The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Percy looked extremely excited to return to Hogwarts on behalf of Mr. Crouch, and his red and shiny ears proved his mood. At this moment, Percy, who had returned home in glory, was trying his best to participate in any conversation at the staff table.

As Percy's teacher, the deans except Snape were willing to give him this face and had a great time chatting with him. For them, it is also a good thing to have a good reputation when a student they know is re-employed by the Ministry of Magic just after graduation.

Professor McGonagall from Gryffindor House is the happiest one. Percy, a student at her house, returned to Hogwarts today as a representative of the Ministry of Magic, making her speak in a two-note high tone with joy.

"This year's opening ceremony seems to be a little earlier than the historical competition?"

"That's right," Percy would continue to talk as soon as he started talking, to show his status in the Ministry of Magic. "Originally, we planned to hold the opening ceremony in accordance with the historical Triwizard Tournament format. It’s Halloween, but this year’s competition is slightly different from previous years. Overall—”

Percy suddenly closed his mouth because he noticed that Mrs. Maxim and Professor Karkaroff were still chatting on the surface, but in fact they had turned their attention to him.

Although Percy likes to show off what he knows, he is not a fool. On the contrary, he is very smart. A stupid person cannot be qualified for the positions of prefect and student council president. Percy was really green before, but that was just due to lack of practical experience. The few months he spent working at the Ministry of Magic after graduation had tempered him, allowing Percy, the "head student," to lose his immaturity and become a qualified Ministry of Magic bureaucrat.

Want to get information from him? wishful thinking!

"Come to think of it, it turns out that this is the perspective from the faculty chair to the audience." He changed the topic abruptly, and the other professors were also happy about it, and they all started to joke with Percy.

"Actually, we can clearly see your little moves from above..." Professor McGonagall tilted her body and told Percy what she had discovered.

After the first dishes disappeared, desserts arrived on the table.

A plate of Danish pastries happened to appear in front of Tom, so he took two of them onto his plate without any ceremony.

Danish puff pastry is a kind of puff pastry bread and a local specialty dessert in Denmark. The puffy and crispy puff pastry is wrapped with various fresh jams. When you bite into it, the puff pastry will rustle in your mouth, and the fresh fruit will appear in it. The made jam explodes together with the puff pastry, and has a sweet but not greasy taste that leaves people with endless aftertaste.

Hermione cut a small piece of princess cake, which is a very popular national dessert in Sweden. The outside is a layer of almond icing, the inside is thick whipping cream, and the innermost layer is jam. The melt-in-the-mouth texture fascinates Hermione.

As for desserts such as crepes, cinnamon rolls, and macarons, there are many. If he hadn't been too full before, Tom would have tasted everything no matter what.

There is no feast that lasts forever at Hogwarts. Even if the little wizards are reluctant to leave, the desserts will eventually disappear from the golden plates.

After everything became clean and tidy again, Dumbledore stood up, and the auditorium suddenly became quiet. A strange emotion filled the auditorium: this emotion was a combination of excitement and nervousness. Everyone was excited for what was going to happen next, but everyone was also a little nervous for no reason.

"Students, with the arrival of all the guests, the Triwizard Tournament will also begin." Dumbledore smiled, looking at the expectant faces in the audience, "I remember I once said, Warriors They will be selected by an absolutely impartial judge...so bring in the box first."

As soon as Dumbledore finished speaking, Filch emerged from the corner, holding an old wooden box inlaid with jewels. He carefully placed the wooden box on the table in front of Dumbledore, and then quickly retreated to the corner.

"Before revealing the mystery, I need to explain to you the program of this year's event and introduce two guests from the Ministry of Magic - of course I think it is unlikely that you don't know them. This is Mr. Ludo Bagman , Director of the Department of Physical Education and Sports at the Ministry of Magic.”

There was a burst of applause in the auditorium. As a batsman, Ludo Bagman was very popular among the students, so he was naturally welcomed by everyone.

After introducing Bagman, Dumbledore pointed his finger at Percy, "This one must be more familiar to you. He is the Assistant Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic and the former President of the Hogwarts Student Union, Percy Weiss." Rai!"

Percy's applause was much louder than Bagman's. Bagman is indeed a great hitter, but he was active more than ten years ago, and most of the little wizards present at that time were not born yet! Percy Weasley is different. A few months ago, he was still getting along with everyone at school day and night!

As a newly graduated senior, Percy received a rather grand welcome at Hogwarts. Everyone's attitude towards him was much more enthusiastic than when he was at school.

"In the past few months, employees of the Ministry of Magic have worked tirelessly to coordinate the arrangements for the Triwizard Tournament. Finally, after discussion, we decided that Mr. Bagman would represent the Ministry of Magic, together with myself and Maxi Ms. Tom, Professor Karkaroff and three representatives from different schools formed a judging panel to judge the efforts of the warriors." Dumbledore showed a mischievous smile, "In order to ensure fairness, we have not until now The names of the three representatives will be revealed.”

After hearing this, the students showed curious expressions. They all wanted to know who these three people were. Unlike the students, Percy beside Dumbledore was concerned about another issue. He frowned, feeling a little strange: The representative of the Ministry of Magic should be Mr. Crouch, right? He has done much more work than Ludo Bagman. Why did the person representing the Ministry of Magic become the fisherman Bagman?

Percy's intuition was right. The people at the Ministry of Magic were not blind. At first, they unanimously recommended Crouch to be the referee, but Crouch firmly refused. He is now focused on retiring and does not want to get involved in the Triwizard Tournament. As a last resort, everyone let Bagman take the post.

Dumbledore took out an envelope from his arms. He opened it and found a piece of parchment inside. He read out the name on the parchment.

"The representative of Durmstrang is - Issa May! The representative of Beauxbatons is - Barry Cloud! The representative of Hogwarts is..." Dumbledore paused for two seconds and waited. Everyone's appetite was whetted before they said loudly: "Percy Weasley!"

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Life is made up of countless misses, but I don’t want to miss it again this time. Please bless me. I think I have found my Hermione.