The next day, Preserved Egg told Matthew that someone had approached the Goblet of Fire last night.
They're planning to make Harry enter the Eight-Team Tournament? Matthew thought.
Since Professor Moody had been impersonated by someone else, Matthew had Preserved Egg leave behind a clone to keep watch in the Great Hall and see whether he would do anything.
Harry was not capable of crossing the Age Line on his own. To get past the Ageing Charm Dumbledore had set up, the simplest method was to use a powerful Confundus Charm to disrupt its judgment.
Harry could not do it, but for those who wanted him to compete, it was not particularly difficult.
Matthew and his roommates arrived at the Great Hall and found that quite a crowd had gathered.
Apart from Hogwarts students, most of them were students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.
The exchange students from the seven magical schools would attend classes alongside Hogwarts students.
However, there were too many exchange students this time, so Hogwarts had not arranged for all of them to attend classes together. Instead, they had staggered their schedules.
Students who wanted to become Champions tossed their names into the Goblet of Fire, drawing waves of cheers.
"This is an Ageing Charm cast by Professor Dumbledore himself, and you actually think you can break it?" Hermione said.
"Of course we have to try," Fred said.
"Didn't Professor Dumbledore say that if students underage believed they had the ability to participate in the Eight-Team Tournament, they could try crossing the Age Line?" George said.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "That was obviously meant for Senior Matthew. I don't think you have any way to break the Ageing Charm."
Hermione had guessed correctly. When the Ministry of Magic set this rule, they had specifically asked Dumbledore whether