Chapter Twenty-Six: The Second Half That Ended Quickly
"Ireland made two free throws!"
Bagman's loud voice echoed throughout the stadium, causing the Bulgarian fans to shout.
As for the reason for the penalty kick, it was nothing more than that the Bulgarian team members were dissatisfied with the referee's decision and jumped off their brooms to argue with the referee.
However, two consecutive free throws did not seem to stop the Bulgarians' determination to continue their rogue tactics, especially their two batsmen, Volkov and Vokanov.
They didn't care if the stick in their hand hit the ball or the person, they just swung it wildly.
Some of the chasers also rampage through the air, with Ireland's Moran almost knocked off his broomstick by Bulgaria's Dimitrov.
"Foul!" The supporters of the Irish team shouted in unison, and they all stood up, forming a huge green wave.
"Foul!" Ludo Bagman's magically amplified voice also repeated two words, "Dimitrov touched Moran - deliberately flew over and rushed - he would have been awarded a penalty - yes, the referee blew the whistle!" β
The elfs of the Irish team all rose into the air again, this time forming a giant hand and making a very rude gesture towards the girl on the other side of the field.
As soon as Meiwa saw that this was okay, she immediately lost control.
Instead of dancing, they flew through the arena and began throwing flaming objects at the leprechauns.
With Clark's eyes, it can be clearly seen that they are not beautiful at all at this moment.
Instead, their faces were elongated into pointed, beaked heads, and a pair of long, scaly wings were emerging from their shouldersβ
The ugly appearance startled Harry and Ron, who were holding the binoculars.
"See, boys," Mr. Weasley's gentle voice drowned out the noise of the crowd below, "so you can never just look good!" β
At this time, the arena was completely chaotic, and the wizarding officials in the ministry rushed into the arena one after another, trying to separate Meiwa from the leprechaun, but with little success.
And the competition above their heads was no less intense than the one below.
The field was filled with the screams of the boys, the crackling of the wands of the ministry officials, the angry roars of the Bulgarians, and the cheers of the Irish supporters.
Clark covered his forehead speechlessly, sure enough, as long as it takes place in a team competition in the British territory, it may eventually get uncontrolled and develop into a brawl hooligan event.
However, the conflict did not last long, just as everyone laughed and watched the excitement because the referee's broom was ignited by the flames thrown by Meiwa.
The Seekers on both sides once again staged the scene of the rapid decline just now, although this move was initiated by the Irish Seekers, but the final result was that the Bulgarian team's Krum raised his arms high.
He's got the Golden Snitch! Krum got it!
The game, that's it!
Krum's bright red robe glistened with speckled nosebleeds. He rose lightly into the air, fist raised high, and a golden light appeared between his fingers.
Unfortunately, it was a team match, with scores flashing on the scoreboard in the distance, Bulgaria: 160, Ireland: 170, and even if Krum caught the Golden Snitch, they still lost the game.
At this time, the audience at the scene didn't seem to realize what was going on.
Then, slowly, like a giant jet speeding up, the Irish supporters grew louder and louder, and finally erupted into a myriad of shouts of joy.
"Ireland wins!" Bagman, who likes the Irish team, shouted, seemingly bewildered by the abrupt end of the game, "Krum caught the Golden Snitch - but the Irish team won - oh my God, I don't think anyone expected it to be like this!" β
Harry, Ron and the others also cheered heartily, and at the same time felt sorry for Krum, thinking that he ended the game when the Irish team was 160 points ahead, how silly!
But that's another story.
"Now, the Irish players are circling the pitch in the company of their mascots, and the Quidditch World Cup trophy is delivered to the top box!" Bagman's bell-like voice said.
A dazzling bright light was cast, and the top box was magically illuminated, so that all the spectators in the stands could see what was going on inside the box.
Clark squinted at the entrance, only to see two panting wizards carrying a large gold cup into the box and handing it to Cornelius Fudge.
"Let's give us a round of applause and welcome the Bulgarian players to the stage!" Bagman shouted.
Seven Bulgarian players who had suffered defeat went upstairs and entered the box.
Below, both the fans of the Bulgarian national team and the Irish national team applauded and cheered to express their appreciation.
After all, as Ludo Bagman said, in the eyes of the Bulgarian fans, they were still honored.
And for the fans of the Irish national team - the team they support has won, and no one minds giving the loser a little decency.
The Bulgarian team was followed by the Irish team.
Their Seeker, Aidan Linzi, was held up by Moran and Connolly, and the second fall seemed to knock him unconscious, but Linzi grinned when Troy and Quigley lifted the trophy high and the crowd erupted in thunderous applause.
After the awards, the Irish team left the box and rode around the field on a broomstick.
At this time, Bagman pointed his wand to his throat and whispered, "Whisper." β
"This game is going to be talked about for years," he said hoarsely, "and it was an unexpected twist...... It's just a pity that the game didn't go any longer...... Ah, right...... By the way, I should give it to you...... How much? β
Fred and George had already flipped over from their chairs and stood in front of Ludo Bagman.
They smiled happily and stretched out their outstretched palms.
Ludo Bagman was extraordinarily generous, reaching out and pulling a pocket from his bosom and placing it in the hands of the brothers.
"Hahaha, you're really lucky, come, the money is here, let's get some of it."
The Weasley twins took the money bag and couldn't hide the smile on their faces as they listened to the sound of gold coins colliding inside.
At this time, Bagman beckoned to Clark on the side, "Come, Clark, this is yours." β
He pulled a bag of gold coins out of his bosom again, but Clark refused.
"Mr. Bagman, I'm still a child, and it's not convenient to put so much money on me. I don't think it's better to do this, I'll inform our housekeeper to pick it up later, how about it? β
Bagman was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Don't be so troublesome, it's not a lot of money." β
"The bet is fifty gold galleons, and the odds are seven, which means you have to give me three hundred and fifty gold galleons, how is this not a small amount?"
Clark stared at Bagman's face with a smile, and he could see fine beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Okay then, I'll save it for you first." Bagman said with a twinkle in his eyes.
The interaction between the two of them also caught the attention of the Weasley twin brothers.
The two guys had eight eyes, and although they didn't know what was wrong, they still checked the money bags in their hands and prepared to open them to take a good look.
"Wait!" Clark looked at Bagman, who was writhing there restlessly, and reached out to hold them down, stopping the two of them, "Go back and see, I don't think Director Bagman is going to deceive you, right?" β
Bagman wiped his sweat and nodded his head repeatedly, and the matter seemed to pass.
However, what he didn't know was that when Clark and the others walked out of the box and down the steps to the ground, George and Fred couldn't wait to take Clark to a remote place.
"Clark, what's going on? Is there a problem with these gold coins? β
"You two wouldn't be stupid enough to look at Ron and not even know what the leprechaun's gold coin is, would you?" Clark asked with a smile.
The two brothers' faces were very ugly, and they opened the money bag, took out two gold coins from it, pointed their wands at them, and recited a spell.
As a result, the two gold coins immediately dissipated into the air like bubbles in front of them.
"That guy actually tricked us with counterfeit money!"
The twin brothers were immediately furious, you know, each gold galleon has been enchanted by the goblins, and has special effects that cannot be damaged or transformed.
And the gold coins in front of them disappeared as soon as the spell was cast, and it was obvious that they were counterfeit coins, which were also what Clark called "the gold coins of the leprechaun".
The two of them immediately prepared to go back to Bagman to theorize, but Clark stopped them.
"Didn't you say you were going to open a store and do business? Then I'll teach you this first lesson. β
Clark looked at them and smiled.
"If you do business and only keep your eyes on these dozens and hundreds of gold galleons, then this business will definitely not be big."
When the two brothers heard this, they were very surprised at first, this is not profitable, why are they still doing business?
However, they are also extremely smart, and when they think about it in light of Clark's behavior in the face of Bagman just now, they seem to understand it again.
"You're saying we can use this to blackmail him into helping our business?" George asked excitedly.
Fred was still a little puzzled, "But how can he, as the director of the sports department, help our joke prop shop?" β
Clark frowned and criticized them.
"What 'blackmail'? In the future, we should pay attention to the trouble from the mouth, and we are obviously preparing to carry out business cooperation with Director Bagman.
As for what is there to work with? Didn't you see this Quidditch World Cup today? Why do you think the British Ministry of Magic would want to host such a big sporting event, and if it really loses money, who wants to take over? β
"But we can't interfere in the Quidditch World Cup." Fred still didn't understand.
George reacted, "You mean...... Magic Card Match? β
Clark nodded, and the two brothers looked at each other, both seeing admiration in each other's gazes.
is worthy of being a young genius who can save the Puwit family from decline, the same thing, they are still entangled in the matter of being deceived, and the other party has already used this to consider how to maximize the benefits.
"Then we should go to him now, what if he doesn't admit it after a long time?"
Fred tried to turn back to Bagman, but Clark stopped him again.
"Iron still needs to be hard, and with your current conditions, it is impossible to let Bagman sit down and talk about this kind of thing.
So I advise you to wait, open the joke shop first, and it's not too late to go to him after you have a certain amount of capital. β
"As for whether he will deny it?"
Clark smiled playfully and pulled a few out of his pocket, along with Bagman's signature.
"I think maybe our senior knew that his behavior was immoral, so he didn't even ask for your receipts back."
As soon as he said this, the twin brothers immediately laughed.
Sure enough, you can always trust Clark!
Now that Clark has a good plan, the Weasley brothers naturally don't have to worry about it anymore.
They followed the large army back, and soon, the crowd that had left the gymnasium and returned to the camp surrounded them like a tidal wave.
Colourful light shone on their faces, and the night sky rang with gruff singing, and the leprechauns sprang over their heads, waving their lanterns and laughing.
Everything is so jolly and beautiful.
Eventually, they returned to their tents, but none of them wanted to sleep due to their excitement.
Considering that the surroundings were indeed too noisy, Mr. Weasley agreed to allow everyone to drink a glass of cocoa milk before entering the tent.
So in the following time, everyone argued about the game just now.
Mr. Weasley and Percy argued over the foul, and Charlie argued with Sirius about the Bulgarian team's tactics.
As for Ron, he didn't care about that, because just now, all the gold coins that the Irish leprechaun had spilled on the field had disappeared from his hands.
Ron was furious about this kind of thing, but he had no choice but to sit there in frustration.
They drank and chatted like this, and at last when Ginny fell asleep at the little table and spilled a cup of hot chocolate on the floor, Mr. Weasley ordered everyone to stop arguing about the game and go back to sleep in the tent.
Hermione and Ginny slipped into the cabin where the suitcase had been turned and chose one room, with Clark and Neville in the other.
Harry and the Weasley boys changed into their pajamas and crawled to their bunks.
At this time, they could still hear singing and strange crashing sounds from the other side of the camp, echoing in the night sky for a long time.
"Oh, I'm glad I'm not on duty," muttered Mr. Weasley sleepily, "and I wouldn't have to tell the Irish to stop celebrating the victory, otherwise it would be unimaginable." β
And so, they lay down on the fluffy beds, and fell asleep untilβClark heard Mr. Weasley's shouts outside the house.
"Get up! Ginny - Clark - Neville - Hurry up, get up, there's an emergency! β
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