The Admiral of Hogwarts

Dear Dad, Mom, and Sister, I'm doing very well here in Japan. I've successfully completed two competition events, and the overall results are very good.

Professor Halsey is taking great care of me, and the organizers are also doing their best to provide logistics for every participant, so I don't have to worry about food, clothing, accommodation, or transportation here.

Because I finished the competition content ahead of schedule, I've been reading in the library during my free time these past few days. During this process, I discovered some interesting things in the library of the Japanese magic school.

Under normal circumstances, the books used by wizards are usually written in their native language, but the Japanese magic school is completely different in this regard.

For example, in the ordinary section of the library, only 1/3 of the books are purely in Japanese, while the remaining 2/3 are half in Chinese and half in English, but all have Japanese translations and annotations next to them.

— Oh, right, now there's only the last competition left. According to the organizers, during this time, we will have several days to sightsee and shop in the Japanese magical world.

So if you have anything you want, you can write to me and let me know. When the time comes, I can help you buy some things that you can't buy on our side.

I hope to return and reunite with you as soon as possible. Hugo

After carefully reading the letter several times and making sure there were no mistakes, Hugo dropped the letter into the mailbox next to the magic school's hall.

Unlike Hogwarts, the magic school doesn't have an owl tower because the usable area is very precious. Instead, those lovely messengers are uniformly raised in a building on a reef not far from South Iwo Jima.

So, if the students here want to mail letters, they need to write the letter and drop it into the mailbox located on campus, and then the zashiki-warashi, similar to house-elves in the school, will mail these letters out.

After mailing the letter, Hugo and Enterprise met in the auditorium and sat down. According to the original competition rules, the end of the second competition should be announced at noon today, and the content of the third competition should be notified in advance.

Sure enough, when it was time for lunch, a group of disheartened contestants walked out of the auditorium. Obviously, they should be those contestants who failed to complete the competition.

After everyone was seated, the auditorium suddenly became noisy. Whether they passed the competition or not, almost everyone was discussing matters related to the previous competition.

Because Enterprise was by his side, Hugo also used her extraordinary hearing to figure out the main reasons for the failure of this group of losers.

Those who were selected to participate in this competition were all elites. No one was eliminated because they couldn't understand the runes on the golden egg, but there was a huge difference between understanding and being able to handle it.

For example, a large part of these losers were eliminated because they failed to decipher the complex runes on the surface of the golden egg shell in time.

Among the remaining people, some were careless after opening the golden egg and did not check the entire golden egg. So they took the small glass bottle containing the secondary Philosopher's Stone and went straight out of the front door.

The other part of the people discovered the hidden metal container, but were racking their brains because they didn't know how to open it, until the time was up.

Of course, the most unique of those who failed to pass the second competition was that Durmstrang student. Although after a series of negotiations, he was at least not sent to a Japanese wizard prison for using dangerous dark magic.

But correspondingly, he needs to pay three times the amount of the loss to compensate for the loss and atone for his sins. In addition, most of the remaining Durmstrang students were also eliminated.

Although their level in alchemy is indeed good, their habit of using dark magic after understanding the meaning of the words on the metal container directly put them on the blacklist.

After all, this is an international competition, so you must also pay attention to complying with various laws and regulations during the competition. Although casting the three Unforgivable Curses on people is not a very serious crime, it is by no means something that can be used without restraint.

Therefore, these Durmstrang students who are good at using various dark magic spells fell into a big pit here. With the exception of one student, all the other participants from the same school were wiped out.

On the contrary, the students of Beauxbatons, may be because they do have enough advantages in this regard, so in this competition, their overall pass rate was second only to Hogwarts.

Of course, there is a very important reason for this situation is that there is only one participant from Hogwarts, Hugo, so passing is 100%, and not passing is zero.

Not long after everyone arrived, the official from the Federation came out to announce the number of people who passed this competition. Compared with the extremely low elimination rate in the previous competition, this competition eliminated about 60% of the people.

Therefore, in the end, including Hugo, only six people passed this competition. In addition to Hugo himself, the remaining passers were an alchemist apprentice from Egypt, a Durmstrang student, and three Beauxbatons students.

"— The next competition will be held in a week and will be a five-day outdoor competition." After announcing the list of players who had passed the competition, the official from the Federation announced.

"Those who pass the competition will each receive 300 Galleons. During this time, you will need to use this money to purchase alchemy raw materials and make various alchemy tools or alchemy potions to prepare for the next competition."

"And in the subsequent competition, you will need to rely on those alchemy tools you have made to live in the wild for five days. Of course, you can use your wands during this process, but using wands to cast spells will affect your score —"

Unlike the post-match banquet of the previous game, the atmosphere of this post-match banquet seemed a lot more subdued. After all, compared with the previous game, this game eliminated too many people.

"What should we do next?" After finishing their meal as quickly as possible, Hugo and Enterprise walked out of the auditorium together.

After all, in a situation where the overall atmosphere is not good, even if Hugo and the others are indeed happy in their hearts, they have to suppress their inner emotions to avoid causing dissatisfaction among others.

"We can go to nearby Ginza Town to buy things. This is the second largest magic commercial district in Japan." After looking at the list that was issued earlier, Enterprise made a decision. "I think other people should go there to buy things too."

Early the next morning, Hugo and Enterprise arrived at the magic school's pier early. Just like Hogsmeade, Ginza Town was also built relying on the magic school.

Even because the age of admission to the magic school is seven years old, the students' needs are even more extensive than similar schools.

However, when they arrived at the pier, they were surprised to find that this small pier, which was usually not crowded during holidays, was now full of people. It could be said that almost all of the contestants and accompanying teachers had arrived here.

Seeing the bustling pier, Hugo was stunned at first, but quickly figured out the reason.

For those who were screened out, the competition is now over, so they just have enough time to purchase some Japanese specialties and appreciate the local customs.

And for those who still need to continue the competition, purchasing the items needed for the next competition as soon as possible is also a must.