In mid-October, a notice suddenly appeared on the school bulletin board:
"Six-Wizard Tournament"
"Representatives from Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Castelobruxo, Mahoutokoro, and Ilvermorny will arrive at six o'clock on the evening of Friday, October 30."
"Classes that afternoon will end half an hour early. At that time, please return any unnecessary belongings to your dormitories, dress appropriately, and gather in the open area in front of the castle to welcome our guests. You will then attend the welcoming feast."
The notice caused an immediate commotion around the school and gave the students plenty to talk about.
The Six-Wizard Tournament had already stopped being a popular topic at school, but after the notice appeared, everyone started discussing it again.
Who would become Hogwarts' Champion? What events would the Six-Wizard Tournament include? How were students from the other schools different from Hogwarts students...?
These were the subjects of heated discussion among the students.
As the conversation went on, the students turned to the perennial, endlessly debated question of which of the six wizarding schools was the strongest.
Most students firmly believed that Hogwarts was the best wizarding school in the world.
Wasn't it? After all, that was what the Hogwarts professors told them every year!
Besides, they were all so talented, and Hogwarts was the only school that had sent them an acceptance letter and recognized their potential. Surely that meant Hogwarts was the best!
But whenever Harley heard this argument, she would hurry along.
Other people might not know the truth, but she did.
According to the International Confederation of Wizards' rankings, Hogwarts was in sixth place, barely in the middle of the pack among the eleven wizarding schools.
That wasn't really anyone's fault. Koldovstoretz School of Magic, on the West Siberian Plain, was weak in Transfiguration but strong in combat magic.
Castelobruxo