The Beginning

The scene returned to the stands.

Unlike before, the members of the judging panel were not seated in the center of the field.

Instead, they had taken the seats where the professors had sat during the previous events.

Each of them wore something like an earpiece, filling everyone with curiosity.

The surrounding students' gazes unconsciously drifted away from the screens.

"Hello, Ron. We'll watch the match together this time," Dumbledore said kindly, looking at Ron, who was sitting stiffly beside him.

"Hello, Professor." Ron felt extremely uncomfortable.

Not far away, Neville began to count himself lucky.

Fortunately, after what Ron had done some time ago, their relationship had temporarily grown distant.

Otherwise, Neville would probably have been the one sitting next to Ron now.

Looking at Hannah, who was holding his arm, Neville could not help laughing.

One minute later, Mr. Weasley's voice rang throughout the entire venue.

One of the smaller feeds on the screen also turned to Mr. Weasley, the only member of the judging panel inside the field.

He was wearing an "earpiece" as well.

That little device seemed connected to the screen, allowing his voice to come through it with perfect clarity.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the final event of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin!

"Dumbledore has already introduced the rules of the event to you in the Great Hall. You even learned about the Points Shop before the Champions did.

"So I won't say any more about that.

"I'll get straight to the choices made by each Champion.

"Harry Potter of Hogwarts purchased War Magic and a Champion Uniform.

"With his remaining 29 points, Harry purchased an earlier departure time.

"Viktor Krum of Durmstrang purchased War Magic, and used his remaining 15 points to purchase an earlier departure time.

"Hufflepuff Ilveras of Castelobruxo purchased