"I have some things in my summer vacation... On the one hand, I have a new book to read, and on the other hand, Dad wants to let me straighten my teeth." Hermione replied, "But even if it is a big thing, I don't think it is as important as watching the game. , after all, every four years."

She was trying to digress, and Lockhart noticed.

So he changed the subject: "Indeed, the Ministry of Magic is very busy with the competition. If no one comes to watch, it will be nerve-racking... But then, do you have a place to sleep tonight?"

"Fortunately, Harry lives with Sirius, and Mrs Weasley and I sleep in a tent room with Ginny," Hermione replied.

"Would it be too crowded?" Lockhart glanced at the small tent beside him, then took out his RV keys, "Molly, you ladies can get in the RV and park at In the parking lot on the edge of the camp, there are separate toilets, so you don't have to go far at night when you wake up."

"This is too... so where are you sleeping?" Mrs. Weasley was a little surprised.

"Fudge just said that I will be on duty all night tonight, and even if I take a break, I will be next to the guest's room, so this RV is probably not needed... If the game

If it really lasts for two days, I may have to drink a brain refresher to maintain it, hope it will be over in five hours! "

\"My God." Mrs. Weasley sighed, "Fudge is still as careful as ever."

So she did not refuse the car keys that Lockhart handed over.

After eating something hastily, a few of them walked into the stadium together, and then went all the way to the VIP box.

In addition to the dignitaries of various countries in the VIP box, there are also many pure-blood family members, such as Lucius Malfoy.

When Lockhart and the others came to the box, Malfoy was talking with the Norwegian International Director, as if he was talking about bringing in some Norwegian Ridgeback dragon eggs.

When he saw Mr. Weasley enter the box, he leaned forward in feigned surprise.

"My God, Weasley, how many years did you not eat or drink before you bought your ticket here?"

But Mr. Weasley was in a good mood today, and with the money on hand, he didn't care much about this level of sarcasm, so he didn't want to quarrel with Malfoy at all: "How much? About the price of a black notebook, you Do you want to give me another copy?"

Malfoy closed his mouth immediately, and his face became very ugly.

Mr. Weasley brushed past him, and deliberately bumped his shoulder as he passed.

Lucius Malfoy glanced over, but then stabilized his body.

This unruly bastard!

Chapter 262 watching the ball

Regardless of the relationship between the people who appear in the box, their identities are either rich or expensive.

Not to mention Fudge and other senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, even the guests who came from afar are not ordinary people, and even more so are the members of the pure-blood family who come here at their own expense.

Among these people, it seems that only Blake and Weasley are watching the game purely for entertainment. It's like a club.

However, Lockhart is not dissatisfied with this. Anyway, the boxes in the stadiums of the Premier League are also used for socializing of big people. He has long been used to this kind of thing.

For example, Fudge, during the time Lockhart was out, he had negotiated a "big deal" with several foreign guests. When Lockhart returned to the box, he showed off intentionally or unintentionally.

Everyone has agreed that all Pertans produced within Europe must use British standards! "

Fudge looked smug, as if he had done something remarkable in Lockhart's absence.

"It's amazing." Lockhart applauded softly. "When our potion industry is about to grow and develop, whoever masters the standard first will be the winner in the future."

"Exactly!" Fudge was even more proud.

Lockhart didn't know if Fudge had heard the sarcasm in his words, but the Americans next to him and Lucius Malfoy obviously heard it.

As a person who is related to the descendants of Slytherin, the US Deputy Secretary of State seems very regretful. He probably only knew that the British Minister of Magic was such a person.

"It was an eye-opener, no wonder you need to communicate with the Muggle government here," he whispered to Lucius.

Lucius Malfoy nodded: "We are also very concerned about this phenomenon. Of course, my personal position is in principle against all interactions with the Muggle community, but the situation is such that we have to use a more flexible method to covertly resist.

Malfoy pretended to be serious enough to make Americans believe it. If he had known that the Malfoys were also secretly trading grain futures, or even buying and selling some artworks, he probably wouldn't be so confident.

\"It's not easy for you either." The American said, \"If you just make some oil for your own use, we have no opinion at all. Our Congress is doing the same thing, but selling it to Muggles..."

He mistook Fudge for supporting the trade with Muggles.

At this moment, the clamor from the arena interrupted the conversation of everyone in the box.

Lockhart took a closer look, and it turned out to be the Bulgarian mascot, Veela.

To be honest, he was actually curious about Veela creatures.

Because "beauty" is a very subjective feeling, A may think that the melon face is good, but B only responds to the small round face, C likes the mouth with a slightly bigger mouth, but D doesn't talk about the cherry mouth... These are normal.

There are no men or women in this world who fully meet everyone's aesthetic standards, even if they are recognized as handsome men and beauties, they just look the most harmonious", which is a neutral image that fits everyone's impression of handsome men and women.

But Veela is different, they can make all unsuspecting men crazy, which means that it can step on all men's xp by nature, which is very abnormal

, not to mention that it can also arouse the performance of all men.

... Of course, even without Veela, men would be very expressive in front of beautiful women.

If kittens, pandas, and koalas are things that are born with human aesthetics, then Veela is a species that caters to men's aesthetics, or it has gradually evolved in a long evolutionary history. The ability to meet this demand.

Lockhart is interested in whether they rely on looks, or so-called magic? Or both?

With this kind of question in mind, he stood taller and looked into the arena from the shoulders of the crowd surrounded by the box window.

The moment Veela came into Lockhart's eyes, a mental shock hit his brain.

Ah... I solved the case, it really was a mental attack.

Lockhart shook his head gently, isolating this indiscriminate, wide-ranging AE charm attack from Veela to the outside.

This kind of magical creature is really powerful, and it can make people fall into the trap without knowing it. Even if its magical talent only retains two kinds of "morphological changes" and "\"charm halo", it can still survive in the magical world, and Its third talent, "Spit Fireball", is better than nothing.

Such a weak magical attack ability does not hinder its continuation, because the survival strategy of their race is to please powerful males, and the most powerful males in the magic world are undoubtedly human beings, even creatures such as fire dragons and chimeras, as long as humans are willing. It can be domesticated, so it is not surprising that the Veela finally evolved to be so in line with human aesthetics.

However, the magical world is indeed different from the Muggle world, especially in terms of reproduction. It is surprising that there is no reproductive isolation between different magical creatures. There is no reproductive isolation between humanoid magical creatures and humans. most lockhart

Want to rant.

Werewolf is just that, after all, it has become from the curse of human beings. Veela also endured, at least in addition to bird, horse and snake form, it has human form. But the fact that humans can intermarry with giants and have children is outrageous.

Moreover, unlike Hagrid's parents and giant mothers and Shang Ke's explanations, Hagrid actually asked Madame Maxime whether she received giant blood from the paternal line or the maternal line. Curious how exactly this process happened.

Could it be that he used the magnifying spell and shrinking spell that Barty "demonstrated" to the spider? If that's the case, the magnifying spell is actually a magical skill. It's a waste to use it to make the spider bigger and demonstrate the Unforgivable Spell. Without going too far, being able to freely grow and shrink a little can add a lot of fun…

Lockhart was immersed in this kind of academic discussion and couldn't help himself, but he didn't notice that most of the other men in the box were already lying by the window, not to mention Malfoy, the Weasleys, even Minister Fudge and his The deputy, as well as Harry and the other little boys, scrambled to stick their heads out of the window, as if trying to do something shocking to make the "girls" on the field notice them.

Unlike a noble lady like Narcissa who still barely maintained her demeanor, Mrs Weasley's face was completely gloomy, looking at her posture, if Arthur had to use his knees tonight to try out the Muggle washboard. If it works, Lockhart won't be surprised at all.

Hermione tried to pull Harry and Ron, but to no avail, she could only sit in her own seat.

Oh, man--

She gave up.

But she immediately noticed the Lockhart to her right, who was always sitting upright and calm despite staring at the field.

Well... it seems that men are not all dirty. Hermione said heartily.

Of course, it would be another matter to let her know what Lockhart had in mind about academics.

Chapter 263 Unexpected riots

For Lockhart, even in the World Cup final, the game is still nothing to watch.

Team Yorland not only has the upper hand in strength, but also has 7 Firebolts in the entire team, which gives them an indelible advantage in speed.

Lockhart could see that the Bulgarian team tried to use the zone defense to limit the Irish attack. However, the Irish team's chasers, with their superior equipment, simply relied on the triangle tactics and simply passed the ball a few times to each other, tore apart the Bulgarian team's defense line, and then entered the massacre time.

And although Krum has excellent eyesight, looks more well-trained, and has better physical coordination, before the overwhelming speed advantage of the Firebolt, he can only rely on fake moves, constantly trying to throw his opponent away .

But the Irish Seeker knew he couldn't, so even if he was knocked to the ground by Krum's fakes, he was still stalking and sticking up.

It can only be said that the Firebolt does have an advantage in acceleration, so even if it is thrown away for a while, the Irish Seeker can re-attach it, making Krum helpless.

In the end, Lynch succeeded in his task of stalking Krum and keeping him out of the Snitch before Ireland took a 160-point lead.

When Krum got the Golden Snitch, the Weasley twins in the box jumped three feet high.

"Long live! Win!" In front of all the VIPs in the box, they celebrated wildly like no one else.

Seeing their cheerfulness, they were happier than the Ministry of Magic officials in the Quidditch Command Office of Britain and Ireland.

Fudge felt very satisfied when he saw the faces of the directors of the Bulgarian International Department and the Sports Department.

After being drunk, how could he not wake up to the point where he was drunk, and now he was very happy to see the two people looking unhappy.

\"Sorry...but understandable, right?" Fudge said to the two with a smirk.

The two directors forced themselves to smile: "Congratulations, the performance of the Firebolt really deserves its name. I hope we can unify the standard of a broom before the next competition."

The implication is that the Bulgarians don't think the Irish win is fair enough

Seeing that the Bulgarians did not admit defeat, Fudge and the British felt happier.

At this moment, whether it was Malfoy or Weasley, these British dignitaries briefly united, took turns to "comfort" the Bulgarians, and deliberately spoke loudly when talking to other foreign guests.

Diplomats from other countries didn't think too much about it. They routinely congratulated Ireland for winning the championship, and then began to "have a small meeting" with these British dignitaries.

If what was said at the reception during the day with the Ministry of Magic officials was nothing more than a scene, these small meetings at night are the key to deciding "national affairs". Representatives of different countries have different interest partners or spokespersons in the UK, so naturally It is to take the opportunity to talk clearly.

The Bulgarian official with a bad face charged a crime and left the VIP box on the grounds of using the toilet.

Mr. Weasley was in a cold yamen after all, and Sirius had no personal relationships, so naturally no one would talk to them after the game. After they said goodbye to Lockhart, they also left the box.

Lockhart sent them out on a charitable behalf, but when he came back and passed the toilet,

He heard a low growl from the toilet door.

"...This is not our previous agreement! You said you could do it... rnm, refund!"

Lockhart scratched his head, then decided to leave it alone.

Because the language used by the voice inside is Bulgarian, and the voice is still that annoying Director of the International Department.

No matter who he has a financial dispute with, it's none of Lockhart's business. Anyway, it's nothing more than someone tricking him into saying that he can rig the game, tricking him into throwing money, etc., and he probably won't get the money back. .

When Lockhart made a joke about his own discovery to the colleagues who were still staying behind, there were bursts of uncontrollable laughter in everyone's throats.

"If that's the case, they really lose the game and lose money..." Heisjia o Jones said with a smile, "I guess the goblins lied to them."

After laughing, those still on duty stayed behind to prepare for the night shift

Because the game ended earlier than expected and the foreign guests had something to talk about, Lockhart had to work with the people from the Auror office to do security work outside the stadium by the marquee.

After the excitement was over, everyone was a little sleepy, but Old Moody kept reminding them to be careful, because if someone wanted to make trouble, they would probably choose this time when they were most relaxed.

Lockhart could see that many Aurors disapproved, but according to the rules, they really couldn't sleep there.

\"Why don't we take turns vigil, how about half at a time?" Lockhart suggested ll

But his suggestion was immediately rejected, because everyone said that they were just going to endure

It's only for one night, they don't care, and there's really not enough manpower.

As a result, before the second half of the night, an Auror who was patrolling around the camp hurried over and told everyone that something had happened.

\"There's a group of people...they've been drinking too much...going to tease the Muggle family watching the camp...with hoods..." he gasped to the vigil.

The Aurors suddenly became nervous.

Just when everyone was about to go out, Alastor Moody stopped everyone

"You can't go out! As I said, it is very likely that someone wants to make a noise. After leading you out, take advantage of the lack of defense here to attack our VIP!"

"So what?" Kingsley Shacklebolt asked. "We can't just ignore it."

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"This is where no Rangers end up..."

Moody murmured, and then quickly said his response.

"To be on the safe side, we should send one or two people to take a look there, and the rest should wake up all the VIPs and gather them together for protection, so that we can free up the second batch of people to support."

"I'll look over there." Lockhart said immediately, "My Oblivion, Sobriety and Confusion are all pretty good, they can control the situation, Alastor, Kingsley, you two are guarding here, Foreign guests must not be allowed to ask questions.”

Because of the urgency of the situation, the Aurors did not argue about it, but made a decisive decision and quickly began to act.

Looking at the green fireworks rising in the distance, Lockhart frowned.

"Dawlish, you go around from the right... Look at the direction of the fireworks, you should appear behind the group of people, I will attract their attention from the front, and then put the flares together, causing us to be crowded and surrounded Their illusion, let them calm down... we don't have to pretend for too long, wait for Moody's to arrange the VIP, the second wave

Reinforcements will come. "

Delix's hand holding the wand turned pale: \"Okay."