Chapter 427 Global Youth Wizarding Competition

The hall was completely silent. Such a shocking appearance made the students dare not breathe, and they only dared to communicate with their friends through eye contact.

Rice lowered his head, his eyes were gloomy.

After entering the hall in a rather domineering way, Rowena stood beside her seat in the staff seat, quietly waiting for Dumbledore to introduce herself to the students.

Seeing Arius arrive, Dumbledore smiled.

"Professor Arius will serve as the professor of alchemy at Hogwarts, which means that students who are interested in alchemy can consider signing up for Professor Arius's alchemy. However, this course is currently only open to students who are in the fifth grade or above and have obtained excellent results in the O.W.L.s exams. The specific requirements will be posted on the school bulletin board-students who do not meet the requirements can submit applications to the deans of their respective colleges, and after being reviewed and approved, they can also choose to practice alchemy."

As soon as Dumbledore said this, the hall, which had been quiet because of Rowena's appearance, suddenly rang with a buzz of discussion.

When everyone heard the words "new professor", they all subconsciously thought that this windy woman was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. But Headmaster Dumbledore actually said that she was the professor of alchemy. Doesn't that mean...

Everyone's eyes were focused on Professor White's face in the staff seat.

Dumbledore took in the students' reactions. He didn't point it out specifically, but just said "There are no other changes in teaching positions this school year."

This time, it was completely confirmed that Professor White would continue to serve as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

This is the first Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to be re-elected since Voldemort's rise! The meaning behind it is self-evident. The symbolic meaning is even more important at this moment when Voldemort is making a comeback.

Voldemort's curse has been broken!

Dumbledore smiled as he watched the little wizards talking in the audience, and his eyes swept across the clock in the auditorium.

'Time is almost up...' he muttered in his heart.

Seeing that Professor Dumbledore was just standing there, neither continuing to speak nor announcing that everyone could have dinner, the young wizards understood that the headmaster still had something to say, so the discussion in the hall gradually subsided.

When the clock hands jumped to seven o'clock, Dumbledore spoke.

"Next, I will announce the most important thing of this school year.

In order to inspire young wizards around the world to love and explore magic, promote the exchange and integration of magic knowledge between different cultures, and jointly open a more brilliant new era of magic, after a long series of contacts and communications, Hogwarts will host the first Global Young Wizards Championship. Of course, it has a more gentle and elegant name: World Young Wizards Championship.

The competition is open to all young wizards under the age of 21. Magic schools, individuals, and magic organizations can send people to sign up, but in principle, the number of participants from a single magic school shall not exceed thirteen, and the number of participants from a single organization shall not exceed seven..."

When Dumbledore announced the rules of the World Young Wizards Championship to all Hogwarts teachers and students, in other corners of the world, no matter which time zone they were in, the principals of various magic schools gathered their students at 7 pm and announced the grand event to be held in Hogwarts this year - the Global Young Wizards Championship.

Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Kodostoriz, Institute of Magic, Ugadu, Castrobush, Ilvermorny...

English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese...

Various languages ​​echoed in the halls of various schools, with only one goal: to get a high enough ranking in the competition as much as possible, so that the school can become the world's number one magic school!

The interest of the little wizards was also aroused.

Who can refuse an opportunity to show themselves in front of wizards all over the world? What's more, this can also bring honor to their alma mater.

In the past, students from every magic school claimed that their school was the best, and the ownership of the world's number one magic school has always been controversial. Now, everyone can find an opportunity to compete.

Every student is eager to become one of the thirteen people representing the school, even if it may cost his life.

The news is spreading further, from the eight famous magic schools to wizard families and magic organizations, and hundreds of wizards will flock to Hogwarts.

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At this moment, the hall of Hogwarts, like the halls, meeting halls, meeting rooms, and squares of other magic schools, was in a state of excitement, and everyone was excitedly discussing the upcoming Global Youth Wizards Championship.

"Merlin!"

"I really want to qualify for the competition!!!"

"There is no age limit, so as a third-year student, am I -"

"Thinking too much!"

Rice narrowed his eyes: Each magic school can have a maximum of thirteen participants? It seems to be a little different from the plan he discussed before, but it is not a big problem. It is probably the suggestion of other magic schools.

Besides, even if there are 100 places, as long as I don't sign up, I will naturally not become a candidate! Rice's mood is extremely calm and unperturbed.

But at this moment, Rowena on the stage suddenly smiled at him, and Rice's heart "clicked".

Damn! Why did Rowena smile at me? Wait, as an old friend who has been reunited after a long time, it seems that it is not a problem for him to smile at me. I am too sensitive.

Rice kept comforting himself in his heart, calming himself down and not letting Rowena's intervention cause him to lose his composure.

Dumbledore on the stage had already explained the rules of the World Youth Wizarding Tournament clearly, and then he motioned to Professor McGonagall to bring the Sorting Hat to him.

"Here I want to thank Professor White and Professor Arius. With their help, we upgraded the Sorting Hat so that it can help us select students who are eligible to participate in the World Youth Wizarding Tournament. It will comprehensively consider all aspects and score wizards. The top thirteen students will become contestants representing Hogwarts... It seems a bit late now, how about we eat first? Will we select contestants tomorrow?" Dumbledore asked tentatively.

"No!" The students' attitude was quite intense. They shouted one after another, hoping that Dumbledore would start selecting contestants now - they would rather stay up until midnight than wait until tomorrow.

After learning that it was the Sorting Hat that scored, Rice felt relieved: he only needed to deal with the Sorting Hat to avoid becoming a contestant!

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Here is the first chapter, there will be another chapter at 12 o'clock in the evening.