Chapter 25: The War of Words (Part II)

"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." After a brief silence, Karkaroff exclaimed, "Apparently he is now 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 nothing, perhaps he made it himself. But what made him elected was definitely a wizard with clever means......"

"Oh, why do you say that?" Principal Verhalen asked dissatisfied. Compared to Karkaroff, who cowered in front of Moody, he was much tougher. After all, he wasn't a European magician, and he didn't know how powerful Moody was.

"Because they deceived a very clever magic item!" Moody gave him a cold look, stared at him tightly, and said word by word: "The Goblet of Fire has been on the task of selecting warriors for thousands of years, and it is a very clever magic item that has never made a mistake, you don't really think that it can't tell the difference between ten and eleven, right?" ”

Neither Madame Maxim nor Karkaroff spoke, knowing the long history of the Goblet of Fire. But it was Principal Verhalen who whispered, "Then who can tell?" The truth is that he couldn't tell! ”

"Are you mocking the level of magic in our Europe?" Before the others could speak, it was Mr. Crouch who looked coldly at Verhallen.

Verhalen opened his mouth, finally took a step back and whispered, "Well, it's my fault, I apologize." ”

Crouch retracted his gaze and looked at Moody again: "Alasto, tell me what you think!" ”

"My thought is, Confusion Charm! A powerful confusion spell! Moody, apparently having a draft for a long time, said smoothly: "Someone deceived the Goblet of Fire." Let it think of Potter as a student at the sixth school. Only in this way can he be guaranteed to be selected. ”

"You seem to have put a lot of thought into this, Moody," Karkaroff said coldly, "it's a pretty novel theoryβ€”but, of course, I've heard that you've been thinking about a birthday present you've received with a clever basilisk egg, and you're going to smash it to pieces, only to find out it's 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 like a dark wizard, Karkaroff - you won't forget ......"

"Alasto!" Dumbledore warned.

Moody was silent, but still looked at Karkaroff with disgust, his face flushed as if it 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. Mr. Harry Potter was chosen to participate in the competition, along with Miss Johnson and Miss Lestrants. Therefore, they must ......"

"Ah, but Lord Dumbledoreβ€”" Vilharen shouted reluctantly.

"My honorable Principal Verhaaren, if you have another solution, I would like to hear from you. Or someone else? Dumbledore looked around, silently waiting.

However, Verharen did not speak, he just glared angrily. And he wasn't the only one who showed a dissatisfied look. Snape also looked annoyed; Both Karkaroff and Madame Maxim turned pale; Instead, Principal Stewart looked at all of this indifferently, with no special expression on his face. Only Bagman seemed very excited.

"Well, I have one thing, I don't know if it has something to do with it!" Daphany suddenly grinned.

"Miss Lestrants, what do you want to say?" Crouch looked at Daphine, his tone as gentle as he could. Knowing that Daphany was the boss behind the Potions Factory, Crouch didn't dare to be too rude to her.

"Well, although most of the junior students were inspired by me to use some small tricks to throw their names into the Goblet of Fire. But I'm a little different. I used the Confusion Charm to cross age boundaries. I wonder if this has something to do with it? Daphany said with a smile.

"Your Confusion Charm?" Principal Stewart, who had not spoken, was clearly interested: "If you don't mind, I think we should take a look to have a reasonable opinion." Several other principals nodded in agreement.

Daphine smiled and slowly cast a confusion spell on herself.

"A very clever Confusion Charm! Miss Lestranzi! Bagman said with admiration.

"Brilliant indeed!" Madame Maxime looked at Daphine with jealousy, "However, I don't think this level of confusion is enough to deceive the Goblet of Fire." Of course, if it's just an age limit, I'm afraid it's fine. ”

"I think Madame Maxim is right!" Crouch nodded in agreement. For the Honored Academy

"If even Miss Lestranzi can only do this, I don't think Mr. Potter can do better!" Professor McGonagall, who was standing nearby, spoke, "Actually, I think even I would have had a lot of trouble trying to trick the Goblet of Fire. Not for students to do! ”

Professor McGonagall is a high-level wizard with a high reputation in the world, and her Transfiguration skills are among the best in the world. Her words were more convincing than the crazy Moody.

"I have an idea and want to hear everyone's opinions!" Principal Stewart spoke.

All eyes were on her.

"Principal Stewart, please!" Mr. Crouch said politely.

"Personally, I don't really care if ten warriors participate or eleven warriors participate!" Headmaster Stewart smiled calmly: "I believe that the other Headmasters don't care about the number itself, please listen to me......" Seeing that Madam Maxim wanted to speak, Headmaster Stewart raised his hand and asked him to pause, and continued: "What we care about is one more Champion place at Hogwarts!" ”

The other three principals' eyes lit up when they heard this.

"Exactly!" Madame Maxim nodded repeatedly.

"Since Mr. Moody said that someone used a powerful Confusion Charm to make the Goblet of Fire recognize Mr. Potter as a warrior of the Sixth Academy. Then let's really think of him as a warrior of the sixth house. Principal Stewart spoke eloquently.

"What does Your Excellency Principal Stewart mean?" Crouch didn't react a little, but Madame Maxim and the other headmasters vaguely understood what Principal Stewart meant.

"The contract has been made, and Mr. Potter must participate in the tournament. But not as a Hogwarts Warrior. He competes in the tournament in his own right. If, I mean if, in the end he wins the eventual victory, the credit goes to him personally, but it has nothing to do with Hogwarts! And in all the propaganda during this period, Mr. Potter is not as a Hogwarts Warrior, but as an Independent Warrior. ”

"I think it's doable!" Madame Maxim was the first to speak in agreement.

"Well, yes, as long as it's not that there are three Champions at Hogwarts!" Karkaroff also nodded.

Verharen nodded as well, glancing at Harry, his eyes full of disapproval. Obviously, he didn't think that Harry could really win in the end. After all, he was only fourteen years old.

All four headmasters looked at Dumbledore, but Dumbledore looked at Crouch.

Crouch looked down and thought for a moment, then raised his head: "Rule-wise, there is no problem with Principal Stewart's proposal. If all the Rectors agree, then we will do it. I would tell the major newspapers to pay attention to the rhetoric of their propaganda. ”

Several principals all nodded their heads, which was considered to be the approval of the plan. Dumbledore thanked Stuart with a slight bow, and the latter smiled in response.

"Okay, okay, so we can continue, right?" Buckman rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "Now, we're going to start making things for our warriors." Right? Buddy? Do you want to talk about it? ”

Crouch bowed slightly: "Yes, I'm here." So saying, he motioned to all eleven warriors to come around. Although it was only for a short time, Crouch was already very tired for some reason. His face was full of fatigue, but he still forced his usual strong attitude: "As you know before, there are a total of five events in this competition. I'll give you a clue for the first project, and you'll all have to look at yourselves for the rest of the project. As he spoke, he looked around at the eleven warriors, and seeing that they were all listening carefully, he continued: "The first project is to test your courage and courage! So I'm not going to tell you what he is. The courage to face the unknown is an important quality of a good wizard! Very important! ”

"The first project will take place on November 26. You will do it in front of other students, teachers, various spectators, and the judging panel. While completing the event, the Warrior is not allowed to ask Fire to accept any help from other teachers or anyone else! When the Warrior faces the first round of challenges, the only weapon in his hand is his wand! The case of the second project will be obtained after the completion of the first project. Due to the high requirements of the competition and the long duration of the competition, I think that the Warriors will not have to do their homework this year, and the final grades will be all excellent by default! ”

Speaking of this, Crouch looked at Dumbledore and the other headmasters: "Albus, there are several other headmasters, I think that's all, do you have anything else to add?" ”

The other headmasters shook their heads, and Dumbledore smiled and told the warriors to go back to rest.

As Daphany walked out of the room, she heard Dumbledore ask Crouch in a worried voice, "Barty, don't you really want to stay at Hogwarts tonight?" Your face isn't very good......"

"I'm fine, Albus, I must go back to the Ministry," said Mr. Crouch in a dull voice, "and this is a very busy, very difficult time...... I put young Weasley in temporary charge, as you probably know, Arthur's son...... He is excellent and enthusiastic...... But to be honest, it's a bit too high......"

Defanie didn't hear their exchange afterwards, her ears were already filled with cheers from the students in the auditorium......