Chapter 549: Crystal Cup

Crouch is really unusual, but it can be so.

He's different from a normal wizard, and he's always been like that.

Ivan still remembers his impeccable suit at the Quidditch World Cup. He felt like he was wearing a wizard's robe at the time. It was a bit strange. Compared to Dumbledore's long white hair and white beard, his mustache short as a toothbrush. It's very awkward, sloppy cut and doesn't look like a wizard.

If he is a forgery of Barty Crouch, it is truly amazing.

Of course, this is just Ivan's guess. Little Barty Crouch may also have a fake student from Beauxbatons or Durmstrang.

Just in case, he will go back to the common room and use the map to determine this.

"Over the past few months, Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch have been working tirelessly to organize the Tri-Wizard competition." Dumbledore continued, "They will be with me, Professor Kakarov and Madame Maxime forming a jury to judge the warriors' efforts."

The jurors confirmed that there were exactly five of them.

As soon as I heard the word "warrior," the students seemed to become more attentive.

Dumbledore also seemed to notice them suddenly fall silent, only to see him smile, and he continued, "Mr. Filch, please put the box up."

No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the auditorium. At that moment he approached Dumbledore, holding a large wooden box with jewels in his hand. The box looked old and ancient.

The students were looking at it eagerly and talking with interest.

In order to see more clearly, Colin stood up on the chair.

His brother Dennis also stood up, but his size is too small, even standing, his head is not much taller than the others.

"This year's specific Warriors project, Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman from the Ministry of Magic have reviewed it carefully." Dumbledore said and at that point Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him. "They also made many necessary arrangements for each project. There are three projects, which take place at different times throughout the school year. They will test the warriors from many different aspects, they will test their talents in magic, their courage, and their reasoning skills. Of course, and their ability to overcome danger."

Hearing the last sentence, the auditorium fell silent and it seemed that everyone stopped breathing.

"You already know that there will be three warriors taking part in the competition." Dumbledore continued calmly, "Representing a separate participating school, we will grade them according to the quality of each competition they have completed, after the completion of the three projects, The champion with the highest score will win the three wizards cup. The one responsible for selecting the warriors is a fair selector, it is the Goblet of Fire!"

With that said, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and tapped it three times on the lid of the box.

The lid slowly opened, and Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, roughly cut wooden goblet.

The goblet itself was unremarkable, but it was filled with blue and white flames that pulsed.

Ivan could sense that it is a magical item with strong magic, but it is not a legendary magical item.

Its function is to select their respective warriors from the three students of the magical schools, and let them sign a contract to participate in the tournament of the three wizards.

If the force is strong enough, it can confuse the Chalice, which affects the selection of the Warriors.

With the power of little Barty Crouch and Caresius, this can be done very easily.

Perhaps they have already put Harry's name on it, and the Goblet Cup has been kept by the Ministry of Magic. As one of the organizers and members of the referee group of the Three Wizards competition, it is easy for Crouch to touch and will not make the others hesitate.

Dumbledore closed the box and placed the cup on the lid so that everyone in the auditorium could see it clearly.

"Any student who wishes to present themselves as a Warrior must write their name and the name of the school on a piece of parchment and pour it into this cup." Dumbledore said, "You must be willing to be a Warrior. Sign up in four hours, tomorrow night, that is, Halloween night, the goblet will select the names of the three students it thinks can best represent the three schools. Tonight, the goblet will be placed in the lobby, anyone who wants to participate in the campaign can contact her."

"As I said before, in order to avoid young students who may not be able to withstand the temptation." Dumbledore said, "Around the goblet, I want to draw an age line, anyone under the age of seventeen may not cross this line."

"Finally, I would like to remind everyone who wants to participate in the elections to pay attention to this competition. It is not a play, not only do you run the risk of losing. Once the Warriors are selected by the Goblet of Fire, you must stick to the game. Whoever puts their name in the cup will form a magical contract that must be observed. Once you become a warrior, you are not allowed to change your mind. So, think twice and find out if you really want to participate in the competition. Ok, I think everyone should go to bed, I wish you a good night."

"The age line!" said Fred Weasley, his eyes sparkling. "That's easy to cheat, it can definitely be done by the aging options, can't it? As long as your name goes in the cup, you're happy - with that they can't tell who's seventeen and who's under!"

At that moment, the students walked across the auditorium and headed toward the two doors leading to the foyer.

"But I think it's impossible for those under seven to win." Hermione said, "We haven't learned enough."

"Says you." George said impatiently. "Think about Ivan. He's only thirteen this year, how many people in the school can be stronger than him?"

"Ivan is different, and he has no intention of participating, he promised Dumbledore!" Hermione said immediately.

But George ignored her and turned to the others and said, "Harry, Ron, Colin, you guys are going to try to get in too, aren't you?"

The three men hesitated and finally nodded.

"As long as you can get past Dumbledore's age limit, it doesn't hurt to try." Harry remembered Dumbledore insisting that students under 17 couldn't sign up, but then he thought of the Triwizard cup and a glowing scene of him holding it.

"Well, where is it?" said Ron. "Dumbledore didn't say where the Durmstrang reps were sleeping, did he?"

He suddenly remembered and hurried to find Krum in the crowd.

Seeing the look on Ron's face, they knew he wanted to invite Krum to sleep in his dormitory.