Harry Potter’s Book of Sin
Chapter 687 The Outlying Badger
Maca's action made the international alchemy competition attrition before it even started.The Indian delegation that was determined to have a plan to disrupt the event was immediately deprived of the right to participate by the current president of the International Wizarding Federation, Mr. Babajid Akinbad.
Although from the specific questioning investigation, this delegation seems to be controlled by magic.But this matter is related to the stability of world-class events. No one will take Nicole May's alchemy legacy as a bet, so from the beginning to the end, no one party has spoken good words for them.
However, although this kind of incident occurred before the game, it seems to have a slight adverse effect on the game.But from another point of view, Maca’s behavior has shown Hogwarts’ ability to maintain the normal holding of the competition in one fell swoop.
In fact, the transnational arrest of conspiracy groups headed by the Indian delegation has been published with great fanfare in the wizarding newspapers of various countries, and the latest news of the opening of the International Alchemy Competition has clearly been listed in the headlines of international news.
Yes, the International Alchemy Competition has finally opened!
"...I believe everyone knows that Hogwarts is my alma mater! To be honest, I am sincerely happy for my alma mater today! Welcome everyone here, with me, with Hogwarts, Witness with the whole world the day when alchemy shines again in this era!"
On the lawn in front of Hogwarts Castle, a strange building has already been built.Its shape is very similar to a huge basin, but the edges are more towering.If you have to give an example, this is a Muggle stadium with a raised audience.
At this moment, on the round stage built in the center of this stadium, a familiar man was standing proudly, using the sound reinforcement spell to convey his speech to every guest sitting in the audience.
That is Gidlow Lockhart, the most popular in the British magical world in recent years... Well, what should I say?The most popular public figure?
In short, Maca got him into this competition and assumed the role of host.
It is now approaching the evening, which is the time for the opening ceremony of the alchemy competition, and after dinner, the competition will officially begin.Right now the Hogwarts students are still in class. In order not to disturb them, Maca also deliberately opened a magical barrier to block the sound.
And at this time, under the spectator on the east side of the stadium, in the event coordinating office...
"Mr. McLean, all the twelve audience registration gates just sent the latest seat statistics. I took a look, because there are still some audiences who have reserved tickets that will arrive after dinner time, so..."
"So the audience seats may not be enough, right?"
Most of the staff who coordinated the management of the event were sent from the International Wizarding Federation, and the assistant in front of Maca was naturally the same.
"The promotion of this game is very strong, and it is a matter of course that there are not enough seats... Didn't I say it earlier, you can't prepare for another Quidditch World Cup." Maca waved his hand. " Don't worry! Let the audience enter the hall normally, I have been prepared for the auditorium..."
After Lockhart introduced all the delegations one by one and arranged a series of pre-match performances, the various food stalls outside the stadium were all in place.
This time, except for the interior of the castle, there were basically no major changes, and other places were used.Today's Hogwarts is actually the most lively day since the school was founded. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is unprecedented.
As Lockhart announced the end of the opening ceremony, the audience poured out of the venue to taste the fresh food from all over the world.If someone is willing to stay in the arena and continue to enjoy the pre-match entertainment show, they only need to shake the magic bell next to the seat, and the house elves will immediately provide them with the best quality running errands.
"Oh what is that?"
Suddenly, a couple of French wizards sitting on the highest seats raised their heads in surprise. They were the first to notice a shadow floating above their heads.
Of course, if it was the first to detect it, it was actually a second or two earlier than others.After all, such a big thing suddenly floated in the sky, even a fool could quickly discover it.
"What's flying? Is it a new show?" "Oh, maybe it's a bigger carriage or something...Is any delegation late?" "Apart from the Indian delegation, I haven't heard of any Absent, didn't the host just said that..."
As the audience continued to discuss, the huge shadow crossed the sky and drifted steadily to the opposite side.Not long after that, when the thing was far away, the audience here realized that it looked like a floating auditorium.
At this moment, on a preparation field outside the competition field, Maca was standing in the center of the clearing.And around him, a large group of elves raised their hands in unison and pointed at the sky above the arena.
"...Yes, go ahead and aim at the bracket there. Be careful, if you fall and hit someone, you should go back to the island and get your punishment! Come down... and then..."
It is not easy for wizards to temporarily increase so many seats, but it is not completely impossible.
Under the command of Maca, the elves cooperated quite tacitly. At least he believed that the elves could be much easier than humans in this kind of collective work.
"Okay, just keep it like this!" He said, while stretching out his staff and pointing straight ahead, "I can start carrying the next one when I strengthen it."
...
At almost the same time, Hogwarts finally reached the end of school.The little wizards who had been waiting for a long time rushed out of the classroom, laughing and walking towards the colorful world outside the castle.
Although they do not have the right to participate in the competition, they can still enjoy the competition as spectators.At breakfast today, Professor McGonagall personally announced that everyone can freely go to the food stalls outside after school for a few laps and fill up their stomachs by the way.
"Hermione, do you think Maca will be on the stage today? It's just a mere alchemy. I bet he will too"
In the hall, Ron asked with interest.Look at his proud face, as if he wasn't talking about Maca, but about himself.
But Hermione, who had always been strict with knowledge, shook her head hesitantly.
"I don't know," she hesitated. "At least the previous Maca should have not been studied. Anyway, I haven't seen alchemy materials from him... But that's the same thing in the past, now. ..."
"Hey! I heard that he won this game from start to finish," Ron said excitedly. "If you want me to see, he must have studied it. Well, I'm really looking forward to it..."
And beside Ron, Alexander, who had been close to them recently, looked tangled.
"Miss Granger, what exactly is alchemy? I flipped through the books in the library a few days ago, but I still didn't figure it out..." He said dejectedly, "What are the four elements and three elements... What decomposition and transformation? ...And that messy list of alchemy symbols..."
"All said, just call me Hermione..." Hermione smiled and said, "Well, because Hogwarts doesn't have an alchemy class, so I just read it in the book... the book says , Alchemy is actually divided into two general directions: material and spiritual. If you want to understand..."
"Hermione, Alexander, don't talk about it for now, anyway, you can have a real impression when the game starts..." Harry urged with a grimace on the side, "Go faster! I'm almost hungry. Up..."
Obviously, the big guys are looking forward to this grand event like a celebration, and everyone is expressing their joy in their own way.
However, when most of the students were walking outside the castle excitedly, there were always one or two uncomfortable guys who just stayed in the castle and didn't want to move.
Enstaon of Hufflepuff College is undoubtedly one of them.
"...Has the soundproofing magic been cancelled?" In the common room, Ensi muttered dissatisfiedly, who had just returned to the bedroom to let go of his schoolbag, "It's so noisy...annoying!"
He paused on the spot, then touched the piece of paper in his pocket and the wand inserted inside the robe.
"Go out! Go out! Join in the fun is the most stupid thing a stupid person should do..." Ensi secretly thought, "It's best to leave no one in the castle, so that no one will bother me! "
After thinking about this, he once again confirmed what he was carrying, and then took a stride to the door of the common room.
When I came to the underground corridor outside, I was expected to be empty.The noise of people who kept coming from outside completely concealed his footsteps. This was an excellent time to explore.
Ens walked all the way to the second floor of the main castle, and in the middle of the corridor on the left hand side is the third girl's bathroom mentioned in the letter from Helga Hufflepuff.The toilet door was hung with a "repairing" sign as usual, and a little bit of water was still leaking from the bottom edge of the door.
"It's here..." He stopped in front of the door, and then carefully drew out his wand. "There is a guardian mentioned in the letter... I heard from the senior student that there is a female ghost in this bathroom. What strange ability does the ghost possess?"
In order to ensure that he was prepared as much as possible, after translating the content on the parchment, he collected a lot of relevant information alone.
Including the crying ghosts in the bathroom, naturally, but also the legend of Harry and the others bravely rushing into the secret room.
"Click."
Ensi stretched out his hand and gently twisted the brass doorknob in front of him...
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