Chapter 320: Mascot (Part 2)
His voice echoed over the heads of the spectators, resounding to every corner of the stands.
"Ladies and gentlemen...... Welcome to the 422nd Quidditch World Cup!"
The audience erupted in cheers and applause.
Green waves rose from the stands, and it was the spectators who supported the Irish team.
They wore hats made of green clover.
Ron and Seamus and other young wizards who supported Ireland also traded these straw hats from some wizards and brought them to their heads with joy.
Even bigger than this green wave is a sea of red and white roses.
Many little witches join the ranks in support of England because they put a rose in their hair to look more beautiful.
It's a day like a Hogwarts extravaganza.
The little wizards were dressed up to attend, and their emotions were even hotter than in the summer sun.
Penelope was dressed in a purple bandeau dress, with long blond curls coiled up and a red rose in her bun.
Hermione wore a white cut-out knee-length dress, her original fluffy curls draped softly behind her. Behind her ear, Hermione inserted a pink rose.
Penelope leaned on the fence and looked at Hermione in the sun with a nonchalant expression.
Hermione seemed to sense her gaze and looked up, just in time to meet Penelope's gaze that she hadn't had time to retract.
Penelope smiled lightly and raised his eyebrows, "We don't look bad!"
Hermione looked sideways into Penelope's eyes, trying to read the emotion in her words.
Hermione wondered why Penelope was so more confident than before when she faced her in the past two days.
At this moment, Luna walked by gracefully, causing a giggle everywhere she passed.
Without him, all the other little witches only had a rose, and Luna's head was stacked with roses of all sizes, like a wave of roses.
Her dress is different from that of the girls in the venue, full of strong 16th-century English royal style.
Her voluminous skirt obscured her, and the large lace at the collar echoed the roses on her head.
This kind of Luna is particularly unusual among the little witches in cool summer skirts.
Luna herself didn't care about people's laughter and discussions.
She pulled out a pair of large colored glasses and put them on her head, and flapped the air with both hands, as if to drive away the big invisible moth.
Hermione looked at Luna like this, and was so surprised that she forgot to fight back against Penelo, and Penelo's eyes were also attracted to Luna, and the two looked at each other speechlessly.
"Now," Ludo Bagman's voice rang like a bell, "raise your wand into the air...... Welcome to the mascot of the Irish national team!"
"That's?" Penelope looked into the arena in surprise.
"Glittering ball!"
"Spherical fireworks. ”
The crowd erupted in exclamations of "oops, oops", speculating about what kind of creature it was.
A huge, shiny clover, rising high into the air, began to hover above the stands.
Something crackled and fell from above, like golden raindrops—
It's actually gold!
People cheered and scramble, or burrowed under their seats to pick up gold coins.
Hermione squinted her eyes and looked closely at the clover, revealing that it was actually made up of countless small people in red vests and mustaches.
"It's an Irish leprechaun!" Hermione said amid a cheer.
The giant clover vanished, and the leprechauns slowly descended to their reserved seats in the arena and sat down cross-legged.
"I don't know what could be more wonderful than gold coins!" Ron smiled, holding a large handful of gold coins.
"Of course, nothing is better than an Irish mascot!" Seamus contentedly stuffed the gold coin into his pocket.
"Well, without further ado, allow me to introduce the mascot of the England national team!"
The sea of roses immediately erupted into loud cheers.
"I don't know what they brought. Seamus said, leaning out of his seat.
"Ahh
A group of creatures he had never seen before flapped their wings neatly and flew into the field.
"If Hagrid could get his hands on them, Protecting Magical Creatures would be the most popular class in the school. ”
Seamus's eyes stared at the arena without blinking.
Ron nodded in agreement.
At this moment, the creature in the field has the head of a woman and the body of a bird.
They spread their wings in the air and change formations.
"Are they forming words?" asked Seamus suspiciously.
"What is written?" Ron stared at their performance without blinking, trying to make out the words they spelled out.
"England will win!" Seamus scoffed, touching the four-leaf clover on his head.
In all fairness, they did perform well.
Sometimes it swooves, sometimes it rises.
Or one high and one low, one moving and one static, one left and one right.
or together, looking at each other, intertwining.
The wide, long ribbons on their wings suddenly resemble a rainbow and then return to the clouds, showing off their superb flying and dancing skills.
"Is that all?" said Seamus shrugged disdainfully.
"Just looking at their faces and upper bodies, isn't it?" Ron reached into his pocket and rattled the gold coins.
Seamus nodded, having to admit that they were beautiful and their facial features were better than most of the girls at Hogwarts.
Just then, the music played, and Seamus stopped thinking about whether the Hogwarts girls were pretty or the creatures were superior - in fact, he couldn't think about anything.
All he could do in his heart was the ethereal and beautiful singing, the voice was so sweet that he just wanted to get closer, closer, closer......
Ron, who was beside him, was even more unbearable, ripped off his shirt and made a swimming position, swinging his arms rapidly.
Penelope crossed his arms and watched these people do all sorts of strange movements, and thought it was much more interesting than the performances of the creatures.
Hermione, who also heard the music, was stunned and clapped her hands and shouted, "It's the Siren." ”
Penelope gave Hermione a puzzled look, after Luna, did she also go crazy?
Hermione, apparently recognizing Penelope's confusion, explained, "The siren is a kraken with a human face and a bird's body, flying on the sea, with a heavenly singing voice, often singing to lure passing sailors, and passing sailors lose their minds and cause their ships to run aground and sink. ”
"Not everyone will be fooled. Penelope looked around and sighed.
"Hufflepuff has the most determined people. Hermione exclaimed.