Fire Alchemist

"By the way, Anna, do you know what important events will be held in the school this year? You know, these days, Mr. Weasley, or Ron's brother, Bill and Charlie, are always blurred in front of us Said that there will be very important things this year, and the list sent before actually asked us to bring a dress..." It seems that I haven't seen my sister for more than half a month, and I have to wait for more than half a month. It was as if all the words were finished, but Hermione spoke very fast, and even waved her hands twice when she got excited.

Anna waited helplessly for Hermione to finish, "If you are asking why you wear a dress, I know that." From Hermione's arms, she hugged Crookshanks who was too tightly held by her master and felt a little uncomfortable , "Because after reaching the fourth grade, you can participate in the school's Christmas ball. Moreover, this year the school will hold the Triwizard Tournament."

"The Triwizard Tournament? The one that was interrupted because of the high death rate?" Hermione's mouth formed an "O".This really surprised her, it was the Triwizard Tournament!

"That's right. It is said that this is Fudge's suggestion." For a fool, Anna said that there is no need to add the word minister to the other party to express her respect.

"Don't Headmaster Dumbledore object?"

"I think, first of all, for the connection between Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic, the headmaster will not be too objectionable, and second, maybe there are other needs in it." Dumbledore is a mutant lion, which is all The title that the nobles of Slytherin are talking about.Although, judging from the educational requirements of ordinary people, this Mr. Principal does not seem to be very qualified.But the big picture, decisive and comprehensive judgment he showed in front of everyone showed that this old man was a veritable great man.

"Is it related to the black magic mark of the World Cup?"

"Maybe."

Of course, Dumbledore's mind cannot be guessed by a few students.They are young, and they are still struggling with the rainwater falling from their heads.The older students kept casting drying spells on themselves.Students in the lower grades had to run quickly and hard to the castle in wet wizard robes.

With great difficulty, he dried his clothes with the help of his seniors. As a result, he was thrown a water polo by Peeves as soon as he reached the entrance of the hall.

"Peves, don't make trouble anymore." Professor McGonagall walked over angrily, but stepped on a water stain, slipped and almost fell.The old professor hastily stretched out his hand to grab the hand of the person beside him, and then stabilized his figure, "Peeves, do you want me to call Lord Barrow over?"

"Hey!" Peeves gave a dull "Hey", threw the last water polo down to a student who had just entered the door, made a face to Professor McGonagall, and then turned and left.

"Sorry, Miss Granger." Seeing Peeves leave, Professor McGonagall turned to look at the person he had caught, and found that Hermione's hand had been scratched by himself, and the old professor apologized to him smile.

"It's nothing, Professor!" Hermione smiled.Anna secretly gave Hermione some ointment for bruises after Professor McGonagall left.

Dumbledore announced the Triwizard Tournament at the opening dinner.Of course, the old headmaster with a naughty heart made a little joke with everyone at the beginning.

"I have to tell everyone the bad news, that is, this year's Quidditch Academy Tournament will no longer be held!"

Of course, only Gryffindor students reacted greatly to his bad news.After all, for Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students, the Quidditch House Cup is basically set for Slytherin or Gryffindor, and it doesn't matter much to follow the two houses.Most Slytherins know about the situation from their parents and don't feel bad about it.What's more, in the past few years, since Potter joined the Quidditch House team, the Quidditch Cup has almost missed Slytherin, no better.

"Oh, principal, why, how can there be no Quidditch match!" The Gryffindor table was almost full of mourners.The twins screamed especially vigorously.

"Don't get excited, my child." Dumbledore raised his hand, signaling them to sit down first, "Although the Quidditch House Tournament will no longer be held, we have a more grand event to be held at Hogwarts this year. That's the Triwizard Tournament."

"Hey buddy, did we hear that right?"

"No, I heard clearly, it's the Triwizard Tournament."

"Wow!"

"..." This was Gryffindor's reaction.

"..."

"..." The eyes were talking to each other, but there was still silence on the long table, it was obviously Slytherin.

"What is the Triwizard Tournament?"

"Oh, it's the game that has been discontinued for many sessions."

"Why did it stop?"

"Because the death rate is too high."

"……"very scary……

This is Hufflepuff who is bowing his head and whispering.

After the Ravenclaws exchanged a glance with each other, they continued to look at the book in their hands.No matter from which angle you look at it, this kind of rushing ahead doesn't seem like what Ravenclaw people like to do.Anyway, it has nothing to do with you.They were more concerned about who would occupy the vacant position on the professor's chair, which was clearly reserved for them as Defense Against the Dark Arts professors for this school year.

Before they had guessed for a long time, under a flash of lightning, the door of the hall opened suddenly, and an old man with some inconvenient legs and feet walked in. He had a very obvious scar on his face, which almost stretched across his entire face. , There are also many other small scars.The most frightening thing is his left eye, where there is a raised eyeball, which is spinning around all the time.Against the backdrop of the lightning, it looked extremely hideous.

"Who is that?" Anna whispered to Inigo who was sitting beside her.

"Alastor Moody. It belongs to an old Auror. It is said that most of the Death Eaters in Azkaban were sent in by him. His eye and that leg are fighting with the Death Eaters. lost in the battle." Inigo introduced to Anna in a low voice, it is not difficult to hear the fear of Moody in the words, "His level is absolutely qualified, but I don't know if it is because he has been an Auror for too long , he was suspicious of everything. People called him 'Mad-Eye'."

"It's possible, this year's Triwizard Tournament is not easy." Chloe is already in the seventh grade, and he is very familiar with the current situation when he is about to graduate. "The outside world is not as calm as the Ministry of Magic claims. It is said that Az Caban is not safe these days."

"Could it be that the mysterious man is really not dead?" Qiu was very nervous. Her boyfriend Cedric Diggory was a veritable outstanding student in Hufflepuff. Chippaqi's chance for glory.If it is really possible for the mysterious person to get involved in the Triwizard Tournament, should she persuade Seid to give up this tournament?

"We'll talk about it when we go back." Chloe watched Moody limping towards the professor's seat, and made a gesture to stop discussing.

After dinner, the Ravenclaw students quickly retreated to the common room.Perhaps, in normal times, it seems that Ravenclaw students are not united. They always like to conduct their own research alone, and occasionally there will be a few small groups to conduct their own discussions, but it does not mean that they do not have a sense of community.

After everyone sat down in the lounge, the prefect walked to the center and told everyone his point of view.

"First of all, I want to say that the Dark Mark on the World Cup is not a prank as claimed by the Ministry of Magic. According to reliable sources, this incident was obviously organized by some Death Eaters who did not enter Azkaban The action may be precisely to welcome the return of their master."

"It seems that Principal Dumbledore should know something. Otherwise, he wouldn't have hired Moody to the school as our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to guide us when the Triwizard Tournament is going to be held this year."

"I hope that everyone can think clearly when they officially sign up. The death rate of the Triwizard Tournament is not blown out by the media. It actually happened. In previous years, when there were no strange forces joining, this event The death rate remains high, let alone under such inexplicable circumstances as this time."

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"..."

You speak, I speak, and in the end, everyone in Ravenclaw reached a consensus, that is, it is better not to participate in the Triwizard Tournament.

"Anna, do you think I should persuade Seid..." Qiu followed Anna with a worried expression on her face. After the curfew, as long as she entered the college's lounge, it would not be considered a night excursion. Na entered each other's bedroom together.

"We have reached a consensus that it is a matter within our college. Other colleges may have their own considerations." Anna poured a glass of milk for Qiu. Don't sleep well because of worrying at night, "You can put our The analysis tells Senior Diggory, but I don't suggest you directly ask the other party to give up the chance to participate."

"But that's too dangerous."

"Qiu, while it's dangerous, you have to see that the Triwizard Tournament also represents supreme glory. The people of Slytherin have always planned and acted, and perhaps the nobles over there have already seen through the tricks inside. So, I don't think it's very likely that they'll sign up. Gryffindors obviously aren't afraid of the so-called high death rate, then the rest of the Hufflepuffs, Hufflepuffs have been fighting the idiots for so many years Don't you think they'd never want to take that hat off when the fool's name lives at Hogwarts?"

"Oh, Anna, you have no idea how worried I am about Ced."

"Maybe, after we confirm that he has been selected, we can ask him to prepare more defensive measures to ensure his life as much as possible."

"It has to be like this." Qiu left Anna's bedroom still worried.

Anna closed the door of her own room, sat down slowly on the four-poster bed, and watched the bedside lamp emit a faint warm yellow light. She had a premonition that this year would not be very peaceful.