With the end of the first week of school, life in the new semester is gradually getting on track.

Jon has been busy these two months.

In addition to his usual classes, he spends a lot of time in the Room of Need, needs to go to Snape's office every few days to help him with various medicinal herbs, and dodges Natalie's harassment......

The last of these is not an easy thing to do, especially when you are not willing to recklessly hurt a little girl's self-esteem.

......

Time flies......

One day at the end of October, all the teachers and students in the school received an important notice:

"The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin:

Representatives of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will both arrive at 6 p.m. on Friday, 30 October.

The afternoon session will end half an hour early—"

For the next week, there seemed to be only one topic of conversation among the students in the school, and that was the Triwizard Tournament.

Rumors spread like a virus among students...... For example, who will compete to be the Champion of Hogwarts, what will be the events in the Tournament, and how will Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students differ from them......

The castle is also undergoing a thorough cleaning...... Some of the dirty stone statues were moved to inconspicuous places, and some of the dirty paintings were cleaned.

The entire Hogwarts castle is almost completely new.

The castle's keeper, Mr. Argus Filch, would lash out at the sight of a student daring to break into the castle in muddy shoes...... Then take out the mop and carefully clean the soiled area.

The whole school is making final preparations for the upcoming competition.

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On the morning of October 30, when they walked out of the common room and went to the auditorium for dinner, they found that the auditorium had been renovated overnight.

Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each representing one of Hogwarts houses:

A golden lion on a red background is a Gryffindor, a bronze eagle on a blue background is a Ravenclaw, a black badger on a yellow background is a Hufflepuff, and a silver python on a green background is a Slytherin.

Behind the teacher's desk, hung the largest banner with the coat of arms of Hogwarts: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake linked together with a large letter H around it.

Throughout the day, the students were quite excited during the lessons......

Even in Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class, there were people who dared to whisper and talk about the upcoming competition.

Only a very small number of people are still paying attention to the lectures.

Professor Minerva-McGonagall, who has always been stern, has become one eye and one eye closed today.

The bell rang half an hour early, and Jon followed Zachares Smith and Steve Lucas back to the Hufflepuff common room.

As Professor Sprout had previously instructed, they laid down their bags and textbooks, put on their robes, and gathered in the foyer.

The deans are ordering their students to line up in a neat line.

"Hannah, don't wear such bells and whistles on your head!" Professor Sprout told Hannah-Abbott to remove her tiara, and took out his wand to straighten Zacharis-Smith's messy hair.

"Please come with me!" Professor Sprout said, glancing at the formation with some satisfaction.

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Students from four academies stood in front of the castle in a line.

Jon yawned and glanced at his watch.

According to the previous statement, the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at six o'clock sharp.

It's a pity that it's already a quarter past six......

It seems that the pigeon is indeed one of the three essences of human beings, and even the wizarding world is not exempt from vulgarity.

It's getting dark, and the temperature is starting to drop......

Jon glanced at his watch again, and it was almost half-past six...... Jon felt a little cold on his body, but he was still negligent and didn't remember to add a few extra clothes......

There were many first-graders in the front row, trembling...... I don't know if it's freezing or excited.

"If I'm not mistaken, Beauxbatons' representatives have arrived!" Professor Dumbledore's voice rang out from the back of the crowd.

At the same time, in the air, a huge powder-blue carriage flew towards this side. The carriage was almost the size of a house, and it was carried by twelve winged silver-maned horses, each almost as big as an elephant.

The carriage slowly landed on the ground, and on the door of the carriage, the coat of arms of Beauxbatons School of Magic could be seen: two golden wands with a cross of three stars, each with three stars.

A woman about Hagrid's size stepped out of the carriage...... Lady Olim Maxim of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Dumbledore gracefully kissed Madame Maxim without having to bend down.

At the same time, more than a dozen male and female students of seventeen or eighteen years old also got out of the carriage and stood behind Madame Maxim...... The number of male students is much lower than that of female students.

Dumbledore was standing on tiptoe, communicating with Lady Maxim, who was bent over......

The students of the two colleges were looking at each other and whispering.

Jon glanced at his watch again...... It's already 6:45.

It seems that in terms of pigeons, Karkaroff and Durmstrand are also among the best.

His stomach growled with hunger, but he didn't have to wait long.

The strange sound rang out from the bottom of Lake Hogsmeade, a pent-up rumble and sucking sound, like a giant submarine moving along the shore......

A huge ship floated out of the bottom of the lake and docked on the shore...... On one side of the ship, the emblem of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is engraved: a double-headed eagle and a deer's head, with the name of the school in Cyrillic letters.

More than a dozen students of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, dressed in thick fur cloaks, stepped down from the cabin.

At the forefront, an old man with white hair and a goatee shook hands with Dumbledore warmly.

Looks like he's Igor Karkarov!

As the Durmstrang students approached, it caused a small stir in the Hogwarts crowd.

Apparently, someone recognized that the Durmstrang student behind Karkaroff was none other than the Bulgarian national player and the famous European seeker Victor Krum.

......

Jon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

By the time Dumbledore, Lady Maxime, and Karkaroff had finished greeting each other, they could finally return to the warm halls.

One last glance at my watch, it was seven o'clock GMT, just right, an hour later than expected.

Shiro has waited so long and is ready to eat!

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