Finally, Professor Dumbledore took the initiative to break the atmosphere and said in a more relaxed tone:
"Because of the contract, the game cannot be suspended. The matter has come to this, so let us take it step by step."
"After all, the small problems in selecting warriors for the Goblet of Fire have no impact on the final result. Six schools still correspond to six warriors."
"Theoretically, the Six-wizard Tournament can continue to be held."
The other principals nodded, this is indeed the only solution at present.
"The Ministry of Magic will also assist in maintaining the order of the Six Wizards Tournament."
Crouch once again spoke at a critical moment and gave Professor Dumbledore support.
"I will write a report and seek support from some Aurors from the ministry. I think Minister Fudge will not be too stingy about this."
"Okay, in that case, let's continue with the normal procedures."
Ludo rubbed his hands and looked at everyone in the room with a smile.
"It's time to give guidance to our six warriors, right? Barty, how about you do the talking?"
Crouch shook his head and silently took a step back.
When Lu Duo saw this, his expression was not unnatural, but he seemed a little happy.
With a hearty smile on his face, he took another step forward and walked directly in front of all the warriors:
"Then, please allow me to say a few words."
"This first project will test your courage and adaptability, as well as other precious qualities and spirit."
"The organizers will not tell you the specific content of the first competition. After all, having the courage to face the unknown is one of the very important qualities of a wizard."
"The first project will be held on November 24th, when the warriors will complete the project in front of all other students and the judging panel."
"During the game, Warriors may not request or accept any assistance regarding game content from professors at their school."
"When warriors face the first round of challenges, they are only allowed to bring their own wands...as well as homemade alchemy items, potions, and other permitted items."
“The warriors will not learn information about the second project until the first one is over.”
After finishing this large paragraph in one breath, Ludo looked at Crouch and Professor Dumbledore:
"That's probably it. Is there anything else you want to add?"
"There are two points to add. Considering that the Six-wizard Tournament lasts a long time, has high competition requirements, and consumes a lot of energy, the warriors do not need to take the school year exam."
There was no ups and downs in Crouch's tone;
"If there are students who need to take the Ultimate Wizarding Level Examination, the Ministry of Magic in their country will also coordinate with the school to reschedule the time and set up a separate exam."
"Of course, warriors can also choose to take the exam directly at Hogwarts. The final results will be mailed through international channels, and the specific results will be the same across countries."
"There is another point. As an underage wizard, Miss Potter needs to sign a contract."
"Oh, by the way, contract!" Ludo slapped his head suddenly, "Look at my memory!"
He took out three pieces of parchment from his pocket: "Harry, the contents of these three contracts are the same."
"Read it and sign it if there is nothing wrong with it. You, Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic will each keep a copy."
Harley briefly glanced at the contract. The content of the contract was very simple. It probably meant that the signer was fully responsible for all actions he committed during the Triwizard Tournament.
The Ministry of Magic is not responsible for any irreversible or irreversible injury, or death.
No wonder the Ministry of Magic didn't want underage wizards to participate in the competition in the first place. It turned out to be because they were afraid of taking responsibility.
After confirming that there were no other mysterious patterns on the contract, Harley quickly signed her name.
"I think that's all that needs to be said."
After all three parties put away the contract, Professor Dumbledore clapped his hands with a smile.
"It's getting late, everyone, please go back and rest quickly."
The principals filed out with their students, and now there was no one outside the auditorium.
Fleur took advantage of Ms. Maxim's huge size and being forced to wait for others to leave the room first, so she took the initiative to sit at the end of the line and chat with Harley.
Before leaving the auditorium, Fleur quietly lay in Harry's ear and said:
"Harry, what is your Gryffindor password? I'll come find you tomorrow morning."
"The password is 'gibberish'." Harley whispered, "You should know my dormitory number."
"Of course," Fleur shook Harry's hand firmly, "Don't worry too much, Harry."
"There are so many powerful headmasters in Hogwarts, as well as your two directors of the British Ministry of Magic, and there will be a number of more Aurors in the future."
"You are so strong yourself, your safety will not be a problem. You don't need to be too nervous."
Harley looked at Fleur in surprise. How could she tell that she was very nervous?
Harley wasn't worried about herself at all.
Instead of worrying about yourself, why not worry about those who plot against you!
Of course, she did not refuse Fleur's kindness, and even took the opportunity to show a very scared expression.
Such a good opportunity, no matter what, you must make good use of it! Ji Hui will always be in the hands of those who are prepared!
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After seeing off Fleur, Harry met Professor Snape as soon as he arrived at the door of the Gryffindor common room.
"Harry," Professor Snape's face was not very pretty, but he still managed to maintain a smile, and his voice sounded calm,
"Headmaster Dumbledore has asked you to go to the headmaster's office. Go now."
There was no surprise on Harry's face. If something like this happened, Professor Dumbledore should have a chat with him no matter what.
She nodded: "Thank you, Professor, I understand."
Then he turned towards the direction of the principal's office.
Looking at Harry's retreating back, Professor Snape opened his mouth. He had many things to say, but he didn't know how to say them.
He sighed silently, his stupid mouth was always his fault.
In Professor Snape's mind, Professor Dumbledore came to Harry, probably to comfort this poor and helpless little witch and make her not so nervous.
But I can’t learn this skill on my own.
Professor Snape turned and strode towards the stairs, making calculations in his mind.
He decided to go back and look through his address book that he had not used for a long time, find the address of the Potions Master with whom he had some friendship, and then write a few letters to the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists.
I don't have many reserves of precious medicines such as Fuling Elixir, Bafei Xingnao Liquid and Polyjuice Potion.
Although he was ready to go back and boil these potions now, he didn't know if it would be too late.
So he had to go to other potion masters to buy a batch of goods, at least to buy a few times for later use.
Professor Snape believed that Harry would definitely need to use these potions.
As for the rules of the competition, it is said that only potions made by the warriors are allowed to be carried... Are the rules of the Triwizard Tournament valid?
Professor Snape knew very well that cheating had always been an unspoken rule in previous Triwizard Tournaments, and there would be no major differences in this Six Wizard Tournament.
Besides, even if this kind of rule is mandatory, would he care about breaking a broken rule for Harley?
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In Professor Dumbledore's principal's office, if Professor Snape were here, he would find that the situation was different from what he thought.
Like the last time, Harry let his body sink into the soft lounge chair, holding fresh jasmine tea in his hand, with a look of leisure on his face.
And Professor Dumbledore was the same as last time, holding a glass of milk with a lot of honey in his hand, sipping it in small sips, his face full of enjoyment.
The two of them looked very relaxed, as if it was leisure time on vacation, and the young and old were enjoying a delicious drink before going to bed.
If she knew what Professor Snape was thinking at this time, Harry would probably only agree:
The professor is right, I am weak, pitiful and helpless, and I cannot leave a whole body for the enemy.
After a while, when even the old principals who were listening quietly on the wall were impatient, Professor Dumbledore finally spoke:
"Harry, after reading these three notes, do you have any thoughts?"
As he spoke, he motioned to the three pieces of parchment on the table with his eyes.
The first piece of parchment was the one with "Azkaban" written on it, with a handwriting that Harry had never seen before.
The second piece of parchment with the school name "Hogwarts" written on it was the one written by Harry himself.
Except that the paper was slightly burnt, it looked as if it had just come out of Harley's hand.
The third piece of parchment was brand new, with no burn marks on it, and Harley's name was written on it with blood-like paint.
And the handwriting of the person who wrote the name on this parchment is very strange.
For letters with straight lines such as "H", "t", and "r", the writer writes the straight line part of the letter very straight, like a sharp sword, as if it was drawn with a ruler;
When it comes to letters such as "o", "a", and "e" that contain curved lines, the writers always modify the curved parts unconsciously.
In his brushwork, the letters appear to be the curved edges of wings.
Harley had read these notes several times before, but she didn't get much out of them.
And for the third piece of parchment, Harry wasn't even sure:
Did it come out of the Goblet of Fire, or did someone use magic to hide the parchment at the exit of the Goblet of Fire, disguising it as coming out of the Goblet of Fire.
After all, this parchment is different from the other two parchments in that there are no signs of burnt marks on it.
Harry didn't feel that he had established a contract with the Goblet of Fire through this parchment.
You know, when the first two pieces of parchment were spit out, Harry clearly felt that he had established a contract with the Goblet of Fire, and this contract was signed twice.
And this is what makes Harley slightly worried.
It seems that in addition to Voldemort and his servants, there are unknown entities involved.
"Forget it, I don't think any of this is important."
Harry sat up from the recliner, seeming to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be talking to the people and portraits around him.
"Anyway, my magic skills are here. No matter what the conspiracy is, I have the courage to thwart it."
"Okay! You should be so confident!" Before Professor Dumbledore could speak, a pudgy old principal on the wall cheered,
"This is a qualified Gryffindor, a Gryffindor that moves forward... Ouch!"
Another old headmaster who graduated from Gryffindor gave him a cane from behind and shouted loudly:
"What you said is stupid and reckless, you idiot! It's you who turned Gryffindor's reputation for bravery into reckless and brainless! Don't teach bad children!"
"Who are you calling stupid? Who are you calling stupid?"
There was a confusion on the wall for a moment, and then they were forcibly separated by several more rational headmasters who were Ravenclaw graduates.
"What's the fuss about?" Old Principal Delise said angrily,
"Didn't you see that Albus and Harry were chatting about something important?"
Harry and Professor Dumbledore were unaffected.
After listening to Harry's words, Professor Dumbledore nodded:
"That's right. With your magic skills, you don't need to worry about anything. You and I are almost even."
Professor Dumbledore's voice was full of emotion and relief.
"Let me think about it... I don't have anything to say about the Six-wizard Tournament."
"Let me briefly explain to you the magic that other schools are good at."
"Professor," Harley tilted her head slightly and teased Professor Dumbledore with a wicked smile.
“Don’t the rules say that warriors are prohibited from requesting or accepting any help from professors at their schools regarding game content?”
"That's right," Professor Dumbledore blinked innocently, with a hint of mischief on his expression, "That's the rule, you remember correctly."
"But the rules of the Six Wizards Tournament don't clearly tell me that I can't introduce other magic schools to the students?"
"I guess this is just an ordinary magic class, and I'm making a temporary cameo as the History of Magic professor, right?"
Harley smiled slyly: "Professor, you are right, I am worrying too much."
Professor Dumbledore waved his hand gently, and a whiteboard appeared out of thin air in the principal's office.
He began to introduce to Harley the other five magic schools that came to compete.
At the same time, a picture appeared on the whiteboard, reflecting the most unique magic of these magic schools:
Needless to say, Beauxbatons was a school that Harry had been exposed to many times.
Considering that its important school director and funder is Nicolas Flamel, Beauxbatons is extremely well-funded every year.
Therefore, the strengths of this school tend to be alchemy and potions, which are relatively expensive courses that only wealthy families can afford.
This is why the Society of Extraordinary Apothecaries is located on the European continent, closest to Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After all, Beauxbatons has the most graduates in the Society of Extraordinary Pharmacists.
And considering that the Beauxbatons warrior this time is Fleur, she herself has Veela blood, and her father, Mr. Delacour, is also a well-known potions master with a profound family heritage.
Therefore, in addition to using homemade potions in this competition, Fleur may also use some spells brought to her by Veela blood, such as powerful hypnosis or charm.
Durmstrang Magic School is located on a glacier somewhere in Northern Europe. Its exact location cannot be determined and is said to be constantly changing.
Due to some special historical background when this school was founded, as well as its very special geographical location, it was close to a huge magical world headquartered in Siberia that was difficult to deal with at the time and in the European magic world.
Therefore, the Nordic magic world was almost a vanguard at that time, which also led to Durmstrang advocating all powerful violent magic and black magic. Students who graduated from there were especially good at lethal attacks.
"My dear old friend, the dark wizard who once swept all of Europe, Grindelwald, came from Durmstrang."
Professor Dumbledore did not hesitate to analyze his old friend as a specific example.
"But he did not graduate from Durmstrang. Instead, he was expelled from Durmstrang early at the age of sixteen because of some particularly dark magic experiments."
The picture in mid-air just showed the shocking picture of "a city surrounded by blue flames all over the sky".
"This is his signature magic," Professor Dumbledore sighed with regret in his voice.
"I still remember this time... It was probably in 1927, when Grindelwald almost destroyed Paris with the Fire Curse. It was Newt and the others who worked together to extinguish the raging fire."
"He loves the Fire Curse the most, and has developed new heights in this magic... Sorry, Harley. I seem to be a little off topic."
"In short, he learned this spell in Durmstrang, but he learned it secretly in a secret library similar to the restricted area of the Hogwarts library."
"Durmstrang allows students to use black magic, but they are still quite taboo about particularly taboo black magic."
"This competition does not have many restrictions on this aspect. Low-level black magic such as explosion spells and crushing spells are also allowed to be used."
"Only black magic, such as the Unforgivable Curse, which is not allowed to be used under international regulations, has been excluded from the competition."
The Castrobushe Magic School in northern Brazil specializes in herbalism and magical zoology. After all, they are located deep in a tropical rainforest filled with all kinds of magical plants and animals.
Professor Dumbledore emphatically mentioned that students in this school are particularly good at a kind of plant magic.
They can manipulate plants into fighting by dropping their seeds and quickly causing them to germinate.
Since this competition allows students to bring home-made magic items or items in natural forms within certain specified limits, the players in Castrobshe also need to pay attention.
After all, the rainforest is so big that no one knows how many secrets it contains, or what magical seeds the players in Castrobuše will carry.
In addition, this school is also particularly good at magic that changes terrain. A certain principal of the Castrobu Society once created a vast swamp in an instant.
Of course, the magic he used didn't look so easy to cast.
Judging from the scene restored by Principal Dumbledore, the principal prepared for a long time before using magic.
Japan's magic institute is located on the volcanic island of Minami Ryukyu. Its students are good at using special magic similar to alchemy, but not alchemy, and control a kind of puppet called a shikigami to fight.
At the same time, the magic house also possesses a small amount of soul magic, and it seems that it once temporarily fused the shikigami and the wizard itself, but only particularly outstanding students can master it.
Considering that this school is in the mysterious East, it is quite far away from Europe.
Moreover, the relationship between the Japanese magical community and the British magical community was not good at the beginning, and not much information was revealed, so Professor Dumbledore was not able to show any pictures.
"As for Ilvermorny," Professor Dumbledore paused briefly.
"As the number one magic school currently ranked in the International Federation of Wizards, they have no obvious shortcomings and are strong in almost every aspect."
"However, considering the special environment in North America and the many magical animals there that are good at controlling the sky, they seem to have their own understanding of weather spells."
"Of course, they are also good at certain alchemy and offensive potions."
"For example, many wizards have studied popular fashion items among American Muggles, such as a long-distance metal wand called a pistol that can only fire physical death curses, and a type of metal wand that has the same effect as a blasting curse. The ball-shaped object of a grenade.”
As Professor Dumbledore narrated, Muggle pistols and grenades appeared on the screen.
"And I vaguely remember that there were wizards in Ilvermorny who made similar alchemical items and potions."
"Their alchemy items can only produce small evil spell effects, so they don't need to be taken too seriously."
"But their explosive potions are very powerful, several levels stronger than the explosive spells used by ordinary wizards."
Harry couldn't help but nodded, inexplicably remembering the popular saying in the Muggle world:
Free America, shooting every day!
Sure enough, the Muggle world has always influenced the wizarding world.
Although there is a serious disconnect between the wizarding world and the Muggle world in the United States, there is still a high degree of overlap in this aspect!
"How do you feel after listening to this?" After finishing all this, Professor Dumbledore asked with a smile.
"Is there any magic that makes you feel threatened?"
"Professor, do you think there is magic in this that can threaten you?" Harley asked,
"Even if their principal casts these magics himself, can they still threaten you?"
"Of course not," Professor Dumbledore joked, waving his hands.
"I'm not boasting, even if I stand there motionless, I can suppress them all by myself!"
As he said this, he and Harley looked at each other, and both of them couldn't help laughing.
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