Chapter 368
Chapter 368 Choose Again? Final decision!!
“Madame Maxim!”
When Fleur de la Cour saw her headmaster, she reported, “They say this little boy is going to participate too!” ”
Madame Maxime was very tall, her head was about to touch the hanging lamp on the roof, she arched her body slightly, looked at Harry, looked at Dumbledore with dissatisfaction, and asked, “What is going on, Dumbledore?” ”
Kakarov, who was beside him, also had a dark face and shouted disapprovingly, “Dumbledore, you have to give us an explanation!” When will the host school have two players in the Triwizard Tournament? ”
“Let’s calm down!”
Dumbledore waved his hand in reassurance, then stared straight at Harry and asked, “Harry, have you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?” ”
“No, Headmaster, I didn’t do it!”
Harry replied with an uneasy look in his eyes.
“Hmm, he’s lying!”
Karkaroff said with a sneer.
“Then did you find someone else to help you put it?”
Dumbledore asked again.
“Nothing!”
Harry reacted violently.
But Karkaroff and Madame Maxim snorted coldly, expressing disbelief.
Kakarov said directly and dissatisfiedly: “Dumbledore, it seems that the age line you set is not very effective!” First a student under the age of 17 easily crossed your age line, and now a thirteen-year-old is a contestant! Are you kidding? ”
“I’m fourteen!”
Harry glared at Karkaroff and corrected.
“It doesn’t matter!”
Karkaroff ignored Harry’s emotions and shouted,
“Since Hogwarts has two players, we have to pick another one to be fair!”
“Yes, we require two contestants from every school! Otherwise Bustton would have quit this game! ”
Madame Maxim also said arrogantly.
“It’s impossible, folks, the Goblet of Fire has been extinguished, and it won’t be able to rekindle the Goblet of Fire until the next tournament is held!”
Barty Crouch had a cold expression and said word by word like a repeating machine, “And the selected players have signed a contract with the Goblet of Fire and must participate in the whole game, otherwise they will be eaten by default!” ”
“Is that it! Have two players at Hogwarts in the race? It’s not fair! ”
Madame Maxim said with great dissatisfaction.
“Harry is only fourteen years old, everyone knows that the Triwizard Tournament is very dangerous, often either dead or injured, this time his name inexplicably appeared in the Goblet of Fire, someone must have wanted to take this opportunity to kill him!” 」
Moody didn’t know when he would appear, stood behind Harry, and said angrily, looking worried about Harry.
“Arbus, is there really no way out?”
Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore with a worried look on his face, “Harry is only fourteen years old, he is still too young!” Like Alastor said, someone had orchestrated Harry to be a contestant, which was obviously ill-intentioned! We can’t put him in danger! ”
“Sorry Minerva, the Goblet of Fire has been extinguished, which is equivalent to having signed a contract, and I can’t lift it!”
Dumbledore shook his head in regret and then looked at Harry, “Now the solution is for Harry to finish the game and then adapt.” ”
“So that’s the decision? The host school has two contestants! ”
Karkaroff said angrily, “This is ridiculous! We won’t stop! This is a naked humiliation of us! It’s a fair tradition of breaking the triple finals! ”
“What can you do?” Karkaroff! ”
Moody leaned over to him, stared straight at him, and said sarcastically, “Do you think that by becoming durmstrang’s headmaster, you’ll be able to forget who you once were!” I’m staring at you!” ”
Karkaroff was horrified by Moody’s disgusted look, and barely held up a fake smile and said, “What are you talking about?” I don’t understand! ”
“A companion who betrays…”
Moody stared at him deadly and said sarcastically.
“Well, Alastor, we’re talking about the contestants!”
Dumbledore interrupted Moody, then he looked at the crowd and said, “Now that the facts have been decided, it seems that we can only make Harry the fourth player, I wonder if you have anything to say?” ”
Madame Maxim and Kakarov did not speak, but after a cold snort of dissatisfaction, they pulled their respective students to the side.
The others didn’t object, and Professor McGonagall looked at Harry with a worried look on his face, as if he were going to die at any moment.
“There seems to be no objection, right?”
Bagman looked pleased, rubbed his hands, and said to the crowd, “Then let’s get started now!” ”
He looked at the four selected players and said with a smile: “There are four players for the first time in history, but this does not affect the competition procedure.” Now I’m going to give you instructions, Barty, are you interested in helping? ”
But Barty Crouchmu stood aside and was silent and did not answer.
Bagman, obviously accustomed to this, announced to the four: “The first task is to test your guts, of course I will not tell you what the task is, after all, facing an unknown task also requires courage, so this is a part of the game.” ”
“The first task will be carried out on November 24, in front of the arithmetic referee and the audience. Moreover, during the competition, the contestants cannot get help from the teacher and need to complete the competition independently. Information for the second task cannot be obtained until the first task is completed. Well, that’s all I’ve said, Barty, do you have anything to add? ”
Barty Crouch shook his head coldly, indicating that there was nothing to add.
Having said that, tonight’s business was over, and he didn’t have to wait until he wanted to invite everyone to his office for a cup of tea, but apart from Bagman’s interest, Crouch said that he wanted to rush back to the Ministry of Magic, and Karkaroff and Madame Maxim had already pulled their respective contestants and left the small room.
“Harry and Peter, you should go to sleep.”
Dumbledore smiled and looked at them, “I think your classmates should be waiting to celebrate with you.” ”
Harry looked at Peter, who had not spoken, saw him smiling at himself, and left with him.
The lobby was empty, everyone had gone, only the faint candles above and the starry sky, and the surrounding area seemed a little dim.
“Well, we’re competitors, Harry.”
Peter smiled and said to Harry.
Harry looked at Peter’s smiling expression, and he plucked up the courage to explain, “Peter, believe me, I didn’t put my name in the Goblet of Fire!” ”
I believe in you, Harry. Peter said with a smile.
