Chapter 265 Banquet
After everyone arrived in the auditorium, the Beauxbatons students took their seats at the Ravenclaw tables. They sat down as if curious about Hogwarts Castle, looking around the Great Hall with sullen expressions on their faces. Three of the classmates still wrapped their heads tightly in scarves and headscarves.
It's not that cold, said Hermione disapprovingly. Why don't they wear capes?
They probably came straight from the school. As far as I know, Beauxbatons is in the south of France, and the temperature there is much higher than here. I think they wrapped themselves so tightly that they may not be adapted to the climate here. Why? Ryan explained.
That's right, it's no wonder Durmstrang's students are dressed so thickly. It must have snowed in the north. Hermione showed an understanding expression.
Ron was busy making a seat on the side, and he wanted Hermione to move. After finding out, Ryan quickly stopped: Don't be busy, we and Hufflepuff are full, and those guests have to choose to sit at a table with fewer people like Ravenclaw or Slytherin.
Ron was initially unconvinced, but soon Durmstrang's students chose to sit on Slytherin's side. After seeing Krum talking to the Slytherin students, Ron could only grumble bitterly.
After all the students had entered the auditorium and were seated at their respective college tables, the faculty members all came in, and they filed down to the guest seat and sat down.
Finally, the three who sat down were Professor Dumbledore, Professor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime. It is worth mentioning that the students of Beauxbatons stood up as soon as they saw their headmaster appear. The prudence made several Hogwarts pupils laugh - but Beauxbatons' representatives were not at all embarrassed until Lady Maxime took a seat at Dumbledore's left. Sit down again. Dumbledore remained standing, and the auditorium gradually quieted down.
It seems that those French people are very strict in etiquette and have strong organizational discipline. But this is very disciplined and not French at all. Ryan complained silently when he saw this scene.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and—especially—VIPs, Dumbledore began to speak at this time, looking at the foreign students with a smile, I am with great sympathy. Joy, and welcome to Hogwarts. I hope and trust that you will be comfortable and happy here.
A Beauxbatons girl, still wrapping her head tightly in a scarf, gave a sneer that was no doubt sarcastic - well, Lane decided to take back what he said before, it was extremely disrespectful to make such a sound when a respected old man was speaking . He estimated that the French students stood up purely out of conditioned reflexes. This can only be said that the headmaster of Beauxbatons is doing a good job, not that the French people have changed as he thought.
The Tournament will officially begin at the end of the banquet, said Dumbledore. I now invite everyone to eat and drink as much as they like at home!
It's finally dinner! Ryan praised Professor Dumbledore from the bottom of his heart.
The plates in front of them were piled with food as usual again - many of which were clearly foreign classics, and it was clear that the house-elves in the kitchen had gone to great lengths to complete them.
What is this? Hermione asked, pointing to a hodgepodge platter on the table.
Ah, this is Smokebo, Ryan said after glancing at the plate. Fortunately, he saw this on his last trip to Northern Europe. It's a platter of smoked herring, smoked salmon, liver purée, sausage, sliced meat, pickles, salad and cheese.
A great appetizer from the Swedish side. You can try it.
Really good, said Hermione, after tasting a piece of smoked herring with a fork.
After more than 20 minutes of the banquet, something went wrong. A silver-haired Beauxbatons girl came to get the French fish soup, and Ron responded like an idiot.
It's a shame, hasn't he seen a beautiful woman? Hermione complained softly when she saw this scene. It happened that Ron's voice came from there: There is no such person at Hogwarts!
After hearing this, Ryan admired Ron's courage extremely. After all, Ryan would not dare to offend all the girls in the school in one go. Anyway, the girls who heard this sentence looked at Ron with hostile eyes, even his sister Ginny. Harry moved slightly to the side at this time, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with him.
Seeing Hermione whose face became a little unsightly next to her, Ryan quickly pulled her and said, There is no need to be angry because of others, and Ron is only affected by magic. When the girl came over just now, I felt a similar charm to the holiday. The magic reaction of the baby. By the way, I also tested a hidden magic by analyzing the magic power on them.
This is what Ryan only remembered after seeing this mixed-race Veela just now. After seeing the natural ability of Veela, Ryan also tried to transform this ability into magic, but unfortunately failed. But in the end, he reversely researched a magic named Little Transparency: after releasing this magic on his body, he will lose most of his attractiveness. The biggest use of this magic is to make people around you ignore you.
Ryan began to explain the new magic to Hermione. Sure enough, what attracted Hermione the most was all kinds of knowledge. The rest of the banquet was spent discussing while the two of them ate.
After the last dessert, the plate came back clean. At this time, Dumbledore's voice suddenly sounded, covering the entire auditorium.
The moment has finally come, the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. I want to explain a few words before I bring the box in—
After the introduction of the two Ministry of Magic officials who had just arrived, the venue became restless. Because under the order of Dumbledore, Filch was holding a large wooden box inlaid with jewels, and then carefully placed the box on the table in front of Dumbledore
The specifics of the Warriors' game this year have been carefully reviewed by Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman, Dumbledore said as Filch laid out the box. They also made a lot of the necessary arrangements for each project. There are three projects in all, at different times throughout the school year, and they will test the warriors in many different ways...
The auditorium fell silent as Professor Dumbledore spoke, and everyone seemed to stop breathing.
—The person responsible for selecting the warrior is a fair selector, and it is the Goblet of Fire. Just as Ryan was trying to recall the details of the items in the original novel, Dumbledore's speech had ended.
After introducing the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore drew his wand and tapped the lid of the box three times. The lid creaked open slowly. Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, rough-hewn wooden goblet full of throbbing blue-and-white flames.
It seems that the protagonist of this school year has appeared, and Ryan stared at the Goblet of Fire on the stage and thought, he just wondered whether Harry would become a warrior now that the plot changed.
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