Chapter 870： stunned

Chapter 870 Dumbfounded

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

At this moment, there are still many seats vacant in the auditorium hall, and a large number of students are crowded at the entrance of the auditorium, waiting for Krum's signature. 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 refuse, but in the end he signed autographs for the enthusiastic girls one by one. It was not until Durmstrang finally chose to sit at the Slytherin table that he finally got rid of the enthusiastic fans.

Beauxbaton didn't have this problem. They chose to sit down at the Ravenclaw table. Albert felt that this might be related to the corresponding banner above the Ravenclaw table. There was no doubt that Beauxbaton They prefer blue, which is easy 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 a little gloomy. She felt embarrassed that a large number of Hogwarts students asked Krum for his signature, and the faces of other professors were also unnatural.

Only Principal Dumbledore was not affected, 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 beside Albert.

"Thank you for getting Krum's autograph. Those girls crowded there, it's really annoying." Fred was a little annoyed. Both he and George were kept out by the girls, so they couldn't Get Krum's signature in no time.

"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. According to the usual practice, Professor Dumbledore will give a short speech.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and - honored guests," Dumbledore stood up from his seat in the teacher's bench, and the noise in the auditorium gradually quieted down. "Welcome to Hogwarts, and 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'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, and there were more types of food. There were many delicacies from other countries, mainly France and Italy. Today's Hogwarts kitchen has added many new recipes because of the house-elf Bit.

"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 bouillabaisse. Most people are resistant to food they have never eaten before.

"The newly added food is undoubtedly prepared for our foreign friends. I dare say they are definitely not used to Hogwarts food." Albert is actually right, especially for the students of Beauxbatons , some of the food at Hogwarts is beyond words.

"Why?" Aliya asked puzzled.

“There are several major gourmet countries 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 Hogwarts house elves can make Italian pizza?" Shanna picked up an Italian pizza overflowing with cheese after finishing her bowl of bouillabaisse.

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

You will never see pizza in Hogwarts. Albert doubts that his house elves have taught the house elves in Hogwarts all the recipes they have learned.

"I think it's because you want to eat, so you send recipes to the house elves in the kitchen as Christmas gifts for them at Christmas." George couldn't help but spit. In fact, they had eaten pizza made by house elves a long time ago, and they had also eaten seafood pasta. They were all night snacks with Albert, and everyone gained a little weight.

"It's really like what you would do." Shanna didn't find it strange, probably because they also came from a Muggle family, 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 quite a few ordinary Hogwarts dishes left.

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

"It's really coming this way, I bet she knows 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 in fluent French, "Do you still want to eat this plate of miscellaneous fish soup?"

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

"She's so pretty."

"Hogwarts doesn't have such a beautiful girl!"

The girls around were obviously annoyed by the words 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." Aliya asked curiously.

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

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

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

"You're overthinking. She met Isobel before and knew that I have a girlfriend." Albert shrugged and said, "Besides, it's useless to seduce 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 dessert came after the meal.

"What is this?" George pointed at Bai Shengsheng's milk jelly, and helped Albert change the topic by the way.

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

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

"I personally recommend French brulee." Albert made himself a french brulee and introduced after taking a bite: "It tastes a bit like creme brulee, but the taste 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 tension gradually filled the auditorium.

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

Dumbledore stood up again under the expectant eyes of everyone, and first introduced Barty Crouch, Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic, and Ludo Bagger, Director of the Department of Sports and Sports of the Ministry of Magic, who were on the teacher's seat Man, and announced that they and the three principals will form the referee team for the Triwizard Tournament.

Barty Crouch's condition is not good, he looks very tired, no doubt the sequelae of being controlled by the Imperius Curse for a long time. Ludo Bagman also smiled reluctantly. Last month, he failed to pay back the money on time, which resulted in the goblin finding the temporary residence, and the goblin snatched away his salary a few days after he got it.

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

"This is also the tradition of the Triwizard Tournament." Albert was not at all surprised by this 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 quickly fell on the rough wooden goblet in Dumbledore's hand, and they all held their breath, for fear of missing every word Dumbledore said next.

"Every student who wants to run for 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 the process of becoming a warrior. method.

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 Lido raised his hand to press down, signaling for everyone to keep quiet: "Tomorrow night, which is the night of Halloween, the Goblet of Fire will select three school warriors."

Dumbledore waited for everyone in the hall to be quiet before continuing: "Finally, everyone must 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 persist 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 participate in all the battles." You must know why the Triwizard Tournament was suspended. Although we have taken sufficient safety measures, the competitions are difficult, and injuries are sometimes unavoidable."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, Ludo Bagman next to him couldn't help frowning, and Professor McGonagall gave him a hard look.

"This is not a child's play. Everyone must think carefully, and don't participate rashly. Because when you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, you will form a magical contract that must be obeyed, and 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 to violate the magic contract.”

Actually, 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.

These words are indeed cruel to the students, but sometimes when things are talked about, there won't be so many troubles.

"Okay, good night everyone."

Everyone stared at Dumbledore dumbfounded. It was really hard to imagine that the words just now came from their headmaster.

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

"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 when you have breakfast tomorrow."

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

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

If Albert signed up on the spot, he couldn't stop it at all, and the previously prepared plan would be completely reduced to a laughing stock.

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

"Is there something wrong?" Albert asked knowingly.

"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 no one was around.

"Go back first." Albert said to the three roommates. Of course he knew that this was a trap prepared by Peter and Barty Jr., but he would not just let Katrina be controlled by the Imperius Curse, and he was actually curious about what trap the other party had left for him?

After Albert and Katrina went to a place where no one was around, Katrina took out a small long box from his pocket.

"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 it was a surprise for you."

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

He glanced at the box in his hand, and when he opened it, he found a small bottle containing black tea, but...

"Use the Imperius Curse to control me, and then let me drink black tea mixed with a love potion?" Albert thinks Peter's plan is very good. If the effect of the love potion is strong enough, it can completely make him disappear for a day, a perfect miss Warrior selection.

"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, Albert came up with a bad idea, using a memory spell to modify Katrina's memory, making her think that she had drunk the love potion.

In order to prevent accidents, Albert also secretly confiscated Katrina's wand, and stuffed a fake wand into her hand. Then, he untied his body-binding spell.

"I like you, let's go on a date, okay?" Katrina froze for a few seconds, put her arm around Albert's arm, and leaned her head against it.

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

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

"Peter peeked at Katrina's memory?" Albert couldn't help frowning, he was a little worried that Peter was hiding in the Room of Requirement now, and it would be troublesome 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 open the Room of Requirement, and he was relieved after confirming that there was no one inside.

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 was the one who got the love potion, not Albert.

However, one thing is certain, Peter and Barty Jr. not only used the Imperius Curse to control Katrina, but also modified part of her memory to make her completely obsessed with herself, 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 him on the sofa and rode Albert, "Can you break up with Isobel, I can be your girlfriend, I can do for you what Isobel can do for you, and I can do the same."

Albert quickly used the Body Binding Curse to immobilize Katrina, lest the situation completely get out of control. He struggled to get up, and began to look for the powerful recovery potion that he brewed a while ago from the deformed lizard skin bag. After lifting the full-body restraint spell, he directly poured a large cup of the powerful recovery potion into the other party, and then used it on her again. Several powerful anti-curse spells.

Albert found that his test had taken effect, and Katrina shook her head in doubt, as if trying to get rid of the control of the Imperius Curse.

"are you OK."

Albert poured Katrina another cup of powerful recovery potion, let her drink it, and tried a few more powerful breaking spells. Katrina finally broke free from the control of the Imperius Curse and returned 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, buried her head in her knees, and she was too ashamed to speak up. Look at Albert.

"It seems that I have got rid of the control of the Imperius Curse."

Albert heaved a sigh of relief. Peter probably didn't intend to use the Imperius Curse to control Katrina for a long time, otherwise Katrina would never be able to break free of control so easily.

"That's not your fault, I should be the one to apologize." Albert reached out and touched Katrina's head, soothing her softly.

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

"I will keep it a secret, I promise." Albert said seriously, "I got you in trouble. The man used the Imperius Curse just to let you hold me back and prevent me from participating in the Triwizard Tournament."

"Hold you." Katrina was a little confused and didn't understand what Albert was saying.

"Use the love potion." Albert explained patiently, "That way, no one will notice that something is wrong. The other party obviously didn't want to alarm Dumbledore. For this reason, that person also modified part of your memory to make you like it crazily 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 took the handkerchief Albert handed over, wiped the corners of her eyes and asked, "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 very much hope that you can win the Triwizard Tournament for Hogwarts?"

"His goal is definitely not me. He probably wants someone to win the championship. I suspect it is Harry. We will find out tomorrow, if Harry really becomes a warrior." Albert poured out Katrina again. Drink a potion.

"What's this?"

"Sedatives can stabilize your mood." Albert explained, "I need to check your memory and restore those tampered memories to normal. This should have been done by Isobel. She is responsible for this expert. But I think you probably don't want her to know about it!"

"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 and said, "When the time comes, I will teach you Occlumency."

"If Professor Moody really did this, what are you going to do?" Katrina asked through gritted teeth.

"First find out what the guy's purpose is. To be honest, I suspect that the current Professor Moody is a fake, maybe even a Death Eater in disguise. The purpose of sneaking into Hogwarts should be to harm Harry. Albert directly told Katrina his guess, "If you want, we can send him to Azkaban, or modify his memory to turn him into an idiot like Lockhart."

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

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(end of this chapter)