A few minutes later, the chaotic sorting ceremony finally returned to normal under the auspices of Professor McGonagall, who had caught the students back.

The new students participated in the sorting one after another, and the speed became faster than ever.

The sorting hat was obviously angry.

As soon as each student put it on his head, it would shout out the college to which the new students were assigned in a moment, without thinking at all, and the sorting ceremony was over quickly.

Dennis was sorted into Gryffindor as he wished, and Andy didn't recognize the rest of the new students.

"Except Andy! None of you understand the art of classification!"

At the end of the sorting ceremony, when Professor McGonagall took it away with a dark face, the Sorting Hat shouted unwillingly.

This made the Ravenclaws look at Andy one after another, and suspicious eyes followed. Andy's expression was normal. It was impossible for anyone else to know what he said to the Sorting Hat.

Dumbledore didn't care so much. He walked to the podium and coughed twice.

His voice was instantly heard. It became large enough to cover every corner of the auditorium, allowing everyone to hear clearly.

Dumbledore opened his hands and said with a smile:"Eat."

The next second, countless plates suddenly appeared on the long table, filled with food.

Everyone started eating at the same time, except Qiu Zhang.

Andy put a piece of rosemary grilled lamb chop on his own On the plate, he asked:"Why don't you eat? Qiu

Zhang was about to cry but had no tears:"I'm a little full...forget it, I'll just treat it as losing weight.""

She ate most of the snacks Andy brought.

Andy thought for a moment and cut some pieces of meat on the cold plate for Qiu Zhang:"The ham is cold and has no calories. Eat it.

Qiu Zhang picked up the fork in confusion:"Really?" So you won’t gain weight even if you eat ice cream?

Andy nodded while eating:"If you eat like this every day, you won't lose weight to death.""

The food was quite exquisite. After everyone had enjoyed the dessert, Dumbledore once again stood in front of the podium and said loudly:"Welcome every new student to join us. Before the dinner and the singing of the school song, I have one more thing to announce."

"Due to time constraints, I will keep this short."

"There will be no Quidditch Cup competitions this school year."

Dumbledore's words aroused huge doubts

"What?!"

"This is impossible!"

"Do you know what you are talking about?!"

The players from various colleges looked at Dumbledore in disbelief.

"that is because——"Dumbledore continued,"This academic year, Hogwarts will host a large event that will occupy the professors' attention, but I guarantee that everyone will have fun.——"

Before he finished speaking, the door of the auditorium suddenly opened.

A wizard with a grim expression, gray hair, and wearing a dark robe and coat walked in forcefully.

His face was covered with scars, his nose was missing, and one of his eyes was embedded with a fake eye, which was whirring and moving, looking extremely scary.

Qiu Zhang saw the man's face and said in surprise:"Mad-Eye, Alastor Moody?"

"My mother told me about him. He is the most legendary Auror. How could he appear in Hogwarts?

Andy said:"There is an empty seat on the professor's chair. That is probably reserved for him.""

The appearance of Moody made everyone hold their breath and dare not make a sound.

Even if you don't know Moody or know his name, you can understand just by looking at his dignity that he is definitely a ruthless person. Without even looking at the others, Moody walked straight to Dumbledore, whispered a few words to Dumbledore, and then they shook hands. Moody crossed the podium and sat in the empty seat on the far right of the professor's chair. superior

"Let us welcome with a round of applause the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Professor Alastor Moody."Dumbledore said.

There were only a few, sparse applause. Dumbledore and Hagrid, who returned to the professor's chair, applauded gently. After realizing that they were in the minority, they both put down their hands knowingly.

Dumbledore Lido continued:"As mentioned just now, this school year, Hogwarts will host the long-awaited Triwizard Tournament."

"This is a competition jointly held by the three magic schools of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. It was forced to stop for many years due to too many deaths."

"Now, our Ministry of Magic believes that the time has come for this ancient game to be revived"

"In October, the principals of the other two schools and the warriors they selected will come to Hogwarts together. At that time, the Triwizard Tournament will officially begin. Our professors have done a lot of work to ensure the safety of the contestants."

"Warriors representing their schools will compete for the winner of the Triwizard Tournament and a prize of one thousand galleons.

Someone at the Gryffindor table shouted in surprise:"Are you kidding?"!"

No one laughed at him, because everyone else was also very excited.

Not only the prize of one thousand galleons, but also because of the reputation of the Triwizard Tournament.

The history of the Triwizard Tournament is seven hundred years old, and many people She grew up listening to the stories of previous warriors.

Qiu Zhang's eyes widened and she looked at Andy in surprise.

She didn't expect that what Andy told her on the train actually came true.

Said:"Do you have any other gossip that you can tell me?

Andy said:"No more, really no more.""

Andy knows a lot of things. For example, Professor Moody is disguised as a Death Eater named Barty Crouch Jr.

For example, his infiltration into Hogwarts was ordered by Voldemort, who wanted to do something to the Goblet of Fire. Hands and feet, take Harry Potter away.

But can this be said?

Besides, it's not just a rumor.

Andy has already made up his mind. Andy himself and Qiu Zhang's family acted as if they didn't know anything.

After teasing a few words, Dumbledore said to the students in the entire auditorium:"I know you are all eager to win the Triwizard Tournament, but please. Please note that only students over the age of 17 are allowed to register for this competition."

"This is a necessary safety measure. The competition we set up is definitely not something that students below the sixth or seventh grade can handle."

"So if you are not over seventeen years old, please don’t waste your time signing up."

As soon as these words came out, there was a wailing inside the auditorium.

This age limit means that the vast majority of students cannot register for the competition.

Dumbledore said with a smile:"Okay, it's time to go to bed now, I must ensure that everyone Everyone can walk into class full of energy, now everyone should go back to the common room!"

""Let's go!"

After Dumbledore finished speaking, the students walked out of the hall, making a lot of noise, and headed for the common rooms of their respective colleges.

Qiu Zhang followed Andy.

When they first entered school, all freshmen had to go to the common room under the leadership of a class leader and get to know the way.

Since they were going the same way, Qiu Zhang simply went with Andy.

Along the way, the focus of everyone's discussion was of course the Triwizard Tournament and the new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Moody was a very powerful Auror when he was young. Now that he has retired, his reputation remains undiminished.

Quite a number of dark wizards were captured by him and sent to Azkaban.

Even Qiu Zhang was no exception. She said a little worriedly:"I once heard my mother mention Mad-Eye. I heard that his style of doing things is particularly cruel."

"He is a very good Auror, but I don't know if he is a good teacher."

After talking for a while, Qiu Zhang found himself talking to himself.

Seeing that Andy didn't respond, Qiu Zhang turned around and asked,"What are you thinking about?"

Andy said casually,"I'm thinking about how to participate in the Triwizard Tournament."

Qiu Zhang said,"Didn't you hear what Professor Dumbledore said just now? Only students over the age of seventeen can register."

"How come you are just like the Weasley twins from Gryffindor? They were the most angry when the age limit was announced."

"Professor Dumbledore will definitely use magic to restrict this, so don't do the same as them."

Andy smiled and said,"This shows that we have great ambitions."

Qiu Zhang looked at Andy helplessly, waved his hand and said,"It's up to you. In fact, I still hope that you can become a warrior of Hogwarts, even though it's impossible."

Qiu Zhang thought Andy was joking, but in fact, Andy was really thinking seriously about how to participate in the Triwizard Tournament.

The reason was very simple.

The prize money for the champion was a full one thousand Galleons! If

Andy wanted to achieve financial freedom in the short term, he had to find a way to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. This was the most direct way Andy could think of.

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