Viktor Krum, Bulgaria's Quidditch Star's eyes were full of disdain, especially when looking at Dumbledore.
"Didn't you say there is an age limit? But why are there still two contestants who are underage?"
His words were clearly aimed at Dumbledore, he also wanted to express the issue of cheating at Hogwarts.
Ludo Bagman explained with a smirk: "In fact, the age line is a rule that was added only this year, and there was no age limit before."
Krum didn't accept that explanation and looked at his Headmaster.
Karkaroff let out a piercing laugh: "Dumbledore, why don't I remember that the rules say that the host can have two more contestants? Could it be that I didn't read the rules carefully?"
Madame Maxime also walked behind Fleur and placed her big hands on her shoulders.
"It's okay, let me handle it."
"Dumbledore, what do you mean by this? Hogwarts can't have three contestants, it's too unfair."
Without waiting for an explanation from Dumbledore, Karkaroff walked up to him and said: "Dumbledore, we only brought our qualified students here out of our trust in you."
"If we knew that your age line was not effective, we would have expanded the range of students a little bit."
"Now I have a suggestion, let the students of our two schools sign up again, and then select two contestants each."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Bagman beside him.
Seeing this, the round man shook his head again and again: "Impossible, the Goblet of Fire has been turned off, and it will not be ignited until the next tournament."
"Then Mr. Potter and Mr. Grindelwald cannot compete!"
Karkaroff made a new suggestion, but it was quickly overruled by Barty Crouch.
"The champions selected by the Goblet of Fire must participate in the competition or risk losing their magic, this is a contract signed with the Goblet of Fire."
Learning that both Lucas and Harry still needed to participate, an angry Karkaroff walked up to Harry quickly.
"Harry Potter, let me ask you, how did you pass the age limit and how did you cheat yourself into the tournament?"
Looking at Durmstrang Headmaster's fierce eyes, Moody's words flashed through Harry's mind.
This man used to be a Death Eater.
"I-I didn't cheat, sir!"
He answered the questions carefully, as if he was afraid of annoying him."
"You lie!" Karkaroff snapped.
At this moment, the sound of wood hitting the ground sounded from out of the door.
When he saw Moody enter the room, Harry seemed to see a savior, and his nervousness gradually relaxed.
"Karkaroff, you know in your heart that it is impossible for Harry to cheat. Not to mention Dumbledore's age line, the Goblet of Fire itself is a powerful magic artifact."
"If someone wants Harry to be selected, they must have enough magic power to cast a powerful confusion spell on the Goblet of Fire. Do you think the boy has such an ability?"
Hearing Moody's well-founded analysis, Harry nodded quickly to express his innocence.
Karkaroff sneered: "Did you see it? Even the specific process has been thought through. Did you cheat for the two of them? Alastor Moody!"
Lucas gave him a thumbs up in his heart, this guess is really accurate.
Seeing that a few people are unwilling to let go and they will continue to quarrel. He clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention to himself.
"I say, what are you arguing about? Do you think it's unfair for me and Potter, two fourth year students, to compete with people in their sixth or seventh year?"
"And this competition was once banned because of too many casualties. If it is unfair, it should be me and Potter who should be complaining, don't you think so?"
Everyone didn't know how to refute his words.
He looked around at the crowd and questioned them coldly.
"So what do you think this so-called Triwizard Tournament will do for us?"
"Hmph, maybe you want to be famous or want to get that one thousand gold Galleons prize."
Krum suddenly spoke at this time, with arrogance and dissatisfaction on his face.
Obviously what Lucas said just now didn't convince him.
Lucas laughed suddenly, and the laughter grew louder and louder. After he finally calmed down, he answered.
"Viktor Krum, do you think everyone is going after fame like you?"
"Or let me answer your question from another angle, do you think Potter and I care about the title of Triwizard Champion?"
"Potter is already famous as the boy-who-lived, the defeater of you-know-who. Isn't such a reputation much more useful than being a Triwizard Champion? Do you think people know even a single name of previous champions?"
"As for me, to put it bluntly, I am probably more famous in your two countries than in England."
"As for the reward of one thousand Galleons? The time I've spent talking nonsense with you here is enough time for the Saints Group to earn one thousand or even ten thousand Galleons."
After finishing what he had to say, Lucas turned around and walked to the side display case to look around.
The showroom suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, Karkaroff's deep voice sounded.
"Then tell me why it became like this."
"Isn't that obvious?" Lucas looked at him strangely.
Lucas' eyes made him very uncomfortable, it was as if he was staring at an idiot.
"The Triwizard Tournament is the tournament with the highest death rate. Isn't it normal for people to die in it?"
"Hmph, you mean someone wants you to die? I think that you wanting to be more famous is much more plausible."
As soon as Karkaroff finished speaking, he saw Lucas walking in front of him quickly.
Before he could retreat, the neckline of his clothes was grabbed by the younger man.
"There are many ways to become famous, but I always like to use the quick way, such as sending the Saints to Durmstrang."
"If this school with a long history is completely turned into history, my name should be known to everyone in the world right away, would you like that?"
Listening to those words there was a trace of cold sweat on Karkaroff's forehead.
"Enough is enough, since there is no solution, Harry and Lucas can only compete in the tournament."
Dumbledore showed up just in time to interrupt the flow of events.
This time there was no more objection.
Although Lucas said those words just now in Karkaroff's ear, his voice was loud enough that everyone in the room could hear it.
Madam Maxime knew that this was also Lucas' warning to herself.
She remembered the scene where Lucas played around the French Ministry of Magic two years ago and her expression suddenly turned ugly.
Lucas took a step back, making eye contact with Dumbledore briefly as he turned around.
Dumbledore then looked at Ludo Bagman.
"Ludo, shouldn't you explain the first task now?"
"Oh yes, I was too distracted and forgot."
Bagman took a crumpled note from his pocket.
"It's like this, the first match is to test your guts and capability to deal with the unknown."
After Bagman finished speaking, he found that Harry and the others were still looking at him, so he opened his hands and said, "I won't tell you the content of the task."
"My hints are only so many, facing the unknown, courage is very important for a wizard."
"The task is scheduled for November 24. You need to complete it in front of all the judges and students."
"In addition, I need to remind you that you cannot ask your school professors for help during the tournament, nor are they allowed to give it."
"You can only use your magic wand to complete the task. Those who successfully pass the first task can get the detailed information of the second one."
After Bagman finished speaking, he glanced at Crouch behind him.
After making sure that he didn't miss anything, he motioned for the champions to leave.
Lucas was the first to walk out of the showroom, and by the time the other four came out, he had long since disappeared.
As everyone left one by one. After a while, only the Hogwarts professors were left in the showroom.
"Alastor, please watch over Harry and don't let him do anything stupid."
Fake Moody nodded vigorously, Dumbledore's mission was exactly what he wanted.
Waiting for the fake Moody to leave the room, Dumbledore also asked Professor Snape to watch over Lucas more.
He then spoke with Professor McGonagall about the incident.
Half an hour later, Dumbledore took Professor Snape back to the headmaster's office.
Looking at Lucas sitting comfortably on the sofa drinking tea, the two were not surprised.
Dumbledore said with a smile: "Then we need to talk about the following things."
…
When Harry arrived back in the Gryffindor common room it was still early, and the common room was full of people.
Seeing Harry walk in, everyone became quiet for a while.
Immediately afterwards, everyone stood up and walked towards Harry.
"Hey Harry, good job!"
The twins patted his back and congratulated him, then they put a red scarf embroidered with golden lions on his neck.
The same goes for everyone else.
They looked like they were cheering and wishing Harry well.
But when everyone spoke, Harry could feel the insincerity in their words and he could also feel that they believed he put his name in the goblet.
Harry took off his things angrily.
When he returned to his dormitory, he did not expect to be greeted by the cold eyes of Ron and Seamus.
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