Chapter 687: The Badger of the Stray

Maca's action caused the international alchemy competition to lose staff before it even started. The Indian delegation, which was determined to have disturbed the competition plan, was presided over by the current president of the International Federation of Wizards, Mr. Babajid Akinbad, and immediately deprived of the right to participate.

Although judging from the specific interrogation and investigation, this delegation seems to have signs of being controlled by magic. But this matter is related to the stability of world-class competitions. No one will bet on Nicolas Lemer's alchemy legacy, so no one side has spoken good words for them from the beginning to the end.

However, even though such a mess happened before the game, it seemed that it would have some adverse effects on the game. But if you look at it from another angle, Maca's behavior has demonstrated Hogwarts' ability to maintain the normal holding of the competition in one fell swoop.

In fact, the transnational arrest of the conspiracy group headed by the Indian delegation has been published with great fanfare in the wizarding newspapers of various countries, and the latest news of the opening of the International Alchemy Competition has been clearly listed on the headlines of the international news.

Yes, the International Alchemy Competition has finally opened!

"... I believe everyone knows that Hogwarts is my alma mater! To be honest, today, I am really happy for my alma mater! Welcome everyone to come here and join me, Hogwarts, Witness with the whole world the day when alchemy shines again in today's era!"

On the lawn in front of Hogwarts Castle, a strange building has already been built. Its shape is very similar to a huge washbasin, but the edges are more towering. If I had to give an example, this would be a Muggle stadium with a raised auditorium.

And at this moment, on the round platform built in the center of the stadium, a familiar man was standing alone, conveying his speech to every guest sitting in the auditorium through the amplifying spell.

That's Gilderoy Lockhart, the most popular... well, how should I put it, in British wizarding circles in recent years? Most popular public figure?

In short, Maca got him into this competition and played the role of host.

Now the time is approaching the evening, which is the time for the opening ceremony of the alchemy competition, and after dinner, the competition will officially start. Right now the students of Hogwarts are still in class, in order not to disturb them, Maca deliberately opened a magic barrier to block the sound.

At this time, under the auditorium on the east side of the competition field, in the event coordination office...

"Mr. McLean, just now the twelve spectator registration gates have sent the latest seat statistics. I took a look. Since some spectators who have reserved tickets will arrive after dinner time, so..."

"So there might not be enough spectator seats, right?"

Most of the staff who coordinated the management of the event this time were dispatched from the International Federation of Wizards, and the assistant in front of Maca was naturally the same.

"The publicity of this competition is very strong, and it is only natural that there are not enough seats...Didn't I say it earlier, you can't prepare for another Quidditch World Cup." Maca waved his hands, " Don't worry! Let the audience enter the arena normally, I have already prepared for the auditorium..."

After Lockhart introduced all the delegations from various countries one by one, and arranged a series of pre-match performances, all the food stalls outside the arena were already in place.

This time, except for the interior of the castle, there are basically no major changes.

Other places have been used up. Today's Hogwarts is indeed the busiest day since the establishment of the school. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is unprecedented.

As Lockhart announced the end of the opening ceremony, the audience in the venue poured out of the venue to taste fresh food from all over the world. If someone is willing to stay in the arena and continue to enjoy the pre-match show, they only need to shake the magic bell next to the seat, and a house elf will immediately provide them with the best errand service.

"Oh what's that?"

Suddenly, a couple of French wizards sitting on the highest seats raised their heads in amazement. They were the first to notice a shadow drifting over their heads.

Of course, to say that he was the first to notice it was only a second or two earlier than the others. After all, if such a big thing suddenly floats in the sky, even a fool can quickly spot it.

"What flew up? Is it a new program?" "Oh, maybe it's a bigger carriage or something... Is there a delegation that is late?" "Except for the Indian delegation, I haven't heard of any Absent, didn't the host just say that..."

As the audience discussed one after another, the huge shadow crossed the sky above the arena and drifted steadily towards the opposite side. Not long after, when the thing was far away, the audience here discovered that it seemed to be a floating auditorium.

At this moment, on a preparation field outside the competition field, Maca was standing in the middle of the open space. Around him, a large group of elves raised their hands in unison and pointed to the sky above the arena.

"...Yes, go a little further and aim at the bracket there. Be careful, if you fall and hit someone, you all have to go back to the island and get punished! Come down... and down..."

Temporarily adding so many seats is not an easy task for wizards, but it is not completely impossible.

Under Maca's command, the elves cooperated quite tacitly. At least he believed that when doing this kind of collective work, the elves were much easier than humans.

"Okay, just keep it like this!" He said, stretching out his staff and pointing straight ahead, "I can start to carry the next one after I strengthen it."

...

And almost at the same time, it was finally time for Hogwarts to leave school. The little wizards who had been looking forward to it for a long time rushed out of the classroom one after another, laughing and walking towards the colorful world outside the castle.

Although they do not have the right to participate in the competition, they can still enjoy the competition as spectators. At breakfast time today, Professor McGonagall personally announced that everyone is free to go shopping at the food stalls outside after school to fill their stomachs.

"Hermione, do you think Maca will play today? It's just alchemy, I bet he will too"

In the hall, Ron asked excitedly. Look at the proud look on his face, as if he wasn't talking about Maca but himself.

But Hermione, who has always been strict with knowledge, shook her head hesitantly.

"I don't know either," she hesitated, "at least I haven't studied Maca before, anyway, I haven't seen any information on alchemy from him... But that's what happened in the past, now ..."

"Hi! I heard that he fought for this match from beginning to end," Ron said excitedly. "I think he must have studied it. Well, speaking of it, I'm really looking forward to it..."

Beside Ron, Alexander, who had gotten very close to them recently, had a troubled expression on his face.

"Miss Granger, what exactly is alchemy? I flipped through the books in the library a few days ago, but I still haven't figured it out..." He said depressedly, "What four elements and three elements... what decomposition and transformation ...and that messy table of alchemy symbols..."

"I've said it all, just call me Hermione..." Hermione smiled and said, "Well, because there is no alchemy class in Hogwarts, I just read it in the book... the book says , Alchemy is actually mainly divided into two major directions, material and spiritual, if you want to understand..."

"Hermione, Alexander, don't talk about it now, anyway, you will have a real impression when the game starts..." Harry urged with a bitter face, "Hurry up! I'm almost hungry It's..."

Obviously, everyone is looking forward to this grand event like a celebration, and everyone is expressing their cheers in their own way.

However, when most of the students walked out of the castle excitedly, there were always one or two misfits who just stayed in the castle and refused to move.

Ernstavon of Hufflepuff is undoubtedly one of them.

"...Has the sound insulation magic been cancelled?" In the common room, Ensi, who had just returned to the dormitory and put away his schoolbag, muttered dissatisfiedly, "It's so noisy...annoying!"

He paused on the spot, then touched the paper in his pocket and the wand stuck inside his robe.

"Let's all get out! Let's all get out! Joining in the fun is the most stupid thing a fool should do..." Erns thought to himself, "It's best not to leave anyone in the castle, so that no one will bother me with my work! "

Thinking so, he checked the things he was carrying again, and then walked towards the door of the common room with big strides.

When I came to the underground corridor outside, it was empty as expected. And the constant noise from outside completely covered up the sound of his footsteps. This is an excellent opportunity to explore.

Enns walked all the way to the second floor of the main castle, and the middle of the corridor on the left was the third girl's bathroom mentioned in Helga Hufflepuff's letter. The "under repair" sign was hung on the bathroom door as usual, and there were still some water stains seeping out from the crack in the lower edge of the door.

"It's here..." He paused in front of the door, and then carefully pulled out his wand, "The letter mentioned some kind of guard... I heard from the senior that there is a female ghost in this bathroom. Could it be that What kind of strange ability does the ghost have?"

In order to ensure that he was as well prepared as possible, after translating the contents of the parchment, he collected a lot of relevant information by himself.

It includes the crying ghost in the bathroom, and naturally, it also includes the legend of Harry and the others bravely breaking into the Chamber of Secrets.

"Click."

Ensi stretched out his hand and gently turned the copper doorknob in front of him...

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