Study Days at Hogwarts

No one knows what happened last night.

At least, no one knows on the surface.

Due to being woken up by Bud in the middle of the night, Albert was not in good spirits this morning. He reached out to cover his yawns and slowly flipped through the "Bullfighting Daily".

The bottle of Felixir last night has been proven to be harmless after being tested by Isius himself. The other party also successfully received the final payment of 1,000 gold coins from "Bullfighting Daily". In addition to the initial two hundred gold coins, Albert received 600 gold coins, plus a bottle of about two days' worth of elixir, and also completed the task. Panel tasks.

"You look sleepy?" The bar owner Diana came over to inform Albert of the party time, "By the way, where is Mr. Bud?"

"He should still be sleeping. We talked until very late last night before going to bed." Albert put down the newspaper and said.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Before turning away, Diana turned back and said: "After the Barnabus Finkley Excellent Spellcasting Competition, there will be a small banquet specially prepared for you and the referee. Yes, please don’t stay and attend the banquet before leaving.”

Albert looked at Diana's leaving back and raised his eyebrows slightly. He thought of something that Bud had mentioned to him.

At this moment, Albert felt as if someone was peeking at him. He picked up the newspaper again as a cover and quietly looked in a certain direction.

There sat a special correspondent from Bullfighting Daily.

Albert suddenly knew why the guy was secretly looking at him. He was observing whether he had symptoms caused by taking an overdose of Felixir.

"Would you like to tease him?"

Albert suddenly had an inexplicable bad taste in his heart, but he quickly suppressed such thoughts.

It's best for you to distance yourself from this matter.

After all, everything was Isius's fault.

It was he who deceived the group of people who opened the gambling bureau at "Bullfighting Daily", took their money and ran away.

What does it have to do with Albert?

The tracking spell that the other party left on Isius had long been forcibly blocked by Albert using magic. It would be very interesting for the furious mastermind to find out that he had been tricked.

"It feels really good."

A slight smile appeared on Albert's lips, and he finally understood why there were so many old cunts.

What a delight!

After Albert met the eyes of special reporter Lucian, he smiled and nodded towards the other person, then looked away in the astonishment of the other person's eyes and re-read the latest issue of "Bullfighting Daily".

Having said that, he found the front page headlines of Bullfighting Daily embarrassing.

Anyway, it was just a burst of encouragement for him.

However, after reading the end of the article, Albert found that there was a hole in it.

If Albert is found to have used a large amount of Felixir, he will immediately become the object of contempt for countless people, and many people will make trouble for him.

So cruel!

If someone cheats on me, my reputation will probably be ruined!

Sure enough, we were right to collect those guys' wool. Why didn't we let the house elves bring more galleons in the first place?

What a shame.

When the time was almost up, Albert got up and followed the other players upstairs to the party.

Yesterday's living room was surrounded by comfortable sofas, and drinks and desserts were placed on the small round table in front of them.

Several referees have taken their seats, and the players sit among the referees for one-on-one communication.

Albert was very calm. He had rich experience in getting along with his old friends. The man who seemed to be an Auror was very adaptable, and the other woman quickly got into the mood. On the other hand, the decadent Mr. Noe stuttered when he spoke and was the most embarrassed of the four.

Albert chatted casually with the lady next to him. Both parties spoke Italian. After a brief communication, Albert learned that the lady in front of him was called Monica, and it was said that she had been working as a referee for 63 years.

The two casually chatted about Italian food, and their relationship became much closer.

Monica looked at Albert who was talking freely, and was surprised that Albert was actually a Muggle wizard. Although she had read the information, Albert did not look like a Muggle wizard, and what surprised Monica the most was Albert's circle of friends. The other party had casually mentioned several Italian experts in various fields. Listen to him The tone of voice and the relationship seem to be pretty good.

Later, the topic of the two people's chat gradually led to the method of casting spells, and Albert directly used the knowledge on the panel skills to deceive... Well, it is not considered deceiving.

In short, Ms. Monica kept her mouth open a lot of the time, seemingly shocked by Albert's unique insights into spell casting techniques. Even Mr. Yafo, the Bulgarian wizard next to Albert, couldn't help but turn around and chat with him.

Looking at No. 17, who became the most dazzling one in the whole party, special reporter Lucian showed an imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, No. 17 took the elixir, otherwise it would have been impossible to talk to the referees.

The next step is to get the opponent out.

This is also the main reason why Lucian appears here.

As long as No. 17 is found to have taken Felixir and is disqualified from the competition, he will receive a large bonus.

Lucian couldn't wait any longer.

However, what puzzled him was why No. 17 hadn't revealed any flaws yet?

Using a large dose of Felixir should make you arrogant and arrogant, making the referees aware that something is wrong, but why are there no signs?

"What a weird thing."

In the opinion of special reporter Lucian, Albert's body clearly revealed many characteristics of the Felixir.

But...why?

The party lasted for two hours. Lucian followed the players out of the living room with confused eyes. He could not understand why the situation was different from what he said.

Finally, Lucian quickly returned to Bullfighting Daily to report the strange incident and asked whether to initiate a preparatory plan.

The so-called preparation plan was actually to pretend to be someone else and report that Albert had taken the Felixir.

Yes, report it.

Then, investigate.

As for who reported it, it really doesn't matter.

Anyway, in such large competitions, there is a process for checking the elixir, which is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive.

After receiving the report, the Spanish Ministry of Magic immediately took action, showing a righteous image of resolutely maintaining fairness and justice in the game.

The incident caused an uproar.

Add to this the fact that Bullfight Daily deliberately dug holes in its headlines.

Many people began to wonder if No. 17 had secretly used the Felixir. After all, he was too young. The young wizard who was jealous of him was also happy to see him unlucky, and began to fan the flames and demand that the matter be dealt with fairly, and even the contestants A fair one.

"I found that some people will do anything for money." Albert sighed softly, "They really did."

"It's what you expected, isn't it?" Bud found this matter more and more interesting. "Bullfighting Daily" met Albert and it was like kicking the iron plate.

"No, other people's changes are something I didn't expect." Albert said in a very soft voice, not caring about the suspicious glances around him, "Do you think the British wizarding world will be like this..."

"So stupid?" Bud was not surprised at all.

"They just don't want to admit that I am a genius. They are more willing to believe that I secretly used Felixir to cheat." Albert was not surprised at all.

"The British wizarding world is actually like this. People only want to see what they want to see. This is nature." Bud sighed, and he knew what Albert was referring to. "If Voldemort returns one day, the entire British wizarding community will probably try their best to deny that he is still alive."

"It's more about the Spanish Ministry of Magic. They want civilians to be easy to manage, and fools are undoubtedly better to manage than smart people." Albert said softly, "However, I think this is more interesting."

To be honest, Albert didn't think he was a magnanimous person.

Therefore, he is now particularly looking forward to the wonderful expressions on the faces of those who once suspected him of cheating with the Felixir after learning the cruel truth.

After lunch, the four contestants were gathered in the living room. Several referees, bar owner Diana, a special reporter from Bullfighting Daily, and three officials from the Spanish Ministry of Magic were all present.

"I'm sorry to call you all here, but I thought you might have heard some not-so-good rumors." Diana frowned, not happy that this happened.

"In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the organizers feel it is necessary to take action."

"How are you going to test it?" the wizard who seemed to be an Auror asked with a frown, "using Legilimency, or Veritaserum?"

"We prefer to use Legilimency." Diana said. "Mr. Digar is a master of Legilimency. He can...please talk about Ms. Cameron."

"How do you ensure that he doesn't mess with the memories in my mind?" said the only woman in the team.

"What's your question, Mr. Noe?"

"How do you guarantee that he won't lie?" Noe had already smelled the smell of conspiracy. "Don't tell me that he is an official of the Ministry of Magic. As long as he is an individual, he may lie for some reason."

The officials from the Spanish Ministry of Magic looked ugly, especially the players who had a deep distrust of them.

"Please say Mr. Anderson." Diana nodded towards Albert.

"As far as I know, major events have their own ways of checking for cheating." Albert certainly knows what the method is.

A trace amount of truth serum will not cause harm to humans.

However, many large-scale competitions actually do not like to use Veritaserum because it is a prohibited item. It is very troublesome to use, and there are ways to avoid it. For example, the user does not know that he or she has used Veritaserum, or even uses it in advance. The antidote to Veritaserum.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little stiff. Even Diana didn't know what to do. She had never encountered such a situation.

"Don't worry." One of the five referees stood up and said, "In fact, the referee team has already had a way to identify whether the Felixir has been used."

Everyone looked at the referees.

"To be honest, we don't advocate its use." As he said that, a referee opened a box with a transparent medicine inside.

"As we all know, taking too much Fu Ling will cause some bad symptoms, and you cannot continue to drink it, otherwise there will be serious consequences." Ms. Monica introduced to everyone, "If you take Fu Ling in a short period of time, agent, and then using it may cause dizziness, poisoning and other symptoms. Of course, if Fuling agent is not used, it itself is harmless."

"How short does a short period of time mean?" Albert asked. "If it is a year, he feels that he can simply give up."

"Within a month." Monica said.

"What if I get poisoned?"

"We have emergency medicine here."

The four of them looked at each other, and finally looked at the Ministry of Magic officials.

"We need to prove the effectiveness of this agent." The official among the three said, "You know, this is a gamble, and we have to be cautious."

"We have a blessed elixir here." An old referee took out a golden vial and handed it to him. "Only one drop is enough, otherwise there may be trouble if the poisoning is serious."

The faces of the three Ministry of Magic officials were not very good-looking. In the end, one of them drank a little bit of Felixir, and then drank the potion for testing. As a result, he panicked and almost fainted. Not only that, his face suddenly changed. Pale, as if sick.

"Drink this. It will make you feel better. Although you will be fine after a while with the dose just now."

As they said that, they took out another bottle, lowered it into the water, and let the Ministry of Magic official drink it. His face looked better.

"Okay, admit it to yourselves, or drink some of this stuff?"

"I'll go first." The wizard who seemed to be an Auror stood up. He took the cup handed over by the referee and drank it in one gulp.

Nothing effective.

The second one is Ms. Cameron.

It also has no effect.

"I'll go first."

Noe vaguely saw that the current bad things might be aimed at No. 17.

However, he didn't think the other party needed to use the Felixir.

It also has no effect.

Everyone stared at Albert, who directly touched the cup and drank it in one gulp in front of everyone.

Well, still nothing worked.

"how come!"

Both the Ministry of Magic and the special correspondent were very surprised, as if they had already confirmed that someone had taken Felixir and participated in the competition.

"It seems this was just a joke. Maybe the Ministry of Magic should carefully interrogate the guy who deliberately reported it."

If you can't see what's going on now, you'd be a fool.

It was obviously aimed at No. 17, and the incident was probably related to gambling.

"Okay, everyone has seen that no one cheated by using Felixir." A male referee and three Spanish Ministry of Magic officials said, "I think this is just a joke."

Just a joke?

The three Ministry of Magic officials left with ugly expressions. They didn't understand how this matter could become like this.

Lucian, the special correspondent of "Bullfighting Daily", looked even more ugly. His body swayed slightly, and he reached out to hold on to the chair to prevent him from almost falling to the ground.

Didn't it mean that No. 17 used the elixir?

Are those referees deceiving them?

Or...that bastard Isius deceived them.

Lucian simply couldn't imagine how much money "Bullfighting Daily" would lose once No. 17 won the championship.