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After checking the tickets at the entrance, everyone went up the luxurious purple-red carpeted stairs and arrived at the box on the top floor.After finding a seat and sitting down, Harry looked around curiously, and suddenly found a house elf sitting in the penultimate seat in the row behind them, with his face buried in his hands, and he couldn't help looking more curiously. She glanced at her and tentatively greeted her softly: "Hello!"

Hearing Harry's voice, the elf slightly opened her fingers covering her face, and looked at Harry through the gaps between her fingers: "Hello, young sir!" Then her eyes moved to Harry's forehead At that moment, her big brown eyes widened, "Are you Harry Potter, my dear sir?"

Harry nodded: "Yes, do you know me?"

"I've heard Dobby talk about you, and he admires you very much. However, Kerry doesn't seem to like you, Mr. Potter." The elf said in her shrill voice, "But, although I think Kerry Che's attitude is not good, but Dobby's behavior is not as good as Klicher's, Dobby likes freedom too much."

"Why? Is there anything wrong with pursuing freedom?" Harry asked suspiciously.And the elf looked frightened: "Of course not. The nature of house elves should be to obey, absolutely obey the master, and do whatever the master asks them to do. I have a fear of heights, but I My master sent me to the top class, and here I am, that's all, Mr Potter."

Listening to the conversation between Harry and her, Ginny couldn't help thinking about the original book for a long time, and finally remembered whose house elf she should belong to.To confirm, she leaned forward and interjected, "Then whose house elf do you belong to?"

"Mr. Crouch, Mr. Barty Crouch's house elf, my name is Winky." The house elf who called himself Winky puffed out his chest proudly, "Master is very busy, so let me reserve a seat for him .”

Sure enough, Ginny glanced thoughtfully at the empty seat next to Winky, and there should be little Barty Crouch wearing the Invisibility Cloak sitting there.It's just that the main soul has been resurrected this time. I don't know if he will pretend to be Moody in the next semester to teach them Defense Against the Dark Arts like in the original book.

In the next half an hour, the box they were in was gradually filled with people, Arthur stood up again and again shaking hands with people to say hello, while more people looked curiously at Sirius and Harry.When Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, arrived, Percy stood up excitedly, bowing so low that he even broke his glasses, while Harry stared blankly at the people following him, His eyes widened in disbelief.

Noticing Harry's gaze, Fudge laughed: "Come on, let me introduce you. This is the recently famous Mr. Tom Marvolo Riddle, a descendant of Slytherin who has just returned to China. Speaking of it , He is also an alumnus of your Hogwarts." His voice became smaller and smaller, and then stopped embarrassingly, because he found that everyone's attitude was a bit wrong, even a feeling of hostility.

Sirius looked at Tom coldly, and said almost through gritted teeth: "Mr. Riddle, it's a pleasure to meet you. You are indeed a 'famous' person. In fact, I think you should be more 'famous'." And Lupine and Arthur stood in front of the children, especially Harry, and stared at him equally warily.

Regarding Sirius' deliberate provocation, Tom did not show any dissatisfaction or anger. He still looked graceful and bowed gracefully: "It is indeed a great honor to meet you. I just heard Minister Fudge call you Mr. Black , you must be a descendant of the ancient Black family, Mr. Sirius Black? As expected, you are the most courageous and courageous descendant of Gryffindor in the Black family."

Hearing Tom's sarcasm about his strangeness and recklessness, Sirius, who had always been proud of being the only Black to enter Gryffindor, wanted to rush forward angrily, but was held back by Lupine.There was no definite proof that he was one of Voldemort's soul films, and attacking a famous person in public would have been Sirius' fault anyway, and that's why Tom was trying to piss him off.

Therefore, the calm Lupine could only stop his impulsive friend first, and then looked at Tom: "Mr. Riddle, we are also honored to know you. After hearing that you announced that you will find out the recent frequent incidents for the public After the real murderer, we have been looking forward to your actions. Of course, if you need our assistance, we will be very happy. After all, you have just returned to China, and you may not be very familiar with the British wizarding world. Those domestic black wizards who may cause such panic may be more familiar with it."

Tom glanced at the inconspicuous Lupine in surprise, and evoked a faint smile for the hint he expressed to understand his true identity: "Thank you for your willingness to help, but I believe I can do it alone. I will definitely find out the truth behind those murders as soon as possible, so as to remove a hidden danger for the magic world, and also as a small contribution to the British magic world when I just returned to China."

"Then we'll wait and see, and wish you success soon." Lupine nodded, and at the same time motioned Sirius to step back, protecting Harry, who had an angry look on his face and was about to rush up behind him.

However, after Tom noticed their intentions, he took a step closer to Harry instead, swept over Ginny who was silent, and fixed his eyes on Harry who was standing next to Ginny : "This must be the famous savior Harry Potter, the boy who survived from the mysterious man."

Sirius, Lupine, and Arthur immediately put their hands into the pockets of their clothes on guard, apparently already holding their wands.But Harry's eyes were burning with anger: "Yes, I am Harry Potter. I 'defeated' Voldemort once. Moreover, I believe that Voldemort will be defeated by me again in the end." Hearing what Tom said When he said "survive", Harry deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of "defeat", making no secret of his hatred for him.

"Oh, really? What a brave boy." Tom smiled indifferently, not even hiding the mockery in his eyes, "I am very much looking forward to your victory again."

However, hearing the conversation between Harry and Tom, Fudge secretly frowned and coughed uncomfortably: "Harry, the mysterious man, he has already failed, there is no question of defeating again, and he will not come back. "

After Fudge's words came out, for a while, everyone had different expressions on their faces. There seemed to be a sneer in Tom's eyes, but it was fleeting. Only Jin, who knew him best and had been watching him carefully, Ni noticed.But after Tom saw Ginny's gaze, he suddenly asked with great interest: "Then who is this beautiful little girl?"

Harry immediately stepped forward, trying to block Tom's gaze at Ginny: "She is Ginny? Weasley, a student of Hogwarts Gryffindor." At the same time, he gave Ginny an encouraging look, Obviously thinking that she was frightened by Tom in the secret room, worried that she would be afraid because of it, so silently wanted to give her some comfort and protection.

Seeing Harry's actions, Tom looked at Ginny slightly coldly: "I seem to have heard of this name, by the way, I seem to have heard it from Draco of the Malfoy family. I remember Miss Weasley once Successfully cast a Patronus Charm to expel the dementors, and the Patronus is in the form of a—bat?" When he mentioned "bat", he paused deliberately and gave Ginny a meaningful look.

Ginny tightened her hand subconsciously, almost digging her nails into her palm.Bat, she understood what he was referring to, such an animal that was not a bird or a bird, was destined to be a different kind, like her, disguised with a layer of lion skin, after all, it was not the passionate and brave real Gryffindor.

Tom looked at Ginny's pale face for a moment, satisfied that Ginny had understood his hint, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and withdrew his gaze from staring at her.And Harry obviously didn't understand what Tom was referring to, and was taken aback by his seemingly sudden diversion of the subject.At this moment, Fudge's raised voice with some joy came from behind everyone: "Ah, Lucius, long time no see."

"Fudge, how are you recently?" When everyone turned around, only Lucius reached out and shook hands with Fudge, "I don't think you have seen my wife Narcissa and my son Draco yet?"

"Hi, hello." Fudge smiled slightly and bowed to Narcissa, then pointed to Tom, Sirius and the others standing aside, "Today is such a coincidence. Needless to say, Mr. Riddle, I still remember you Introduced me. And Mr. Black, Mr. Lupine, Mr. Weasley, I'm sure you all know each other and are related by marriage."

But Lucius didn't seem to hear Fudge's words. After greeting Tom respectfully, his gray-blue eyes glanced coldly at Arthur and Sirius: "It's not so much a coincidence as it is an accident. For meeting in the top box Mr. Black and Mr. Weasley, I am very surprised." Then he glanced at Lupine's shabby clothes with contempt, "Of course, Mr. Lupine is even more surprised."

Once again, Fudge discovered the weirdness of the atmosphere between them, and when he was trying to say something to smooth things over and ease the somewhat stiff atmosphere, Bagman rushed into the box: "Is everyone ready?" He looked at everyone Look, turned to Fudge again, "Minister, can we begin?"

"Just start as you said, Ludo." Fudge nodded kindly towards Bagman, as if relieved.

Bagman happily drew out his charm, pointed to his throat: "The voice is loud!" Then his voice instantly resounded throughout the stadium: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are welcome! Welcome to come!" Come watch the 422nd Quidditch World Cup Final!"

Over Bagman's voice, the audience erupted in cheers and applause, waving national flags, and the chaotic chants of national anthems.In this lively scene, everyone finally temporarily stopped their tit-for-tat confrontation, and withdrew their angry gazes at each other.Fudge led Tom and Lucius towards their seats in front of them, and sat down not far from Ginny and the others. Afterwards, everyone had their own thoughts and expressions and devoted themselves to watching the game.

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The author has something to say:

This World Cup will obviously be more lively...

And Tom, he finally started to get jealous...