Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 285: Goblet of Fire

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and especially distinguished guests," Dumbledore smiled at the foreign students, "It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Hogwarts.

I hope and believe that you will feel comfortable and happy here.”

After Dumbledore finished speaking, a girl from Beauxbatons sitting below sneered sarcastically. Sainz looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the girl had a waterfall of bright silver hair that fell to her waist, a pair of big blue eyes, and white and neat teeth.

Whether it was intentional or not, all the people who came to Beauxbatons were tall, handsome men and beautiful women, and this woman stood out among them.

Sainz suddenly realized that she was probably Fleur. Then he looked at all the people who came to Beauxbatons, but did not find Fleur's little sister.

"That's right!" he thought to himself, "It's normal that her sister didn't come along."

He didn't know if his memory was wrong. He always remembered that in the TV series and movies in his previous life, Furong's sister came with him. If that was true, this phenomenon was very unreasonable.

He remembered that her sister seemed very young, and he doubted whether she was old enough to go to school, let alone meet the seventeen-year-old standard for warrior selection.

Fleur's sister is definitely not old enough to be selected as a warrior. If she really came together, then the only reason is that she is used as a "hostage" in the second level. Doesn't that mean that she has already been designated as a warrior of Beauxbatons?

So what are the others here for?

Sainz didn't see any child who was obviously much smaller than the others in the crowd. He nodded in his mind, thinking that he must have made a mistake.

As one of the top three members of Beauxbatons, Fleur needs to rescue the "most important person" in the second level. There is actually a pattern to this most important person.

The others didn’t know who the most important person to each warrior was, but they couldn’t ask directly, so there was that Christmas dinner.

Sainz believes that one of the purposes of the Christmas dinner was to let the referee team know who each Warrior cares about most.

The outsider Krum invited Hermione and Cedric invited Zhang Qiu, so in the second level Hermione and Zhang Qiu were hidden in the water.

But why didn’t the other two warriors save their dance partners?

Sainz feels it has something to do with how they behave at the dance and how they get along with their dance partners afterwards.

It was obvious that Harry and Ron were just inviting dance partners to do the job. After the opening dance, they were thrown aside and the two of them hid aside to chat. Compared with the dance partner, Harry obviously cared more about his "Wei Zai".

Although Fleur's side was not given much attention, the situation should be similar to that of Harry's. Roger Davis was probably just a tool she used to do her job, so her "important person" was finally chosen as her sister.

Old Deng was mocked and sneered at by others. It was unknown whether he didn't hear them or he heard them but didn't care. He continued, "The competition will officially begin after the banquet. Now, I invite everyone to eat and drink to your heart's content, just like at home!"

After he spoke, all the tables were filled with various delicious dishes as at any other banquet. There were also many foods with foreign flavors on the table, which were specially prepared for foreign students.

The house-elves in the kitchen were busy, and Sainz went to the kitchen in the afternoon to express his condolences.

After the food came up, people began to eat. The atmosphere of the banquet was not as solemn as before, and everyone talked freely and unrestrainedly.

Sainz saw that Hagrid was evasive and only used one hand to take the food, with the other hand always under the table, "Why, was you bitten?"

Hagrid's words flickered, "It's okay... It's okay, just a minor injury."

With Hagrid's physique, ordinary minor injuries don't need to be covered up, let alone bandaged. "Cover it up, be careful not to leave a root of disease."

"No, just wait until I apply the white fresh essence a few more times and it will be fine."

Well, since the other party doesn't take it seriously, Sainz won't rush to give him treatment.

During the break in the meal, he noticed that Fleur stood up and took a bowl of soup from Harry Potter. Many boys' eyes followed her movement, especially Ron who was sitting next to Harry, who looked the most stupid. This made Hermione on the other side very dissatisfied.

About twenty minutes into the banquet, the two empty chairs at the faculty table were occupied. They apologized to Dumbledore and sat down.

One of them was Barty Crouch, who was dressed very formally. His short toothbrush-like beard and neatly side-parted hair looked very awkward in the current environment. The other was Ludo Bagman from the Department of Magical Games and Sports, who was also a figure who frequently appeared in newspapers some time ago.

Crouch sat next to Maxim and Bagman sat on the other side of Karkaroff.

After the main meal, desserts were served. After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, all the cups and plates became clean and shiny again.

"The time has finally come," Dumbledore smiled as he looked at everyone below, "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. Before we invite our referees, please allow me to introduce two people first, as some of you may not know them yet.

This is Mr Barty Crouch, Head of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic, and this is Mr Ludo Bagman, Head of the Department of Magical Sports and Games at the Ministry of Magic!"

There was sparse applause in the auditorium.

"These two gentlemen have worked tirelessly over the past few months to arrange the Three Gun Tournament. They will form the judging panel with me, Professor Karkaroff, and Madam Maxime to judge the efforts of all the warriors."

When they heard the word "warrior", all the students fell silent.

"Mr. Filch, please bring me the box!"

Filch, who had been hiding in a corner of the hall, walked towards Dumbledore holding a large wooden box inlaid with jewels. The jewels on the box were very shiny, but everything else was very old.

"The two gentlemen from the Ministry of Magic have already reviewed this year's competition items in advance, and they have made necessary arrangements for each item.

There are three events in total, which are held at different time periods, testing the warriors' abilities from different perspectives, such as their magical talents, their courage and reasoning abilities, and of course, their ability to overcome dangers!"

The students waited with bated breath for his next words.

“As everyone already knows, there will be three warriors representing three different schools in the competition.

The judging panel will score the quality of each event completed by the three warriors. After all three events are completed, the warrior with the highest score will win the top three cup.

The person responsible for selecting the warriors will be an impartial referee.

It is, the Goblet of Fire!"