Chapter 288 I Wish You a Happy Game

"I'll wait for you inside."

Furong whispered in Link's ear, then let go of her hand and walked quickly into the small room next door.

During this whole process, the few clapping and cheering in the auditorium also disappeared.

Everyone was looking at Furong and Link in shock, and some of the resentful eyes that were originally aimed at Furong were transferred to Link.

Even Dumbledore and Madam Maxime in the faculty seats had complex expressions of thoughtfulness.

Link didn't dare to see what Emily's reaction was at this time. He threw the small half of the pumpkin pie left in his hand into his mouth in silence, and chewed it hard.

"When did you get on with her?"

John came out at the right moment and asked in a low voice, with a mean expression on his face.

Not only him, Cedric and Rove and many others were curiously waiting for his answer.

But Link still didn't speak, just made an international gesture of contempt towards them.

puff! ~

The flame in the Goblet of Fire turned from blue to red again, and a note was spit out.

The sound successfully drew everyone's attention back.

Dumbledore looked at the contents of the note, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.

He took a deep look at Link's direction, and then lifted the note high and said:

"The Warriors of Hogwarts! Link Foley!"

In an instant, the complex eyes around Link disappeared, replaced by deafening cheers.

Every Hufflepuff student was screaming and stomping. Hagrid in the faculty seat was desperately pulling a thin old man beside him and screaming, as if to introduce his relationship with Link. , and even the corners of Snape's mouth had an imperceptible smile.

Link didn't have time to join the celebration. He deftly avoided the open arms of John and the others, and walked through the crowd towards the small room as if fleeing.

The small room next to the auditorium seems to be a place like a trophy room. The walls on both sides are covered with various magical portraits, and the innermost is a burning fireplace.

When Link entered the auditorium, the faces in the portrait all turned to look at him.

When they saw that Link was wearing the Hogwarts uniform, the magical portraits cheered like the people outside.

Fleur and Krum were both around the fire, the distance between them was a little far, and they both kept silent, as if they were guarding each other.

Hearing the sound of Link coming in, both of them turned their heads. Among them, Furong was even happier than those portraits, and the one who was jumping and jumping was about to jump on Link again.

Link won't let her succeed this time. With a flick of his finger, two heavy curses blocked Furong in front of him.

"What are you doing?"

Link said angrily, "Do you know how people outside look at me now? I have a fiancée!"

Furong was stunned for a moment, and the hazy mist covered her bright silver eyes again.

"I, I'm just too happy," she said, bowing her head and twisting her hands together aggrieved, "Yes, I'm sorry."

This scene reminded Link of the lost scene when Furong wanted to celebrate alone in the auditorium but couldn't find a partner. His expression softened a little and sighed:

"Okay, okay! I'll forgive you this time! But you have to go back and explain it to Emily with me!"

As soon as these words came out, the mist on Furong's eyes dissipated, and in an instant, she changed into a smiling face, and she jumped up and grabbed Link's arms with both hands and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, it'll be alright. I just told her that this is the custom of our French, the enthusiasm of the French, you know it."

At this time, Link naturally knew that the loss of the other party just now had a high probability of pretending to be pitiful for him. He bared his teeth, shook off Furong's hand, and went to the fireplace to start the fire.

The scene in the auditorium just now scared him into a cold sweat.

Krum, who was leaning on the mantelpiece beside him, opened his mouth slightly, as if he was hesitating to speak, as if he and Furong were chatting hotly and wanted to join in.

But after a while, he said to Link with some difficulty:

"Hello."

The accent is weird, and this is another master who doesn't understand English.

Link made a judgment in his heart and simply nodded to Krum, he didn't forget John's hatred.

Furong leaned over again with a smile on her face.

This time, she learned to be smart, and she didn't make physical contact with Link rashly, but she got very close, chatting on the side.

It can be seen that she is still very excited in her heart, so she wants to vent in this way.

Link reluctantly perfunctory her, after a while, there was a sound at the door.

Harry poked his head out the door and walked in, his already pale face even paler under the fire.

Link's expression turned gloomy.

"What? Do they want us to go back to the auditorium?"

Fleur smiled and said to Harry, she regarded Harry as a messenger.

This made Harry a little embarrassed.

His gaze involuntarily drifted towards Link, whom he was most familiar with in the room, but it happened to meet Link's gloomy face in the shadows.

This made Harry froze suddenly.

There was another flurry of footsteps outside, and Bagman grabbed Harry's arm and pulled it from the position blocking the door to the center of the room.

"It's amazing! The two gentlemen, and this lady," he said to the three of Link, looking very excited, rubbing Harry's arm, "as incredible as it may seem, allow me to introduce , this is the fourth warrior of the Triwizard Tournament!"

He repeated it again in Bulgarian, which made Krum's expression, who finally understood it, instantly turn uglier than Link's.

On the side, Furong shook her long hair (Link only felt a fragrant wind blowing. The hair almost hit him in the face.), smiled sweetly:

"Oh! What a funny joke, Mr. Bagman."

"Joke?" Bagman's expression was a little puzzled. He shook his head and said, "No! No! Absolutely not, Harry's name just sprayed out of the Goblet of Fire."

"It's obviously a mistake! He can't play, he's too young!"

Furong was still persistent, but as soon as she finished speaking, the door of the room was pushed open again.

Dumbledore and other Headmasters and professors all entered the room.

"Ms. Maxime! They say this little boy is going to race too!"

Furong said loudly as if she saw the savior.

And Maxim also took two quick steps to Furong's side. She looked extremely angry, her huge breasts in black satin clothes heaving violently.

"What the hell does that mean? Dumbledore."

Maxim suppressed his anger and said.

Her burly and unusual body cast a huge shadow under the reflection of the fireplace, shrouding Dumbledore and others on the opposite side, looking extremely terrifying.

"I want to know this too, Dumbledore." Karkaroff also took advantage of the trend and said strangely, "Can there be two warriors at Hogwarts? I don't remember anyone telling me this? Could it be that I see those regulations? Not careful enough?"

"This is impossible,"

Ms. Maxime's large hand, wearing many gorgeous opal rings, rested naturally on Link's shoulders, "Hogwarts can't have two warriors, it's not only unfair to Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. , and unfair to Link. This honor should belong to him alone!"

Ms. Maxime seemed to be very close to Link, but her demeanor was a bit like trying to sow discord.

Therefore, Link frowned and shook the big hand very simply.

At this time, Snape stood out from the shadows. He locked Harry tightly with his serpent-like eyes, and said coldly:

"I agree with this. Harry must not participate in the Triwizard Tournament. This is unfair to everyone."

"Thank you, Severus."

Dumbledore said decisively, which made Snape shut his mouth again, "Harry, did you ask an older classmate to help you put your name into the Goblet of Fire?"

"No!"

Harry replied without hesitation, but Snape, who followed closely behind, sneered again:

"Who would believe you? A repeat offender who likes to lie!"

Next, Karkaroff and Snape started to sneer at Harry as if they were talking about double reeds, during which Ms. Maxime would interject a sentence or two from time to time.

The main point here is still that Harry can't compete in the Triwizard Tournament.

But this is definitely not possible.

Because everyone present knows that the way the Goblet of Fire selects warriors is to sign a magic contract. Once this magic contract is signed, the selected warriors must participate in the competition, and there is no retreat at all.

Therefore, the reason why Karkaroff and Maxim are so violent is that they just want to seek compensation from Dumbledore by exerting pressure.

This compensation can be to allow both of them to have one more warrior to participate, or their warriors can enjoy certain preferential treatment in the game.

It's a pity, from the current situation, Dumbledore is not going to give anything.

After all, Link, Krum and Fleur have also signed the Goblet of Fire contract and must participate.

Now that this Triwizard Tournament is destined to be held, there is no need to meet the demands of Karkaroff and Maxim.

Seeing this, Link turned his attention to Harry and old Barty Crouch who had been silent.

At this time, Harry was so excited that his whole body was trembling, and his eyes were still shining with anger, and his main eyes were Snape and Karkaroff.

Of course, Link reckoned that Harry now harbored a tinge of hatred for everyone in the room, including himself.

Sighing, Link stood up and said:

"The Goblet of Fire was indeed manipulated, so that Harry became a warrior. But I believe that this person will never be Harry!"

As soon as these words came out, the quarrel in the room suddenly stopped.

Everyone was looking at Link with inexplicable eyes.

After a long time, Dumbledore said:

"What do you know?"

"Confusion Charm, the user used a very advanced Confusion Charm on the Goblet of Fire. This directly caused the Goblet of Fire to mistakenly believe that there are four schools participating in the Triwizard Tournament this time. And the extra bag school has only A student of Harry Potter, so that makes sure Harry Potter becomes a warrior."

Link walked into the middle of the crowd and said solemnly, "But it is absolutely impossible for Harry to do it! Because he can't cast such a high-level Confusion Charm at all."

Hearing that, both Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall nodded. Although Karkaroff, Maxim and others on the side had no change in their expressions, they had to admit that Link was right.

As for Harry, he was about to cry at this time, and the look in Link's eyes changed from complaining to gratitude at the beginning.

Thank goodness! This is the only one who believes in him tonight!

"If it wasn't Harry who did it, who would it be?"

Ludo Bagman rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

This brought everyone's attention back to Link.

"It's easy to speculate, isn't it?" Link chuckled. "Although you claim that the Triwizard Tournament has been restructured, the danger has been greatly reduced. But if one or two warriors die in it, no one will be surprised. Bar?

I think that guy with ulterior motives is trying to get rid of Harry by taking advantage of the Triwizard Tournament? "

After speaking, Dumbledore and the others changed their expressions.

Link's eyes slowly swept across the faces of everyone present.

Just now he didn't say anything about Arkham's squatting in the Goblet of Fire last night.

This meant that the Goblet of Fire could only be manipulated before it was shipped to Hogwarts.

During this period of time, only the three Headmasters, Ludo Bagman of the Ministry of Magic and Barty Crouch Sr.

The mastermind behind the scenes is among these people!

"Okay, I will report this matter to the Ministry of Magic and continue to investigate." Dumbledore said to the crowd, "But as far as the Triwizard Tournament itself is concerned, we now accept the result that there will be four warriors participating this time. so……"

"Ah, but Dumbledore..."

"My dear Madam Maxime, if you have another solution, I'm all ears."

Dumbledore waited, but Maxim didn't speak, just stared angrily.

There are many people who are dissatisfied with this result.

Snape was even more angry, but Link didn't mean it. Snape, the sharp-hearted guy, saw through the essence of the matter from the very beginning, and his previous words also wanted to prevent Harry from participating. into the trap.

It's a pity that he failed, and he also caused a show.

The only thing that surprised Link was that Karkaroff was very calm even though his face was not very good-looking.

This is not in line with his arrogant appearance at the beginning.

"Okay, let's continue?" Ludo Bagman looked excited, and rubbed his hands together, "I'm going to give guidance to our warriors, right? Barty, are you talking?"

Old Barty Crouch, who had been hiding in the shadows, raised his head as if he had just woken up from his rumination.

It was only now that Link took a closer look that he realized that although it had only been a few months, old Barty was obviously weak and old, and his whole person was sluggish.

He said to Link and the others like a zombie:

"The first project is to test your courage. Dare to face the unknown is an important quality of wizards, so we are not going to tell you what it is."

"The first project will take place on November 24th. During the project, warriors are not allowed to ask or accept any help from their teachers. The only weapon in your hand is your wand. Wait until the first project is over. We'll tell you about the second program later. Also, because the competition is so demanding and long, the Warriors don't take the school year exams."

"Then, have a good game."