Chapter 584: Conflict between the principals

"Is that so?" Hermione glanced suspiciously at Ivan, but didn't say anything, because the other little wizards were also curiously looking there.

After Ms. Maxim talked with Dumbledore, she left the carriage and took the students of Boothbatton to the castle to rest.

Hogwarts professors and students continue to wait for Durmstrang's personnel to arrive.

The sky gradually darkened, and the cold wind became more and more bitter. Just when Ivan and others were a little impatient, a strange voice was faintly coming from a distance.

The sound sounded like someone was beating a drum that leaked, accompanied by a slight sucking sound.

"Ah, it seems that Karkaroff has finally arrived!" Dumbledore shouted happily.

"Where is it?" Ron looked around, then up to the sky, but there was nothing nearby.

Ivan stared at the Black Lake closely. The surface of the originally calm lake suddenly became restless at this moment. A huge spray was turned up, and the waves hit the wet lake shore.

A large whirlpool appeared in the center of the Black Lake. A thing that looked like a flagpole was slowly rising from the center of the whirlpool, followed by the high flying sails. The last huge sailboat rushed directly out of the water, splashing everywhere The splash is like a light rain.

Ivan looked up at it. The exterior of the ship looked very old, even a bit dilapidated, like the remains of a sunken ship that had just been salvaged.

On the portholes, you can see the misty dim light, shining in the dark. If there are a few more skeleton pirates on the deck, it will be almost like the ghost ship in the Muggle story.

As we sailed all the way, within a few minutes, the big boat slowly stopped on the shore of the lake. With a muffled noise, a solid wooden board stretched out from the boat and landed on the shore of the lake.

A group of tall and mighty wizards walked down from the ship along the wooden planks. They were uniformly dressed in thick fur cloaks, covering their bodies, and they took off their hoods one after another until they got closer.

Headed by a tall and thin old wizard, he has short white hair, a thin chin with a small curly goatee, and a pair of cold and sharp eyes, but when he is near Dumbledore They showed exceptional enthusiasm.

"Meet again, my dear old buddy! How are you doing? How are you?" The old wizard laughed and stretched out his hand, his voice was round and sweet.

"I'm fine, thank you, Professor Karkaroff." Dumbledore reached out and shook his hand.

Karkaroff shook his hand for a few seconds before releasing it, turning his head to look at the towering Hogwarts Castle, and said with emotion. "Ah, Hogwarts! It's great here... I regret not coming sooner!"

"It's not too late, isn't it? You have to stay here for several months, so you can go shopping..." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Yes, this year's Triwizard Tournament is going to be going on for a long time." Karkaroff nodded, and then he slapped his head and turned to look at the students behind him.

"Oh, having said that, I almost forgot... Wiktor, come here, get warm, don't be cold..."

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy came out of Demstrang’s students. He looked very sturdy, with the coat of arms of the Bulgarian team painted on his cloak.

Krum next to him is also looking at Ivan, the happy expression on his face has been put away, and it has turned very dignified.

He knew very well that his task was arduous. He needed to represent Demstrand overwhelming Hogwarts and Boothbatten, winning the Triwizard Tournament and establishing Demstrang's reputation!

But Krum has also read the Nordic Times report and knows that Ivan is the Merlin Medal winner, and the gold content of this heavy identity is higher than that of his well-known Quidditch player!

Although all the thoughts in his mind drifted away, Krum looked personable on the surface, he took the initiative to step forward and said hello.

"Hello, Hals, it's nice to meet you. I saw a report about you in a column, and it said you got a second-level Merlin Medal, right?"

Hearing this, Ivan's face became a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, Krum, Principal Karkaroff, I think your information may be wrong..." Ivan said hesitantly.

"Is it a report error?" Krum was stunned and asked subconsciously, and he was even more relieved.

Karkaroff's expression also eased a lot, he smiled and said comfortingly. "Haha... it doesn't matter, I understand the nature of those newspapers, they always exaggerate things habitually..."

"No, Principal Karkaroff, I mean your news is out of date. I am now the winner of the Merlin Medal of the First Class!" Ivan corrected.

Professor Karkaroff's smiling face suddenly froze, and there was no response for a long time.

"Yes... Is it? That's really amazing..." Krum also stammered for a long time, and the words seemed to be squeezed out of his mouth abruptly.

"Wait, Albus... I remember that the first class Merlin Medal will be awarded to wizards who have made significant contributions to the magical world. How could they... how could they be given to a fourteen-year-old child?" Karkaroff Somewhat unbelievable, he suspects there is an inside story!

"Yes, because of Hals, the Merlin Knights made a rare exception!" Dumbledore said with emotion, and after a pause, he continued.

"Because he not only researched out the wolf's poison potion that can keep the werewolves sober, but also solved a big problem in the magic world he also caught a Death Eater who had been hidden for many years at the end of the school year. By the way, I corrected a major mistake made by the Ministry of Magic!"

When talking about Death Eaters, Dumbledore deliberately increased his tone.

Karkaroff's face changed.

Ivan's thoughts moved, and then he remembered that Karkaroff was also a Death Eater, or that kind of traitor who betrayed Voldemort in the great trial more than ten years ago, and provided a large list of Death Eaters.

Thinking of this, Ivan mumbled to himself that Dumbledore was not an ordinary bad, digging into other people's pain points.

On the bright side, Ivan was polite and polite. He sighed and said very modestly. "Actually, I just did some small work, which is really ashamed..."

The corners of Karkaroff's mouth twitched, and Dumbledore looked at him playfully, waiting for Karkaroff's response.

Karkaroff opened his mouth, trying to say something, but in the end he closed it again, and it took a long time to say a word from his mouth. "The wind is a bit strong today, let's get in the house quickly!"