At the banquet, Krum from Demthamm and the girls from Beauxbatons occupied most of the conversation, in addition, the transportation of these two schools of witchcraft and wizardry also made the students talk a lot, the giant horse-drawn carriage and the sailboat rising from the lake, I really wonder what Dumbledore would have let the Hogwarts delegation ride if this Triwizard Tournament was not in England? Hippogriff, or Thestrals? Could it be that it was because I was worried that it was too shabby, so I won the right to hold the Triwizard Tournament......

In addition, the Hogwarts kitchen had done its best to welcome Dumstum and Beauxbatons, and there were not only main dishes on the table, but also many sweets that had never been present, and Ron carefully looked at a strange, white custard for a long time, and then he carefully moved it a few inches from his right hand so that it could be clearly seen from the Ravencracy table. Ｅ ん．

"Ron, if you don't eat it, can you bring that plate over, or it will be gone in a while, so let me taste something," Seeing that the banquet was about to end, Darren said helplessly, but before he could finish speaking, the plates on the table returned to a clean and new state......

Dumbledore stood up, "The time has finally come," he said with a smile, "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin, and before that, I'd like to explain a few words before bringing the box in." ”

"I'd like to explain the program for this school year, but let me introduce two guests first, because there is no one else who knows them, this is Amelia. Ms. Burns, Director of the Division of Magical Law Enforcement. ”

When Dumbledore said Amelia's position, the auditorium was silent, obviously in everyone's mind, the image of this department was not friendly, only a few people slapped a few times, and then stopped under the gaze of others, Darren saw Karkaroff twist, as if the chair he had been sitting in for a long time suddenly grew nails, for this kind of treatment, Amelia was obviously used to it, and didn't care, at least the expression on her face didn't change.

Dumbledore continued, "This is Ludo. Mr. Bagman, Director of the Department of Physical Education and Physical Education at the Ministry of Magic. ”

In contrast, Bagman was treated much better, most of the students applauded him, it seemed that his popularity was not bad, he also nodded his head and greeted him below, of course, the Weasley twins would never give him a round of applause, and Ron and Hermione, they all knew about Bagman's bet during the Quidditch World Cup, and Fred also whispered, "Liar!" ”

"Over the past few months, Mr. Bagman and the Director of the Division of International Cooperation, Mr. Batty. Mr. Crouch, who has worked so hard to restore and organize this Triwizard Tournament," Dumbledore said lightly, as if he had no idea what had happened to Crouch, "but Mr. Crouch was not able to attend, and the Minister of Magic decided that Lady Amelia would replace him, and together with Mr. Bagman and me, Professor Karkaroff, and Madame Maxim, a panel of judges would be formed to judge the performance of the warriors who participated in the tournament. ”

Hearing the word "warrior", the Great Hall suddenly fell silent, and Dumbledore smiled slightly and continued, "Mr. Filch, please bring the box. ”

Following Dumbledore's voice, Filch walked to the podium, holding a large old wooden box inlaid with jewels.

"The specific events of this year's Warriors' competitions have been carefully vetted by Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman," Dumbledore said, as Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him, "and they have also made many necessary arrangements for each of them, and there are three events in total, each at different times throughout the school year, which will test the Warriors in many different ways, their talents in magic, their courage and reasoning, and, of course, their ability to overcome danger." ”

"You already know that there will be three Warriors in the tournament," Dumbledore continued calmly, "each representing one participating school, and we will rate them according to the quality of their completion of each event, and at the end of the three events, the Warrior with the highest score will win the Triwizard Cup, and it is an impartial selector who will be responsible for selecting the Champions, and it is, the Goblet of Fire." ”

Then, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and tapped the lid of the large wooden box three times, the lid creaked and slowly opened, and he reached in and pulled out a large wooden goblet with blue-white flames dancing in it......

Dumbledore closed the box and placed the cup on the lid, "Every student who wants to run for the Warrior must write his name and the name of his school on a piece of parchment and throw it into this goblet." ”

"Aspiring Warriors can sign up within twenty-four hours, and tomorrow night, the night before Halloween, the Goblet will select the names of the three students it thinks best represent the three schools, and tonight, the Goblet will be placed in the foyer and accessible to all those who are willing to run," a whisper rang out in the auditorium as the Goblet of Fire was placed in the foyer.

Dumbledore had apparently expected this, and he said slowly, "In order to avoid the temptation of students who are not old enough, I will draw an age line around the goblet after it is placed in the foyer, and no one under the age of seventeen can cross this line." ”

"Finally, I would like to remind every student who wants to participate in the election to pay attention to the fact that this tournament is not a child's play, do not participate recklessly, once the warrior is selected by the Goblet of Fire, he must stick to the game to the end, whoever throws his name into the cup actually forms a magical contract that must be obeyed, once he becomes a warrior, he is not allowed to change his mind." Dumbledore lowered his head slightly, his gaze swept across the Great Hall from the top of his half-moon glasses, "So, think twice about making sure you really want to compete, and then put your name in the cup, all right, I think it's time for you to sleep, and I wish you all the best night!" ”

Hearing Dumbledore's words, the students got up and left the Great Hall, "Age line! As he walked, Fred said, "That's easy, you can definitely be deceived by the age enhancer, right?" As long as your name goes into that cup, you can laugh happily - it can't tell who is over seventeen and who is not! ”

Darren wanted to say to Fred that maybe the Goblet of Fire couldn't be separated, but Dumbledore's age line was definitely possible, and if he wanted to get through it with age enhancers, it was no fun to laugh happily, and it was quite certain to become a little old man......