Chapter 164 Welcome Party

"What did you promise to Astoria?! A horse that only drinks single malt whiskey! Did you burn it because you had too much money?"

"...Isn't that what she likes?"

"You can raise it if you like it? What's the use of raising that thing? I'm warning you, never mention this again! Otherwise I won't be able to spare you!"

Daphne glared at Lu Yunkai fiercely.

He also reached out and pinched him gently.

Lu Yunkai rubbed his arms with a nonchalant expression, and then glanced at Astoria who was following him.

The little girl with an aggrieved face lowered her head, her lips pouting as high as Hogwarts Castle.

"Okay, don't think about those unreliable things." Daphne glanced at her sister, "Yun Kai seems to be able to make some money now, but he can't bear to spend it like this. Don't torment him either."

"Oh." Although Astoria agreed, she was still obviously unhappy.

"Your dress is nice, it fits well." Seeing Astoria's appearance, Daphne felt a little helpless and could only continue to smooth her hair.

"Didn't you choose this?" Astoria rolled her eyes at Daphne.

"..."

"Oops! Okay! I know! No more! Okay!!" Astoria waved her hand, "When I make money by myself in the future, I will support myself!"

"This is not just a matter of money, it is really useless..."

"I spend my own money however I like!"

"you……"

Daphne was furious.

At this time.

"Quiet!!"

Dumbledore's voice sounded.

The auditorium suddenly became quiet.

Sitting in the auditorium, the students who were discussing excitedly fell silent, and everyone looked at Dumbledore.

In the auditorium, which originally had only four long tables all year round, six long tables were set up today for the first time. The two empty tables were naturally used to welcome and wait for guests.

In the afternoon, the two schools that came to participate in the Triwizard Tournament had arrived at Hogwarts.

Although not many people saw Beauxbatons' carriage parked near the Forbidden Forest when it arrived, there were many witnesses when the large ship full of Durmstrang students emerged from the bottom of Hogwarts Lake. or's.

The Triwizard Tournament, which had been hotly discussed since the beginning of the school year and had somewhat cooled down due to the passage of two months, was once again ignited.

Now every Hogwarts student has an excited smile on his face and is looking forward to it.

"Some of you have met our guests this afternoon and even had some cordial conversations."

Dumbledore looked at his students after they calmed down.

Then his eyes glanced at Lu Yunkai.

Lu Yunkai was a little embarrassed. He knew that Dumbledore was talking about him.

At that time, he was so happy because of Astoria's change of views on the bloodline issue that he directly dragged her and ran to find Hagrid.

He bumped into Dumbledore who was going to greet Madam Maxime.

Afterwards, he asked Hagrid what he needed to pay attention to when raising the magic rune horse. Hagrid didn’t know much about it, so he asked Mrs. Maxim, and then she gave him a weird look...

Well, he admitted that he had not seen the world at that time and was a bit lost in Hogwarts.

Otherwise, with his stingy temperament, he should have found a reason to give up Astoria's idea of ​​raising a magical talisman (and Lu Yunkai probably wouldn't have been able to do it if it hadn't been for being so angry at Mrs. Maxim. Tolia would not insist on raising a horse that is unlikely to be used as a mount).

"But I still want to introduce our guests to you very solemnly. I hope that in the rest of this year, you can coexist peacefully with them and become friends." Dumbledore turned his eyes away and continued: "First of all, Invite our friends from the south, students from Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and their principal, Madame Maxime.”

With that said, Dumbledore gestured to Filch, who was wearing a weird tuxedo that didn't look like him.

Filch hurriedly ran out of the auditorium, and after a while, a group of people walked into the auditorium.

The whole place fell silent.

Only sparse applause sounded.

It's not that the students at Hogwarts don't know how to be polite, but this group of guests is really annoying.

They were all witch apprentices wearing slim-cut magic robes made of exquisite silk!

Almost all the male students in Hogwarts, including Lu Yunkai, were stunned.

This group of pretty French girls were all smiling. As they walked into the auditorium, they saluted and said hello to the Hogwarts students around them. They didn't seem to mind at all that there was no welcome applause when they entered. .

Or maybe they enjoy this situation more when others look at them and look stupid?

Under the leadership of Filch, the Beauxbatons students came to the long table prepared for them in the auditorium. However, although they took their seats one after another, no one sat down. They just stood quietly and smiled. With.

Then their principal walked into the auditorium.

"Wow!! What a big woman!"

Almost everyone gave the same exclamation that Lu Yunkai and Astoria had after seeing Mrs. Maxim.

Lu Yunkai, who had already met the principal once, noticed that all the Beauxbatons students were applauding and welcoming in unison.

It seems that this school is very strictly managed!

Amid the exclamations and applause of the Hogwarts students, Madam Maxime came to Dumbledore, who was half her height. The two hugged each other, whispered a few words, and then sat down in her seat behind the podium.

She had already greeted Dumbledore in the afternoon, and there was really nothing to say in the hall.

Then.

"Next, it's our friends from the north. Students from Durmstrang School of Magic, and their headmaster, Igor Karkaroff!" Dumbledore introduced them again.

This time, the atmosphere was completely different from just now.

When the door of the auditorium opened again, all the men walked in.

They were all wearing thick leather robes, giving people the feeling that they came from a very cold place.

However, according to what Chris had told Lu Yunkai before about this school that was particularly tolerant of black magic, no one knew where this school was.

Compared to the shock they felt when they saw the group of beautiful French girls, the students of Hogwarts reacted more normally when they saw the group of strong northern men. They all applauded and welcomed them.

However, this normality soon disappeared.

Then there were a lot of exclamations.

Because the last student who walked into the auditorium after a large number of Durmstrang students was known not only to Lu Yunkai but also to many Hogwarts students.

"Krum!! Viktor Krum!! Oh my God! He is a student of Durmstrang?" Malfoy, who was sitting opposite Lu Yunkai, exclaimed.

"It seems so." Lu Yunkai nodded.

But... do you have to be so excited? ,

Didn't you argue with other people in the team for a long time when school started two months ago, saying that he didn't deserve the title of the best Quidditch player of the time?

After the exclamation caused by Krum, a tall and thin man with short white hair and a goatee on his chin also walked into the auditorium.

He had an exaggerated smile on his face.

Needless to say, Lu Yunkai also knew that this person must be Igor Karkaroff.

Lu Yunkai also heard a lot of introductions about this person from Chris in the afternoon.

To put it simply, four words can summarize Lu Yunkai's impression of this person.

Former Death Eater.

Just for this reason, Lu Yunkai could not like this guy.

However, this man seemed to be unaware (or deliberately did not think) that the exclamations in the hall were not caused by his entry. He walked up to Dumbledore with a smile and hugged Dumbledore.

He also said a few words.

However, compared with the more natural and simple communication between Madame Maxime and Dumbledore just now, which was the second meeting in one day, Karkaroff's words were obviously particularly hypocritical (of course, his voice was also very loud).

"Dear old friend, dear Hogwarts!" Karkaroff said with a smile, "I haven't been back here for many years. It's great to be here. It's great!"

"If you like, the door of Hogwarts is always open to friends." Dumbledore also replied with a smile.

Of course, the voice was not small...

The look of "I'll play along with you" made Lu Yunkai, who had been frowning slightly because of Karkaroff, raise his lips.

In fact, apart from the fact that Dumbledore didn't like him for some reason, this old man's temperament was sometimes quite to his liking.

After Karkaroff sat down, Dumbledore just said a few simple words, and then the welcome dinner, which was also the Halloween dinner, officially began.

This dinner can be said to be quite sumptuous.

Lu Yunkai saw some food on the table that he had never seen in the four years since he came to Hogwarts.

For example, some fish soup that smelled strangely fishy and heavy cream...

"This soup is so bad, how did you drink it?... Blaise? Hello? Are you okay? What's wrong?"

Lu Yunkai asked Blaise, who was sitting opposite him, looking forward with his eyes raised, like a puppet, pouring the fish soup that he found hard to swallow into his mouth one spoonful at a time.

Then he found that Blaise didn't react at all, as if someone had cast an Imperius Curse on her.

Then he found that Blaise didn't seem to be the only one.

Goyle and Crabbe, who were sitting next to him, were also...

"What happened..."

Lu Yunkai turned his head and looked behind him.

Then, he was also dumbfounded.

Behind him was the dining table prepared by Hogwarts for the students of Beauxbatons.

And Lu Yunkai saw a girl sitting opposite them at a glance.

She had waist-length silver hair and a pair of bright blue eyes like the clearest sky, which also flashed with silver light.

The smile on her face made Lu Yunkai seem to forget the time all of a sudden.

Oh, there was more than one girl like this. Next to the girl who looked a little older, there was a little girl who looked less than eleven years old to enter school...

Oh my God! !

How could there be such beautiful women in this world! !

Although Lu Yunkai couldn't tell where they were beautiful, but...

They were beautiful! Beauty without reason! !

Why didn’t I notice them when they came in just now?

oh! right! When Beauxbatons students entered the venue just now, several people had their faces covered with veils. Lu Yunkai originally thought it was because they had some injuries on their faces, or because they looked too fierce.

Okay, if beauty is a murderous weapon, then these two girls are definitely the most vicious people in the world...

"Lu Yunkai! What are you doing!!"

The stinging pain on his arm finally woke Lu Yunkai out of his daze.

"……nothing."

Lu Yunkai withdrew his gaze.

He noticed Daphne, whose face was red with anger.

Then there was a moment of fright.

What happened to you just now? Why does it look like he's possessed by an evil spirit?

Are those two girls that pretty? Not even if you think about it carefully!

But why...

There must be a ghost! ?

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