Albert reached out to take the ice cream handed over by the vendor, took out the galleons from his pocket and paid for six portions of ice cream, then turned around and asked the girls around him: "Do you want to buy anything else?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads to express that they had nothing to buy for the time being.
"The game should start soon." Kathleen, who had just looked at her pocket watch, reminded aloud, "We should go to the side of the court. There will be a long queue later."
"Please lead the way!" Albert nodded to Kathleen, held Nia's hand, and whispered: "If you feel something is wrong later, tell me immediately, and don't get lost.
Don’t let go either.”
"Um."
Nia responded in a low voice, lowered her head and ate the ice cream silently.
Watching this scene, Katrina would sometimes have the illusion that the two were actually a couple, but thinking of Nia's Muggle identity, it was not difficult to guess why Albert was so nervous and wouldn't let Nia leave him.
Sight.
While eating ice cream, everyone followed Kathleen towards the forest at a walking pace. When they came to the edge of the forest, they found that many spectators had similar thoughts to them. There were hundreds or even thousands of people around.
Walking around, laughter and shouts filled the city, and the feverish excitement was infecting every audience.
"Albert, it's you after all." Sirius led Harry and his group over here and greeted Albert with a smile.
"Well, I thought about entering the gym in advance, but I didn't expect there were so many people here." Albert said helplessly.
"Yeah, everyone thinks so. Queuing is really annoying. By the way, who do you think will win today?" Sirius randomly found a topic.
"Bulgaria." Albert said without thinking.
"I also think Bulgaria will win. The American team's seeker is a bit stretched. It will be difficult to beat Bulgaria's Krum. That guy is simply a genius." Black said as he walked: "I bet Bagman will definitely win tonight.
I will lose a lot of money, and to be honest, I doubt that guy has the ability to pay back the money."
"Ahem." Kathleen coughed lightly and defended her former friend, "I don't think Jenny is as bad as you said. At least she can still catch the Golden Snitch for the American team."
The eyes of other people around fell on Catherine, with surprise, confusion and puzzlement in their eyes.
"Your friend?" Albert suddenly asked.
The surrounding atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward, especially Sirius. He didn't bother to argue. After saying sorry, he turned to talk to Lupine.
However, Harry, Hermione and Ron's eyes have always been on the beautiful girls around Albert. There was even a hint of weirdness on the faces of the two older boys, and they all looked away. Hermione
More of his attention fell on Nia, who was holding hands with Albert, with a thoughtful expression on her face.
At this time, there was a crackling sound not far away, followed by a painful whine. Everyone turned to look, and saw a wizard spinning around, hitting his head on the tree next to him, and lying on the ground groaning in pain, causing a commotion.
The sneer of schadenfreude.
Two wizards hurried over to check on the unlucky man and quickly used magic to relieve the other's pain.
At this moment, a strange sound came from the forest ahead, followed by countless lights shining in the darkness, forming a road leading to the arena.
"The time is up, everyone, follow me." Sirius led the way, leading everyone into the woods along the illuminated passage.
Albert has been paying attention to Nia's situation to determine whether she will be affected by the spell if she enters the range of the spell to expel Muggles.
Everyone followed the crowd and walked in the woods for a long time, and finally came to the other side of the woods, where there was a huge oval-shaped open-air stadium.
"This gymnasium is so big!" Nia looked at the magnificent gymnasium in front of her and couldn't help but open her mouth.
"It is said that it can accommodate 100,000 people." Isobel walked quietly to Nia's side, and Albert protected her on the left and right in the middle.
"The ticket gate is over there, let's go there!" Sirius called to Albert and others to go over and check in the tickets.
At the entrance was a witch from the Ministry of Magic who was in his thirties. He looked at the four tickets that Albert handed out in surprise, "First-class tickets, top-floor box, just go upstairs."
The tickets for Katharine and Valeria were also in the top box, and they obtained these tickets through Nicholas's relationship.
"Where did you get so many first-class tickets?" Sirius, who was about to walk up, deliberately slowed down when he heard the witch's words.
Sirius was a little depressed. First-class tickets were expensive. Initially, he wanted to buy first-class tickets, but after Lupine's persuasion, he changed to ordinary tickets. But he didn't expect that Albert and his group were all first-class tickets.
ticket.
"A gift from an old friend."
Albert separated from Sirius and his group on the sixth floor. He took the tickets to the top box and walked forward until he reached the top floor before he separated from Katherine and Valeria. The four of them followed the tickets
The number soon found its place.
Nia kept holding Albert's hand, looking at the scenery ahead, and couldn't help but sigh: "The view here is really spectacular!"
"Yes. This is for you!" Albert took out two buckets of popcorn that the house elves had prepared in advance.
"What is this?" Katrina asked curiously.
"Popcorn." Albert picked up a piece of popcorn and threw it into his mouth, "I also prepared drinks here."
"You are always so considerate." Isobel took the popcorn and handed it to Katrina, "Try it, this stuff is pretty good."
Katrina ate some popcorn and found that it was really good, but the amount was a bit less.
"This stuff can last you a long time. You'll know later." Albert said with a smile as if he had read through Katrina's thoughts.
The box is made small just to make it easier to hold, but the inside has actually been expanded by the Traceless Stretching Charm.
While everyone was happily chatting about trivial topics, a not-so-pleasant guy appeared in their box.
After seeing the four Alberts in the box, Lucius Malfoy showed a little surprise on his face. He probably didn't expect that Albert could actually get the tickets to the top box.
Old Malfoy's eyes swept from Nia's body to the McDougal sisters, and then looked at Albert again. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he said something.
"When will anyone be able to come here?" Draco muttered in a low voice before being stopped by Old Malfoy. The self-proclaimed pure-blood Malfoy would obviously not say anything outrageous at this time.
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At least, not loud enough for anyone to hear.
At this time, Old Barty entered the box with two wizards. One of them, a short and fat girl, saw Albert in the back seat, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and she raised her hand to wave to them.
"You are so popular." Nia was a little surprised. She always felt that Albert could meet acquaintances wherever he went.
Albert smiled and nodded at the other person, but in his mind he was recalling who this person was.
Oh, by the way, the girl in front of me seems to be the pudgy girl from the Magic School Potions Championship at Reedmstrong Academy.
The short, fat girl seemed to have said a few words to the wizard next to her. The wizard, who was wearing a gorgeous black velvet robe with gold trim, looked towards Albert, and then said a few words to Barty Crouch next to him.
, seemed to be asking about Albert.
"Albert Anderson, the best genius in the British wizarding world in the past century." Barty Crouch introduced the other party in Bulgarian: "Perhaps, you have also seen his name in the newspaper. He recently
He has won several international awards. Oh, by the way, Anderson should also be able to understand Bulgarian, if you want to go over and get to know him."
"Of course, I am happy to get to know this young genius." O'Barons said.
"Mr. Obalonsk, the Minister of Magic of Bulgaria." Barty introduced the wizard beside him to Albert, "Next to him is his granddaughter Miss Rumiana, you should know her."
"Oh, hello, Mr. Obalonsk." Albert shook hands with the old man in front of him in a friendly manner and smiled: "I think tonight's victory will belong to Bulgaria. Krum is an excellent seeker.
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"Thank you, I think Krum will be very happy that someone recognizes his ability." Mr. Obalonsk looked at the young man in front of him curiously. He spoke Bulgarian very well.
"The newspaper said that you are planning to participate in the International Duel Competition next year?"
"If I have time, I should go and participate." Albert nodded.
This move by the Bulgarian Minister of Magic made Old Malfoy feel uncomfortable, especially when he heard them chatting in Bulgarian, his face became even more ugly.
However, for Mr. Obalonsk, an outstanding wizard who has already shown his talent is worthy of attention, especially since he has already won four international awards before he was a minor, and is also an acquaintance of his granddaughter.
The relationship is always good, not to mention that the wizards who can watch the game here have some background.
"Are you a Klum fan?" Rumiana asked.
"So be it!" Albert said perfunctorily.
"You will definitely have unexpected surprises this year." Rumiana said regretfully, "Unfortunately, I have already graduated. It would be great if I could graduate a year later."
"You mean the Triwizard Tournament?" Albert asked with a smile.
"You know!" Rumiana quickly felt relieved, "Are you planning to participate?"
"I should take part in it. I think it's a very interesting competition."
Rumiana suddenly felt a moment of silence for Albert's opponent. A wizard who had won the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique and planned to participate in an international duel competition was a bit like an adult bullying a child when he participated in the Triwizard Tournament.
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"ladies and gentlemen……"
A thunderous voice resounded throughout the stadium. Ludo pulled out his wand, pointed at his throat, and explained to the audience: "Welcome to watch the quarter-finals of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup!"
The audience below burst into cheers and applause, accompanied by the chaotic national anthem. The scene was really lively.
Albert and Rumiana stopped chatting and began to look at the court ahead. The advertisement on the huge blackboard had disappeared, and now it showed:
United States: 0, Bulgaria: 0,
“…let’s welcome Team USA’s mascot.”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of thunder in the sky, and a thunderbird flew over everyone's heads, bringing lightning and heavy rain.
"what is that?"
Nia looked at the lightning and dark clouds in the sky and couldn't help shrinking towards Albert.
"The thunderbird is a very famous magical creature in the United States. Its appearance is always accompanied by storms." Albert explained in a low voice.
After the thunderbird appeared, the audience below was simply unlucky, because the sky began to rain heavily, which directly drenched them to the core.
However, there is no such problem in the private room. There is a canopy above their heads.
This thing was actually installed by the Ministry of Magic after learning that the mascot of Team USA was the Thunderbird.
There is no other way, we can't let our distinguished guests get wet in the rain too.
Next it was the turn of the Bulgarian mascot. Albert saw a hundred beautiful women gliding towards the stadium in the heavy rain.
"They are really beautiful." Nia couldn't help but sigh.
"That's a Veela."
Albert closed his eyes the moment the music started playing. He didn't want to be seduced by the Veela and do something indecent.
In Albert's opinion, because the temptation of Veela may be more difficult to resist than the Imperius Curse, he did not want to embarrass himself in front of his sister.
"What are you doing with your eyes closed?" Nia asked doubtfully.
However, she soon realized something because there was someone in the box doing something strange.
The son of the family whose eyes she hated so much actually jumped onto the chair as if possessed, assuming an incredibly shameful posture that made people stunned. His parents seemed to want to pull him to sit down, but
But it was all in vain.
Not only Draco, but all the men on the court were doing some puzzling things under the suspicious eyes of the girls.
"The dance of Veela will make men forget everything in the world and become obsessed with them." Albert explained with his eyes closed, "So it is a good choice to avert your eyes appropriately."
Of course, Hermione didn't know anything about Veela. She just opened her mouth and looked at the strange actions of the boys around her with confusion.
"Harry, Ron, what are you doing?" Hermione was trying to stop her good friend from committing adultery, but to no avail.
Similar situations spread like a plague throughout the entire stadium.
After the music ended, an angry roar erupted in the stadium. The men did not want the Veela to leave, and many spectators who supported the American team even threw away everything related to the American team and supported the Bulgarian team.
After the music ended, Albert opened his eyes and looked at the extremely embarrassed Draco Malfoy in the front row. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he said softly: "It's like a large-scale social death scene!"
In the box, only Draco Malfoy was affected, and his embarrassed appearance was noticed by the big shots here.
Draco seemed to realize what he had just done, his cheeks suddenly flushed red, and he shrank back to his parents like a quail egg, not daring to show his head again for fear of attracting other people's attention.