Hogwarts: Harley from the Witch Path

Chapter 263 People's XP is free...except those who like lizards!

As time went by, other spectators also rushed to the game site.

The Weasleys were the third to reach the box on the top floor.

Seeing Mr. Weasley, Sirius stood up and gave him a hug:
"Arthur, my dear old chap, here you are at last!"

"Oh, there's no way, it's really stressful to have seven children." Mr. Weasley sighed.

"Dear old Arthur, would you like a drink tonight?"

After beckoning Mr. Weasley to sit down beside him, Sirius hooked his shoulders and said with a smile,
"The kids are old enough to have no problem staying in the tent by themselves."

"I know there are a few good pop-up bars around here, let's have a few whiskeys!"

Mr. Weasley hesitated for a moment, touched his pocket, and finally nodded:
"Of course, the World Cup finals only come once every four years!"

The Weasley family all looked for seats in the box, filling half of the box in an instant.

George and Fred quickly chose the seat behind Harry, and greeted each other across the seat:

"Harry, Hermione, good evening! You're so early!"

"By the way, where's your friend from Beauxbatons, Fleur Delacour? Isn't she with you?"

Fred asked as if casually.

"She came with some of Beauxbaton's students, so she also watched the game with them."

Harry replied softly, "What? Are you interested in sex? I remember you like Senior Angelina, don't you?"

"Senior sister should be in the auditorium below now, do you need me to talk to senior sister?"

Before Fred could say anything, George first stabbed his brother in the waist with his fist:
"Look, Fred, this is your fault. Didn't you swear in the morning that you have your heart for Angelina?"

Fred rolled his eyes back at his brother: "Don't think I don't know, you obviously want to ask too!"

"And you clearly said that you gave your heart to Alia."

The two critters played and fought for a while, and after calming down, they chatted with Harry in a serious manner:
"Harry, we listened to your opinion and didn't look for that guy Ludo."

"We picked Gringotts and beat Ireland to win, but Bulgaria's Krum will catch the Snitch."

"Gringotts is much more reliable than Ludo. Dad pressed a Gallon from Ludo, but Ludo just registered Dad's name in the notebook."

"Gringotts, on the other hand, is much more formal, and signed a magic contract. Today, the director of the Goblin Liaison Office of the Ministry of Magic, Stuart Mockridge, supervised the whole process."

"The only pity is that the odds given by those greedy goblins are really low!"

"That's because Gringotts has to pay taxes and negotiate with the Ministry of Magic." Hermione turned around and said in a low voice,

"And they consider many more factors than those who may not be able to pay back, so naturally the odds given cannot be too high."

Fred said with some surprise: "It makes sense, we didn't expect this information!"

"And Hermione, how do you know so much?"

"Sirius and Harry also gambled at Gringotts,"

Seeing that Harry didn't stop her, Hermione couldn't help saying in a somewhat proud tone,
"The England team played against the Transylvania team, and the Transylvania team won. They bet 20 Galleons and finally made 800 million back!"

Harry nodded, anyway, goblins are not obliged to keep information for themselves, this is already a semi-open secret in the camp.

"800 million!" Before the Weasley twins could say anything, Ron, who was listening to the four of them talking, couldn't sit still.

He let out an exclamation, causing everyone in the box to look back.

But in the box now, there are only the Weasley family and Sirius and his party, plus the house elf who has no sense of existence and the hidden Barty Crutch Jr.

So Mr. Weasley just glared at Ron:
"Ron! If you dare to make such a fuss during the game and disturb other people watching the game, then I will have to use magic to temporarily silence your voice!"

Ron still wanted to excuse something, but other people in the box also arrived one after another.

Mr. Weasley whispered a warning to the children to observe etiquette, and then stood up frequently with Percy to greet those colleagues.

When facing these officials, Mr. Weasley's attitude was relatively easy-going, and he even punched two senior Ministry of Magic officials who had a good relationship with him.

Percy seemed much more immature than his father.His expression was very excited, every time he wanted to bow ninety degrees.

"You know, Harry." Fred muttered in a mosquito-sized voice between the seats of an official.

"Percy has high ambitions and wants to be the Minister of Magic!"

George on the side also hid his head behind the chair and made a grimace.

But at this moment, Professor McGonagall just walked in, and George and Fred suddenly lowered their heads in fright, and the previous grimaces disappeared.

However, Professor McGonagall didn't pay attention to the two mischievous troublemakers in his own college. He just greeted Mr. Weasley and Sirius, and then sat on the empty seat next to Hermione.

This made Fred and George even more frightened... The dean they feared the most was sitting in front of them, what should they do!emergency!Wait online!
Until finally, the time came to seven o'clock.

Fudge entered with a red-haired but white-bearded wizard in rich black velvet robes trimmed with gold.

Fudge was followed by Umbridge, and the other wizard was followed by a burly wizard of the same hair color.

Fudge's eyes lit up when he saw Harry.

But because there were guests next to him, he just greeted him loudly: "Harry! Good evening, are you enjoying this World Cup trip?"

"Come on, let me introduce you, this is the Minister of the Ministry of Magic of Bulgaria...um...Mr. Oblansk...no, maybe Mr. Obalonsk..."

Fudge muttered something, glanced at the Bulgarian Minister of Magic and muttered in a low voice:

"Forget it, it doesn't matter, he can't understand English anyway."

Afterwards, Fudge pointed at Harry solemnly, and introduced to the Minister of Magic:

"Harry Potter! You know it! The child who survived the mysterious man also won the first class Medal of the British Order of Merlin!"

"And she broke the record and is the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin, First Class!"

The burly wizard whose muscles stretched his robe tightly frowned at first, looking confused.

After looking Harry up and down, he seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly danced excitedly, and the gold chain on his body kept dangling.

Harry frowned, feeling that the pronunciation of the Minister of Magic who looked like a big guy was very similar:

"Labon~Labon~Fack~Labon~"

Fudge spread his hands helplessly, with a loveless expression: "Oh, I don't know where Barty Crouch has gone again."

"I don't understand Bulgarian, and Crouch is better at it."

"Minister, I'll send someone to look for him right away." Umbridge behind Fudge immediately came up,

"I will send someone to question him. At such an important moment of meeting foreign guests, he, as the deputy director, actually ran around instead of completing the most important work!"

"Oh, Umbridge, you're still so dedicated!" Fudge nodded with admiration in his eyes,

"But there's no need to criticize Crouch so harshly. After all, he's old, he's about to retire, and he doesn't have an heir yet..."

Harry glanced at the seat in the corner without a trace, the young man didn't respond at all, it seemed that the Imperius Curse had completely deprived him of consciousness.

I don't know how Fudge would react if his invisibility cloak was suddenly ripped off.

Hmm... Maybe I will be frightened first, and then fainted from the surprise of this sudden political achievement.

Finally, the box became quiet.

Ludo trotted all the way to the box, and after asking Fudge for instructions, he stood at the window of the box and cast magic on his voice:
"Ladies, gentlemen, and guests!"

"Welcome everyone! Welcome to watch the 422nd British Quidditch World Cup Final!"

"I am your old friend and the commentator for this game, Ludo Bagman!"

"Not much to say, let's enjoy this Quidditch feast together!"

"First of all, let's have... the mascot of the Bulgarian national team!"

On the right side of the stand, the sea of ​​bright red that matched the hair color on the head of the Bulgarian Minister of Magic let out loud cheers.

In the eyes of everyone, Miss Veela makes her debut!

A hundred veela wearing long skirts slid towards the arena as if they were riding the wind.

Their bright silver long hair fluttered behind their heads, exuding infinite charm.

But Harry felt a little sleepy after just one glance, after all, he had seen this scene too many times.

And to be honest, they really can't compare to Fleur

The other people in the most important box where Harry was staying didn't change much either.

From the very beginning, these high-ranking officials who value face have taken potions that can keep wizards calm in advance, or used magic that can protect the brain and consciousness.

However, the children of the Weasley family suffered severely.

Bill, Charlie, and Patsy performed fairly well. As not weak wizards, they basically controlled their thoughts.

Fred and George's performance was much worse. The two almost stood up, but fortunately they restrained themselves in the end.

As for Ron, as the worst-behaved kid, if Mr. Weasley hadn't pulled him back, he would probably have been performing live diving from the window of the box.

Harry also keenly noticed that in the corner, the young man under the invisibility cloak suddenly trembled, and the magic power on his body also began to change.

"I'm controlled by the Imperius Curse, so I can't use Occlumency or other magic to protect myself."

The contents of several ancient magic books obtained from Sirius' house suddenly emerged, and an idea flashed through Harry's mind,

"So his spirit was stimulated, and he began to resist the Imperius Curse autonomously."

"Interesting, really interesting. This young man named Barty Crouch Jr. seems to be quite skilled in magic."

When the veela finished dancing and were about to leave, there were angry roars from the audience.

Apparently, everyone didn't really want the Bulgarian mascot to leave.

But veela are still very experienced in dealing with this situation.

They stood on the spot and turned slightly, their faces suddenly elongated out of thin air, and turned into bird heads with sharp long beaks, and their moonlight-like skin was also covered with scales.

The inexperienced wizards who saw the Bulgarian mascot for the first time slumped back to their seats in fright.

But there are some wizards, especially those who are dressed very much like Ah San, they are actually... more excited!
Among them, a middle-aged wizard with a turban on his head and only a piece of cloth on his upper body jumped up, threw away the pet lizard lying on his shoulder, and ran towards the competition field.

But soon, two Aurors flew over on broomsticks and held him down.

Seeing this scene, many wizards could not help but twitch their mouths.

Although human XP is free...but...forget it, I can't make up excuses anymore, destroy it!
After the Veeva girls left the field, the mascot of the Irish team also made its debut.

There was only a whoosh, and a green and gold thing that looked like a big comet flew into the stadium and hovered in the sky.

Then, the two colors suddenly separated and turned into two smaller comets, rushing towards the goalposts of a group of goals respectively.

Outside the arena, several wizards in overalls waved their wands lightly, and an arched rainbow appeared out of thin air on the arena, connecting two small comets.

The rainbow gradually faded, and the two small comets gradually connected and merged, and finally, a huge, dazzling clover was formed in midair.

The clover rose higher into the sky, hovering above the stands.

This clover tree is actually composed of countless little people wearing red vests, black mustaches, and holding small golden or green lights in their hands!
"It's an Irish leprechaun." Sirius muttered with some disappointment, "I really feel inferior to Veela."

The leprechauns waved their hands, and there was a "crackling" sound, and a large number of golden Galleons fell from the sky!
It's a gold coin made by leprechauns!
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(Thanks to "Nine-tailed Flaming Fox" and "Floating Life and Annihilation" for their rewards!)
(ps. As one of the Unforgivable Curses, the Imperius Curse cannot be lifted by other spells, and the victim of the curse will not have special behavior.)
(However, according to the information in the original book, it can be judged that people with strong willpower, or people who are proficient in Occlumency, can completely get rid of the control of the Imperius Curse by themselves.)
(End of this chapter)