Chapter 191: Before the Opening (Part I)
When Darren and the others, led by Mr. Weasley, Charlie, Bill, and Percy in batches, apparitions to the top of Stoat, there were still ten minutes left before the scheduled time. γLatest chapter reading. γ
"Now we just need to find the key to the door," said Mr. Weasley, putting on his glasses and squinting his eyes on the ground, "not very big...... Find out ......."
Darren looked around compared to the others, and he remembered that it seemed that someone had already come, and sure enough, a few minutes later, on the other side of the mountain, he saw two tall figures.
"Here, Arthur! Come here, we've found it! β
It's Amos. Diggory and his son, Cedric, Mr. Diggory have an old moldy boot in their hands.
Mr. Weasley gave them an introduction, but Harry. Potter wasn't here, and Mr. Diggory had no one to taunt, just a few small talks with Mr. Weasley, and the scarlet Cedric greeted the young people, and everyone responded to him, except for the twins, who had won Gryffindor last year.
"Alright, there's one minute left...... We should all be in place......" Mr. Weasley said after a few minutes, turning his face to look at Darren and Hermione.
"I know how to do it," Darren shrugged, "just touch the portkey." β
"Good, everybody come around, we're going to make sure no one is left behind."
"I'm afraid we won't be able to squeeze it in," Ron said as he looked at the crowd around him, especially since they were all carrying a large backpack that Mrs. Weasley had prepared for them, and with one in his possession, Darren thought it would be better not to put it in his pockets with the Traceless Stretching Charm.
"Don't worry about us," Charlie said with a smile, "we'll go straight through with the illusion." β
"Three...... Two...... One ......"
Darren, who had used the portkey many times, was able to complete the trip with ease, except for him, only Mr. Weasley, Mr. Diggory, and Cedric were still standing, and everyone else was lying on the ground, "Oh, that's good," Mr. Diggory said, looking at him.
"Five and seven o'clock, from Weasel Mountain."
Darren bent down to help Hermione up, her backpack was too big for her to move, and Mr. Weasley and Mr. Diggory were talking to one of the men they had just spoken, confirming the location of the camp.
"Thanks, Basil," Mr. Weasley said to Darren and them, "all right, come with me, let's go to camp." β
After that, Darren felt that it could be described in four words, the demons were dancing wildly, it was enough to bring people from all over the world together, and then these people were different from the aesthetics of ordinary people, although Darren had been studying at Hogwarts for three years, but he had been in the world of ordinary people for a longer time.
However, the scene where the wizard from the Ministry of Magic casts "Forget and Forget" to the camp keeper still makes Darren very interested, "That's the Oblivion Charm. LS exam, you can start studying, but it's very difficult, and many people are stuck because of this when they take the Magic Department exam. β
After listening to Mr. Weasley's words, Darren looked at Hermione, this sturdy girl had mastered the Forgetting Charm by self-taught, and also practiced memory magic, which could modify and create memories, and fooled her parents to Australia with one stroke......
. How did LS's Defence Against the Dark Arts test, a scholar like Hermione couldn't compare to Harry. Potter, just because of a Patronus Charm?
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked curiously.
"It's nothing, I just think if you want to go to the Ministry of Magic, it must not be a problem."
While the game was getting started, Darren and Fred and George were in the tent to take out all the magic cameras they had prepared for a final check, after all, tonight's performance would largely determine the future results of their magic imaging equipment company.
Darren explained to Fred and George for the last time how to place and lock the tripod, and the two of them were in charge of still photography tonight, putting a magic camera on a tripod to record the process of the game, while Darren was in charge of motion photography, and he would use the camera to shoot the moving pictures of the game, at least he could make sure that the lens was relatively stable, but the picture was good......
"Hey, I should actually let Colin come tonight," after browsing the video he tested, Darren shook his head helplessly, "He likes to take pictures so much, he must be better than me in doing this," In terms of photos of the wizarding world, it's actually similar to shooting a movie, but the time is a little shorter."
"Colin? You mean the boy who was with us when I was a basilisk the year before? Speaking of Colin, Hermione was also very impressed with him.
"yes, I guess he won't be able to come," Colin's parents are ordinary people, and I'm afraid there is no way to get a ticket to the Quidditch World Cup, and if it weren't for Mr. Weasley, Hermione and Darren would have been the same.
"......," Hermione said after a pause to Darren, "that's why you're going to make the best film so he can see it." β
At this moment, there was a commotion at the door of the tent, "You all come out, I'll introduce you," Mr. Weasley's voice came in.
When the people in the tent had gone out, they saw a man standing in the doorway, wearing a yellow and black Quidditch robe with wide horizontal stripes, like the pattern printed on his chest, like a giant wasp.
Mr. Weasley introduced them to each other in turn, and then said, "This is Ludo. Bagman, you know who he is, and we owe it to him that we got such a good ticket......"
Obviously, Mr. Weasley is very grateful to Bagman for the Quidditch World Cup tickets, because Darren once heard Mr. Diggory say that in order to get tickets for him and Cedric, in addition to almost a pocket of Galleons, for ordinary wizards, it is also a lot of money, considering the population of the Weasley family, Darren does not think that Mr. Weasley can afford it, of course, by the time of the next Quidditch World Cup, it is estimated that he will be able to take the whole family to the VIP box.
However, "Want to make a bet on the game, Arthur?" I've convinced Roddy. Pontenay made a bet with me and he said Bulgaria would score the first goal and I set him very high odds because I took into account Ireland's number three striker was the best I've seen in years, Agatha Jr. Tims stabbed half of her eel farm's stock on it, betting that the tournament would last a week. β
"Oh...... Okay then, let me think about it...... I'll make a Galleon bet on Ireland to win, okay? β
"And we, thirty-seven Galleons, fifteen Sicos, and three Nats, bet on Ireland to winβbut Wickdore. Krum will catch the Golden Snitch. β
"Wait!" (To be continued.) )