Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 576 Last Hope (First Update)

The following day, Saturday morning.

While Jerry and Hermione were having breakfast in the Great Hall, they were surprised to find that quite a few wizards had also gotten up early and arrived.

Usually, the two of them would finish breakfast and be ready to leave just as people were starting to arrive at the auditorium.

But today, everyone was clearly too excited to sleep because of the Goblet of Fire displayed in the Great Hall, and they woke up extra early.

Moreover, not only the wizards of Hogwarts, but also the wizards of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, got up very early and, after breakfast, threw the slips of paper with their names and schools on them into the Goblet of Fire in the foyer.

After casting their votes, they didn't leave. Instead, they stood on either side of the Goblet of Fire, wanting to see which wizards from Hogwarts would participate in the champion election.

The students from the two schools who came to participate this time, with the exception of a few, almost all met the age requirements.

Of course, not all wizards who meet the age requirement have the courage to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, after all, the death rate of the Triwizard Tournament in history is quite frightening.

However, perhaps because that history was too distant for the young wizards, most of them, except for a few more rational ones, actually sent notes.

Has anyone submitted their name yet?

A short while later, Harry and Ron arrived at the foyer and, seeing Jerry and Hermione there, quickly came over to ask what was going on.

Hermione pointed to Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, the wizards over there:

"Most of the students from those two schools have applied, but we haven't seen any applications from them yet."

"Someone must have slipped their name in while we were sleeping last night. If it were me, I would have done the same... I don't want anyone to see. It would be so embarrassing if the cup was crumpled up and thrown out!"

Harry shrugged and guessed.

Jerry knew Harry was right; quite a few Hogwarts wizards had indeed sneaked into the foyer to drop notes last night, but they were all young wizards who were too old to take advantage of the situation.

For example, Fawcett of Ravenclaw and Summers of Hufflepuff, etc.

When Jerry came over last night, he saw these two being blasted away by the magic of the age line, and they ran away with full beards.

He originally planned to secretly cross the age line and throw his name into the Goblet of Fire, but later felt that doing so would be too deliberate, and that he might end up like Harry in the original story.

So after thinking about it, he gave up, because he had a better way.

"It's Angelina! She crossed the age limit and submitted her name!"

Suddenly, a gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd.

Jerry and the others turned their heads and saw Angelina, who was two years older than them and in the same grade as the Weasley twins, successfully throw the note with her name on it into the Goblet of Fire.

"Is she over seventeen?"

Ron asked incredulously.

Before Jerry and the others could answer, Angelina excitedly jumped up and gave the answer.

"That's awesome! I just had my birthday last week, and it really works!"

After Angelina finished casting hers, many other sixth and seventh graders who were of the appropriate age also cast their slips of paper with their names and schools into the Goblet of Fire.

The most famous of them all was Cedric Diggory, the handsome Hufflepuff, whom Harry and Ron called "pretty boy" and "baby boy."

However, Jerry felt that it was just that the two guys were a little jealous of each other's looks.

Just as the sixth and seventh grade wizards at Hogwarts had finished casting their ballots, several familiar laughs came from the stairwell.

Jerry didn't need to turn his head to recognize the laughter of the Weasley twins and their best buddy Lee Jordan.

The fact that they're laughing so happily must mean that the Weasley brothers drank some kind of age-defying potion they made themselves, thinking they could cheat their way through the age limit.

"I don't think it will necessarily succeed, and I'm sure Dumbledore has taken that into account."

Hermione whispered to Jerry.

Sure enough, just as Hermione finished speaking, the Weasley twins were launched away the moment they were about to reach the age limit.

The two got up and immediately started fighting, which made the wizards watching burst into laughter. Then, seeing how funny the other's full beard was, they stopped fighting and laughed along with him.

Seeing this, Jerry smiled and shook his head.

"The age limit set by five top wizards is absolutely impossible to break through using known methods, unless..."

As he was speaking, Jerry suddenly stopped talking on purpose.

The speaker meant something, and the listeners were even more interested. Harry and Ron seemed to have sensed something from Jerry's words, and immediately grabbed Jerry's arm excitedly and asked loudly:

"Unless what? Jerry, do you have a way to bypass that age limit?"

If anyone else had said that, they wouldn't have believed it, but since it came from Jerry, they thought it was very likely.

If Jerry can really break through that age barrier, they will have the opportunity to cast their names into the Goblet of Fire, become champions, and represent Hogwarts in the Triwizard Tournament.

Perhaps because Ron's voice was so loud, it instantly attracted the attention of all the young wizards present.

Meanwhile, the wizard shield spell that Jerry had set up was naturally lifted.

"It's Jerry Carmen, he's here too!"

"Can he really bypass the age limit?"

"I don't think even if it were him, it wouldn't work!"

"I think it's possible; he always manages to create miracles."

In an instant, the entire lobby became noisy.

Students from all three schools focused their attention on Jerry. Some wanted to get his autograph, some wanted to befriend him, and most were eagerly waiting for Jerry to give them the answer they were all hoping for.

Most of the young wizards who got up early to come to the foyer to watch the excitement were those who wanted to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and naturally had the greatest hope that Jerry could remove the age limit.

Meanwhile, above the foyer.

The six wizards, who were all using the Illusion Charm to become invisible and were observing the situation below from the second floor, also became interested.

They were none other than Dumbledore and the five referees, along with the newly appointed Hogwarts headmaster, Snape.

"He's young, but he's got quite the nerve. Just because he's good at Quidditch doesn't mean he's good at magic. He's far from being able to break through the restrictions we five have set up together."

"Former Death Eater, now the principal of Demsland, Karkaroff, said with a mocking expression."

Demslongt's reputation was not good due to his extreme teaching philosophy, until Krum appeared and his outstanding performance in Quidditch improved his reputation.

Therefore, he had absolutely no goodwill towards Jerry, who defeated Krum in the Quidditch World Cup; in fact, he disliked him intensely.

(End of this chapter)