Chapter 135 The Guests Arrive
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 135 The Guests Arrive
The announcement in the foyer had a palpable effect on those who lived in the castle.
For the next week, wherever Schelling went, there seemed to be only one topic of conversation: the Triwizard Tournament.
Rumors swirled among the students like highly contagious germs: who was vying to be a Hogwarts champion, what the Tournament would be about, how the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were different from them.
Schelling also noticed that the castle appeared to be undergoing a thorough cleaning.Several grimy portraits were scrubbed clean, much to the displeasure of those scrubbed.They sat huddled in their frames, muttering sullenly, and grinning in pain every time they touched the new pink tender flesh on their faces.The armor suddenly became shiny and no longer creaked when it moved.
When Filch saw a student who forgot to wipe his shoes, he threw a vicious tantrum that drove two first-year girls into hysterics.
Other faculty members also seemed extremely nervous.
"Gore, Crabbe, please do me a favor, don't show your secrets in front of Durmstrang's people, and let them see that you haven't even mastered a simple conversion spell!" Professor McGonagall snarled when the class was about to end.That class was not going well, and the big and small fools grafted their ears onto a cactus.
In this way, the time came to November 10rd.
When they went downstairs to breakfast that morning, they found that the auditorium had been decorated overnight.
On the walls hung huge silk banners, each representing a Hogwarts house: Gryffindor on red with a golden lion, Ravenclaw on blue with a bronze eagle, Hufflepuff on yellow with a black badger, Slytherin on green with a silver boa constrictor.Behind the staff desks hung the largest banner with the Hogwarts emblem: a lion, eagle, badger, and snake joined together, surrounded by a large letter H.
This day, the whole day, no one learned anything.
After finally making it to the afternoon, the students quickly changed into their robes and came to the hall.The deans of the various colleges are ordering their own students to line up.When the other three colleges were still in chaos, the little wizards of Slytherin had already lined up in an orderly manner.
The students filed down the steps and stood in line in front of the castle.
It was a cold, crisp evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon had hung over the Forbidden Forest.According to the previous statement, the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive on time at six o'clock.
Just one minute before six o'clock, Dumbledore's voice sounded from directly behind the crowd, "If I'm not mistaken, Beauxbaton's representative has arrived!"
A behemoth, much larger than a broomstick—or a hundred broomsticks—was speeding across the dark blue sky toward the castle, growing in size.
They saw a huge powder-blue carriage flying towards them as the huge black thing flew over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, illuminated by the lights from the castle windows.It was as big as a house, and it was drawn in the air by twelve winged horses, all silver-maned horses, and each of them was about the size of an elephant.
The carriage flew lower and was landing at an incomparably fast speed. The students standing in the first three rows hurriedly backed away—then, there was an earth-shattering bang, and the horseshoes thumped to the ground, each of them as big as a vegetable plate.In the blink of an eye, the carriage also landed on the ground, vibrating on the huge wheels, and at the same time the golden horses shook their huge heads, and their big fiery red eyes rolled around.
On the door of the carriage, you can see the coat of arms of Beauxbaton School of Magic: two golden crossed wands, with three stars emerging from each wand.A woman who was about the same height as Hagrid stepped out of the carriage - Ms. Olim Maxim, the headmaster of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.
Then twelve young male and female students got out of the carriage and stood behind Ms. Maxim.
Judging from their appearance, they were all about eighteen or nineteen years old, and they were all trembling slightly.This was not surprising, for their robes seemed to be of fine silk, and neither wore a cloak.Several students covered their heads with scarves or hoods.They all looked up at Hogwarts with trepidation on their faces.
Xie Lin sighed slightly. Isn't it common sense to check the local climate and temperature before going on a long trip?The IQ of this group of wizards is worrying!
Even if you deliberately choose silk robes to show off the French clothing taste, you can also add a constant temperature function!Temperature-controlled clothing is not high-end and expensive. As a representative of a school, every move and appearance represent the image and glory of the school. Shivering in the cold for the sake of looking good, won't it make people think that there is something wrong with these representatives?
Dumbledore and Maxim talked quietly for a while, and then directed the Hogwarts students to make way for a passage so that Beauxbaton's delegation could enter the castle first.
After another half an hour, even the students at Hogwarts began to tremble from the cold.
Schelling, Daphne, and Astoria looked at the trembling others as if nothing had happened. The two sisters had already put on the temperature-controlled robes that Schelling bought for them. There were also many functions attached to it. Although it was not as good as the Supreme Wizard Robe, it was also a unique high-end product.Of course, Murray, who is in the Ravenclaw team, also has a set, so she is also an envied existence in Ravenclaw.
Draco pulled out his wand and quickly cast the "Cold Warming Charm" on several people around him, which made them feel a little better.
Xie Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, the "Cold Warming Curse" is not difficult to learn, but it is a very unpopular spell.In the original book, even with Hermione's erudition, she didn't learn it. She used the "Cold Fire Curse" (Cold Fire) to keep warm. The principle was to create a small blue flame, which could then be put into a small bottle and placed on her body to warm herself.
Draco's performance was becoming more and more incomprehensible to Schelling.
Sometimes, Schelling felt that Draco seemed to be a different person, whether it was the scheming or strength he showed, he had this illusion.But sometimes, Draco would turn back into the childish, pushy, yelling, trouble-shooting, normal-strength version of him again.
Just then, out of the darkness came a loud, odd sound toward them—a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, like a gigantic submarine moving along the shore.
The students were standing on the lawn slope overlooking the grounds, and could clearly see the calm, dark waters of the Black Lake—the first ripples on the surface, and then a sudden commotion, with huge waves crashing against the wet shore.
In the very center of the lake, a large whirlpool appeared, as if a huge plug was suddenly pulled out from the bottom of the lake.
A long black pole rose slowly from the eddy, followed by the rigging of the sail...
Slowly, a large and magnificent ship rose out of the water, shining brightly in the moonlight.It was eerie, skeletal in appearance, as if it were the wreck of a freshly salvaged ship, and the portholes shone with dim, misty lights that looked like ghostly eyes.At last, with a splash and splash, the ship emerged fully, bobbing on the choppy water, and began to drive towards the shore.
This is the legendary ghost ship!
The ghost ship, a famous legendary alchemy item, is as famous as the Three Reapers, the Philosopher's Stone, and the Mirror of Erised.
Schelling watched the ship with piercing eyes. As far as he knew, the ghost ship was a very high-end alchemy product. There were two such ghost ships in the wizarding world in the world. Apart from the Durmstrang ship, the other was the "Flying Dutchman" (Flying Dutchman), who wandered around the Caribbean Sea and made a name for himself.
This is not just an ordinary vehicle, it has extremely strong and comprehensive combat capabilities, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mobile fortress.
Schelling once heard that at the beginning of the [-]th century, the "Flying Dutchman" was favored by a high-ranking member of the Magical Congress of the United States. He once led a group of powerful Aurors in an ambush on the sea. However, before even seeing the real master, he was so frightened by a cannon fired by the opponent's magic cannon that he retreated without a fight.
And Schelling has always been skeptical that the ghost ship actually has the ability to fly into the air, otherwise why is it called "The Flying Dutchman"?
Even if Schelling's guess is wrong and the ghost ship can't take off, it's still a masterpiece.
Taking the ghost ship Durmstrang as an example, it is possible to carry out long-distance teleportation at least by using the water surface as a medium.Based on Schelling's knowledge of space magic, he could see that the principle was probably similar to that of the Floo Network, except that the medium was changed from fire to water.
This point alone is actually not simple. Most of the ground in this world is covered by water, and being able to shift shape on any water surface means that there are more places to go, and larger objects can also be transmitted through large water surfaces similar to freshwater lakes.In contrast, the Floo Network doesn't even know if it can teleport Hagrid!
Well, this seems to be a good research topic, Schelling suddenly thought-the original book seems to only mention that Hagrid rides the flying motorcycle and the knight bus. Could it be that Hagrid can't use the Floo network at all?
Convenience advantages aside, the Flying Dutchman has been able to remain lawless at sea for so long, apparently possessing modes of movement that the Ministry of Magic cannot monitor.In this way, the ghost ship's shape-shifting technology is completely separated from the floo network-so in addition to convenience, it also has the advantage of concealment.
This is why, even today, the magical regimes of various countries still have nothing to do with the "Flying Dutchman", and even the identity of its owner is still only a mystery.
In contrast, Karkaroff is too stupid to sit on a treasure mountain and not make good use of it.If he could develop followers who were loyal to him among the students, if he only relied on this ship and only wanted to escape, Voldemort, who could track the Dark Mark, might not be so easy to kill him.
He usually doesn't know how to be a servant, and it is rare for him to take a group of top students abroad to communicate with other magic schools. This is a great opportunity to build a relationship between teachers and students, but he chooses to enjoy it alone in the cabin and let the students act as coolies to steer the boat. No wonder no student felt sorry for him after his accident.
Well, it can be said that the only problem with the ghost ship is the operation problem. This is obviously not an alchemy item that can be operated by one person. Judging from the situation in Durmstrang, at least 12 people are needed to control it freely.
After the ghost ship dropped anchor and stopped, thirteen representatives of Durmstrang wearing thick fur cloaks walked down from the cabin slowly.Among them, an old man with white hair and a goatee at the front shook hands with Dumbledore enthusiastically—it seemed that he was the headmaster, Igor Karkaroff.
As the Durmstrang students approached, there was a small stir among the Hogwarts crowd.Obviously, someone recognized it. The Durmstrang student behind Karkarov was the famous chaser Viktor Krum in the Bulgarian national team.
After Dumbledore and Karkaroff finished exchanging greetings, the little wizards who were half dead from the cold could finally return to the warm hall.
Extra-curricular knowledge: The Flying Dutchman is the origin of the legend of the ghost ship. It often appeared in the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries. Every sailor believed that seeing a ghost ship meant disaster and death.In the Disney movie "Pirates of the Caribbean," the Flying Dutchman is set to be the ship of the villain Davy Jones.
——Thanks to Pudding Zhai for rewarding 500 starting coins, Xu Ning for rewarding 1500 starting coins, and everyone else who tipped, voted for recommendations and monthly tickets, I couldn’t be more moved!Thank you so much!
(End of this chapter)
The announcement in the foyer had a palpable effect on those who lived in the castle.
For the next week, wherever Schelling went, there seemed to be only one topic of conversation: the Triwizard Tournament.
Rumors swirled among the students like highly contagious germs: who was vying to be a Hogwarts champion, what the Tournament would be about, how the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were different from them.
Schelling also noticed that the castle appeared to be undergoing a thorough cleaning.Several grimy portraits were scrubbed clean, much to the displeasure of those scrubbed.They sat huddled in their frames, muttering sullenly, and grinning in pain every time they touched the new pink tender flesh on their faces.The armor suddenly became shiny and no longer creaked when it moved.
When Filch saw a student who forgot to wipe his shoes, he threw a vicious tantrum that drove two first-year girls into hysterics.
Other faculty members also seemed extremely nervous.
"Gore, Crabbe, please do me a favor, don't show your secrets in front of Durmstrang's people, and let them see that you haven't even mastered a simple conversion spell!" Professor McGonagall snarled when the class was about to end.That class was not going well, and the big and small fools grafted their ears onto a cactus.
In this way, the time came to November 10rd.
When they went downstairs to breakfast that morning, they found that the auditorium had been decorated overnight.
On the walls hung huge silk banners, each representing a Hogwarts house: Gryffindor on red with a golden lion, Ravenclaw on blue with a bronze eagle, Hufflepuff on yellow with a black badger, Slytherin on green with a silver boa constrictor.Behind the staff desks hung the largest banner with the Hogwarts emblem: a lion, eagle, badger, and snake joined together, surrounded by a large letter H.
This day, the whole day, no one learned anything.
After finally making it to the afternoon, the students quickly changed into their robes and came to the hall.The deans of the various colleges are ordering their own students to line up.When the other three colleges were still in chaos, the little wizards of Slytherin had already lined up in an orderly manner.
The students filed down the steps and stood in line in front of the castle.
It was a cold, crisp evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon had hung over the Forbidden Forest.According to the previous statement, the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive on time at six o'clock.
Just one minute before six o'clock, Dumbledore's voice sounded from directly behind the crowd, "If I'm not mistaken, Beauxbaton's representative has arrived!"
A behemoth, much larger than a broomstick—or a hundred broomsticks—was speeding across the dark blue sky toward the castle, growing in size.
They saw a huge powder-blue carriage flying towards them as the huge black thing flew over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, illuminated by the lights from the castle windows.It was as big as a house, and it was drawn in the air by twelve winged horses, all silver-maned horses, and each of them was about the size of an elephant.
The carriage flew lower and was landing at an incomparably fast speed. The students standing in the first three rows hurriedly backed away—then, there was an earth-shattering bang, and the horseshoes thumped to the ground, each of them as big as a vegetable plate.In the blink of an eye, the carriage also landed on the ground, vibrating on the huge wheels, and at the same time the golden horses shook their huge heads, and their big fiery red eyes rolled around.
On the door of the carriage, you can see the coat of arms of Beauxbaton School of Magic: two golden crossed wands, with three stars emerging from each wand.A woman who was about the same height as Hagrid stepped out of the carriage - Ms. Olim Maxim, the headmaster of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.
Then twelve young male and female students got out of the carriage and stood behind Ms. Maxim.
Judging from their appearance, they were all about eighteen or nineteen years old, and they were all trembling slightly.This was not surprising, for their robes seemed to be of fine silk, and neither wore a cloak.Several students covered their heads with scarves or hoods.They all looked up at Hogwarts with trepidation on their faces.
Xie Lin sighed slightly. Isn't it common sense to check the local climate and temperature before going on a long trip?The IQ of this group of wizards is worrying!
Even if you deliberately choose silk robes to show off the French clothing taste, you can also add a constant temperature function!Temperature-controlled clothing is not high-end and expensive. As a representative of a school, every move and appearance represent the image and glory of the school. Shivering in the cold for the sake of looking good, won't it make people think that there is something wrong with these representatives?
Dumbledore and Maxim talked quietly for a while, and then directed the Hogwarts students to make way for a passage so that Beauxbaton's delegation could enter the castle first.
After another half an hour, even the students at Hogwarts began to tremble from the cold.
Schelling, Daphne, and Astoria looked at the trembling others as if nothing had happened. The two sisters had already put on the temperature-controlled robes that Schelling bought for them. There were also many functions attached to it. Although it was not as good as the Supreme Wizard Robe, it was also a unique high-end product.Of course, Murray, who is in the Ravenclaw team, also has a set, so she is also an envied existence in Ravenclaw.
Draco pulled out his wand and quickly cast the "Cold Warming Charm" on several people around him, which made them feel a little better.
Xie Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, the "Cold Warming Curse" is not difficult to learn, but it is a very unpopular spell.In the original book, even with Hermione's erudition, she didn't learn it. She used the "Cold Fire Curse" (Cold Fire) to keep warm. The principle was to create a small blue flame, which could then be put into a small bottle and placed on her body to warm herself.
Draco's performance was becoming more and more incomprehensible to Schelling.
Sometimes, Schelling felt that Draco seemed to be a different person, whether it was the scheming or strength he showed, he had this illusion.But sometimes, Draco would turn back into the childish, pushy, yelling, trouble-shooting, normal-strength version of him again.
Just then, out of the darkness came a loud, odd sound toward them—a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, like a gigantic submarine moving along the shore.
The students were standing on the lawn slope overlooking the grounds, and could clearly see the calm, dark waters of the Black Lake—the first ripples on the surface, and then a sudden commotion, with huge waves crashing against the wet shore.
In the very center of the lake, a large whirlpool appeared, as if a huge plug was suddenly pulled out from the bottom of the lake.
A long black pole rose slowly from the eddy, followed by the rigging of the sail...
Slowly, a large and magnificent ship rose out of the water, shining brightly in the moonlight.It was eerie, skeletal in appearance, as if it were the wreck of a freshly salvaged ship, and the portholes shone with dim, misty lights that looked like ghostly eyes.At last, with a splash and splash, the ship emerged fully, bobbing on the choppy water, and began to drive towards the shore.
This is the legendary ghost ship!
The ghost ship, a famous legendary alchemy item, is as famous as the Three Reapers, the Philosopher's Stone, and the Mirror of Erised.
Schelling watched the ship with piercing eyes. As far as he knew, the ghost ship was a very high-end alchemy product. There were two such ghost ships in the wizarding world in the world. Apart from the Durmstrang ship, the other was the "Flying Dutchman" (Flying Dutchman), who wandered around the Caribbean Sea and made a name for himself.
This is not just an ordinary vehicle, it has extremely strong and comprehensive combat capabilities, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mobile fortress.
Schelling once heard that at the beginning of the [-]th century, the "Flying Dutchman" was favored by a high-ranking member of the Magical Congress of the United States. He once led a group of powerful Aurors in an ambush on the sea. However, before even seeing the real master, he was so frightened by a cannon fired by the opponent's magic cannon that he retreated without a fight.
And Schelling has always been skeptical that the ghost ship actually has the ability to fly into the air, otherwise why is it called "The Flying Dutchman"?
Even if Schelling's guess is wrong and the ghost ship can't take off, it's still a masterpiece.
Taking the ghost ship Durmstrang as an example, it is possible to carry out long-distance teleportation at least by using the water surface as a medium.Based on Schelling's knowledge of space magic, he could see that the principle was probably similar to that of the Floo Network, except that the medium was changed from fire to water.
This point alone is actually not simple. Most of the ground in this world is covered by water, and being able to shift shape on any water surface means that there are more places to go, and larger objects can also be transmitted through large water surfaces similar to freshwater lakes.In contrast, the Floo Network doesn't even know if it can teleport Hagrid!
Well, this seems to be a good research topic, Schelling suddenly thought-the original book seems to only mention that Hagrid rides the flying motorcycle and the knight bus. Could it be that Hagrid can't use the Floo network at all?
Convenience advantages aside, the Flying Dutchman has been able to remain lawless at sea for so long, apparently possessing modes of movement that the Ministry of Magic cannot monitor.In this way, the ghost ship's shape-shifting technology is completely separated from the floo network-so in addition to convenience, it also has the advantage of concealment.
This is why, even today, the magical regimes of various countries still have nothing to do with the "Flying Dutchman", and even the identity of its owner is still only a mystery.
In contrast, Karkaroff is too stupid to sit on a treasure mountain and not make good use of it.If he could develop followers who were loyal to him among the students, if he only relied on this ship and only wanted to escape, Voldemort, who could track the Dark Mark, might not be so easy to kill him.
He usually doesn't know how to be a servant, and it is rare for him to take a group of top students abroad to communicate with other magic schools. This is a great opportunity to build a relationship between teachers and students, but he chooses to enjoy it alone in the cabin and let the students act as coolies to steer the boat. No wonder no student felt sorry for him after his accident.
Well, it can be said that the only problem with the ghost ship is the operation problem. This is obviously not an alchemy item that can be operated by one person. Judging from the situation in Durmstrang, at least 12 people are needed to control it freely.
After the ghost ship dropped anchor and stopped, thirteen representatives of Durmstrang wearing thick fur cloaks walked down from the cabin slowly.Among them, an old man with white hair and a goatee at the front shook hands with Dumbledore enthusiastically—it seemed that he was the headmaster, Igor Karkaroff.
As the Durmstrang students approached, there was a small stir among the Hogwarts crowd.Obviously, someone recognized it. The Durmstrang student behind Karkarov was the famous chaser Viktor Krum in the Bulgarian national team.
After Dumbledore and Karkaroff finished exchanging greetings, the little wizards who were half dead from the cold could finally return to the warm hall.
Extra-curricular knowledge: The Flying Dutchman is the origin of the legend of the ghost ship. It often appeared in the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries. Every sailor believed that seeing a ghost ship meant disaster and death.In the Disney movie "Pirates of the Caribbean," the Flying Dutchman is set to be the ship of the villain Davy Jones.
——Thanks to Pudding Zhai for rewarding 500 starting coins, Xu Ning for rewarding 1500 starting coins, and everyone else who tipped, voted for recommendations and monthly tickets, I couldn’t be more moved!Thank you so much!
(End of this chapter)
