Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

"I have some things during my summer vacation... On the one hand, I have a new book to read, and on the other hand, my father wants me to straighten my teeth." Hermione replied, "But no matter how big it is, I don't think it's as important as going to the game , after all, every four years."

She was trying to change the subject, and Lockhart noticed.

So he took advantage of the situation to change the topic: "It is true that the Ministry of Magic is very busy with the competition. If no one comes to see it, it will be troublesome... But if you say that, do you have a place to sleep tonight?"

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

"Will it be too crowded?" Lockhart glanced at the small tent beside him, and then took out his RV keys, "Molly, you ladies can live in the RV, just park at In the parking lot on the edge of the camp, there is a separate toilet, so you don’t have to go far at night when you get up at night.”

"It's really... so where do you sleep?" Mrs. Weasley was a little surprised.

"Fudge just said that I will be on duty all night tonight, and even if I take a rest, I will probably be next to the foreign guest's room, so this RV probably won't be needed... If the competition

If it really lasts for two days, I may have to drink brain refresher to maintain it. I hope it will end within five hours! "

"My God," sighed Mrs. Weasley, "Fudge is as narrow-minded as ever."

So she didn't refuse the car keys that Lockhart handed over.

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

In the VIP box, besides the dignitaries of various countries, 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 eggs.

After seeing Mr. Weasley enter the box, he leaned forward in feigned surprise.

"My God, Weasley, how many years did you go without eating or drinking before you bought the ticket here?"

But Mr. Weasley is in a good mood today, and now that he has money in hand, he doesn't care much about this level of ridicule, so he doesn't want to quarrel with Malfoy at all: "How much? It's about the price of a black notebook, you Want to slip me another copy?"

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

Mr. Weasley brushed past him, bumping his shoulder on purpose as he passed.

Lucius Malfoy looked over for a moment, but then steadied himself again.

This unruly bastard!

Chapter 260 Watching the Ball

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

Not to mention Fudge and other high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic, even the guests who came from afar are not ordinary people, especially the pure-blooded family members who came here at their own expense.

Among these people, it seems that only Black and Weasley watch the football purely for entertainment, and the rest are not so much watching the football as they are here for socializing, and the high-end box is nothing to them. It is an existence like a club.

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

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

Everyone has agreed that Potan produced in Europe must use British standards! "

Fudge looked smug, as if he'd done some great feat in Lockhart's absence.

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

"Exactly!" Fudge was even more proud.

Lockhart didn't know if Fudge could hear the sarcasm in his words, but the Americans next to him, as well as Lucius Malfoy, obviously did.

As a person with a relationship with the descendants of Slytherin, the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States seemed very regretful. He probably only knew that the British Minister of Magic was actually such a person.

"It's eye-opening, no wonder you need to communicate with the Muggle government here," he whispered to Lucius.

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

Malfoy pretended to be so serious that the Americans believed it.If he had been told that the Malfoy family was secretly engaged in grain futures trading, or even buying and selling some artworks, he probably wouldn't be so confiding.

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

He mistook Fudge for a pro-trade faction with Muggles.

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

Lockhart took a look, and it turned out that the mascot of Bulgaria - Veela appeared.

To be honest, he is actually very curious about creatures like Veela.

Because "beauty" is a very subjective feeling, A may think oval face is good, but B only responds to a small round face, C likes a slightly larger mouth, but D does not talk about it if it is not a small mouth... These are all normal.

In this world, there are no men or women who fully meet everyone’s aesthetic standards. Even the recognized handsome men and beautiful women, they only look the most harmonious”, that is, they conform to the neutral image of handsome men and beautiful women in everyone’s impression.

But veela is different, they can make all unsuspecting men crazy, that is to say, it can step on the xp of all men by nature, which is very abnormal

, not to mention that it can also arouse the desire for performance in all men.

...Of course, even if there is no Veela, men will have a special desire to express themselves in front of beautiful women.

If species such as kittens, pandas, and koalas are born with human aesthetics, then Veela is a species that specifically caters to men’s aesthetics, or it has gradually evolved in a long evolutionary history ability to meet this need.

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

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

The moment the veela caught Lockhart's eyes, a mental shock hit his brain directly.

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

Lockhart gently shook his head, blocking this indiscriminate and large-scale AE charm attack from Veela to the outside.

This kind of magical creature is really powerful, and it can make people fall for it without knowing it. Even if its magical talent only retains two kinds of "morphological change" and "charm aura", it can survive in the magical world, and it The 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 curry favor with powerful males, and the most powerful males in the magic world are undoubtedly humans, even creatures like fire dragons and chimeras, as long as humans are willing It can be domesticated, so it is not surprising that Veela finally evolved so in line with human aesthetics.

However, the magical world is indeed different from the Muggle world, especially in terms of reproduction. There is no reproductive isolation between different magical creatures, which is surprising. Not to mention, there is no reproductive isolation between humanoid magical creatures and humans. Lockhart the most

I want to complain.

That's all for werewolf, no matter how you say it, it all became from human beings being cursed.Veela has endured it too, at least it has a human form in addition to bird, horse and snake forms.But the fact that humans can intermarry with giants and have children is outrageous.

Moreover, unlike Hagrid's situation of giant fathers and mothers, which can still be explained, Hagrid actually asked Mrs. Maxime whether she received giant blood from her father or mother, which had to be learned academically. Curious how this process happened.

Could it be that Barty Jr. "demonstrated" the Enlargement Curse and the Shrinking Curse on the spider? If that's the case, the Enlargement Curse is actually a magical skill. It would be too wasteful to demonstrate the Unforgivable Curse to make the spider bigger. Don't go overboard, being able to grow and shrink a little bit adds a lot of fun...

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

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

Hermione tried to pull Harry and Ron, but she could only sit in her seat after failing.

oh man--

She gave up.

But she immediately noticed Lockhart on her right who sat upright and calm despite his eyes on the field.

Hmm... It seems that men are not all dirty.Hermione said heartily.

Of course, it would be another matter to let her know about Lockhart's academic discussions

Chapter 260 The Third Unexpected Riot

For Lockhart, even the World Cup final was nothing to watch.

The Erlan team not only has the upper hand in strength, but also has 7 Firebolts in all members, giving them an indelible advantage in speed.

Lockhart could see that the Bulgarians were trying to use zone defense to limit Ireland's attack.However, the Irish Chasers with superior equipment just relied on triangle tactics and simply passed the ball a few times to each other, tearing the Bulgarian team's defense line into pieces, and then it was time for the massacre.

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

But the Irish Seeker knew he couldn't do it, so even if he was tricked by Krum's fake moves and hit the ground one after another, he still stalked and continued to post.

It can only be said that the Firebolt does have an advantage in acceleration, so even if it will be thrown off for a while, the Irish team's Seeker can re-attach it, making Klum helpless.

In the end, Lynch succeeded in his task of stalking Krum from taking the Snitch before Ireland led by 160 points.

The moment Krum got the Snitch, the twin Weasleys in the box jumped three feet high.

"Long live! I won!" They celebrated wildly in front of all the distinguished guests in the box.

Seeing their elation, they were happier than the Ministry of Magic officials in the Office of the British and Irish Quidditch Command.

Seeing the directors of Bulgaria's international department and sports department look like they had eaten shit, Fudge felt very satisfied

After being drunk, how could he not wake up? I felt that I fell asleep until now seeing these two people upset, he felt very happy.

"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 Ireland won sufficiently

Seeing how the Bulgarians refused to admit defeat, the British like Fudge 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 did not think so much. After congratulating Ireland for winning the championship routinely, they began to have a "small meeting" with these British dignitaries.

If what is said at the reception with Ministry of Magic officials during the day is just a scene, then these small meetings at night are the key to determining "major national affairs". Representatives from different countries have different interests in the UK. I want to take the opportunity to talk clearly.

The Bulgarian official with a bad face charged a crime and left the VIP box on the pretext of going to the toilet.

After all, Mr. Weasley was in a cold office, and Sirius didn't have any personal relationships, so naturally no one came to talk to them after the game, so they bid farewell to Lockhart and left the box one after another.

Lockhart sent them out on the sham, but when he came back and passed the toilet,

He heard a low growl from inside the toilet door.

"...This is not our previous agreement! You said you could do it...rnm, get your money back!"

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

Because the language used by the voice coming out of it was Bulgarian, and the voice was that annoying director of the International Department.

No matter who he got into a financial dispute with, it has nothing to do with Lockhart. Anyway, someone tricked him into saying that he could fix the game, trick him into investing money, etc., and there is a high probability that he will not get the money back. up.

When Lockhart told his own discovery, when the joke was told to the colleagues who were still staying behind, bursts of uncontrollable laughter burst from everyone's throats.

"If that's the case, they really lost the game and lost money..." Hai Sijia Jones said with a smile, "I guess the goblin tricked them."

After laughing, those who still have duties on duty stayed and prepared to watch the night shift

Because the game ended earlier than expected, and the foreign guests still had matters to discuss, Lockhart had to work with the Auror office to do security work beside the big tent outside the stadium.

After the excitement passed, 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 were a little bit disapproving, but according to the rules, they really couldn't sleep on it.

"Why don't we take turns keeping vigil, half at a time?" Lockhart suggested

But his suggestion was immediately rejected, because everyone said that they just stayed

It's just one night, they don't care, besides, the manpower is really not enough.

As a result, before midnight, an Auror who was patrolling around the camp hurried over and told everyone that something serious had happened.

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

The Aurors suddenly tensed up.

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 fuss, lure you out, and take advantage of the emptiness of the defense here to attack our distinguished guests!"

"Then what should we do?" Kingsley Shacklebolt asked, "We can't just leave it alone."

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"This is what happens without a ranger..."

Moody muttered something, and then quickly said his way to deal with it.

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

"I'll take a look over there." Lockhart immediately said, "My forgetting spell, awakening spell, and confusion spell are all pretty good, and can control the situation, Alastor, Kingsley, you two lead people to guard here, Absolutely don’t let foreign guests have problems.”

Because of the urgency of the situation, the Aurors didn't argue about it, but made a decisive decision and quickly started 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 this pile of fireworks, you should appear behind these people, I will attract their attention from the front, and then set off signal flares together, causing us to be crowded and surrounded Their false appearance, let them calm down... We don't have to pretend for too long, wait for Moody and them to arrange the VIPs, the second wave

Reinforcements will come. "

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