Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 572 Beauxbatons and Durmstrang (Second Update)

Another month has passed.

Nothing particularly noteworthy happened during this month, except that Jerry felt Hermione seemed to be more proactive than before.

For example, in situations where Jerry needs to remove the Muggle-blocking charm, if a girl gets close to Jerry, she will immediately walk over and grab Jerry's arm, as if making a vow.

Sometimes, when they were alone together, Jerry always felt that Hermione seemed to want to do something to him, but because she was too shy, she eventually gave up.

He was aware of these changes, but he didn't try to change anything in particular.

Hermione was only fifteen after her birthday. Although she looked like a grown woman because she developed early, Jerry didn't think she was an adult yet. So they just got along like this, and he thought it was fine.

He has plenty of time, and in order to slowly comprehend the laws of the world and fill the world of the ring, he will stay in this world for a while, so he is not in a hurry.

"What's going on there? Why are there so many people?"

On Saturday noon, Jerry and Hermione had just come out of the library and were heading to the Great Hall for lunch when they saw the foyer surrounded by layers upon layers of young wizards.

"It's probably some important announcement!"

Jerry was quite tall and had excellent eyesight, so he easily spotted the large, newly erected notice board at the very back, past a group of little kids.

Just then, Harry and Ron squeezed through the crowd and, upon seeing Hermione and Jerry, immediately ran over excitedly:

"Latest update on the Triwizard Tournament: Representatives from Beauxbaton and Durmstrang will arrive at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 30."

That afternoon's classes will end half an hour early—

"They're here, so why are you two so excited?"

Hermione looked at Harry and Ron, who were unusually happy, with a puzzled expression.

Harry explained excitedly:

"You forgot, Potions class is on Friday afternoon. If it ends half an hour early, Snape won't have time to poison us!"

"That's great! I don't want to be poisoned before I even graduate."

Ron shared the same thought.

Jerry smiled and shook his head:

"Professor Snape is just trying to scare you. He might not actually poison you, and even if he did, he would have an antidote ready."

It turns out that during this period of Potions class, Professor Snape had been teaching everyone how to make antidotes, and he even made some tough statements so that the young wizards would seriously learn how to make antidotes.

He said he would wait until the end of class next Friday to randomly poison a student and then have that student take an antidote he had made himself.

If the antidote works, then of course there's nothing to worry about; if it doesn't, then I'm sorry, you'll just have to accept your bad luck.

Because Snape's expression was so frightening when he spoke, many young wizards in the class at the time thought that Snape was definitely not joking, which is why Harry and Ron ended up in this situation.

"That's not necessarily true. I have a feeling he really wants to poison me, and he might just do it that day."

Harry said with a serious expression.

He knew all too well how much Snape loathed him; he thought that randomly selecting someone meant they would definitely poison him.

The key issue is that he really has little confidence in the detoxifying agent he created.

"All right!"

Jerry nodded.

He had to admit that, although he knew that Snape valued Harry's life more than his own because of Lily's promise.

However, because of Harry's father, if the poisoning target were to be randomly chosen on Friday, it would almost certainly be Harry.

"Take care of yourself!"

Jerry patted Harry on the shoulder and took Hermione to dinner.

He suddenly realized something: although Snape might not have had time to conduct the poison test that day, Harry's mood that day would definitely not be happy.

Because the day Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrived was the same day Dumbledore was about to announce his retirement and let Snape take over as headmaster.

Imagine the horror and dismay on Harry's face when he learns that Professor Snape, who hates him the most and is also the most demanding of him, is going to become the headmaster.

For the next week, because of the notice, all the talk in the school turned to things related to the other two schools and the Three Kingdoms Tournament.

There were discussions about what the student councils of the two schools would be like, who the champion of Hogwarts would be, and what competitions had taken place in the historical Triwizard Tournament, etc.

There are also many young wizards who haven't reached the required age yet, searching for various materials in an attempt to find ways to increase their age.

For example, the Weasley brothers were collecting various herbal ingredients in an attempt to make two vials of aging potions before the selection of warriors.

Besides the students, the entire castle has also undergone some changes.

Several dirty portraits were cleaned, but the figures in those portraits were clearly very unhappy about it.

The armor became shiny and no longer creaked when it was moved.

The administrator, Argus Filch, would fly into a rage whenever he saw a student forget to wipe their shoes clean, which terrified two first-year girls so much that they became hysterical.

Other faculty members also appeared extremely nervous.

According to Hermione, Professor McGonagall gave Neville a rare, stern reprimand because Neville had accidentally grafted his ear onto a cactus.

Tell him not to show off his terrible Transfiguration magic when the people from the other two schools arrive.

In short, Jerry's impression was that the entire Hogwarts community attached great importance to the Triwizard Tournament, as well as the arrival of delegations from the other two magic schools second only to Hogwarts.

It's no wonder Dumbledore wanted him to become a champion and help Hogwarts win the Goblet of Fire.

They were probably worried that Hogwarts would lose the Triwizard Tournament so soon after Snape took office, which would not only jeopardize Snape's position as headmaster, but also cause Hogwarts to lose its reputation as the premier wizarding school.

On the morning of October 30th, the day the notice announced the upcoming arrival of the two schools, Jerry and Hermione discovered that the entire Great Hall had been decorated in new ways while having breakfast.

He guessed that Professor Flitwick, the headmaster of Ravenclaw, had made some adjustments using magic overnight.

Four huge silk banners have appeared on the wall, each representing a house in Hogwarts:

The red background with a golden lion belongs to Gryffindor, the blue background with a bronze eagle belongs to Ravenclaw, the yellow background with a black badger belongs to Hufflepuff, and the green background with a silver boa constrictor belongs to Slytherin.

Behind the faculty desks hung a large banner with the Hogwarts emblem: a lion, eagle, badger, and snake joined together to encircle a large letter H.

(End of this chapter)