Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"I think it should be Chipmunk." Furong looked at the Busbarton students next to him, and read the same confusion as her own from their eyes. What is the girl who suddenly jumped out of?Zoe and Luna are much closer, and compared to those who don't even know her detached personality, she almost grasped what Luna meant when she blurted it out.

So when Fleur watched in shock as Zoe rushed up to cover Luna's mouth and pressed her back on the chair, she noticed that Luna's face, who was still smiling before, suddenly stiffened and gradually turned into a bitter expression. , And then began to rub the meat on the waist.Furong smiled clearly. At this time, all the people in Boothbatten had already sat down and started talking with the surrounding Hogwarts students.

"Your relationship is very good." She exclaimed sincerely, and relaxed.

"We are friends." Zoe said simply, turning his head and glaring at Luna again.Luna put away the aggrieved expression that had been disguised and smiled.

When everything was ready, Dumbledore stood up slowly, and under his sign, the auditorium gradually became quiet, and there was silent excitement. Everyone knew that the Triwizard Tournament was about to kick off.

Chapter 53 Temporary New Roommate

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and of course our distinguished guests-I want to welcome you all from the bottom of my heart, welcome to Hogwarts!" Dumbledore glanced around with a smile. "I noticed a little bit of unusual incidents in the auditorium before, but just as it was resolved quickly, I also believe that regardless of whether your thinking is different, or whether you are competitive and enterprising. But. In Hogwarts, just this year, you will have an unforgettable time, full, colorful and wonderful-because there is nothing in this world, you can know more survival than meeting more people The way, the souls of each other collide with each other more pleasantly."

"The opening speech of the Triwizard Tournament is of course very important, but at this moment I believe that nothing is more important than filling a hungry belly. Let us eat and drink as much as we want, without restraint, just like in our own home!"

As Dumbledore sat down, the long table suddenly appeared full of delicious food."Don't you think that in order to entertain these people, we ate more sumptuously today than Christmas dinner?" Zoe took some beef kidney pie and brought a plate of pan-fried scallops and roasted pumpkin.Luna shot some suspicious-looking food, and showed a surprised expression if she got hit.

"You don't even have French miscellaneous fish soup here?" Furong frowned, searching on the table without her eyesight.

Luna pointed to the table not far away, where a large plate of fish soup had been raided and cleaned."Really, we sat too concentrated and we didn't have enough food to eat." Furong muttered, and Qiu Zhang leaned in friendly at this moment. She and Furong were separated by one or two positions and pointed to her. College desk."Would you like to go there and ask? French cuisine may not suit everyone's tastes, there must be something that hasn't been moved."

"Good idea." Furong raised her eyebrows.She paid attention to other colleges for a while, then got up and walked towards Gryffindor’s table. Zoe noticed that she was talking to the red-haired boy. When the other party saw her, she seemed to be seduced and motionless. Staring at her blankly.

After a round of eating and drinking, the empty plate disappeared from the long table without a sound. Then came the dessert time, and all kinds of sweets showed their attractive appearance.Zoe was eager to try, and pulled the three closest dim sums to him at once.

"I found that you eat more sweets than regular meals." Fu Rong actually spoke to her, and she looked at Zoe kindly.

"What does it matter? I like to eat sweets." Zoe didn't care about her, just said coldly.

"Don't get me wrong, Xiaojia...Zoe (Zoe frowned again after hearing this name). I have a younger sister. She is the cutest little angel in the world. She also likes snacks. I just feel a little nostalgic. "Furong pushed a plate of pudding toward Zoe, and looked at Zoe happily and accepted it without hesitation.

"Thank you, Miss Delacour." Zoe deliberately increased his address to Fleur, but Fleur smiled at her with a dismissive attitude.

After the empty plate disappeared again, everyone leaned on the chairs with satisfaction.Dumbledore stood up again, and as soon as he stood up, everyone in the auditorium focused their attention on him.

Dumbledore whispered something to Filch, then looked up and continued: "I am glad we can all witness the resurrection of the Triwizard Tournament. But before I start introducing the rules, let me introduce the other two from Guests of the Ministry of Magic. They are Mr. Barty Crouch, the director of the Magic International Exchange and Cooperation Department; and Mr. Ludo Bagman, the director of the Magic Sports Department!"

applause.Zoe immediately turned his attention to Barty Crouch, this ruthless man was once a lingering nightmare in Zoe's childhood.Now she was sitting at Ravenclaw's table, and Crouch was sitting in the teacher's seat, still in the meticulous dress, still the unmoving face.

"Zoe?" Luna leaned over."I'm fine." Zoe took a deep breath.She restrained herself from thinking about those cold, happy eyes, Crouch was no longer sitting in the trial seat, and she was no longer a sinner.Crouch hadn't noticed that someone was staring at him with complicated expressions. He stared straight ahead. Even though the students applauded him, he didn't respond.The opposite of him is Ludo Bagman, who happily waved to the surroundings to express his gratitude like an older child.

When the applause subsided, Dumbledore began to introduce how the Ministry of Magic played a key role in the resurrection of the Triwizard Tournament.If it weren't for the Ministry of Magic's vigorous efforts to facilitate this matter and took the initiative to contact the three schools, the diplomatic relations that had been suspended during the war might still have not been restored.

When Dumbledore had introduced the members of the judging team for the hegemony-not surprisingly, it was the three principals and two Ministry of Magic officials.Filch emerged from the shadows, holding a large wooden box inlaid with jewels in his hand. The box looked very old, but still had a sense of solemnity.

"It's the Goblet of Fire." Zoe whispered."The beginning of the Triwizard Tournament must be to light the Goblet of Fire and then select the Warriors." She explained to Luna who looked at her curiously.

At this time, Dumbledore just explained this point: "...A total of three items are used to comprehensively examine the various abilities of the warriors, such as wisdom, such as courage, such as courage, and even decision at critical moments... We will decide on the event, and after the Warriors have completed the event, we will score based on their performance and select the final champion... Until then, the responsibility of selecting the Warriors will be completed by the Goblet of Fire."

Dumbledore lifted the spell on the wooden box, took out a large wooden goblet that was carved from the box, and took a dinner cup from the table. The style was more graceful than that of the goblet, but the cup kept beating. The burning blue and white flame makes it different from other cups.

"Every student who is sufficiently qualified and willing to participate in the Triwizard Tournament must write the name and school name on the same piece of parchment and throw it into the Goblet of Fire. We have a total of 24 hours of registration Time. At the Halloween party tomorrow night, we will be able to find out who the warriors of the three schools are. I will put the Goblet of Fire in the hall so that everyone can access it."

"Of course." Dumbledore looked around the auditorium. "In order to avoid the unqualified, but unable to withstand the temptation of students, they couldn't help but want to throw their names into the goblet of fire, so as to cause something we don't want to see. . I will set an age boundary around the Goblet of Fire, and only people over the age of seventeen can cross this boundary.” Many people wailed disappointedly.

"Finally, I need to remind everyone of future warriors that once your name is determined by the Goblet of Fire, you must stick to the game until the end, because when your name is thrown into the cup, you must follow the ancient and invisible Contract action. Giving up halfway is never allowed, and what I need to repeat is that competitions are risky. There are no people with sufficient strength. I ask you to think twice before making a decision." Lido's loud voice sounded in the auditorium, "Then, I wish everyone good night, you should go back to the room and sleep beautifully."

The students began to leave the auditorium one after another. Zoe noticed that the students of Boothbatten and Durmstrang were all gathered together. The difference was that the students of Boothbatten gathered towards the position of their principal, Mrs. Maxim (she was conspicuous It looks like a lighthouse), and Durmstrang’s students walk towards the hall.There is the direction to the castle gate.

"It looks like they don't live in the castle?" Luna thoughtfully."Thank God. I don't want them to live in the castle either." Zoe breathed a sigh of relief.She thought that if the students from these two schools were to live in the castle, they would have to live in the dormitory of the current student, sleeping with the people in Hogwarts.The first target will be people whose rooms are not full.In other words, she has a high chance of being selected in a four-person room with only two people.

It's just that she is too early to be relieved.When she and Luna had changed into their pajamas and sat on the bed with the lamp on and chatting, a sound that sounded familiar suddenly sounded outside the doorway.

"Amber, it looks like we are where we live." Then the voice talked to another voice, a prefect, and it was Ravenclaw's."Do you think it's too late for me to block the doorway?" Zoe gave himself up, Luna shook her head sympathetically.

"Oh, we met again." Furong, who had just entered through the doorway, shouted in surprise. She was carrying the box, and another Bussbarton girl followed behind her, who also looked over in surprise.

"The taste is really average, but it will be fine, after all, it is outside." Furong muttered to herself while looking around, but she moved naturally to sort out the contents of the box, and then quickly replaced with silk. pajamas.

"I'm really tired today. Can I bother you to blow out the lights? I want to go to bed earlier." Fu Rong said, the whole person has already got into the quilt.The other Bussbarton girl didn't talk to herself like her, but she didn't even look at Zoe and the others.

"It's annoying. Can I change rooms?" Zoe sighed, then blew out the lights.

Chapter 54 Registration

In the middle of the night, the entire Hogwarts fell asleep, but evil could inadvertently spread from the darkness.In the foyer, which was only a few dozen steps away from the auditorium, blue and white flames were burning quietly.The goblet of fire is placed in the center of the hall, and a round chair is placed under it. That chair is usually used to put the sorting cap during the sorting ceremony.

Moody stepped lightly, pretending to come here by accident.He is a professor. He doesn’t have to abide by the access control rules. He just needs to be careful not to run into the patrolling Filch head-on. It’s not because Filch will blame him. It’s just that he must have a reason and worry that Filch will not Tell the matter carefully.

Fortunately, there was no one in the hall, no sound at all, there were no portraits, no magical armors, and ghosts were not haunted here, only the blue flame of the goblet of fire was the only light source.Moody limped along, taking care not to make the wooden prosthetic leg make any louder noises, while the magical fake eye kept turning vigilantly.

He crossed the age line set by Dumbledore and stood in front of the Goblet of Fire.The light of the flame turned his face into light blue, and with his cold and ugly face, it made him look even less like a normal person.He first drew the wand from his pocket, "Confusing." A thin line stretched out from the wand and connected to the goblet of fire. The flame jumped suddenly, but Moody knew it was not enough.

He chanted the confusion mantra two more times, doing a very detailed work.The Goblet of Fire is a magical object with a long history. It is mainly used as a contract signer and witness. It will create an invisible connection between the Warriors and the Triwizard Tournament, which is a temporary contract that makes the Warriors We can't withdraw from the game halfway through.

But at the same time, although it possesses magical powers, it has no autonomous consciousness.The participating schools will enter the Goblet of Fire as a clause in advance before the Goblet of Fire is ignited, and all it needs to do is to find a "Warrior" that meets the standards from those candidates.No one knows the specific criteria for selection, and it is not just the strength of strength that can be used to qualify as a warrior.

Moody's patiently modified the Goblet of Fire program. In order for it to finally meet their expectations, it must elect a warrior, and Harry Potter must appear among the warriors. This is the order of the Dark Lord.Fortunately, there were no uninvited guests during his work. He didn't emphasize quick completion, but modified it little by little, with the forgetting curse and confusion curse, which were all the steps that he had repeatedly practiced during the summer vacation.

Finally, he wiped the sweat from his head, and the Goblet of Fire restored its quiet posture, which was completely indistinguishable from that of an hour ago. Even Dumbledore could not see that the Goblet of Goblet had been manipulated.Moody stood in place. This kind of sophisticated modification is very energy intensive. It is never easy to deceive a magical object.But in the end, he did not live up to the expectations of the Dark Lord and fulfilled his mission.

Moody put away his wand and took out two more parchments from his pocket.The first one says Harry Potter, and the school is filled in casually. It does not belong to any of the three academies. This is to ensure that Harry is selected as a warrior, so the Goblet of Fire must be considered as participating. There are four schools in, and Harry is the only candidate for the fourth school that does not exist.

The second piece of paper read "Zoe Siegel-Hogwarts", and Moody remembered the conversation that took place when they were drawing up detailed plans at the Siegel House.Max asked to throw her name into the Goblet of Fire, but could not use the same method as Harry, only Hogwarts' name.

"Why? If we want to get the most help, the best way is to let you and Porter become the Warriors at the same time, so that I can help Porter outside the game, and you can help me eliminate accidents and mistakes during the schedule. "Batti asked.

"This is the ideal situation, but it's not realistic, Batty." Max said with a smile, sitting on a soft bench. "How can you make me a warrior? Do you use the same method as Potter? ?"

She saw Barty nodded and shrugged: "If we use this method a second time, the result I can foresee is that the organizer will take the risk of breaching the contract and forcibly stop the Triwizard Tournament. Think. I want to see, Batty, five warriors, three of them are from Hogwarts. As long as there are sane people, they will not regard it as an accident. All they can think of are human factors. If only Potter was alone , It can be more or less called an'accident', your father can cover us without touching Dumbledore's bottom line..."

"But if you treat your name as a Hogwarts student, you won't necessarily be selected." Little Batty said.

"Yes, but I don't have to participate." Max said, "Batti, there are many factors that can influence. You put my name in the Goblet of Fire. It would be best if I could become a Warrior, but Even if others are the warriors of Hogwarts, it is not painful for us. Because our only purpose is to get Porter to win the championship trophy."

"So," Voldemort's cold voice sounded from the other side, "You have become a warrior of Hogwarts, with Potter, wouldn't this arouse the suspicion of the old Dumbledore? If he So doubt the plan and prevented the game..." Max smiled."It's possible. Although Professor Dumbledore can't hurt Zoe, he might stop the Tournament in order to stop you. But will you give up because of this possibility, Tom?" Voldemort snorted coldly. Speak.

Little Batty noticed that when she talked about Dumbledore, her eyes were sure, as if she knew what decision Dumbledore would make."Why can't he hurt Zoe? Just because he adopted her? Isn't all these people who claim to be righteous? Once they know the whole truth, in order to protect more people, family affection is also for them. It's something that can be discarded."

"Do you think my judgment is based on trust in Professor Dumbledore? Half and half, Barty. Professor Dumbledore can’t hurt Zoe Segal, not on those illusory reasons, but just because he was promised. Fettered, nothing more."

Little Batty still wants to ask, but Max is no longer interested in this topic."In short, I don’t know if Professor Dumbledore will doubt, nor can I believe that he will not prevent this incident himself after he has doubts. He sees farther than many people. I don’t know what he thinks. What do you think? No one in this world can break Professor Dumbledore’s Occlumency, unless he wants to tell you."

"You have to take risks when you do anything, Batty. All we can do is do the parts that can't be wrong and the parts that can be decided, and we will make Potter a Warrior as planned. As for the Warriors at Hogwarts. , This is never the most important thing. Tom wants only Potter, and even the most uncontrollable ending requires the death of three people."

"Okay. I'll do what you said." Little Barty nodded. He was going to practice modifying the Goblet of Fire program, but Max stopped him midway.

"Right. At Hogwarts, as long as I didn't take the initiative to call you as Max, you should not expose your true identity in front of me. I need to remind you that although Zoe is still very Naive, but she is very suspicious. If a flaw is revealed and the plan is shattered, no one can blame it."