Chapter 312 The Champion

Dumbledore stared at Fudge with his penetrating eyes, but Fudge's eyes were dodging in all directions. He subconsciously took a few steps back to keep himself away from Dumbledore, as if the headmaster of Hogwarts would It's like using some kind of witchcraft to deceive people's hearts.

"Listen to me, Cornelius -" Dumbledore said calmly: "No one wants to destroy anything, let alone create any panic..."

"That's enough, that's enough, Dumbledore - I don't want to hear any more of this from you -"

"Voldemort is back," Dumbledore looked at Fudge and said firmly: "Fudge, if you accept this fact immediately and take the necessary measures, we may still be able to save the situation. The first and most important step is to make Aziz Caban escaped from the control of the Dementors——"

"Stop it, Dumbledore, your jokes should stop. This is not funny at all. When will the headmaster of Hogwarts start listening to the instructions of a crazy kid, just because...just because of him? Is it the boy who survived?"

The quarrel between the two had alarmed other people present.

At this time, Mrs. Weasley, Bill, and Ron all gathered around.

"Absurd..." Fudge saw this and didn't want to argue anymore. He shook his head, "I won't listen to you anymore. Regarding this matter, the ministry will discuss it in detail and then give a final solution and conclusion... "

"Uh... let me interrupt," Sherling interrupted: "Dear Professor Dumbledore, although this is none of my business, Granger, as a student of Hogwarts, is a student of Hogwarts. He was kidnapped in this area and was in danger. If I hadn't rescued him by chance, there might have been serious consequences... I think, Professor, you will give everyone an explanation, right?"

Before Dumbledore could speak, Scrimgeour said first: "Granger is also an important witness. I suggest that after she wakes up, use veritaserum to extract her confession. This will help us understand the truth of the matter." …”

"I object!" Professor McGonagall said loudly: "We should not use Veritaserum on a child, especially if she is a victim, not a suspect!"

"Hmph," Scrimgeour retorted unceremoniously: "The Hogwarts school is totally unreasonable about this matter. If the school hadn't been negligent in terms of student safety, how could such a thing have happened?"

Dumbledore waved his hand and interrupted McGonagall, and said calmly: "It is okay to use Veritaserum, but it must be under the supervision of a Hogwarts professor, and the dosage and process must be carefully calculated and arranged. It is best if Professor Snape of Hogwarts is responsible for the deployment, and no mistakes are allowed... As for the omissions of the Hogwarts management, as the principal, I will definitely give an explanation to all students... Now, if you haven't If you have anything else to say, can we send Granger to the school hospital first?"

Dumbledore ordered Professor McGonagall to take Hermione to the school hospital and send a message to Snape explaining what was going on here. At the same time, Scrimgeour left with McGonagall. In his words, Hermione, as an important witness, must be accompanied by Aurors from the Ministry of Magic at all times before the interrogation begins and ends.

After a period of silence, Xie Lin spoke again: "I think..." His handsome face once again put on his signature evil smile, "Now that everything has settled, should we start the three-strong competition?" The award ceremony of the competition, selecting the champion, and drawing a perfect ending to the Goblet of Fire?”

"That's right!" Lucius also had a smile on his face, "Xie Lin's performance in this game is obvious to all - he defeated the professor pretending to be a Death Eater and rescued two classmates... I think , there should be no objection to choosing him as the champion, right?”

"I object!" Although Mrs. Weasley was a female, she was not afraid of Lucius's power at all. "Harry was the first contestant to return from the maze. This is a fact that everyone has seen with their own eyes. Especially when he came back with the Goblet of Fire - according to the rules of the game, he is clearly the winner!"

"That's right," Bagman said cautiously: "Although I admire everything Master Malfoy has done, the rules of the competition clearly state that only the first one to return to the referee's seat from the maze with the Goblet of Fire can be regarded as the winner. Champion..." He licked his lips nervously, looked at Xie Lin and Lucius, and then said: "I'm sorry...but rules are rules..."

Cons!

The corners of Xie Lin's mouth twitched. He didn't expect such a thing to happen, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Lucius wanted to say something else, but Schelling stopped him.

"Forget it..." Although Xie Lin is eager to win the title of Triwizard Tournament champion and the fame that comes with it, he has experienced too much tonight, and his heart is a little tired, and he does not want to continue for this kind of thing. Endless arguments - it's just a champion, let him be!

Sherrin took a long breath, smiled again, nodded to Harry, and said politely: "Congratulations, Harry, you won."

"Did I win?" Harry scratched his head and said blankly.

"Yes, you win." Schelling said.

"Yeah - Harry, you won, you won, you defeated Malfoy. From now on, you are the champion of the Triwizard Tournament, and you are the strongest warrior in our Hogwarts." Ron hugged Harry and screamed excitedly.

"Of course I won, I won, I won!" Harry finally understood and yelled arrogantly, raising his hands high.

At this moment, his mind was already immersed in fantasy - the image of him holding the Triwizard Cup high, the crowd cheering in his ears, Zhang Qiu's exquisite face in the crowd was full of admiration, and the defeated Sherin was like a loser that no one cared about, kneeling in a corner covered by shadows...

Bagman grabbed his hand, dragged him to a podium that had been built in advance, and said loudly with a loudspeaker spell: "Dear guests who came to watch the game, the winning school of this Triwizard Tournament is - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! The champion who finally successfully passed through many obstacles and won the Goblet of Fire is Harry Potter!"

The originally silent audience finally rang with sparse applause.

Compared to the embarrassing situation of Harry's buttocks being exposed when he returned, Schelling's momentum when he appeared on stage was obviously more than one level better, and he even brought an unconscious classmate with him. It is said that he delayed his appearance in order to defeat a Death Eater who pretended to be a professor and rescue his classmate...

Not to mention the Slytherin seats, even the audience seats of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were filled with dissatisfied whispers.

However, rules are rules.

People finally realized at this time that although Schelling's performance was undoubtedly more eye-catching, the real winner still belonged to Harry standing on the podium.

Schelling looked at Harry standing on the podium, full of vigor, and sighed helplessly.

Suddenly-

"The real warrior of Hogwarts is still Malfoy--" an unknown student shouted in the crowd.

"Don't be discouraged, Schelling (Malfoy)!" Countless voices sounded at the same time in different corners around, and instantly merged into a huge wave of sound.

"Thank you all! I won't be discouraged. Believe me, one day, I will win glory for my beloved Hogwarts again!" Hearing the cheers and encouragement from the audience, Sherin couldn't help but be moved to tears, and couldn't help but open his arms and said loudly.

The cheers and applause everywhere made Harry's proud face on the podium gradually turn pale. He didn't expect that Malfoy, who lost the game, would win the heart of Hogwarts. And he tried his best to win, but no one paid any attention.

Seeing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, Bagman shouted decisively: "Harry Potter, take your trophy! Reporters, come over and take a picture of him..."

To be honest, he also felt that Sherin deserved to win the game, and although he was the head of a department in the Ministry of Magic, it was the Sports Department, which was not a very important position. He would not offend the Malfoy family for such a trophy and rules!

But the problem is that he owed a lot of debts during the Quidditch World Cup, especially the creditors of the goblins were very difficult to deal with, so he bet everything on Harry in the Triwizard Tournament - as long as Harry wins, all his problems will be solved.

Harry Potter's victory is his only chance to turn the tables.

So, even if it goes against his inner thoughts, even if it means offending the Malfoy family, which is in its heyday, he can only grit his teeth and do it.

Harry reached out and touched the Goblet of Fire.

Logically, the flame of the Goblet of Fire should go out at this time, and it should spray out brilliant sparks to congratulate the victorious warrior.

But this did not happen.

"What's going on?" Bagman frowned, but he had an ominous guess in his mind, "Harry, aren't you the first warrior to touch the Goblet of Fire?"

"What? I, I didn't..." Harry stuttered. He remembered at this time that he was not the first warrior to touch the Goblet of Fire - although he was the first warrior who touched the Goblet of Fire in the cemetery and was sent back, but he ignored how Sherin went to the cemetery -

Obviously, Sherin appeared in the cemetery because he touched the Portkey Curse on the Goblet of Fire!