Soon, though, the students' eyes were turned away. Because the two empty seats on the professorship's chair were already occupied, Ludo Bagman and Barty Crouch.

Dumbledore also opened his mouth to introduce everyone.

"I'd like to explain our program for this school year. But first of all, allow me to introduce two guests, because there are still people who don't know them: Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic, and Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of Physical Education at the Ministry of Magic. ”

The students gave a token round of applause. They didn't know much about these Ministry of Magic officials. Li Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at Crouch, who deduced that Crouch should have been under the Dementor Charm by now.

"Over the past few months, Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch have worked tirelessly to arrange this tournament," Dumbledore continued, "and they will form a panel of judges with me, Professor Karkaroff, Lady Amiye, and Madame Maxime, to judge the efforts of the Warriors. ”

Then, Dumbledore looked at the student who had quieted down and smiled slightly. He took out a large wooden box inlaid with jewels. The box looked very old. Then he continued.

"Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman have carefully reviewed the specific events of this year's Warriors' competition, and they have made many necessary arrangements for each event. There are three programs, each taking place at different times throughout the school year, and they will test the Warriors in many different ways...... Put their talents at magic to the test – their guts and their ability to reason, and, of course, their ability to overcome danger. ”

As Dumbledore said this, the auditorium fell silent, and everyone was attentive.

"As you already know, we have four magic schools in Europe that are participating in this competition, so there will also be four warriors representing their schools, and we will rate them based on the quality of each event, and at the end of the three events, the warrior with the highest score will win the European Cup. The one in charge of selecting the Champion is an impartial selector, and it is the Goblet of Fire. ”

With that, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and tapped it three times on the lid of the box. 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.

"Once the Goblet of Fire is lit, the contract has been reached, and every student who wants to run for the Warrior must write his name and the name of the school on a piece of parchment and throw it into this goblet, and those who aspire to become Warriors can sign up within twenty-four hours. Tomorrow night, the night of Halloween, the goblet will choose the names of the four students it thinks best represent the four 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. ”

"Of course." Dumbledore winked playfully. "In order to avoid the temptation of students who are not old enough, I will draw an age line around the goblet after it is placed in the foyer. No one under the age of 17 can cross this line. ”

"Finally, I would like to remind everyone who is going to participate in the election to pay attention to the fact that this competition is not a child's play, and you must not participate in it recklessly. Once the Warrior is selected by the Goblet of Fire, he must hold the game to the end. Whoever throws his name into the cup actually forms a magical contract that must be observed. Once you become a warrior, you are not allowed to change your mind. So, think twice and find out that you really want to participate in the competition before throwing your name into the cup. Okay, I think it's time for everyone to go to bed. Good night to all. ”

Dumbledore declared the feast over, and the noise returned to the Great Hall, where everyone rose to disperse, and the students of Brownbottom and Durmstrang were led by their headmaster back to their means of transportation, which was also their place of residence during the event, on the magic boat or in the carriage.

As for the Soviet State School of Magic, it was different, the staff of the Ministry of Magic was still trying to talk to Amy, after all, diplomacy was no small matter. Some of the requirements made by the Soviet State School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were negotiated between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. For example, to solve the problem of accommodation, Ravenclaw College contributed three dormitories. To solve the problem of teaching, during the competition, students from the Soviet Union will attend classes with Hogwarts students.

The reason for these problems is also because of the requirements of the Ministry of Magic. After all, the Soviet Ministry of Magic and the Muggle regime stood together, which made the entire wizarding world suspicious and repulsive towards them, and the British Ministry of Magic, after experiencing the Dark Lord Catastrophe, has now recovered its vitality, and naturally tries to dominate the entire wizarding world, and because of this, it is trying to win over the Soviet Ministry of Magic. So the Soviet School of Magic asked to participate in this triwizard tournament, and it was also agreed. However, it is not possible to bring items with additional spatial magic into the country, and there cannot be more than two official wizards. That's why the problem of teaching and living arises.

But this is also the proper meaning, after all, this is a wizarding world, as long as the Soviet Ministry of Magic has such determination, it is completely possible to pack the Soviet Union's hundreds of thousands of werewolf troops in suitcases, bring them into British territory, and open them directly at Hogwarts.

This possibility is not impossible, and the British Ministry of Magic has to guard against it. Therefore, it is natural to communicate with the Soviet side, and as compensation, one promise after another was made.

Britain's decision to allow the Soviet State School of Magic and Wizardry to join the tournament was naturally a diplomatic ploy.

So the officials of the Ministry of Magic also had preliminary conversations with the representatives of the Soviet Union. In fact, it is three or two sentences of greeting and one or two sentences of intention, and the old-fashioned gentlemen are like this, even if it rains, they do not allow themselves to dodge in a hurry, but pretend to walk in the rain with great grace, but in fact it is still raining.

The British Ministry of Magic during the first Dark Lord period was the most aggressive and offensive Ministry of Magic, when the sun never set on the British Empire, and Hogwarts students traveled from the mainland to India to Australia. The civilian wizards in these places quickly squeezed out the control of the pure-blood families over the British wizarding world, and similarly, the expansion of territory also represented a doubling of resources, and in this respect the pure-blood factions were no match for the flexible civilian wizards, and in the colonies, it was purely the commoner world.

However, it is a pity that with the end of World War II, the wizarding world has also set off a new trend of scraping, the British Ministry of Magic has lost a lot of external resources, and the civilian wizard faction has also declined rapidly.

The dream of the British Ministry of Magic dominating the wizarding world was also completely shattered. Only now, a brand new Soviet Ministry of Magic on the new Soviet Bear has come into their sights.