14. Registration
"Beauxbatons' representative is a woman? Although there are not many conceptual differences between genders in the wizarding world, girls are still at a slight disadvantage in competitive activities, let alone this extremely dangerous triwizard competition. Malfoy looked at Fleur in some surprise.
Krum smiled understandingly, "Don't be deceived by her appearance, according to the information collected by our headmaster, this senior sister, even in all of Europe, is one of the very few people of her age who can defeat her in a head-to-head duel. β
When the golden plates were scrubbed again, Dumbledore stood up again. An emotion of excitement and nervousness seemed to permeate the auditorium. "The time has finally come," Dumbledore said, smiling at the raised faces, "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin." I'd like to start by explaining a few words. β
"The specific events of this year's Warriors' competitions, Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman have carefully vetted them," Dumbledore said, as Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him, "and they have made a lot of necessary arrangements for each event." There are three programs, each at different times throughout the school year, that will test the Warriors in many different waysγγγγγγ A test of their talents in magic - their courage and their ability to reason - and, of course, their ability to overcome danger. β
Augustus quietly looked at the box in front of Dumbledore, the magic fluctuations on the box shone with a deep blue light under the effect of the Eye of Discovery, if you guessed correctly, the prop for the election of the warrior should be the item in the box, but with such a magical effect, there is still a certain certainty of applying a confusion charm to it.
"Three projects? As always, if it is not surprising, I am afraid that the interval between each project is about half a month, so that the preparation time for the Warriors will be quite sufficient, of course, internal cheating, dark box operations between schools, may also emerge in this half a month, even the World Cup has not been avoided, and the competition of the Triwizard is naturally not exempt. Lilian looked away from the teacher's chair and said casually.
Saul looked thoughtfully at the two principals of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, "The home field is Hogwarts, even if there is a so-called dark box and bias, the advantage should be the warriors of our school, and for these behind-the-scenes methods, it is actually the unspoken rule that everyone defaults to, so naturally, there is nothing to theorize." β
Dumbledore pulled out his wand and tapped it three times on the lid of the box in front of him. The lid slowly creaked open. Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, rough-cut wooden goblet. The cup itself is unremarkable, but the inside is full of dancing blue-white flames.
Dumbledore closed the box and placed the cup on the lid so that everyone in the auditorium could see it clearly.
"Every student who wants to run for a Warrior must write his name and the name of his school on a piece of parchment and throw it into this goblet," said Dumbledore, "and those who want to become a Warrior can sign up within twenty-four hours." Tomorrow night, the night of Halloween, Goblet will choose the names of the three students it thinks best represent the three schools. Tonight, the goblet will be placed in the foyer and will be accessible to all students who are willing to participate in the campaign. β
"In order to avoid students who are not old enough
I can't stand Mimi," Dumbledore said, "and I'm going to draw an age line around the goblet when it's in the foyer." No one under the age of 17 can cross this line. β
The corners of Augustus's mouth outlined a perfect arc, and his silver pupils revealed a hint of a smile, Seventeen years old, is it a bit big to put the magic effect on the age line of deception.
Loki looked over the long table and landed on the goblet, groaning and touching his chin. "It seems that the mechanism of selecting warriors for the Goblet of Fire should be relatively rigid, otherwise, there will be no additional move such as an age line, if it can automatically distinguish the age of the applicants, and directly screen out the unqualified, it should be more insured than the age line, after all, it is definitely easier to cross a simple magic line. Perhaps, a bottle of age-enhancing agent will be able to pass the test smoothly. β
"What do you think a simple potion would do with the restrictions set by Dumbledore himself? If you can't find the tipping point of its boundary, I'm afraid that no student who doesn't meet the age will be able to pass it. Thor shrugged nonsensically, indicating that Loki was a little whimsical.
"Tipping point?" Loki sneered disdainfully, "It's true that the limiting effect of any magic array will have a critical point to break the formation, but you think it's just an ordinary age limit, and there is no geometric magic detection at all, which will produce a critical point?" β
Dumbledore continued to say some of the rules of the tournament and announced his disbandment. The Beauxbatons cadets seem to have moved into Ravenclaw, while Durmstrang has returned to his own ship.
The next day was Saturday, and when Augustus, Lillian, and Malfoy arrived in the foyer from the Slytherin common room, there were already more than twenty people gathered there, a few of them still eating bread, and they were all carefully looking at the Goblet of Fire. The cup was placed in the center of the foyer, on the same stool where the Sorting Hat was customary. A thin gold line was drawn on the floor, ten feet long on each side, and the cup was enclosed in the middle.
Augustus casually looked at the golden thread around the Goblet of Fire, and casually clasped his hands in front of his chest, although it was from Dumbledore's hand, but unfortunately limited by the magical knowledge of this world, there were still too many ways to crack it.
There was a burst of laughter behind him, and Fred, George, and Lee were sighted. Jordan hurried down the stairs, and all three of them looked extremely excited.
"It's done," Fred whispered to Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a smug tone, "just drank it." β
"What?" Ron asked.
"Age-enricher, stupid." Fred said.
The three of them stood in front of the Goblet of Fire, and George shouted triumphantly, and jumped forward after Fredβbut then a sizzling sound was heard, and the twins were tossed out of the golden ring, as if an unseen shot put player had thrown them out. They fell in agony to the cold, stone floor ten feet away, and they were humiliated in addition to Mimi's pain. With a loud popping sound, the two men had identical white beards on their chins.
There was a burst of laughter in the foyer, and Augustus shook his head helplessly, turning and walking out of the hall.
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