Chapter 116: Top 3 Tournament

The Sorting Hat seemed to fall into a brief silence, and it lasted for nearly a minute...
This is not uncommon. For some students who are difficult to make a decision, the Sorting Hat needs to spend a little time thinking or consulting the other party's opinions; when Jon attended the Sorting Ceremony two years ago, it took dozens of seconds. .
"Gryffindor!" A minute later, only the Sorting Hat shouted.
Jon couldn't help but breathe...
Fortunately, she was not assigned to Hufflepuff, otherwise she might not be able to study quietly for a year!
The little girl's expression looked a little unhappy, and when she arrived at the long table in Gryffindor, when Hermione Granger shook hands with her, she looked glum.
With the end of the branching ceremony, Professor Dumbledore announced: The banquet has officially begun!
On the Hogwarts Express, Jon could not eat anything at all and was a little hungry.
Now, he did not hesitate to feast on it!
While eating a large steak in his mouth, he listened to Ernie McMillan showing off over there:
"This year Hogwarts will have a very intense brand new event, internal news..."
On the other side, Zacharias Smith is talking with Cedric Diggory about the World Cup:
"Ireland seeker Lin Qi is so stupid that he can be played twice in the same way; Cedric, I think you are better than him, I can be 50-50 with him..."
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As the banquet ended, Dumbledore began to introduce the school's precautions to the freshmen.
For example, the Forbidden Forest is not accessible to students, and Hogsmeade Village is not allowed to be visited by students under the third grade...
Jon suddenly realized that he was in third grade, and the Hogsmeade admission form signed by his parents was now in his suitcase, so... he could already go to Hogsmeade.
It is the only pure wizarding village in the UK, and there is also a prosperous wizarding street.
More importantly, you can freely communicate with the outside world when you get there...So you don't necessarily need to wait until Christmas to make further progress on your plan!
Just as Jon was thinking, the door of the auditorium was opened, and the "Mad Eye Moody" who took the train to Hogwarts with them appeared at the door...
He strode into the auditorium and exchanged a few words with Dumbledore; then he sat in the vacant seat of the teacher's bench and at the same time took out his curved water bottle and took a few sips of the contents.
When Dumbledore introduced Moody as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, he and Hagrid were the only ones applauding in the entire auditorium.
"In the coming months, we will be very honored to host an event that has always been very exciting. This event has not been held for more than a century... I am very happy to tell you that the Triwizard Tournament will be held this year Hogwarts." Dumbledore continued his previous speech.
"Are you kidding?" some students who didn't know the truth shouted in surprise.
"Of course it's not a joke!" Dumbledore continued: "But since you mentioned joking, I heard a very funny joke: It was about a troll, a dominatrix, and a dwarf. They all entered. The same pub..."
"Puff..." Jon covered his mouth to avoid laughing.
He suddenly remembered that just half a year ago on Christmas, Hagrid, McGonagall, and Flitwick entered Mrs. Rosmerta’s tavern together... Then this joke, is his principal very dark-bellied? !
The Hufflepuff students next to him all looked at him with strange eyes.
"Is it funny?" Hannah Abbot asked curiously.
"Nothing..." Jon concealed his smile quickly.
When he raised his head, he found Dumbledore's gaze as if he had swept this way once.
Of course it may be his illusion!
Professor McGonagall interrupted Dumbledore, and Dumbledore began to introduce the Triwizard Tournament.
Very simple format, three magic schools in Europe: Hogwarts, Boothbatten and Durmstrang. Each school selects a warrior, and then three warriors compete in three magic projects.
The final winner will be the champion of the Triwizard Tournament.
In addition, Dumbledore also announced that the representatives of Boothbarton and Durmstrang will arrive at the school in October; in addition, students under the age of 17 are prohibited from registering for this highly dangerous event.
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Many people seem to be quite dissatisfied with the latter provision.
For example, Zacharias shouted aggressively: "Why, I think any student is qualified to represent Hogwarts...not just by age."
Jon felt that even if Zacharias was chosen, he would be scared to pee when he encountered the first challenge dragon.
"Cedric... Cedric's birthday is in September, and he will be 17 years old by then!" someone shouted.
The eyes of countless Hufflepuff students turned to Cedric Diggory, as if he had become the hope of the whole village.
In fact, the choice of the Warriors in the Triwizard Tournament is quite narrow... Only 7th grade students and a very small number of 6th grade students are allowed to participate ~EbookFREE.me~ only the percentage of top students in Hogwarts There are dozens of people selected, really can't choose any outstanding warriors...
Cedric is really countless few outstanding candidates, but unfortunately at the end of this game is not an honor, but death!
As Professor Dumbledore announced the end of the banquet, Jon stood up and stretched lazily.
With many Hufflepuff students, he was about to return to the Hufflepuff common room.
The fat, monk-like ghost suddenly flew in front of him and blocked his way.
"What's the matter, monk?" Jon asked in surprise.
"Jon... Professor Dumbledore asked me to send you a letter!" The fat monk lowered his voice and said, "If you are not sleepy now, you can go to his office with the same password as the end of last semester."
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