Chapter 169 Accident

"This note is really not written by me!"

"It's not written by me either!!"

Lu Yunkai and Harry shook their heads frantically.

The atmosphere in the small room was very solemn.

The originally serious selection of the warriors for the Triwizard Tournament turned into a farce, and the two culprits... oh, or rather, one culprit and one fish in the pond, are now struggling hard.

And next to them, the two warriors from other schools who stayed beside their principal were looking at Lu Yunkai and Harry with strange faces, as well as Dumbledore who was interrogating them.

"This note is obviously written ugly because someone was afraid of being recognized as having written Harry's name." Lu Yunkai glanced at the note with Harry's name flying out of the Goblet of Fire again.

"What about yours?"

"...It's my handwriting, but it's definitely not written by me." Lu Yunkai gritted his teeth.

There's no way, his signature is quite distinctive, and any professor who compares it with a paper he has written over the years can see that the note with his name is indeed his handwriting.

"Then there is nothing to say about your affairs." Dumbledore nodded, "You go stand over there."

"But...oh."

Lu Yunkai wanted to struggle, but when he saw the sharp eyes under Dumbledore's glasses, he immediately chose to shut up.

He came to Fleur and Krum in an orderly manner.

"Hello, nice to meet you. But...have we met somewhere?" Krum took the initiative to greet Lu Yunkai.

"...It's an honor to meet you again. I was in the minister's box at the award ceremony during the Quidditch World Cup." Lu Yunkai answered a little helplessly.

"Oh! Right!" Krum remembered and nodded.

The question and answer of the two attracted Ludo Bagman, who was originally solemn next to him. He looked at Lu Yunkai again, as if wondering if there was such a boy at that time...

And Fleur smiled at Lu Yunkai slightly, but did not respond.

The conversation between the three "warriors" stopped.

Everyone looked at poor Harry.

"Professor, could it be that Yunkai was joking with the Goblet of Fire, and then I was..." Harry was really not used to this feeling, and asked Dumbledore with a little timidity.

"Impossible." Old Crouch on the side interrupted coldly, "The Goblet of Fire can only accept the registration of the person himself. No matter what you wrote on the note, the last name that comes out is your own. Just like that kid."

"But I really didn't..." Harry was so wronged!

"Maybe someone used magic to crack the Goblet of Fire, or deceived it?" Madame Maxime glanced at Lu Yunkai, and then continued.

"Although it is not impossible, it is not something that ordinary wizard apprentices can do. Even ordinary wizards find it difficult to do this." Old Crouch shook his head, "If someone did this in public, we couldn't have not known it."

"So? No one saw Harry go to register, right?" Lu Yunkai asked back.

Silence.

Old Crouch squinted and glanced at Lu Yunkai.

Lu Yunkai rolled his eyes at him.

His initial impression of old Crouch was extremely low, so he naturally didn't care whether he liked him or not.

He used the Oblivion Charm on his subordinates, saved the death row prisoners from Azkaban, and imprisoned Sirius without trial...

To be honest, if such a person could become the Minister of Magic, Lu Yunkai felt that he would become a loyal follower of Voldemort.

"Maybe it was when no one was there last night?" Karkaroff put forward his own idea.

"Someone was on duty last night." Dumbledore shook his head, "Moody. And when the Goblet of Fire was set up last night, it was also checked by Minister Crouch and Minister Bagman. I don't think you should have any doubts about them, right?"

"..." Karkaroff's expression was determined.

He and Moody... well, had a little grudge.

And Crouch also...

But it's all in the past.

"So, Professor, can I go back..." Harry tried to ask Dumbledore.

"Since your name came out of the Goblet of Fire, it means you are chosen." Old Crouch shook his head, "This is a magical contract and cannot be violated."

"Doesn't that mean there are two warriors in Hogwarts? This is against the rules." Maxim expressed dissatisfaction with this.

"Then what suggestions do you have, Madam Maxim?" Bagman, who had been silent, interrupted.

"Lu Yunkai is suspected of fraud and should be disqualified from the competition. As for Harry Potter..."

"I agree!" Lu Yunkai nodded vigorously, "I was wrong. I am not qualified to participate in the competition. This competition should be given to Harry..."

"Madam Maxim, the rule is that the person selected by the Goblet of Fire participates in the competition and cannot give up unless the competition is over or he dies." Old Crouch continued coldly: "This is the traditional rule of the Triwizard Tournament. Although there have never been two warriors from the same school before, this does not mean that we can violate this most basic rule. This is a magical contract."

"Huh." Madam Maxim snorted, glanced at Lu Yunkai, and stopped talking.

Because what Old Crouch said is right. Violating the magical contract has serious consequences.

Just like she is extremely dissatisfied with Hogwarts sending out two warriors, but it is impossible for her to turn around and withdraw from the game with Fleur in protest...

That was a joke on Fleur's life.

"So..." Harry on the side also understood.

"Although I don't know who threw your name into the Goblet of Fire, and how your name jumped out of it..." Dumbledore glanced at Harry, whose face was full of depression next to him, " But Harry, this is the only game you can take part in."

"...Yes, Professor." Harry nodded.

"And you, Lu Yunkai."

"Ah? This is just a misunderstanding..."

"What a misunderstanding! If Harry was framed, you asked for it." Dumbledore smiled, "You squeezed out our biggest favorite, then you have to be responsible for it. If you are The people from Hogwarts were lost in this competition..."

"...It's okay, there is Harry. He was the one who killed the mysterious man." Lu Yunkai decisively dismissed the blame, "Besides, I think the suspension of the game now is the right reason. Why does Hogwarts have two warriors? Huh? Isn’t this unfair to the two other friendly schools who came from thousands of miles away? Isn’t this broken Goblet of Fire broken after being stored for too long?

"Are you questioning our inspection?" When Old Crouch looked at Lu Yunkai again, his expression was more than just cold.

He seemed to feel Lu Yunkai's hostility towards him.

"Then let me ask Mr. Crouch." Lu Yunkai was not interested in participating in this competition at all, so he decided, "A school, a warrior, these are the rules. Acting arbitrarily without following the rules should not become a tradition, right? ? Especially for a person who masters the rules. "

Quiet.

There is something in the words. Everyone present could tell this. Lu Yunkai must have been talking about the time when Crouch mastered the rules.

With a little thought, even they could guess that Lu Yunkai was talking about Sirius.

It was Barty Crouch who threw Sirius into Azkaban without a trial! Now the person who is related to him has become the unlucky Harry, Sirius's godson...

How could this not be thought-provoking? !

And in the early morning, not only Harry, but also several people present understood what Lu Yunkai was talking about.

Dumbledore had a look of embarrassment on his face.

Bagman simply turned his head and looked away.

Old Crouch stared at Lu Yunkai for a long time.

"We also stipulate that only those over 17 years old can register. So why did you register?"

"Unfortunately, the Goblet of Fire didn't spit out my name when signing up. In other words, the rule you set was made using a prop that didn't know the rule. I'm here to help you test it. wrong!"

"Just because you found a small flaw, the Ministry of Magic gave up on the Triwizard Tournament that it had been trying to revive for a long time?"

"It's not like you have to give up, just make corrections!" Lu Yunkai spread his hands and said, "Sign up again! This time, make the age limit stricter and the registration review stricter..."

"The fire in the Goblet of Fire has been extinguished and will not rekindle until the next Triwizard Tournament." Dumbledore interrupted Lu Yunkai's words by shaking his head at the side.

"It's just a broken cup! What's so great about it! Apart from the fact that Hogwarts has a fit, there are no surprises in the people it chooses. At worst, you can choose yourselves! I don't believe that they really have the intention to stand up on behalf of the school. People will give up midway..."

"Lu Yunkai!!" Dumbledore seemed really angry.

"Okay! I know it's difficult for you to choose!" Lu Yunkai sighed, walked a few steps, and came to the Goblet of Fire that was placed next to it. After it was extinguished, it looked like a piece of broken wood.

He took out his wand and two pieces of parchment.

Just like that, in front of everyone's eyes, the wooden staff in his hand pointed at the parchment and drew two magic circles.

Then they were stacked together, and then he picked up the broken wooden cup and placed it on the parchment paper.

"Twenty-four hours, anyone over the age of seventeen can sign up, one per school, no other requirements?" Lu Yunkai saw that his anger had subsided, and his expression became weird when he looked at him Dumbledore.

"What are you going to do?" Old Crouch squinted his eyes.

"What are you doing? Re-light the fire! This broken cup, please send a few more people from the Ministry of Magic to take turns guarding it this time!"

The wand in Lu Yunkai's hand pointed at the parchment.

The parchment burst into flames, and in an instant the parchment was burned into smoke.

Then……

The flame in the Goblet of Fire that had just been extinguished burned again.

…

"Yunkai, how are you?"

"Stop talking, it's too big a deal."

Lu Yunkai let out a long sigh and glanced at everyone in the lounge.

The entire Slytherin lounge was full, and students from almost all houses were crowded here, waiting for his return.

The eyes are full of expectation, of course, but also a little bit... Want to laugh but don't want to?

Just now, when Lu Yunkai said in public that the name he threw in was Harry's, the atmosphere in the lounge had already been set.

Sure enough, as his words came out, everyone in the lounge laughed.

"The Goblet of Fire can determine who wrote the name, and then spit out his name. I didn't know it had this function..." Lu Yunkai said bitterly to Daphne, the only one beside him who didn't smile and whose face was full of concern.

"Isn't this normal? If it doesn't even know who wrote the name, how can it choose who will represent which school? What's the difference between that and everyone drawing lots directly!" Blaise, who had the brightest smile on his face, patted Lu Yunkai's shoulder with a smile, "You have to have confidence in the Goblet of Fire. Since it chose you, you deserve it..."

"Harry deserves it too?" Lu Yunkai interrupted his roommate's "I'm proud of it".

Blaise's words were interrupted.

Harry... deserves it? ?

Pah.

"So, that broken cup should have fallen into disrepair, but the magic contract on it is still intact, which is very embarrassing." Lu Yunkai sighed, "So... I suggested that the re-election of representatives was not passed, so I can only reluctantly go to the gangsters."

"Gangsters..."

"You don't really think I can be better than Cedric Diggory?" Lu Yunkai rolled his eyes at Blaise.

"Well... if it's a potion competition, he is far worse than you."

Blaise tried to save face for Lu Yunkai.

"Then I can't beat Krum either." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "Forget it, anyway, let's just watch this competition for fun! I think the people in the Ministry of Magic are a complete joke. They spent so much effort to hold a competition, but it was ruined by such a broken cup."

"...When has the Ministry of Magic not been a joke!" Blaise nodded seriously, "Forget it, no matter what, you are our warrior today!!"

"...Okay!"

Lu Yunkai looked at the celebration that had already begun in the lounge and smiled.

He recalled the expressions of the wizards who had seen a ghost after he re-ignited the Goblet of Fire in that room just now.

In fact, let alone igniting it, Lu Yunkai was sure that he could make one in two days after reading the instructions of the Goblet of Fire sold in the system yesterday. This thing only has four magic circles plus one magic nesting. Compared with his mirror design of three magic circles and seven magics, it is much simpler...

But after that, the three headmasters unexpectedly reached a compromise and agreed to Crouch's proposal to continue the game.

He was also driven back directly.

It was also strange. According to Lu Yunkai's plan, after seeing him show off his skills, the other two headmasters should think that he would become a strong rival for their students, and then agree to re-election, and the matter would start all over again.

Could it be that the strength of Furong and Krum is far above his own, so that they think they can win against their level?

On the way back from there, Lu Yunkai kept thinking about this question.

This unexpectedly aroused Lu Yunkai's desire to win.

Fortunately, these Slytherins didn’t think there was anything wrong with the way he signed up, and they seemed to support him…

Then let’s give it a try!