The Admiral of Hogwarts

After announcing the content of the class, Moody stood quietly at the podium, waiting for everyone to make their choice. Soon, a Slytherin student stood up and left the classroom, followed by about a third of the students leaving in succession.

"Very well, that's a wise choice," Moody said, closing the door. "I can't expect everyone to be a warrior. Cowardly and incompetent people joining the team will only kill everyone."

Moody didn't find it abnormal that some people chose to leave. As an Auror and a professor, he knew that his subject was indeed a bit beyond the syllabus.

"Now, let's begin." After confirming that no one else wanted to leave, Moody closed the door of the room and said to the students who remained.

The students who remained seemed eager to try, because many of them felt that they were gifted geniuses and might be able to easily block this infamous curse.

But in reality, the situation was completely different from what everyone thought. As one of the three Unforgivable Curses, this spell was definitely not so easy to block.

So, throughout the class, with Professor Moody's spellcasting, most of the students had no resistance at all and made all kinds of abnormal moves.

Lisa Turpin hopped around the classroom three times, while keeping her hands on top of her head, pretending to be rabbit ears.

And Slytherin's Zabini, under the influence of the spell, jumped onto the table, then bent down, patted his chest with both hands, and howled like a chimpanzee a few times.

For most of the students, they had no resistance to this spell and only returned to normal after Moody lifted the curse.

Professor Moody seemed a little disappointed. After all, everyone was a fourth-year student, and it was a bit disappointing that they had almost zero resistance when facing the Imperius Curse.

"Mr. Granger, now it's your turn," Moody said in a booming voice. "Come, let me see. As a recipient of the Order of Merlin, First Class, don't disappoint everyone."

Hugo immediately stood up from his seat and walked to the center of the classroom, and everyone's attention was focused on him. Professor Moody raised his wand, pointed it at Hugo, and shouted, "Imperio."

"What should we do now?" Moody said, looking at Hugo, who was standing blankly in the center of the classroom. "How about you go to the wall and do a handstand against the wall."

Just as Moody cast the spell, Hugo felt an unprecedented sense of wonder. He felt light all over, and the thoughts and worries in his mind were swept away, leaving only a hazy, invisible, and intangible joy.

Then, he heard Mad-Eye Moody's command, as if echoing from some distant corner: Go to the wall and stand upside down.

This command was completely ineffective on Hugo. After multiple enhancements, Hugo's soul was already strong enough to resist such magic. He just wanted to experience what the Imperius Curse felt like.

In fact, after the first ship girl was summoned, he became completely immune to this type of manipulative magic, because the Admiral Network connected everyone's souls together, forming an indestructible soul defense line.

Because he had a strong soul as a backing, Hugo easily resisted Moody's command and woke up from the previous state. To outsiders, it seemed that he only took a dozen seconds to get rid of the influence of the Imperius Curse.

To get rid of the Imperius Curse, the most important thing is to have a strong soul and willpower, and willpower is the most important point. Fortunately, Hugo had experienced a lot of actual combat, so getting rid of this type of magic was not difficult.

"Very good, that's it." Seeing Hugo successfully resist this spell, Moody's face showed a satisfied smile.

"Look, everyone... Granger resisted! He not only resisted, but also defeated this spell! Let's try again, Granger, everyone else watch carefully—look into his eyes, that's the key—"

Soon, Moody cast the Imperius Curse on Hugo again, but with the previous experience, he almost instantly woke up from the control of the Imperius Curse this time.

"Mr. Granger, very good! They can't easily control you!" Moody nodded in satisfaction. "It seems that the Ministry of Magic is not all useless. At least the Order of Merlin you received is definitely genuine."

After class, the news that Hugo resisted the Imperius Curse in the first round spread throughout the school, and many people came to ask him how he did it.

Obviously, Hugo also knew that his experiences were impossible to replicate, so he could only give everyone chicken soup:

We shouldn't be afraid of any difficulties we encounter. Face them with a smile. The best way to overcome fear is to face fear. Come on, olly geben!

Although this was an extremely correct and somewhat convoluted nonsense, it became valuable under the contrast of Hugo's successful example.

Especially after a series of explanations by Ravenclaw students. Many students understood this to mean that if they wanted to improve their will and resist the Imperius Curse, the core was to face what they feared and overcome their inner fears.

This directly caused two major consequences. One of them was that Hagrid found that the Blast-Ended Skrewts he raised seemed to be more popular. Some students who previously couldn't wait to avoid them were now willing to take the initiative to approach the Blast-Ended Skrewts.

The other point was that Professor Snape found that his deterrent power seemed to have declined. Many students now dared to look him in the eye.

Soon, the time came to late October. This day, just as Hugo and the others finished class and went to the Great Hall for dinner, they found a notice posted on the bulletin board downstairs.

The Triwizard Tournament.

The representatives of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at six o'clock on Friday evening, October 30th. Afternoon classes will end half an hour early—

At that time, students are requested to return their bags and textbooks to the dormitory and gather in front of the castle to welcome our guests and then attend the welcome banquet.

Just like throwing a stone into a calm lake, the news that the Triwizard Tournament was about to begin spread throughout Hogwarts in an instant.

In the following week, no matter where Hugo went, he seemed to only hear various topics related to the Triwizard Tournament. Rumors spread quickly among the students, like highly contagious bacteria:

Who will be Hogwarts' champion, what projects will the tournament have, and how are Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students different from them.

After all, in the wizarding world, the density of various international collaborations is significantly lower than in the ordinary human world. Even many pure-blood wizards are not very clear about what the wizards outside their own country are like.

Therefore, when this kind of international event is held, everyone is naturally very excited. Because for many wizards, this may be one of the few opportunities in their lives to have close contact with foreign wizards.

The Weasley family was even more excited than others, because their cousin in Beauxbatons wrote to them that she had passed the internal competition in Beauxbatons and had obtained the qualification to go to Hogwarts to participate in the Triwizard Tournament.

For the Weasley family, they value family very much. After learning that their niece was coming, Mrs. Weasley specifically wrote to several children to ask them to treat their cousin well as hosts.

Especially the twins also received a special letter from Mrs. Weasley, asking them to do what a host should do and not do anything that would shame the Weasley name.