"The girls at Hogwarts are not bad either," Harry said without thinking. The place where Qiu Zhang was sitting happened to be a few seats away from the silver-haired girl, and he had a good impression of this girl from the East.
"By the way, will you participate in the Triwizard Tournament?" Looking back at the long table in Slytherin, Fleur asked again, with a little expectation in her tone.
"Perhaps. My father wants me to, and I don't mind myself."
"I very much hope that we can become competitors." Fleur smiled, looked at Malfoy with her hands on her chin and said "friendly".
"In this way, I can "revenge" you in an open and honest manner." She continued to smile, and the bystanders had no idea that Fu Rong would say such aggressive words while she was smiling.
The boys were still wondering how Malfoy managed to attract Beauxbaton's most beautiful female student at the first meeting.
At least they thought it was the first time.
"It's a real honor, and I'm looking forward to it." Malfoy could only respond with grace.
When the golden plates were being scrubbed again, Dumbledore stood up again. A mixture of excitement and tension seemed to pervade the auditorium.
"The moment has come at last," said Dumbledore, smiling into a strained face. "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. I would like to explain a few words before bringing the box in."
"I want to explain our program of activities for this school year. But first, please allow me to introduce two guests, because there are still people who don't know them. This is Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Magic," the auditorium sounded There was sparse applause, "This is Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of the Sports Department of the Ministry of Magic."
The applause was much louder for Bagman than for Mr. Crouch, perhaps because of his minor fame as a batsman, or simply because he was much more genial in appearance.
Ludo nodded, his eyes searching for something, and then he finally caught sight of Malfoy's face, with a rather kind smile, even fawning.
If anyone could read the expression on his face, it would be surprising why Ludo, in a position of power, would try to please a student at school.
"Mr Bagman and Mr Crouch have worked tirelessly over the past few months to arrange the Triwizard Tournament," continued Dumbledore, "and they will join me, Professor Karkaroff and Mark Mrs. Sim, together, form the panel of judges to judge the efforts of the Warriors."
As soon as they heard the word "warrior", the students seemed to be more attentive. Dumbledore also seemed to have noticed their sudden silence, and he smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Filch, please bring up the box."
No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the Great Hall just now, and now he was walking towards Dumbledore, holding a large wooden box studded with jewels, which looked very old. The students watched with fascination and discussed enthusiastically.
"Is this the gatekeeper of the school? Then you are really pitiful. You have to face this withered face every day." Fleur commented on Filch, obviously there is no such look in Beauxbatons. Watchmen.
"Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman have carefully reviewed the specific items of this year's Warriors' competition," said Dumbledore. At this time, Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him. Each project makes many necessary arrangements. There are three projects in total, which take place 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 of course Well, and their ability to overcome danger."
Hearing the last sentence, the auditorium became silent, and everyone seemed to have stopped breathing.
"As you already know, there will be three warriors participating in the competition," Dumbledore continued calmly, "each representing a participating school. We will grade them according to the quality of each competition item they complete. After the three items are over, The Warrior with the most points wins the Triwizard Cup. The Warriors are chosen by an impartial selector, the Goblet of Fire."
Having said this, Dumbledore drew out his wand and tapped three times on the lid of the box. The lid creaked slowly open. Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, rough-hewn wooden goblet. The cup itself was inconspicuous, but it was filled with dancing blue and white flames.
Dumbledore closed the box and put the cup on the lid so that everyone in the Great Hall could see it clearly.
"Every student who wants to run for a warrior must write his name and school name on a piece of parchment and throw it into this goblet," said Dumbledore. Sign up within four hours. Tomorrow night, Halloween night, the Goblet will select the names of the three students it thinks best represent the three schools. Tonight, the Goblet will be in the foyer for all who are willing to participate Students who run for it can have access to it.”
"Earlier, I had already discussed with Mrs. Maxim and Mr. Karkaroff. For low-grade students who are younger than seventeen but strong, set a limit based on age. Magic is unrealistic and unfair. This magic is meaningless to capable students. They can show breakthroughs in abilities that do not match their age. In fact, the Goblet of Fire also has a strong ability to discriminate and select the most powerful students. A warrior who fits the bill.”
"However, if we don't impose any restrictions, maybe all the students in our Hogwarts school will try to throw notes into the Goblet of Fire. This is not fair to the two schools that came to Hogwarts from thousands of miles away." Deng Bullido blinked his blue eyes and smiled.
"So after negotiation, we came up with such a solution that students in Beauxbaton and Durmstrang can put their own names on it if they want. It is the elite of their school, while the students of our school need to break through a barrier I personally set, regardless of age, that is to say, the previous resolution has been overturned, and the age limit is abolished. As long as all the students can break through the magic I set, they are eligible to accept the choice of the Goblet of Fire."
Madam Maxim and Karkaroff on the side nodded in approval.
There was a moment of mourning at the next table where some of the senior students at Hogwarts had gathered.
"Then if we can't even break through the magic of Professor Dumbledore, are we not as good as those little devils in the lower grades? This is really a shame." Some senior students wailed, and at the same time made up their minds in their hearts. If you really want to try it yourself, you have to pick a time when no one is around to try it secretly.