Chapter 274: Top 3 Becomes Top 4
While the wizards of Country Y were leisurely reading the Daily Prophet, with Aryan still appearing on the front page from time to time, and the students of Hogwarts were living a relaxed school life with the Dark Lord's daughter rarely appearing, Kodos Dorez was officially announced as the new school participating in the Triwizard Tournament.
In this case, it should not be called the Top Three but the Top Four Championship. However, most wizards in Country Y still call it the Top Three. One reason is habit, and the other is that they think Kodosdoriz does not deserve the title of "strong".
After dinner, they had a new topic of conversation, linking the emergence of the Kodostoriz school with the Muggle Protection Act of the previous year. They were indignant that being pro-Muggle had become a new trend in the Ministry of Magic, a new trend that would, in the long run, harm the interests of wizards who had been working diligently to contribute to the magical society.
But no matter how many objections there are, it is a foregone conclusion that Kodostorize will enter Hogwarts on October 30th along with Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.
In this struggle against power that most wizards with conscience believed was a victory, Della, the mastermind behind the scenes, quietly returned to Hogwarts a week before the arrival of the three schools. At this time, her classmates looked at her with subtle mockery in their eyes.
The emergence of the pro-mazur group can be seen as a resistance to the Dark Lord's power. In the minds of many students who were watching the show in fear, Della Riddle was humiliated by the entire wizarding community, which made them feel a little superior.
Della watched coldly, still living her simple and casual life. She strolled around Hogwarts with Draco, went to the fake Moody's Defense Against the Dark Arts class to see his gloomy face and get some information by the way, occasionally ran into Cynthia, who was a grade higher than her, and stopped to chat with this Ravenclaw who was getting more and more adept at campus life.
Unlike most of the Ravenclaws Della had met, Cynthia didn't like staying in the library or the Ravenclaw common room filled with books. She was not interested in courses that were too written, such as History of Magic and Runes. She slept through the required History of Magic class in her fifth year, and asked her guardian Lupin and headmaster Dumbledore to drop out of the elective Runes class in the second week, happily having more time to stroll in the daylight.
It's not that Cynthia doesn't like to study. She will also actively look for books on the subjects of Transfiguration, Charms and Magical Animals that she is interested in. However, she does not take exams at all. She doesn't care about her class grades and does things purely based on her desire to explore.
She is willful like a young lady who knows nothing about the world, but now she does have a capable, financially capable and responsible parent protecting her. Cynthia is lucky enough to have met the most responsible Della.
Della had also secretly observed Harry and Snape's attitudes towards Cynthia several times. The two teachers and students who were not on good terms had surprisingly similar approaches in this regard. They both couldn't help but quietly appear beside Cynthia, but were hesitant to talk to her, as if a few glances were enough to satisfy them.
Occasionally, when they did talk, Harry was fine. Being treated politely and distantly, he would instantly talk to Cynthia as an ordinary classmate. As for Professor Snape, hiss -
Della actually didn't quite understand him, because from her perspective, Cynthia's disgust and boredom were very obvious, which was different from the lively and cheerful Lily in all the photos she had seen, but Snape seemed to be used to it, and no matter what attitude Cynthia showed, he would be in a brief trance.
Sure enough, the lethality of the old friend's face is still too great...
Della could do nothing but sigh. After all, no one wanted Cynthia to die except Maggie.
Maggie has not given up the idea of letting her execute Cynthia. He will provoke Della when he finds an opportunity. However, he is not as good as Zhou Yushi in lobbying, because he has not found any point that can move Della.
The days passed as Della was a spectator, and before she knew it, it was the night when the Beauxbatons' powder blue carriage and the Durmstrang's huge ship arrived at Hogwarts.
Compared with these two schools, Kodosdoriz's appearance was much inferior. Their school currently had nothing except students and some volunteer professors from E Ross's private tutoring school. They came here on the Hogwarts Express.
That’s not bad, now all the ways of appearance by land, sea and air are available.
After nodding and greeting the elegant Madame Maxime and the snobbish Karkarov, Della smiled and looked at Mikhail Komiuwaf, a young man who was now the agent of Principal Kodostoriz, who was leading a group of simply dressed wizards. She joked in her heart and nodded politely.
When Della glanced at Dmitri, who was obviously the central figure in Kodos Dorezzi, she found that he was looking in the direction of Durmstrang. Following his gaze, she saw Sadolin, who was covering her mouth and looking at him with tears in her eyes.
The lovers who were forced to separate completely ignored the fact that the two Riddles who forced them apart were also present.
It would be fine if only Della Riddle was there. As long as things didn't get too ugly, she would be happy to turn a blind eye. In her opinion, appropriate compromise was acceptable and would even be more conducive to the development of things.
Unfortunately, however, Maggie, now named Maggie Sereno Riddle, is also in Durmstrang's team as a guest professor of the Dark Arts Studies course wearing a silver mask. This nasty man may not necessarily do something from the perspective of profit. He will do what is convenient, fun, or on a whim based on his mood.
And there was almost nothing good in what he did.
When the two gazes of longing and resentment met intently, Della saw Maggie's mocking look sweeping over the two of them, and then he walked to Sadolin calmly and whispered something in her ear. Sadolin's face turned pale and her body began to stagger.
Seeing the expected reaction, Maggie raised the corners of her lips. Facing the gazes of students from various schools that were either curious, fearful, or admiring, she walked towards Della gracefully. Draco unconsciously gave up his seat beside Della at his condescending look, and when he realized what he had done, his body was shaking with fear.
"How are you doing in school lately?" In the information currently circulating, Maggie, who grew up in Country D, expressed her concern for Della in German.
"Ordinary school life," Della also replied in German. In her peripheral vision, Sadolin could no longer stand and could only stand with the help of her friends in the club. Della frowned and continued to speak in German, "What did you say to her just now?"
"I say," the silver mask on Maggie's face looked even more terrifying against the night sky. His pupils slowly moved upwards and met the green eyes of Harry who was also looking at him not far away. "Hai-hi-sa-hi (there are always heroes who die in the competition)."
He spoke in a low voice using snake language, and an atmosphere of terror and weirdness spread with the appearance of this inhuman language.