Chapter 824 Someone cheated
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 yawn 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?” Diana, the bar owner, 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 and didn't go 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 to distance yourself from this matter.
After all, everything was Isius’s fault.
He was the one who deceived the group of people who opened the gambling bureau of Bullfighting Daily, took their money and ran away.
What does it have to do with Albert?
The tracking spell left on Isius by the other party has long been forcibly blocked by Albert using magic. It will be very interesting for the frustrated mastermind to find out that he has been played like a monkey.
“This feels really good.”
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Albert's mouth. He finally understood why there were so many old cunts.
What a joy!
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".
Speaking of which, he found the front page headline of Bullfighting Daily really embarrassing.
In any case, 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, 80% of the people will immediately become the object of contempt for countless people, and many people will make trouble for him.
How cruel!
If you are tricked by someone, your reputation will probably be ruined!
Sure enough, you were right to harvest those guys' wool. Why didn't you let the house elves bring more galleons in the first place?
It’s such a pity.
After the time was almost up, Albert got up and followed the other players upstairs to attend 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 already taken their seats, and the players are sitting among the referees for one-on-one communication.
Albert is very calm. He has rich experience in getting along with 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. The two parties spoke in 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 sixty-three years.
The two chatted casually 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 on, the conversation between the two gradually turned to the method of casting spells. Albert directly used the knowledge on the panel skills to fool...well, it was not considered fooling.
In short, Ms. Monica kept her mouth open a lot of the time, seeming to be 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.
As expected, No. 17 took the Felixir, 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 had not 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 strange thing.”
In the opinion of special correspondent Lucian, Albert's body clearly revealed many characteristics of the Felixir.
But...why?
This 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 the Bullfighting Daily to report the strange incident and asked whether to initiate a preparatory plan.
The so-called preparatory plan is actually to pretend to be someone else and report that Albert has taken Felixir.
Yes, report it.
Then, investigate.
As for who reported it, it really doesn’t matter.
In any case, large-scale competitions like this have 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.
This incident caused an uproar.
Plus Bullfighting Daily deliberately dug holes in its headlines.
"I found that some people are willing to 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, I didn't expect the changes in other people." Albert didn't care about the suspicious glances around him and said in a very soft voice, "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." Bard 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 doesn’t think he is a magnanimous person.
So, he is now particularly looking forward to the wonderful expressions on the faces of those who once suspected him of cheating with Felixir after learning the cruel truth.
After lunch, the four contestants were gathered in the living room. Several referees, bar owner Diana, a special correspondent 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 organizer feels 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. Degar is a master of Legilimency. He can...please talk about Ms. Camerin."
"How do you ensure that he doesn't mess with the memories in my head?" said the only woman in the team.
“Do you have any questions, Mr. Noe?”
"How can 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 a human being, he may lie for some reason."
The officials from the Spanish Ministry of Magic all looked ugly, especially the players who had a deep distrust of them.
“Please say Mr. Anderson.” Diana nodded towards Albert and said.
“As far as I know, major events have their own ways to check 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 events 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 together.
“Honestly, 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 was a year, he felt that he could simply give up.
“Within a month,” Monica said.
“What should I do if I get poisoned?”
“We have first aid 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 medicine.” The official among the three said, “You know, this is a gamble, and we have to be careful.”
"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 same dose.”
As they said that, they took out another bottle, dropped some into the water, and asked the Ministry of Magic official to drink it. His face looked better.
“Okay, admit it to yourselves, or drink some of this stuff?”
"I'll go first." The wizard who looked like an Auror stood up. He took the cup handed over by the referee and drank it in one gulp.
Has no effect.
The second one is Ms. Camerin.
Similarly has no effect.
“I’ll go first.”
Noe had a vague idea that the current bad things might be aimed at No. 17.
However, he didn’t think the other party needed to use the elixir.
Similarly has no effect.
Everyone stared at Albert, who directly touched the cup and drank it in one gulp in full view of everyone.
Ok, still nothing worked.
"how come!"
Both the Ministry of Magic and the special reporter were very surprised, as if they had already determined that someone had taken Felixir and participated in the competition.
"It seems like 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 really stupid.
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 team 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 you say that No. 17 used the Felixir?
Those referees are deceiving them?
Or…that **** Isius deceived them.
Lucien simply can’t imagine how much money Bullfighting Daily will need to lose once No. 17 wins the championship.
(End of this chapter)