The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 338 Unleashing Ideas (Long Chapter)

Brian and Thomas gave each other a high five.

"The West, we've won the West!"

"That's great! I'm so glad our theme is the West. Every one of the five of us knows the West, cowboys—who doesn't!"

Iphamoni's students laughed; the topic seemed tailor-made for them.

The West originated in the United States.

As native-born American wizards, the Ilvamoni team had countless ideas about the West in their minds.

Meanwhile, some students in the stands complained about the unfairness of the situation.

"I'd like to know who came up with the Western theme?"

"Did Brian just happen to get his hands on the Golden Snitch, which had a Western theme?"

"An American wizard got the American West theme? What a coincidence!"

"I suspect the Ifamoni team cheated!"

"Hey guys, I found out that the Western theme was proposed by Principal Dawn of Ilvermorny!"

"What?"

"Ha, I knew it!"

"There's something fishy going on! There's definitely something fishy going on!"

Li Qiaodan's words intensified the audience's doubts about Ifamoni.

Young wizard Evamon quickly launched a counterattack, and the students on both sides began exchanging insults.

"Stop arguing!"

A seventh-grade boy from Durmstrang shouted.

"If we're talking about shady dealings, we in Krum are the ones with the most right to complain!"

brush--

The audience's attention immediately fell on Krum.

Krum and his teammates stood there dumbfounded on the ground.

"Romantic love."

"Oh~ romantic love."

"Emmmm..."

"Merlin, my mind is really blank." Hubble tugged at his blue hair, as if that could add some color to his blank brain.

"This is a bit tricky..." Magalski stuck out his tongue, rolled his eyes, and looked like he was overworking his brain.

"I'm truly impressed!"

Krum's eyes widened and he jumped up and down.

Why?

Krum looked indignant and confused, spreading his arms wide, hoping someone would give him an explanation.

Why romantic love in particular?

"What you fear most is what happens!"

"Fuck!"

The audience in the stands laughed at Krum's impotent rage.

"Hahaha~"

"Look at him, hehe."

"That's why I said the conspiracy is targeting us at Durmstrang!" a Durmstrang student said indignantly.

"Yes, there's something fishy going on."

"What you fear most is bound to happen. I don't believe Krum's luck is that bad."

Durmstrang students expressed their opinions.

A young American wizard chuckled and said, "There's a Murphy's Law in Muggles that goes something like this: the more you fear something going wrong, the more likely something will go wrong! Your team's situation fits this law perfectly."

"nonsense!"

"Don't insult us with Muggles!"

Durmstrang was quite hostile towards Muggles, and in an instant, he joined the verbal battle.

The students were arguing heatedly, while the professors on the other side were in a peaceful atmosphere.

The four principals and professors are all sitting here.

Only they knew there was no shady dealing involved; all ten Golden Thieves were identical, and they had personally placed the themes into the designs before releasing them simultaneously in a random order.

They don't even know who will get which topic.

It seems that Ifamoni has the best luck and Durmstrang has the worst luck.

Mr. Dawn's smiling face contrasted sharply with Karkaroff's elongated lips. Dumbledore and the others exchanged glances, their smiles wide.

"Dear Professor Dumbledore, which team do you favor the most?" Mrs. Maxime asked.

"I still favor Hogwarts. Even though Brian got the Western theme, no one knows what will happen until the very last moment."

Dumbledore said meaningfully, and the others, considering the upcoming schedule, did not object.

"In contrast, the monster theme of Hogwarts is less subjective and is a versatile theme that can be adapted to any changes in the upcoming matches."

Dumbledore said with a smile, clearly in a good mood.

Fox, perched on his shoulder, let out a cry, seemingly in agreement with its master.

Mr. Dawn asked, "What about the other teams?"

"Without a doubt, the Durmstrang team had the worst luck. Krum is an excellent wizard, but he has no understanding of romance, and the others don't seem to have any experience in that area either."

Dumbledore looked at Krum and his companions with sympathy. Although the five of them began to brainstorm, their expressions showed that they had no ideas.

Durmstrang seems to have really bad luck; his team is full of straight men and women.

Karkarov let out a sigh of relief, wondering if he should give the students more private time this time back at school so they could date.

"But the game isn't over yet, and no one can say for sure." Dumbledore's words gave Karkaroff some face.

"Krum will definitely create miracles, just like he has done countless times on the Quidditch pitch," Karkaroff said confidently.

Dumbledore nodded and looked away.

"The Japanese team... got a tragic theme. Lockhart is right, tragedy is the most moving thing, but Professor McGonagall also reminded them that they can only create something original!"

"Hmm, creating an original tragedy is very difficult," Dawn commented.

"For the Beauxbatons, it seems like they got a simple toy theme, but I don't think it's a good thing."

Dumbledore told Maxim, "Toys have no special meaning; they are just simple toys. Rather than creating a toy world, it's more like setting up a toy store."

Mrs. Maxim had also considered this; toys were too insignificant to wizards. However, seeing the joyful smiles on Fleur and the others' faces, Mrs. Maxim relaxed her furrowed brow.

"Never mind, they had fun, so it's acceptable even if they lost the game."

Mrs. Maxim's eyes were full of affection. Most of the girls in Beauxbatons were girls, and she treated them like her own children.

On the field, Furong and Mandy were having a heated discussion.

"Quick, come and see my idea."

Furong used her magic to turn one cube into a blackboard, and another cube into a quill pen, and began writing and drawing on the blackboard.

Mandy, in high spirits, produced a pen as well. "How about putting a doll here?"

Linda was tempted and joined them.

The three girls, each contributing their own ideas, are building up the world of toys.

Winnie looked at the toy drawings they had made, and a hint of envy flashed in her eyes.

She also loves toys; her bedroom was filled with dolls and plush toys when she was a child. However, after meeting Michaela, she gave up being the little princess of her family for her boyfriend and devoted herself to collecting intelligence, all for Michaela's better development.

"Go join them."

Michaela's gentle voice rang in Winnie's ear.

Winnie stared at her boyfriend in surprise.

Michaela smiled indulgently at her: "You like toys too, don't you? Now you have a wonderful opportunity to try designing a few toys yourself! Leave the rest to me."

Hearing these words, Winnie was both moved and happy. She took the small blackboard and quill that Michaela had conjured up for her and walked towards the three girls, including Hibiscus.

Michaela shook his head. Seeing Winnie happy made him happy too. As for the competition…

"Moriarty, it seems I won't be able to face you head-on this time. I'll let you enjoy a brief respite."

He thought seriously for a moment, then turned to look at the Hogwarts area.

His eyes widened instantly.

The Hogwarts team's performance was somewhat strange!

Moriarty and Tonks stood together, as if they were on a leisurely trip, observing the other teams' situations, and chatting and laughing.

Michaela was furious. This is a competition! Can't we be serious?

The other people at Hogwarts were even stranger.

Jericho sat on a block, leaning against another block, with his hands crossed behind his head and his legs crossed, basking in the sun!

"Jellicoe and Moriarty have definitely been at odds lately. Jericho wouldn't want to drag Hogwarts down and cause them to lose the game, would he?"

Michaela began to analyze the situation, then laughed gleefully.

"Oh dear, having teammates like this is just awful."

Michaela shifted her gaze again, her brow furrowing.

Charlie frantically waved his spells on the field, piling up blocks to form ten towering blocks, each over ten meters tall.

"What are you going to do?" Michaela asked, puzzled, and scoffed dismissively, "Build with blocks!"

Michaela paid no attention to it and turned his gaze to the last member of the Hogwarts team.

Violet watched Charlie's actions with indifferent eyes, as if she were watching a madman having a fit, and she would yawn from time to time.

"Who are the people at Hogwarts?!" Michaela scratched his head. "Are they here to participate in the tournament?"

The audience also noticed the unusual behavior of the Hogwarts team; twenty minutes had passed.

Aside from Krum being unable to come up with a solution for a long time, the other teams had already started exchanging their ideas and thoughts.

The match only lasted 10 hours, which meant that not too much time could be spent on brainstorming. Krum was just unlucky and couldn't come up with anything, but what was the Hogwarts team doing?

The monster theme wasn't even that difficult, but four people weren't doing anything, and the last person seemed to have gone crazy. What on earth was he doing?!

The young wizards at Hogwarts were extremely worried.

"Charlie! Are you playing with building blocks?!"

"Jellico, what do you think you're doing? Get up!"

"Vantra? Didn't you sleep last night?!"

Students from all four colleges shouted.

"Sir! Please act quickly—"

The little snake was shouting like that, hoping to attract Moriarty's attention.

"Don't be impulsive. When has the gentleman not been far-sighted?" Soldaya quickly advised.

"Exactly, has the gentleman ever disappointed us?" Marcus scoffed, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Charlie.

"I do see some of it," Marcus's voice grew increasingly excited. "Look, what Weasley has built, doesn't it look like giant dragons?"

"what?"

"It really looks like it... Look at that square at the top, isn't it a dragon's head?"

The top students from Ravenclaw exchanged a glance.

"They're definitely dragons! I know every part of a dragon inside and out, I can recognize their names with my eyes closed!" Marcus exclaimed excitedly. He was the only student in the entire school to receive an SSS in the Conservation of Magical Creatures class.

Charlie was the only student to achieve an SS rank, and Marcus immediately knew what Charlie wanted to do.

"It's a dragon!"

The atmosphere heated up again, and everyone wanted to see if Charlie would conjure up a dragon.

"Sir, I'm done!"

On the field, Charlie finally put down his wand and shouted at Moriarty.

Upon hearing this, Moriarty and Tonks ended their tour and walked up to Charlie.

Moriarty examined the ten cubes and looked at Charlie: "Well done, perfectly recreating the body structure of the ten fire dragons."

"Hehe," Charlie chuckled smugly, "Even if Hagrid and Flint were here, they couldn't have done any better! So, next—"

Let's make them a reality.

Moriarty spoke slowly and deliberately, raising his Slytherin staff and pointing it at one of the stacks of blocks. His magic surged through the staff and was applied to the stacks of blocks.

"Transform! Chinese Fireball Dragon!"

A layer of white light enveloped the block pile, instantly transforming it into a giant dragon.

Its smooth scales are scarlet, it has a lion's nose with a ring of golden, tassel-like spikes around it, and its eyes bulge out.

The appearance of the dragon caused a sensation.

From the stands, Marcus and several top students shouted in unison, "Chinese Fireball Dragon!"

Wow!

"The pile of blocks instantly transformed into a fire dragon, that's so cool!"

"First, let Charlie, who is familiar with the structure of dragons, pose in the correct position, and then I will personally cast a spell to transform it."

"Is this the master's plan?"

The little wizard, who had just been anxious, instantly became joyful and excited.

"Only 22 minutes into the game, while other teams are still brainstorming, we already have a physical product, and we are truly in the lead."

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