By the end of October, the schoolwork for the little wizards was getting heavier, and all the fourth graders noticed that the homework they had to do this semester increased significantly.

According to the professors, they are entering an important period of magic education, and their OWLs exam is approaching - although it is in fifth grade, but the little wizards will start to prepare now.

Professor Binns - the ghost who taught them the history of magic, assigned them to write a paper on the eighteenth century goblin rebellion; Professor Snape forced them to work on the antidote, and they dared not take it lightly, as Professor Snape suggested, He was going to poison one of them before Christmas to see if their antidote worked; Professor Flitwick asked them to read three more books in preparation for learning the Flying Spell, and even Hagrid burdened them.

Most of the little wizards complained about this, but there was still good news.

For a great notice was erected in the foyer:

Triwizard Tournament

Representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at 10pm on Friday, October 30.The afternoon class will end half an hour earlier.

The announcement in the foyer had a palpable effect on those who lived in the castle.

For the next week, wherever Ye Ting went, people seemed to talk about only one topic: the Triwizard Tournament.

Rumors circulated quickly among the students, like a highly contagious germ: who will be the champion of Hogwarts, what will be the competition, what will the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrong have with them different.

Among them, Ravenclaw's Roger Davis and Hufflepuff's Cedric Diggory have the strongest voices.In addition, the little wizards always looked at Ye Ting with regret, as if his decision not to participate in the Triwizard Tournament was a big mistake.

The more business-minded senior wizards began to sell age-enhancing agents among the younger wizards, and many young wizards who thought they had some strengths paid for it.As if they were stronger than those older wizards except for their age.

Also, the castle appears to be undergoing a thorough cleaning.Several dirty portraits were scrubbed clean, and the scrubbed figures were very unhappy about it.They sat huddled in the frame, muttering sullenly, grinning in pain every time they touched the new pink tender flesh on their faces.The armor in the castle suddenly became shiny and no longer creaking when it moved.

The janitor, Argus Filch, was furious when he saw a student forgetting to wipe his shoes, sending two first-year girls into hysteria.

When they went downstairs for breakfast on the morning of October 10, they found that the auditorium had been renovated overnight.

Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each representing a Hogwarts house: Gryffindor with a golden lion on a red background, Ravenclaw with a bronze eagle on a blue background, and a yellow background Hufflepuff with a black badger and Slytherin with a silver python on a green background.

Behind the teacher's desk hangs the largest banner with the coat of arms of Hogwarts: lion, eagle, badger and snake linked together around a large letter H.

There was an anticipatory joy in the air that day.In the class, no one was paying attention to the lecture, and everyone thought that the people from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were coming tonight.Even the potions class was not as unbearable as usual, because it ended half an hour earlier.

When the bell rang early, the little wizards returned to the lounge tower of the academy, put down their bags and textbooks as instructed, put on their cloaks, and rushed down the stairs in three steps and two steps to the foyer.

College deans are ordering their students to line up.

They filed down the steps and stood in line in front of the castle.It was a cold, airy evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon had hung over the Forbidden Forest.

The little wizards were excitedly discussing how the people of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang would come here.

As a prefect, Zhang Qiu stood at the very least. She looked at her watch, looked at the driveway leading to the front door, and turned to her companions and asked, "How do you think they will come? By train?"

"I don't think so," said Hermione.

"Then how come? Flying broom?" Zhang Qiu looked up at the starry sky and guessed.

"I don't think...from that far..."

"Portkey?" Marietta interjected, "or they can Apparate—perhaps where they are, people under seventeen are allowed to Apparate too?"

"Apparition is not allowed in the Hogwarts grounds, I remember I reminded you." Zhang Qiu said.

They glanced excitedly at the gradually darkening field, but saw no movement.Everything was silent, peaceful, and the same as usual.

Just when the girls were a little impatient, Ye Ting suddenly said, "If I guessed correctly, they are here."

Chapter 0234 The sensitivity of Beauxbatons and Zhang Qiu

"Yes, here they are," shouted Dumbledore, who was standing in the back row with the other teachers.

"Where?" many students asked eagerly, looking in different directions.

"There!" a sixth-grader shouted, pointing to the sky above the Forbidden Forest.

A behemoth, much larger than a broomstick—or a hundred broomsticks—was speeding across the dark blue sky toward the castle, growing in size.

"It's a dragon!" screamed a freshman, so excited that he didn't know what to do.

"Don't be silly... it's a house flying!" Dennis Creevey said.

Dennis' guess was a little closer.

As the black behemoth passed over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, lit by the light from the castle windows, they saw a huge powder-blue carriage coming towards them.It was the size of a house, and it was carried into the air by twelve winged horses, all silver-maned horses, each about the size of an elephant.

The carriage flew even lower, and was descending at an extremely fast speed. The students standing in the first three rows hurriedly retreated—then, there was an earth-shattering loud noise, and the horses’ hooves fell to the ground with a thud. The plate is so big.In the blink of an eye, the carriage also landed on the ground, vibrating on its huge wheels, while the golden horses shook their huge heads, and their fiery red eyes twitched.

On the door was a coat of arms, two golden criss-crossed wands, each with three stars, the school badge of Beauxbatons.

The next moment, the door opened.

A boy in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage, bent over, groped for something on the floor of the carriage, and opened a golden spiral staircase.He jumped back respectfully, and saw a shiny black high-heeled shoe stick out of the wagon—the size of a child’s sleigh—and a woman of the same size followed. Big, and a little giant in the same.

So it's self-evident why the carriages and those silver-maned horses are so big.Several people gasped in shock.

The woman had reached the bottom of the steps and was turning to look at the wide-eyed waiting crowd.When she stepped into the light from the foyer, she was found to have a handsome olive-colored face, large black, watery eyes, and a pointed nose.Her hair was pulled back in a shiny bun at the base of her neck.She was draped from head to toe in a black forge dress, and her neck and her thick fingers gleamed with opals of opulence.

Dumbledore began to applaud, and the classmates clapped along with them. Many stood on tiptoe, trying to see the woman more clearly.

Her face slackened, a graceful smile spread out, and she walked towards Dumbledore with a gleaming hand.Although Dumbledore was also tall, he barely stooped to kiss the hand.

"She's so tall," Hermione sighed. "I've never seen anyone as tall as her except Hagrid."

"Of course." Ye Ting explained, "This is the headmaster of Beauxbatons, Mrs. Maxime. Like Hagrid, she is a half-blooded giant, so she has such a height."

"Oh, a half-blood giant actually became the headmaster of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic," Hermione looked at her admiringly, "I heard that Beauxbatons is the only magic academy in France. But Lemay graduated from Beauxbatons, and Madame Maxime is amazing."

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