Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 528 Back to Hogwarts
"What's that?" Ron stuffed his mouth full of food and said vaguely, pointing to a plate of food on the dining table that exuded an attractive luster.

"Tso's Chicken!" Hermione said, "an American-style Chinese food, which probably suits your appetite. I once ate it in a Chinese restaurant...it was delicious. I guess it catered to the appetite of those Chinese wizards..."

"Good guy!" Ron quickly got a few pieces.

All kinds of meals from various countries that Harry had never seen appeared on the table, which was so appetizing that even Hermione couldn't care less about preaching.

Middle Eastern barbecue, fried dumplings... and some mushy... I don't know if it's meat paste or soup. African specialties also appeared on the table... Sashimi, sushi... There are even meals made of various exotic Brazilian magic fruits...

It can be seen that not only Hogwarts students, but also student representatives from other schools are very satisfied.

Everyone didn't care about talking, and threw themselves into the food competition one after another. Everyone looked like they were going to burst their stomachs.

The auditorium was filled with the clanging of knives and forks and the sound of food being chewed.

"It's a big loss that McGuffin is not here..." In a short period of time, Ron emptied a large plate in front of him.

Although the delicacies on the dinner plate continued to disappear, and new special delicacies continued to appear, but Ron's gradually swollen stomach... could not be filled at all.

Harry was also a little overwhelmed, but he still scooped up a bowl of bouillabaisse and put it aside before talking to Ron about the MacGuffin.

"I don't know Albert... What exactly did Professor Dumbledore send him and 'Cold' to do? There is no news from yesterday to now? His current state...won't he shave other people's hair again?"

Speaking of this, Ron and Hermione's expressions were a little ugly.

Just as we were talking, the second course was served.

Golden Snitch Pudding, Bubble Ball Cake, Panna Cotta, Turkish Rainbow Magic Ice Cream, Amazon Magic Fruit Sundae... There are many exotic desserts that they have never seen before... with strong flavors from various countries.

Harry couldn't hold his mouth anymore, and after a while, he drank the seafood soup he had just filled.

Ron ate a lot of white blancmange again. It looked weird, but it disappeared from the plate after a little suction.

Ron, however, enjoyed it.

When all the golden plates had been scrubbed, Dumbledore stood up again.

This time the students started talking quietly, and everyone knew what was going to happen.

——Warriors selection rules.

Although everyone knows that only a few people can become warriors, people always regard this kind of thing as a kind of luck that can be achieved, and they believe that this kind of thing will happen to them with a high probability...

In fact, even Harry was so excited and nervous looking forward... let alone everyone else...

"The moment has finally come," Dumbledore said, "The Ten Strong Tournament is about to begin, and before that, you all know...I have to announce a few rules and explain a few words to you...the order of activities at Hogwarts for the next year..."

"Not only Hogwarts, but also student representatives from other wizarding schools must abide by the rules and regulations of Hogwarts... This is to protect your safety..."

"Of course, this has been approved by Minister Fudge and the principal of your school..."

When Dumbledore spoke up to this point... Paused for a few moments, Fudge on the rostrum, and the principals of other magic schools also cooperated... Either they glanced at their students with serious faces, or nodded slightly in agreement.

The auditorium became quiet.

Dumbledore immediately repeated that the Forbidden Forest must not be approached, just like at the opening banquet.

Some of the witches of Beauxbaton and Castro Buscher sneered sarcastically.

This annoyed Hermione, and she even told Hagrid to let the snails out to scare them.

Harry, Ron was surprised to hear that.

"The shore of the Black Lake near Hogwarts Station and the edge of the Forbidden Forest is not allowed to be approached... As for why..."

--Roar!

Before Dumbledore finished announcing the forbidden location for the next round, an extremely loud and familiar roar came from outside the auditorium.

"This is?"

Ron leaned back and nearly fell backward from his chair.

His face was horrified... Most of the Hogwarts students above the second grade didn't have a very good expression either. They were all in shock, and even looked outside in panic.

As for the first-year freshmen and other foreign student representatives, they were full of doubts. Some of them guessed what it was, and they were looking excitedly at the dark glass window.

"Fire Dragon!"

Harry whispered the guess, and Hermione and Ron nodded slightly.

The mood of the three of them was not much better.

Different from the excitement of foreign students, these students who have experienced the fire dragon stationed in the school in the past year clearly know that it is definitely not a good idea to be in the same territory as the fire dragon.

Leaving aside other things, it is not unbearable for ordinary people to yell like crazy every now and then in the middle of the night.

There was another roar, and there was more than one sound.

The faces of most students at Hogwarts were even uglier.

…………

Following that deafening, deterrent roar... passed over his head and rang in his ears.

McGuffin's face was a little ugly.

'How did Dumbledore bring these dragons to Hogwarts again. '

'Could it be that the first level of the top ten competition is still the same as in the original plot? '

MacGuffin had parted with Black at Hagrid's hut.

(Although Black now has an image of a corned egg and a fat belly, it is difficult for people to contact his original identity, but because Hogwarts is now full of staff from the Ministry of Magic and principals from other magic schools, it is better for Black to be more cautious now)

What's more, Sirius and Kreacher, the house elf, have other things to do now.

(Getting the real locket of [Horcrux] out of the old house of the Black family, although there is house-elf magic, this is not something that can be done immediately,)

Now, McGuffin was rushing to the Great Hall with Hagrid, this guy in a very ugly plush suit and a yellow and orange checked tie.

The worst part is that Hagrid's hair doesn't know what kind of lubricating oil it is now. It is parted from his forehead and tied into two ponytails at the back of his head...

I really don't know what kind of hairstyle it is.

This made McGuffin always feel like seeing the second devil and traitor translator when he saw him.

(It is estimated that Hagrid has been delayed for so long because of this attire, and he has not left until McGuffin and Black arrived at his hut)

And that hair oil plus the perfume of an unknown brand on his body...the two mixed together...exudes a pungent and choking smell of medicine, just like...like the smell of the magic solution that Snape soaked those horrible living specimens...

Yes, exactly the same.

People can't help but feel afraid, hairy... want to stay away.

"How about it, MacGuffin? Not bad..."

Hagrid was overjoyed, showing off his attire like a child.

"--Well!"

"Wild! Pretty wild!"

After being silent for a long time, McGuffin could only comment like this.

Of course he knew why Hagrid dressed like this. After decades of being single, Hagrid Ruburt finally saw hope——to be able to find a 'friend' of the opposite sex.

The resentment of being single for decades is not something his thin body can stop.

However, McGuffin finally tried very hard to persuade Hagrid to remove the perfume on his body and use a juice produced by a plant called tarincoleaf in the Forbidden Forest. (applied on back of hands and neck)

It greatly improved his strange smell, which seemed to be soaking himself in a living chemical, trying to kill mosquitoes and flies.

As for that hairstyle, McGuffin can't do anything about it, he can only hold a bunch of strings made from tanned unicorn ponytails, and it is extremely difficult and strenuous... to tie the two bundles of hair at the back together. (also cut off a lot of hair)
I combed through the pile of oily hair several times with 【Cleanup】.

It's not over until Hagrid is dressed somewhat like Bill's hairstyle.

Although Hagrid still insisted on his good attire just now, but judging from his happy expression now... he also knew that Hagrid was very satisfied with his new look.

McGuffin was also a little relieved, and he didn't want to enter the auditorium with that kind of Hagrid...to attract the attention of almost wizards from all over the world.

There are enough gossips about him, and I don't want to add another joke about the big crazy man and the little wizard's followers.

'Hope the feast isn't over yet...'

Thinking of the delicacies in the dinner, McGuffin swallowed.

Although in that cave, he relied on [Occlumency] to suppress those negative and disgusting emotions deep in his mind, and ate and drank a few mouthfuls of sandwiches and water to barely fill his stomach, but those things didn't work at all, and now he is so hungry that his stomach is full of acid.

"By the way, although Black may not be able to eat it, but after the dinner, go to the kitchen and ask the house elf to bring some to Black..."

Just like that, Hagrid grinned... with a smirk and rushed to the castle with McGuffin, and then the two of them were on the way when they encountered a scene of a fire dragon streaking across the sky and roaring.

Seeing this McGuffin suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Hagrid, who was so sleepwalking from ear to ear, finally woke up. He also turned his head to look at the huge black shadow passing by in the distance, and then revealed with great joy, "Ah, it's finally here! It seems that the venue for the first match of the Top Ten Tournament has finally been built."

"Well... McGuffin, don't tell anyone else."

Hagrid suddenly realized that he was talking too much, so he hurriedly added instructions.

After seeing McGuffin nodding in agreement, he said again, "Wait, Albert, you and Harry will see things you and Harry have never seen before...Really, even compared to last year's Hogwarts battle against dementors...? Hmm...Should? Probably?"

Hagrid thought again of the little wizard in front of him tearing off the dementor's head directly in the air. In terms of excitement...it's difficult to achieve this level under normal circumstances.

Then, before Hagrid could continue speaking, in front of them... that is, in front of the stone steps at the entrance of Hogwarts Castle... two wizards riding the new [Nimbus 2000S] broomsticks fell from the sky.

It seems that it has been following the fire dragon.

McGuffin and Hagrid leaned over and found that it was Barty Crouch and Ludo Bagman.

The two were still the same... one in a scrupulous Muggle suit, the other in a yellow and black Quidditch robe.

"Look? Batty... Let me just say that this new broom is powerful enough, right? The Thestral carriage is affected by the fire dragon, we can only choose this way to escort the fire dragon with those Romanian wizards. What's more, compared to the Thestral carriage, this thing is not bad at all..."

"... That little wizard Albert really should have earned so much Galleons, if I could have had a broom like this back then..." Bagman excitedly grabbed Barty Crouch and said something.

MacGuffin saw Barty Crutch, still wearing dark circles under the eyes of the light from the Hogwarts castle, slowly getting off the broom with a weary look on his face.

This guy seems to have not closed his eyes for days and nights.

Hearing someone coming up the steps, they both turned their heads and looked down.

Then, I saw Hagrid and MacGuffin coming up.

Ludo Bagman was dumb for a moment.

He stopped talking, and began to avoid McGuffin's eyes with the help of Crouch's figure.

It seems that the last time McGuffin left a very deep impression on this guy who is good at evading debts.

Hagrid was a little apprehensive towards Crouch. (Since he was imprisoned in Azkaban, he has always been a little afraid of these officials of the Law Department.)
And McGuffin remembered Mafalda Hopkirk's warning to him when he was in [St. Mungo's Magical Hospital].

Warn yourself to beware of Barty Krach...

Thus, the four of them fell into silence for a while, and petrified at the oak gate of the castle.

--Roar!

Not far away, several fire dragons roared again one after another.

This made several people wake up immediately, it is not a solution for them to stand here all the time.

Barty Cratch first put on a stern face and stared at McGuffin, "McGuffin Albert... At this time, all students should be in the Hogwarts auditorium to welcome foreign guests. Why are you here?... You must know that this year, all of you Hogwarts students represent the honor of British wizards... You must not cause such a big incident like last year!"

"Mr. Crouch, it was Professor Hagrid who asked me to cut his hair and decorate it. He said that he can't go to meet representatives of other schools in his usual attire...otherwise it will dishonor the honor of Hogwarts School!"

McGuffin immediately followed Crouch's words and snapped back.

After finishing speaking, he asked Hagrid, "Are you right...Professor Hagrid!"

McGuffin signaled Hagrid to hide... that Professor Dumbledore sent himself and Black to go off-campus.

"Ah? Ah!...Yes, yes, yes." Hagrid hesitated for a moment, then reacted immediately, nodding frantically like a chicken pecking at food.

Only then did the two see Hagrid's completely different outfit from usual, and they seemed to believe this statement a little bit.

"Really?" After looking suspiciously for a few times, Crouch let them go, turned and walked towards the oak door.

"Then... Hurry up! If you continue to delay like this, the dinner party will be over."

He pushed open the small door under the oak door and went in, and Bagman hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)