The evening banquet is a very formal banquet. If Hugo is allowed to attend it alone, it will definitely make you fumbling.

Fortunately, the ship girls experienced a lot of this kind of things one or two years after they came to this world, so they were able to guide him to handle the banquet perfectly.

"The dress that Buluo prepared is indeed good." Standing in front of the mirror, looking at the dress robe that was stuffed into his luggage before leaving, Hugo turned around for a few times and looked at it, and showed a satisfied expression on his face.

This is a dark blue dress robe, which combines some of the characteristics of naval dresses, so it looks obviously more slim than ordinary dress robes, making him look more mature than his actual age.

"Of course it's good, this is the result of our design together." At this time, the company pushed the door and walked in, and said while helping Hugo tidy up his clothes.

She had already changed her clothes at this time, wearing a silver-gray dress robe with the same officer's uniform style, and the first-class medal of the Sir Merlin Order was hung on her chest.

Of course, at the end of their dressing, they each took out a Hogwarts school badge made of gold enamel and hung it on the left chest of their dress robe to show their origins.

After simply tidying up their clothes, they walked along the tunnel inside the mountain toward the palace on the top of the mountain. When they came, they had a bird's eye view of the palace from the air.

The palace looks very conspicuous in the air because the main body of the building is made of mutton fat jade, and it looks like a gorgeous and exquisite pagoda. It has a visual contrast with the blue-gray island below.

As an ancient school, the auditorium of the Magic Institute reflects a strong historical heritage. Whether it is the various sculptures, paintings, tables, chairs, bonsai in the auditorium, or even the tableware, they all reflect a unique cultural style.

Because alchemy itself is a very niche subject in the wizarding world, and the requirements for participants in this competition are very strict, so there are not many people participating in the competition.

When the banquet officially began, he found that although the contestants came from North Africa, Europe and America, there were not even 40 people in all the contestants.

"In fact, there is no way to choose this competition here." Just as the principal of the Magician began to deliver a welcome speech on behalf of the host, the company whispered to Hugo through the Admiral Network.

"As the maker of the only known philosopher's stone, Nick Lemay has a very high status in alchemy, so his inheritance is wanted in the entire Western magic world."

"So the International Wizards Federation, or the International Wizards Federation of Western Wizards, has been arguing for a long time about the location of this game, because the Ministry of Magic of each country wants to put the game in its own country, but other countries will all object."

"So after about a month of argument, everyone finally decided to place this game in Japan, a neutral zone between the International Wizards Federation and the Zhuxia Magic League."

Zhuxia Magic Alliance is a magic cooperative organization located in the East. In the earliest era of the Wizards' Council, wizards around the world were unified under this banner.

However, when the stricter International Wizard Secretariat Act was promulgated and the International Wizards Federation was established in 1692, many wizards from countries and regions raised objections in this regard.

Among them, countries like Liechtenstein and Switzerland, although suppressed by the overall environment, had to admit the secrets law. However, they refused to join the International Wizards' Federation and declared themselves permanently neutral.

And it is another matter in the Far East and Southeast Asia. It has a magic system completely different from the Western world and an ancient magic community. The overall strength is no less than that of the entire Western magic world.

So after realizing that the International Wizard Secretariat Act did not meet their needs, they formed an organization called the Zhuxia Magic Alliance and promulgated a similar but very different "Secretariat Act" according to their own circumstances.

The wizards in Japan were first neutral for a series of reasons, and then joined two organizations at the same time at the end of the 19th century.

Because of this reason, no matter what event the International Wizards Federation or the Zhuxia Magic Alliance want to hold, they will choose Japan as the venue to show fairness.

Due to this situation, the principal of the Magic Institute is familiar with these tasks. After his welcome speech, a representative from the International Wizards Federation also gave a simple speech.

The content of the two speeches was very concise, so they were less than 15 minutes together. Soon, all the speeches ended and the dinner officially began.

Perhaps to take care of the tastes of guests who come from afar, the dishes on the table are mostly Western, and the rare Japanese dishes are also chosen with more universality.

For example, raw foods such as various sashimi or some sushi are not placed on the table, and they are not served to everyone according to the amount of Japanese cuisine.

Fortunately, because there are few people participating in the competition, and wizards who master alchemy in the wizard world often have a relatively high social status, so the dishes at the dinner really taste good.

"It seems that everyone is focusing on those Boothbaton students." Looking at the International Wizards Federation officials who had just bypassed him and led the professor to chat with the Boothbaton delegation, Hugo whispered to the company with some dissatisfaction.

"There is no way, who made the entire Mediterranean alchemy center in Busbaton." The company shrugged helplessly. "Not to mention that Nick Lemay and his wife are all graduates from Busbaton."

"So for this game, most of the wizards believe that the winner of this game will definitely come from Boothbaton, but I don't know who the winner is in the end."

In addition, many Japanese wizards who helped deliver the dishes also had cold faces, which made people feel a little unhappy.

The taste of being ignored was not very good, so shortly after the last dish of the banquet came. Except for the Boothbaton contestants, almost all the remaining contestants left as soon as they finished their meal.

Of course, there is another important reason why everyone left directly after dinner, that is, the first game will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow, so everyone hopes to make some preparations tonight.

The next morning, Hugo and the company came to the lobby where the banquet was held yesterday. The long tables used for the banquet were moved away and replaced with many single small tables, all facing the rostrum at the end of the auditorium.

"The first exam was a written exam, in order to test the breadth of your understanding of various alchemy knowledge." After everyone sat down, an official from the International Wizards Federation said on the rostrum.

"Now everyone start answering the paper. You have two hours to go."

After saying that, the middle-aged wizard turned a huge hourglass on the table in front of him and placed it next to him, then waved his wand. In an instant, a scroll, a quill, an ink bottle and a roll of parchment appeared on the table.
Chapter completed!