A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 480: Encouragement

The warriors stood up one after another, and left amid warm applause and the blessings of their relatives. Mrs. Granger firmly held Hermione's hand, with tears in her eyes. "Honey, she'll be fine." Mr. Granger said holding his wife.

"I know, I just..." Mrs. Granger was speechless.

With red eyes, Mr. Granger said to Hermione emotionally: "Your mother is a little excited...because of the video of the second project...I waited all afternoon at the door of the Leaky Cauldron before I found a strangely dressed girl. wizard, he took me in... Anyway, we want you to know, Hermione, that we are proud of you."

Hermione's eyes were moist too. Harry and Ron stood aside in bewilderment, with Sirius and Bill clasping their shoulders, left and right. Sirius patted Harry on the back hard, almost pushing him back, Sirius said to the Grangers, "There are two men in the team!"

"Yeah, yes, we'll take care of her." Harry and Ron said hastily.

When walking through the hall and down the steps, Hermione was still a little depressed. Harry and Ron looked at each other, and Ron complained, "Hermione, you should tell your parents something about the wizarding world." Don’t they know that you are the strongest of the three?”

"Oh," Hermione broke into a smile, "In their impression, I just went to school in another place, like... well, how should I say? A scholar who studies the occult? After all, I can't use magic outside of school ...Maybe the books I bring back every summer vacation have also deepened this impression.”

They walked cautiously on the dimly lit field, a dozen warriors pulled out a long line, and some people followed shadowily on both sides.

"Who are they?" Harry looked aside.

"Most of the people in the Ministry of Magic are Aurors." Ron said, seeing Harry's puzzled eyes, he shrugged, "Every floor in the maze must be watched by someone, just in case, Hay Professor Pu can't do it alone... Percy told me, and I have to admit, he's had a lot of trouble recently."

The crowd walked across the field, passing the Quidditch pitch, and a few goblins with shortbows waved at the Ilvermorny warriors.

Hermione became nervous: "We didn't consider dealing with goblins, they won't appear in the maze, right?"

Harry didn't speak, just stared at the outline of the goblin, and he wasn't sure. These little things used to live in the forest, so they must be able to navigate the maze like a fish in water? He vaguely remembered that the goblin's bow and arrow were poisoned...

"Have you brought an antidote, Hermione?" he asked.

"I have brought it, I have prepared a lot of things... But to be honest, if we are really attacked by surprise, we may not need it." Hermione touched her beaded pouch and said.

They remained silent for the rest of the time, walking along the edge of the Forbidden Forest. It was filled with dense spots of light, which were the light of the wand, and the people in the auditorium also came out, because the distance was too far, and he couldn't hear a sound.

But Harry could well imagine how excited they were, that Seamus and Dean might be having a lively discussion about what was to come in the maze, which they'd been doing for months; Ginny might be with Luna, But he really couldn't guess what they would talk about, maybe some kind of 'not yet discovered' magical animal? As for Neville, he asked Hermione for a spell list some time ago, which will definitely shine in next year's dueling class... and Malfoy, he may be gnashing his teeth!

This last thought cheered Harry a little. "Oh, my God!" Hermione moaned in his ear.

Harry followed her gaze and was shocked. In front of him was a square tower-shaped building not much smaller than Hogwarts Castle. He could only see three strong corners, which were piled up with black stones to form straight upward prisms. The gaps between them were covered by airtight thorns And the hedges filled up. The building must be at least a hundred feet high, and Harry secretly estimated how many floors the maze would have.

The front stopped, and Bagman waited for the people to gather, and led them to the side of the huge building. They walked through the sparse forest and came to an open space, where stood a huge silver tent, standing in the dark Shining slightly.

Harry was in a trance for a while, he seemed to be back in the first project, they had to work together to deal with a fire dragon... But that seemed to be a thing in a previous life.

"Okay," Bagman said happily, "you should not be unfamiliar with this place. We built a maze castle on the original field for competitions. The school has prepared two places, but I think the familiar The environment will make you feel at home..."

Everyone stared at him.

Bagman looked at everyone happily, as if he wanted to get a compliment or two, but in the awkward silence, he had to give up this idea. "Then, uh, let me read the rules. You need to go through the maze. There are seven floors in total. The area gets smaller as you go up. There are no traps on the top floor, and there is only one trophy."

"It is forbidden to use black magic, and it is forbidden to use powerful spells on people..."

He spoke for ten minutes at a stretch, and Harry felt a little irritated. They had analyzed these things many times, and finally, Bagman got to the point.

"Next, we will introduce the order of entering the maze. According to the rules," Bagman glanced at Harry, "the two teams from Hogwarts will take the average score, but since they are ranked first and second Name, there is no need for this. Just enter in order according to the score"

At this time, the curtain of the tent was lifted from the outside.

"Bagman, the trophy has been put away."

"Thanks, Yaxley. This is supposed to be my job, but as you can see, I don't have much to do..."

Yaxley bared his teeth and forced a grin from between them. "You're welcome." The man disappeared into the tent.

"Okay, the trophy has been placed, and then I will introduce the guards in the maze. They are all from the Ministry of Magic, well, except for Felix, the guards will not show up easily, even if you are fainted .”

The warriors looked at each other. "What if the unconscious warrior is discovered by wandering monsters?" one of Beauxbaton's warriors, the girl named Jacqueline Bourgeois asked, and several warriors nodded. They had the same question.

"Ah, that's what the guards are for," Bagman said with a smile on his face. "They will watch from the sidelines, and they won't act unless your lives are really in danger. If the unconscious person is lucky enough to meet Companion, then he can continue to compete..."

The curtain of the tent is lifted again. Kingsley and Felix walked in together.

"The audience doors are already seated, Ludo. In five minutes, the warriors can be arranged to enter the arena, and the staff will take them in through different entrances." Kingsley said calmly.

"Wonderful~IndoMTL.com~" Bagman said happily, "I can't wait to officiate. "

"Wait, different entrances?" Byers of the Ilvermorny team asked.

"There are four entrances, and which one to enter is random. The only restriction is that the same team must be separated." Felix took the words and said gently.

"That's right, that's it." Bagman agreed, "Then" he looked around.

"May I say a few words?" Felix asked softly.

"Oh, of course," said Bagman.

Standing in front of the warriors, Felix glanced at everyone, "You have all put in unimaginable efforts this year, and at the same time you have gained huge gains, strength, friendship, courage, cooperation, Trust... As difficult as the third project is, I believe that you can overcome it successfully, just by mobilizing your wits, trusting your peers, and most importantly, not giving up hope even in the worst of circumstances."

"Today is just an important node in your life, not on your side at the end of the day."