My Wife's Name is Luna at Hogwarts
Chapter 237 Visits from other schools
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Surprisingly, in the next divination class, Professor Trelawney actually told Rhine and Hermione that their homework had received high marks, which made them feel particularly ridiculous, and she read out loud their Many parts of the prophecy and praise him for his courage in accepting the terrible things that were about to happen...
Also on that day, Professor Binns assigned them to write one this week.For a paper about the goblin rebellion in the eighteenth century, Professor Snape forced them to recite the antidote to a hundred poisons, and Professor Flitwick asked them to read three more books in preparation for learning the summoning spell...
School life passed away in this fulfilling and busy life, until one day, the latest revelation was posted on the school bulletin board:
【About the Triwizard Tournament
Representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at six o'clock in the evening on Friday, October [-], and the classes that afternoon will end half an hour early.
At that time, students are asked to return their schoolbags and textbooks to their dormitories, gather in front of the castle, greet our guests, and then attend the welcome banquet. 】
Very good!The little wizards were all excited, their eyes sparkling, and for the next week, no matter where they went, people seemed to be talking about only one topic: the Triwizard Tournament.
Rumors spread quickly among the students, like highly contagious germs, such as who would compete to be the Hogwarts Champion, what events would be involved in the Tournament, and what relationships did Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students have with them? What's the difference? Wait...
The castle seemed to be undergoing a thorough cleaning, and several dirty portraits had been scrubbed clean. The scrubbed figures were very dissatisfied with this. They sat huddled in the frame and muttered glumly.
Those armors suddenly became shiny and no longer creaked when moving.As soon as the administrator Folch saw that a student had forgotten to clean his shoes, he flew into a violent rage that scared two first-year girls into hysterics.Other faculty members also seemed extremely nervous.
……
By the morning of October [-]th, the Great Hall had been decorated overnight. Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each one representing a house of Hogwarts: the red one with a golden lion was Glen. Findor, the blue one with a bronze eagle is Ravenclaw, the yellow one with a black badger is Hufflepuff, the green one with a silver python is Slytherin.Behind the staff desk hung the largest banner, which bore the crest of Hogwarts: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake joined together, surrounding a large letter H.
Rhine, Luna and Hermione sat down at the table next to Fred and George.This time the two twins unusually avoided everyone and discussed something in low voices.
Hermione couldn't help but ask next to them, "Do you two have any ideas on how to sneak into the Triwizard Tournament?"
"I asked Professor McGonagall about how the warriors were selected, but she refused to tell me." George said resentfully, "She just told me to shut up and concentrate on studying transformation."
Klein looked at him and blinked, "Perhaps Dumbledore will use magic to screen young wizards over 17 years old. How about you two try to study the confusion spell?"
George nodded and said, "I think this is a good idea!"
Fred shook his head and said, "But the confusion spell is too advanced and cannot be mastered by us."
……
That whole day, there was a joyful mood of anticipation in the air.In class, no one could concentrate on the lecture. Everyone was thinking that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang people were coming tonight.Even Potions class wasn't as unbearable as usual because it was the last class in the afternoon and could be dismissed half an hour early.
When the bell rang early, the little wizards put down their schoolbags and textbooks as instructed, put on their cloaks, then rushed down the stairs in three steps at a time and gathered at the door.
Professor McGonagall was ordering the students to line up, "Weasley, put your hat on straightly!" Professor McGonagall said sternly to Ron, "Miss Luna, please take off that ridiculous hood from your hair."
Luna frowned unhappily and took off a lion-headed hat from her head.
"Please follow me, everyone!" Professor McGonagall said, "The first-year students are in front, don't be crowded!"
The little wizards filed down the steps and lined up in front of the castle.It was a cold, fresh evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon was already hanging over the Forbidden Forest.
"It's almost six o'clock!" Harry said, looking at his watch and looking at the road leading to the front door. "How do you think they're going to get here? By train?"
"I think not," said Hermione.
"I guess flying broomsticks?" Luna guessed, looking up at the starry sky.
"I don't think they would line up to fly that far!" Hermione shook her head again.
"Portkey?" Ron guessed, "Or they can apparate. Maybe in their place, people under the age of 17 are also allowed to apparate?"
"Apparition is not allowed in Hogwarts, I've said it many times!" Rhine said helplessly.
……
Everyone excitedly scanned the darkening venue, but saw no movement.Everything was silent and peaceful, just like normal.
The little wizards began to feel cold. They really wished they could arrive sooner. Maybe the foreign students were preparing for a dramatic entrance?
At this moment, Dumbledore, who was standing in the back row with other teachers, shouted, "Ah! If I'm not mistaken, the Beauxbatons representative has already arrived!"
"Where?" Many students asked eagerly, looking in different directions.
"there!"
Some students shouted, pointing to the sky above the Forbidden Forest.
Then I saw a huge thing, flying rapidly across the dark blue sky, flying towards the castle, gradually getting bigger and bigger. When the dark giant thing passed over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, it was illuminated by the light from the castle window. As they shined a light, they saw a huge powder blue carriage flying towards them.
It was as big as a house, and was pulled into the sky by twelve winged horses, each of which was about the size of an elephant.The carriage flew lower and was landing at an extremely fast speed. The students standing in the first three rows hurriedly backed away...
Then, there was an earth-shaking loud noise, and the horses' hooves fell to the ground with a thud, each one as big as a vegetable plate.In the blink of an eye, the carriage also landed on the ground, vibrating on the huge wheels. At the same time, the golden horses shook their huge heads and their big fiery red eyes turned.
Just when the little wizards had time to see a crest printed on the car door, consisting of two golden crossed wands, the car door opened!
A boy in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage, bent down, groped for something on the floor of the carriage, and then opened a golden spiral staircase.He jumped back respectfully, and then he saw a shiny black high-heeled shoe sticking out of the carriage, and then a woman appeared. She was as big as Hagrid, and everyone looked at her. He gasped in shock.
The woman reached the bottom of the steps and turned around to look at the waiting crowd with wide eyes. When she walked into the light from the foyer, everyone noticed that she had a very handsome olive-colored face. A pair of black, large, watery eyes, and a pointed nose.Her hair was combed back, and she was clad in a black satin dress from head to toe, with many gorgeous gems shining around her neck and on her thick fingers.
Dumbledore started to applaud, and his classmates also clapped. Many of them stood on tiptoes, trying to get a better look at this woman.Her face relaxed into an elegant smile, and she stretched out a gleaming hand and walked towards Dumbledore.
"Dear Ms. Maxim, welcome to Hogwarts." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Dumbledore, long time no see, I hope everything is well with you!" Ms. Maxim said in a deep voice, then raised a huge hand and waved carelessly behind her, "Look, my student! "
Then twelve or three male and female students got off the carriage and soon stood behind Ms. Maxim. Judging from their appearance, they were all about eighteen or nineteen years old. The robes they wore seemed to be exquisite. Made of silk, and none of them were wearing cloaks, they all looked up at Hogwarts with expressions of awe on their faces.
"Is Karkaroff here?" Ms. Maxim asked.
"He will be here at any time. Would you like to wait here to greet him, or would you like to go in and warm yourself first?" Dumbledore said with a smile.
"It's better to get warmer," Ms. Maxim said, "but those horses..."
"Our Care of Magical Creatures teacher will be happy to take care of them." As Dumbledore finished speaking, Hagrid immediately stepped forward, "Yes...yes! I will...take care of him...them, in fact, I... I take good care of them."
I don't know why, but Hagrid seemed a little nervous.
"Very good!" Ms. Maxim bowed slightly to Hagrid, "Excuse me, these horses only drink single malt whiskey!"
"Okay...ok!" After saying that, Hagrid bowed stiffly.
"Come on," Ms. Maxim said majestically to her students, and the crowd at Hogwarts moved out of the way to allow her and her students to walk up the stone steps and into the Great Hall.
.......
Afterwards, the little wizards still stood there, waiting for the arrival of Durmstrang and his party. Most of them looked up at the sky eagerly. There was silence all around. The only sounds were the snorting and stamping of Ms. Maxim's giant horse. the sound of.
At this moment, a very loud and strange sound floated toward them from the darkness. It was a suppressed rumbling and sucking sound.
"In the lake!" Someone shouted, pointing to the lake, "Look at the lake!"
When everyone heard the words and looked over, they could clearly see that the originally calm water surface was suddenly no longer calm.There was a commotion in the water in the middle of the lake. Huge splashes rose on the water, and the waves hit the wet lake shore. Then, in the middle of the lake, a large eddy appeared, and a long black pole-like shape could be seen. Something slowly rose from the center of the whirlpool, followed by the sail rigging!
Slowly, the extraordinary large ship rose out of the water, shining in the moonlight. It looked weird, like a skeleton, as if it were the remains of a sunken ship that had just been salvaged, and the portholes shone dimly. , the dim light looked like a ghost ship.
Finally, with a faint splashing sound, the big boat emerged completely, bumped on the undulating water, and began to sail towards the lake shore.A moment later, there was only a splash, and an iron anchor was thrown into the water, and then there was another snap, and a wooden plank was put on the lake shore.
The people on the ship were disembarking, and they could be seen silhouetted as they passed by the light from the portholes. They all looked very tall, about the same size as Crabbe and Goyle.
As they drew nearer, and walked along the lawn into the light of the foyer, they could be seen wearing some kind of fur cloak, with matted fur.But the man who led them towards the castle was wearing a different kind of fur, silver-white, soft and smooth.
"Dumbledore!" the man called enthusiastically as he walked up the ramp. "How are you, my dear old fellow?"
"Great, thank you, Professor Karkaroff." Dumbledore replied with a smile.
Karkaroff was tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was very short. He walked up to Dumbledore and shook Dumbledore's hand with both hands.
"Dear old man!" He looked up at the castle and spoke with a smile. Although his face was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes, which were still cold and sharp. "This is Hogwarts? It's really cool to be here." Okay, great!”
……
Then the students of Hogwarts, following Durmstrang and his group, lined up the stone steps and walked together through the foyer towards the auditorium. Everyone walked to the table and sat down.
Durmstrang alumni were still gathered at the door, seemingly unsure where they should sit.The Beauxbatons classmates seemed to have chosen seats at the Ravenclaw table. After they sat down, they looked around the auditorium with sullen expressions on their faces.
Finally, the Durmstrang alumni chose to sit down at the Slytherin table. They took off their heavy fur cloaks and looked up at the dark, starlit ceiling with interest.Two of the students also picked up the golden plates and goblets and looked at them carefully, obviously very interested.
Over there at the staff table, Administrator Filch was adding a few chairs and had donned his musty old tuxedo for the occasion.
Surprisingly, he added four chairs, two on each side of Dumbledore.
After all the students entered the auditorium and took their seats at the tables in their respective houses, the faculty came in and they filed over to the guest of honor seat and sat down.
……
Surprisingly, in the next divination class, Professor Trelawney actually told Rhine and Hermione that their homework had received high marks, which made them feel particularly ridiculous, and she read out loud their Many parts of the prophecy and praise him for his courage in accepting the terrible things that were about to happen...
Also on that day, Professor Binns assigned them to write one this week.For a paper about the goblin rebellion in the eighteenth century, Professor Snape forced them to recite the antidote to a hundred poisons, and Professor Flitwick asked them to read three more books in preparation for learning the summoning spell...
School life passed away in this fulfilling and busy life, until one day, the latest revelation was posted on the school bulletin board:
【About the Triwizard Tournament
Representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at six o'clock in the evening on Friday, October [-], and the classes that afternoon will end half an hour early.
At that time, students are asked to return their schoolbags and textbooks to their dormitories, gather in front of the castle, greet our guests, and then attend the welcome banquet. 】
Very good!The little wizards were all excited, their eyes sparkling, and for the next week, no matter where they went, people seemed to be talking about only one topic: the Triwizard Tournament.
Rumors spread quickly among the students, like highly contagious germs, such as who would compete to be the Hogwarts Champion, what events would be involved in the Tournament, and what relationships did Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students have with them? What's the difference? Wait...
The castle seemed to be undergoing a thorough cleaning, and several dirty portraits had been scrubbed clean. The scrubbed figures were very dissatisfied with this. They sat huddled in the frame and muttered glumly.
Those armors suddenly became shiny and no longer creaked when moving.As soon as the administrator Folch saw that a student had forgotten to clean his shoes, he flew into a violent rage that scared two first-year girls into hysterics.Other faculty members also seemed extremely nervous.
……
By the morning of October [-]th, the Great Hall had been decorated overnight. Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each one representing a house of Hogwarts: the red one with a golden lion was Glen. Findor, the blue one with a bronze eagle is Ravenclaw, the yellow one with a black badger is Hufflepuff, the green one with a silver python is Slytherin.Behind the staff desk hung the largest banner, which bore the crest of Hogwarts: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake joined together, surrounding a large letter H.
Rhine, Luna and Hermione sat down at the table next to Fred and George.This time the two twins unusually avoided everyone and discussed something in low voices.
Hermione couldn't help but ask next to them, "Do you two have any ideas on how to sneak into the Triwizard Tournament?"
"I asked Professor McGonagall about how the warriors were selected, but she refused to tell me." George said resentfully, "She just told me to shut up and concentrate on studying transformation."
Klein looked at him and blinked, "Perhaps Dumbledore will use magic to screen young wizards over 17 years old. How about you two try to study the confusion spell?"
George nodded and said, "I think this is a good idea!"
Fred shook his head and said, "But the confusion spell is too advanced and cannot be mastered by us."
……
That whole day, there was a joyful mood of anticipation in the air.In class, no one could concentrate on the lecture. Everyone was thinking that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang people were coming tonight.Even Potions class wasn't as unbearable as usual because it was the last class in the afternoon and could be dismissed half an hour early.
When the bell rang early, the little wizards put down their schoolbags and textbooks as instructed, put on their cloaks, then rushed down the stairs in three steps at a time and gathered at the door.
Professor McGonagall was ordering the students to line up, "Weasley, put your hat on straightly!" Professor McGonagall said sternly to Ron, "Miss Luna, please take off that ridiculous hood from your hair."
Luna frowned unhappily and took off a lion-headed hat from her head.
"Please follow me, everyone!" Professor McGonagall said, "The first-year students are in front, don't be crowded!"
The little wizards filed down the steps and lined up in front of the castle.It was a cold, fresh evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon was already hanging over the Forbidden Forest.
"It's almost six o'clock!" Harry said, looking at his watch and looking at the road leading to the front door. "How do you think they're going to get here? By train?"
"I think not," said Hermione.
"I guess flying broomsticks?" Luna guessed, looking up at the starry sky.
"I don't think they would line up to fly that far!" Hermione shook her head again.
"Portkey?" Ron guessed, "Or they can apparate. Maybe in their place, people under the age of 17 are also allowed to apparate?"
"Apparition is not allowed in Hogwarts, I've said it many times!" Rhine said helplessly.
……
Everyone excitedly scanned the darkening venue, but saw no movement.Everything was silent and peaceful, just like normal.
The little wizards began to feel cold. They really wished they could arrive sooner. Maybe the foreign students were preparing for a dramatic entrance?
At this moment, Dumbledore, who was standing in the back row with other teachers, shouted, "Ah! If I'm not mistaken, the Beauxbatons representative has already arrived!"
"Where?" Many students asked eagerly, looking in different directions.
"there!"
Some students shouted, pointing to the sky above the Forbidden Forest.
Then I saw a huge thing, flying rapidly across the dark blue sky, flying towards the castle, gradually getting bigger and bigger. When the dark giant thing passed over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, it was illuminated by the light from the castle window. As they shined a light, they saw a huge powder blue carriage flying towards them.
It was as big as a house, and was pulled into the sky by twelve winged horses, each of which was about the size of an elephant.The carriage flew lower and was landing at an extremely fast speed. The students standing in the first three rows hurriedly backed away...
Then, there was an earth-shaking loud noise, and the horses' hooves fell to the ground with a thud, each one as big as a vegetable plate.In the blink of an eye, the carriage also landed on the ground, vibrating on the huge wheels. At the same time, the golden horses shook their huge heads and their big fiery red eyes turned.
Just when the little wizards had time to see a crest printed on the car door, consisting of two golden crossed wands, the car door opened!
A boy in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage, bent down, groped for something on the floor of the carriage, and then opened a golden spiral staircase.He jumped back respectfully, and then he saw a shiny black high-heeled shoe sticking out of the carriage, and then a woman appeared. She was as big as Hagrid, and everyone looked at her. He gasped in shock.
The woman reached the bottom of the steps and turned around to look at the waiting crowd with wide eyes. When she walked into the light from the foyer, everyone noticed that she had a very handsome olive-colored face. A pair of black, large, watery eyes, and a pointed nose.Her hair was combed back, and she was clad in a black satin dress from head to toe, with many gorgeous gems shining around her neck and on her thick fingers.
Dumbledore started to applaud, and his classmates also clapped. Many of them stood on tiptoes, trying to get a better look at this woman.Her face relaxed into an elegant smile, and she stretched out a gleaming hand and walked towards Dumbledore.
"Dear Ms. Maxim, welcome to Hogwarts." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Dumbledore, long time no see, I hope everything is well with you!" Ms. Maxim said in a deep voice, then raised a huge hand and waved carelessly behind her, "Look, my student! "
Then twelve or three male and female students got off the carriage and soon stood behind Ms. Maxim. Judging from their appearance, they were all about eighteen or nineteen years old. The robes they wore seemed to be exquisite. Made of silk, and none of them were wearing cloaks, they all looked up at Hogwarts with expressions of awe on their faces.
"Is Karkaroff here?" Ms. Maxim asked.
"He will be here at any time. Would you like to wait here to greet him, or would you like to go in and warm yourself first?" Dumbledore said with a smile.
"It's better to get warmer," Ms. Maxim said, "but those horses..."
"Our Care of Magical Creatures teacher will be happy to take care of them." As Dumbledore finished speaking, Hagrid immediately stepped forward, "Yes...yes! I will...take care of him...them, in fact, I... I take good care of them."
I don't know why, but Hagrid seemed a little nervous.
"Very good!" Ms. Maxim bowed slightly to Hagrid, "Excuse me, these horses only drink single malt whiskey!"
"Okay...ok!" After saying that, Hagrid bowed stiffly.
"Come on," Ms. Maxim said majestically to her students, and the crowd at Hogwarts moved out of the way to allow her and her students to walk up the stone steps and into the Great Hall.
.......
Afterwards, the little wizards still stood there, waiting for the arrival of Durmstrang and his party. Most of them looked up at the sky eagerly. There was silence all around. The only sounds were the snorting and stamping of Ms. Maxim's giant horse. the sound of.
At this moment, a very loud and strange sound floated toward them from the darkness. It was a suppressed rumbling and sucking sound.
"In the lake!" Someone shouted, pointing to the lake, "Look at the lake!"
When everyone heard the words and looked over, they could clearly see that the originally calm water surface was suddenly no longer calm.There was a commotion in the water in the middle of the lake. Huge splashes rose on the water, and the waves hit the wet lake shore. Then, in the middle of the lake, a large eddy appeared, and a long black pole-like shape could be seen. Something slowly rose from the center of the whirlpool, followed by the sail rigging!
Slowly, the extraordinary large ship rose out of the water, shining in the moonlight. It looked weird, like a skeleton, as if it were the remains of a sunken ship that had just been salvaged, and the portholes shone dimly. , the dim light looked like a ghost ship.
Finally, with a faint splashing sound, the big boat emerged completely, bumped on the undulating water, and began to sail towards the lake shore.A moment later, there was only a splash, and an iron anchor was thrown into the water, and then there was another snap, and a wooden plank was put on the lake shore.
The people on the ship were disembarking, and they could be seen silhouetted as they passed by the light from the portholes. They all looked very tall, about the same size as Crabbe and Goyle.
As they drew nearer, and walked along the lawn into the light of the foyer, they could be seen wearing some kind of fur cloak, with matted fur.But the man who led them towards the castle was wearing a different kind of fur, silver-white, soft and smooth.
"Dumbledore!" the man called enthusiastically as he walked up the ramp. "How are you, my dear old fellow?"
"Great, thank you, Professor Karkaroff." Dumbledore replied with a smile.
Karkaroff was tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was very short. He walked up to Dumbledore and shook Dumbledore's hand with both hands.
"Dear old man!" He looked up at the castle and spoke with a smile. Although his face was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes, which were still cold and sharp. "This is Hogwarts? It's really cool to be here." Okay, great!”
……
Then the students of Hogwarts, following Durmstrang and his group, lined up the stone steps and walked together through the foyer towards the auditorium. Everyone walked to the table and sat down.
Durmstrang alumni were still gathered at the door, seemingly unsure where they should sit.The Beauxbatons classmates seemed to have chosen seats at the Ravenclaw table. After they sat down, they looked around the auditorium with sullen expressions on their faces.
Finally, the Durmstrang alumni chose to sit down at the Slytherin table. They took off their heavy fur cloaks and looked up at the dark, starlit ceiling with interest.Two of the students also picked up the golden plates and goblets and looked at them carefully, obviously very interested.
Over there at the staff table, Administrator Filch was adding a few chairs and had donned his musty old tuxedo for the occasion.
Surprisingly, he added four chairs, two on each side of Dumbledore.
After all the students entered the auditorium and took their seats at the tables in their respective houses, the faculty came in and they filed over to the guest of honor seat and sat down.
……
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