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Chapter 497: About Warriors Pre-Admission
Almost all of Hogwarts knew that at the end of the previous school year, Taylor had erected a target in front of the train platform at Hogsmeade.

When the target was erected, almost all the students almost went crazy. If the Hogwarts Express was not about to depart, some of them would have wanted to run off the bus immediately, destroy the target, and take away the warrior recommendation spot promised by Taylor.

But momentary efforts and efforts that last for the entire holiday are not the same concept - persistence has never been an ordinary quality. If it can be achieved by just talking about hard work, the average grade of Hogwarts would be at least one grade higher than it is now.

And the key thing is that although Taylor always appears in various important scenes in the school, he is not even a class leader, let alone the president of the student union at a higher level.

How credible can what he said be?

It is difficult to convince myself to accept such speculation, but it is enough to convince myself to back off.

It is so easy to find an excuse for laziness - only a very small number of students can persevere, and most of them forget in the middle of the holiday that there is a target waiting for them to challenge at the station.

More importantly, Taylor was not present on the way back to school, and even the students who continued to study during the holidays could not confirm this issue again. When they arrived at the station, the school carriage had already arrived, giving them no chance to show what they had learned.

But tonight's sorting was a turning point - it was not just the twins who realized that the school had another breakthrough in the Triwizard Tournament, but also those students who had made sufficient preparations for it during the holiday.

Because of this, when the first weekend of school arrived, Andrew, who had just burned the herbs in the laboratory, was stopped by his roommate during dinner.

"Andrew, are you serious?"

Hal lowered his voice and said, "Many sixth and seventh graders went to Hogsmeade today."

"what?"

"That target. They say it seems to have grown there naturally."

Andrew was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered what he had made at the end of last semester.

"No one succeeded?"

He asked his roommate in a low voice.

"It's still being experimented secretly. It hasn't been spread, but those students who sneaked in didn't succeed," Hal said, making sure his voice wouldn't leak out. "By the way, are you serious? If someone knocks someone down, you will recommend that person to be a warrior."

"Yes, if he can crack the Transfiguration, I will recommend him to be one of the seeds. If he fails, I will fully recommend him to be a warrior," Andrew repeated his promise - if anyone really succeeded, he would not mind opening a back door for the other party.

If anyone who can surpass his Transfiguration spell cannot become a warrior, then the threshold for becoming a Hogwarts warrior is too high.

Anyway, there are four Warriors spots, and everyone has recommended them, so he doesn't mind - but there is a problem, if he can really knock down that target, will the other party still be eliminated from the Warriors?
But his doubts were meaningless - after he made his promise to Hal again, Hal, who was a gossip-monger, began to play his role of propaganda.

On Saturday night, almost all the students recalled what happened at the end of the previous school year and suddenly mustered up their courage.

Challenging Dumbledore was a little difficult, but he was just Tyler, and even with the strongest Transfiguration skills, he was just a fourth-year student now!

This is simply the Warriors' preliminary selection!

Beat Taylor's levels to get the recommendation of the warrior, then represent the school to win the Triwizard Tournament for the school, and gain honor and money.

It’s better for seventh-year students who are already adults, at least they can look forward to the selection that Dumbledore mentioned.

But the underage students before the selection were completely furious at this moment - compared to Dumbledore's arrangement, Taylor's target was Welfare, this was simply the best opportunity!

This is the early selection for the Triwizard Tournament! —

"Isn't there a little too few people this morning, Minerva?"

Dumbledore came to the restaurant, looked at the sparsely populated auditorium, and asked curiously.

"Everyone is lining up at Hogsmeade."

A small smile appeared on Professor McGonagall's serious face. "This is the most popular Hogsmeade week I've ever seen."

"Going to Hogsmeade—Is Honeydukes having a sale?"

Dumbledore sat down, "Or is there a new and popular store?"

"It was Taylor who did it. He set up a target in Hogsmeade," Professor McGonagall shook her head, "and said that if a student was knocked down, he would recommend him to be a warrior - he shouldn't have set up a target. The Transfiguration chess formation would be more appropriate."

"We should always give some confidence to students who challenge us," Dumbledore said with a smile on his face, "It seems that he is really trying to get along well with the other students."

"Tyler?"

Mad-Eye next to him swallowed a big gulp of wine, "Is that it, Taylor?"

"It's best not to drink in the morning, Alastor. It's not good for your health."

Dumbledore persuaded, shaking his head.

"But at least it makes me more sober." Moody shook his head. "You haven't answered me yet, Albus."

"It was him, but I have to tell you that it had nothing to do with Taylor, he just..."

Dumbledore was interrupted by Moody before he finished speaking. "I know, I know, Albus. It has nothing to do with him, or even Barty. I just feel too tired - I have been cautious all my life, but I still can't prevent anything."

He took another sip of wine. "I usually control myself a little bit to make sure I don't miss two grades of classes because of drunkenness. But on weekends, I'll try to get myself drunk... What's the point of being cautious? Even someone like Batty... hiccup..."

Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall looked at each other, and worry appeared in each other's eyes.

Mad-Eye really has not gotten over that hurdle. The fact that Barty, his superior and role model, became the biggest criminal and even got himself off the hook through political deals was a devastating blow to a most determined old Auror like him.

The person who was most worried had no problem with his mentality at all, and even organized an event for the students, while the person who was least worried had a complete breakdown...

"Don't worry about me, Albus. And don't worry about what I will do to my students. I will be a good professor."

Moody shook his head. "I'm just a little too tired..."

Mad-Eye drank another large glass of wine, then lay heavily on the table and fell asleep.

"Is Alastor going to be okay?"

"Yes, Minerva, he just can't adapt. Alastor is much stronger than any of us think, he just can't adapt. I promise, in less than a month, he will be the strong Auror as iron again."

(End of this chapter)