Chapter 406 404 Throw Rotten Eggs Into My Head, Hogwarts
Chapter 406 404. Throw rotten eggs at my head, Hogwarts
Hearing his words, the four warriors, including Jon, all looked at Matthew in shock.
Even the castle students who were already sitting in the audience heard a series of exclamations.
Hogwarts Castle is one of the stakes in this Triwizard Tournament, and even has an equal status with the entire French magic world in the blood oath between Dumbledore and Voldemort.
When the students in the castle were taken out of the school, they thought that the final would be on the Quidditch field, and they could be spectators for once.
However, what they didn't expect was that the real purpose of letting them out was actually to make room for the four participating warriors and reserve a competition venue.
Jon was of course shocked. After hearing Matthew's announcement, he turned his head to look at Dumbledore. Dumbledore looked at him and shook his head.
This meant that the final match would be completed in the castle, and even Dumbledore himself didn't know about it, but then Jon looked at Snape who was also sitting in the referee's seat.
Dumbledore didn't know, but Snape and the others definitely couldn't be unaware.
If they wanted to use Hogwarts Castle as a venue, they must get the approval of Voldemort, the current nominal owner of the castle, otherwise Matthew and the others wouldn't have the courage and ability to make a decision privately.
In other words, Voldemort must have known about this earlier than them, but how much earlier was unknown.
After thinking about this, Jon's first reaction was not how much more opportunities and advantages Draco and Emil had over him, but a question that came to his mind.
Why did Voldemort agree?
Just as Jon had this question, Matthew's voice, which was enhanced by the amplification spell, rang out again throughout the Quidditch stadium.
"From the Forbidden Forest to the Black Lake, and from the Black Lake to the castle, this Triwizard Tournament involves every corner of this school, and the final winner will be born in this castle."
"The Triwizard Cup! The champion trophy of this game. The warrior who lifts it at the last moment is the only winner, and the camp he belongs to will also get everything in the oath you made. This trophy is now hidden in this castle. You need to find clues from it and find this final glory. There is no time limit for this game, until someone lifts the Triwizard Cup. At the same time, there is no restricted area in the castle. As long as you can I thought that all the places that can be reached and entered may be the places where the final trophy is hidden. "
"And the final rankings of the first two games will be used as the order of entry for you to enter the castle and start the game. Jon Green, who has the highest score, will be the first to enter the castle at 10 o'clock in the morning to start the game, while Emil Lestrange and Diane Rosier, who are tied for second place, will enter the castle at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and finally Draco Malfoy, who will enter the castle as the last one when the sun sets. "
After the specific rules were announced, there was an uproar in the audience.
Because as the person with the leading score, Jon's advantage in this game is really too great.
He entered the venue three hours earlier than the second place, and almost a day earlier than Draco. If his luck is good enough, he may find the Triwizard Cup and end the game before others come in first.
But even if someone thinks that such a big advantage is unfair, the rules cannot be changed at this time.
Just after Matthew announced all the rules of the game, there were less than five minutes left before 10 o'clock.
At this time, the African referee had already done a complete inspection of Jon.
"What's wrong with your eyes?"
She asked cautiously.
Jon certainly didn't think that the changes in his eyes could be hidden from such an inspection, he shrugged and said.
"A failed magic experiment caused it to become like this. If you mind, you can find someone to help change it back to its original state. I can't do anything myself."
The African witch finally found a professional identification wizard and asked him to make a rigorous estimate of Jon's situation.
But obviously even the professional wizard had never seen Jon's situation before, and he observed his pair of burning light golden eyes for a long time but couldn't tell the reason.
Finally, the time for the game was getting closer and closer, and Matthew came forward and did not pursue the changes in Jon's eyes, and allowed him to compete normally.
After confirming again that he did not carry anything that violated the regulations, it was ten o'clock.
Jon was brought to the wide-open castle gate. Everyone was looking at him. Before he approached the gate, he looked back at Dumbledore. The two just stared at each other and there was no other communication.
Finally, he stepped into the castle gate without hesitation.
And just after he entered, the gate was closed from the outside and opened again at one o'clock.
After watching the door being closed and Jon officially starting the game, Dumbledore slowly stood up from his seat. There were very few people paying attention to him now. Most of the students and reporters were discussing the last game. At this time, he silently turned around and left the arena and Hogwarts Castle, leaving only Rozier as the representative of the Witch Flat Line.
Crouch discovered that Dumbledore had disappeared just three minutes later.
He looked at the empty place, turned to Snape and asked.
"Who is guarding the Ministry of Magic in France?"
"Selwyn and Rookwood."
Snape said calmly. He was obviously aware of Dumbledore's departure, but he didn't seem to be too worried about it.
"Remember our current status and just look after this castle for the master. I believe the master is more prepared than anyone else."
After Jon entered Hogwarts Castle, he didn't feel that it was any different from when he came before.
But even so, he still clenched the wand in his hand and remained mentally alert at all times.
As expected before the third game, Voldemort himself still did not attend the last game. He had not returned since the first project when the castle was attacked by dragons. Didn't appear in front of the public.
Of course, Dumbledore and Jon would not have failed to notice this. In fact, many people in the wizarding world have been inquiring about Voldemort himself since the beginning of this year.
There are indeed some results, which is why Jon and Dumbledore said those words before the game started.
When the third game was going on, Dumbledore naturally had to do something he should do, and this matter was likely to involve facing Voldemort himself.
But this doesn't mean that Jon's side is necessarily safe.
From the first project, anyone could see Voldemort's attitude towards Jon.
If getting rid of Dumbledore was one thing he had to do, then Jon must be the second on the list.
This is not only the fact that Jon is the most outstanding student among the new generation on Dumbledore's side, but the more critical issue is that Jon humiliated Voldemort in front of so many people across Europe and killed many of them. Two of his capable subordinates.
Based on Voldemort's vengeful personality, if there is an opportunity to kill Jon, he will not let it go. If there is no opportunity to kill Jon, then he will create this opportunity!
And in this last game, it is undoubtedly one of the best opportunities.
Jon certainly didn't know what Voldemort was thinking or doing, but he knew that he had to be extra careful at this time.
Now that he could enter the castle openly, of course he had nothing to hide anymore. Let’s talk about searching for clues for another time. He walked up the stairs and started to go straight to the seventh floor. He soon came to the room where all the students and students in the entire castle were. In front of the principal's office in the professor's restricted area, he did not reach out, but waved his wand and pushed open the door.
Looking inside from where the foyer was, Jon didn't find anything wrong.
There were no living creatures guarding anything here, and when he stepped into the principal's office, no magic devices seemed to be activated. Everything was so normal.
The furnishings here are basically the same as when Jon first came here, and all the traces left by Hermione's previous battle have been cleaned up.
Of course, the four relics on the desk in the middle were not taken away and placed elsewhere. Jon didn't know that little Barty and Snape could no longer contact Voldemort. He just thought that Voldemort himself had support and knew that he and the castle There is no possibility that these four related relics could be smuggled out like this.
After staying in the principal's room for a while, Jon followed the corner staircase in the room, going up all the way, and finally came to the tower where the Pen of Acceptance and the Book of Admission were once stored.
At this time, the table in the middle of the tower was empty, with nothing placed on it, and there were no magic portraits on the surrounding walls. It seemed as if the place had been emptied.
After carefully searching the surrounding area without any results, Jon couldn't help but leave in disappointment.
Also, even if Voldemort allowed Matthew and the others to set the competition venue in Hogwarts Castle, they probably would not dare to hide the Triwizard Cup in the principal's room so offensively.
So Jon returned to the principal's office, first trying to see if he could pull out the Gryffindor sword, thinking that even if he couldn't take it out of Hogwarts Castle, he could just use it in the castle.
But it turned out that the blade of the sword seemed to be completely integrated with the entire desk. No matter how hard Jon tried, he could not pick it up from the desk.
In the end, Jon had no choice but to give up, not even fulfilling his wish to become a Gryffindor Sword Master.
And just when he was about to turn around and leave the principal's office that could no longer bring him any gains, he suddenly thought of something and stopped in his tracks.
Enter the castle openly.
Now he has entered the castle openly, right?
After confirming this, Jon turned his back to the door of the principal's office, faced the direction of the desk and said a word.
"Throw rotten eggs into my head, Hogwarts."
This was what Dumbledore told him after the second project, a strange secret order.
Four months have passed, and Jon's memory is a bit vague. After all, Dumbledore didn't act very serious when he said these things, and it was more like a joking tone, so Jon didn't take it too seriously.
But now he suddenly remembered this matter. Anyway, he came here, and Dumbledore wouldn't hurt him if he tried.
And just after Jon finished this secret order, the whole principal's office was very quiet. Nothing changed, and no one or ghost jumped out to really throw rotten eggs on his head.
Just when Jon waited for three or four seconds, spread his hands, thinking that this might just be a joke from Dumbledore, and was about to turn around and leave the principal's office again, a slightly weak but particularly jumping and excited voice suddenly sounded in his mind!
"Hey! Hey! Hey! It's been so long, it's been so long! There are still people who can come here!"
Jon's steps, which had already taken half a step, stopped instantly. He turned around and looked at the still empty principal's office, but didn't find the source of the sound.
"Why don't you speak? Are you looking for me? If so, please go forward."
Jon did not do what the voice in his mind said, but asked softly.
"Who are you?"
"Who am I? You don't know who I am? Then why did you say that to wake me up? Don't be ridiculous, friend."
"This is what Professor Dumbledore taught me. Do you know him? Albus Dumbledore."
The voice suddenly fell silent. Jon couldn't figure out what happened. Just when he was about to speak again, the voice let out a long sigh.
"Albus Dumbledore, Albus. Of course I know. You call him professor? Are you his student?"
"Yes, my name is Jon Green, and I am a fourth-year student at Hogwarts under his leadership."
"After he left here, did he build a new Hogwarts? The school was divided?"
"It was divided, but not a new Hogwarts. We have always firmly believed that there is only one Hogwarts, and the castle now is not worthy of being called a school. Now we are preparing to take it back."
After saying this, Jon continued to ask tentatively.
"Who are you? Is it the castle?"
The voice seemed to be amused by Jon's question.
"Haha, castle? Me? If you really want to know who I am, why don't you come forward as I said? A fourth-year student at Hogwarts - Jon Green."