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

At this moment, there were still many empty seats in the auditorium, and a large number of students were crowding at the entrance of the auditorium, waiting for Krum's autograph. Mr. Star was also very depressed, because he found that the students at Hogwarts seemed to know that he would come.

, actually prepared a quill and parchment in advance for him to sign.

Krum actually wanted to refuse, but in the end he signed autographs to the enthusiastic girls one by one. It was not until Durmstrang finally chose to sit down at the Slytherin table that he finally got rid of the enthusiastic fans.

Beauxbatons did not have this problem. They chose to sit down at the Ravenclaw table. Albert thought this might be related to the corresponding banner above the Ravenclaw table. There was no doubt that Beauxbatons

They prefer blue, which can be easily seen from their carriages and school badges.

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

At this moment, Professor McGonagall's face was a little gloomy. She felt embarrassed that a large number of Hogwarts students came to Krum for autographs. The other professors' expressions were also unnatural.

Only Principal Dumbledore was not affected, still smiling and chatting with Mrs. Maxim on the left.

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

"Thank you for being able to get Krum's autograph. Those girls are crowded over there. It's really annoying." Fred was a little annoyed. He and George were blocked by the group of girls and couldn't get in on the first day.

I got Klum's autograph in no time.

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

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

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and distinguished guests," Dumbledore stood up from the teacher's chair, and the noise in the auditorium gradually became quiet. "Welcome to Hogg.

Watts, I hope and believe that you will find yourself comfortable and happy here."

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

As soon as they finished speaking, the plates in front of them were piled with food as usual. There were more types of food, and there were many delicacies from other countries, mainly France and Italy. Today’s Hogwarts kitchen is because of the small family

A lot of new recipes have been added in relation to Elf Bits.

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

"Is it tasty?"

Fred imitated Albert and made himself a bowl of French fish soup. Most people are resistant to food they have never eaten.

"The new food is undoubtedly prepared for our foreign friends. I dare say they will not be used to the food of Hogwarts." Albert was actually right, especially for Beauxbatons students.

, some of the food at Hogwarts is really hard to describe.

"Why?" Aaliya asked puzzledly.

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

"Actually, I'm more curious that the house elves at Hogwarts can actually make Italian pizza?" After finishing her bowl of French fish soup, Zannah picked up a piece of Italian pizza filled with cheese.

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

You will never see pizza at Hogwarts, and Albert is very suspicious that his house elves have taught all the recipes they learned to the house elves at Hogwarts.

"I think it's because you want to eat, so you give recipes to the house elves in the kitchen as Christmas gifts to them at Christmas." George couldn't help but complain. In fact, they had eaten house elves a long time ago.

The elf made pizza and also ate seafood pasta. These were all late-night snacks made by Albert, and everyone gained a little weight.

"It's really like what you would do." Zannah didn't find it strange, maybe because she also came from a Muggle family, and many of their views were different from those of wizards born in the magical world.

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

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

"Look over there, the girl seems to be coming this way." Lee Jordan touched Albert with his elbow and motioned for him to look up at the beauty.

"Come this way, I bet she knows Albert." Fred and George's eyes widened in surprise.

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

Albert looked around and pushed the plate to the other party: "Welcome to Hogwarts."

"She is so beautiful."

"There are no such beautiful girls at Hogwarts!"

The girls around were obviously annoyed by what they just said, and they sneered rudely: "You just stare at others stupidly 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 affected by the other party and was not attracted by the other party's appearance at all.

"Do you know her?" Aaliya asked curiously.

"I've seen her before, but I'm not familiar with her." Albert paused and added, "Her name is Fleur Delacour. I heard she is a very good witch. I think the Beauxbatons warrior should be

That's her."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I didn't expect you to think so highly of her." Angelina was a little unhappy. None of the girls liked that beautiful woman.

"I think she just wanted to seduce you." Shanna said suddenly.

"You are overthinking. She has met Isobel before and knows that I have a girlfriend." Albert shrugged and said, "Besides, it is useless even to seduce me."

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

"Those two met at the Potions Championship. One of them is Isobel's pen pal, and they have a very good relationship." Albert noticed that dessert had arrived after the meal.

"What is this?" George pointed to the white blancmange and helped Albert change the subject.

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

"Which one is more delicious?" The girls are all very interested in foreign sweets.

"I personally recommend the French toasted brulee." Albert got himself a French toasted brûlée. After taking a bite, he introduced: "It tastes a bit like caramel pudding, but the texture will be richer. Of course,

The panna cotta is also very good.”

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

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

Dumbledore stood up again in the expectant eyes of everyone, and first introduced Barty Crouch, Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic, and Ludo Bagge, Director of the Department of Sports and Sports of the Ministry of Magic, who were sitting on the teacher's seat.

Man, and announced that they and the three principals would form the judging panel for the Triwizard Tournament.

Barty Crouch's condition is not good, he looks very tired, which is undoubtedly the sequelae of being controlled by the Imperius Curse for a long time. Ludo Bagman also smiled reluctantly and failed to pay back the money as scheduled last month.

As a result, the temporary residence was found by goblins, and the goblins robbed me of my salary just a few days after I got it.

"I think this judging panel is very unreliable. Dumbledore may be able to be fair and impartial, but the principals of other schools will definitely favor their own players," Shanna said, questioning whether the judging panel could remain fair.

"This is also the tradition of the Triwizard Tournament." Albert was not surprised at all by this result.

While the two were chatting, Filch, who had been hiding somewhere since before, placed a large wooden box inlaid with jewels in front of Dumbledore.

Everyone's eyes soon fell on the rough wooden goblet in Dumbledore's hand, and they 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 parchment and throw it into the Goblet of Fire." Dumbledore pointed to the goblet in front of him and introduced everyone to become a warrior.

method.

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

"Tonight, I will place the Goblet of Fire in the hall. All students who are willing to participate in the election can put their names in. Remember, students who want to become warriors must sign up within twenty-four hours."

Lido raised his hand and pressed it, signaling everyone to keep quiet: "Tomorrow night, which is Halloween night, the Goblet of Fire will select the warriors from three schools."

Dumbledore waited for everyone in the hall to quiet down before continuing: "Finally, everyone has to pay attention to two things: First, I will set an age line, and underage wizards cannot cross this line."

"Second, once you are selected as a warrior by the Goblet of Fire, you must persevere in the game to the end." Dumbledore became very serious, "You can think that even if you lose a leg in the game, you must use crutches to finish the whole competition.

You must know why the Triwizard Tournament has been suspended. Although we have taken adequate safety measures, the competition events are very difficult, and injuries are sometimes unavoidable."

After Dumbledore said these words, Ludo Bagman next to him couldn't help but frowned, and Professor McGonagall glared at him fiercely.

"This is not a child's play. You must think carefully and don't participate rashly. Because when you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, a magical contract will be formed that must be observed. Violating the magical contract requires payment

The price, don’t ask me what the price is, I can only say that no warrior can afford the price of violating 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 want to participate.

These words are indeed cruel to the students, but sometimes if you talk things out, there won't be so much trouble.

"Okay, good night to everyone."

Everyone looked at Dumbledore in stunned silence, it was hard to imagine that the words just now came from their headmaster's mouth.

The buzz of discussion instantly rang out in the auditorium, and Dumbledore's words made many students who were eager to try give up on committing suicide.

"Are you going to sign up now?"

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

"No need to worry." Albert glanced at Moody and said with a smile, "Just sign up during breakfast tomorrow."

He really wanted to throw his name into the Goblet of Fire right now and make Barty's previous preparations a joke, but it was too boring to do so.

Noticing Fred's actions, Professor Moody's heart suddenly fell to the bottom.

If Albert signed up to participate on the spot, he would not be able to stop it at all, and all the previously prepared plans would be completely turned into a laughing stock.

When Albert left the auditorium with his three roommates, he saw Katrina standing at the door waiting for him.
To be continued...