Different from the atmosphere of separate academic exchanges with Nurmengard, and with the increase in the number of new students, the entire castle was filled with an atmosphere of joy due to the arrival of this day.
The Four Wizards Tournament, a grand event between magic schools, is enough to make young boys and girls unable to sleep with excitement.
In class, no one was paying attention to the lecture. Everyone was thinking that people from Nurmengard, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were coming tonight. Even the potions class was not as unbearable as usual, because get out of class must end half an hour early.
When the bell rang early, all the students hurried back to the common room of their respective colleges. They put down their schoolbags and textbooks as instructed, put on their latest cloaks, and then hurried through the corridors and crossed
Foyer, came to the main entrance.
Sean, who was taking his time, was the last group of students to arrive at the scene, even under Hermione's urging.
"Sean, I told you to hurry up." Hermione said dissatisfiedly, and the little white flower beside her secretly licked the magic lollipop in her sleeve, and then snickered at Sean again.
Sean spread his hands: "It's not the assembly time yet, and I didn't say that the prefects would be responsible for maintaining order this time..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Professor McGonagall's voice rang out.
"Prefects, maintain order in your respective colleges and keep the team in order."
Hermione raised her eyebrows at Sean in a demonstration, and Sean shrugged, crossed the crowd and came to the front, commanding the Ravenclaw team under the instructions of Professor McGonagall.
After a noisy period, the students lined up neatly. Professor McGonagall stood at the front and looked at her students with satisfaction. She glanced at them and said in a loud voice: "Children, this is Hogg.
Watts and other schools hold grand events together. I hope you can always remember your glory as a Hogwarts person and don't let other schools look down on you, you know?"
"knew--"
"Very good," Professor McGonagall nodded with satisfaction, "Please follow me, first-year students at the front. Don't crowd and make noise... Prefects, continue to maintain order..."
They filed down the steps and lined up in front of the castle. It was a cold evening with fresh air, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon was already hanging over the Forbidden Forest.
Sean stood next to the team. He put his hands in his pockets casually and looked at the sky and the black lake.
The lower grade students around me were discussing quietly.
"How do you think they'll come? By train?"
"Probably not. After all, it's so far away. At the speed of the Hogwarts Express, it will take several months, right?"
"What about a broomstick? Or some kind of mount that can fly?"
"But the weather is so cold and you have been riding a broomstick for so long. Are you freezing?"
"You're right, I think it might be something like apparation or a portkey..."
"But any teleportation magic is not allowed within the Hogwarts campus. Even visitors from other schools must abide by this rule, right?"
"Maybe there is a giant in other schools. I heard from the seniors that when they went to Nurmengard for academic exchange, one of the towers in the castle turned into a huge stone giant——"
"Oh, that would be so cool!"
Listening to the students' conversation, the corners of Sean's mouth curled up.
The way you appear often represents the strength of the school, and Sean has always thought that there is a saying that makes sense.
It's always like this - when everyone gets together, they can't help but want to show off...
At this moment, Dumbledore, who was standing in the back row with other teachers, shouted -
"Ah! If I'm not mistaken, the Beauxbatons representative has already arrived!"
Following Dumbledore's voice, the students immediately looked anxiously in all directions.
Sean looked up directly at the sky.
Someone pointed to a high place: "There!"
A huge thing, much bigger than a broomstick - or a hundred broomsticks - was flying rapidly across the dark blue sky towards the castle, gradually getting bigger and bigger.
The dark behemoth passed over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest. When it was illuminated by the light from the castle window, they saw a huge pink-blue carriage flying towards them. It was as big as a house and had twelve horses.
It was pulled into the air by winged horses, all of them silver-maned horses, each about the same size as an elephant.
In the distance, on a field that had long been vacated, Hagrid was holding two huge signs and waving them vigorously.
The carriage descended very quickly, and the driver saw Hagrid. The huge carriage team roared towards Hagrid. After the earth-shattering noise, Hagrid, who had fallen to the ground, stood up in a cloud of smoke. The carriage had almost killed him just now.
Overturned.
The huge car door has the Beauxbatons school emblem printed on it, and there are two golden crossed wands, with three stars emerging from each.
The door was pushed open, and a boy in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage, bent down, groped for something on the floor of the carriage, and then opened a golden spiral staircase.
He jumped back respectfully, and Sean saw a shiny black high-heeled shoe sticking out of the carriage—the shoe was as big as a child's sleigh.
An astonishingly tall woman stepped out of the carriage. She was even a little taller than Hagrid. She looked like a silver-white wall - she was wearing silver-white clothes today.
What was different from Sean's imagination was that the Beauxbatons headmistress had a rather handsome face, which was much gentler and much more beautiful than Hagrid's rough and wild face.
Dumbledore started to applaud, and his classmates also clapped. Many of them stood on tiptoes, trying to get a better look at this woman.
Her face relaxed, she opened an elegant smile, stretched out a sparkling hand (which was almost covered with opal rings the size of pigeon eggs), and walked towards Dumbledore. Although Dumbledore was also tall,
There was barely any bending when kissing this hand.
"Dear Madam Maxime," he said, "welcome to Hogwarts."
"Dumbledore," Ms. Maxim said in a deep voice, "I hope everything is well with you."
"I'm fine, ma'am. Welcome you and your students."
"Thank you - my students -"
Ms. Maxim reached out and waved back. Sean followed her hand and looked over. Dozens of men and women stepped off the carriage one after another.
"There seem to be a lot more students here than I thought..." Sean thought silently.
The students who came down did not step forward without receiving orders from Ms. Maxim, but stood silently under the carriage. They were not wearing cloaks, and all their clothes seemed to be made of silk. In the dim light of the sky,
There is some soft light coming from below.
Madam Maxime spoke to Dumbledore some more, finally mentioning that her twelve huge silver-maned horses drank only single malt whiskey - Dumbledore assured her that Hagrid would be able to keep those animals
Very well taken care of.
After getting a satisfactory answer, Ms. Maxim waved her hand, and the group of Beauxbatons students walked over quietly and followed her. They crossed a road vacated by the Hogwarts students and headed towards the castle.
Go inside.
"Wow..." Someone let out a low exclamation.
At the front of the student team, two girls, one tall and one short, deserved this exclamation.
Her face is like the most exquisite gemstone, her impeccable facial features and delicate figure, her long silver-white hair are dazzling. The girl in the front is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes away.
And the shorter girl next to her is equally stunningly beautiful.
Most of the boys looked almost straight in the eye.
Sean knew who it was, Fleur Delacour of Beauxbatons, and her sister Gabrielle. The beautiful looks inherited from their Veela mother made the two sisters the focus of attention at once.
What took away the focus was the loud sound that gradually amplified.
Those huge silver-maned horses stamped their hooves restlessly and made heavy snorting sounds - not far away, there was a suppressed rumble and sucking sound, like a giant vacuum cleaner moving along the river bed.
"There! In the black lake!" A sharp-eyed boy exclaimed.
The black lake, which had always been as calm as a mirror, fluctuated violently. There was a commotion in the water in the center of the lake. Huge splashes rose on the water, and the waves crashed against the wet lake shore. Then, in the middle of the lake, a figure appeared.
The maelstrom was like a huge plug being suddenly pulled out from the bottom of the lake...
A mast poked out from the dark lake water.
Slowly and majestically, the big ship rose out of the water, shining in the moonlight. It looked weird, like a skeleton, as if it were the remains of a sunken ship that had just been salvaged, and the portholes flickered.
With a dim, misty light, they looked like ghostly eyes.
Finally, with a splashing sound, the big boat emerged completely, bumped on the undulating water, and began to sail towards the lake shore. A moment later, they heard a splash and an iron anchor was thrown into the shallow water.
, and then there was another snap, and a wooden plank was placed on the shore of the lake.
A group of people walked across the ship's plank and stepped onto the gravel path of Hogwarts.
The students applauded and looked over curiously. Dumbledore stepped forward and shook hands cordially with the leading man.
"Dumbledore!" the man called enthusiastically as he walked up the ramp. "How are you, my dear old fellow?"
"Excellent, thank you, Professor Karkaroff." Dumbledore replied.
Karkaroff's voice was rich and sweet. When he walked into the light from the castle's main entrance, they saw that he was tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was very short, and his goat
The beard (with curls at the ends) did not completely cover his thin chin.
Sean narrowed his eyes and looked at the headmaster of Durmstrang, a Death Eater who now has close contact with the Returned People.
Karkaroff greeted Dumbledore with a big smile. He showed his yellow teeth and raised the corners of his mouth at an extremely passionate angle. However, even from Sean's distance, he could still see the other person's cold eyes.
Moreover, just as Sean was looking at it, Karkaroff turned his eyes unintentionally and met Sean's eyes.
Karkaroff didn't pause at all, and after a moment of intersection, he naturally looked away.
He was looking for me just now... Sean sneered in his heart.
This man, who is even more useless than Lucius Malfoy, has obviously become someone else's tool.
Sean slightly shifted his gaze and focused on the other Durmstrang students.
Behind Karkaroff, a muscular boy caused many students to exclaim.
"Krum, it's Krum!" Sean heard Ron scream.
"What? That Viktor Krum of the Bulgarian Quidditch National Team? The world's number one Seeker?!"
More exclamations sounded, and no one even paid attention to the conversation between the two principals. All eyes were focused on Krum.
Sean looked at it briefly and then looked away, looking at the others.
The number of students in Durmstrang is also quite large, and at a glance there are more than sixty people.
They looked cold and resolute, with a kind of power that made people want to retreat.
Sean glanced at everyone without any hesitation. Among them, a boy with a straight hair caught Sean's gaze.
The boy grinned, showing his white teeth.
Arrogant and fierce, this was the boy's first impression on Sean. Then, he saw the boy giving him a thumbs up.
Then it came across the throat.
Chi Guoguo's provocative behavior made Sean smile slightly. The boy was standing behind Karkaroff and next to Krum. He seemed to be the second in command among the students.
interesting……
Sean turned his head and stopped looking at each other. He was waiting for the last team to appear.
When Karkaroff and Dumbledore finished their greetings, the Durmstrang students had just met the Hogwarts students.
The rumble of thunder sounded——
Without any warning, heavy rain mixed with lightning suddenly poured down.
The strange thing is that the rain curtain did not hit anyone present, as if there was a line separating the heavy rain from the normal venue.
Amidst the rumbling thunder, a dazzling red fire suddenly shone in the distant sky.
The fire spread rapidly, the rain curtain began to evaporate, and the thick water vapor broke into everyone's eyes like a fog that instantly covered it.
Then, the fire burst out violently, and the mist steamed up crazily. The wide-eyed students finally saw the scene behind the mist.
It was a huge fire dragon, a pure dragon made of flames.
The fire dragon flapped its huge flame wings, completely evaporating the surrounding water vapor, and then let out a deafening roar - swooping towards the ground.
The students in the front row were so frightened that they all took a few steps back, looking at the giant thing in horror.
The fire dragon stepped on the ground, and a burnt smell emanated from the grass. Then, in just a moment, the fire dragon dissipated.