This came as a surprise to Dumbledore, who had seen the age line on the ground when he was in the Great Hall and showed no signs of being cracked, so he wondered how Ivan managed to sign up for the competition......

However, Dumbledore had no intention of asking in public, and after urging George and Fred to go to the school hospital for treatment as soon as possible, he left the foyer.

The Weasley brothers, who had been warned, did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and with a bitter face, they helped each other to the infirmary.

Ivan comforted them both and stepped over the threshold into the Great Hall.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were already sitting at the Gryffindor table, enjoying today's breakfast and chatting about the Triwizard Tournament.

When they saw Ivan walking in from the door, several people hurriedly waved their hands.

"Ivan, this way!"

Ivan, who had been hungry for a long time, quickly stepped forward and sat down on the vacant seat specially reserved for him next to Hermione, picked up a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, and asked about the registration of the participants in the morning.

"Durmstrang and Beauxbatons have already arrived, and I just saw Cedric from Hufflepuff throw his name in!" Harry spoke.

Ron on the side also added. "Only Angelina signed up in our Gryffindor morning, and George and Fred tried to fool the past with the elixir, but unfortunately failed......"

Ivan nodded, it seems that his method of signing up for the competition has not been leaked, and the senior he happened to meet last night is still very trustworthy.

"I told you a long time ago that these little tricks couldn't have affected the magic ...... that Professor Dumbledore had arranged," Hermione took the opportunity to preach, trying to dispel them from becoming warriors.

Harry and Ron didn't listen, and after a few perfunctory answers, they turned the conversation to Ivan.

They wondered how Ivan had gotten up so late today, and that they couldn't wake up in the morning, no matter how much they screamed......

"Isn't it a Saturday off? You've got to let me sleep a little more! Ivan yawned and replied casually.

Hermione looked at Ivan suspiciously, always feeling that something was wrong, and then as if she suddenly thought of something, she asked coldly. "You didn't come here last night to crack Professor Dumbledore's age line, did you?"

Harry and Ron immediately realized the possibility and stared at Ivan in unison.

Ivan hesitated for a moment, and wanted to find a reason to fool the past, but he thought that his name would definitely be read when he was waiting for the banquet, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to, so he could only say vaguely.

"You can say that, so to speak!"

"Oh my God, you didn't call us for such an important matter!" Ron excitedly came up and asked excitedly. "What about the end? Did it work? ”

Ivan didn't know whether to answer or not, although it didn't matter to him that Harry and the others signed up for the competition, there were so many young wizards who kept an eye on the Goblet of Fire during the day that it was almost impossible to avoid the eyes of others.

Tell Ron and Harry, and the whole school knows...

Just as Ivan had a headache, Professor McGonagall walked in from the other side of the foyer and beckoned at him.

"Hals! Come with me......"

"I'm sorry, Ron, I have to go first, Professor McGonagall is looking for me! I'll tell you when I come back......" Ivan ran over as if he had seen a savior, ate two bites of dessert and ran away.

Harry and Ron, who stayed behind, looked at each other, and felt more and more that Ivan had found a way to break the age limit.

Hermione gave them a blank look, "This can't be, Professor Dumbledore said no one can cross that age line!" ”

……

Meanwhile, McGonagall and Ivan avoided the bustling Great Hall and headed for the deserted tower.

Along the way, McGonagall explained to Ivan how to release restrictive magic.

"The age line that Albus set is also a type of restrictive magic, and it's hard to crack head-on with your current level of magic, but it's not without tricks!

As long as you find the node of the magic and destroy it, you can make it temporarily disabled. ”

McGonagall spoke eloquently and gave Ivan an an analysis.

Naturally, this magic node was deliberately set aside by Dumbledore in order to facilitate Ivan's cracking!

However, McGonagall did not give the exact location of the node, but intended to use it as a test for Ivan to find out on his own.

With that, McGonagall took a pocket watch from the pocket of her wizard's robe and opened it to look at it. "It's ten thirty a.m., and you've got about eight hours to find it before dinner begins!"

"Hals, I've already told you how to cross the age line, and whether you can do it depends on your own efforts!" McGonagall said with a smile.

"Professor, you should have told me earlier!" Ivan's expression was very strange.

"I don't think it's too late, do I?" McGonagall mistakenly thought Ivan was worried about running out of time, so she comforted her. "You have to have faith in yourself, Hals, with your ability, eight hours is enough time to find that magic node......"

"No, Professor! I mean... I put my name in that Goblet of Fire last night! Ivan spread his hands, his face full of innocence, but there was a clear meaning in his words - you are late, Professor!

"What? You signed up last night? Professor McGonagall stopped walking and looked at Ivan in astonishment.

Ivan didn't intend to hide it, so he directly said the method he used.

After listening to this, the corners of McGonagall's mouth twitched, she didn't expect Ivan to use such a "special" means to bypass the age line set by Dumbledore.

Thinking of her own words just now, McGonagall was even more embarrassed, and after a while, she shook her head with a wry smile and said with emotion.

"Looks like I'm worrying about it for nothing, Hals!"

"Professor, I came up with this solution by accident, otherwise I would have had to ask you for help..."

Ivan wasn't going to be complacent about throwing his name into the Goblet of Fire in advance, and he knew that McGonagall had just said so much to help him.

Although it was said a little late and did not make any difference, Ivan still got it.

After explaining this little misunderstanding, Ivan had no intention of returning to the Great Hall, he didn't want to be questioned by Ron and the others after going back, so he and Professor McGonagall decorated the castle with a Transfiguration Charm to welcome the Halloween banquet in the evening......

It wasn't until late in the evening, thinking that the banquet was about to begin, that Ivan walked slowly towards the Great Hall.