Chapter 898 Before the Tournament

In the principal's office, Dumbledore looked at the information sent by Duran uncertainly, and after a long time he said with a dry throat: "Is this the information sent by Pettigrew?"

"Do you doubt the authenticity of this information?"

Dumbledore was a little skeptical, but a voice in his heart told him that Duran would not joke about such a thing: "Where is the real Moody?"

"Polyjuice potion is time-sensitive. To prepare the potion, you need to pretend to be something on the subject. If you prepare it in advance, there may be problems. So I think the real Moody is around us, even in the fake Moody's office."

As for the polyjuice potion, you really need to drink a little bit every hour. Thinking about the fake Moody carrying a flask with him and pouring liquid into his mouth at all times, I'm afraid it's the potion. What Duran said made sense. If Moody's hair or nails were prepared in advance, problems would easily occur. Death Eaters would never allow any mistakes to occur, so the safest way was to imprison the real Moody.

"Barty Jr., but how did he escape from prison?" When Barty Jr. was arrested, Dumbledore was also present, and the judge was Barty Jr.'s father, the director of the International Magical Cooperation Department, Mr. Barty, the one who wronged Sirius.

In fact, Barty Jr. had been released from prison long ago because his mother asked her husband to swap her with Barty Jr. when she found out she was terminally ill. Using the power of Polyjuice Potion, she transformed into her son's appearance and went to jail instead of him. . Little Barty was protected by his father, kept hidden by an invisibility cloak, and was watched over by his family's house elves.

But little Barty's loyalty to Voldemort prevented him from giving in. Finally, he found an opportunity to join Pettigrew and return to Voldemort's side again.

They planned to repair Voldemort's body during this Triwizard Tournament.

Dumbledore doesn't know all this yet, but now that he knows that the real Moody is not in danger yet, he can't alert the enemy. He wants to monitor Voldemort's spies to see their true purpose.

"Then I will tell you any new information."

Seeing that Duran was about to leave, Dumbledore said: "Dulan, this matter..."

"I know. I won't tell anyone else. As for the information I receive in the future, I will only hand it over to you. As for what you decide, it's your own business. I'll leave first."

'Reading Wizards' has become a well-known tabloid in the school. This time it made a series of reports on the history of the Triwizard Tournament that will be held this semester, and even conducted a **** on the warriors in everyone's minds. Different names are given to each college.

They are all outstanding seniors in the school, but they all have male names.

With the popularization of science in tabloids, students' enthusiasm for the Triwizard Tournament has become more and more intense. Some students under the age of seventeen also mobilized their abilities and tried hard to put their names into the Goblet of Fire. However, the age limit magic set by Dumbledore himself means that even age potions cannot be mixed with it. Those who dare to break the rules will be punished by becoming an old man for a period of time.

Obviously, male wizards are more eager to become warriors than wizards and want to show courage. It can also be seen from the history of the competition that basically the final winners are men.

In fact, it's not just the Triwizard Tournament. From the entire history of wizards, there are more famous wizards than men.

Harry and Ron also want to be brave like other people of their age, especially Ron who is very active in finding a way to crack the Goblet of Fire. Harry is a little better than Ron. He at least has the impressive strength of Quidditch, but Ron is a complete follower. Apart from getting some attention by Harry's side, he basically can't find anyone. What other ways to express yourself.

Therefore, becoming a warrior has become a very important way for Ron to express himself. However, his ability is obviously not enough to break Dumbledore's magic.

"Why don't you ask an adult to vote for your names?" Hermione was speechless to those students. Is the wizard's circuit designed to circumvent the simplest way?

Harry and Ron looked at each other: "But the only adults in the school are professors, and they won't help us, not even Hagrid."

"Then you can find those seniors who are over seventeen years old. They may be able to help." Hermione turned around, hiding her merit and fame.

It seemed to make sense, and all the students around him took action. However, how could a seventeen-year-old student who was a competitor himself be looking for trouble? However, the requirements put forward by the seniors who did not want to participate were very high, which the juniors could not fulfill at all.

Therefore, a very harmonious scene appeared in the school. The senior led a group of juniors to follow him and instructed them to do things. However, the juniors endured the humiliation and did everything, and no one asked them to ask for anything from the seniors.

"A wizard who needs help from others cannot become a brave man." Seeing the lower class students trying to please the upper class students, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but remind the young students: "I know you want to take shortcuts, but growth is impossible. There are shortcuts, and there are certainly no shortcuts to breaking Dumbledore's magic."

The professor's words made some people give up their thoughts. Harry and Ron felt that it made sense. If they wanted to be brave, they had to let the Goblet of Fire recognize themselves, and they had to find a way to resist Dumbledore's magic.

However, it is useless because the two of them have limited levels, limited abilities, and limited youth.

It took two months for everyone who could put their names in to vote, and finally on the day at the end of October they welcomed the other two warriors from the magic school.

They also had to put their names into the Goblet of Fire, but before they set off, other schools had already selected their warriors in advance, and they were definitely the best.

The Pegasus carriage soared over, and it was an excellent student from the Beauxbatons School of Magic in France. The carriage was very large and clean. This was a high-standard school with both elegance and discipline.

When the huge and picky Pegasus passed through the sky of Hogwarts, it had already caused a round of cheers from the students. This was a magic school in other countries. The romantic appearance made them have infinite reverie about the guests.

Duran also saw the Pegasus coming on the clouds from the office window, thinking that the Pegasus was much bigger than the unicorn, which was a bit interesting.

The Pegasus drifted, crossed the last bend in the sky with a graceful curve, entered the landing state, and ran vigorously with four hooves. Several Pegasus neighed, and the front hooves landed first, stepping on the grass leaves, and ran forward for nearly a hundred meters before finally stopping the carriage.

A lookout mast appeared on the Black Lake. Durmstrang School of Magic, which only accepts pure-blood wizards and teaches dark magic, also arrived at Hogwarts on time, and the way they came was by water.

The mast emerged from the bottom of the lake, followed by the canvas, the deck, and finally the keel of the entire ship rushed out of the water, as if it was about to fly away from the lake. Crystal waterfalls hung around the hull, and the rustling sounded like long-lasting applause. It was obviously a retro multi-masted sailing ship, but it appeared like a submarine.

The students of Hogwarts showed enough enthusiasm to welcome their guests.

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