Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

On the way, Comet, who participated in the animal taming project, curiously asked Conan what arrangements would be made during the month before the Goblet of Fire Tournament.

There was no need for Conan-san to hide anything, he told the two girls around him about his simple arrangements.

"What about you guys? What are your plans? I never really asked before."

"I'll just see if I can successfully advance through the competition. If I fail in the middle, I'll probably watch different competitions everywhere. As for studying, it depends on the situation?"

This was Comet's answer, who was very interested in the Goblet of Fire Tournament.

"I should take some time to study, right?"

This was Erin's somewhat unsure response.

"There are so many more people in school, I'm a little uncomfortable... I feel better staying indoors..."

Just as the slightly plump girl said, Hogwarts, which usually seemed spacious enough, now felt like it was rubbing shoulders with other people just by walking a short distance to a certain competition venue.

Of course, for the Goblet of Fire Tournament, Hogwarts has made plans to guide the flow of people, so it won't be so crowded that people can't walk.

But even if this is the case, even if the crowd is dispersed, some Hogwarts students will still feel uncomfortable.

"Hmm? What's that smell? It smells so good..."

Comet suddenly stopped.

She looked with some surprise at the row of roadside stalls on the road on the left.

"Huh? Does the school still have these snack bars?"

“It seems that there is…”

Irene vaguely remembered seeing some notices on campus before, saying that during the Goblet of Fire Tournament, some outside vendors would be arranged to operate in certain specific areas.

"Come over and have a look!"

Comet, full of curiosity, pulled his good friend over.

Conan-san walked between the two girls.

"It's just right. I got up too late this morning and went to the opening ceremony without having breakfast. Let's just buy something to eat here."

Later, Conan saw that the price was a bit too high.

"It's really just a rip-off for a festival..."

Conan originally wanted to buy a bowl of dragon meat fried noodles, but when he saw the price was 1.5 times higher than the normal price, he became a little hesitant.

He is not short of money, but that doesn't mean he is willing to spend money recklessly or be ripped off.

He wasn't really hungry, so he might as well go to the school cafeteria later.

As long as the menu is not too special or it is not something that needs to be reserved, Hogwarts students can eat in the school cafeteria for free, as the tuition fee already covers the meal expenses.

"Although the food at the festival stalls is good for eating, it's really a bit of a rip-off..." Wu

Then, Conan-san saw Comet happily buying some useless gadgets and some snacks.

"For you guys!"

Comet distributed the cheap-looking celebration toys and food in his hand to Conan-san and Irene.

With a good father who dotes on him, Comet naturally has no shortage of pocket money.

Normally, this little girl doesn't have much to spend money on, so it's normal for her to not be able to resist buying from such festival stalls.

"……Thanks."

Conan-san took a dragon meat skewer from the little girl's hand.

Comet, like Conan-san, loves to eat dragon meat.

Of course, this dragon meat is all from farmed herbivorous dragons.

Conan-san tastes a certain amount of dragon jade skewers in his hand.

The taste is OK and the portion is large, but the price is still a rip-off.

"Festival stalls... for a whole month?"

Conanshan noticed that Irene seemed to be staring at a nearby stall in a trance.

"Eileen?"

Comet pulled his friend who was standing there in a daze.

"Ah... sorry... let's go."

Irene was a little embarrassed.

"By the way, Comet, what competition did you want to watch?"

"It's a beauty pageant!"

Comet answered energetically.

"The beauty pageant seems very interesting! I originally wanted to participate, but unfortunately my father and Xiaonan said it's best not to go, so I'll just be a spectator!"

"........."

Conan Shan was speechless as he looked at this little girl who became excited when talking about beauty pageants.

"A beauty pageant? So early in the morning?"

Irene had paid attention to the arrangements for the different events of the Goblet of Fire Tournament, but there was no way she would be interested in a beauty pageant, so she didn't know that there would be a beauty pageant on the first day of the tournament, and at such an early time.

"I heard that there are many people participating in the beauty pageant of the Goblet of Fire Tournament. Anyway, let's go and take a look together now."

Irene was once again pulled away by the comet.

Conanshan and the other two walked for about five minutes and arrived at the venue where the beauty pageant was held.

"Ok?"

In the open-air competition venue, Conanshan looked at the muscular man standing on the beauty pageant stage with a face full of question marks.

“Beauty pageants…why are there men?”

"Why can't there be men?"

Comet tilted his head in confusion.

"Aren't people of all genders and races allowed to participate in beauty pageants? Look at the next contestant."

Conan-san saw a beautiful white alpaca walking onto the stage of a beauty pageant.

"........."

Conanshan has understood one thing.

That is, the wizarding world is truly ahead of its time.

193 Beauty Contest

At the beauty pageant of the Goblet of Fire Tournament, after seeing the appearance of muscular men, animals, and then normal beauties, Conan Shan has roughly understood what beauty pageants in the wizarding world are all about.

It really is a beauty pageant in the most literal sense of the word.

Regardless of gender, age, or race - whether human or non-human, there is truly no distinction between races.

"Although it may seem a little wrong to say this, can't we separate them? Is it really okay to put humans and animals together for a beauty pageant?"

Conanshan only now understood why Professor Autumn had an embarrassed expression on his face when he heard that Comet wanted to participate in the beauty pageant.

Unlike his own thoughts from the human world, Professor Qiu was worried about letting his daughter participate in the beauty pageant in another sense.

“It’s really an eye-opener…”

In fact, Conanshan was not the only one who was surprised by the beauty pageant in front of him.

Students from the human world who are unfamiliar with certain customs and ideas of the magical world, or international students from other continents, were all amazed by this unique beauty pageant.

Just like Irene, the international student from the Dark Continent, she is now watching the beauty pageant which is quite exciting to some extent with a weird look on her face.

Regardless of what the significance of beauty pageants is, this kind of beauty pageant is indeed eye-catching in terms of its curiosity.

I don't know whether to say that the contestants participating in the beauty pageant are unexpectedly numerous.

Although, one-third of the contestants who have appeared so far are not human.

As for female contestants, there are even fewer of them.

"It seems that in the first stage of this beauty pageant, there is no need to perform any talents. It is just a normal question and answer session?"

Conan-san took the pamphlet about the different events of the Goblet of Fire Competition from Comet, and then turned to the page about the beauty pageant events.

These booklets will be distributed throughout Hogwarts, which has become the venue for the competition. Comet picked up one when he walked over here.

"Will there still be eliminations in the first stage of the beauty pageant, eliminating contestants who don't meet the rules of beauty?"

Conan Shan didn't know what beauty was in the magical world. It was probably decided by the five judges in the stands.

Among these five judges, three are long-eared elves with extraordinary beauty.

It is difficult to tell whether these three elves are male or female from their appearance, because their facial features are too neat and regular, with an otherworldly beauty.

Conan Shan estimated that these three elves should have some ancient high elf bloodline, otherwise they would not be so beautiful.

It seems appropriate to let these three beautiful elves serve as judges for the beauty pageant.

"They should have been specially invited from the elf country Rivendell?"

In this patchwork world, the so-called high elves have become myths and legends, just like the dragon race that possesses wisdom and civilization.

There are only descendants of mixed-blood high elves here, there are no pure-blooded high elves.

Even the high elves summoned in the previous official War of Heroes were half-blood, not true pure-blood.

However, modern elves still occasionally revert to their ancestral form, with some having longer and pointed ears and a distinctly different beauty.

However, the occurrence of this kind of reversion of the high elves is sometimes not a good thing.

The more profound the high elves' atavism, the more difficult it is for them to leave a place filled with natural magic.

Once away from natural places with abundant magical power, such as Rivendell, these atavistic elves will feel uncomfortable all over and quickly weaken.

Since these three beautiful elves were able to come to Hogwarts and serve as judges for the beauty pageant, the amount of high elf blood in their bodies should not be too high.

"There are more participants in the beauty pageant than expected. No wonder eliminations are carried out on the first day."

Conan-san, who had been watching from the audience for nearly twenty minutes, had already seen more than fifty contestants of different races appear.

However, according to the emcee who was probably a student on the stage just now, it seems that half of the contestants have not yet gone on stage.

Conanshan gradually understood why there were so many contestants in this beauty pageant.

Because it is different from other events in the Goblet of Fire competition, it is difficult to make advance selections for beauty pageants.

Anyway, as long as the contestants are not ugly, the organizers of the beauty pageant will not refuse them from appearing.

Therefore, contestants in beauty pageants basically do not need to go through school pre-selection and can participate at will.

The definition of beauty in the magical world seems to be different from that in the human world. Even animals can take part in the competition. Therefore, there are some busybodies who will bring their pets even if they don't participate in the competition themselves.

"I remember that there seemed to be a beauty contest for magical pets in the Goblet of Fire Tournament. Why don't those who bring their own pets directly participate in those competitions?"

The more Conan-san watched the beauty pageant, the more he felt he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

As of now, the number of non-human contestants has exceeded that of human contestants.

He had just seen someone bringing a black and white cow onto the stage.

If it weren't for the fact that beauty pageants definitely wouldn't allow inanimate objects to be on stage, otherwise some people would definitely have the wildest imagination to bring sculptures or golems.

"This beauty pageant is more interesting than I thought."

Conan-san had no interest in the beauty pageant, he just came here to accompany Comet.

However, seeing all those strange contestants, it was worth the trip.

"Okay! Please invite the next contestant to come on stage!"

Soon, the student emcee on the stage quickly finished the question and answer session with the previous contestant, and then called the next contestant to come up.

"Finally, a human contestant who is also a female... huh?"

Conan saw a familiar face appear.

The beautiful blonde girl, wearing the neat school uniform of the Clock Tower, walked onto the stage in a valiant manner.