Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 386 Let's sit down and talk

Ten minutes to twelve, Charles and Percy suddenly appeared at the meeting place.

They were faint shadows at first, then their colors grew darker and darker, and in the blink of an eye they became solid entities.

A gray-brown hairy-legged eagle owl circled above the two men, and their images appeared on a large screen not far away.

Five minutes later, students from the other three magic schools appeared at the same time. They had been waiting here earlier.

Charles took out chairs from the air, set up a square table, covered it with a tablecloth, and placed exquisite tea sets and a plate of finger biscuits on it.

The audience was somewhat puzzled as to how he could produce something out of thin air.

Lupin asked Dumbledore: "Is this some kind of invisibility?"

After a little thought, the others also thought so. Charles should have made these things invisible and followed behind him, and now he was pretending to remove the invisibility.

Dumbledore concentrated on observing Charles' every move, and suddenly sighed and whispered, "I didn't expect him to use this magic so skillfully."

He realized that those things were not invisible, but were "taken" out from the mirror space.

Behind Dumbledore, a Western reporter was writing furiously, and the photographer she brought with her was looking for a good position with his camera.

Everyone sat down at the table and Charles invited everyone to have tea and snacks.

The students at the Institute of Magic didn't move, they just looked at Percy.

The representative of Uagadou just expressed his gratitude politely and also did nothing.

On the contrary, a girl from Kodos Dorez picked up the finger biscuits and ate them with a smile, and she even tasted the birch sap flavor.

She was Valentina's roommate and had fed Ruby a lot in the past. While eating, she said to Vagado and the students of the Institute of Magic, "Smith is the owner of the Phoenix. People recognized by the Phoenix will not do those low-brow tricks."

The representatives of the Institute of Magic remained unmoved, and the students of Vagadu simply said that they were not hungry.

Percy was the main negotiator. He said to the representatives of the three schools sincerely: "We come with sincerity this time. You don't have to worry about our conspiracy."

"As a sign of good faith, the rest of the Hogwarts team are currently in the cabin and have not left."

At this moment, the big screen in front of the audience seats flashed, and the picture switched to the Hogwarts base, where you can see the rest of the action team sitting outside the house playing cards together.

As for how playing cards came about, it’s the same as tables, chairs and tea sets, it’s all about transfiguration.

Some people breathed a sigh of relief, as they were worried that Hogwarts was trying to lure people over and steal other people's cauldrons.

Percy continued, "This competition is based solely on potion preparation. Competition outside the Crucible is just an insignificant embellishment that has no bearing on who wins the championship."

"We might as well focus all our energy on the Crucible, and perhaps discuss the rest with our respective headmasters. We might as well hold a dedicated competition, and then the Potions Championship will become more pure."

"Our biggest problem right now is the lack of herbs. I think everyone has collected extra herbs, but we are also short of some herbs."

"We have a suggestion for this. Let's share what we have and solve this problem together in the shortest possible time, so that we can focus on preparing for the final goal."

The representatives of the three schools started thinking about it. Their thoughts were the same as the objections within Hogwarts: what if they lost the game that they should have won after exchanging the herbs?

The headmaster of the Institute of Magic, Tadao Takashima, turned to Dumbledore and said, "Your students are very confident."

Nikita, the headmaster of Kodostoriz, said to Dumbledore with a smile: "The confidence of Hogwarts is worth learning from."

Dumbledore replied: "It would be a pity if all young people were as stubborn as an old man like me and had no intention of changing their ways."

Principal Akinbade of Ugadu did not speak, nor did his expression change. They were the host in the last competition, but Hogwarts stole all the limelight on and off the field. This time they came with a mentality of revenge.

If this plan of Hogwarts can be implemented, many of their subsequent actions will not be able to be carried out.

On the other hand, a Western reporter heard what Dumbledore said and immediately wrote with his quill, "Dumbledore thinks he is old, and this may be a sign of his retirement from many honorable positions..."

At the negotiation table, the representative of the Institute of Magic said: "I don't think such behavior will help us."

They also lack medicinal herbs, but not much, so they can cope with it.

Charles smiled and told him the names of three herbs in Japanese, then said, "At least we have these herbs that we can't use."

The representative of the Institute of Magic could not sit still any longer, because what Charles was talking about was one of the most important herbs they were lacking.

The problem facing magic now is not that Hogwarts has these herbs, but how they know that they lack them.

Charles had a huge smile on his face and mouthed to them, "Rats."

The two representatives of the Institute of Magic froze in their faces. They had not expected that their eavesdropping, which they thought was foolproof, would be discovered, and that they were being counter-eavesdropped by the other party.

The representatives of the other two schools saw the clues and thought that Hogwarts must have some intelligence about them, so they had the confidence to do this.

At this time Percy said seriously: "From a certain perspective, this game can be divided into four stages."

“In the first stage, we felt like nothing was happening.”

"In the second phase, we felt that maybe something was going on, but that we shouldn't take action."

"In the third stage, maybe we should take action, but we can't do anything for various reasons."

"In the fourth period, when we lost the game at the end, we thought maybe we could have done something, but now it's too late."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I suggest that you go back and discuss this. If you are willing to cooperate, we will meet here again at 4 pm. Bring your list."

According to the plan discussed last night, Percy did not intend to waste time negotiating with other schools. During the negotiation, he only needed to show sincerity and hint that Hogwarts knew some information about each party. Everyone was smart and knew how to make choices.

Moreover, he does not think that the first negotiation is a time for bargaining, and that it would be considered a success if he could determine whether an exchange would take place.

As long as the principles are agreed upon, the details can be put aside to avoid endless wrangling.

Before leaving, the representative of Kodosdoriz said, "I am personally very interested in this proposal. We will go back and discuss it with our teammates. We will give you a reply whether it is passed or not."

The representative of Uagadou said that he would also go back to discuss and give a reply later.

The representative of the Institute of Magic ran the first. He was surrounded by a ball of fire and in the blink of an eye he turned into a burning human-shaped paper the size of a palm.

From the very beginning, their real bodies had been hiding far away, participating in the negotiations through their clones.

Charles and Percy were still sitting at the table. After everyone had left, they and the table and chairs sank into the ground like stones on the water in the blink of an eye.

The two appeared on the ground some distance away from the cabin, and Percy asked Charles, "How many schools do you think will agree?"

Charles thought for a moment and said, "Just now Kodosdoriz hinted that they would agree to our proposal."

"If everyone disagrees, then we're back to square one. As long as one company agrees, the other two will worry about being at a disadvantage, and will have to agree to make up for the difference."

(End of this chapter)