NOVEL NEXT Chapter 125
The next evening, in the Great Hall.
Dumbledore stood alone beside the Goblet of Fire, and there were many young wizards in the audience.
Suddenly, the flame of the Goblet of Fire suddenly changed color, and a piece of paper popped out of it.
Dumbledore took it, opened it, took a look, and said loudly: "Viktor Krum!"
A sturdy man with a shaved head and wearing a red robe from Durmstrang walked up and stood on the high platform next to Dumbledore.
Crackling!
Another piece of paper.
"... Fleur Delacour!"
Thorne raised his eyebrows, and Draco beside him was a little confused.
"What's wrong?"
"Forget it, I think we should still give people some necessary respect and be polite, you know." Thorne shrugged.
"The third warrior, from Hogwarts, Thorne Black!"
At this moment, Hogwarts' home advantage finally came in handy, for example, the applause at the scene was very enthusiastic.
Thorne also walked up, looking at the other two warriors with indifferent eyes.
Crackling!
Thorne's heart skipped a beat, there is something fishy about Hogwarts!
As expected.
"Harry Potter, please come forward!" Dumbledore said in a deep voice, holding the note with a sullen face.
"Dumbledore, what's going on?" Karkaroff asked.
".........The Goblet of Fire was confounded, and Harry represented the fourth non-existent academy." Dumbledore put his hand on the Goblet of Fire and explained.
"Heh... a fourth-grade little wizard, how could anyone deliberately plot against him?" Maxim snorted.
"Harry Potter is much more famous than you... Ms. Giant." Thorne couldn't stand Dumbledore's good temper, he didn't have much quality, so he said directly.
"You! You! I just have a bigger frame! Dumbledore, this is your good student!" Maxime broke through his defense and roared at Dumbledore.
"I advise you to apologize to Madame Maxime!" Fleur, who was standing next to Krum, also scolded with a sullen face.
Thorne glanced at her and sneered: "A human-animal hybrid, do you have the right to speak? Or is Beauxbatons a famous hybrid school in Europe? I remember that your school doesn't have this nickname?"
"You!"
"Don't move! Ms. Delacour, I sincerely suggest that you don't move." Harry, who was standing next to Thorne, felt the eager murderous intent beside him. In order not to bleed on this happy day, he quickly spoke.
"What? I'm not afraid of two against one!" Fleur drew out her wand and whispered.
"No, no, no, don't you realize that Mr. Krum is far away from you?" Harry said.
"What do you mean?" Fleur looked at Krum who was far away from her.
"...The killing intent is so strong! And there is a terrifying aura of dark magic. I don't think you can stop it." Krum said faintly.
".... Hum!"
Dumbledore on the other side finally fooled Karkaroff and Maxim with his persuasion. As for Harry's matter...
It's done. There's nothing we can do.
"Okay, four warriors, follow me." Lupin led the four people to a room deep in the corridor.
Two people in the room had been waiting for a long time. Ludo Bagman and Barty Crouch had met in the box of the Quidditch World Cup.
Ludo Bagman began to explain the rules of the Triwizard Tournament in front of the four people. The other three people, including Harry, listened very seriously, but Thorne kept his eyes on the two of them.
It was not until Ludo Bagman finally finished the first paragraph that he spoke: "Mr. Black, I think you should also know that you are different from them, so if you have no hostility towards me, please don't look at me like this, I am a little... panicked."
Harry's family knows their own business, while Krum and Fleur are a little confused as to why a fourth-year wizard is feared by officials of the Ministry of Magic.
Thorn looked at Ludo Bagman and although he did not look like a dark wizard, he did not completely rule out his suspicion, but still set his sights on another person, Barty Crouch.
This guy is better than Ludo Bagman. Sitting in a chair in the corner, he noticed Thorne's gaze and simply closed his eyes and acted like an ostrich. He could not see anything, which was a pity.
"Okay, warriors, get ready for the first challenge on November 24th. Should we go too?" Ludo Bagman said to Barty Crouch.
"Let's go, Harry. Maybe you can go out to welcome the applause, although it is belated." Thorne patted Harry on the shoulder and said.
"I don't think so." Harry said with a grimace..
"It's not your fault. You didn't do anything wrong." Thorne rolled his eyes and noticed a majestic figure walking towards him.
"Viktor Krum, nice to meet you." Krum extended his hand to Thorne in English with a German accent.
"Thorne Black." Thorne also extended his hand and shook it.
"Harry Potter." Harry did the same.
"Fleur Delacour." Fleur on the other side saw that she would be isolated if she didn't go over, so she quickly showed a polite smile and first found Krum who seemed to have the least conflict with her and extended her hand.
"Hello."
"Harry Potter."
When it came to Thorne...
"If you really feel embarrassed, you don't have to extend this hand." Thorne looked at Fleur, who stood in front of him with a stiff expression and didn't extend her hand.
"That's right, you won't accept my favor anyway, vicious racist!" Fleur said bluntly.
"Whatever you say." Thorne rolled his eyes, and the three headmasters outside the door had almost finished their negotiations. They all went into the room and took their students away, leaving only Thorne and Harry... and Dumbledore.
"Any ideas?" Dumbledore asked.
"Maybe... Crouch, there is no evidence, I just think this possibility is more likely." Thorne said.
"Crouch is a radical to the Death Eaters." Dumbledore replied.
"Hmm... just treat it as a hunch, don't take it too seriously. Karkaroff is also a possibility, wasn't he a Death Eater before." Thorne shrugged.
"That... what are you talking about?" Harry raised his hand and asked weakly.
"There is an outsider who sneaked into Hogwarts. It is that outsider who threw your name into the Goblet of Fire. The purpose may be to assassinate you during the competition..." Thorne replied casually.
"... My God... the peaceful campus life is gone."