HP's Foreign Land

"Diary 1980, February [-], [-]"

I didn't expect that Remus Lupine would be the first to find me. This nasty werewolf would not let me see Sirius. He told me in a soft tone that he sent him away.I think those caring friends are now sparing no effort to help Sirius regain his sobriety, so, when the truth comes out today, I should even thank Lupine for his "understanding", if it is not him, but someone else Who, then, is likely to be the first to rush up and tear me apart with his irascible friends.

I don't know how he plans to deal with me, he has been carefully speaking, frowning, always looking at my expression from an angle that I think I can't see, he is observing me, it seems that he is afraid of provoking me, or afraid of provoking me The baby in my belly, so I guess he wants me to have the baby, or maybe he wants to take that baby too, steal it from me right under my nose the way he took Sirius.

I'll let him know that not everything goes according to the script written by the "righteous" side!

They stole my husband, and now they don't even want to let go of the children, I won't let them have their way!

***

Leaving aside whether kicking the broom is really helpful for speed, after being kicked off the broom again and again, Heimdall has convinced himself that this method works.He deluded himself into thinking that if the last game would be a tornado, or even an earth-shattering climate, then this training could at least help him improve his resistance to nature.

Apart from Ah Q, Heimdall met with Victor in peace of mind and continued kicking the next day. The Bulgarian senior stroked his forehead and did not reply, but luckily he did not refuse in the end.

He could see that Victor didn't agree with him using this method to cram his feet temporarily, but no matter what, the practice has begun, and the kick has been kicked. Since the thing has happened, why not see the result now that it is good or bad? It's better to let it go on than to do nothing and work hard.This is the life of Heimdall Sturlusson. Since invincibility is one of the life issues, it is better to have wine today and be drunk today, and worry about tomorrow.

Happily, there seemed to be a phased breakthrough in the training on the second day. Heimdall's ability to resist earthquakes has improved, and he no longer fell back from the horse, and was even able to "surround danger" a few times.

The only thing that annoys Heimdall is the enthusiastic fans. These people seem to regard the chase as a game. As soon as Victor Krum appears, they will scramble to surround him. The high enthusiasm of the people makes Heimdall Frightened and terrified.

It seemed that after the new year everyone became clearer, and suddenly realized that there was a student star player who was also in the sugar mouse competition, and they were in the same area.This cognition made Heimdall suffer. He seemed to be running for his life when he left the tent, and the process of returning to the tent became even worse.As long as you are with Victor, there are always people you can't see and hide from.

Victor looked up at the sky and felt that today's training should come to an end.Heimdall picked up the broom and followed him out of the col. The people who had squatted there and waited for a long time swarmed over when they saw them. rushed in.

Heimdall once hinted to himself that if a hundred people surround you at the same time, there is no need to panic. Just think, it is impossible for an ordinary boy to attract attention in such a fanatical crowd.The problem is that when the fanatical people gather like mountains and seas, his reason will become completely disobedient, and the order from his brain is nothing more than one: run away.

"Please don't encourage them, stop maintaining a decent image, and occasionally do something abhorrent, Mr. Victor Krum." The corner of Heimdall's mouth twisted. "Isn't that too much to ask?"

"Rig dear, even in my dreams I wouldn't, wouldn't dare to encourage others to do anything," Victor said. "Besides, people don't need encouragement in many cases." He took the broom in Heimdall's hand and said quickly, "Come up."

"You want to ride a broom? And you want to take me? Your fans will definitely envy me. I suggest that you go around their heads twice more. That scene must be very interesting." Heimdall said quickly Riding on it, he said in a tone of feigned excitement. "I think I'm about to pass out, who would have thought it was Victor Krum!"

"Not now." The broom flew out at that moment, and Victor flew low and over the heads of the people with ease, causing a series of screams and exclamations.At this time, he continued slowly: "I can't wait to catch you right now, it's best to get into the tent before fainting."

***

Heimdall finally understands why people are "crazy" all of a sudden, and the reason is the poster of the cloud broom company.Taking advantage of the double festive atmosphere of Christmas and New Year, the company launched their latest flagship product - a series of competitive brooms for underage wizards at the right time, and posted and promoted them in the company's worldwide marketing A poster of the shoot with Heimdall.I don't know whether it was Heimdall's cute and well-behaved appearance that aroused people's favor, or Victor's star power played a key role. This advertisement without creativity at all was a great success and the response was enthusiastic.

The unexpectedly good results made the world's major broom companies beat their chests and regret.Christmas and New Years have not always been active occasions for broomsticks. Except for the occasional appearance of Christmas and New Year gifts, ordinary wizarding families do not take broomsticks into consideration. The main reason is that this thing consumes too much money. The limited edition broomsticks that major broom companies put on the market for festivals are all expensive. Therefore, in the eyes of the general public, whether using a broom as a gift is secondary, not economical and affordable.

Year after year, day after day, no broom company thought to reflect on its own sales strategy, should it change the current plan to seize the festival market first.It seems to be a default loophole.I never thought that the gap that had been neglected for many years was filled by a rising star with a cheap and high-quality brand.Undoubtedly, Xingyun has succeeded, and this is probably the most irritating thing for those old broom companies that have always shown a high profile.

"At least their focus is clear." In the latest round of the team competition, Adam Krause commented. "Because of the lack of funds, they can only highlight the key points as best they can. In the eyes of competitors in the same industry, especially those with good performance, this advertisement is undoubtedly crude and vulgar, but when they can't afford the limited edition flying broomstick From the perspective of ordinary wizards, the concept conveyed by this advertisement is very clear: a series of factors including competitive brooms, cheap, children, Christmas gifts, and people found that Xingyun also has a so-called limited edition broom, which makes them happy What’s more, this limited edition is affordable for them to consume. To sum up, it’s hard for Xingyun Broom to fail to sell.”

"How do you know so well?!" Heimdall suspected that he was the sales manager of Xingyun Company.

"Because he bought it." Chabby held back a smile and said calmly. "And more than one."

"Oh, thank you for your explanation." Adam smiled at his old friend with fierce eyes. "That's right, I did buy it, the colorful dragon egg series, a total of ten. It's unbelievable. If it was placed in other brands in previous years, the price might not even be able to afford a single broomstick of a limited edition broom. "He pondered for a moment. "These brooms are not bad, from the bright look to the comfort of the handle. It would definitely be better with better materials."

"The price will be better too," Heimdall said. "Xingyun company has just started. In the broomstick manufacturing and sales industry with strong competitors, it is making small profits but quick turnover while maintaining quality. It expands sales at low prices and low rates. After reaching a certain scale, it will consider launching high-end broomsticks in line with the market. Products. This strategy is still good at present, and it needs a lot of patience.”

"Heard they're going to give you all the brooms you need for free?!"

It's weird that Adam Cross can talk too.Heimdall grunted.

"Okay, the handle is finally over." Adam announced loudly, with a sense of relief in his tone.Before Heimdall could answer his question, Adam's attention was diverted. Heimdall thought that he might not really want to get the answer, but just a sudden feeling.

"What's next?" Sharpy had given up on his undulating handle.

Adam pointed to the front right. "Gentlemen, do you see the crowd gathered at the long table?"

"I see." Shabby said listlessly. "so what?"

"The handle and broom tail have been settled, the next step is to attach magic." Adam ignored his indifference and said directly. "The question now is who will operate the process of applying magic."

"I thought you'd come rushing in," Sharpie said.

Adam frowned at him. "Actually, my Charms are not very good, you know that!"

"I can't either," Xia Pie shrugged without any scruples. "My Charms has been barely maintaining an A (pass), and my results in Defense Against the Dark Arts are not as good as Charms."

So they turned to Heimdall, who raised an eyebrow at the sudden attention.

"I'm only in first grade."

"It's okay, in fact we have no other choice." Xiabi said with a smile. "Come on, boy, tell me, which subject are you best at? Herbology? Or History of Magic? Or Astronomy?"

Heimdall wanted to ask, why these three?What is your basis for guessing?Also, does it have anything to do with casting magic?

"I think it's about protection of magical creatures." Adam stroked his chin.

Heimdall cleared his throat, and said clearly: "This semester, in order to participate in the Sugar Mouse Contest, my study progress has almost stopped. Judging from the grades of class questions and homework, my best subject is black magic, my second best is Transfiguration, and the third is Charms."

The two men stared at him for a long time, unblinking as if staring at some alien species.

"Well, if that's the case, then I'll leave it to you." After a while, Adam Klaus grinned, and he handed the broom handle and the bundled broom tail to Heimdall. "Go to the referee table to apply for enchantment, and they will give you your wand. At the end of last time, you were told to bring your wand. Have you brought it today?" Seeing Heimdall nodding, he continued, "The specific spellcasting The way the referee will explain it, you just have to do it."

"Really decide to leave it to me?" Heimdall said uncertainly. "School grades don't tell you anything."

"At least more reliable than us." Adam didn't give him a chance to flinch. "In fact, attaching magic has little effect on the broomstick itself, because broom making is a handicraft, and magic is only incidental and does not play a leading role. Therefore, even if you fail to do it well, you can completely make up for it with follow-up crafts. Today Not the last game of the team competition."

"Okay." Heimdall thought for a while and nodded. "Then I'll try." Before leaving, he couldn't help asking again: "It really doesn't matter?"

Adam nodded calmly.

Looking at the back of Heimdall leaving, Xiabi said disapprovingly: "You should tell him the truth, if he really doesn't do well, then he will know how important magic is to the manufacture of broomsticks, How are you going to explain it to him at that time? Even the most professional broom company in the world will pay a lot of money to raise a group of masters who add magic, instead of doing it themselves in a hothead."

"Then don't tell him! Don't say anything!" Adam replied gruffly.

***

Heimdall carefully held the handle and broom tail and lined up in the middle of the line. There were older children in the front and back, only he was sandwiched in like a little bean, which looked very abrupt from a distance.

The process of casting the magic does not seem to be too long, and the procession does not stand still for a long time.The area around the referee's table had been cast with shielding magic in advance. The people in the back row didn't know what the performance of the players in front was. They couldn't hear or see clearly. They could only judge from the expressions of the players when they left.

In fact, Heimdall didn't know that after the magic was applied, it would not take effect immediately, but would only show up after the anti-shock system was added to the broom, and some problems would even erupt when the broom was lifted into the sky.In short, the process of attaching magic is an important moment that must not be neglected, and it will be related to a series of problems that the broomstick will face in the future.

Finally it was his turn.

Heimdall clumsily took out his ID card and handed it to the referee.

The referee who received the card looked at the card very carefully, and then said to the person recording next to him: "Blue Cup Nine." Then returned the card.

A total of five referees sat on the long table for adding magic, one of them was responsible for recording, and the other four were responsible for observation and evaluation.Of course, they won't tell you the result on the spot, they are only responsible for scoring and... making a fool of yourself, and it's a fool that the players themselves don't know anything about.

"Now, put your broom on the table."

Heimdall put down the broom according to his words, and the referees all glanced at the broom quietly, and then looked away quietly, knowing what to do.Heimdall tried very carefully to see something from their expressions, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.After all, he is a professional with a license. He has participated in many competitions and has rich on-the-spot experience. If he can be easily seen through, he is not called a professional.

"Your wand." The referee placed a small box on the table.

Heimdall opened the box, took out his wand, and stared at the referee in front of him."Don't be nervous," the referee laughed.

Heimdall twitched the corner of his mouth.He thought, if you let me not be nervous, can I not be nervous?Hurry up, as the saying goes: die early and live early.

It's a gorgeous piece of magic that works.The posture demonstrated by the referee was in place, the mantra was recited very clearly, and he was very approachable and gave 5 minutes to practice pronunciation.According to the referee, he didn't expect that there would be contestants who didn't know the magic and would dare to apply for it, so he decided to demonstrate it himself and give him 5 more minutes of encouragement.When he heard this, Heimdall's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Adam Klaus was fooling him?

Golden smoke came out from the tip of the wand, and slowly, the smoke turned into a thick thread, which stretched and stretched... until the end of the thread touched the handle of the broom, and the handle lying on the table violently It trembled a bit, as if resonating with the string.At this time, the magic was still going on, and the golden thick rope gradually separated into strands of thin threads. These thin threads quickly swept towards the broom handle, wrapping the entire broom handle densely like silk wrapped in a silkworm chrysalis, and the thin threads became more and more wrapped. Wrap more and more tightly, until it is squeezed into a thin layer of golden film, and the transparent film gradually penetrates and penetrates into the handle... until it is no longer seen.

Heimdall stared at the broom handle, reluctant to look away until he couldn't see even a little bit of golden light. It was so easy to understand and easy to operate that he was a little unacceptable.

This, this is good? !

"Okay, Blue Cup Nine." The referee reminded him to wake up. "You have attached the most basic broomstick protection magic, do you have any questions?"

Heimdall shook his head mechanically.

"Then take your broom and leave immediately." The referee said helplessly. "Don't delay the runners behind."

Heimdall suddenly woke up, picked up the broom and backed away.