Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 502 The Exchange Team Arrives! The Debut of a European and American Magic School!

Two days later, in the evening, Hogwarts teachers and students gathered in the playground in front of the castle.

Under Old Deng's leadership, preparations were made to welcome the arrival of seven exchange teams.

The huge Dark Mark above the playground, along with all the marking magic that Dudley and the Hogwarts teachers and students had added to it in recent years, had already been swept away by Dudley.

He did not use the power of conceptual spells.

With his current magical skill and mastery, the Dark Mark cast by Barty Crouch Jr. at the cost of his life is no longer an insurmountable blemish, but a small animation that can be easily erased.

The Hogwarts students and teachers have overcome their fear of Voldemort and the Dark Mark. While keeping the Dark Mark still has educational value, compared to the messy playground sky covered in various marking spells, this educational value doesn't necessarily have to be placed here in an eyesore.

Dudley planned a separate area in the Dream Realm, simulating the playground environment and the huge Dark Mark, so that Hogwarts students and teachers could still simulate marking magic in the Dream Realm and draw to their heart's content, thus continuing the educational significance of the Dark Mark.

Our guests are about to arrive from afar, and we can't let messy light pollution hang over the Hogwarts teachers and students; that would be truly unsightly.

The Hogwarts teachers and students were not kept waiting long. Thanks to good prior coordination and the absence of any unexpected incidents, the seven exchange teams arrived on schedule and in succession.

First to arrive were Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, who made their appearance just as in the original story.

Twelve enormous white winged divine horses, pulling an equally huge powder-blue carriage, galloped from the right horizon and slowly landed in the open space in front of the Hogwarts teachers and students.

The carriage door opened, and a tall lady, a half-giant like Hagrid, namely Madam Orim Maxim, the headmistress of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, gracefully led twelve beautiful female students out.

The female student following closely behind Madame Maxim was particularly beautiful and charming; she was none other than Fleur Delacour, who had Veela lineage.

At the same time, the center of the Black Lake at Hogwarts suddenly surged like a giant spring, and a huge, old-fashioned black sailboat emerged from the lake.

This scene is even more magical than the divine talisman pulling a carriage, and even has a strange sci-fi feel to it, like an old sailboat with the function of a submarine.

The black sailboat then docked.

Igor Karkaroff, the current headmaster of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, also disembarked from the large black sailboat with twelve students.

In stark contrast to Beauxbatons, Durmstrang's group consisted entirely of male students, all of them robust and burly, wielding exquisite wooden clubs.

The student leading the group was Viktor Krum, who, like Fleur, was a warrior in the Triwizard Tournament in the original story.

Upon seeing that the representatives from both Hogwarts sister schools had arrived, Dumbledore quickly led the Hogwarts professors to greet them.

After the three parties gathered together, Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff were amazed by the youthful Hogwarts professors.

Before they could finish their sentence, the conversation turned to the story of the founder of Hogwarts giving a blessing.

Dumbledore gave a polite, perfunctory smile and engaged in pleasantries with the two headmasters, speaking only about publicly available information and offering no real substance.

Besides Old Deng's polite remarks, Mrs. Maxim also received Hagrid's shy enthusiasm.

Hagrid chatted with Mrs. Maxim about the habits of the Divine Horse, and as they talked, his face, which was partially covered by a thick beard, turned red, as if he had been drinking.

Clearly, Hagrid had a good impression of this woman who also had giant blood.

Meanwhile, Karkaroff felt a chill run down the back of his neck while talking to Dumbledore.

Turning his head, he saw Professor Moody, whose eyes and left leg had grown back, and who had regained his health and become young again, staring at him with sharp eyes.

Karkaroff was terrified; he had been a Death Eater and had been captured by Professor Moody.

If he hadn't betrayed Voldemort at the last minute, betraying the Ministry of Magic and implicated other Death Eaters to avoid punishment, he would probably be burned to ashes by Dumbledore, just like those loyal Death Eaters imprisoned in Azkaban.

However, Voldemort is now a thing of the past, and he has cleared his name and gone back to the right path, so there should be no problem now, right?

Karkarov thought to himself, he was afraid of death and really didn't have much courage.

Meanwhile, he forced a smile, his expression unnatural, and continued talking with Dumbledore and the other professors.

At this moment, the third exchange team arrived.

Crimson magical light condensed into an energy track, winding its way down from the western sky. Above the magical track was a magical train with two carriages, resembling a blue phantom.

The train and tracks only suddenly appeared as they approached Hogwarts, clearly having been invisible before.

The wizards on the Hogwarts playground recognized which exchange team it was.

Ignoring the color scheme of the train and tracks, just looking at the golden Gordi knot on the front of the train, and the long-horned water snakes, cats, leopards, thunderbirds, and Pukchi patterns on the train body, one can tell that it is the Ivamoni School in North America.

Soon, Iphamoni's magic train also stopped in front of the group, alongside the carriage drawn by twelve divine rune horses.

The train doors slid open automatically, and the current principal, Iphamoni, and ten students wearing blue or strawberry school uniforms stepped out.

Unlike Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, students either bring only girls or only boys.

Iphamoni's group included both male and female students. The girls wore blue school uniforms, while the boys wore strawberry-red school uniforms, with gold Gordi knot buttons.

This is a tradition originating from the founders of Iphamoni and his wife.

Isothe Thayer had a strong desire to join Ravenclaw at Hogwarts and preferred blue, while her Muggle husband, James Stewart, loved cranberry pie and preferred berry red.

As for the Goldi Knot, it was the pattern on the gold brooch, the only heirloom left by Isolde Thayer's parents, and later became the symbol of the Iphamoni School.

When Dumbledore saw the arrival of Ilfamoni's party, he quickly led Tina, who was from Ilfamoni, and Professor Queenie to greet them, leaving Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff to be received by other professors.

After Dumbledore finished greeting Headmaster Ilfamoni, and Tina and Queenie were chatting with their old headmaster, the playground suddenly trembled slightly.

Everyone was surprised and looked towards an open space on the playground.