked extraordinarily powerful in Durmstrang's blood-red school uniform.
Jason took a look, reached out and brought the sausage from his right hand to Leslie.
Leslie thanked him and chatted with Jason.
"Do you want to participate in this time competition?"
Jason replied: "I don't really want to participate, I think only Krum is suitable to represent our Durmstrang!"
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When he said this, Jason made a special look that a die-hard fan should have.
Leslie thought about it seriously, and he whispered: "In the past, I would have thought that Krum was the perfect candidate to be our Durmstrang champion, but... In the duel arena, your performance also made us feel that you may not be our Durmstrang's Champion."
Jason raised his eyebrows, rolled his eyes, and then refused: "I'm not suitable, only Krum fits!"
Leslie laughed, glanced at Krum, and said meaningfully, "I know you're a Krum fan, and you're definitely a Krum supporter. But well... ...Joyce, you should think so, wouldn't it be better for Krum to have a Durmstrang champion as a fan?"
Jason startled, thinking, what the hell is this?
Thinking of this, Jason thought suspiciously, and then figured out why.
Krum, as the most powerhouse in Durmstrang and a Quiddich star, is also very famous all over the world.
His rays of light are so grand that anyone with him is hidden under his rays of light, making them look dull.
According to normal circumstances, when a person sees another person aloof and remote, out of reach, he never thinks about whether he can catch up, but honestly admits his powerfulness.
However, when this person with rays of light shining like a big sun appears next to another silhouette that is comparable to it, then some different thoughts will arise.
Some people always wonder, what if he can surpass that silhouette?
At the beginning of the duel field, Jason used Illusion Technique magic. Although he did not defeat Krum, the end result was both sides suffer, which made others pick up a bargain.
But even so, it is to let others see hope, thinking about what it would be like if Jason can surpass Krum.
Leslie in front of him thinks that this is such a person, and Jason believes that he is not the only one.
But Jason doesn't take it seriously, he himself is ready to try to become Durmstrang's Champion, but because of his personality, he can't do it on the surface.
Now that there are these people with ulterior motives, it may not be a bad thing for Jason...
When everyone finished eating, Dumbledore stood up again .
The attention of the audience was shifted to him!
"The time has finally come," said Dumbledore, smiling at the sullen faces. "The Final Four is about to begin. I'd like to explain a few words before I bring the box in.
" .I want to explain our activity program this school year, but first of all, welcome our guest, Mr. Stinchcombe Crouch, Director of International Magic Exchange and Cooperation Division!"
There was a warm applause from the audience.
The recent major event of the British magic circle was caused by this Mr. Crouch.
Mr. Crouch bent towards the crowd and sat down.
At this point, Dumbledore continued: "In the past few months, Mr. Crouch has worked tirelessly to arrange the Final Four, and he will join me, Professor Karkaroff, Professor Tsuchimikado. Together with Madam Maxime, a panel of judges will judge the efforts of the champions."
The students seemed more attentive when they heard the word "champion". Dumbledore also seemed to notice their sudden silence, and he smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Filch, please bring the box up."
No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the auditorium just now. Inside, he was walking towards Dumbledore now, holding a large wooden box inlaid with jewels, which looked very old.
"Mr. Crouch and a few other gentlemen have carefully reviewed the specifics of this year's champion competition," Dumbledore said.
At this point Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him.
“They also made a lot of the necessary arrangements for each project. There are three projects in all, at different times throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways...testing them in magic their talents—their guts and their reasoning abilities—and, of course, their ability to overcome danger.”
There was absolute silence in the auditorium upon hearing the last sentence, and it seemed that every Everyone stopped breathing.
"As you already know, there will be four champions competing," Dumbledore continued calmly, "representing one participating school. We will grade them on the quality of each event they complete, At the end of the three events, the champion with the highest score wins the trophy. The champion is chosen by an impartial selector, and it is the Goblet of Fire."
Here, Dumbledore pulled out the wand, and in The lid of the box was knocked three times. The lid slowly zhi zhi rattled open. Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large goblet of rough-hewn wood. The cup itself is not at all unremarkable, but it is filled with throbbing blue white flames.
Dumbledore closed the box and placed the cup on the lid so everyone in the auditorium could see it clearly.
“Every student who wants to run for champion must put his name and school name on a parchment and throw it into this goblet,” Dumbledore said. Registration is available within twenty-four hours. Tomorrow night, Halloween night, the Goblet will select the names of the four students it believes best represent the four schools. Tonight, the Goblet will be in the foyer , it is accessible to all students willing to run for office.
In order to avoid the temptation of underage students, after the goblet is placed in the foyer, I will draw an age boundary around it. No one under the age of seventeen can cross this line.
Finally, I would like to remind every student who is going to run for election to note that this competition is not a child's play, and don't take part in rashly. . Once the champion is chosen by the Goblet of Fire, he must keep the game to the end. Whoever puts his name into the cup actually forms a magical contract that must be abided by. Once a champion, it is not allowed to change So please think twice and make sure that you really want to compete before you put your name in the cup. Well, I think it's time for everyone to go to bed. Good night everyone."
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