Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 824 Someone cheated

  No one knows what happened last night.

   At least, on the surface, no one knows.

  Due to being woken up by Bud in the middle of the night, Albert was not in a good mood this morning. He stretched out his hand to cover his yawn, and slowly flipped through the Bullfighting Daily.

  The bottle of Felicia elixir last night, after Yi Hughes's personal test, has been proven to be harmless. The other party also successfully got the final payment of 1,000 gold coins from the "Bullfighting Daily". In addition to the first two hundred gold coins, Albert was allocated 600 gold coins, plus a bottle of Felicity Elixir for about two days, and finished it by the way panel tasks.

   "You look sleepy?" Diana, the bar owner, came to inform Albert of the time of the party. "By the way, where is Mr. Bud?"

   "He should still be sleeping. We talked until late last night before resting." Albert put down the newspaper and said.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Before Diana turned and walked away, she turned her head and said, "After the Barnabus Finkley Excellent Spellcasting competition, there will be a small banquet specially prepared for you and the referee. Yes, please don’t have to stay and finish the banquet before leaving.”

   Albert looked at Diana's leaving back and raised his eyebrows slightly. He thought of something Bud had mentioned to him.

   At this moment, Albert felt as if someone was spying on him. He picked up the newspaper again as a cover, and quietly looked in a certain direction.

   There sat the special reporter of "Bullfighting Daily".

  Albert suddenly knew why that guy was secretly looking at him. This was to observe whether he had symptoms caused by taking too much Felicia.

   "Would you like to tease him?"

  An inexplicable bad taste suddenly surged in Albert's heart, but he quickly suppressed such thoughts.

  I better distance myself from this matter.

   After all, everything was Yi Hughes' fault.

   It was he who deceived the group of people who set up a gambling game in the "Bullfighting Daily" and took their money and ran away.

  What does it have to do with him, Albert?

  The tracking spell that the other party left on Yi Hughes had already been forcibly blocked by Albert using magic. When the time comes, the frantic mastermind behind the scenes will find himself being played like a monkey. It must be very interesting.

   "It feels good."

   There was a slight smile on the corner of Albert's mouth, and he finally knew why there were so many old dicks.

   What a delight!

  Ebert and the special reporter Lucian looked at each other, smiled and nodded towards each other, then looked away from the other party's stunned gaze, and re-read the latest issue of "Bullfighting Daily".

   Having said that, he found the headlines on the front page of Bullfighting Daily really embarrassing.

  Anyway, it was a burst of advocacy for him.

   However, at 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 Felicity Elixir, he will most likely become the object of countless people's spurning immediately, and many people will make him worse.

   Really cruel!

   If you are cheated by others, your reputation will probably be ruined!

   Sure enough, it was right to squeeze those guys' wool, why didn't the house elves bring more Galleons back then!

   What a pity.

  After 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 sit among the referees to communicate one-on-one.

   Albert is very calm, he has a lot of experience with old friends. The suspected Auror man was well-adjusted, and the other woman quickly got into it too. On the contrary, the decadent Mr. Noe stuttered and was the most embarrassing of the four.

  Albert chatted casually with the lady next to him. The two sides used Italian. After a brief communication, Albert learned that the lady in front of him was called Monica, who was said to have been working as a referee for 63 years.

   The two chatted casually about Italian food, and the relationship between the two sides became much closer.

  Monica looked at the eloquent Albert, 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 what surprised Monica the most was Albert's circle of friends. The other party had casually mentioned several Italian experts in various fields. Listen to him The tone of voice, the relationship seems to be pretty good.

  Later, the topic of the chat between the two was gradually led to the method of casting spells, and Albert directly used the knowledge on the skills on the panel to fool... Well, it's not fooling.

  In short, Ms. Monica kept her mouth open many times, as if she was shocked by Albert's unique insights into spellcasting techniques. Even Mr. Yafo, the Bulgarian wizard next to Albert, couldn't help turning his head to chat with him.

  Looking at No. 17, who became the most dazzling number in the whole party, special reporter Lucian showed an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

  No. 17 really took Felicia, otherwise it would be impossible to talk with several 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 detected to have taken Felicia and is disqualified from the competition, he can get a large bonus.

   Lucian can't wait.

  However, what puzzled him was, why hasn't No. 17 revealed his flaws yet?

  Using a large dose of Felix Elixir should make him arrogant and make the referees aware that something is wrong, but why is there no sign?

   "What a strange thing."

   According to special reporter Lucian, Albert's body clearly reveals many characteristics of Felicia.

   But... why?

  The party lasted for two hours. Lucian followed the contestants out of the living room with confused eyes. He couldn't understand why the situation was different from what he said.

  Finally, Lucian quickly returned to the "Bullfighting Daily" to report the strange incident and asked whether to start the preparatory plan.

  The so-called preparatory plan is actually to pretend to be someone else to report that Albert has taken Felicia.

   Yes, report it.

   Then, investigate.

   As for who reported it, it really doesn't matter.

  Anyway, this kind of large-scale competition has a process of checking Felicia, but it is time-consuming and laborious.

  After receiving the report, the Spanish Ministry of Magic took immediate action, with an image of justice that I will resolutely maintain the fairness and justice of the game.

   This incident caused an uproar.

  Plus the "Daily Bullfight" deliberately digs holes in the headlines.

Many people began to wonder if No. 17 secretly used Felix Elixir. After all, he was too young. The young wizard who was jealous of him was also happy to see him unlucky, and began to fan the flames to demand a fair handling of this matter. a fair.

   "I found that some people will do anything for money." Albert sighed softly, "They really did."

   "It's within your expectations, isn't it?" Bud thinks this matter is getting more and more interesting, and the "Bullfighting Daily" met Albert is considered to be an iron plate.

   "No, I didn't expect the changes in other people." Albert said in a very soft voice, not paying attention to the suspicious eyes around him, "Do you think the British magic world will be like this..."

   "So stupid?" Bud was not surprised at all.

   "They just don't want to admit that I'm a genius. They're more willing to believe that I secretly used Felicia to cheat." Albert wasn't surprised at all.

   "The British magic world is actually like this. People only want to see what they want to see. This is their nature." Bud sighed, he knew what Albert was referring to. "If one day Voldemort returns, the entire British wizarding world will probably desperately deny that he is still alive."

   "It's more because of the Spanish Ministry of Magic. They want civilians to be easy to manage, and fools are undoubtedly better than smart people." Albert said softly, "However, I think this is more interesting."

  To be honest, Albert doesn't think he is a magnanimous person.

  So, now he is particularly looking forward to the wonderful expressions on the faces of those who suspected him of cheating with Felicia Potion after learning the cruel truth.

  After lunch, the four contestants were gathered in the living room, several referees, bar owner Diana, special correspondent of Bullfighting Daily, and three officials from the Spanish Ministry of Magic were all present.

   "Sorry to call you all here, but I thought you might have heard some bad rumors too." Diana frowned, upset that this happened.

   "For the fairness of the competition, the organizers feel that it is necessary to take action."

   "How do you plan to test?" The wizard who seemed to be an Auror frowned and asked, "Use Legilimency, or Veritaserum?"

   "We prefer to use Legilimency," Diana said. "Mr. Digard is a master of Legilimency. He can... say Ms. Camerin."

   "How can you ensure that he doesn't mess with the memories in my head?" said the only woman in the team.

   "Do you have any questions, Mr. Noe?"

   "How can you guarantee that he won't lie?" Noel already smelled the conspiracy, "Don't tell me that he is an official of the Ministry of Magic. As long as he is a person, he may lie for some reason."

  The faces of the officials from the Spanish Ministry of Magic were very ugly, especially the players who had a deep distrust of them.

   "Please say Mr. Anderson." Diana nodded to Albert and said.

   "As far as I know, major tournaments have their own methods of checking for cheating." Of course Albert knows what the method is.

   A small amount of veritaserum will not cause harm to people.

However, many large-scale competitions actually don’t like to use Veritaserum, because this thing itself is a prohibited item. Using this thing is very troublesome, and there are ways to avoid it. The antidote to Veritaserum.

  The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little stiff, and even Diana didn't know what to do, and she had never encountered such a situation.

   "Don't worry." One of the five referees stood up and said, "Actually, the referee team already has a way to identify whether to use Felicia."

  Everyone looked at the referees in unison.

   "To be honest, we don't advocate its use." As he said, a referee opened a box with a transparent medicine inside.

"As we all know, taking too much Felicin itself has some bad symptoms, and you can't drink it continuously, otherwise there will be serious consequences." Ms. Monica introduced to everyone, "If you take Fuling within a short time If you use it, you may experience dizziness, poisoning and other symptoms. Of course, if you don’t use Felicia, it is harmless.”

   "How short is a short period of time?" Albert asked. If it was a year, he felt that he could just give up.

   "Within a month," Monica said.

   "What if poisoned?"

   "We have first aid here."

  The four looked at each other, and finally looked at the officials of the Ministry of Magic.

   "We need to prove the effectiveness of this medicine." The official among the three said, "You know, this is a gamble, and we have to be cautious."

   "We have Felicity Elixir here." An elderly referee took out a golden vial and handed it to him. "Just one drop is enough, otherwise there may be trouble if the poisoning is severe."

The faces of the three Ministry of Magic officials were not very good-looking. In the end, one of them drank a little Felix Felicia, and then drank the potion for testing. As a result, the whole person panicked and almost passed out. Not only that, but his face suddenly changed. Pale, like sick.

   "Drink this, it will make you feel better, although it will be better after a while with the dose just now."

   As they spoke, they took out another bottle, poured some water into it, and let the official of the Ministry of Magic drink it, so that his face looked better.

   "Okay, admit it to yourselves, or have a drink?"

   "I'll go first." The wizard who was suspected of being an Auror stood up, and he took the cup handed over by the referee and drank it down.

  No effect.

  The second one is Ms. Camerin.

   Also has no effect.

   "I'll come first."

  Noel could vaguely see that the current mess might be aimed at No. 17.

  However, he didn't think the other party needed to use Felicia.

   Also has no effect.

  Everyone stared at Albert, he directly took the cup and drank it down in full view.

   Well, still nothing works.

"how come!"

  Both the Ministry of Magic and the special reporter were very surprised, as if they had long been sure that someone had taken Felicia and then participated in the competition.

   "It seems that this should be just a joke. Maybe the Ministry of Magic should carefully interrogate the guy who deliberately reported."

   If you still can't see what's going on now, you'd be an idiot.

   It was obviously aimed at No. 17, and it was probably related to gambling.

   "Okay, everyone has seen that no one cheated with Felicia." A male referee teamed up with three Spanish Ministry of Magic officials. "I think this is just a joke."

   Just a joke?

  The three officials of the Ministry of Magic left with ugly expressions. They didn't understand how this matter could become like this.

  The special reporter of "Bullfighting Daily" Lucian's face was even more ugly, his body shook slightly, and he stretched out his hand to support the chair so that he didn't almost fall to the ground directly.

   Didn't it mean that No. 17 used Felicia?

  Those referees are cheating them?

   Or...that **** Ihuus tricked them.

   Lucian simply can't imagine how much money "Bullfighting Daily" will have to lose once the No. 17 wins the championship.

  (end of this chapter)