Chapter 116: Welcome Party

On October 30, when the students went downstairs for breakfast, they found that the auditorium had been renovated overnight. Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each representing one of Hogwarts houses: Gryffindor with a golden lion on a red background, Ravenclaw with a bronze eagle on a blue background, Hufflepuff with a black badger on a yellow background, and Slytherin with a silver python on a green background. Behind the teacher's desk, hung the largest banner with the coat of arms of Hogwarts: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake linked together with a large letter H around it.

This solemn decoration also made the students' spirits high, and they did not want to lose face in front of the other magic schools that were coming.

Today's class ended early, and the school took a lot of trouble for this event.

Until the evening, three schools of magic appeared one after the other.

Beauxbatons School was the first to arrive, flying from the sky in a giant powder-blue carriage. The carriage was the size of a house, and it was carried by twelve winged horses, all silver-maned horses, each about the size of an elephant. Paddle over the Forbidden Forest. Land in front of the foyer of Hogwarts.

The carriage door has a coat of arms emblazoned on it, a symbol of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the door opens, and a boy in a light blue robe jumps out of the carriage, bends down, gropes for something on the floor of the carriage, and then opens a golden spiral staircase. Then he jumped back respectfully, and a very tall and sturdy lady stepped out of the carriage.

This lady was the headmaster of Beauxbatons School, Madame Maxime. In fact, he was very handsome, and at the same time very richly dressed, with expensive opals shining around his neck and fingers. It's just that the figure is too tall. In fact, the high ones are a bit exaggerated.

When Madame Maxime landed in the carriage, Dumbledore began to applaud, and the students who had come to welcome him clapped their hands.

Dumbledore also stepped forward and gave a kiss on the hand, "Dear Lady Maxim, welcome to Hogwarts. ”

Madame Maxim replied. "Dumbledore, I hope you're doing well."

After the necessary greetings, Madame Maxim waved a huge hand casually behind her, and the twelve or thirteen students who came down from the carriage also stood behind her, obviously these little wizards from afar lacked common sense, and all of them were dressed in delicate silk, and now they were all shivering slightly from the cold.

Professor McGonagall hurriedly arranged for them to enter the Great Hall, after which representatives from Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrived. They emerge from the lake in front of Hogwarts Castle in a magical boat, through the medium of water.

A large whirlpool appeared in the middle of the lake, then a mast emerged, and then a magnificent ship rose out of the water, shining in the moonlight.

The big boat approached the shore, and a moment later an iron anchor was thrown into the shallow water, and a plank was laid on the shore.

Dumbledore stepped forward again. Meet the headmaster of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Karkaroff.

Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Beauxbatons are two extremes in terms of dress, Durmstrang students are wearing fur cloaks, and if the students of the two schools stand together, it is really suspicious of the weather.

Karkaroff greeted warmly and exchanged pleasantries with Dumbledore. He walked up to Dumbledore and shook Dumbledore's hand with both hands.

In fact, although he had a smile on his face, he still had a horror that he couldn't hide in his heart. Dumbledore appeased, of course, and invited everyone into the auditorium.

The students at Durmstrang followed their principal into the foyer.

After that, everyone continued to wait, but it didn't take long for the Soviet State School of Magic and Wizardry to arrive, because the school was established too shortly, and because the magic barrier of Hogwarts would produce electromagnetic isolation, so the Soviet National School of Magic specially transferred a batch of Ukrainian iron belly, this dragon is currently the largest fire dragon in the world.

It has been a year since the Soviet Reconquest War, and with the expansion of the country's territory, the Ministry of Magic has also quickly gathered wizards in these places, greatly expanding the establishment, which also allows the Ministry of Magic to spare some wizards to be responsible for the operation of the Soviet State School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The huge fire dragon carried the wizards to land, and the majestic appearance of the fire dragon made the Hogwarts crowd who came to greet them retreat slightly. The Soviet Union led the team with Vice Principal Amy Ye, and with her, there were a total of seven wizards, six of whom were students. Among them was Illya Nofeler, who had high hopes.

"Mr. Dumbledore, I have long admired the great name. I'm Amyeil Nofelle. Amy stepped forward and talked to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore also instantly judged the identity of the vampire who was the vice principal of the Soviet magic school in front of him.

"Hello, Miss Noffeler, this is your first visit and the first contact between our two schools, and we hope that Hogwarts will leave a good impression on you and your students."

After that, everyone returned to the auditorium together.

The tables in the auditorium are magical, and they grow longer and longer with the addition of stools. So there's no such thing as not being able to do it. The students of Brownbottomen and Gryffindor sat together, and Durmstrang naturally got together with Slytherin, after all, both sides had a good taste for the dark arts. Only six students from the USSR State School of Magic and Wizardry came and sat down at the Ravenclaw table. After all, Hufflepuff's long table is the most crowded.

Several school leaders from afar have also made it to the professorship. Dumbledore, as his master, got up as usual, and he stood until the Great Hall became quiet. before he spoke.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and, of course, special emphasis on the distinguished guests," Dumbledore smiled at the foreign students.

"It is with great joy that I welcome you to Hogwarts. I hope and believe that you will feel comfortable and happy here. ”

Li Lin listened to Dumbledore's speech, and then looked at the French students who shivered from the cold even as they sat in the auditorium. Helplessly, he spread his hands.

"The tournament will officially begin at the end of the feast, and I invite everyone to eat and drink as much as they would in their own school!"

When he had finished speaking, Dumbledore sat down and handed the stage to the students, while Principal Karkaroff immediately leaned forward and whispered to him. After all, the gossip of Voldemort's efforts had been circulating, which scared him a lot.

A lot of exotic food appeared on the plates on the table, apparently to take care of these foreign students who had come from afar. And to show the culture of the school, or whatever. The food at the banquet was varied and at the same time extremely rich. This has never been seen before.

The foreign students in the auditorium also attracted a lot of attention, such as the French students, who were shivering all the time and dressed thinly. Another example is the Durmstrang students who were so thick that it was now a little hot and had to take off their coats, and the Soviet students who were neatly dressed and uniformly styled in wizard uniforms.