Chapter 455 Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

"Oh! Merlin's beard!"

Dumbledore, who was still smiling, let out an exclamation and rushed forward to help Ms. Maxime up.

"Ms. Maxim, are you not injured?" he asked with concern.

"I have nothing to do," Ms. Maxim stood up and forced a smile, "Long time no see, Dumbledore, I really made you laugh."

After saying that, she stretched out her hand to lift up the boy who was pressed by her, and whispered a few words to him in French, probably to apologize to him, and the boy waved his hand in fear. Then he respectfully stepped back behind Ms. Maxim.

After pulling up the boy, Ms. Maxim looked at the group of troubled rune horses and saw them shaking their heads and snoring, as if they didn't know what was going on.

At this time, others also saw Ms. Maxim's appearance clearly.

Unlike Hagrid's rugged appearance, Ms. Maxim has a handsome face that does not match her figure, a pair of dark, watery eyes, and a pointed nose. Her hair was combed back and tied into a shiny bun at the base of her neck. She was wrapped in a black satin dress from head to toe, with many gorgeous opals shining around her neck and on her thick fingers.

"Maybe my horse has just arrived in a new place and is still a little uncomfortable with it." Ms. Maxim, who couldn't see the reason, could only guess this.

"Ahem..." Dumbledore, who also guessed the reason, coughed twice and nodded in agreement: "Well, don't worry, our Care of Magical Creatures professor will definitely be able to take good care of them. He has dealt with a small The trouble came back, it was his... well... something else he had to take care of was in trouble."

What Dumbledore was talking about was really the Blast-Ended Skrewt. As these things got bigger and bigger, they became more and more violent. Several students had already been blown into the infirmary, whether they were students or Madam Pomfrey. , all have opinions on "cute little things".

"My steeds require... well... strong hands to look after them," Ms. Maxim said, seeming to doubt whether the Hogwarts Care of Magical Creatures teacher was up to the job. "They have very fiery tempers... …”

"I assure you, Hagrid is fully capable of doing this job." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Very well," said Madame Maxime, bowing slightly, "could you please tell this Hagrid that these horses only drink single malt whisky?"

"I'll take care of it," Dumbledore said, bowing as well.

While the two were talking, twelve or thirteen more students, male and female, got off the carriage. They stood behind Ms. Maxim in an orderly and quiet manner together with the original boy. Wearing robes made of silk, they were shivering in the night wind.

"My student." After greeting Dumbledore, Ms. Maxim waved back casually and asked, "Is Karkaroff here?"

"He will be here at any time," Dumbledore glanced at the group of students, then turned back with a smile and called to the cat who was still pretending to be well-behaved: "Fish, come and help."

He pointed at the group of Beauxbatons students.

"No problem, meow!"

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Fish also knew that he probably couldn't hide it from Professor McGonagall, so he was eager to do something to atone for his sins.

The white halo flashed by again, encompassing Madam Maxime and the Beauxbatons students.

Maomao's spell once again aroused exclamation. Ms. Maxim looked at Fish curiously. Fish shook his ears and gave her a big smile in return.

"Vela?"

Ms. Maxim immediately thought of her most proud protégé.

Dumbledore smiled and did not answer, but directly changed the subject: "Are you willing to wait for Karkaroff here, or would you rather take a rest first?"

When Dumbledore mentioned Karkaroff, Ms. Maxim didn't even raise her eyelids. She replied calmly: "Let's go in and have a rest first. Please take good care of my horse."

"Of course." Dumbledore bowed again and said.

Ms. Maxim nodded, then turned around and waved to her students, saying in a majestic voice: "Come on."

So the crowd at Hogwarts moved out of the way, allowing her and her students to walk up the stone steps.

Ms. Maxim took a deep look at Fish as she passed by. Most of the Beauxbatons students also laid their eyes on Maomao, especially his pair of twitching cat ears. So compelling.

Fish twitched his nose slightly and whispered to Hermione: "Her smell is very similar to Hagrid's."

"What?" Hermione didn't quite understand what Maomao meant.

"Fish can't explain clearly. Their scents are obviously very different, but they give me a similar feeling... Maybe it's because she and Hagrid are both big cats?"

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Maomao tilted his head in confusion and guessed uncertainly.

But Fish soon put this matter aside. Like everyone else, he excitedly speculated on what mode of transportation Durmstrang would use when he arrived.

"It would be great if they came on magical animals that Fish has never seen before, meow."

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Maomao said expectantly while continuing to wink with the rune horses.

Everyone waited for a while, and Feishu's ears suddenly caught a strange sound.

"There's movement in the lake, meow!"

Fei Xu pointed at the Black Lake and shouted loudly, and everyone immediately looked over.

Standing on the slope of the lawn overlooking the field, they had a clear view of the calm, dark water.

At first, the lake surface was still very calm, but soon, the water waves began to ripple, and a strange sound also floated from the direction of the black lake.

It was a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, like a giant vacuum cleaner moving along the riverbed...

As the strange sound became louder and louder, huge splashes of water rose on the black lake, and the waves hit the wet lake shore. After a while, a large whirlpool appeared in the center of the lake, like a huge The plug was suddenly pulled out from the bottom of the lake...

A long black pole-like thing slowly rose from the center of the whirlpool, with the sail rigging hanging on it...

"That's a mast!" Harry shouted excitedly.

In fact, without his reminding at all, everyone could see an extraordinary large ship slowly rising out of the water.

It had an eerie, skeletal appearance, as if it were the remains of a newly recovered shipwreck, and the portholes shone with a dim, foggy light that looked like ghostly eyes.

However, the shabby appearance does not affect the style of this ship. Everyone, especially the boys, are very interested in this ship.

After the big boat completely emerged from the water, it immediately headed towards the lake shore. A moment later, they heard a splash as an anchor was thrown into the shallow water, and then another snap as a plank was set on the shore of the lake.

A group of people, led by a tall and thin man, walked out of the cabin and quickly arrived at the gate of the castle.

Fish looked at the fur cloaks they were wearing, hesitated for a moment, and gave up on the idea of ​​giving Durmstrang's people something to withstand the cold and heat.

"Dumbledore!" the leading man with the goatee called enthusiastically as he walked up the slope. "How are you, my dear old fellow?"

"Excellent, thank you, Professor Karkaroff." Dumbledore replied.

After the two exchanged some pleasantries, Karkaroff called a student behind him forward: "Viktor, come here quickly and warm yourself up... You don't mind, do you, Dumbledore? Viktor is a bit My son has a cold..."

There was a commotion among the students at Hogwarts, because most of them recognized the identity of the man, Viktor Krum, the Seeker of the Bulgarian team who shined in the Quidditch World Cup finals. .

Of course, Fish didn't have much impression of him. At that time, Maomao was just watching the fight between Veela and Leprechaun. The players and other things were not within the scope of his attention.

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