After a long night of practicing in the Land of Trials, Xie An came to the auditorium early and waited for a delicious breakfast. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info strenuous exercise consumes a lot of physical strength, not to mention performing magic, which is an activity that consumes both magic and physical strength.

With croissants and mashed potatoes, and seafood soup, today's breakfast looks a little richer than usual. Early in the morning, the Gryffindors on the other side looked very excited, and they didn't know what they were talking about. The owl sent today's newspaper, Xie An glanced at the "Prophet Daily", and found that the big headline was still about how the Ministry of Magic was going to deal with those Death Eaters, and sneered, it seems that Minister Fudge doesn't want ordinary wizards to know the truth yet.

After eating a bite of the croissant, Xie An picked up the "Owl Express", which seemed to be the only newspaper that paid attention to Little Hangleton at the moment, opened the front page, and sure enough, he saw a huge magical photo, a large open space, which seemed to be a gray scar, appeared in Little Hangleton Village. "Unprecedented Tragedy: The Robbery of Little Hangleton", Xie An was about to see what was written in the back, Luna sat next to Xie An and glanced at Xie An's newspaper, "You also read "Owl Express", I heard that their editor-in-chief is an owl. ”

Xie An was slightly stunned, "The owl will also publish a newspaper?"

"Of course, you don't know, my father once told me that the founder of the Daily Prophet was actually a black cat. ”

"Huh. Xie An shrugged his shoulders, until now, Xie An still can't think like a wizard, he is not a native wizard, the memory of the doomsday warrior in his previous life has imprisoned his thinking, Xie An has always been very backward in the whimsy of wizards. Hermione is similar to him in this regard, and the two of them still have to be called "sanity" after all.

"There's Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class today, and I hope she'll talk about something interesting in the class. Luna said.

"Well, Professor McGonagall, is there anything to announce?" Xie An asked, confused.

"Don't you know? I also heard from the Gryffindor girls yesterday that Minister Fudge might come to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry today to announce something big. ”

"After the last minister's visit, it seems that some time has indeed passed. The relationship between Fudge and Dumbledore is getting closer, which I think is hard for many wizards to imagine. In the face of a common enemy, it is always possible to unite the minister and the principal. ”

"Do you know what the news is?"

"It seems to be about an old game. A match between the academies of magic. ”

Hearing Luna's words, Xie An immediately thought of the Goblet of Fire. If Fudge's performance in the Quidditch World Cup is considered to be passing, and his position as minister is stabilized for the time being, Fudge's plan is to completely fight a turnaround battle through the Goblet of Fire.

"You mean Triwizard Tournament?"

"Hey, Andrew, do you know the news, I don't know too much. Luna looked at Xie An with some surprise.

"So that's the case, it seems that Minister Fudge's plan has really worked, maybe this competition can really unite several major forces in the wizarding world. ”

Xie An looked at the rostrum, there were not a few professors who came to breakfast, except for the professor of divination, Hagrid, Feige, and Mrs. Pince, none of the four deans were there. Professor Sprout, a general herbalist, always came to dinner on time, and Hufflepuff was always very fond of eating breakfast on time. Professor McGonagall was rarely absent, and Flitwick rarely ate on time, and according to his own words, he was always reading books and losing track of time. As for Severus Snape, he was hardly seen, and he didn't know what he was busy with every day.

The absence of the four deans today is indeed a bit surprising. Shayne looked at Hermione and Harry across from her, just in time to notice that the two of them had also looked over.

Harry smiled at him, and Hermione mouthed, "See you in the classroom." ”

Transfiguration class has begun, and Professor McGonagall hasn't come yet, which is very rare. Professor McGonagall likes to follow the time and rules, and the students begin to talk quietly, and Hermione, as the class representative, motions for everyone to study on their own for a while. It was more than half an hour before Professor McGonagall arrived.

"I'm sorry, classmates, I had a short meeting just now, so I came late, and I'll make up for it later. Seeing that you guys seem to be studying for a new course on your own, it's not bad, so let's start today's lesson. Today we should learn the third part of the Transfiguration of Objects, everyone open the textbook..."Professor McGonagall explained briefly and began today's lesson. The students were obviously distracted, but Professor McGonagall's strict classroom discipline kept everyone from discussing with each other, so they had to leave their doubts until the end of class.

"Today's time is a bit tight, you haven't done enough exercises yet, and the homework after class is to practice today's transformation spell fifty times. Okay, any questions?"

"Professor, I have a question?" Xie An raised his hand, indicating that he had a question.

"Andrew, what's your problem?"

"Professor, is the school going to hold a triwizard tournament?" Xie An didn't go around in circles, and directly asked his doubts, all the students were now discussing this matter, and everyone listened to Xie An ask the questions in their hearts, and they all looked at Professor McGonagall curiously.

"Andrew, who did you listen to, this news is still being kept secret!" Professor McGonagall was slightly stunned, and said with some surprise, although she said that it was still being kept secret, apparently even Professor McGonagall did not consider it an important secret.

"I heard Gryffindor classmates talking about it today, so I'm curious, can you tell us about the Triwizard Tournament?"

"Andrew, as I told you just now, this news is still a secret and can't be told to you, and this year's tournament is also different from previous editions, in the evening, there will be a special gathering to announce specific things, you don't talk too much about it now. After saying that, she glanced disapprovingly at her Gryffindor student.

By the end of the evening, some of the students had already seen Minister Fudge, and it seemed that the tournament had been arranged and was ready to be held this year. After dinner, Professor McGonagall all of the students stayed, and the school had a big announcement to make.

Amid the noisy discussion of the students, Minister Fudge, Barty Crouch, Dolores Umbridge and other high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic actually appeared on the podium together. In addition, there were several wizards dressed in unique styles, one of whom wore a strange necklace around his neck, and on the necklace there were many strange crumpled balls, I don't know what they were, and the other, wearing a crown of Indian feathers, was tall and strong, and there was a wizard, who was actually a young witch dressed in a silk cheongsam from the Far East, and the last one was wearing an animal skin coat, each shorter, but his eyes were bright, like a leopard.

None of these four wizards are supposed to be British wizards, and it seems that Minister Fudge's idea of forming an international magical anti-terrorist alliance through a tournament has already begun to be implemented.

Minister Fudge smiled and asked a few wizards from afar to sit first, and after arranging everyone's seats, Principal Dumbledore said, "Letting you stay today is a big announcement for the school. With that, Dumbledore motioned to Minister Fudge, who stood up from his position, nodded at Principal Dumbledore, and then faced all the students.

“... I'm sure many of you have already learned about the terrorist attack at the Quidditch World Cup, this evil terrorist attack, launched by the evil Death Eaters.... It is imperative to strengthen the cooperation between wizarding countries, a person who can pass is limited, if an international alliance is formed, it can completely defeat the terror wizard alliance.... For all these reasons, the Ministry of Magic is ready to restart the long-suspended Wizarding Academy's tournament activities, which is not only a good thing that British wizards want, but all visionary Ministries of Magic will agree to..."Minister Fudge's speech seems to be a little more clever than Dunlid's, and the students listened attentively, until Minister Fudge announced that six wizarding schools would participate in the tournament this year, and after the final competition for the Goblet of Fire, the students let out a burst of cheers, whether they understood what the Goblet of Fire was.

Wizards are also eager to meet foreign wizards, and this curiosity is not fundamentally different from that of Muggles. Minister Fudge smiled when he heard the cheers of the children, and all the plans for the Quidditch World Cup were realized one by one, and he finally retained his throne as Minister of Magic for the time being. Now, as long as I make persistent efforts and cooperate perfectly with Deng Liduo, I may soon be able to get out of the quagmire and reverse the disadvantage.

Dumbledore did not tell Secretary Fudge exactly about Hamilton Jr. at this time, and Gellert Grindelwald's identity was too sensitive to be publicly involved in the plan.

"Barty, tell me the rules, I see a lot of kids who are already eager to try it, you come and cool them down. Minister Fudge smiled lightly and said to Mr. Barty Crouch, who was in charge of international magical exchange and cooperation.

Old Barty nodded to the minister, and stood up, and he took out a roll of parchment, and began to read it according to the stripes on the parchment.

The number of participating schools has increased from three to six, which is not only an increase in the number of short answers, but also many things that must be changed. Some of the old rules no longer apply, and some new ones have to be reinvented.

Although the rules were boring, the students listened very attentively.

The students protested when the age limit was mentioned, but Minister Fudge said, "The tournament is about international magical exchange, and the competition can be dangerous, and it will only cause unnecessary trouble if you don't have the strength of the students to join." ”

After announcing a series of rules, the minister left with a few guests. Principal Dumbledore also left. The students were talking, and the four deans gathered their respective prefects and began to explain the specifics.

When Old Barty was leaving, he glanced at Xie An's side. Sure enough, after a while, a student came to Xie An, saying that Mr. Crouch was looking for him.

Crouch looked very tired, but very energetic, probably knowing that his wife had a hope of resurrection, so he was very happy.

The two met alone in a classroom, "Mr. Crouch, are you looking for me?"

"Andrew, you know what, this professor is the classroom where I was younger, and I met my wife for the first time, and now I think about it, it's like a dream. ”

Seeing Old Barty standing alone by the professor's window, he sighed, but Xie An did not answer.

seemed to know that Xie An was such a character, Old Barty didn't have any annoyance, turned to Xie An and said, "I'm sorry, I can't help but sigh." I've found the materials you asked me to photograph, but the Styx Stone is a piece of used, I don't know if it affects the effect. ”

Xie An frowned slightly, "Any negligence in the details may lead to the failure of the ceremony, and your lady's soul will be scattered, I think you should be clear." ”

"I know, but didn't you say that time is scarce, and if you can wait a few more days, a week at most, you may be able to find a new one. Styx Stone is so rare that I need time. ”

"No, we can't delay any longer. I didn't expect Styx Stone to be so hard to find, okay, you give me the materials first, I'll try it first. "When are you going to launch the ceremony?"

"If your materials can be used, I'll prepare the launch tonight to awaken her soul. ”

Old Barty thought for a moment and said, "Can I go and watch it, of course, I will guarantee the secret, and if you don't believe me, you can cast the Oblivion Curse on me afterwards." ”

"I'm afraid not, Mr. Crouch, this ritual is complicated and secret, any omission can lead to failure, you just give me the materials, if it succeeds, I can show you the soul gem. You should know that this is only the first step, to keep your lady's soul from continuing to dissipate, and there are still many things to do later. When the time comes, you will slowly understand. ”

Crouch nodded, agreeing with Shea'an's statement, opened his mock bag, and took out a few parchment packets from inside. After Xie An took it, he opened it one by one and looked at it, and in the last paper bag was an irregular and colorful pebble the size of a baby's fist.

This transparent pebble, which resembles a gemstone, is the legendary Styx stone. How this stone was formed, there are different theories, some say that it is indeed suitable to be brought back by the wizard from the underworld, some say that it needs to be obtained in a dream, the most bizarre one is that after the soul of the wizard dies, it will eventually become a stone at the level of the Styx, washed by the Styx day and night, until it completely loses consciousness and returns to purity, it will become a Styx stone.

Xie An didn't know much about the Styx Stone, and if it weren't for Queen Anne's introduction, Xie An wouldn't even know that there was such a treasure in the world. After checking that everything was correct, Xie An put away the materials.

"Wait patiently, whether it succeeds or not, if nothing else, you will be able to communicate with your lover again tomorrow. Xie An put away his Mok bag and said calmly to Crouch.

When the two were about to separate, old Crouch suddenly whispered: "Please take care of him, the entire Crouch family will be grateful to you." Xie An didn't look back, didn't seem to hear anything, turned the classroom, and disappeared.