The Plane Merchant of Hogwarts

After the little wizards sat back at the long tables in their respective colleges, they were still discussing the boy just now - Krum.

"Oh my God, I like him so much. He was so handsome at the Quidditch World Cup. I didn't expect to meet him here?!"

Not far away, several sixth-grade girls were frantically rummaging for something in their pockets, as if they wanted to wait for the banquet to end before they could ask for autographs?

"Oh, I can't believe I don't have a quill with me..."

"Do you think he will sign my hat with lipstick?"

Krum and his fellow Durmstrang alumni were still gathered at the door, seemingly unsure where they should sit.

Beauxbatons' classmates have chosen seats at the Ravenclaw table, and they are all looking around the auditorium with sullen expressions on their faces.

Three of the classmates still wrapped their heads tightly with scarves and headscarves.

"Come and sit over here, over here! Ron's voice came from Gryffindor, and he seemed to be calling Krum to sit next to him."

But it seemed that it was too late, as Viktor Krum and his fellow Durmstrang alumni had already sat down at the Slytherin table.

Malfoy was communicating with him excitedly, and then he took out a few pieces of paper and a quill, and pointed in the direction of Gryffindor, and then saw Krum writing casually on the paper.

something.

Durmstrang's classmates took off their students' fur cloaks while looking up with interest at the dark, starlit ceiling.

Two of the students also picked up the golden plates and goblets and looked at them carefully, obviously very interested.

Sirius reluctantly gave Professor Dumbledore two more on each side at the staff table.

After all the students entered the auditorium and took their seats at the tables in their respective colleges, the faculty and staff came in, and they filed over to the guest of honor seat and sat down.

Walking at the end were Professor Dumbledore, Professor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime.

As soon as the Beauxbatons students saw their principal appearing, they stood up quickly, and several Hogwarts students couldn't help laughing.

But the Beauxbatons representatives did not appear embarrassed at all, and they did not sit down again until Madame Maxime sat down on Dumbledore's left hand side.

Dumbledore remained standing, and the auditorium gradually became quiet.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and especially... distinguished guests!" Dumbledore said, looking at the foreign students with a smile.

"It is with great joy that I welcome you to Hogwarts. I hope and believe that you will feel comfortable and happy here."

"The competition will officially begin at the end of the banquet." Dumbledore said, "I now invite everyone to eat and drink as much as you would at home!"

After Professor Dumbledore finished speaking, he sat down. Rolf saw Karkaroff and immediately leaned forward to talk to him.

The plates in front of them were piled with food as usual, and the house elves in the kitchen seemed to be trying their best.

Somehow, the auditorium seemed much more crowded than usual, even though there were only less than twenty students, perhaps because their school uniforms of different colors stood out compared to the black robes of Hogwarts.

Durmstrang's student took off his fur cloak, revealing the blood-red robe underneath.

Twenty minutes after the banquet started, Hagrid slipped into the auditorium through a door behind the staff table. He sat on his seat at the end of the table, one hand still wrapped with many bandages. It seemed that the blast-ended skrewts were not

It gives people peace of mind.

"Excuse me, do you still want to eat this fish soup?" While the little wizards were discussing Hagrid and his squid, a voice rang in Rolf's ear.

She was a very beautiful girl with long waterfall-like silver hair, which hung straight down to her waist as if hanging from something.

She had a pair of big blue eyes and a set of white and neat teeth. Many of the little Hufflepuff wizards turned red when they saw her, and they were dumbfounded and couldn't say a word.

While Rolf looked at her, he brought the basin of fish soup to her. This should be Hibiscus, right?

He was just about to use his mental power to explore her talent of wizard charm, when he saw the girl carefully carrying the plate and walking back to the Ravenclaw table.

"Oh my god! Is she a Veela?" The students around him began to discuss in low voices. This was because Rolf became more interested in the charm technique.

When the girl walked through the auditorium, many boys turned their heads to look at her, and several of them seemed to be unable to speak for a while.

At this time, two more people walked in from the foyer, and the two empty seats at the faculty bench had just been filled.

Ludo Bagman sat on the other side of Professor Karkaroff, and Percy's immediate boss, Mr. Crouch, sat next to Mrs. Maxim.

Rolf looked at Professor Moody, but after seeing Mr. Crouch, he did not attract his attention and continued to eat what was in front of him.

"What are they doing here?" The little wizards were talking in surprise, as if they had seen too many things outside their cognitive structures tonight.

"They organized the Triwizard Tournament," Cedric explained to them. "I guess they wanted to witness the opening ceremony of the tournament with their own eyes."

When the second course came, they noticed that there were many sweets that they had never seen before.

That's a weird, white milk jelly, a bit like double-skinned milk?

When the golden plates were scrubbed fresh, Dumbledore stood up again.

A mixture of excitement and nervousness seemed to pervade the auditorium, and Cedric looked excited at the same time, as if he was looking forward to the following program.

"The moment has finally arrived," Dumbledore said, smiling at the upturned faces. "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. I would like to explain a few words before bringing in the box."

"I want to explain the program of our activities this school year, but first, please allow me to introduce two guests, because there are still some people who don't know them. This is Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Magic,"

There was sparse applause in the auditorium, and Moody only saw others applauding, so he reluctantly applauded a few times, and then continued to eat without any other emotions.

"This is Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of the Department of Physical Education and Sports at the Ministry of Magic."

The applause for Bagman was much louder than for Mr. Crouch, perhaps because of his reputation as a batsman, or perhaps simply because he was much more approachable.

"Over the past few months, Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch have worked tirelessly to arrange the Triwizard Tournament," Dumbledore continued.

"They will join me, Professor Karkaroff and Madam Maxim to form a judging panel to judge the efforts of the warriors!"

As soon as they heard the word "warrior", the students seemed to be more attentive. Professor Dumbledore seemed to notice that they suddenly fell silent. He smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Black, please bring up the box."