The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 337 Spicy Theme (Long Chapter Presented)

"Hahaha..." Lockhart greeted the gazes coming from all directions with a warm, sun-like smile.

"In fact, I had the same doubts as you when they were planning the competition theme."

"Hahaha~"

Lockhart amused the audience again.

As expected of Professor Lockhart, this kind of plot twist is absolutely hilarious.

"So in today's match..."

Lockhart continued, his gaze fixed intently on each of the players.

"Everyone needs to create their own world."

"At least one scene needs to be created, and this scene must have a theme, forming a unique type and style."

"Judges, do you have any suggestions for them?"

Professor McGonagall: "We hope to see works that are truly eye-catching, and of course, they must be original."

Yuzuru Kaze smiled slightly: "Creating a world is not easy. You will experience hardships, but everything is for the purpose of creating that great moment."

The 25 contestants carefully considered Lockhart's and the judges' words, which contained a wealth of information.

"Alright," Lockhart clapped his hands, drawing the wizards' attention, "when I call for the Snitches, ten Golden Snitches will be released."

"At the same time, the countdown to the match will begin!"

"Remember, you only have 10 hours!"

"You can find a theme in every thief."

"These genres include: comedy, tragedy, thriller, toy, western, monster, sports, music, learning, and romance."

"Creating a world requires focusing on these themes, making it as large and bigger as possible! The elements must be plentiful, understand?"

Lockhart said this to the player with great seriousness.

His response was met with the wails of numerous contestants.

Fleur and Mandy tensed up: "Wait...wait...what if we get a topic we're not good at?"

"No way?" Charlie tugged at his red hair. "We have to create a themed world no more than 500 feet long and 200 feet wide in 10 hours?"

Charlie's mouth dropped open, and he looked utterly miserable.

He wouldn't even blink if you asked him to fight vampires, basilisks, or dragons.

But now...

Some people may think 10 hours is a lot, but that's in the context of normal times. In a competition, especially a competition where magic creates a world, it's much more important.

The less, the less!

Even a little less, even just a quarter of an hour, and this world wouldn't have been created!

Creating a world, even with only one theme, is an incredible thing!

At this moment, Charlie felt the same way as some of the audience.

"I'm still a child, how can I do the work of the creator? No—"

Moriarty was amused by Charlie, but Charlie wasn't exaggerating.

The playing field is a rectangular field that is 500 feet long and 200 feet wide.

To convert that, the site area is approximately 9272 square meters.

The five teams share the venue equally, with each team receiving 1854 square meters.

A standard basketball court has an area of ​​420 square meters.

In other words, the court area for each team is equivalent to 4.4 basketball courts.

That means they have to use magic to create a themed world the size of 4.4 basketball courts!

Moreover, nobody knows what the topic will be; it's purely a matter of luck.

Don't think that's all.

These are all rules on the surface.

There's another one hidden.

Moriarty remembers that Lockhart never mentioned the height of the playing field!

The area is about the size of 4.4 basketball courts, but what about the height?

He didn't say!

It implies a high degree of arbitrariness, but is that really the case?

Moriarty knew that these seemingly lax rules were actually the easiest to get points deducted from!

The height is too high, that won't work.

Too low a height won't work either.

The contestant needs to control the balance between height and area.

Only with height can the site be connected to space.

Space is one of the most basic elements that satisfies the world!

Only when space is involved is it possible to create a world!

For wizards, magic related to space is not powerful.

Therefore, Moriarty guessed that one of the purposes of the competition was to test the contestants' understanding and ideas about space, and it would be even better if they could master some knowledge of it.

Plus, it's only 10 hours...

These people are really trying to kill us!

How many brain cells will this kill, and how much magic power will it consume!

The venue alone involves so many intricacies; Moriarty has already begun to take this match seriously.

Recalling how quickly the principal and professor left last night, it's likely they went to plan the competition.

The competition, which brought together the collective wisdom of the five headmasters and all the professors at Hogwarts, was indeed extraordinary.

Compared to this, the challenges Harry faced in his first year protecting the Philosopher's Stone are utterly insignificant.

It's like the difference between Tom's and Voldemort's looks!

Even if Violet, the youngest contestant, were to attempt the Philosopher's Stone challenge, she could easily pass it.

Moriarty glanced at the little tail, who was staring coldly at Lockhart, as if she wanted to bite him.

Moriarty smiled and shook his head, then looked at the other contestants.

They were clearly unaware of the space issue; their attention was entirely focused on the subject matter.

The way to obtain the theme is like opening a blind box.

Surprise? Or shock?

neither knows.

Durmstrang's side.

Krum complained to Hubble, "The only theme I don't want is romance!"

"I find it difficult to create a world that expresses love."

"Really! Please don't let me be the one to draw this number."

Haha, even the straight-laced Krum is having a problem.

At this point, all the audience's previous doubts were resolved.

Soon someone else asked, "How do the players catch the Golden Snitch?"

"Idiot! Have you forgotten? Our team has Mr. and Tonks, Durmstrang's team has Krum, and Beauxbatons' team has Miss Fleur. They are all Quidditch experts. Catching the Golden Snitch will be a piece of cake."

"That's right, the Ivermony team also has Quidditch experts, catching the Golden Snitch will be no problem at all."

"Haha—the seniors are right. It suddenly occurred to me that even if the magic institute doesn't play Quidditch, Jericho will still teach Tokugawa Yua."

When Jericho was mentioned, the senior students remained silent in unison.

"The thief is coming!"

Lockhart suddenly spoke, and ten golden snitches flew out of a goal, whizzing by at incredible speed.

"Flying broomstick, here it comes!"

Three flying spells appeared at the same time.

The twin-tailed girl from the magic shop, Brian from Ifamoni, and Krum from Durmstrang all stretched out their hands, waiting for the broom to fly into their hands.

Three flying brooms landed in their hands at the same time. They instinctively flipped themselves onto the brooms, pushed off with their feet, and flew towards the Golden Thief.

The three of them actually chose the same way to get the Golden Thief!

The flying broomstick with twin tails is actually Jericho's Nimbus 1990s.

The audience quickly realized that the three were about the same speed.

However, neither Hogwarts nor Beauxbatons made any move.

Hibiscus also wanted to summon a flying broom, but Michaela stopped her.

"What do you mean?" Furong questioned.

Hibiscus could sense that Michaela's gaze towards her was wicked.

If the competition wasn't a team event, Fleur would absolutely refuse to team up with Michaela and Winnie; she would run to Moriarty's side instead.

"This is a team competition, and our every word and action affects Beauxbatons' reputation!" Michaela said in a deep voice.

"They think they're warriors?" Michaela coldly glanced at the three people in the air. "Immature fools, they don't even know how to waste time."

Michaela pointed to the location of another goal, which at some point had transformed into a giant clock.

Furong was startled and looked in that direction.

Time is running out.

09: 59: 55

09: 59: 54

09: 59: 53

Other athletes and spectators also noticed the timing board.

"What a cunning rule; the timer started before anyone even told me."

"No, no, Professor Lockhart did mention that, but the competition took advantage of the contestants' habitual thinking."

"That's absolutely right. The first thing any Quidditch player does when they see the Golden Snitch is try to catch it! And right now, the best way to catch the Golden Snitch is with a flying broomstick."

"But isn't flying broomsticks the fastest way? The three people who take off should be the ones to gain the upper hand, so why is everyone pessimistic about them?"

The junior student asked another question, as if he had a million "whys".

"Idiot! There's more than one way for a contestant with a magic wand to catch the Golden Snitch!"

It was the same strict senior who provided the explanation.

Michaela below also took action.

He took a few steps toward a golden thief.

"There's no set method for obtaining the Golden Snitch; the key is to acquire the information hidden within."

Michaela swung his wand sharply, aimed at the chosen Golden Snitch, and fired a spell that struck the Golden Snitch!

"Smack."

The Golden Thief fell to the ground, and Michaela picked it up and took out a piece of paper.

Michaela held the note high, gesturing to Lockhart, "Toy."

"Toys!" Lockhart exclaimed immediately. "Beauxbatons' theme is toys! They must embody the toy theme in their created world."

The three people flying in the air were a little annoyed; they hadn't even received the theme yet, while the others had already started brainstorming.

"Let me shoot down the Golden Thief!"

Tonks drew his wand.

"No rush," Moriarty patted Tonks on the shoulder. "The game has just begun. Giving Beauxbaton a little time won't hurt."

"Darling, have you thought of a quick way to catch the Golden Thief?" Tonks looked at Moriarty with tender eyes.

"Yes, it's actually quite simple, but everyone's stuck in their habitual thinking." Moriarty nodded slightly.

He retrieved the Slytherin wand from the system space!

This immediately drew gasps of surprise from the foreign students, who had never seen such a magic wand before.

Moriarty aimed at a golden thief, "Golden thief, here I come!"

The soft voice had a penetrating quality, and could be heard even in the noisy stands.

A golden thief was suddenly drawn away by Moriarty's magic, flying to Moriarty's side like a satellite returning to its planet.

Moriarty took out the note inside. "Monster!"

"Oh, monsters!" Lockhart immediately announced, "The theme of Hogwarts is monsters!"

"I picked a great theme." Tonks smiled and winked at Moriarty.

At this point, Krum, Yua Tokugawa, and Brian each received their own theme.

"Romantic love! Durmstrang's theme is romantic love, Merlin, Krum's challenge has begun!"

"Oh, the theme of the magic institute is tragedy... Well, that's alright, tragedies are often more touching."

"Aha, Brian got the Western theme, and Ifamoni's theme is also Western, wow, what a coincidence!"

Lockhart was happier than anyone else, and his animated tone once again brought the atmosphere to a climax.

Two updates in total, over 6,000 words. I'll try my best to write more, and I'm still asking for subscriptions, hehe (﹃).

(End of this chapter)