Chapter 19: The Four Academies (Part II)
The people from Ilvermorny House actually flew to England, and then used the portkey from London to the outer station of Hogwarts Castle, and flew over. The flying wing was the invention of Professor Neville Hohenheim, but it was made by all the students who came to the room. One of the requirements for selecting candidates for the tournament was to be able to complete a pair of flying wings on their own.
"Why don't we have an alchemy class?" Harry asked suspiciously, and Ron Dafanie and Draco were very embarrassed. Why doesn't there be an alchemy class in the UK? Because Britain has not had an alchemy master for three hundred years, no one can be a professor!
Not long after Ilvermorny Academy, the team from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic arrived. I think it's because they are all acquaintances, so Beauxbatons only has the headmaster to lead the team, not like Ilvermorny Magic Study, in addition to the headmaster leading the team, there are two professors accompanying him.
Hagrid's eyes lit up first when he saw the sturdy rune horses, but he soon stopped caring about them. Eyes full of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Lady Olim Maxim.
"What a tall woman!" Many students expressed such feelings. No way, Madame Maxim's height is not inferior to Hagrid's, and even feels taller because of her slender body! However, unlike the rugged Hagrid, this Madame Maxim was tall, but she was very well-proportioned and beautiful. Especially a pair of big black eyes, watery.
Beauxbatons students disembarked from the huge carriage. I don't know if it's because the weather in France is very good today, and the students are wearing very little. The delicate and gorgeous clothes are beautiful, but the ability to keep out the cold is a little average. Many students were blown by the cold wind and couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Daphine's eyes wandered to find the peerless Fleur girl, but she couldn't. Because all the girls covered their heads with scarves or veils...... Well, there are thirteen students in total, and only three of them are boys. Beauxbatons is in full swing and in decline......
Beauxbatons was obviously familiar with Dumbledore, and the two exchanged pleasantries. Maxim made a point of telling her to take care of her rune horse. Dumbledore swore that Hagrid would be fine. This Daphine had no doubt that Hagrid was very good at caring for magical creatures. Even rune horses, which are larger than the size of elephants.
Since Beauxbatons' sisters covered their faces, they didn't cause any violent reactions. However, when Durmstrang resisted, the students of Hogwarts reacted violently. Not because of the big ships, and certainly not because of Karkarov.
The only reason everyone was excited was because of Victor Krum! The talented Seeker of the Neville Bulgarian team.
"I can't believe it!" Ron's face was full of disbelief, "It's Krum, Harry!" Victor Krum! ”
In fact, it is not only him, but most of the students in the academy have the same attitude as him. For example, Xiaolong, who was next to Daphany, was so excited that he was about to jump!
At this time, countless students were extremely disgusted with the teachers and students of the upcoming Nagud Inafer School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and these damn guys had to be the last. If they had arrived earlier, wouldn't they have been able to go in with Krum?
"For God's sake, Ron, he's just a Quidditch player." Hermione said helplessly, a little speechless at the fanaticism of the people around her. Although she is also a Quidditch fan, she also admires Krum's performance at the World Cup. But it's too much of an exaggeration to be like Ron.
"Just a Quidditch player?" Ron stared at her stunned, as if he couldn't believe his ears, "Hermione—he's one of the best Seekers in the world!" Or not one of them! Oh my God, Merlin is on top, I didn't expect him to be a student! ”
Hermione's response to Ron's words was a roll of the eye.
By the time the teachers and students of Nagud Inafer School of Witchcraft and Wizardry finally arrived, it was already completely dark.
The Nagud Inafer School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrived in a flashy way. They also came by boat. But their great galleons did not emerge from the black lake, but from the clouds.
The 30-meter-long boat slowly landed in the open space of the hunting ground. Amazingly, it didn't fall to the ground, but floated about an inch above the ground. Invisible magic holds it up.
If it had been before, the students of Hogwarts would have been amazed by the marvelous ship. And at this point, they are just disgusted. Disgusted by the punctuality, they missed the opportunity to get Krum to sign autographs.
Stepping down from the boat's gang, a dozen men and women in robes slowly stepped out of the boat.
"At this time, they still have to pretend to grind and chirp!" Ron said to Harry beside him with a look of disgust, and Harry nodded in agreement. The same complaints rang out everywhere in the student body. Until the professors shouted at them to silence them.
The teachers and students of the Nagud Inafer School of Witchcraft and Wizardry slowly disembarked from the boat and walked towards the castle.
They also had two tour leaders who were clearly adults. One man and one woman. Let's look for books
"Very welcome, Australian guests from afar, from across the ocean!" Dumbledore smiled and said to the two leaders.
"Thank you for your welcome!" The man leading the group bowed slightly to Dumbledore and smiled gracefully: "I am the headmaster of Nagud Inaver School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Ralph Verharen, and it is a pleasure to meet the most famous white wizard in Europe, Lord Dumbledore!" ”
"Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. Verhaaren!" Dumbledore said with a smile,
Verharen introduced the woman next to him, Liv Volsta, the academy's director of the actual combat department. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the Hogwarts students finally followed Nagud Inave into the castle.
"How do you feel the attitude of those two Australians...... It's very uncomfortable. Daphne whispered in Daphne's ear, "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it, but it's ......."
"Feeling fake?" Daphany also lowered her voice and said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, it's just fake!" Pansy couldn't help but interject: "The smile on their faces and the tone of their voices all feel fake. ”
Daphany smiled and said nothing.
False? Of course it's fake! How is it possible for a magic school in Australia to have a good opinion of a magic school in the UK? In fact, the entire Australian wizarding community has no affection for the British wizarding community.
Although in the world of ordinary people, Australia was a member of the Commonwealth until the middle of the twenty-first century, and has always been a loyal horse dog of the United Kingdom. But this is not the case at all in the wizarding world.
At the beginning, the British colonists occupied the Australian continent, and the people who sent them were basically prisoners and scum. Although it is not a good bird to go to the United States, it is much better than going to Australia after all. There are almost no magicians among these scum, and of course, who can exile magicians?
It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that unsatisfactory magicians in Europe, America and even Asia gradually fled to Australia, forming the first batch of magicians in Australia. As a result, Australia's magical civilization was very short-lived, or they had no civilization at all. It's just a few second- and third-rate magicians from various continents or criminals in the wizarding world.
However, since a certain community of magicians has been formed, a social system of magicians has gradually formed. A number of local magical families have also been formed. These magicians and magician families occupy a continent on their own, with abundant resources and a rapid increase in numbers. The number of magicians in Australia now far exceeds that of the United Kingdom, France, and Greece. But in terms of quality, it is much worse. At least that's what the mainstream wizarding community thinks.
Because they are all composed of magicians from all over the world, Australian magicians are very unpopular internationally. Australia's National Council for Magic, similar to the British Ministry of Magic, applied to join the International Federation of Wizards, which was rejected for many years. It wasn't until more than a decade ago that they were able to pass because they were too numerous.
And Australia's magic academy, Nagud Inafer only joined the International Federation of Magical Schools ten years ago. Became the eleventh league recognized school of magic. But even when they joined, they were still not welcomed. In particular, it is very unpopular with the British and Greek wizarding circles. In fact, Australia's National Council of Magic has been slow to join the Alliance, and these two countries have always been in the way.
It is for this reason that the Australian wizarding community also has a great prejudice against the British wizarding community. It's already good to be polite on the surface when you meet. It is really difficult for people to respect and rejoice from the bottom of their hearts.
"I don't know, how can such a school participate in the competition?" Draco said with a sneer. He was vaguely aware of the discord between the Australian wizarding world and the British wizarding world. No way, as the heir of the Malfoy family, he has a lot of things, Lucius will teach him since he was a child. Relatively speaking, although Pansy and Daphne are both from traditional wealthy families, they are girls who do not inherit the family business after all.
"It's been sixty or seventy years since the school was founded. The new red regime in the East has not yet established this number. Daphany said with a smile. Compared to the others, she has never had any objection to the Australian wizarding community. Of course, this is because even after living for more than ten years. She still feels that she is still an outsider to the world, and she lacks enough sense of substitution.
"Sixty or seventy years, not even a fraction of Hogwarts." Draco said dismissively. The Slytherin snakes around him all nodded in approval. Although there were times when they didn't like Hogwarts, such as Draco who said on more than one occasion that he would prefer to teach Durmstrang the Dark Arts. But compared to the academy that is only a few decades, the sense of superiority is greater.
Daphany smiled, not speaking.
Underestimate others? Xiaolong's classmates are going to be slapped in the face. Not to mention anything else, just looking at the magic ship that can fly, can the British wizarding world build it?
Not to mention the two principals and directors, although they are not popular, they are quite strong. It was not clear what she felt without using magic, but Daphany felt that the male headmaster was not under Professor McGonagall, and that the female could at least compete with Snape.
As for the students, there is no shortage of good players! In the tournament, if you don't want to be stepped on at Hogwarts, you have to be careful.