Hogwarts Reading Days

Albert bypassed the crowded students, walked into the auditorium, and sat down at the long Gryffindor table.

At this moment, there are still many seats vacant in the auditorium hall, and a large number of students are crowded at the door looking for Krum's autograph.Mr. Star was also very depressed, because he found that the Hogwarts students seemed to know that he would come, and they had prepared quills and parchment for him to sign in advance.

Krum wanted to say no, but he ended up signing autographs for the enthusiastic girls one by one. It wasn't until Durmstrang finally chose to sit down at the Slytherin table that he finally got rid of the enthusiastic fans. them.

Beauxbaton didn't have this problem. They chose to sit down at the Ravenclaw table. Albert felt that this might have something to do with the corresponding banner on the Ravenclaw long table. There was no doubt that Beauxbaton They prefer blue, which is not difficult to see from their carriages and school badges.

"Look at Professor McGonagall's expression!" Shanna motioned Albert to look at the teacher's seat.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall's face was gloomy. The way Hogwarts students asked Krum for his autograph made her feel embarrassed, and the faces of other professors were also unnatural.

Only Dumbledore was unaffected, still smiling and chatting with Mrs. Maxim on the left.

"I got Klum's signature." Lee Jordan excitedly announced the good news to everyone after sitting down next to Albert.

"Thank you for getting Klum's autograph. Those girls crowded there, it's really annoying." Fred was a little annoyed. Both he and George were blocked by the girls and couldn't get it. Krum's signature.

"Don't worry, Krum still needs to stay in Hogwarts for a long time, and you will always have a chance to get his autograph." Albert comforted casually.

After all the students were seated, the welcome banquet officially began, and Dumbledore would give a short speech as usual.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and — honored guests," Dumbledore said as Dumbledore stood up from his teacher's seat, and the auditorium gradually fell silent. "Welcome to Hogwarts. I hope and believe that you will find yourself comfortable and happy here."

"The Triwizard Tournament will officially begin at the end of the banquet." Dumbledore raised his glass to everyone and said, "Now let's eat and drink to our heart's content, just like in our own home!"

As soon as the words fell, the plates in front of them were piled up with food as usual. There were more types of food, and there were many delicacies from other countries, mainly France and Italy. The Hogwarts recipes were because of Albert The house-elf relationships have increased quite a bit.

"If I were you, I would try those new dishes." Albert pointed to the new dishes.

"Is it tasty?"

Following Albert's example, Fred made himself a bowl of bouillabaisse. Most people were somewhat resistant to food they had never eaten before.

"The newly added dishes are undoubtedly prepared for our foreign friends. I dare say they are definitely not used to the Hogwarts dishes." Albert was actually right, especially for the students of Beauxbatons Some of the dishes at Hogwarts are hard to describe.

"Why?" Alicia asked incredulously.

"There are several countries with great food in the world, and France is one of them. If you stay in such a country, you will naturally have higher requirements for food."

"Actually, I'm even more curious that the house elves in Hogwarts can make pizza?" Shanna picked up a piece of Italian pizza overflowing with cheese after finishing her bowl of bouillabaisse.

"Well, I sent some cookbooks to the house elves in the kitchen last time."

There is absolutely no pizza at Hogwarts, and Albert doubts that Beet the house-elf has taught the house-elves at Hogwarts the recipe he learned.

"I think it's because you want to eat, so you send recipes to the house elves in the kitchen at Christmas." George couldn't help complaining.In fact, they had eaten pizza made by house elves a long time ago, and they also had seafood pasta. They all took advantage of Albert's supper, and everyone gained a little weight.

"It's really like what you would do." Shanna didn't think it was strange, maybe because they were also from Muggle families, and many of their views were different from wizards born in the wizarding world.

"I agree with you, these foreign dishes taste really good."

After a while, several plates of foreign dishes were emptied, and even the last piece of pizza went into Lee Jordan's stomach. On the contrary, there were still a lot of ordinary Hogwarts dishes left.

"Look over there, that girl seems to be coming this way." Lee Jordan touched Albert with his elbow, motioning him to look up at the beautiful woman.

"It's really coming this way, I think she must know Albert." Fred and George widened their eyes in surprise.

When Albert raised his head, he saw a beautiful silver-haired girl coming from not far away, standing in front of him, and said to Albert in fluent French: "Do you still want to eat this dish of miscellaneous fish soup? "

Albert looked around and pushed the plate to the other party: "You take it, and welcome to Hogwarts."

"She's so beautiful."

"Hogwarts doesn't have such pretty girls!"

The girls were obviously annoyed by what they said just now, and they sarcastically said: "You just stare at others like this, you look like a bunch of idiots."

When the silver-haired girl passed by, many boys turned their heads and looked at her stupidly.However, the girls were relieved that Albert was not influenced by the other party, and was not attracted by the other party's appearance at all.

"You know her." Alicia asked curiously.

"I've seen it before, but I'm not familiar with it." Albert paused, and added, "Her name is Fleur Delacour, and she is said to be a very good wizard. I think Beauxbaton's warrior should be her .”

"I didn't expect you to think so highly of her." Angelina was a little unhappy.The girls didn't like that woman.

"I think she was trying to seduce you just now." Shanna said suddenly.

"She has met Isobel and knows that I have a girlfriend." Albert shrugged and said, "Besides, she is useless even if she seduces me."

"You have a wide range of friends." Fred said bitterly, "The two American girls in the last World Cup were also very beautiful."

"Those two met at the Potions Tournament, and one of them is Isobel's pen pal, the kind who has a very good relationship." Albert noticed that the dessert came after the meal.

"What is this?" George asked, pointing to a piece of white milk jelly, and helped Albert change the topic by the way.

"It should be panna cotta." Albert noticed a lot of sweets on the table,

"Which one tastes better?" asked Shanna.

"I personally recommend French brulee." Albert pointed to a dessert and said, "It tastes a bit like creme brulee, but the taste will be richer, and the panna cotta is also very good."

Albert made himself a French toast and began to taste it slowly.

After eating the sweets, everyone looked at Dumbledore, and a mood of excitement and tension gradually filled the auditorium.

After the food on the golden plate completely disappeared, the banquet was officially over.

Dumbledore stood up again in the eyes of everyone's expectations. He first introduced Barty Crouch, Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic, and Ludo Bagman, Director of the Department of Sports and Sports of the Ministry of Magic, and announced that The two of them and the three principals formed the referee team for the Triwizard Tournament.

Barty Crouch was not doing well, looking tired, no doubt the aftereffect of being under the Imperius Curse for a long time.Ludo Bagman also smiled reluctantly. He failed to pay back the money on time last month, which resulted in the temporary residence being found by the goblin. The goblin snatched away his salary within a few days after he got it.

"I think this referee team is very unreliable. Dumbledore may be able to be fair, but the principals of other schools will definitely favor their own players," Shanna doubted whether the referee team could maintain fairness.

"This is also part of the tradition of the Triwizard Tournament." Albert was not surprised by such a result.

While the two were chatting, Filch, who hadn't known where he had been hiding since just now, put a large wooden box inlaid with jewels in front of Dumbledore.

Everyone's eyes fell on the rough wooden goblet that Dumbledore took out from the wooden box, and they all held their breath, for fear of missing every word Dumbledore said next.

"Every student who wants to be a warrior must write his name and school name on a piece of parchment and throw it into the Goblet of Fire." After Dumbledore introduced the method of becoming a warrior to everyone.

Looking at the wooden cups with blue and white flames burning in front of them, the students began to whisper.

"Tonight, I will put the Goblet of Fire in the foyer, and all students who are willing to participate in the election can put their names in it. Remember, students who want to become warriors must sign up within 24 hours." Dumbledore raised He pressed his hand and signaled everyone to keep quiet: "Tomorrow night, that is, the night of Halloween, the Goblet of Fire will select warriors from three schools."

After Dumbledore waited for everyone in the hall to quiet down, he continued: "Finally, please pay attention to two things: First, I will set an age limit - underage wizards cannot cross this boundary."

"Second, once you are selected as a warrior by the Goblet of Fire, you must persevere to the end of the game." Dumbledore's expression became very serious, "You can think that even if you lose a leg in the game, you must complete the game with a cane All competitions. You should know why the Triwizard Tournament was suspended. Although we have taken adequate safety measures, the competitions are difficult, and injuries are sometimes unavoidable."

After Dumbledore said these words, he was stared at by Professor McGonagall.

"This is not a child's play, everyone must think carefully, and don't participate rashly. Because when you throw yourself into the Goblet of Fire, you will form a magic contract that must be obeyed, and there is a price to be paid for violating the magic contract , don’t ask me what the price is, I can only say that no warrior can afford to violate the magic contract.”

In fact, these words were inspired by Dumbledore's previous words from Albert. He knew very well that sometimes the more you don't let them participate, the more other students will rack their brains to participate.

What he said was indeed cruel to the students, but sometimes these things should be said, and there would be less trouble.

"Okay, good night everyone."

Everyone stared at Dumbledore dumbfounded. It was really hard to imagine that the words just now came from the principal's mouth.

The buzz of discussion instantly sounded in the auditorium, and Dumbledore's words made many eager students give up and die.

"Are you going to sign up now?"

Fred took out a quill and parchment from his pocket and handed them to Albert.

"Don't worry." Albert glanced at Moody and said with a smile, "Just sign up at breakfast tomorrow."

In fact, he really wanted to throw his name into the Goblet of Fire right now, making little Barty's previous preparations a joke, but doing so was too boring.

Professor Moody was really taken aback just now. If Albert signed up on the spot, their plan would be completely reduced to a laughing stock.

When Albert and three roommates left the auditorium, they saw Katrina standing at the door.

"What's wrong?" Albert asked.

"Well, can you come with me for a while, Isobel has something for me to pass on to you." Katrina said, then turned and walked towards a place where there was no one else.

"You go back first, I have something to deal with." Albert said to his roommate.Of course he knew that this was a trap set by Peter and Barty Jr., but he wouldn't just let Katrina be controlled by the Imperius Curse, and he was actually curious what the trap they set for him would be?

Albert followed Katrina to places where no one was around, and Katrina took out a small long box from his pocket and handed it to Albert.

"What is this?" Albert asked suspiciously.

"I don't know." Katrina shook her head and said, "Isobel asked me to give it to you, saying that it was a surprise for you."

"Surprise, is there anything else?" Albert looked up at Katrina who was immobilized by the Body-Binding Curse, "Is this trying to use the Imperius Curse on me?"

Albert ignored Katrina and glanced at the box in his hand. There was a small bottle inside the package. After Albert opened it, he found that the bottle contained black tea, but..."

"Is this a plan to use the Imperius Curse to control me, and then let me drink black tea mixed with a love potion?" Albert felt that Peter's idea was good. If the effect of the love potion was strong enough, it could completely make him disappear for a day , Perfectly missed the selection of the Warriors.

"What should I do next?" Albert suddenly had a headache and how to end it. He must pretend to be missing now, but where is Peter planning to hide them?

So, he came up with a bad idea, using a spell to modify Katrina's memory, making her think that he had successfully made Albert drink the love potion.

In order to prevent accidents, Albert also secretly confiscated Katrina's wand, playing with a fake wand in her hand.

Then, he untied his body-binding spell.

"I like you, let's go on a date, okay?" After recovering, Katrina put her arms around Albert's arm and leaned her head against it.

"Okay, where do you want to go." Albert said gently.

"There is a place on the eighth floor that is very suitable for a date." Katrina took Albert directly to the eighth floor and went straight to the Room of Requirement.

"Peter peeked at Katrina's memory?" Albert frowned. He was a little worried that Peter was hiding in the Room of Response, and it would be a trap if he went in and was attacked by the other party.

"I know how to use this place, let me do it." Albert said, he took the initiative to try to get a room, and he didn't have to breathe a sigh of relief when he found that there was no one in the Room of Response.

As soon as the two of them entered the Room of Requirement, Katrina started leaning on Albert again. Those who didn't know it thought she had taken the love potion, not Albert.

However, one thing is certain, Peter not only used the Imperius Curse to control Katrina, but also modified some of her memories to make her completely obsessed with him, otherwise Katrina would never be like this.

"If Isobel finds out, don't go crazy." Albert just raised his wand and was about to try to help Katrina get rid of the control of the Imperius Curse, but the girl had already thrown her down on the sofa and rode On Albert, "Can you break up with Isobel? I can be your girlfriend. I can do the same for you as Isobel."

Albert hurriedly restrained Katrina to prevent the situation from getting out of control, and then found a strong recovery potion that he brewed a while ago. After the whole body restraint was lifted, he directly poured a large cup of strong recovery potion into her, and then And used several powerful spells to break the curse on her.

Albert saw Katrina shaking her head in doubt, she seemed to be trying to get rid of the control of the Imperius Curse.

"Are you okay?" Albert poured her another cup of powerful recovery potion, poured it down, and tested a few more powerful cracking spells, Katrina finally broke free from the control of the Imperius Curse, and re- Back to normal.

"I...how could I be here." Katrina was still a little dazed when she first recovered, but she seemed to remember something, her ears were red, she huddled up in a ball, buried her head in her knees, she was ashamed and dared not Look straight at Albert.

"It seems that you have escaped the control of the Imperius Curse." Albert heaved a sigh of relief. It seems that Peter did not plan to use the Imperius Curse to control Katrina. It is absolutely impossible for Katrina to break free so easily.

"That's not your fault, I should be the one who should be sorry." Albert reached out and touched Katrina's head.

"Don't tell Isobel." Katrina suddenly raised her head and said, there were still a few tears in her red eyes.

"I'll keep it a secret, I promise." Albert said seriously, "I caused you and others to use the Imperius Curse, and that person just wanted you to hold me back and prevent me from participating in the Triwizard Tournament. "

"Hold you." Katrina was a little puzzled.

"Use the love potion." Albert explained patiently, "that way no one will notice something is wrong, and he didn't want to alarm Dumbledore. For this reason, I suspect that he also modified part of your memory to make you crazy like it Fuck me so that using the love potion on me becomes reasonable."

"But... why did you stop you from participating in the competition, and..." Katrina asked after taking Albert's handkerchief and wiping away her tears, "Do you know who used the Imperius Curse on me?"

"Professor Moody, although there is no evidence, I think it should be him."

"Professor Moody, why did he do this? Doesn't he really want you to win the Triwizard Cup for Hogwarts?"

"His goal is definitely not me. It's probably to let someone win the championship. I suspect it's Harry. I'll find out tomorrow if Harry really becomes a warrior." Albert poured a cup of magic to Katrina medicine.

"what is this?"

"Sedatives can stabilize your mood." Albert explained, "I need to check your memory and restore those modified memories to normal. Isobel should have come here, she is responsible for this Expert. I guess you don't want her to know about it, though!"

"Is there really a way to make one person like another person more?" Katrina was a little confused.

"It can be done by implanting false memories." Albert nodded, "When the time comes, I will teach you Occlumency again."

"If Professor Moody did it, what are you going to do?" Katrina gritted her teeth and asked

"First find out what the guy's purpose is. To be honest, I suspect that guy may be a counterfeit, or even a Death Eater. The purpose of sneaking into Hogwarts is to harm Harry." Albert said directly He speculated, "If you want, we can modify his memory, or turn him into an idiot like Lockhart."

"I think a permanent bed in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Wounds and Injuries is more suitable for him than the prison in Azkaban." Katrina's eyes flashed with hatred.She almost just now... If Albert... She really doesn't know how this matter will end.