After a few minutes, the chaotic sorting ceremony finally returned to normal under the auspices of Professor McGonagall, who had caught the students.

The freshmen behind participated in the sorting one after another, and the speed became unprecedentedly fast.

The sorting hat was obviously angry.

As soon as each student put it on his head, it would shout out the college to which the freshmen were assigned in a moment, without thinking at all, and the sorting ceremony was over soon.

Dennis was sorted into Gryffindor as he wished, and Andy didn't recognize the rest of the freshmen.

"Except Andy! None of you understand the art of sorting!"

At the end of the sorting ceremony, when Professor McGonagall took it away with a dark face, the sorting hat still shouted unwillingly.

This made the Ravenclaws look at Andy, and suspicious eyes followed one after another.

Andy's face was normal, anyway, other people couldn't know what he said to the Sorting Hat.

Dumbledore didn't care so much, he walked to the podium and coughed twice.

Without seeing him do anything, his voice instantly became louder, enough to cover every corner of the hall, so that everyone could hear it clearly.

Dumbledore opened his hands and said with a smile: "Eat."

The next second, countless plates suddenly appeared on the long table, filled with food.

Everyone started eating at the same time, except Qiu Zhang.

Andy put a piece of rosemary roast lamb chops on his plate and asked: "Why don't you eat?"

Qiu Zhang wanted to cry but had no tears: "I'm a little full... Forget it, I'll just lose weight."

Most of the snacks Andy brought were eaten by her.

Andy thought for a moment and cut a few pieces of cold meat for Qiu Zhang: "Ham is cold and has no calories, eat it."

Qiu Zhang picked up the fork in confusion: "Really? So eating ice cream won't make you fat?"

Andy nodded while eating: "If you eat like this every day, you will be skinny."

The food was quite exquisite. After everyone had enjoyed the dessert, Dumbledore once again stood in front of the podium and said loudly: "Welcome every freshman to join us. Before the dinner and singing the school song, I have one more thing to announce."

"Due to time constraints, I will make it short."

"We will not hold the Quidditch Cup this school year."

Dumbledore's words caused great doubts.

"What?!"

"This is impossible!"

"Do you know what you are talking about?!"

The players from various colleges looked at Dumbledore in disbelief.

"That's because..." Dumbledore continued, "This school year, Hogwarts will host a large event, and the professors' energy is occupied, but I guarantee that everyone will have fun from it-"

Before he finished speaking, the door of the auditorium suddenly opened.

A wizard with a cold expression, gray hair, and wearing a dark robe and coat walked in forcefully.

His face was full of scars, his nose was missing a piece, and one eye was inlaid with a fake eye, which was whirring and turning, looking extremely terrifying.

Qiu Zhang saw this person's face and was surprised: "Mad-Eye, Alastor Moody?"

"Mom mentioned him to me. He is the most legendary Auror. How could he appear in Hogwarts?"

Andy said: "There is an empty seat in the professor's seat, which is probably reserved for him."

The appearance of Moody made everyone hold their breath and dare not make a sound.

Even if you don't know Moody or his name, you can understand from his dignity that he is definitely a ruthless person.

Moody didn't even look at the others, and walked straight to Dumbledore, whispered a few words to Dumbledore, and then the two shook hands. Moody crossed the podium and sat in the empty seat on the far right of the professor's seat.

"Let's applaud and welcome the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Professor Alastor Moody." Dumbledore said.

Only a few, sparse applause sounded, and Dumbledore and Hagrid, who returned to the professor's seat, clapped lightly. After realizing that they were in the minority, they also put down their hands tactfully.

Dumbledore continued, "As I said just now, this school year, Hogwarts will host the long-awaited Triwizard Tournament."

"This is a competition jointly organized by the three magic schools of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. It was forced to stop for many years because of too many deaths."

"Now, our Ministry of Magic believes that the time is ripe and it is time for this ancient event to be held.

The old competition has been restarted. "

"In October, the principals of the other two schools and the warriors they selected will come to Hogwarts together. At that time, the Triwizard Tournament will officially begin. Our professors have done a lot of work to ensure the safety of the contestants."

"The warriors representing their schools will compete for the winner of the Triwizard Tournament and a prize of one thousand Galleons."

Someone at the Gryffindor table shouted in surprise: "Are you kidding?!"

No one laughed at him, because others were also very excited.

Not only because of the prize of one thousand Galleons, but also because of the reputation of the Triwizard Tournament.

The history of the Triwizard Tournament is as long as seven hundred years. Many people grew up listening to the stories of the warriors of the past.

Qiu Zhang widened her eyes and looked at Andy in surprise.

She didn't expect that what Andy said to her on the train would actually come true.

Qiu Zhang was shocked and said: "Do you have any other gossip, tell me?"

Andy said: "No more, really no more. "

Andy knew a lot of things, such as Professor Moody was disguised as a Death Eater named Barty Crouch Jr.

For example, he sneaked into Hogwarts at Voldemort's behest, wanting to tamper with the Goblet of Fire and take Harry Potter away.

Another example is that Voldemort is planning to resurrect or something.

But can this be said? This is definitely not possible.

Besides, it is not as simple as gossip.

Andy has made up his mind that as long as they don't threaten Andy and Qiu Zhang's family, he will pretend to know nothing.

After Dumbledore teased a few words, he said to the students in the entire auditorium: "I know you are all eager to win the Triwizard Tournament, but please note that only students over the age of seventeen are allowed to register for this competition. "

"This is a necessary safety measure. The competition items we set up are definitely not something that students below the sixth and seventh grades can handle. "

"So if you are not over seventeen, please don't waste your time registering. "

As soon as these words came out, there was a wailing in the hall.

This age limit means that most students cannot sign up for the competition.

Dumbledore smiled and said: "Well, now it's time to go to bed. I must make sure that everyone can walk into the classroom full of energy tomorrow. Now everyone should go back to the common room!"

"Let's go! "

After Dumbledore finished speaking, the students walked out of the hall, making a mess, and headed to the common rooms of their respective colleges.

Qiu Zhang followed Andy.

When they first entered school, all freshmen had to go to the common room under the leadership of a prefect and get to know the way.

Since they were going the same way, Qiu Zhang simply walked with Andy.

Along the way, the focus of everyone's discussion was of course the Triwizard Tournament and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

When Moody was young, he was a very powerful Auror. Now he is retired, but his reputation remains.

A considerable number of dark wizards were arrested and sent to Azkaban by him.

Even Qiu Zhang was no exception. She said a little worriedly: "I once heard my mother mention Mad-Eye. I heard that his style of doing things is particularly cruel."

"He is a very good Auror, but I don't know if he is a good teacher."

After talking for a while, Qiu Zhang found himself talking to himself.

Seeing that Andy didn't respond, Qiu Zhang turned around and asked: "What are you thinking about? ”

Andy said casually: "I'm thinking about how to participate in the Triwizard Tournament."

Qiu Zhang said: "Didn't you hear what Professor Dumbledore said just now? Only students over the age of seventeen can sign up."

"Why are you the same as the Weasley twins in Gryffindor? They were the most angry after the age limit was announced just now."

"Professor Dumbledore will definitely use magic to restrict this. Don't mess around like them."

Andy smiled and said: "This shows that we have great ambitions."

Qiu Zhang looked at Andy helplessly, waved his hand and said: "It's up to you. In fact, I still hope that you can become a warrior of Hogwarts, although it is impossible."

Qiu Zhang thought Andy was joking, but in fact, Andy was really thinking about how to participate in the Triwizard Tournament.

The reason is very simple.

The prize money for the champion is a full thousand Galleons!

If you want to achieve financial freedom in the short term, find ways to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. This is the most direct way Andy can think of.

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