Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 872 The missing warrior

  Fred and George came out of Professor McGonagall's office with gloomy faces. It's not that they couldn't understand Professor McGonagall's decision, but the rigidity of the other party was really annoying.

  They are more reluctant to see Albert have an accident than anyone else, because only Albert is willing to help them realize their wish for a joke shop.

  However, Fred and George are also very clear that Albert is definitely unwilling to miss the opportunity to participate in the Triwizard Tournament because of some people's conspiracy.

   "What now?" Fred asked.

   "I can only hope that Lee Jordan can get Angelina to vote for Albert." George has no good way.

"I'm afraid not."

  Professor Moody's voice suddenly came from behind the two of them.

  Fred and George looked back suspiciously at Professor Moody who had just come out of Professor McGonagall's office.

   "It's useless, it's meaningless to ask someone else to help him vote, otherwise I would have signed him up." Professor Moody said while leaning on crutches.

   "What do you mean?" George asked, frowning.

"Last night, Dumbledore already mentioned that putting his name into the Goblet of Fire is actually the process of forming a magical contract with the Goblet of Fire. Asking others to vote for him will probably make the magic contract useless." It is meaningless, because the wizard who voted does not match the name of the contract, the specific situation is probably only known to Dumbledore, and only he has a way to easily hide the Goblet of Fire and make Albert a Hogwarts warrior." Moody The professor's tone sounded annoyed, "But Dumbledore obviously didn't intend to do that. He is too noble to cheat. Also, are you sure Albert is really missing? Have you looked elsewhere?"

   "I've searched all over the castle, but I still can't find anyone." George said first.

   "This is troublesome." Professor Moody walked away muttering, "Let me think about it, there must be another way."

   "He didn't look like a disguise just now." After Professor Moody left, Fred said with a frown.

   "I don't know, but since Albert thinks he is a fake, we'd better be careful. Albert's guess is very accurate." George couldn't tell, but he chose to believe Albert's words.

   "So, you lied just now?" Fred raised his eyebrows and looked at his brother.

   "I just want to see how Professor Moody will react." George said in a low voice, "I always think this whole thing is weird."

   "Strange, you mean about Albert's disappearance?" Fred really felt that this incident was full of weirdness.

   "Yeah." George nodded and said, "With Albert's ability and training some time ago, the probability of being stunned by a sneak attack and hiding is not high."

   "You think Albert hid himself?" Fred asked back.

"It's hard to say now, we can only trust Albert." George didn't know what the situation was, "However, we should let Angelina sign up for Albert, whether it works or not, we have to try it. "

"It can only be the."

  Albert, who was missed by the Weasley twins, was sitting on the sofa in the Room of Requirement at the moment, drinking afternoon tea while teaching Katrina how to learn Occlumency.

   "Don't worry, I didn't expect you to master Occlumency in a day, that's very unrealistic." Albert said gently, "At the beginning, it took me a lot of time to fully master Occlumency."

   "Is Isobel very good at Legilimency, many times I think she can easily read other people's minds." Katrina was trying her best to keep her tone calm.

   "Don't worry, Isobel won't easily spy on other people's thoughts." Albert saw the inner uneasiness of the girl, and comforted him, "Besides, she actually cares about you a lot."

  Katrina didn't answer the question, but asked instead, "How long do you plan to stay here?"

   "The Halloween party is over." Albert took a sip of milk tea, "So, we have to dine here tonight."

   "Don't you plan to participate in the Triwizard Tournament?" Katrina really couldn't understand Albert's thoughts, "Or, you actually knew the result of the selection of warriors long ago, and even secretly signed up for yourself?"

   Albert smiled without saying a word.

   "Forget it, pretend I didn't ask." Katrina propped her chin with her palm, looked at the rain falling outside the window, and suddenly turned her head and said to Albert, "Let's continue practicing, I hope to master Occlumency as soon as possible."

  Katrina hates the feeling of being seen through. Isobel actually knew it a long time ago, so she doesn't know how to face her sister now.

   Fortunately, the two parties do not need to meet for the time being.

   "Don't worry, you need to be prepared, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort."

  It is raining outside the window, and the two inside the window are talking.

  Katrina doesn't hate this feeling now, and the love potion has taken effect in a sense, allowing them to spend a long happy time here that only belongs to the two of them.

  Due to the rain outside, the sky darkened faster than usual. Durmstrang's delegation and Beauxbaton's delegation arrived at the castle before the sky completely darkened.

Looking at the Goblet of Fire that was taken away, the faces of the three were not very good-looking. Albert still did not show up in the end. This incident undoubtedly alarmed the Gryffindor students. Many people thought that someone was trying to prevent Albert from participating in the three He wanted to compete for hegemony, that's why he was missing during the selection of warriors.

   As for Albert's fear of participating in the Triwizard Tournament?

   Obviously impossible. Anyone who dares to make sarcastic remarks in a yin-yang tone must ask the girls if they agree.

  Because even Professor Moody recognized Albert's ability and believed that he could win the Triwizard Cup for Hogwarts. How could such a person be afraid of the Triwizard Tournament?

Conspiracy theories prevailed for a while. Some people said that Slytherin students attacked Albert, because a large number of Slytherin students did not like Albert, and some said that Durmstrang did it, because once Albert Especially participating in the Triwizard Tournament, their players will never have a chance of winning the championship.

  Halloween dinner started amid such discussions,

   I don’t know if it’s related to the Halloween dinner. Today’s dishes are richer than yesterday’s, but Fred, George and Lee Jordan are not in the mood to eat because Albert’s still hasn’t appeared.

   "Don't worry, Angelina has signed up for Albert." George comforted himself, but they still looked at the door of the auditorium from time to time, hoping that the door would be pushed open suddenly, and that Albert would appear in front of them. For this reason, they deliberately chose a location close to the entrance of the auditorium to make room for Albert.

  Compared with the few of them, the other students were also very anxious, wishing that the dinner party would end quickly.

  After the food on the golden plate disappeared, the voice in the auditorium suddenly increased a lot, and everyone couldn't wait to know who would be selected as the warrior.

  In the eyes of the students looking forward to, Dumbledore finally stood up.

   "Listen, when the names of the warriors are announced, I want them to go into the next room, where they will receive their initial instruction." Dumbledore pointed to the door behind the instructor's desk.

  He waved his magic wand, extinguishing all the candles suspended above everyone's heads, the auditorium suddenly went dark, and the blue-white flame of the Goblet of Fire burst into dazzling light in front of everyone.

  Everyone is watching the Goblet of Fire, waiting patiently for the selection of the warriors.

   Before keeping everyone waiting for too long, the blue-white flame in the Goblet of Fire suddenly turned into a dazzling red, the flames soared high and sparks flew everywhere.

  I saw that a piece of burnt parchment flew out of the flames and was pinched by a hand.

  Everyone in the auditorium held their breath and stared at the owner of that hand.

   "The warrior of Durmstrang," Dumbledore held the parchment from a distance, and with the help of the firelight next to him, he could clearly see the writing on the parchment, "it is Viktor Krum."

  In an instant, applause and cheers swept the auditorium, and people were cheering for Viktor Krum as a warrior of Durmstrang.

   Viktor Krum himself didn’t seem too surprised. He got up from his seat listlessly, walked along the teacher’s desk, and went into the next room to rest.

   After the applause and chatter gradually subsided, people turned their attention to the Goblet of Fire again. This time, they didn't have to wait too long, and a second piece of parchment spit out from the Goblet of Fire again.

   "The champion of Beauxbatons," Dumbledore announced loudly again, "is Fleur Delacour!"

   Next, only the Hogwarts warriors are left.

   "It's finally coming to an end." Professor Moody stared at the Goblet of Fire in front of him, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

  As long as Dumbledore declares the Hogwarts champion, that troublesome guy is completely out of the game, and then it is enough to help Harry win the championship with all his strength.

   "The warrior of Hogwarts," Dumbledore had already grabbed the third parchment, and shouted, "It's Albert Anderson."

  Deafening cheers erupted in the auditorium, and a large number of students were cheering for Albert to be elected a warrior.

  In the eyes of most Hogwarts students, only Albert has the qualifications to become a Hogwarts warrior.

   At the moment when Dumbledore announced Hogwarts warriors, Moody was so dumbfounded that he couldn't believe his ears.

How is this going?

  How did Albert Anderson become a Hogwarts champion?

   Didn't he sign up in person?

  At this moment, Moody even wanted to rush up and **** the parchment from Dumbledore's hand to see if Dumbledore mispronounced the name.

   "Mr. Albert Anderson!" Dumbledore frowned and looked around the hall, shouting again, "Albert, please come here!"

   However, no one responded, as if the warrior named Albert Anderson was not in the auditorium at all.

  In fact, Albert was indeed not in the auditorium.

  Professor McGonagall seemed to have thought of something, and gave Moody a hard look. She suspected that the old Auror next to him had signed up for Albert in private.

   But now is not the time to think about these things. Professor McGonagall stood up on the teacher's bench, walked up to Professor Dumbledore and whispered eagerly in Professor Dumbledore's ear. Dumbledore frowned slightly after listening attentively.

  Albert is missing?

  Dumbledore actually knew about it, and Moody even approached him because of it, but now it's not about who put his name into the Goblet of Fire, but how to deal with it now.

   The buzzing sound became louder and louder, and the auditorium was completely fried, because everyone had discovered that their warrior was missing.

   Revised.

  (end of this chapter)