The notice in the foyer had a clear impact on those who lived in the castle.
For the next week, wherever Schelling went, people seemed to be talking about only one topic: the Triwizard Tournament.
Rumors spread quickly among the students, like highly contagious germs: who will compete to be the Champion of Hogwarts, what events will be included in the Tournament, what will the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students have to do with them different.
Schelling also noticed that the castle seemed to be undergoing a thorough cleaning. Several dirty portraits were scrubbed clean, and the scrubbed characters were dissatisfied. They sat huddled in the picture frame, muttering unhappily, and grimacing in pain every time they touched the newly exposed pink flesh on their faces. Those armors suddenly became shiny and no longer creaked when moving.
When Filch saw that a student had forgotten to clean his shoes, he flew into a violent rage that scared two first-year girls into hysteria.
Other faculty members also seemed extremely nervous.
"Goyle, Crabbe, please be kind to the two of you. Don't reveal your secrets in front of the people in Durmstrang and let them see that you don't even master a simple transformation spell!" When class was about to end, Professor McGonagall snapped. That class didn't go very well. Both the young and old fools grafted their ears onto a cactus.
So the time came to October 30th.
That morning, when they went downstairs for breakfast, they found that the auditorium had been decorated overnight.
Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each one representing a house of Hogwarts: red with a golden lion for Gryffindor, blue with a bronze eagle for Ravenclaw, yellow with a The one with a black badger is Hufflepuff, and the green one with a silver boa constrictor is Slytherin. Behind the staff desk hung the largest banner, which showed the Hogwarts school emblem: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake together, surrounding a large letter h.
This day, the whole day, no one learned anything.
After finally making it to the afternoon, the students quickly changed into their robes and came to the foyer. Deans of various colleges are ordering their students to line up. While the other three houses were still in chaos, the little wizards of Slytherin had already lined up in an orderly manner.
The students filed down the steps and lined up in front of the castle.
It was a cold, fresh evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon was already hanging over the Forbidden Forest. According to what was said before, students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive on time at six o'clock.
Just a minute before six o'clock, Dumbledore's voice sounded from directly behind the crowd, "If I'm not mistaken, the Beauxbatons representative has already arrived!"
A huge thing, much bigger than a broomstick - or a hundred broomsticks - was flying rapidly across the dark blue sky towards the castle, getting bigger and bigger.
As the dark behemoth passed through the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, illuminated by the lights from the castle windows, they saw a huge powder-blue carriage flying toward them. It was as big as a house, and it was pulled through the air by twelve winged horses, all of them silver-maned horses, each as big as an elephant.
The carriage flew lower and was landing at an extremely fast speed. The students standing in the first three rows hurriedly backed away - and then, there was an earth-shaking loud noise, and I saw those horse hooves falling to the ground with a thud. The size of a vegetable plate. In the blink of an eye, the carriage also landed on the ground, vibrating on the huge wheels. At the same time, the golden horses shook their huge heads and their big fiery red eyes turned.
On the door of the carriage, you can see the coat of arms of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: two golden crossed wands, with three stars emerging from each wand. A woman about the same height as Hagrid stepped out of the carriage—Ms. Olim Maxim, the principal of Beauxbatons Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Then twelve young male and female students got off the carriage and stood behind Ms. Maxim.
Judging from their appearance, they were all probably around eighteen or nineteen years old, and all of them were trembling slightly. This was not surprising, since their robes seemed to be made of fine silk, and none of them were wearing cloaks. Several students had their heads wrapped in scarves or bandanas. They all looked up at Hogwarts with trepidation on their faces.
Xie Lin sighed slightly. Before going on a long trip, isn't it common sense to check the local climate and temperature? The IQ of these wizards is worrying!
Even if you deliberately choose a silk robe to show off your French clothing taste, you can also add a constant temperature function! Constant-temperature clothing is not high-end and expensive. As a representative of a school, every move and appearance represents the image and glory of the school. Shivering in the cold just to look good will not make people feel like this. Group representatives have questions?
Dumbledore and Maxim talked quietly for a while, and then directed the students of Hogwarts to make way for a passage so that the Beauxbatons delegation could enter the castle first.
After another half hour, even the students at Hogwarts began to tremble with the cold.
Xie Lin, Daphne, and Astoria looked at the trembling others calmly. The two sisters had already put on the thermostatic robes Xie Lin bought for them. It also had many thoughtful functions. It's not as good as the Supreme Wizard's robe, but it's still a unique and high-end item. Of course, Maury, who was in the Ravenclaw team, also had her own tricks, so she was also an envied existence among the Ravenclaws.
Draco took out his wand and quickly cast the "Cold Warning Charm" on a few people around him, which made them feel a little better.
Xie Lin narrowed his eyes slightly. The "Cold Warning Curse" is not difficult to learn, but it is a very unpopular spell. In the original book, even with Hermione's erudition, she didn't learn it. When she kept warm, she used the "coldfire" spell. The principle was to create a small blue flame, which could then be put into a small bottle and placed in it. Keep yourself warm by the fire.
Draco's behavior became increasingly difficult for Sherlin to understand.
Sometimes, Xie Lin felt as if Draco had changed into a different person. Whether it was the scheming or the strength displayed, it gave him this illusion. But sometimes, Draco would go back to being a bit naive, pushy, yelling, looking for trouble, and with normal strength.
Just then, a strange, loud sound floated toward them from the darkness—a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, like a giant submarine moving along the shore.
The students were standing on the lawn slope overlooking the field, and could clearly see the calm black water of the Black Lake - ripples began to appear on the water first, and then suddenly there was a commotion, huge waves, and waves crashed. Hitting the wet lake shore.
In the middle of the lake, a large whirlpool appeared, as if a huge plug was suddenly pulled out from the bottom of the lake.
A long black pole-like thing slowly rose from the whirlpool, followed by the sail rigging...
Slowly, an extraordinary large ship rose out of the water, shining in the moonlight. It had an eerie, skeletal appearance, as if it were the remains of a newly recovered shipwreck, and the portholes shone with a dim, foggy light that looked like ghostly eyes. Finally, with a faint splashing sound, the big boat emerged completely, bumped on the undulating water, and began to sail towards the lake shore.
This is the legendary ghost ship!
The Ghost Ship is a legendary alchemical item that is as famous as the three artifacts of Death, the Philosopher's Stone, and the Mirror of Erised.
Schelling observed the ship with keen eyes. As far as he knew, the ghost ship was a very high-end alchemical product. There were two such ghost ships in the wizarding world in the world, except for the Durmstrang. In addition, the other ship is the "Flying Dutchman" who wanders around the Caribbean Sea and has gained a prominent reputation.
This is not just an ordinary vehicle. It has extremely strong and comprehensive combat capabilities. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mobile fortress.
Schelling had heard that in the early 19th century, the "Flying Dutchman" was spotted by someone at the top of the Magic Congress of the United States. He once led a group of powerful Aurors in an ambush at sea, but the real owner was not even seen. He was frightened by a shot fired by one of the opponent's magic cannons and retreated without a fight.
And Schelling has always suspected that the ghost ship actually has the ability to take off and fly. Otherwise, why was it named "Flying Dutchman"?
Even if Schelling's guess was wrong and the ghost ship couldn't take off, it would still be an incredible masterpiece.
Taking Durmstrang, the ghost ship, as an example, it can at least use the water as a medium to perform long-distance transformation. Based on Xie Lin's knowledge of space magic, he could tell that the principle was probably similar to that of the Floo Network, except that the medium was changed from fire to water.
This point alone is actually quite extraordinary. Most of the ground in this world is covered with water. Being able to move on any water surface means that there are more places to go, and more information can be transported through large water surfaces like freshwater lakes. Bulky objects. In contrast, Floo Network doesn't even know if it can teleport Hagrid!
Well, this seems to be a good research topic. Schelling suddenly thought - the original book seems to only mention Hagrid riding the Flying Motorcycle and the Knight Bus. Could it be that Hagrid is unable to use the Floo Network at all?
Convenience advantages aside, the fact that the Flying Dutchman was able to remain lawless at sea for so long clearly had a method of movement that the Ministry of Magic could not monitor. In this way, the ghost ship's disembodiment technology is completely separated from the Floo network - so in addition to convenience, it also has the advantage of concealment.
This is why, even today, the magical regimes in various countries still have no way to deal with the "Flying Dutchman", and even the identity of its owner is still just a mystery.
In contrast, Karkaroff is too stupid to sit on a treasure trove and not make good use of it. If he could develop followers who were loyal to him among the students, and only wanted to escape with this ship, Voldemort, who could track the Mark of the Dark Lord, might not be able to kill him so easily.
He usually didn't understand the ways of being a subordinate, and it was rare for him to take a group of top students abroad to communicate with other magic schools. This was a great opportunity to build a relationship between teachers and students, but he chose to enjoy it alone in the cabin, letting the students They acted as coolies to drive the boat. No wonder none of the students felt sorry for him after his accident.
Well, it can be said that the only problem with the ghost ship is the operation problem. This is obviously not an alchemical item that can be operated by one person. Judging from Durmstrang's situation, it requires at least twelve people to operate it freely.
After the ghost ship anchored and parked, thirteen Durmstrang representatives wearing thick fur cloaks slowly walked out of the cabin. At the front was an old man with white hair and a goatee, shaking hands warmly with Dumbledore - it seemed that he was the principal Igor Karkaroff.
As the Durmstrang students approached, there was a small stir among the crowd at Hogwarts. Obviously, someone recognized it. The Durmstrang student behind Karkaroff was none other than Viktor Krum, the famous chaser in the Bulgarian national team.
After Dumbledore and Karkaroff finished their greetings, the little wizards, who were half-dead from the cold, could finally return to the warm hall.
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