Chapter 475 The Lowered Age Limit

This year's sorting hat was very efficient, and it took only about half an hour to complete the sorting work.

Finally, after Kevin Whitby was sorted into Hufflepuff, the sorting ceremony was declared over.

Dumbledore stood up and looked at all the students with a smile, "Eat."

The originally empty plate was suddenly filled with food magically.

Mikel scooped a large spoonful of mashed potatoes for himself and said, "Although I have seen it many times, every time these foods suddenly appear, I still feel a little incredible."

"Hogwarts's reserved program." Kyle said with a smile.

While eating delicious steak and ham, they discussed the possibility of engraving magic runes on the boats, and preliminarily drafted a price.

One hundred galleons per boat.

For several students who have not yet graduated, this number is indeed a little high, but it is a draft, and if it is not suitable, it can be discussed again.

When the main meal was over, Kyle chose a plate of Yorkshire pudding among many desserts.

This traditional British pudding tastes great, and more importantly, it is not as sweet as treacle tarts, making it perfect for an after-meal dessert.

Finally, all the food was swept away, and the remaining crumbs on the plate disappeared, becoming clean and shiny again.

At this time, Dumbledore stood up again, and the buzzing voices in the hall stopped suddenly, and everyone looked at him.

As usual, Dumbledore first emphasized a few precautions, such as freshmen are not allowed to go to the Forbidden Forest... He said these once every year, nothing new.

The only difference is that there are a few more items that are prohibited from use in the castle, including but not limited to screaming teacups, combo boomerangs, and biting quills... all of which were new products from Zonko's joke shop last year.

Counting these, the entire list has 437 items.

It must be said that Fred and George have made great contributions to the perfection of this list. Conservatively estimated, they alone have contributed more than a hundred names.

"I regret to tell you that there will be no Quidditch this year!" Dumbledore said.

The hall suddenly became chaotic, and everyone was noisy and looked at Dumbledore in disbelief.

But before he could explain, the door of the hall was suddenly slammed open.

A man appeared at the door, leaning on a long cane and limping towards the teacher's seat.

Everyone in the hall turned their heads to look at him.

Thumbs, thumps, every step he took, a hollow sound echoed in the hall.

Suddenly, a forked lightning flashed across the ceiling, illuminating his face.

There were gasps in the hall one after another.

His face was covered with scars, and there was almost no good place, but this was not the most frightening thing.

The most frightening thing was his eyes.

He had only one normal eye, and the other was big, round like a coin, and bright blue.

"Oh, it's Mad-Eye!" Someone shouted subconsciously.

Almost in an instant, the blue eyeball turned over and drilled into the man's head, as if staring at the person who was talking behind him.

The student who had just called out Mad-Eye's name lowered his head quickly, not daring to look at him.

The man walked up to Dumbledore, and the two whispered something, and then he sat on one of the empty chairs.

"Please allow me to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Dumbledore happily broke the silence, "Professor Alastor Moody!"

The embarrassing thing was. This time, no student applauded, only Dumbledore and Hagrid clapped their hands, and the atmosphere was even colder than Professor Lupin last year.

At the Hufflepuff table, Kyle looked down at the parchment in his hand.

Since Moody entered the door, he opened the Marauder's Map as soon as possible, but strangely, the other party's name was not displayed on it, and when he walked to the teacher's seat, no name moved.

It was as if he didn't exist... To be precise, he should have used some method to make his name unmapable.

Hogwarts is unmapable and will not be displayed on any map.

However, this is normal for an old Auror who is suspicious by nature.

There are many spells related to names in the wizarding world, and the most well-known one is Voldemort.

Anyone who shouts out this name will be detected by him and killed directly, which is why most people call him the mysterious man.

To be honest, if Moody's name really appeared on the Marauder's Map, even if it was his real name, Kyle would doubt whether he was pretending to be someone else.

Now it is possible to be true.

It seems that the old Auror escaped... Maybe so.

Kyle put away the Marauder's Map and continued to look in the direction of the teacher's seat as if nothing had happened.

Dumbledore was no longer obsessed with introducing the new professor.

"Let's continue with the topic just now."

He said: "The reason why the Quidditch game was cancelled is that in the next few months, we will be honored to host a wonderful event that has not been held for more than a century.

I am very happy to tell you that the Triwizard Tournament will be held at Hogwarts this year!"

The entire hall was silent for a few seconds, and then an unprecedented huge buzz broke out.

"You must be kidding..."

"The Triwizard Tournament...oh my god..."

"I can not believe it……"

Some people jumped up excitedly and excitedly explained to the students who didn't know what the Triwizard Tournament was.

To put it simply, if it were only in Europe, then this would be the biggest event, even the Quidditch World Cup would have to stand aside.

Everyone screamed and jumped with excitement, and Dumbledore also laughed softly.

"I'm not kidding." He said, "Some of you still don't know what this competition is about, so I feel the need to explain a little here...

The so-called Triwizard Tournament is a friendly competition between the three largest magic schools in Europe...Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang..."

Then, he explained in detail the origin of the Triwizard Tournament, the dangers involved, and the number of previous deaths.

Except for a few people, no one seems to be interested in those who died more than a hundred years ago, and their enthusiasm has not diminished at all.

Especially after hearing that there was a thousand galleons bonus for the champion, they rushed to sign up, and their excited shouts almost knocked down the ceiling.

"I know you all want to participate in the competition to bring glory to the school." Dumbledore said, "However, the participating schools and the Ministry of Magic have agreed that there must be an age limit for this year's competitors, and only students over the age of fifteen must be set. , are allowed to register for consideration..."

Dumbledore had to raise his voice slightly to cover up the protests of some people, "This decision is very necessary. No matter how many measures we take, it will be impossible to deal with students below fifth grade. This is also because For your safety consideration..."

"Oh, damn!" someone on the Hufflepuff table said, beating his chest, "I'm only a few months away... I wonder if they can move the selection to December."

"Ha, you're so lucky." Mikel said happily without caring about his feelings: "My birthday is in March, just over fifteen years old...Kyle, you should have passed it too."

"What?" Kyle originally thought he heard wrongly, but after hearing Mikel's words, he came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Oh, yes, I just turned fifteen last month."