A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 340 Crouch's Strangeness
Hundreds of thousands of Quidditch fans gathered here. Even if everyone made a little noise, the entire camp would turn into a boiling cauldron. As the afternoon came, the restlessness not only did not diminish, but became more pervasive. On, even the summer air seemed to tremble.

Felix stayed in the tent all the time, and together with Luping and the others, they checked out the things to be used for the lantern show. According to the plan, they would hold a grand magic lantern show the night after the Quidditch final, and it would last forever. to the end of the game.In addition, Future World Company also spent [-] Galleons to buy a text advertisement before the start of the Quidditch World Cup.

The sun finally set, and the afterglow of the evening continued to dissipate. Keremy and the young clerk, Alik McKee, slipped out to play. It was very lively outside. A souvenir cart, passing through the crowd.

The Ministry of Magic also gave up its last resistance, let it go, and all the signs of magic appeared at once, "crackling" Apparition, the sound of shouting and sales promotion, the sound of joyful and noisy chatting... the camp was noisy .

Lupine was out too, and Felix remained in the tent, fiddling with a wall of air in his left hand, his wand in his right hand, and whispered, "Thunderbolt explodes."

A red light shot out from the tip of the staff and hit the left hand directly. After waiting for a second or two, Felix's left hand trembled. He dissipated the magic and looked at the palm of his hand. There was a small red dot on it.

"The effect is still very limited." Felix kept thinking, the spell he just used was not very powerful.After another hour or two, Keremi and Arik returned with a full load, carrying large and small bags, and placed them on the table beside them. Felix put away his magic and looked at the various souvenirs on it.

There was the luminous green rose badge, and it was now screaming "Ireland to win!" at the top of its lungs. Clemie pressed hard on the top of the rose, and it finally died down;
And what looks like binoculars, covered in all sorts of weird knobs and dials. "It's a panoramic telescope," said Keremi. "I think it's great. You can replay the picture in slow motion, and you can quickly flash the analysis of the game."

Felix tried it, "It's really interesting." He kept flipping the button on it, and the whole world slowed down before his eyes. Keremi was slowly taking out a small model of a flying Firebolt, and placed it in front of him. Gestures.

In addition, there are statues of famous players for collection, Alec McKee bought a whole set of Ireland souvenir statuettes, they walk around on the table, a look of triumph, one of them is not paying attention, from the table. Up and down.

"Oh, my Lynch—"

Arik said, hastily wiping the figurine's dusty nose, "Go away, bad luck, go away..."

Both Keremi and Felix looked at him, and he explained: "This is what my father does, to drive away bad luck, and never let a good situation be ruined."

"Does it really work?" Keremi looked at him suspiciously.

"Of course," he said enthusiastically, "Britain has been out of the trophy for 30 years, and it is very hopeful to win this year. We have the most tacit team - Connolly! Ryan! Troy! Marlette! Moran! Quay Gurley! Of course, and—Linzie!"

"He's the Seeker?" Cremi tapped the 'Lynch' in Arik's hand with her chin.

"That's right, the Seeker is the soul of the team..." When it comes to Quidditch, Arik is particularly talkative. When he heard that Keremy didn't even understand basic fouls, he stared, as if he had discovered a alien.

"Let me tell you, there are many ways of Quidditch fouls, such as the most common pulling, charging, elbowing, locking the opponent with a broom handle, and relatively complicated..."

Felix stepped aside quietly, and he found an interesting game, laying out a thick wall of air in the air, throwing some odds and ends on it, such as cups and forks, and then they will stick to it, Move forward in slow motion, depending on how hard you throw them.

Cramie also discovers the game, trying to knock the professor's cup out with her own.

After repeated failures, she set her sights on Aric's player statue.

"Absolutely not—" Arik said firmly, but he took out another pile of figurines from his pocket, "Bulgarian team, you can throw this."

Within moments, the air was filled with various cups, cutlery, badges and figurines, as well as a sealed bag of snacks.

"Aric wins, five points."

……

It was completely dark, and Felix greeted everyone to eat, "Let's eat something, you can't watch the game hungry, and you don't know how long it will last."

"Where's Lupine?"

"Maybe I meet a friend, let's talk for a while, and I will remember to bring him something to eat." Felix said.

"I really hope that the game can last for ten days and ten nights." At the dinner table, Keremi Vera said sincerely.This way they have more time to show the magic lamp.

Felix laughed.

"Haven't made up your mind yet, Vera? You already consider yourself part of the company."

Keremi said sheepishly, "I haven't figured it out yet. I like the job of a spellbreaker, but it's also great here... Am I getting a little greedy, Professor?"

Felix shrugged, swallowed the chicken in his mouth, poured himself another glass of iced lemon juice, and said with a smile: "You are troubled by happiness. I can't help you in this regard, but don't Make decisions in haste and don’t put pressure on yourself.”

He raised his goblet and said in a distant respect, "You are always welcome here, Vera."

At this time, Lupine came in from outside the tent with a worried face. Felix poured him a glass of lemon juice. He thanked him and stretched his eyebrows. "Just went to Harry's place, and there was almost a conflict."

"What's the matter?" Felix asked, and he commanded the dishes to float in front of Lupin, "I suggest you try this, deep-fried halloumi cheese, Arik bought it from a vendor, and eat it with chicken , the taste is very special."

Alec McKee, who was sitting next to Crémy, smiled primly, and Lupine patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "Thank you." He sat down and explained, "Sirius and the Weasleys stay at Together, ended up meeting Barty Crouch, you know..."

Felix knew that Sirius might be hostile to Barty Crouch, but Lupine's words caught him by surprise.

"It was Barty Crouch who made the provocation," Lupine frowned again, and said slowly, "Crouch is in charge of the security of the entire camp, and he talked about the Death Eaters, Crouch's past Again, the belief that there are large numbers of Death Eaters on the loose—"

"But Sirius has been proven innocent."

"Yeah, but he kept looking at Sirius when he was talking, and you know Sirius' temper, and the two of them had a grudge, if it hadn't been for Harry..." Lupine shook his head and didn't continue, but Fei Lex could completely guess the scene at that time.

I guess he even took out his wand.

Somewhere in the woods came the sound of a low-pitched gong, and immediately, thousands of red and green lanterns bloomed on the trees, illuminating the road to the arena.

"Time is up!"

The four stood up, walked out of the tent, and followed the surging and excited crowd into the woods. When they came out from the other side of the woods, they saw a huge oval-shaped outdoor gymnasium head-on. The light reflected half of the wall into gold.

"It is said that it can accommodate 10 people." Arik murmured.

They took the tickets for the top floor box and went all the way up. The stairs leading to the top floor were covered with purple carpets. When there were no more stairs in front of them, they were already standing at the highest point of the gymnasium.

Downstairs is a spectacular scene. Hundreds of thousands of wizards are seated one after another. Clemi tugged at his sleeves. On the side of the basket in the arena, there is a huge blackboard on which various advertisements are played in a loop——

'Cornflower: The broomstick for the whole family - safe, reliable, with built-in anti-theft buzzer...'

"In the future world, watch the game, watch the lantern show, bid farewell to kerosene lamps and dazzling torches, the future is in sight—"

Felix nodded, indicating that he saw it.Soon their little box was filled with people from the Weasleys, the Malfoys, Sirius, Harry and Hermione, and then Cornelius Fudge and the Bulgarian Minister of Magic.

Lucius Malfoy cast an icy glance at the Weasleys and Sirius indifferently, nodded slightly, and then chatted enthusiastically with Fudge. When Felix looked at him, he subconsciously avoided line of sight.

'Haven't figured it out yet, Lucius. ’ thought Felix.

After everyone was seated, only Fudge and the Bulgarian Minister of Magic were left in the small box. Due to the language barrier, Fudge missed Barty Crouch very much. Although they were at odds with each other, Crouch's talent was It is obvious to all that he knows at least a hundred languages, including the languages ​​of many magical creatures.

Later, Barty Crouch and Ludo Bagman came together. Crouch's expression was terribly serious, his face was covered with a layer of frost, and his body was also very stiff, but Fudge was being held by the Bulgarian minister. The bad accent was driving me crazy and I didn't notice it at all.

"Thank God, Barty, you're finally here, I need you to translate for me—"

"I was the one who dragged Batty over here," Ludo Bagman said cheerfully, "I told him that you have the greatest contribution and should stand at the highest place..."

"Sorry." Crouch's face was full of disgust, his lips trembled, and he seemed to be resisting the urge to slap Fudge: "I don't have time to deal with these trivial matters—"

"Small matter?" Fudge took a deep breath and looked at him in disbelief. What's the matter? He just wanted to say something, but Crouch's lips moved silently, and he tried to speak several times. He was so close that he could clearly distinguish the exit type, Crouch said: "Stupid."

"Barty Crouch!" Fudge's mood was mixed with anger and fear at the moment, he shouted loudly at Crouch, spitting, "You finally stopped covering up and decided to take my position!"

There was silence in the box. No one expected such a thing to happen. Even the Bulgarian minister opened his mouth wide and said in standard English, "What happened?"

As the host at the beginning, Ludo Bagman froze in place, with sweat dripping from Yuanyuan's face, and subconsciously took a few steps back, "Ouch!" Hermione yelled, it turned out that he had stepped on Hermione's foot.

"Yes, I'm sorry, little girl," Ludo Bagman stammered.

Sirius said disdainfully: "You see, neither of them is a good person. Crouch also looked at me this afternoon. I think he has finally gone crazy."

Felix, who was sitting in the second row, squeezed his chin. Could it be that today we are going to see a fight between the director of the International Magic Exchange and Cooperation Department and the current Minister of Magic?

It's a pity that there are no reporters—

Mr. Weasley stood up, trying to relieve the tense atmosphere, he said hesitantly: "Mr. Crouch..."

Barty Crouch seemed to have finally regained his senses. He opened his mouth, but said nothing. He hurriedly dropped a few words of apology and turned away.All that was left was Fudge, panting like a cow with red eyes.

When Crouch left, Harry suddenly felt a sharp pain on his forehead, as if a branding iron had been pressed to his skin.

He covered his forehead and tried not to make a sound. Only Sirius and Ron, who were sitting on both sides of him, noticed the abnormality. Sirius asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, Harry? Your scar hurts again?"

But at this time, the Quidditch World Cup finals officially began, and the huge cheers drowned out his concern.

Ludo Bagman cast a spell on himself with a loud voice, and his words echoed through the stadium like thunder.

"Ladies and gentlemen... Welcome! Welcome to the 422nd Quidditch World Cup Final!"

(End of this chapter)