Due to being woken up by Bud in the middle of the night, Albert was not in good spirits this morning. He reached out to cover his yawn and slowly flipped through the "Bullfighting Daily".
The bottle of Felixir last night has been proven to be harmless after Isius's personal test. The other party also successfully received the balance of 1,000 gold coins from "Bullfighting Daily", plus the initial two hundred gold coins, Ai
Bert received six hundred gold coins, plus a bottle of elixir worth about two days, and also completed the panel task.
"You look sleepy?" Diana, the bar owner, came over to inform Albert of the party time. "By the way, where is Mr. Bud?"
"He should still be sleeping. We talked until very late last night before going to bed." Albert put down the newspaper and said.
"By the way, there is one more thing." Before turning away, Diana turned back and said: "After the Barnabus Finkley Excellent Spellcasting Competition, there will be a small banquet specially prepared for you and the referees.
Yes, please don’t stay and attend the banquet before leaving.”
Albert looked at Diana's leaving figure and raised his eyebrows slightly. He thought of something that Bud had mentioned to him.
At this moment, Albert felt as if someone was peeking at him. He picked up the newspaper again as a cover and quietly looked in a certain direction.
Sitting there was a special correspondent from Bullfighting Daily.
Albert suddenly knew why the guy was secretly looking at him. He was observing whether he had symptoms caused by taking an overdose of Felixir.
"Would you like to tease him?"
Albert suddenly had an inexplicable bad taste in his heart, but he quickly suppressed such thoughts.
It's best for you to distance yourself from this matter.
After all, everything is Isius's fault.
It was he who deceived the group of people who opened the gambling bureau at "Bullfighting Daily" and took their money and ran away.
What does it have to do with Albert?
The tracking spell that the other party left on Isius had long been forcibly blocked by Albert using magic. It would be very interesting for the furious mastermind to find out that he had been tricked.
"This feels really good."
A faint smile appeared on Albert's lips, and he finally understood why there were so many old cunts.
What a delight!
After Albert met the eyes of special correspondent Lucian, he smiled and nodded towards the other person, then looked away in the astonishment of the other person's eyes and re-read the latest issue of "Bullfighting Daily".
Having said that, he found the front page headline of "Bullfighting Daily" really embarrassing.
Anyway, it was just a burst of encouragement for him.
However, after reading the end of the article, Albert found that there was a hole in it.
If Albert is found to have used a large amount of Felixir, he will immediately become the object of contempt for countless people, and many people will make trouble for him.
So cruel!
If you are tricked by someone, your reputation will probably be ruined!
Sure enough, you were right to harvest those guys' wool. Why didn't you let the house elves bring more galleons in the first place?
It's such a pity.
When the time was almost up, Albert got up and followed the other players upstairs to attend the party.
Yesterday's living room was surrounded by comfortable sofas, and drinks and desserts were placed on the small round table in front of them.
Several referees have already taken their seats, and the players are sitting among the referees for one-on-one communication.
Albert was very calm. He had a lot of experience in getting along with his old friends. The man suspected of being an Auror was very adaptable, and the other lady quickly got into the mood. The decadent Mr. Noe spoke.
The one who stammered was the most embarrassed among the four.
Albert chatted casually with the lady next to him. Both parties spoke in Italian. After a brief communication, Albert learned that the lady in front of him was called Monica, and it was said that she had been working as a referee for 63 years.
The two casually chatted about Italian food, and their relationship became much closer.
Monica looked at Albert who was talking eloquently, and was surprised that Albert was actually a Muggle wizard. Although she had read the information, Albert did not look like a Muggle wizard, and that surprised Monica the most.
It was Albert’s circle of friends. The other party had casually mentioned several Italian experts in various fields. From his tone, it seemed that they were all pretty good friends.
Later, the topic of the two people's chat gradually led to the method of casting spells, and Albert directly used the knowledge on the panel skills to fool... Well, it is not considered fooling.
In short, Ms. Monica kept her mouth open most of the time, seeming to be shocked by Albert's unique insights into spell casting techniques. Even Mr. Yav, the Bulgarian wizard next to Albert, couldn't help but turn around and chat with him.
A few sentences.
Looking at No. 17, who became the most dazzling one in the whole party, special reporter Lucian showed an imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth.
Sure enough, No. 17 took the Felixir, otherwise it would have been impossible to talk to the referees.
The next step is to get the opponent out.
This is also the main reason why Lucian appears here.
As long as No. 17 is found to have taken Felixir and is disqualified from the competition, he will receive a large bonus.
Lucian couldn't wait any longer.
However, what puzzled him was why No. 17 hadn't revealed any flaws yet?
Using a large dose of Felixir should make you arrogant and arrogant, making the referees aware that something is wrong, but why are there no signs?
"What a strange thing."
In the opinion of special correspondent Lucian, Albert's body clearly revealed many characteristics of the Felixir.
But... why?
The party lasted for two hours. Lucian followed the players out of the living room with confused eyes. He could not understand why the situation was different from what he said.
Finally, Lucien quickly returned to Bullfighting Daily to report the strange incident and asked whether to initiate a preparatory plan.
The so-called preparatory plan was actually to pretend to be someone else and report that Albert had taken Felixir.
Yes, report it.
Then, investigate.
As for who reported it, it really doesn't matter.
Anyway, in such large competitions, there is a process for checking the elixir, which is quite time-consuming and laborious.
After receiving the report, the Spanish Ministry of Magic immediately took action, showing a righteous image of resolutely maintaining fairness and justice in the competition.
This incident caused an uproar.
In addition, Bullfighting Daily deliberately dug holes in the headlines.
Many people began to wonder if No. 17 had secretly used the Felixir. After all, he was too young. The young wizard who was jealous of him was also happy to see him unlucky, and began to stir up trouble and demand that the matter be dealt with fairly, and even the contestants
A fair one.
"I found that some people will do anything for money." Albert sighed softly, "They really did."
"It's as you expected, isn't it?" Bud found this matter more and more interesting. "Bullfighting Daily" met Albert and it was a slap in the face.
"No, I didn't expect the changes in other people." Albert didn't care about the suspicious glances around him and said in a very soft voice, "Do you think the British wizarding world will be like this..."
"So stupid?" Bud was not surprised at all.
"They just don't want to admit that I am a genius. They are more willing to believe that I secretly used Felixir to cheat." Albert was not surprised at all.
"The British wizarding world is actually like this. People only want to see what they want to see. This is nature." Bard sighed. He knew what Albert was referring to. "If Voldemort returns one day, the entire British wizarding world will be destroyed."
The world will probably try their best to deny that he is still alive."
"It's more about the Spanish Ministry of Magic. They want civilians to be easy to manage, and fools are undoubtedly better to manage than smart people." Albert said softly, "However, I think this is more interesting."
To be honest, Albert didn't think he was a magnanimous person.
Therefore, he is now particularly looking forward to the wonderful expressions on the faces of those who once suspected him of cheating with the Felixir after learning the cruel truth.
After lunch, the four contestants were gathered in the living room. Several referees, bar owner Diana, a special reporter from Bullfighting Daily, and three officials from the Spanish Ministry of Magic were all present.
"I'm sorry to call you all here, but I thought you might have heard some not-so-good rumors." Diana frowned, she was very unhappy that this happened.
"For the sake of fairness in the competition, the organizers feel it is necessary to take action."
"How are you going to test it?" the wizard who seemed to be an Auror asked with a frown, "using Legilimency, or Veritaserum?"
"We prefer to use Legilimency." Diana said, "Mr. Digar is a master of Legilimency. He can...please talk about Ms. Cameron."
"How do you ensure that he doesn't mess with the memories in my head?" said the only woman in the team.
"What's your question, Mr. Noe?"
"How can you guarantee that he won't lie?" Noe had already smelled the smell of conspiracy. "Don't tell me that he is an official of the Ministry of Magic. As long as he is an individual, he may lie for some reason."
The officials from the Spanish Ministry of Magic had ugly expressions on their faces, especially the players who had a deep distrust of them.
"Please say Mr. Anderson." Diana nodded towards Albert and said.
"As far as I know, major events have their own ways to check for cheating." Albert certainly knows what the method is.
A trace amount of truth serum will not cause harm to humans.
However, many large-scale events actually do not like to use Veritaserum, because it is a prohibited item, and it is very troublesome to use. There are also ways to avoid it. For example, the user does not know that he or she has used Veritaserum, or even uses it in advance.
The antidote to Veritaserum.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little stiff. Even Diana didn't know what to do. She had never encountered such a situation.
"Don't worry." One of the five referees stood up and said, "In fact, the referee team has already had a way to identify whether the Felixir has been used."
Everyone looked at the referees together.
"To be honest, we don't advocate its use." As he said that, a referee opened a box with a transparent medicine inside.
"As we all know, taking too much Fuling will cause some bad symptoms, and you cannot continue to drink it, otherwise there will be serious consequences." Ms. Monica introduced to everyone, "If you take Fuling in a short period of time,
If you use it again, you may experience dizziness, poisoning and other symptoms. Of course, if Fuling agent is not used, it itself is harmless."
"How short does a short period of time mean?" Albert asked. If it was a year, he felt that he could simply give up.
"Within a month." Monica said.
"What if I get poisoned?"
"We have first aid here."
The four of them looked at each other, and finally looked at the Ministry of Magic officials.
"We need to prove the effectiveness of this medicine." said the leader of the three officials. "You know, this is a gamble, and we have to be cautious."
"We have a blessed elixir here." An old referee took out a golden vial and handed it to him, "Only one drop is enough, otherwise there may be trouble if the poisoning is serious."
The faces of the three Ministry of Magic officials were not very good-looking. In the end, one of them drank a little bit of Felixir, and then drank the test potion. As a result, he panicked and almost fainted. Not only that, his face suddenly changed.
Pale, as if sick.
"Drink this. It will make you feel better. Although you will be fine after a while with the dose just now."
As they said that, they took out another bottle, dropped some into the water, and asked the Ministry of Magic official to drink it, which made his face look better.
"Okay, admit it to yourselves, or drink some of this stuff?"
"I'll go first." The wizard who seemed to be an Auror stood up, took the cup handed by the referee and drank it in one gulp.
It has no effect.
The second one is Ms. Cameron.
It also has no effect.
"I'll go first."
Noe had a vague idea that the current bad things might be aimed at No. 17.
However, he didn't think the other party needed to use the Felixir.
It also has no effect.
Everyone stared at Albert, who directly touched the cup and drank it in one gulp in full view of everyone.
Okay, still nothing worked.
"how come!"
Both the Ministry of Magic and the special correspondent were very surprised, as if they had already confirmed that someone had taken Felixir and participated in the competition.
"It seems like this was just a joke. Maybe the Ministry of Magic should carefully interrogate the guy who deliberately reported it."
If you still can't figure out what's going on now, you'd be really stupid.
It was obviously aimed at No. 17, and the incident was probably related to gambling.
"Okay, everyone has seen that no one cheated by using Felixir." A male referee and three Spanish Ministry of Magic officials said, "I think this is just a joke."
Just a joke?
The three Ministry of Magic officials left with ugly expressions. They didn't understand how this matter could have turned out like this.
Lucian, the special correspondent of "Bullfighting Daily", looked even more ugly. His body swayed slightly, and he reached out to hold on to the chair to prevent him from almost falling to the ground.
Didn't it say that No. 17 used the Felixir?
Are those referees cheating on them?
Or...that bastard Isius deceived them.
Lucian simply couldn't imagine how much money Bullfighting Daily would lose once No. 17 won the championship.