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Chapter 444: Karkaroff's Backstab

"I don't think I can be one. I'm involved in too many things. I can't keep it confidential. Besides, participating in the competition..."

Andrew shook his head.

No one would agree, Fudge would force him not to participate.

If he dares to sign up, the other party will dare to suspend him, because even if he does not continue to do any effective research, he is still a very useful mascot.

"I'm burdened by my reputation. Otherwise, I really want to try the elite students. I haven't used human body transformation in battle yet..."

But now is obviously not the time to think about this.

The key question now is whether Dumbledore will give a formal response to the Triwizard Tournament during breakfast before leaving school.

But he soon knew the answer.

Because the principal showed up.

"I guess you clever brains must be wondering if I will tell you something," Dumbledore appeared in the hall in his daily robes with a smile, "but what I want to say is that you guessed right, Headmaster Igor is not very good at joking, he announced the right result at the wrong time. Yes, we are going to resume the game next year."

The castle was quiet at first, and then all kinds of noises immediately filled the entire hall.

The Weasley brothers, who had been studying hard throughout the school year, stood up with a chicken drumstick in their mouths, "Merlin's beard!"

"However," Dumbledore ignored the students below, his voice suppressing everyone, "the specific selection method and content of the competition will not be announced until next school year. I can only say that you should think about this matter carefully during the holidays and then forget about it, especially the fifth-year students - maybe we plan to link it with the OWLs exam certificate?"

???

Andrew was stunned. No, Principal, where did you learn this?
Not only was he stunned, many fifth graders were also stunned - if this was linked to the certificate, they still had hope, but Taylor definitely couldn't do it!
If he doesn't come, won't everyone have hope?
"Enjoy your meal, you still have a long journey ahead of you."

Dumbledore nodded and left the hall.

Andrew promptly changed his expression to one of confusion - when everyone turned their eyes to him, he asked the question at the perfect time.

"Can anyone tell me what the Triwizard Tournament is? I just heard about it for the first time today. It turns out it's not a joke."

While eating, he asked the person next to him with an ignorant look.

The performance was very successful - many people took the bait set by Dumbledore.

'Looking at it this way, Taylor really doesn't know, so doesn't that mean he really got the OWLs certificate card?'

-

The Hogwarts Express left with a bunch of excited students, but there were many more students staying in school this year than in previous years - especially those in their fifth year.

Andrew even knew that several people had already packed their suitcases, but then went back to unfold their luggage.

Andrew always felt that they had changed the goal of the OWLs exam to striving for a hundred days and getting the title of warrior.

That's probably the case - because if he goes to the library now, he can see that it's as packed as if it's exam week.

"Really, it's more exciting than I expected."

Andrew sighed.

No wonder Dumbledore loved to use it, it turns out it is really effective, especially for the Weasley couple. Who would have thought that not only did they not go home, but they also went to the library to punch in on time every day!

'This magical world has become too magical. I just can't understand it.'

On the other hand, with Dumbledore's reconfirmation and the affirmation from Beauxbatons, the term Triwizard Tournament has become the hottest word, surpassing the new law.

The heat of the former had almost died down, with only Durmstrang still making a fuss. But when the latter appeared, the entire magical world went crazy!
This thing is even more outrageous than the crown - the crown hasn't appeared in too long, there's no reference even in dreams, but the Triwizard Tournament is different, this thing is real and has existed for a long time, and it has been brought up for discussion from time to time in the past hundred years.

Who doesn’t have a dream of becoming a warrior?
Especially since there really is such a competition that takes place every four years!

Anyway, Andrew can find enthusiastic discussions every day in the newspaper - sometimes someone would even explain to him the significance of the Triple Crown Tournament. After all, the OWLs exam is just a hypothesis. If it is replaced with other selection conditions, many people think that Andrew can definitely get in - how can the Warriors not understand the significance of this title!
But today, when Andrew finished his routine exercise, what he saw was not a heated discussion, but a group of students swearing at each other.

"what happened?"

Andrew watched them cursing and went over to ask a casual question.

"The wizards at Durmstrang can't afford to play. They feel they are not sure and accuse us of cheating!"

"That's right, everyone knows that the Triwizard Tournament requires cheating!"

"Yeah, cheating is a traditional event in the Triwizard Tournament. Have they forgotten the history of the school?"

???

What you are doing is just a record in history, it is not said so openly!

And - what kind of cheating method is this?

Hasn't this started yet?

Andrew took the newspaper, glanced at it, and then his face turned bad.

This isn't just Durmstrang's students doing this! It's Karkaroff who's backstabbing!

'It's already too much to take out the game in advance, but why do you target us like this?'

There was no doubt about it—the guy wanted to shake off the pressure once and for all.

The Triwizard Tournament only diverted some attention. That family planned to use the confrontation to throw out all the pressure!

The content of the newspaper was simple - questions about the new professor.

Remus Lupin, an outstanding graduate of Hogwarts, became a professor at Beauxbatons last semester.

Nina Martin, an outstanding graduate of Beauxbatons, became a professor at Hogwarts last semester.

Anyway, Durmstrang's newspaper had a discussion about this yesterday. Are the other two newspapers targeting them by doing this?
"This is disgusting. It must be Karkaroff who did it. How could the others not know what happened?"

Professors have to sign confidentiality agreements when they take office, and so does the principal - for example, no one knows how many times Karkaroff himself has signed.

The pace can be set, not to mention Karkaroff's designation, he is also the culprit who added fuel to the fire.

The point is, it's fine to play tricks on others, but he's not familiar with Lupin, and Nina is planning to get support to get things - the dean is trying his best to help, what if there are more twists and turns...

"You forced me to do this. I didn't want to use this weapon..."

Andrew was really angry, and the anger that had not been completely dissipated yesterday began to rise.

"It's just a backstab, everyone does it, and I do speak German."

"You want to divert attention, don't you? I can help you. Not only can I divert attention, but I can also add some pressure to the History of Magic."

'I just have to change my pen name, and I absolutely cannot reveal that I am involved. I have contributed to magazines in the UK and Germany. I don't believe there are no gossip lovers!'

"The most important thing is that he is already under a lot of pressure, so he will definitely need help! You want to transfer, right? Then I will help you!"

"Also... just this once, never use similar methods or this ultimate magic again!"

Andrew thought so without stopping his hands.

[Why did Headmaster Igor Karkaroff keep the fact that he was a former Death Eater secret? ]

(End of this chapter)