Chapter 22: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang (Part II)
On the morning of October 30, when everyone went downstairs for breakfast, they found that the auditorium had been renovated overnight. Pen & Fun &www.biquge.info Gallery has huge silk banners on the wall, each representing one of Hogwarts houses: Gryffindor with a lion on a red background, Ravenclaw with a bronze eagle on a blue background, Hufflepuff with a black badger on a yellow background, and Slyerin with a silver python on a green background.
Behind the teacher's desk, there hangs the largest banner with the coat of arms of Hogwarts, lions, eagles, badgers, snakes connected together, surrounded by a huge letter H.
The day's lessons weren't fun for anyone, at least the vast majority didn't pay their attention to the lessons, and everyone was thinking that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were coming in the evening.
The bell rang early, and almost all the students who were still in class rushed out of the classroom and put their school bags, textbooks, and the like back in their dormitories. Put on your cloak and head to the foyer. The deans and prefects are organizing the students to line up, and of course, the junior students are given priority to stand in the front row.
It was a cold, crisp evening, and night was falling, and a white, translucent moon was already hanging over the Forbidden Forest. Holly stole and stood in the Ravenclaw line with Erinka.
"I don't know what's the point of Dumbledore pulling us out here to line up and welcome us?"
"Why is there no point? Two high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic have to wait in the corner, this pomp and circumstance is big enough. ”
"Yes...... But are we really going to wait here stupidly?"
"Don't you see even Dumbledore standing there? I think...... He won't let us go back and enjoy our blessings. ”
"Okay...... But how long will it take? Holly complained.
"It's coming, it's coming. ”
"Coming, coming" There was a commotion among the waiting group of students in front of them, and in the distance, a huge powdery blue carriage swept through the Forbidden Forest and flew towards the clearing in front of Hogwarts. The carriage was the size of a house, and twelve winged horses pulled the carriage, each the size of an elephant.
Madame Maxime, who looked to have the same giant blood as Hagrid, disembarked from the carriage with twelve or thirteen Beauxbatons students.
"Is Karkaroff here?" asked Dumbledore, Madame Maxime.
"He'll come at any time. ”
After sending the Beauxbatons students into the auditorium, the boat on which Durmstrang students were traveling also emerged from the Black Lake.
Igor Karkaroff also appeared at Hogwarts with Durmstrang students, and among them, there was a very famous celebrity, Victor Krum.
Krum's presence was a big shock among the Hogwarts students, many of whom had been to the Quidditch World Cup this summer, and it was impossible to have any impression of Krum.
With the crowd of people, Holly and Erinka also walked into the halls of Hogwarts together. In the crowd, from time to time, from all corners came the discussion of various girls and idiots. "Well, I can't believe it, why don't I have a quill?" "You say, will he sign my hat with lipstick?"
When he returned to the hall, Holly found that it was not only the girls whose IQ had dropped significantly, but also the boys who were dissatisfied with their desires, and also after seeing the girls in Beauxbatons, their IQ quickly fell below zero.
Even though the Beauxbatons students had chosen to sit at the Ravenclaw table, the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff cattle were still trying to squeeze out some empty space to attract Durmstrang students. Durmstrang's students ended up choosing Slajerlin's long table, perhaps Slajerin and them had more in common.
At the faculty desk, Filch laboriously added a few chairs to it. Surprisingly, on either side of Dumbledore, he added two chairs each, instead of one on each side.
When all the students entered the hall, the teachers entered one by one and came to their seats. When Lady Maxime appeared with Dumbledore and Karkaroff, the Beauxbatons students quickly stood up. When Madame Maxim was seated, they sat down again.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and, especially, dignitaries. Dumbledore stood up and grinned as he showed his charm, "It is with great joy that I welcome you to Hogwarts. I hope and believe that you will feel comfortable and happy here. ”
A Beauxbatons girl let out a sarcastic sneer at the table. Holly and Erinka, who were sitting together, frowned almost at the same time, Erinka gestured, and Daniel Silver, who was sitting not far away, was a little confused when he saw it for the first time, and immediately observed the girl carefully.
"The tournament will officially begin at the end of the feast," said Dumbledore, "and I invite everyone to have dinner as if they were at home. ”
When Dumbledore sat down, the plates on the long table were immediately filled with all kinds of food, and at the faculty table, Karkaroff and Dumbledore were exchanging things.
The girl who had just burst out laughing, some time after the start of the dinner, began to play around the table, and she seemed to have a special interest in a French fish soup, which almost fascinated Ron Weasley at the long Gryffindor table. When she walked through most of the hall with the soup and returned to Ravenclaw, she could almost find that the boys sitting on both sides of the road she had walked were almost instantly fascinated by her, and even turned their heads to stare at her stupidly.
"Oh? Holly said.
"It's probably a bit of Meiwa blood. Josephine Mayris leaned over and said. An equally beautiful surname of the same name makes her feel very crisis.
"Yes? It is estimated that there will be jealousy on campus this year. Erinka said.
"I guess so, but what...... I don't think we have a few idiots like that in Ravenclaw, right?" said Holly, glancing at the Ravenclaw boys in her field of vision, all of whom felt a chill on their backs almost at the same time, as if someone was watching them.
At the same time, Luther Bagmund and Barty Crouch quietly entered through the side door and sat down on the remaining two chairs.
When the food on the plate is changed over and over again, and finally emptied. Dumbledore stood up again, cleared his throat and said, "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin, so I'll say a few words before we bring the box in......"