Chapter 279 Negotiation
Seeing Ludo's subtle little action, Wright nodded slightly in response.
After receiving the response, Ludo smiled even more brightly and said excitedly:
“This year, in this competition, there will not only be three warriors, but there will be one more.”
"There are four of the Three Warriors. What a beautiful surprise!"
After the simultaneous translation by the portraits, Krum, the only one who did not understand English, was the same as Cedric and Fleur.
They all looked at Light and Harry who had just entered with surprise and confusion.
"It's none of my business. I'm just a passerby who came here with the fourth warrior!"
Seeing their puzzled looks, Wright immediately made way and pushed Harry out.
Before Harry could speak to the warriors, the door was opened again.
Under the leadership of Dumbledore, Old Barty and Professor McGonagall...
Karkarov and Maxim, who both looked grim, also entered the small room.
"Dumbledore, how do you explain the addition of a champion?"
"Don't try to deny it. Apart from you, who else here has the ability and reason to influence the Goblet of Fire?"
Karkaroff was the first to question, staring at Light and Harry with cold eyes.
"Don't keep pestering me, you old bastard! I always said it was me..."
Before Wright could finish his words, Dumbledore interrupted him in a gentle voice:
"Karkaroff, you know I'm not that kind of person, and if I were to cheat it wouldn't be so obvious."
"Besides, you and I both know how dangerous the competition is. I have no reason to let a child participate."
"If I want, I can play in person!"
"I don't care about that. I just know that there are two contestants in Hogwarts now, which is against the rules."
Karkaroff avoided the issue of the selection for the Goblet of Fire and went straight to Dumbledore's violation of the rules.
Maxim, who had been watching from the sidelines, did not join the argument, but looked at Ludo and Old Batistuta:
"Mr. Bagman, Mr. Crouch, you need to make the most fair judgment."
Ludo stroked his chin and directly agreed that Hogwarts violated the rules:
"Indeed, normally there can only be one warrior per school, so this is indeed against the rules."
But he paused, then changed the subject and said with a distressed expression:
"However, now that the contract between the Goblet of Fire and the warriors has been reached, he must participate according to the regulations."
"Bagman is right, and this could just be an accident!"
"We can't stop the entire game because of an accident."
There was no change in Crouch's expression, but what he said was a complete acknowledgment of the occurrence of the incident.
Looking at the Ministry of Magic officials who were obviously biased towards their own people, Karkaroff gritted his teeth and said word by word:
"Okay! I think you two are in the same group. Don't try to trick me with an accident."
Maxim saw that something was not right, so he stepped forward and tried to save the country:
"Since this was an accident, we should make up for it!"
"To be fair, I suggest using the Goblet of Fire again and continue to select a warrior from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang."
After Maxim finished speaking, Ludo said with a smile: "I'm afraid that's not possible!"
"Ms. Maxime, the Goblet of Fire has gone out and entered hibernation. It will have to wait until the next competition to be activated again."
Before Karkaroff and Maxim could refute, Ludo looked at Dumbledore and said slowly:
"Principal Dumbledore, the Goblet of Fire went wrong under your supervision. Can you make amends?"
"compensate?"
Maxim was stunned when he heard this, completely confused as to why Bagman mentioned compensation.
Although Karkaroff is old and experienced, his eyes flicker, and he wonders if he is involved in some political struggle!
While both of them were confused, Ludo continued to pave the way for the next step:
"Principal, I know you got a batch of alchemical props, which can help your school win the championship."
"Can you hand it over for us to see?"
Maxim, sensing an opportunity, suddenly brightened up and quickly agreed with Ludo:
"Yes! Headmaster Dumbledore, we need some compensation to keep the game fair!"
Light, who was observing everyone, saw that Karkaroff had not expressed his opinion for a long time, so he directly called on Light Bird No. 2 to take action.
A streak of light, invisible to the naked eye, quickly flashed behind Karkaroff who was thinking, and a confusion spell was cast.
Driven by magic, Karkaroff showed an excited expression and echoed:
"Yes, yes... We need to make up for it, otherwise we won't be able to continue this competition."
Dumbledore, who was surrounded by the crowd, glanced at Wright who had taken back the bird of light, and said slowly:
"In that case, then let it be as you wish!"
Having completed the task, Ludo looked at Wright respectfully, who was smiling, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Karkaroff and Maxim, who didn't expect to get compensation so easily, couldn't help but light up their eyes.
They were looking forward to seeing what good things this most powerful wizard would come up with.
Even old Barty and Professor McGonagall were full of curiosity.
Not to mention Harry, Cedric, Krum and Fleur, who are all children at a curious age.
Under the gaze of everyone, Dumbledore took out four silver cylinders and threw them into the air, turning them into balls of light.
He pointed at the ball of light floating in the air, and said slowly to the inquiring eyes of the crowd:
"This is an extremely high-end alchemical tool I borrowed, called 'Spirit Bird'."
"Originally, I wanted to give them all to the warriors of Hogwarts."
"Now, let's take one each!"
Then, Dumbledore explained the full function of the "Spirit Bird".
"What? You said it can automatically track, cast spells, defend, and project what it observes in real time?"
After listening to Dumbledore's explanation, Karkaroff had a 'are you kidding me' expression on his face.
It wasn't just him. All those who had never seen a spirit bird showed varying degrees of suspicion and disbelief in their eyes.
However, Dumbledore did not make too many excuses and directly followed the method given by Light.
Infuse the light ball with sufficient magic power and activate the basic program of the 'Spirit Bird' so that it can move even without a patronus.
"Bah!!!!"
With Dumbledore's sufficient supply of magic power and meticulous operation.
The four spirit birds moved around the small room like flowing lights, chasing each other.
At lightning speed, dozens of silver rays of light appeared in the eyes of everyone.
Looking at the spirit birds moving at such a high speed, strangely, they did not cause any ripples at all.
Harry looked at the familiar streamer and couldn't help but look at Wright who was smiling.
