Chapter 169: Determining the Contestants
This spell can't limit Illya, who is already past seventeen years old, but Illya knows that the quota for this competition has been set, and she doesn't have this opportunity to participate if she wants to.
"Can't we get Professor Dumbledore to add a few more places?"
"There were only three players, and there were already more Harry Potters, and if you added more...... Is it going to be a big scuffle?"
Ethan touched his chin and thought it was interesting, a magical version of The Hunger Games, but Dumbledore obviously wouldn't agree - the more people there were, the more likely an accident would be.
If there was one more person, and in addition to Harry, there was Ethan, an age-defying player, that was within the acceptable range of the Ministry of Magic, then they couldn't accept it anyway to turn a matchup between the elite and a few of them.
Even if you want to accept it, you can't do it, the process of the game has been set, and the preparations are going on step by step.
"Unfortunately, there is a rare interesting thing. ”
For Illya, Triwizard Tournament was a lot of fun, even though she didn't even know what it was about.
The deadline for registration passed quickly, and on the closing day, Dumbledore and the professors of the school, plus Barty Crouch, appeared next to the Goblet of Fire.
The students also gathered here consciously, including the students of the other two colleges, who also found their own places, quietly waiting for the Goblet of Fire to announce the contestants of the Triwizard Tournament.
As in the original story, Dumbledore said a few words, and then waved his hand, dimming the flames in the hall, with only the faint blue glow emitted by the Goblet of Fire being the most conspicuous.
With Dumbledore's movements, the blue flame in the Goblet of Fire suddenly turned red, and then a piece of parchment was 'spit out' by the Goblet of Fire.
Victor Krum and Fleur Delacour, both of them were still chosen without surprise.
Ethan didn't know what the selection criteria for the Goblet of Fire were, but the two were representatives of their respective houses, and almost no one would be upset about selecting them.
As for Hogwarts...... Without any intervention, Cedric Diggory among the seniors did have the qualifications to represent Hogwarts, but it was a pity that he would not have had that opportunity anymore.
"The last contestant to enter the contest is ......"
Dumbledore waited for the Goblet of Fire to choose, then froze for a moment after catching the parchment, and then glanced at Ethan thoughtfully.
"Good acting!"
Ethan gave Dumbledore a thumbs up in his heart, and Dumbledore's reactions and movements were all very natural, as if he was really startled by the name on the parchment.
If it weren't for the fact that it was parchment with his name on it that he spit out this time, Ethan would have wondered if Harry Potter's name had been spit out earlier.
Ethan...... Arendelle!"
All the students' eyes were focused on Ethan, and the people of Slytherin House were already cheering.
Ethan threw the parchment into the Goblet of Fire in front of almost everyone, and many of the younger students failed in their attempts afterwards (including Ron's twin brothers), which proved Ethan's strength.
So at this time, no one felt that there was anything inappropriate to choose Ethan, and even the other two schools did not express their dissatisfaction: the selection of a junior is obviously beneficial to their own side, so why jump out and oppose it?
"Wait, Ethan is not old enough to be a player. ”
Professor McGonagall was the first to stand up and object, as one of the people who knew the inside story, Professor McGonagall certainly did not doubt Ethan's strength, and of course she did it for the sake of acting.
"The choice of the Goblet of Fire is magically binding......"
After some argument, Barty Crouch insisted that the match continue, and just then, the Goblet of Fire spat out a piece of parchment again, which Dumbledore grabbed with some hastiness and read out the name on it.
Harry...... Potter ......"
The situation turned interesting, as the Goblet of Fire spat out the names of two Hogwarts students in a row, neither of whom had reached the age of seventeen, much to Barty Crouch's embarrassment, but he insisted on the Triwizard Tournament as normal.
It's nothing more than three people becoming four.
As for whether the player will encounter any danger in the game, maybe he didn't think about it at all.
After some arguing, and making sure that the Goblet of Fire wouldn't be spitting out a new name, the four players went to meet at the specially prepared place, and then they could each go back to make final preparations for the real Triwizard Tournament.
Since Victor and Fleur left the hall and entered the room after their names were read, the two of them didn't know what was going on in front of them, but they heard some arguments.
Ethan and Harry walked in, leaving them a little confused.
"This ...... Which of you are Hogwarts players?"
Harry turned his head to look at Ethan next to him, he was actually in a state of confusion until now, he didn't even understand what was going on, and he didn't understand why he was here.
"Both. ”
Fleur tilted her head and looked at the two 'little brothers' in front of her: "You guys...... Is there seventeen?"
"Uh...... Fourteen years old. ”
Harry didn't think much of it, and just said his age.
Ethan still didn't answer, because he was too casual, and since his appearance was solidified, he didn't deliberately calculate his age.
In addition, if you stay in this world for a while, it is not easy to sort out how many years he has passed, anyway, the number should not be very small.
"Fourteen?"
Victor looked at the two young Hogwarts with a strange expression, and he wondered how these two men were chosen by the Goblet of Fire.
Could it be that the people at Hogwarts did something to do it? That's not right, how can there be any reason to send two junior students over instead of letting the good senior students fight?
They wanted to ask more about the two next rivals, but Dumbledore and the others soon arrived, and Dumbledore once again showed his superb acting skills: he seriously asked Harry if he had secretly signed up himself, or how did he get someone else to sign up for him?
Harry could only keep shaking his head to say that he hadn't done those things, and that he didn't know why it was happening.
In comparison, Ethan on the side only needed to watch the play quietly, because everyone present knew how he did it, but they didn't expect the Goblet of Fire to really spit out his name.
"How did you do that?"
"What?"
Several professors surrounded Harry Potter and asked questions, and Victor and Fleur were pushed to the periphery as if they had nothing to do with the Triwizard Tournament.
Fleur looked left and right, remembering that Ethan had thrown his name into the Goblet of Fire in front of many people, ignoring the age ban.
At the time, it was just that the young Hogwarts student was a little capable, but in retrospect, maybe he did more than just 'sign up', but did something so that the Goblet of Fire would definitely choose him.
"Take out the parchment, write your name, and throw it into the Goblet of Fire. ”
Ethan was telling the truth, but Fleur didn't believe it, thinking that Ethan didn't want to tell her, or was watching out for her competitor.
So there was no conversation between the next few people, and in the chaos, the Triwizard Tournament began.
The Triwizard Tournament will run throughout the school year, with only three matches, but each one will require enough time to prepare and allow plenty of time for players to recover after each match.
Therefore, there is no need to worry that the continuous matches will make the players' physical strength unable to keep up, or injuries will affect the performance of the next game.
All in all, the Triwizard Tournament has a loose schedule and plenty of time to spare...... Ethan was a little bored when he grew up.
While the others had no idea what the first match would be, Ethan knew that their first match would be against an adult fire dragon.
Of course, it is not a trouble for Ethan, even if he does not need to scare the fire dragon with coercion, he can beat the fire dragon of this world into a worm by shaking him head-on.
It's just that before he can actually start playing, Ethan finds himself in another problem.
Since becoming a representative of Hogwarts, his popularity has skyrocketed within the house, and although he is already well-known, he has not been greeted by people everywhere he goes - and more importantly, many of them are not Slytherin students, which is simply unthinkable in the past.
"If you're not a Slytherin student, everyone will be happy to greet you and cheer you on. ”
Hermione happened to meet Ethan when she walked out of the other hallway, and saw Ethan curiously looking at the classmates who greeted her and those who didn't, and explained to him casually: "After all, Slytherin House ...... Ahem, you get the idea. ”
Slytherin's reputation and popularity were just like that, and Ethan was not surprised by that.
"You're looking for me?"
"Actually, Harry is looking for something with you, and he's there. ”
Because Ethan, the cheater, broke the rules first, Harry Potter was treated better in the academy than in the original plot, at least not to the point where he would be ridiculed by the students wherever he went.
There were even many students who hated Slytherin in the extreme who strongly supported Harry Potter, hoping that he would win for Hogwarts, and defeat Ethan of Slytherin when he defeated the players from the other two houses.