My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 486, Section 483: No one is worthy to be Lynn's opponent.

Every student in the auditorium held their breath, their eyes fixed on the Goblet of Fire on the platform.

Someone was silently counting the time on their watch when, not long after, the flame in the Goblet of Fire suddenly changed from blue-white to orange-red.

Then a piece of parchment seemed to grow legs and leap out of the cup!

Dumbledore stretched out his long, slender hand and took the parchment by the hand.

Everyone waited for him to read out the school and name on the parchment, but Dumbledore just stared at the parchment with a barely perceptible smile on his face.

Just as the other three headmasters and two referees behind him couldn't contain themselves and wanted to step forward to see what Dumbledore had seen.

Dumbledore made no attempt to conceal the contents of the parchment from the people in the Great Hall and read them aloud.

"Lynn Bellocchio, the champion of Hogwarts!"

The entire auditorium fell silent.

The young wizards at Hogwarts all gaped, their eyes wide as if they were in a divination class.

The students at Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Ifamoni all looked bewildered.

These people had never heard of this name before and couldn't understand why the young wizards at Hogwarts would react this way.

Then the hall was filled with what sounded like the buzzing of flies as the young wizards whispered among themselves. Soon their voices grew louder and louder, eventually turning into cheers.

Nobody cares how Lynn managed to get his name into the Goblet of Fire despite being underage, because none of that matters.

After Dumbledore finalized the rules, countless people in the castle lamented why he didn't try harder to lower the age limit to 16, so that Lynn could also register, and Hogwarts would surely win the Triwizard Tournament.

Every young wizard in every house hopes that their students will become Hogwarts' heroes, but if that person were Lynn, no student in any house would object.

Simply put, it is the greatest honor for a single house to become a champion, but only Lynn is the glory of the entire Hogwarts.

When Lynn heard Dumbledore call his name, he showed no excitement whatsoever; instead, he gave a cold, knowing smirk.

He stood up from his seat, walked around the Great Hall as Dumbledore had instructed, and finally went up to the platform. After exchanging a glance with Dumbledore, Dumbledore nodded slightly to him.

Lynn then looked past everyone else and directly at Ms. Picqueli, the honorary principal of Ifamoni. She looked at Lynn expressionlessly, as if she had no opinion on the result.

But Lynn looked at her and smiled gently, then whispered something in a voice only the two of them could hear as he passed her.

"That's your goal? How interesting."

He didn't linger on the platform, but went directly into a separate room in front of the auditorium.

"What's going on, Dumbledore?" Karkaroff demanded, his face grim. "I remember you told me this student was a fifth-year student. Does he meet the age requirement for the Triwizard Tournament?"

Mrs. Maxim also turned her gaze to Dumbledore, as if hoping to get an explanation from him.

If it were just an ordinary fifth-grade student, they wouldn't care how this student passed Dumbledore's magic, threw their name into the Goblet of Fire, and was ultimately chosen.

Being too young means that one's understanding of magic is not deep enough. Generally speaking, a fifth-grade student's strength is definitely not as good as that of a sixth or seventh-grade student.

But Lynn's unusual behavior was already apparent to them at yesterday's dinner party; his performance was definitely not that of a normal fifth-grade student, or rather, the performance of a normal student.

Allowing Lynn to participate in the competition would undoubtedly be a huge threat to their school's warriors.

Dumbledore answered Karkaroff's question calmly: "Yes, according to the rules we agreed on beforehand, Lynn is not old enough to register. I don't know how his name was thrown into the Goblet of Fire, but now that the Goblet of Fire has chosen him, he has signed a contract with the Goblet of Fire, which means he must participate in the Triwizard Tournament."

Karkaroff's face darkened as he tried to refute, but he couldn't.

Because Dumbledore was absolutely right. The age limit for the tournament was added to prevent the Triwizard Tournament from ending in the same disastrous outcome as before.

In the past, the selection of warriors was open to all students in the school, and every young wizard was eligible to throw their name into the Goblet of Fire for selection.

Once a warrior is selected, it means the contract has been established, and the selected person must participate in the Triwizard Tournament. No one can change that.

However, the problem with the Goblet of Fire is not simply about choosing Lynn.

So long after Lynn's name jumped out of the goblet, the Goblet of Fire seemed to fall silent, and not a single parchment appeared.

By now, Dumbledore and his companions had also discovered the problem.

The noise in the Great Hall grew louder and louder as the four headmasters and two Ministry of Magic referees approached the Goblet of Fire.

"What's going on? Is there something wrong with the Goblet of Fire?" Mrs. Maxim asked.

Karkaroff turned his gaze to Dumbledore again: "The cup has always been kept in Hogwarts' care, so if anything happens to it, I think Headmaster Dumbledore should know best."

Ilfamoni had never participated in the Triwizard Tournament before, so Piccolo didn't have much of a say in the situation. She could only look to Dumbledore, just like the other two headmasters.

The two directors of magic also looked puzzled. They naturally leaned towards Dumbledore's side, and they didn't believe that such an ancient and powerful magical artifact as the Goblet of Fire could malfunction.

Ignoring Karkaroff and Mrs. Maxime's questions, Dumbledore frowned as he carefully observed the Goblet of Fire. Finally, as if he understood the problem, his brows gradually relaxed.

"The Goblet of Fire is fine," Dumbledore said.

"If there's no problem, then why does it only select Hogwarts' champions?"

Dumbledore looked at the other three headmasters and the referee, and said with a serious expression.

"Because it felt that among those running in other schools, no one was as good as Lynn, so it didn't want to make any more meaningless choices."

(End of this chapter)