Chapter 425 Quidditch World Cup

Fish ran around the camp, looking for friends he knew.

In addition to his classmates at Hogwarts, he even met several members of the Animagus Club and some residents living in Hogsmeade.

Although Fish was not interested in Quidditch, it was a good experience for the cat to meet so many good friends here and to meet many new friends from other countries.

Because the team Fish gathered was a little too large, Toby and other officials in the Ministry of Magic who were responsible for maintaining order were very troubled.

But compared with Fish, who led a group of people to rush around in various camps, those wizards who used conspicuous magic in their own way were more troublesome, and as the sky gradually darkened, more and more wizards became excited.

When the night enveloped thousands of eagerly waiting wizards like a curtain, the last trace of disguise disappeared: the Ministry of Magic seemed to succumb to the inevitable trend, no longer opposed people, and allowed those obvious signs of using magic to emerge everywhere.

However, they still made a final effort and used magic to keep several Muggles who were responsible for managing the camp and their families in the house, ignoring the strange phenomena outside.

With the compromise of the Ministry of Magic, countless vendors who had been waiting for a long time carried trays and carts, Apparated into the camp, shuttled back and forth among the crowd, and sold their products.

The Weasley twins sighed, their channels have not been opened yet, and they have not been able to get a license to operate in the World Cup, so they can only watch the opportunity to make money but cannot participate.

Others were picking and choosing between various vendors, choosing their favorite souvenirs.

Of course, Fish was not very interested in Quidditch souvenirs. He just bought some special snacks, such as candies in the shape of the Golden Snitch.

Hermione only bought a rose-shaped badge that would emit green light, representing Ireland, as a support for the neighboring country, and a competition manual, while Rolf bought a small model of the Firebolt.

When they were almost done shopping, Fish said goodbye to his friends and returned to their tent.

Professor McGonagall had been waiting outside the tent. She was wearing a tall green hat decorated with clover dancing in the wind. She was holding an Irish flag in her hand, which would automatically play the Irish national anthem when she waved it. She also had the same badge as Hermione on her chest, and a pair of binoculars covered with knobs and dials hanging around her neck.

"Minerva~"

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Fish rushed over as usual and hugged Professor McGonagall, and then felt very uncomfortable because of the binoculars hanging on her body.

"What did you buy this thing for?"

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Fish rubbed his chest that was rubbed, and looked at the binoculars with dissatisfaction.

"This is a good thing..." Professor McGonagall was obviously very interested, and she kept introducing the functions of this panoramic telescope to Fish. "Replay the picture, slow down the action, and flash the analysis of the game... The functions are much more than four years ago." She exclaimed.

Hermione and Rolf, who were standing by, also seemed a little moved. Even if they didn't use it to watch Quidditch, they could use it in other places. They had actually seen it before, but the three of them were not interested in Quidditch, so they didn't ask about it in detail.

Only the cat didn't feel that this thing was anything special...

"Why should I slow down? Those flying brooms and golden snitches are not that fast..."

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Fei Xu, whose dynamic vision and reaction speed far exceeded that of ordinary people, said without empathy.

Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes and ignored the annoying little cat. She said to Hermione and Rolf: "You can buy it on the way to the stadium later. There will also be vendors selling goods in the audience during the game."

As soon as she finished speaking, a deep and deep gong sound came from somewhere in the distance of the woods. Immediately, thousands of red, green and yellow lanterns bloomed on the trees, illuminating the road to the stadium.

"It's time!" Professor McGonagall held Fish's hand with one hand and Rolf's hand with the other, and said excitedly: "Fish, you hold Hermione, we should go!"

The four people walked hand in hand into the woods along the lantern-lit passage. Fish could hear thousands of people walking around, shouting, laughing, and singing.

This kind of fanatical excitement was very contagious. Fish, Hermione, and Rolf, who had no interest in Quidditch, unconsciously blended into this atmosphere.

They walked in the woods, greeting people nearby, whether they knew them or were strangers. Hermione and Rolf also successfully bought a panoramic telescope on the road. After about 20 minutes, they walked out of the woods with the crowd.

A huge stadium appeared in front of Fish and others. Everyone standing outside could not even see the whole picture of the stadium.

"This stadium can accommodate 100,000 spectators, and every inch of it is cast with a Muggle-repelling spell."

Hermione read the game manual she bought, which had a short introduction to the stadium.

"Yes, the Ministry of Magic has been working hard for this for a whole year." Professor McGonagall also shared the news she heard from others, "Let's go in." She led everyone to the nearest entrance.

"Hello, Professor McGonagall! You must be Fish, I have heard many people mention you today."

The wizard in charge of checking tickets was obviously a graduate of Hogwarts. After he greeted them warmly, he stretched his neck to look at the tickets in Professor McGonagall's hand.

"Second class ticket? What is that guy Ludo doing?!"

After seeing the ticket, the wizard angrily cursed his boss.

"I asked for it myself," Professor McGonagall explained: "I don't want to deal with those pretentious officials and people from pure-blood families when watching the game."

"Oh... So that's it?" The wizard smiled and touched his nose, and then pointed out the location of their seats to Professor McGonagall, "Go up to the seventh row on the third floor, in the middle of the north."

Professor McGonagall nodded to him, and then led Fish inside. Soon, they found their seats and sat down side by side.

At this time, there were other people sitting next to them, whom Fei Xu and the others knew.

"Hello, Xenophilius."

"Oh! It's Professor McGonagall!" Xenophilius Lovegood stood up and said happily: "I didn't expect that we could sit together. We are so lucky!"

The children were also greeting each other.

"Hello, Luna."

"Hello, we meet again."

Luna still looked in a daze, and she also looked very calm when facing Fei Xu.

But even so, Hermione still didn't like her very much. To be precise, the two of them couldn't talk together at all.

Hermione couldn't understand why Luna believed so many things without any evidence, and Luna thought Hermione was too narrow-minded, short-sighted, and closed-minded.

But Fish and Rolf liked chatting with Luna very much. Fish simply liked to listen to stories, and he didn't care if they were true or false. However, Rolf was very interested in the magical animals such as the Bent-Horned Snorlax that Luna talked about. …

Because these are animals that even his grandfather doesn’t know about.

During the day, when Luofu followed Fei Xu around, the two of them chatted happily. Now that they met again, they immediately continued the previous topic.

Fish originally wanted to join in, but considering that Hermione seemed a little pitiful when she was alone, Maomao hesitated for a moment and sat back next to her.

Hermione, who was flipping through the game instructions with a tasseled velvet cover, looked at Fish with some surprise, "Aren't you going to listen to Luna's story?"

"Fish has heard what she said before. Fish thinks it's better to stay with you," Maomao leaned forward, rested his head on Hermione's shoulder, and asked her cheek affectionately: "What's written on it?"

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"Well, it's just some introduction about this World Cup, nothing special."

Listening to Fish's reasons, Hermione felt a sweet feeling in her heart. Maomao still didn't know how to say sweet words, which meant that what he just said was his true thoughts...

Thinking of this, Hermione was even more happy.

She closed the booklet and replied: "But there will be a performance by the team mascot before the game. That should be fun, right?"

"Yes," Professor McGonagall said from the side: "In every World Cup final, before the game begins, both sides will bring some of their country's rare creatures to perform for the audience."

Her words immediately aroused the interest of all the four children present, even Luna...

"Will there be a curved-horned snorkel? Or a big-mouthed colorful ball fish?"

Hermione rolled her eyes covertly, but did not say anything to correct her nonsense, because she had done this kind of thing a long time ago. As a result, neither of them could convince the other, and Fisher had to come out to smooth things over.

Professor McGonagall also knew what kind of temper Luna was. She smiled and shook her head. Instead of answering Luna's question, she talked about the performances of the mascots of those countries during the World Cup she had watched before.

The eloquence she developed by telling Fish stories made Professor McGonagall's narration so interesting that even Luna no longer struggled with the Snorlax and listened with relish.

Just when Professor McGonagall was talking about Boitata, the mascot of the Brazilian team in the 1982 World Cup, the thunderous voice of Ludo Bagman sounded in the stadium——

"Ladies and gentlemen...welcome! Welcome to watch the 422nd Quidditch World Cup!"

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