Chapter 190: Six Champions

Finally, the golden plates returned to their original spotless state. The sound in the Great Hall suddenly rose a lot, and Madam Maxime stood up immediately, so it became silent here again instantly.

"Alright, in about a minute or so, the goblet will select the champions," Madam Maxime said. "After the champion's name is announced, I hope they walk to the top of the hall, walk past the staff table, and enter the room next door, where they will receive preliminary guidance."

Suddenly, blue and white sparks began to shoot out from the Goblet of Fire, and Madam Maxime waved her wand in time to make the whole room dim. Then, the flames turned red and spat out a charred piece of parchment.

"The champion of Durmstrang," Madam Maxime read. "Is Viktor Krum."

"This is not strange at all," Luo En said excitedly, while Harry just shrugged. Krum looked calm and composed, or even a bit listless. He walked to the front of the hall step by step, then made a turn, and turned into that door along the staff table.

A few seconds later, the flames turned red again, and the second piece of parchment shot out.

"The champion of Beauxbatons," she said clearly and powerfully. "Is Fleur Delacour!"

An extremely beautiful girl who looked like a Veela stood up gracefully and walked lightly toward the top of the hall.

"Do you know her?" Harry asked Donna for information.

"Oh, who doesn't know the beautiful and sweet Sister Fleur," Donna said in an indifferent tone. "But if you remove the beauty brought by the Veela bloodline, she is just an ordinary good student."

Harry scratched his head and didn't speak again; he felt that this new friend's mouth was too mean.

"The champion of Hogwarts," as the flames turned red for the third time, Madam Maxime's voice sounded again. "Is Cedric Diggory."

The Hogwarts students applauded while inevitably feeling a bit disappointed. Knowing that the champion was not themselves was not a happy thing.

Luo En also looked at Harry in surprise and questioned: "This is not right, shouldn't it be you?"

Zhang Qiu was satisfied and put a tick in her notebook. "The only thing this month that conforms to fate," she said.

Before Luo En could continue speaking, the jumping flames spat out the fourth name. Madam Maxime took the paper and continued to read, "The champion of Ilvermorny, is Elena Kaslana!"

A girl whose appearance was not inferior to Fleur stood up. Although Harry had seen her for the second time, he couldn't help but be fascinated by her silver-white long hair.

"Whoa, another half-Veela," Donna complained. "Is the first project a competition to see who is less like a human? Then Krum will definitely win. He should have ninety-nine percent of the blood of a curly baboon."

In the fifth crackling sound of the flames, Madam Maxime continued to read: "The champion of Kodo-something-sky, is Renata Yevgenievna Chicherina."

A thin and small girl stood up. Harry dared to say that she was definitely under seventeen. However, although she should be at the age of being innocent and playing around, her face, which was even younger than Eve's, was full of a solemnity deeper than Deng Buliduo's. That temperament made Harry feel that she might have half the blood of an ice cube.

"No wonder Kaslana is so beautiful," Zhang Qiu murmured. "This is to contend with her."

"What must a human look like for Ilvermorny to have to send a half-Veela to contend?" Luo En sighed.

After Renata walked into the side door, the flames erupted with a more violent crackling sound than before. The almost completely red flames formed the shape of an Eastern dragon, and it gently sent a piece of paper to Madam Maxime's hand with its whiskers.

"Master Xuanjun selected for us the champion he thinks is most qualified to compete. Before selecting all the champions, he left this name in advance," Madam Maxime paused deliberately. "Harry Potter!"

Luo En applauded excitedly. Harry took a deep breath and walked slowly to the top of the hall amidst the applause. Deng Buliduo gave him a firm look.

Harry walked toward the side door. The staff table was full of professors he didn't know, only Tang Tang Nade waved at him covertly.

After he walked into the door, he found that the other champions were sitting around the fireplace. Renata and Elena were sitting in two single armchairs tit for tat, while Cedric stared at the fireplace, trying to avoid that tense atmosphere. Fleur and Krum were sitting generously on the large sofa in the middle, each occupying one end of the sofa.

"So, we have selected six champions, but the Triwizard Tournament, as the name suggests, can only have three participating parties," Madam Maxime said. "Now you need to form teams. If possible, come up with a loud name for the combination."

"I have a suggestion," not far away, Prince Mountbatten, who was sitting in a high-backed chair, suddenly spoke. He was the head of the judging panel for this event, so everyone had to take his suggestion seriously.

"The traditional Triwizard Tournament is Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang, so we will first divide the three champions who are opponents of each other according to this grouping," Prince Mountbatten said. "And then, you can discuss who the other three champions are preparing to team up with."

"That's a good idea." The headmasters who followed in discussed in a low voice, and then agreed to this proposal.

"I'll team up with Fleur," Elena suddenly spoke. "We both have Veela blood."

"I have no opinion," Fleur said.

"Then I'll be in a team with Krum," Renata stood up. "We both belong to the socialist camp."

Krum didn't seem to understand much, but this didn't prevent him from agreeing happily.

"That's great," Cedric breathed a sigh of relief. "Will you team up with me, Harry?"

"Of course, I've been ready for a long time," Harry looked at this grouping that had no accidents at all and said seriously. "I didn't intend to team up with anyone else anyway."

"Very good, then I will announce the first project," Prince Mountbatten said. "The first project is to test your courage, so I won't tell you what it specifically is. An important quality of a wizard is to dare to face unknown things."

"The first project will be held on November 24th, and all students and the judging panel will be present to watch," he continued. "This project will be very dangerous, so you can carry any weapons or magical props, but they must be used by the champion themselves. However, please note that the more you rely on weapons, the lower your final score will be."

"But don't give up preparation because of this. I will remind everyone again, the first project is very, very dangerous. If you can survive and complete this project, you will be qualified to know the information about the second project." After Prince Mountbatten finished speaking, he turned to look at the headmasters. "I think, since the requirements of the competition are so high, the champions won't participate in the school year exams, right?"

"No problem," Madam Maxime agreed first, and others also agreed one after another.

"That's all I have to say. Now, the champions can go back and rest," Prince Mountbatten paused. "Oh right, you also have to discuss your respective combination names within a week. We will arrange the appearance order according to the first letter of the combination name."

"Should we take this opportunity to discuss first," Elena said, "who wants to appear first?"

"Oh, lovely Miss Kaslana," Madam Maxime said in a doting tone. "Please understand, the Beauxbatons students are waiting to celebrate for Miss Delacour."

"Ah right, Hogwarts too," Deng Buliduo took over. "They finally have an excuse to make a big fuss, it would be too unreasonable to take away this opportunity from them."

Harry looked at Cedric, Cedric nodded, and the two walked out of the room together.

The Great Hall was empty now, but the candles were still shining brightly, reflecting on the silver candlesticks and golden empty plates, shining brilliantly.

"Alright, we are teammates now," Cedric said with a smile.

"We will cooperate very well," Harry's mind was still thinking about the relationship between the champions, weighing Elena's attitude. "I mean, after all, we have been opponents for so long, it can be said that we know each other quite well."

Luo En and Zhang Qiu, who were originally sitting on the edge of the table, came up. "Go back to the train quickly, they are having a celebration party in the dining car."

"Alright," Harry made a gesture of invitation to Cedric. "We can discuss the name of the combination on the way."

They hadn't walked a few steps when a girl wearing a Beauxbatons school uniform ran up to catch up. Harry looked back, it was Hermione.

"Tomorrow after dinner, at six o'clock, all the champions will meet privately, is that okay?" she said panting. "The location will be by the edge of the forest, next to Ms. Sarah's cabin."

Harry subconsciously looked at the forest, and he did see an exquisite small wooden house vaguely in the distance.

"Hermione? Why are you?" Cedric was still a bit confused.

"I am now Elena's personal assistant, Tang Tang Nade provided me with a valuable internship opportunity," her tone carried a hint of pride, but she quickly returned to the main point. "Can you see it? The gamekeeper's cabin, it's actually similar to Hagrid's house, you can also ask other students for directions when the time comes."

"No problem," Harry nodded.

"Alright, we'll talk later, now I have to go find Krum," Hermione said. "Everyone has to discuss a strategy harmoniously, don't play tricks and make things tense."

While she was speaking, she walked quickly toward the river again. The small high heels of Beauxbatons made a dull tapping sound on the grass. Luo En looked at that back for a long time.

When bursts of laughter erupted in the dining car and the children shouted "Hogwarts is one step ahead," perhaps because of the thought that there was still one Hogwarts student who didn't participate, Harry and Luo En's interest was visibly not very high. ===== CHAPTER 191 =====