One World System

Chapter 198 The upcoming Triwizard Tournament (four-in-one chapter)

The days in the Burrow passed quickly. Although Lin Xiao was a bit annoying to Ron, his older brothers were quite interesting, making Lin Xiao wonder if Ron was his own.

The twin brothers wanted to play a trick on Lin Xiao when he first came here, but the trick turned out to be self-defeating. They were teased severely by Lin Xiao. From then on, the two of them regarded Lin Xiao as a god. Every day, he asked for advice on little magic tricks to trick people, and Lin Xiao was also happy to teach them what could turn neat clothes into beggar's clothes in an instant. As he walked, a small thing filled with mud would suddenly appear on the ground. The magic of potholes emerges endlessly, making the twin brothers sigh why they didn't meet Lin Xiao sooner.

And in such a cheerful rhythm, the Weasley family finally ushered in the big name Harry Potter.

"The Quidditch World Cup, oh~! I'm really looking forward to it!" Ron has become much more cheerful since Harry came. No one wanted to play with him before. It would be nice if his brothers didn't tease him. Yes, my younger sister Ginny has deeply implemented the thoughts of house girls. It can be said that she doesn't leave the door and doesn't go out, and she has no interest in playing with Ron.

And her only friend, Hermione, is too busy practicing her new magic, how can there be time to play?

Now that Harry finally arrived, he finally found a companion.

It has to be said that Harry was very accurate in his timing. If he arrived one day late, he might not be able to catch up with the Quidditch World Cup. However, Lin Xiao didn't think it mattered. He had never loved Quidditch.

To watch the Quidditch World Cup match, you have to go through the so-called portkey. The appearance of this key is really strange, but what Lin Xiao and the others met was a boot, which made Lin Xiao unable to complain.

After spinning around for a while, they finally arrived at a mountain top, and when they looked down, they could clearly see a large campsite, where countless tents were set up.

Regardless of the small size of each tent, in fact their internal space is not small at all. Lin Xiao also has a tent like this, and it is definitely more luxurious than the Weasley family's tent.

"You go, the teacher met an acquaintance, so I won't go with you for now." Lin Xiao left suddenly at night, which made Hermione feel a little disappointed, and even when she was watching the game, her interest was not so high.

In fact, Lin Xiao didn't meet any acquaintances, he just smelled Voldemort's breath in the air, thinking that he hadn't seen this unlucky Dark Lord for a long time, so he planned to visit him, anyway, what did he say to that? Quidditch matches are not interesting at all.

While Hermione and the others were watching the Quidditch World Cup match, Lin Xiao had already arrived in a forest to the west of the camp. The air here was filled with the aura of Voldemort. But he is a warrior.

Following this aura, Lin Xiao finally found a few huts in the forest. These huts looked very dilapidated and seemed to have been abandoned long ago.

'Whoo~! ''Whoo~! ''Whoo~! '...

Just as Lin Xiao walked out of the woods, more than a dozen figures shrouded in black mist fell from the sky.

This is the flying magic developed by that guy Voldemort. It belongs to the signature magic of the Death Eaters. Even if other people have learned it, they dare not use it, because other wizards will definitely beat you down as a Death Eater. Don't take any chances!
"Quack~! I didn't expect that someone would find me here. You're pretty awesome, little guy!" A figure, covered in black robes and with a mask on his face, let out a strange laugh and looked at him with playful eyes. Lin Xiao was surrounded.

I don’t know if these Death Eaters are all distorted guys. Anyway, few Death Eaters that Lin Xiao has seen are normal, such as the one in front of him. His voice is as ugly as that of a crow. , and likes to shout loudly, doesn't he know that noise is also a kind of pollution?

"Riddle, is this how you greet your allies?" The muscles on Lin Xiao's face changed, and in the blink of an eye, his appearance had already returned to his original appearance.

There was no response from those huts, but Lin Xiao knew that Voldemort was there, but he didn't know what kind of thoughts this guy had, so he ignored Lin Xiao.

"Quack, boy, what are you yelling for? Believe it or not, I will give you a Cruciatus Curse for you to try!" The Death Eater who spoke before drew out his wand at Lin Xiao with a strange smile.

But before he cast the Cruciatus Curse, he saw a blood-red magic beam hit his body directly.

"Avada Kedavra!"

The Death Eater who was hit fell directly to the ground, completely out of breath, obviously already dead and unable to die again.

The death curse hurts a person's soul. It seems that the person who has been cursed has no wounds on his body, but his soul has already disappeared, so it is naturally impossible to continue to survive.

However, such a spell also has a fatal weakness. If the target of the spell is a creature without a soul like a zombie, it will have no effect.

Lin Xiao's move really affected his entire body. The moment he killed the Death Eater with a killing curse, the other Death Eaters present drew out their wands and pointed them at Lin Xiao.

"Overestimating one's abilities!" Lin Xiao snorted coldly, and the power of the whole body gushed out, without using any magic, directly mobilized the power of the mind and swept it in all directions.

'Bang~! ''Bang~! ''Bang~! '...

A dozen or so figures were knocked into the air in embarrassment, it was because of Lin Xiao's mercy, otherwise they would have been smashed into a puddle of flesh by his thought power.

"Hahaha~! My friend, we haven't seen each other for a long time!"

At this time, Voldemort suddenly appeared in front of Lin Xiao one step later. He was in a very bad state at the moment, his body was still as big as a baby, and he was hugged by Peter Pettigrew, who looked wretched.

"Hmph~!" Lin Xiao didn't give Voldemort any face at all. After expressing his dissatisfaction with a cold snort, he strode directly towards the hut where Voldemort came out.

Voldemort, who was held in Peter's arms, couldn't help flashing a trace of anger on his face, but he hid it well the next moment.

He who had been observing in secret before could clearly feel that Lin Xiao was stronger than when he met last time, and even if he recovered to his peak state, he was by no means a match for this person.

The so-called people have to bow their heads under the roof, even Voldemort does not have to abide by this bloody rule.

"Come in, I have something to tell you." Lin Xiao walked into the room, followed by Peter who was holding Voldemort.

Finding a random place to sit down, Lin Xiao glanced at the boa constrictor that had lowered its head and dared not move since he came in, and then turned his head to look at Voldemort.

"Are you going to do something here?" Lin Xiao said with certainty.

Voldemort didn't know how Lin Xiao knew his plan, but he nodded anyway.

"Yes, my return is imminent, and it's time to let those damned white wizards know that their time is numbered!" Speaking of the white wizard, Voldemort's tone became extremely cold, obviously he hated those white wizards very much up.

Lin Xiao glanced at him, and then continued: "I know that you plan to use this Triwizard Tournament to capture Harry Potter. Your plan is good. When your power recovers, all wizards in the whole of England will be shocked." You are no longer your opponent, do you have confidence in the wizarding world that will unify the entire UK?"

When Lin Xiao mentioned the Triwizard Tournament, a look of astonishment flashed across Voldemort's face. After Lin Xiao finished speaking, Voldemort had already confirmed that his subordinates must have spies from the other party, otherwise what would the other party do? Is it possible to know her plan so clearly?

Despite this, Voldemort did not show any expression at that time and still faced Lin Xiao calmly.

"Don't worry, no one in the British wizarding world will be my opponent except Dumbledore, and although the Sorcerer's Stone did not restore me last time, it still made me much stronger than before. This time I have completely recovered. In the future, my power will become even stronger, and even Dumbledore will no longer be my opponent, and there will be absolutely no problem in unifying the British wizarding world!" Voldemort said vowedly, as if everything was already under his control Average.

Lin Xiao nodded after listening, "That's good, but don't be too ostentatious. Recently, the Holy See has been interested in eliminating some dark forces in Europe. Last time, the branch of the German Dark Council was destroyed. The two branches located in two other places have also been severely attacked by the Holy See. Although you black wizards who do not belong to the Dark Council are not within the range of the Holy See, but if you make too much noise and affect the Holy See If you spread the teachings, I am afraid they will also attack you."

"Holy See!" Voldemort muttered, with a terrified expression on his face.

For this behemoth, even the Dark Council had to temporarily avoid the existence of the edge, and the majestic Dark Lord had to admit that he really didn't dare to contend with the Holy See.

Fortunately, the Holy See does not blindly advocate the light. In fact, there are many unknown dark sides behind their light. For people like Voldemort, as long as they don't endanger them to spread their own teachings, people don't bother to talk to him After all, the focus of the Holy See's attack has to be on the Dark Council.

"Also, when the time comes for the Triwizard Tournament, I will arrange for a little girl to go in to play too. She is my disciple, so don't hurt her when you carry out the plan." Lin Xiao said lightly.

"Oh~! Is it Lin Xiao's disciple? Then I would like to meet you." Voldemort looked interested, obviously he knew how strong Lin Xiao was, and it was obvious that he could not be accepted by her as a disciple. normal person.

Lin Xiao raised his head and glanced at him, then suddenly smiled and said, "You have seen this person before, that little girl who is by Harry Potter's side, Hermione Granger!"

"She?" Voldemort frowned, "That Muggle-born witch?"

"First of all, you have to understand that I am not a wizard." Lin Xiao stood up and walked towards the door, saying as he walked, "I don't need to accept a disciple. You are different!"

Opening the door, Lin Xiao stopped suddenly when he was about to step out.

"By the way, that girl doesn't know my identity, so don't worry too much. Her strength is pretty good."

Voldemort behind him watched Lin Xiao go away expressionlessly, and he didn't come back to himself until a long time later.

"Master?" Peter Pettigrew looked at Voldemort nervously, "Who is that man?"

"You don't need to know." Voldemort snorted coldly, "Let's go back, and leave the rest of the matter to them."

"Yes, my master!"

……

That night, almost everyone was discussing the just-concluded Quidditch World Cup.

Suddenly, the camp was full of flames, and countless screams sounded suddenly. Hermione and the others had just returned, so they were stunned to encounter this situation so suddenly.

Fortunately, the role of adults was revealed at this time, and Mr. Weasley immediately told them to leave here.

Not far away, a group of people covered in black cloaks was walking towards this side while waving their wands. Everywhere they went, they screamed continuously. Of course, the screams were not happy or excited. A scream, but a scream out of sheer terror.

It happened so suddenly that no one could react immediately.

Everyone was running away in embarrassment, but Harry got separated from Hermione and the others. He hid behind the charred wood, watched the group of Death Eaters secretly, and saw that they issued the Dark Mark. Until they looked over here.

Fortunately, a group of adults came over at this time, which allowed Harry to escape unharmed.

After the incident happened, it immediately caused panic in the entire British wizarding community, and almost all wizarding newspapers reported this explosive news overnight.

The Dark Mark appears, will the Dark Lord make a comeback?
Lin Xiao didn't return to Hermione's side until the next day, Lin Xiao just smiled at Hermione's question and didn't explain too much.

Although the appearance of the Dark Mark caused panic for a period of time, the upcoming Triwizard Tournament quickly occupied a huge space in major newspapers.

Hermione's fourth school year was about to begin, and the three people sitting on the train looked a little worried.

Lin Xiao still followed Hermione in the identity of Lesselin. When the train arrived at Hogwarts station, he sent a voice transmission to Hermione, asking her to come to the Room of Requirement to find him at night, and then he disappeared without a trace. up.

After the evening dinner, Hermione sneaked to the door of the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

"Hermione." Lin Xiao suddenly appeared beside Hermione.

Hermione turned her head in surprise, "Teacher, you scared me to death!" She patted her chest, looking frightened.

Lin Xiao smiled, and walked straight to the door of the Room of Requirement.

"Come in with me."

Hermione who was behind nodded and followed, she always felt strange that today's teacher seemed to be different from usual.

Today's Room of Requirement is still a huge magic practice ground. After Lin Xiao brought Hermione in, he first asked her to demonstrate several magic spells he had recently taught her several times in front of him. After seeing the results of her practice, he Called her to himself.

"Hermione, do you know about this year's Triwizard Tournament?" Lin Xiao pointed to the seat next to him, and Hermione obediently came over and sat down.

"I know, Principal Dumbledore told us today, he said that this competition has not been held for more than a century." She nodded and said.

"Well, it has indeed been a long time since it was held." Lin Xiao nodded with a smile, and continued, "This time the Triwizard Tournament will be held at Hogwarts, and I am going to sign you up and let you participate in this competition! "

"Me?" Hermione pointed her finger at herself in surprise, obviously she had no intention of participating in this competition.

"Yes, it's you!" Lin Xiao nodded, "You have been studying with me for more than a year. As your teacher, I think you are fully qualified to participate in this competition."

"But Principal Dumbledore said that you must be 17 years old or over to participate!" Hermione said, "Teacher, I am only 17 years old this year."

"Don't worry, the teacher has his own way to get you selected." Lin Xiao smiled, it's just a small restriction, not to mention him, even that fake Moody can do it.

"But teacher..." Hermione seemed to say something, but was interrupted by Lin Xiao.

"Okay, this is a test given to you by the teacher. If you can pass this test and win the championship, the teacher will grant you a wish, as long as the teacher can do it." Lin Xiao also saw that Hermione He was not very willing to participate in this competition, but he had already made up his mind. Besides, he could tell that Hermione was not a fighter at heart. In order to cultivate her fighting consciousness, she couldn't miss such a competition.

Seeing that the teacher had made up his mind, and that the teacher had made such a promise, Hermione thought about it and didn't insist anymore.

"Okay, the competition will start in October, and now we still have time to make preparations. You must know that your opponents will be those elite students in grade 7. Although the teacher thinks that you are not inferior to them at all, the same is true for you. Not as good as them, so you have to work harder during this period!"

Hermione nodded seriously, and then began a new round of magic practice.

The next day, the classes for the new school year officially started. Although the school will do its best to prepare for the Triwizard Tournament this year, the Triwizard Tournament has not yet started, so students naturally cannot miss their courses.

There are not many days left until October, when teams from two schools of magic will also arrive at Hogwarts, namely Beauxbaton School of Witchcraft and Magic and Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Beauxbaton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a famous witch school in France. Lin Xiao sneaked in with Hermione last time. Unfortunately, it was on vacation at that time, so he didn't see any students.

Little is known about Lin Xiao, Durmstrang's school. All he knows is that their headmaster, Karkaroff, was once a Death Eater and Krum, who is about to become a Triwizard Tournament player. As for the others , Lin Xiao is not clear.

Time passed day by day while Hermione was practicing hard, and soon, October was coming.

Apart from attending classes and practicing magic, Hermione has been checking information about house-elves recently. Hearing from her that she wants to rehabilitate house-elves, Lin Xiao seems to have an idea of ​​wanting to lead them into revolution.

Lin Xiao didn't object to this, as long as she didn't delay her magic practice, he didn't care about anything else, and it wasn't a bad thing, fighting was inevitable during the revolution, and it could just speed up the cultivation of Hermione's fighting awareness.

During practice tonight, Hermione seemed to be in a bad mood, Lin Xiao told her to stop.

"Hermione, do you know that a wizard can easily be backlashed by his own magic when he can't concentrate?" Lin Xiao looked at Hermione seriously.

"I'm sorry, teacher." Hermione lowered her head with a face of shame.

"Okay, I think your mood today is not effective for practice, let's sit down and chat." Lin Xiao shook his head helplessly, and pulled Hermione to sit down on the steps beside him.

"What's wrong? Something on your mind?" Lin Xiao asked.

He rarely saw Hermione like this, and he had never seen a situation like today.

"Well, the new professor showed us the Unforgivable Curse during Defense Against the Dark Arts class today, I mean, he shouldn't have watched that scene with Neville shut!" Hermione said angrily.

"Neville? That honest little boy, right? Your new professor is that Moody, right?" Lin Xiao nodded and said.

"Well, it's him, he should know about Neville's situation, but he still forced Neville to watch that scene, I don't think that's good." Hermione said, "Neville was terrified today, but after class Neville I was called by Professor Moody, and I don’t know how he is doing now?”

Lin Xiao turned his head to look at Hermione, and suddenly he said with a smile: "Hermione, you are already 14 years old this year, right?"

Hermione nodded, and looked at Lin Xiao suspiciously, not understanding why he suddenly mentioned her age.

"I'm 14 years old. Many girls your age have already had their first boyfriends. What about you, Hermione? Have you met any boys you are particularly interested in at school?"

"Ah!" Hermione didn't expect that Lin Xiao would suddenly ask about this matter, and her cheeks on both sides turned red.

"Teacher, why did you suddenly ask about this?" Hermione said shyly.

"It's nothing, just chatting." Lin Xiao said with a smile, "Is there or is it not?"

When Hermione heard this, she couldn't help making a face at Lin Xiao, snorted angrily, stood up and ran away.

"I went to practice magic," she said.

Lin Xiao smiled and looked at Hermione who ran aside and pretended to be seriously practicing magic, and couldn't help shaking his head with a smile.

He remembered that at this time Hermione had already developed a little love for Ron, but now due to many factors, she did not have any thoughts about Ron, and although Ron's elm head might be interested in Hermione. Min had some ideas, but at least he didn't know for now.

The next day was another Defense Against the Dark Arts session. Today Professor Moody was going to cast the Imperius Curse on Harry and the others to teach them how to resist this spell.

Harry and the others were naturally uneasy about this, but it was useless to object.

The only one who was eager to try was Hermione. She had also learned the Imperius Curse herself, and she had a lot of experience with this curse. Secondly, she didn't like Professor Moody very much, mainly because of his performance yesterday, so she wanted to Defeat him in today's class.

The students went up one by one and were controlled by Moody's Imperius Curse. They showed weird movements one by one, and even sang various songs about running away.

"Potter!" roared Moody, "you're next."

Harry stepped forward and stood in the clearing where Moody had removed the table. Moody raised his wand, pointed at Harry, and said, "Out of body!"

It was the most wonderful feeling, Harry felt like he was going to fly, all his thoughts and worries were gently brushed away, leaving only a vague, untraceable happiness, and he stood there, feeling very relieved, He just vaguely knew that everyone was watching him.

Then he heard Moody's voice, echoing in his empty mind, "Jump on the table...jump on the table..." Harry bent his knees meekly, ready to jump.

"Jump on the table..." "But, why jump?" Another voice reminded him from the back of his head, "It's really stupid to do that," said the voice.

"Jump on the table..." "No, I don't want to jump." Another voice said, it became more determined... "No, I really don't want to..." Jump!Jump now!The next thing Harry felt was excruciating pain, the idea of ​​jumping and trying to stop him from jumping, he had both, and the result was he rushed to the table in a hurry, knocking it over, the pain in his leg, he knew it was hurting both hands. knee.

"Ah, that's sort of a thing," cried Moody, and suddenly Harry felt the empty, reverberating feeling in his head go away, and he knew exactly what had just happened, and the pain in his knee seemed to intensify.

"You see, Potter resisted, he resisted the spell, he almost won, let's try again, Potter, and the rest - watch his eyes, that's where you should look - good, That's great, Potter, spells don't play around so easily!"

Moody asked Harry to practice four times in total. Originally, he wanted to continue, but seeing that it was almost time for get out of class to end, Hermione couldn't wait to perform.

"Professor, I want to try it too!" She raised her hand and said loudly.

Moody glanced at her, his eyes were so strange that Hermione saw a trace of hesitation in them.

Of course he hesitated, because he was not the real Moody at all. As Voldemort's confidant, he could naturally gain a certain amount of trust from Voldemort, so he also knew that behind this seemingly ordinary little girl in front of him was someone even stronger than Voldemort. Terrifying existence.

If you accidentally let the other party make a mistake, you can imagine what will happen to you.

That's why he hesitated a little, wondering if he should cast the Imperius Curse on Hermione.

"Professor, Harry has tried many times, and I want to try too!" Hermione repeated again.

Harry turned his head and looked at Hermione gratefully. He had never found Hermione so cute as she was today!
Fake Moody hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed to Hermione's request. After all, it was her own request, not that he forced her to come up.

"Soul out of the body!"

Naturally, the fake Moody would not use all his strength to attack this group of students. Whether he cast the Imperius Curse on Harry and the others before or now on Hermione, he did not use his full strength.

The magic beam hit Hermione's body, and she felt that her spirit suddenly became trance-like.

But it was just a trance, and she soon recovered.

"Very good, Miss Granger has successfully resisted the Imperius Curse!" Moody praised Hermione, not knowing whether he was sincere or not. The other students, including Harry, looked at Hermione in amazement, followed by a series of Cheers.

Hermione came to the team like a proud peacock, smiling at the students around her.

"Hermione, you are amazing!"

"Hermione, how did you do that?"

"Hermione, can you teach me?"

"..."

Moody looked at Hermione who was surrounded by the students, and was very surprised in his heart. Although he didn't attack with all his strength, it was beyond his expectation to get rid of his Imperius Curse so easily.

"Sure enough, he is indeed the disciple that person fancy!" He thought to himself.

……

Day by day, while Lin Xiao taught Hermione, he did not forget to work hard to improve his own strength.

There has been no progress in Wanjiejue for a long time, and this bottleneck is much more difficult than he imagined. In addition, he has recently spent most of his time studying mind magic, and the breakthrough of the bottleneck has become even more distant.

On the other hand, the arrival date of the other two wizarding schools was finally determined on October 30th, when Hogwarts will end classes early and hold a grand welcome ceremony.

Everyone is very curious about the students of these two schools, and some students with a wide range of knowledge have begun to spread some information about the two schools in the school, which makes those students who know nothing about the two schools We also have a certain understanding of them to a certain extent.

Perhaps because of the imminent arrival of outsiders, Hogwarts, which looked very historical (dirty) suddenly became completely new, and some dirty portraits were taken down, even though the owners in those portraits cursed in every possible way , but it still cannot change the fact that they need to be squeezed into the same frame for a period of time.

The armor in the corridor was wiped clean, and they no longer made creaking noises when they walked. The administrator Filch focused on checking those students who didn't wipe their shoes clean, and even frightened two first-year students. The student is sick.

Even the other professors have become different from usual.

October NO.30, when Hermione and the others went down to have breakfast in the morning, they found that the hall had been completely new overnight, with huge silk banners hanging from the wall, each of which represented a Hogwarts house, painted The red banner with the golden lion is Gryffindor, the blue banner with the golden eagle is Ravenclaw, the yellow banner with the black badger is Hufflepuff, the green banner with the silver snake is Slytherin, the professor's table Behind it is a huge long sheet with the logo of the Hogwarts school team painted on it; lions, eagles, badgers, snakes, all around a big 'Hogwarts'.

Hermione and the others saw the twin brothers sitting in a corner saying this in a low voice. This was the second time they saw them like this, and they always felt that they were planning some prank.

Today is the day when the teams from the other two magic schools arrive. All Hogwarts students, including the professor, are looking forward to it. Of course, in order to show the best side of Hogwarts, they probably have to hold back for a while. Got it, after all, Hogwarts used to be very messy.

All the students stood up in an orderly arrangement, and there were many people in the crowd guessing how the teams from the two magic schools would arrive.

"Hermione, where's your Lesselin?" Ron couldn't help being a little puzzled when he found that Hermione wasn't holding the cat in his arms today.

"Lesselin is sleeping in the lounge." Hermione replied a little casually.

In fact, Lesselin who has been with Hermione recently is just Lin Xiao's clone. He himself left Hogwarts a few days ago. Even Hermione didn't know what he did. She has been alone these days People are practicing magic.

Ron was frustrated by Hermione, so he turned his head and discussed with Harry how the two magic schools would appear, but Harry also seemed a little unnatural and didn't know what was wrong with him.

At first, everything seemed very calm, the temperature outside was a bit low, Harry and the others felt a little cold, and their mood was not as excited as before, and they began to become impatient.

"There!" Suddenly a sixth grade student shouted towards the forest.

A big thing, much bigger than a broom, or more than a hundred or a thousand brooms, is speeding from there. getting bigger.

"It's a dragon!" screamed a first-year student, completely dazed.

"Don't be silly...that's a flying house!"

In fact, he is not a flying house, and of course, he is not a dragon.

It was a huge carriage with exquisite and unique shape, which immediately attracted the attention of a large group of girls. It was pulled by twelve winged flying horses, and each flying horse was bigger than an elephant. A little bit bigger, they pulled the carriage and galloped here from the distant sky.

It was the car of Beauxbaton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a beautiful flying carriage.

Leading the team was the headmaster of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a woman taller than Hagrid.

Before the students recovered from the shock of the flying carriage, the ground under their feet suddenly shook a few times.

"It's a lake!" Someone shouted.

"Look at the lake!" They were standing on the top of the lawn overlooking the ground, from which the black, smooth surface of the lake could be clearly seen--but suddenly the surface stirred, and there was movement in the depths of the lake, and great bubbles formed on the surface, and waves crashed. muddy lake shores - and then, right in the middle of the lake, a vortex appeared, as if a large piston had just been pulled out of the bottom of the lake... what looked like a long, dark ridge began to slowly rise up from the center of the vortex , and then Harry saw the rigging... "It's a mast!" he said to Ron and Hermione.

Slowly and majestically, the ship rose to the surface, shining in the moonlight, it was strange and skeletal, as if it were a restored hulk, and the dim lights shimmered in the portholes like ghost eyes , at last, with a loud splash, the boat emerged fully, bobbing on the rippling water, and began to drive towards the shore, and presently they saw the splash of the anchor being thrown into the shallows and the planks being laid on the shore. bang bang.

At this time, Beauxbaton's team had already stood with the Hogwarts students. Many male students were attracted by Beauxbaton's female students, but at this time Durmstrang's arrival was Once again, it attracted the attention of a large group of female students.

Durmstrang is also leading the team with their principal, Karkaroff, a former Death Eater. Of course, he is still a Death Eater now, but he does not admit it.

At this time, Hermione in the crowd was surprised to find her teacher in Durmstrang's team.

"Ah~! Hermione, isn't that your teacher?" Harry spotted Lin Xiao's figure with sharp eyes, and couldn't help saying to Hermione next to him.

"Where?" Ron looked curiously, and sure enough, he saw Lin Xiao standing next to Karkaroff in the team, oh no, it should be Jax Lin.

"Hermione, is your teacher Professor Durmstrang?" Harry looked at Hermione suspiciously.

Hermione shook her head, but she knew in her heart that it was definitely not the case, because her teacher had been with her all the time and only left a few days ago, so how could it be Durmstrang's professor?
At this moment, Dumbledore and Beauxbaton's principal, Miss Maxim, also went up to meet him and started talking with Karkaroff, while Lin Xiao, who was standing next to Karkaroff, walked straight towards him.

"Hermione, are you okay?" Lin Xiao looked at Hermione with a smile, and blinked at her when no one was looking.

Hermione didn't know how her teacher got into Durmstrang's team after not seeing her for a few days, but she didn't think about it for too long and soon happily introduced her teacher to her classmates.

Those students heard that Hermione had been studying with this handsome man for more than two years. Thinking of Hermione's strength during this time, they all showed great interest in Lin Xiao.

On the other side, Dumbledore and Ms. Maxim who were talking to Karkaroff also looked towards this side.

The two could clearly feel Lin Xiao's powerful strength, which was incomparably powerful.

"Karkaroff, who is that?" Dumbledore looked at Karkaroff suspiciously.

As Zeng Jin's Death Eater, Dumbledore actually didn't like Karkaroff, but as the headmaster of Durmstrang, Dumbledore had to show a certain degree of politeness.

"That's Mr. Jax. He taught me some magic knowledge many years ago. He can be regarded as half of my teacher." Karkaroff looked at Lin Xiao over there with reverence and spoke in a very sincere tone. Said.

In fact, Lin Xiao had only known him for a few days, and Lin Xiao had to admire his acting skills.

"He looks so young!" Madame Maxime said enviously.

"Ma'am, you have to know that there are many things in this world that we cannot understand." Karkaroff said with a smile.

But Dumbledore took a deep look at Lin Xiao, who was chatting with Hermione and others, and he always felt that this back was a little familiar.

"Maybe it's my illusion?" Dumbledore thought uncertainly.

PS: Today is New Year’s Eve, after midnight is the first day of the first lunar month, Misha here wishes all readers a happy new year, wishing everyone success in the new year, those who have no money can make money immediately, and those who don’t If you have a girlfriend, you will find your favorite girlfriend immediately, and if you are not married, you will get married immediately!
In order to watch the Spring Festival Gala with peace of mind later, I coded this chapter early today. Okay, I won’t say much, see you next year!
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