"Mr. Crouch...... Mr. Bagman," said Karkaroff, his voice slippery again, "you two are our -- um- objective judges. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info You must think this is extremely inappropriate, don't you? ”

Bagman wiped his round baby face with a handkerchief and turned to look at Mr. Crouch. Mr. Crouch stood outside the aperture of the fire, his face half hidden in shadow. He looked a little weird, the dark shadow on his side made him look much older, and he looked a little like a skeleton. But when he spoke, his voice was as stiff as usual.

"We have to abide by the rules, which clearly state that anyone whose name comes out of the Goblet of Fire must compete in the Triwizard Tournament."

"Hey, Barty memorized the charter so well." Bagman said, with a smile on his face, looked back at Karkaroff and Madame Maxim, as if the matter had been settled satisfactorily.

Seung-cheol didn't look at him, and now he tried to talk as little as possible, otherwise the words that his unprocessed voice made him hear would definitely remind him of himself wearing a mask.

"I insisted that my other students re-enroll." Kakarov said. His voice was no longer smooth, his smile was gone, and the expression on his face was unsightly, "You must put the Goblet of Fire back up, and we will keep adding names to it until each school produces two warriors." That's fair, Dumbledore. ”

"But Kakaroff, I'm afraid it won't work," said Bagman, "and the Goblet of Fire has just been extinguished—it won't be rekindled until the next tournament."

"--The next tournament, Durmstrang will never participate!" Karkaroff was furious, "We had so many meetings, after so many negotiations and consultations, I didn't expect such a thing to happen!" I almost want to leave now! ”

"Threat of bluffing, Karkarov!" A voice by the door roared, "You can't leave your warriors now. He had to compete. They all have to compete. As Dumbledore had said, this was subject to a magical contract. It's good for you, isn't it? ”

Moody just walked into the room. He limped towards the fire, and every time his right foot hit the ground, there was a loud thud.

Xingzhe looked at Moody, he wanted to ask Moody why he did this, it was obvious that his name should have been put in by Moody.

"Proneficial?" Karkaroff said, "I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean, Moody. ”

Karkaroff tried to make his tone look contemptuous, as if he didn't give a damn about Moody's words, but his hands exposed his heart, and they involuntarily clenched into fists.

"Really?" Moody whispered, "It's simple, Karkaroff. Someone put Paul's name in that goblet, and he knew that if the name was spewed out, Paul would have to compete. ”

"Obviously, that guy wants to give Hogwarts two chances!" Madame Maxim said.

"I agree with you, Madame Maxim," Karkaroff said, bowing to her, "I have a complaint against the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards—"

"If there's anyone who has reason to complain, it's Paul," Moody said gruffly, "but...... That's interesting...... I didn't hear a word from him......"

"Why is he complaining?" Fleur Delacour couldn't help but ask, stomping his foot, "He's got a chance to compete, hasn't he?" For weeks, we've been wishing we were chosen! Glory to our school! And a prize of 1,000 Galleons - an opportunity that many people dream of! ”

"Maybe someone.... Is there a secret to be hidden? Moody said, with a growl.

Xingzhe noticed that both Snape and Dumbledore were a little strange, and now he suddenly understood in his heart, this matter... Everyone at the Order of the Phoenix knows it!

After his words, there was a tense silence. Ludo Bagman looked very anxious, his body bouncing up and down uneasily, and his mouth said, "Moody, you old fellow...... How to say such a thing! ”

"We all know that Professor Moody would have wasted the morning if he hadn't found out six people trying to murder him before lunch." Karkaroff exclaimed, "Apparently, he is also teaching his students to be suspicious and think that someone is trying to kill him." As a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, this quality is really rare, Dumbledore. But there is no doubt that you have your own considerations. ”

"What, I'm making something out of nothing?" Moody roared, "I have feelings, huh? The one who threw the boy's name into the goblet was definitely a wizard with clever means......"

"Oh, what proof do you have for that?" Madame Maxim asked, holding up two large hands.

"Because they deceived a very powerful magical object!" "It would take a particularly powerful confusion charm to blind that goblet into making him forget that only three schools were competing in the tournament...... I suspect they must have put Paul's name on the fourth school to make sure he was the only one in that school......"

"You seem to have put a lot of thought into this, Moody," Karkaroff said coldly, "it's a pretty novel theory—but, of course, I've heard that you've recently had the idea that a birthday present you received contained a clever basilisk egg, and you smashed it to pieces, only to find out that it was a travel alarm clock." Therefore, if we don't take your words very seriously, you will be able to understand......"

"It's true that there are people who use innocent activities to achieve their own ends," Moody retorted in a threatening tone, "My job is to think about things the way the Dark Wizard thinks, Karkaroff - you won't forget ......"

"Alasto!" Dumbledore warned. But this warning sounded like a reminder to Xingzhe.

As the saying goes, if you say too much, you will lose.

Moody was silent, but still looked at Karkaroff with a sense of disgust, his face flushing as if he were on fire.

"How this situation came about, we don't know." Dumbledore said to everyone gathered in the room, "But it seems to me that we have no choice but to accept it. Cedric and Paul were both selected for the tournament. Therefore, they must ......"

"Ah, but Dumbledore—"

"My dear Madame Maxim, if you have another solution, I'm willing to hear from you."

Dumbledore waited, but Lady Maxim didn't speak, she just stared angrily. And she wasn't the only one who showed a dissatisfied look. Karkarov's face turned pale; But Bagman seemed very excited.

"Alright, shall we proceed?" Bagman said, rubbing his hands together and smiling at the people in the room, "You're going to mentor our warriors, aren't you?" Barty, it's up to you, right? ”

Mr. Crouch paused, then turned his head to scan the crowd.

"Okay," he said, "guidance." Yes...... The first project ......"

He took a few steps forward and stepped into the aperture of the fire. There were two deep shadows under the eyes, and the wrinkled skin was as white and transparent as paper, much more haggard and serious than the last time I saw it.

"The first project was to test your mettle," he said to Seije, Cedric, Fleur, and Wicktole, "so we're not going to tell you what it is." Courage to face the unknown is an important quality of a wizard...... Very important ......"

"The first project will be completed on November 24 in front of the other students and the judging panel."

(To be continued.) )