"This is my negligence. I should have thought of more appropriate measures," Dumbledore said.
"You admit it?! It seems that this boy really helped him throw his name into the Goblet of Fire through the senior students, "Kakarov said in a vicious voice. Kakarov said in a venomous voice, "This is a serious violation of the rules. Hogwarts is cheating!"
"I didn't!" Ron murmured, his face pale. "I didn't cheat!"
"Mr. Weasley didn't do that!" Professor Meg said angrily, glaring at Professor Snape. "We should believe him. He didn't persuade the senior students to help him. This can be found out."
"Ron was with us all day, at Hagrid's!" Hermione said hurriedly.
"We can prove that he didn't throw his name into the Goblet of Fire," Harry shouted.
"That's right. And I don't think the Goblet of Fire would make such a mistake, choosing two warriors from the same school," Elwyn said. "This is a conspiracy!"
"What do you mean?!" Everyone looked at him as if they didn't understand.
"You all know that the Goblet of Fire is a very powerful magic item." Elwyn said. "To fool it and make it forget that there are only three schools participating in the Hegemony Tournament, it would require a very powerful confusion spell or some other black magic. In my opinion, someone must have put Ron's name in as the fourth student to make sure that he was the only candidate for that school. "
Hearing Elwyn's words, everyone was deep in thought, thinking about the possibility of such a thing happening.
"Ridiculous!" Kakarov said. "This idea is ridiculous. This boy threw his name into the Goblet of Fire, and then the damn goblet made a mistake and spat out his name."
"Impossible, there's nothing wrong with the Goblet of Fire, Kakarov!" Ludo Bagman said anxiously. "We checked before, didn't we, Barty?!"
"I was in charge of the inspection!" Crouch said in a stiff voice.
He stood outside the circle of the fire, half of his face in shadow, his wrinkled skin as white as paper.
"Are you doubting me, Kakarov?" he asked.
"Of course not, I'm not doubting you!" Kakarov took a step back, looking fearful of Crouch, and resumed his oily voice. "But you must think it highly inappropriate, don't you?"
Bagman did not answer. He wiped his round baby face with a handkerchief and turned to look at Mr. Crouch.
"There's nothing reasonable or unreasonable about it. We have to abide by the rules. The rules clearly state that anyone whose name comes out of the Goblet of Fire must participate in the competition of the top three." Crouch didn't look at the others. He stared at the blazing fire, thinking about something.
For a few seconds, Elwyn thought he was going to walk into the flames.
"Barty knows the rules by heart," Bagman said, his face breaking into a smile.
He looked back at Kakarov and Mrs. Maxim, as if the matter had been settled satisfactorily.
"No, I insist on my other students signing up again!" Kakarov's expression was ugly. He no longer looked at Crouch, who was standing by the fire, but turned to Dumbledore. "You must put the Goblet of Fire back up, and we will keep adding names to it until there are two warriors in every school. That's fair, Dumbledore! "
"I'm afraid that won't work, Kakarov!" Bagman said, frowning, twisting his fingers with his handkerchief. "You know, the Goblet of Fire has just been extinguished, and it won't be reignited until the next Hegemony Tournament."
"Durmstrong will never participate in the next Hegemony Tournament!" Kakarov was furious. "We've had so many meetings, so many negotiations, and I didn't expect something like this to happen. I just want to leave now!"
Elwyn pushed Moody from behind. It was time for him to step in. If things went on like this, the negotiations would fall apart.
Among them, except for Moody, there was really no one who could control Kakarov.
"A bluff, Kakarov!" Moody shouted at once, his voice even louder than Kakarov's, startling everyone. "You can't let your warrior leave now. He must participate in the Hegemony Tournament. They all must participate in the Hegemony Tournament, which is bound by the magic contract. This is to your advantage, isn't it? "
He limped to the center, shielded Ron behind him, and glared at Kakarov.
Under his gaze, the expression on Kakarov's face became extremely ugly.
"Advantage?!" he said angrily. "I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean, Moody."
It was obvious that he was trying to sound contemptuous, as if he didn't care about Moody's words at all.
But his hands betrayed his innermost feelings. They were clenched involuntarily into fists.
"Really?!" Moody said softly. "It's simple, Kakarov! As Elwyn said, someone put Weasley's name in the Goblet of Fire, and he knew that if his name sprayed out, the boy would have to participate in the Hegemony Tournament. "
"Obviously, that person wanted to give the Hogwarts two chances!" said Mrs. Maxim.
"I agree with you, Mrs. Maxim!" Kakarov said, bowing to her. "I'm going to file a complaint with the Ministry of Magic and the International Union of Wizards."
"Enough! If anyone has a reason to complain, it's Weasley!" Moody said gruffly. "But I didn't hear a word from him!"
"Why should he complain?" Hibiscus Chinensis could not help asking, stamping her foot angrily. "He's got a chance to participate in the Hegemony Tournament, hasn't he? For weeks we had hoped with all our hearts that we would be chosen! To win glory for our school, and a thousand Galleons as a prize. It's a dream opportunity, and our school has been through a rigorous selection process! "
"Perhaps someone wants Weasley to die for it," said Moody, with a hint of a growl in his voice.
After he finished speaking, there was an extremely tense silence.
Ludo Bargmann looked very anxious, his body bobbing up and down uneasily.
"Moody, you old man, how could you say such a thing!"
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