"Welcome Lali." Dumbledore shook her hands cordially, "Your appearance is really impressive. ”

"I was always thinking about adding something new to the castle, but Ilvermorny got ahead of us in that regard," he said. ”

“.”

Hearing this, Yuralie Hicks just smiled awkwardly. The pickled red on his face obscured the change in expression at that moment.

"There's a lot going on in Ilvermorny, Albus. She's not like she used to be. Yulari said with a little worry.

"I'm sure you'll take over as headmaster and fix these things." Dumbledore nodded steadily at her.

"I hope so." Principal Juralie Hicks smiled reluctantly. From today's scene, it can be seen that she doesn't have much control over the school at all.

Things are falling in a worse direction.

Owen was not far from Dumbledore, looking at the headmaster of the African-American School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Julie Hicks, that's an old friend of Dumbledore.

She joined Ilvermorny at the same level as Newt's wife, Tina, and after graduating, one of them stayed on and the other joined the Magical Congress.

Yuralie Hicks is an excellent master of spells, and her book Advanced Spellcasting has always been a popular book recommended by Professor Flitwick.

Owen didn't know exactly how long she had been teaching at Ilvermorny, but it was clear that she had retired many years ago.

I don't know what happened to the headmaster of Ilvermorny, and they got the old clerk back.

It was clear that the school of magic in North America was undergoing a sea change, and many things were beyond the control of the substitute of Yulalie Hicks.

The two chatted briefly.

Dumbledore then led her into the castle, along with the young wizard of Ilvermorny, dressed in blue and raspberry red.

The others, the young wizards of Hogwarts, followed them closely and entered the castle in an orderly manner.

In the auditorium, Beauxbatons's classmates, who had entered earlier, had already chosen their seats at the Ravenclaw table, and after they sat down, they looked around the auditorium.

As for Durmstrang's little wizards, they sat on the Slytherin benches, of course, under Snape's leadership.

Many of Hogwarts wizards were still looking for Krum in the Great Hall, like Ron—"Look, Krum signed my autograph!" His face flushed, "I'm going to treasure it." ”

He had just come back with a piece of parchment to show off in front of everyone, and he was so excited.

"Krum remembers me, he only signed me alone!" He said triumphantly, "I dare say"

He was about to speak when he saw Krum sit beside him at Malfoy's invitation.

For a moment, Ron's face flushed, and he couldn't get out of his chest in one breath, and he couldn't disperse.

After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn Malfoy, it's only the first day that he's starting to stammer with Krum." ”

"I bet Krum can see what he is at a glance.

I dare say that everywhere Krum goes, there are people who are flattering and flattering him.

Where do they sleep, you say? We can give him a bed in our dormitory, Harry, I'm willing to give him my bed to sleep in, and I'll sleep on the marching bed. ”

“.” Harry didn't say anything.

He didn't want outsiders to enter his bedroom.

But Hogwarts is so big, there must be places for young wizards from other schools to sleep.

As for the little wizard of Ilvermorny.

They could only sit with Gryffindor.

Of the three magic academies, only they have the most people, after all, there is only one magic school for wizards in North America, and Ilvermorny is the sum of the three major European magic schools in terms of numbers, and it is normal for the number of young wizards to be large.

And Hufflepuff, as the house with the largest number of people in Hogwarts, really can't make a seat.

In the midst of the crowd.

Owen spotted the girl named Koyatl Stewart at a glance.

After all, her silver-haired and red-eyed eyes are too eye-catching.

Although Fleur's silver hair is also very stunning.

However, the hair color of the two is still slightly different, Fleur's hair is more gray, while Koyatl has a slight blue feeling.

This time she wasn't wearing her strange long dress, which was out of the ordinary.

Instead, he was joined by the other young Ilvermorny wizards, dressed in blue and raspberry robes.

She sat on the Gryffindor bench, her eyes showing no desire to admire the Great Hall, and even if you looked closely, you could see a slight disdain in the corners of her eyes.

Perhaps in her opinion, the style of Hogwarts was too rough, and compared to the palatial palaces, even though the Great Hall had been renovated, it was still a little shabby.

Her eyes fell on the other little witch who was also sitting on the Gryffindor bench.

That girl was probably the only thing she was interested in at Hogwarts.

————

Once everyone was seated, the welcome party officially began.

At the faculty desk, Filch, the janitor, is adding a few chairs.

For today's grand occasion, he wore an old tuxedo that was moldy.

As he placed more and more chairs.

The little wizards grew confused.

"What is he doing?" Justin whispered, "This is already the fifth chair." ”

"Is there anyone else here besides the other three headmasters?"

"Probably an official from the Ministry of Magic?" Hannah glanced over to the guest of honor and responded, "With their participation in the Triwizard Tournament, the opening ceremony will definitely come." ”

"Barty Krach?" Justin raised an eyebrow, he hadn't had a good opinion of the notoriously tough Minister of Magic since he found out what was going on in Hannah's house.

"Probably not." Owen responded, "This time it's the Federation that's mainly involved, and the Ministry of Magic is just implementing it." ”

It seems to corroborate Owen's words.

Suddenly, the side door next to the rostrum was opened.

Then Dumbledore smiled and greeted a group of young wizards who were completely unfamiliar with them.

Led by an African-American wizard.

He was dressed in a very regional style.

It was a wizard in his forties, with short curly hair, brown eyes, and a necklace that looked like a mountain on his chest.

With a smile on his face and great respect for Dumbledore. Ordinary looked at the old man in front of him.

"Who's that?" Ernie wondered.

"It seems to be the new vice president of the federation." Owen frowned and explained that since the death of his real grandmother, he had been watching who would take over as vice president of the Federation.

"It seems to be called Babajid Akinbad, an African shaman, a graduate of Vagado."

Behind him were several others.

It seems that they should all be members of the Federation.

Owen doesn't know much about this massive organization.

In fact, regarding Grindelwald's personnel infiltration, it took all the strength of the other group of wizards united under Dumbledore's banner to send Babajid Arkinbad to the position of vice president.

It can only be said that after the Dead Deaths incident, the form of existence of international wizards has changed abruptly, and the previous peaceful, pluralistic and gentle atmosphere is gone.

After the loss of a large number of personnel, there were even those within the federation who welcomed Grindelwald's return.

Even if there is no overt action, but in the current situation, silence is acquiescence, and many people believe that under the pressure of the reality of lack of combat power, there is nothing wrong with Grindelwald, the legendary wizard, bringing them out of difficult times, at least his strength is obvious to all wizards in Europe.

This is also one of the important reasons why after his return, the voice of resistance is weak.

Owen pondered.

On the rostrum, all professors, presidents, and guests were seated.

The auditorium fell silent.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and, especially our dignitaries!" Dumbledore said, smiling 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. ”

Hearing this, a Beauxbatons girl still wrapped her head tightly in a scarf, and let out a sneer that was undoubtedly sarcastic.

And the little wizards of the other two academies were not far behind, a little talking to each other, a little deliberately making some noise.

In short, it just doesn't give the greatest legendary wizard a little face.

Seeing this, the smile on Dumbledore's smiling face became a little thicker.

He nodded to the Beauxbatons witch who was making a shrill voice.

seem

It seems to be marking the enemy.

In the next second, the little wizard's displeased voice came from the Ravenclaw pile: "What is she doing!" ”

"If you don't want to stay, you can walk away, no one forced her to stay."

The reaction of the other three young wizards was similar.

Everyone agreed.

These gringos are really uneducated.

Sure enough, during the World Cup, they were beaten too lightly and didn't teach them a deep lesson!

As soon as the banquet began, the smell of gunpowder was already in the air over the auditorium.

It is conceivable that if it weren't for the professors, presidents, and officials of the federation on the rostrum, there would have been a fight at the bottom.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

The smile on Owen's face was almost uncontrollable.

"Is happiness coming?"

"The tournament will officially begin at the end of the banquet."

On the podium, Dumbledore continued, "I now invite everyone to eat and drink as if they were in your own home!"

In the next second, a lot of food suddenly piled up on the long table in front of the little wizards as usual.

Dumbledore sat down and chatted with the headmasters around him.

"Wow!"

Food suddenly appeared on the long table.

This is something that the other three major wizards of the magic school have not experienced.

Many people involuntarily let out an exclamation.

"Hmph—turtles!" At this moment, the little wizard of Hogwarts immediately felt a lot more comfortable.

Actually, look at the food in front of you.

They were also amazed, the house-elves in the kitchen seemed to have done their best, and they had never seen such a sumptuous dish before, and they were presented in a variety of ways, several of which were definitely foreign.

"What is this?" Ernie asked.

He pointed to a large plate next to the large steak kidney pudding, which looked like a hodgebord of seafood.

"French Fish Soup." Justin said, "It's French food, I ate it during the summer vacation the year before, and it tasted delicious." ”

"You've ever eaten French food?" Ernie looked at him in surprise.

"I've been to Paris many times, you name it!"

Listening to Justin's words, everyone tried to fill themselves with a little.

Then the meal began in full swing.

There are disputes about them, which are temporarily forgotten by everyone in the process of cooking.

The auditorium was much more crowded than ever.

Unlike in the original book, this time I don't know for what purpose, Owen feels that various schools seem to have moved their entire seventh grade.

Beauxbatons came with two dozen people.

Durmstrang was more, more than thirty people.

Ilvermorny was the most, Owen counted, and the figure on the Gryffindor bench, there were probably more than fifty people.

For others, it may not be good news, there are too many people, there are fights, and they can't play home advantage.

But for Owen, it was a godsend!

Hogwarts has long been boring after years of hard work.

They're all resisting, what's the point.

But now - suddenly there are so many more people.

Ha ha.

Good!

It's so good!

Twenty minutes into the feast, Hagrid slipped through a door behind the faculty desks into the auditorium.

He sat in his seat at the end of the table, near the Gryffindor table.

Hagrid held up a bandaged hand and waved it at Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Looks like he's done with those disgusting snails.

As Hagrid entered, another person entered the auditorium.

It was Ludo Bagman and Percy, and now the Minister of Magic, Mr. Barty Crouch.

"I'll go, he really has a face." Justin immediately opened fire.

"After all, the Minister of Magic, can Headmaster Dumbledore stop him?" Ernie takes a bite of milk jelly.

"Humph!" Although this is true, Justin is still very unhappy.

Minister of Magic - what a name.

Sometimes he even thinks that it is better to let the Prime Minister also be the Minister of Magic, the Ministry of Magic is subsumed into the Queen's government, and there is no need to fight as a minister anyway, and the new Prime Minister of the Labour Party: Mr. Jim Harker will definitely do a good job.

At least it will be better than Fudge.

On the Hufflepuff bench, Justin's inner monologue is unknown to anyone.

After two rounds of dishes.

The little wizards have filled their bellies.

When the golden plates were scrubbed again, Dumbledore stood up again.

A sense of excitement and nervousness seemed to permeate the auditorium, and everyone was waiting for the next show.

Everyone suppressed their excitement and stared at Dumbledore intently.

"The time has finally come!" Dumbledore said, smiling at the raised faces, "The tournament is about to begin, I want to explain a few words before I bring the box in!" ”

"Bring what in?" Justin asked quietly.

"Goblet of Fire!"

"What is the Goblet of Fire?" He asked again.

"A magic item to choose a warrior." Owen said.

"I see."

On the podium, Dumbledore's voice continued, "I'd like to explain the program of our school year, but first allow me to introduce two guests to our lovely guests, as there is still someone who doesn't know them, this is Mr. Barty Crouch, the British Minister for Magic. ”

The auditorium erupted in sparse applause, and many of the young wizards even looked sarcastic.

Thinking about comparison, the little wizards of other countries applauded very carefully, Minister of Magic, what a big official! You have to save face.

And so you saw this strange scene.

The little wizards of their own country applauded weakly, but the little wizards of other countries were very enthusiastic.

I don't know, I think they're outsiders.

"This is Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of Physical Education at the Ministry of Magic." Dumbledore continued.

The applause for Bagman was much louder than for Crouch, perhaps because he was well-known as a batsman, or maybe it was just that he was much more affectionate.

He stood up happily and waved his hand in thanks.

When Barty Crouch's name was introduced, Crouch neither smiled nor waved.

"There is also a gentleman who has worked tirelessly in the last few months to arrange the tournament, and Hogwarts has been able to hold such a great event and his merits are indelible.

Now let us welcome, Vice President of the International Federation of Wizards, Mr. Babajid Akinbad. ”

The applause in the auditorium was the loudest.

The African wizard stood up and nodded slightly at Dumbledore, smiling at the young wizards.

"Since this tournament is far ahead of history, four schools of magic, this is unprecedented. In order to be fair and rigorous, Hogwarts has sent out invitations to several well-known wizards in the wizarding world, and we will form a jury of about ten to fifteen people to score and take the median value to be as fair and impartial as possible. ”

"The members of the Judges will arrive at Hogwarts before the tournament officially begins.

So now—Mr. Filch, please bring the box. ”

The auditorium was silent.

No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the Great Hall as he walked towards Dumbledore, holding a large wooden box encrusted with jewels, which looked very old.

Everyone's eyes were staring at the box.

Although they didn't know what was in it, they knew that it was definitely the most important item in the tournament.

Hogwarts Designated Reporter, Colin held up his camera.

The flash has been 'clicking' since Filch launched the box.

"The specific items of this year's Warriors' competition have been carefully reviewed by Mr. Babajid Akinbad of the Federation and Mr. Bagman of the Ministry of Magic."

Dumbledore said, at this point Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him, "They have also made many necessary arrangements for each project, a total of four projects, at different times throughout the school year, and they will test the warriors in many different ways, their talents in magic, their guts, and their reasoning skills."

And, of course, their ability to overcome danger.

The level of the tournament will be very difficult, and ordinary adult wizards will not be able to easily beat it, so I hope you can be cautious. ”

At the hearing of the last sentence, the auditorium fell silent, and it seemed as if everyone had stopped breathing.

(End of chapter)