Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 409 Advertising at the Triwizard Tournament
As if he had told a lame joke, Dumbledore's words caused a brief moment of silence in the surrounding area.

Maxim glanced instinctively at the top of Dumbledore's head... She wasn't sure about his beard, but of all the British wizards she had ever seen, Dumbledore seemed to be the only one over a hundred years old with so much hair.

"What we need to discuss now is whether this behavior constitutes cheating," Karkaroff said coldly.

“Professor Karkaroff, I don’t understand why you think this is cheating.” Dumbledore looked at him in surprise.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Karkarov said. “He used a power that wasn’t his own, so why isn’t that cheating?”

“I’m sorry I can’t agree,” Dumbledore shook his head and said, “I completely understand that you think Cerberus will disrupt the balance of the game and want to forbid Sherren from summoning it for help during the third event, so I had Hagrid keep an eye on Fulwe.”

"But those wands were made by Siron himself, so how can you say they weren't made by his power?"

“I completely agree,” Fudge said, sitting next to him. “Sirlen is an Ollivander, so it’s perfectly reasonable for him to carry an extra wand with him. There’s no need to make a fuss about it.”

The Triwizard Tournament is not just an honor for magic schools; it is also very important to the countries where the schools are located. If Hogwarts wins the Triwizard Tournament, it will have a lot more confidence when communicating with other Ministers of Magic in Europe.

Therefore, he doesn't mind speaking up for the Hogwarts champions whenever he can.

“I think so too, Your Excellency Minister.” As soon as Fudge expressed his opinion, Percy immediately said, “Professor Karkaroff probably thinks that anything that is not conducive to Durmstrang’s victory is cheating.”

Karkarov's expression changed immediately.

“Oh, don’t say that, young Weasley.” Fudge said sternly, glancing at Karkaroff intentionally or unintentionally. “Demstrand is our most distinguished guest, and you need to maintain basic courtesy.”

“I’m so sorry, Mr. Minister,” Percy quickly apologized. But interestingly, he apologized only to Fudge, not Karkaroff.

This made Karkaroff's face darken even more. Unable to refute, he could only snort coldly and remain silent.

Maxim was more interested in the so-called hair wand and asked Dumbledore many questions.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Maxim, I don’t know much about this,” Dumbledore said. “If you’re interested, you can talk to Siren after the match. Or Professor McGonagall and Hagrid would also be fine; I remember they both used wands made by Siren.”

Ms. Maxim was even more surprised.

"You mean, the two professors gave up their original wands because they knew about the students' work?"

“No, you’ve misunderstood.” Dumbledore shook his head. “They haven’t given up their original wands, they just use them less often.”

Isn't that the same thing?

Maxim stared at Xiren in the maze, narrowed his eyes, and said nothing more.

Meanwhile, next to the referee's table, Garrick Ollivander, who was watching the game as a relative, listened to the discussions around him and felt that something was amiss.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but for a moment, he felt like he was about to retire.

But he's not even eighty years old yet, which is the prime of a wand maker's career, and he doesn't want to retire so early.

It must be my imagination... Garrick thought to himself, feeling that his reputation was still pretty solid.

Moreover, the wands of Xiren are, strictly speaking, a relatively new thing, and everyone needs some time to get used to them... well, I guess.

At this moment, over 90% of the gazes in the stands were fixed on Xilun within the maze.

Besides curiosity, it was also because there wasn't much to see on the other two Warriors teams. First was Krum, who, as a world-renowned star, initially had a large following. But for some reason, when passing a fork in the road, he suddenly started spinning in place, and that spinning lasted for more than ten minutes.

Then there's Fleur, who's actually quite similar to Krum. As the only female warrior and possessing Veela blood, Fleur has always been one of the most eye-catching sights on the field, always attracting attention unexpectedly.

But now she's being chased around the maze by two Blast-tailed Snails, completely lost, and has become the warrior furthest from the Triwizard Cup.

Furthermore, although Furong herself may not have known it, the audience could see clearly that she was running in the direction the hedge in front of her was a strange color.

That wasn't a hedge, but Devil's Web, a magical plant that was equally dangerous.

If Furong doesn't change direction soon, she will soon fall into the Devil's Net's trap. Coupled with the later-appearing Bombshell, it's not hard to predict that she will probably be the first brave soul to call for help.

Asking for help means giving up the game.

Only in Xilun's place... Stunning spells, binding spells, unicorn soul spells (?), all sorts of magic that everyone has seen and hasn't seen before kept flashing.

He was the only one slowly approaching the center of the maze.

The speed wasn't fast... which is understandable, as the maze is interconnected and winding, so it's impossible to go fast.

But no matter how far they go, Xilun can always find the right direction.

This is the rhythm they envision for a three-way battle for supremacy, not a mindless runaway and spinning tops.

Karkaroff had just tried to accuse Xilun of cheating, but he was desperate. Everyone could see that if things continued like this, Xilun was bound to win, without a doubt.

"By the way, don't you guys think that unicorn curse from Xilun looks a bit familiar?"

Still in the stands where Gryffindor was, Harry suddenly seemed to remember something and asked thoughtfully.

"Have you ever seen similar magic?" Ron asked.

“I don’t know,” Harry said, “but I always felt it was like the Patronus Charm.”

“Wait a minute, now that you mention it,” Ron raised an eyebrow.

"Like a ghost, it can glow and fly in the sky... This must be the Guardian Charm."

"Don't you two ever read any books?" Hermione couldn't help but say, "The guardian spirits created by magic can only be ordinary animals, while unicorns are magical creatures and can't possibly be guardian spirits."

"Then tell me what kind of magic that is?" Ron countered.

Hermione was speechless and couldn't say anything.

If she had known, she would have told me already.

“What a pity,” Harry sighed. “If it were the Patronus Charm, I would remember that Patronus have their own consciousness. Then, all Siron had to do was send the unicorn flying into the sky, and it would immediately find the right path.”

"Twenty feet is nothing to a guardian spirit, isn't it?"

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(End of this chapter)