Connor's Hogwarts

Although monster cards are a new entertainment activity, due to its wide audience, high popularity and great influence, it has attracted widespread attention in the wizarding world.

The Monster Cup was originally a private competition, but because of its great influence (too many tickets were sold), it has been upgraded to an international exchange event. Even if the British Ministry of Magic does not want to intervene, it must intervene. Tens of thousands of The entry of wizards into the country is no small matter.

In view of the fact that the nature of the Monster Cup itself has been upgraded from a private competition to an international competition, at tonight's opening ceremony, various big figures in the British wizarding world have received invitations from the Lake family, and there are indeed many big figures coming to show their appreciation.

Directly opposite box 1A10 is the exclusive box for these so-called big shots - box 1A01.

"Dumbledore, I will not believe that ridiculous thing. That person will not come back, not now, not in the future." At the edge of the stands in box 1A01, a stocky man wearing a striped suit and a red tie The man was talking loudly.

Cornelius Fudge successfully became Minister of Magic two years ago, defeating Barty Crouch, the "morally unethical" Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement, and Dumbledore, who had no intention of running for Minister of Magic.

His road to office can be said to be very smooth, because his opponents voluntarily abstained before the election.

The lucky Minister Fudge couldn't wait to prove his abilities to the wizarding world, but at this moment, Dumbledore suddenly told him that Voldemort was back. He was unwilling to believe this.

"I think you've seen the video I gave you? Even so, you still don't want to believe it?" Dumbledore glanced at Fudge. There was a video of Harry fighting the unlucky Quirrell. He had already This important video was given to Fudge.

"No! I don't believe it! It might just be some other dark wizard! No one can prove that it is the mysterious man! Even you can't prove the authenticity of that video!" You can never wake up a person who is pretending to sleep, Fudge's The meaning is very clear. I don't believe anything you say, and I won't listen or listen to you.

"That's a real pity." Dumbledore shrugged and said nothing more. He had anticipated Fudge's reaction, and was even a little happy to see the results of Fudge's actions because he didn't trust him and didn't respond. Knowing that even if Fudge wanted to do something, he couldn't do it. There was no conclusive evidence, and the puppet-like Fudge had almost no chance of succeeding in what he wanted to do in the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore didn't expect Fudge to be of any help at all.

"." Snape, standing not far from Dumbledore, remained silent. In fact, it was a very simple matter to prove that Voldemort had returned, because Quirrell was on his body now. Bah, it was Quirrell. The painting is in his pocket.

Dumbledore had previously collected Quirrell's soul. Connor drew a painting for Quirrell, and this painting is now kept by Snape. As Dumbledore's "Tool Man No. 1", Snape He has a high level of trust and is qualified to use this new type of magic equipment. It has to be said that Quirrell, who became a "substitute messenger" after his death, is still very useful in various senses.

At this time, there was a sudden excitement behind a few people. Several people looked back and saw that it was tonight's real host, Devon Lake, who walked into the box.

At this time, Old Devin was surrounded by a large group of people. The Lake family alone bore all the expenses required for holding this Monster Cup. The Ministry of Magic was only responsible for maintaining order. Now everyone knows how rich the Lake family is, so no matter Useful or not, there is almost nothing wrong with wearing one.

After a while, Devine and another old man with a big beard came to Dumbledore's side.

"Mr. Dumbledore, Mr. Fudge, are you satisfied with the arrangements for the Monster Cup?" Devin walked over with a smile on his face, a hint of pride in his tone.

"Devin, your Lake family is stealing the show now! You are indeed the [leader] of our British wizarding community!" Fudge immediately put on a smiling expression. Although the Lake family was confirmed to be wearing Dumbledore's clothes, A pair of pants, but it is still a powerful family worth fighting for. After all, their family is too rich.

"Mr. Minister, you are joking. Our Lake family is just doing a small business. We should not be boasting like this. After all, there are many businessmen like our family, right?" Di Wenpi said with a smile, the Ministry of Magic is Most people saw this inaction. Fortunately, the Lake family was well prepared. Otherwise, it was still unknown whether the Monster Cup could proceed smoothly.

"Hahaha, William, you are here too. It seems that the negotiations over there are going very smoothly." Fudge turned to look at the bearded man next to Devin and said with a laugh.

William Wallace is currently the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, but he will retire in a few months, and Barty Crouch will take over his position.

Fudge brought the topic to this person, and his meaning was obvious. He was reminding Devin that I am not responsible for your monster cup. I am just a poor Minister of Magic. There are other people who are trying to mess up your family. Don't do it. Wrong target.

Wallace, who had a big beard and looked like a confused old man who hadn't woken up, shouted: "What are you talking about Fudge?! It's too noisy in here, I can't hear you!!"

Lao Diwen said cheerfully: "The opening ceremony will start soon. I hope everyone can come back with a good time tonight."

"A childish card game? I've never played it, and it really doesn't interest me." A cold voice broke the harmonious atmosphere, and Barty Crouch intervened in the conversation of several people: "I only know Mr. Devine's Monster Cup has brought a lot of trouble and unnecessary work to our Ministry of Magic. At this time, most of us should be enjoying the holidays at home."

In fact, what Crouch said is correct. This time the Monster Cup is regarded as overtime work for the Aurors, and it is still the kind of overtime without wages. There must be many people who are dissatisfied with this, but... it is not up to us to cut the leeks. What's up?

Old Devine smiled slightly: "Then Mr. Crouch will have to watch the game seriously this time. Maybe he will awaken a new interest."

Dumbledore stroked his beard and smiled: "I still like monster cards. I hope tonight's game will not disappoint me."

Overall, the atmosphere in the stands was harmonious - at least there was no fighting.

As the time came to 7 p.m., all the lights in the venue were instantly extinguished. The opening ceremony started at 7:07 p.m., and now it has officially entered the warm-up phase.

Because Monster Cards are not included in the scope of sports, the host will naturally not be Ludo Bagman, the director of the Sports Department, but Andy Hall, a well-known radio commentator hired by the Lake family with a lot of money.

Before the Lake family developed magical television, radio culture was popular in the wizarding world for a period of time. Well, it was a radio station only for wizards. Use Muggle radios to receive magic channels. Andy Hall is the most famous radio station. Anchor, after Magic TV came out, he has switched to a card game host, and is a "famous mouthpiece" in the magic world.

Andy rode a broom and appeared under the spotlight. The audience could see the zoomed-in close-up shot in the auditorium opposite. Andy was a nice person, and he spoke well. He gave a bunch of welcome words and boasted a lot. After arriving at Lake's house, he began to introduce the important people present tonight.

The spotlight shone on Box 1A01, and large close-ups also appeared in the auditorium. The audience also discovered that big figures from various countries were present, and bursts of cheers rang out from time to time in the audience.

The Lake family did not say that such an incident happened before. Some people were unprepared. When they were shined by the spotlight, they could only greet the audience with a stiff face and a smile. Looking at their dark faces with forced smiles, Lao Di was I enjoyed reading the article.

Dumbledore applauded and asked: "Is this the idea of ​​Connor? Why didn't you bring him here? It's time for him to be exposed to these things."

Old Devin smiled and shook his head: "That kid doesn't like this kind of occasion. If he doesn't like it, I can't call him, and he has more important tasks tonight."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

At this time, the big boss introduction session was over, the lights dimmed again, and the opening ceremony officially began.

"Look." Old Devin smiled and pointed to the arena below and said, "He's out."

Dumbledore looked down and saw a small silver fox appearing in the center of the dark field.

"That's the patron saint?"

(There will be another big chapter tonight...probably)

Ah, before I knew it, it was already one million words. I didn’t expect that I could write so much_(:з」∠)_