HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 137 Leprechaun Gold Coin

The unrealistically beautiful Veela began to dance. Arthur and Sirius were fine, they admired the beauty of the Veela. Hermione and Ginny didn't react much, but Harry and Ron looked dazed as if they were under the control of the Imperius Curse. Harry even stood up and tried to step over the wall.

The Weasley twins seemed stunned, Bill and Charlie had their hands on their twin brother's shoulders.

A curse hit him, and Harry staggered a few steps and fell back into his seat. Ron stopped tearing his hat. It was Sirius who cast the curse.

"What are you doing?" Hermione couldn't understand.

Draco was already laughing. "It's just Veela—"

Gloria pointed to her ears and said, "Just cover your ears while the Veela sings and dances."

Sirius looked at Harry's confused face, patted his shoulder and smiled, and felt that he should take him to see more things in the future.

Then he remembered that the blond kid was not affected and didn't find a chance to attack. He glanced at Draco and said to Gloria, "What a pity..."

Gloria remembered that in the boy's eyes, there was not much difference between non-wizarding intelligent creatures and house-elves, and Veela was naturally included in that group.

The music stopped and the Veela left the stage. Bagman pretended not to hear the roar of the audience and said, "Next, welcome to the mascot of the Irish national team!"

The Irish mascot’s performance was much more lively, like a lively fireworks display, which ended in a dazzling shamrock, followed by golden raindrops that appeared to be giant gold coins.

"It's a leprechaun!" Arthur explained to the children.

But they were all in a hurry to pick up the gold coins on the ground. Gloria kicked away the gold coins at her feet. These were just illusions. Draco also understood this and kicked away the gold coins like her.

"Leah, those are gold coins—" Several people were very happy picking them up.

Gloria said helplessly: "Don't pick them up, these are just leprechaun coins, they will disappear on their own in a few hours."

The Weasley twins and Ron were extremely disappointed and a little bit unbelieving.

Sirius laughed unceremoniously, "Throw it away."

Soon Bagman announced the entry of the two teams and the referee. His commentary was very passionate, affecting the emotions of more than 100,000 people in the stadium.

When Ireland scored a goal, the leprechauns formed a shamrock and the Veelas looked unhappy.

When Bulgaria scored a goal, Harry and Ron quickly covered their ears at the adults' reminder, because the Veela were about to dance.

As both teams' Seekers began to dive, the atmosphere in the stadium became tense. Bagman's voice was almost the only commentary on the field, as he spoke at double speed.

However, Bulgaria's Krum braked in time and Ireland's Lin Qi fell heavily to the ground, so the game had to be suspended.

Gloria put down the telescope and unexpectedly saw the Golden Snitch approaching.

"Lori, the Golden Snitch!" Draco shouted excitedly.

The others quickly put down their binoculars and saw the Snitch flying around her shoulder.

"I didn't expect that we would see the Golden Snitch first." Bagman's voice spread throughout the venue, and a huge picture appeared on the opposite side, which was the picture of the Golden Snitch circling around Gloria.

But after flying a few circles, the Golden Snitch disappeared again in a flash.

"I remember your first game in second grade, and the Golden Snitch appeared next to you in the same way." Gloria recalled the game.

Draco smiled and bent down to kiss the back of her hand.

The whistle sounded, and Lin Qi returned to the court after a simple treatment.

When Ireland scored several goals, the atmosphere in the stadium became tense, some players started to commit fouls, and Ireland got several free throw opportunities.

The mascots were not idle either, and the leprechauns spared no effort to ridicule the veela.

The referee was attracted by the Veela at this time and showed off his muscles to them. It was a doctor who blocked his ears and flew over on a broomstick and kicked him hard before he came to his senses.

"Hahaha!" Sirius clapped his hands and laughed, and many people on the field laughed like him.

When the leprechauns put together a very rude gesture, the veela couldn't bear it any longer. Their pretty faces turned into bird heads, scales emerged from their shoulders, and they flew across the arena and threw flaming things at the leprechauns.

Ministry officials tried to keep the two sides apart and calm down, but to little avail.

There was chaos - the mascots fighting, the Ministry using wands to separate them; Krum getting hit on the nose, and the referee's broom being set on fire, but no one noticed.

Finally, Ireland's Lindsey discovered the Golden Snitch, and Krum quickly followed. This time it was not a fake move by Wonski.

Lin Qi fell to the ground for the second time, and Krum caught the Golden Snitch. Unfortunately, Bulgaria was still ten points behind and Ireland won.

The Weasley twins jumped up with particular excitement.

Fred shouted, "We win! We're rich!"

George also yelled, not caring about the other people in the box, "Irish, Irish--"

The mascots finally stopped fighting, the Veela gathered around Krum, and the Leprechauns scattered gold coins again.

"They have tried very hard." Looking at the gloomy Krum and the dejected Bulgarian team, the Bulgarian minister spoke, but in English.

"You know English, and you make me gesture all day long!" Fudge was annoyed.

A strong light flashed, and all the spectators in the venue could see clearly what was happening in the top-floor box, and a heavy golden cup was being carried up.

Bagman asked the two teams to come over and shake hands with Minister Fudge.

When it was over, Fred and George stared at Bagman with open hands.

"Hmm...how much should I give?" Bagman pulled out a crumpled piece of paper covered with names and bet amounts.

The twins stood on either side of Bagman and quickly worked out a number.

Bagman grabbed a few handfuls of coins and made sure the amount was correct before giving them to the twins. "Count them."

The twins were so happy that they counted their money with a smile. The people in the box began to leave. Gloria passed by, took a look at their money, and then stopped.

"Mr. Bagman, you got the wrong one."

The Weasley twins were confused. Bagman was stunned for a moment before he said, "How could it be wrong? I counted."

"That's not what I meant." She picked up a Galleon. "These are leprechaun coins. They were transfigured. You should give them real coins."

Immediately, everyone who had not left the box looked at Bagman, who was very embarrassed at this moment. Arthur, Bill and Charlie stared at him.

After all, Bagman is an official of the Ministry of Magic, and there is also the Bulgarian Minister on the scene. Fudge coughed and said, "How could you put the coins used for pranks into your pocket? You should be careful next time."

Bagman knew that he had to get the money today, so he quickly kept a good expression and gave the real money.

The Weasley twins looked at him with suspicion and chose to look at Gloria while holding the money.

"That's all right this time," she said. "Mr. Bagman gave a great talk today."

The atmosphere in the box seemed less awkward, but Bagman said a few humble words and left quickly.

After everyone else left, Arthur said seriously, "You can't gamble anymore, okay? Fortunately, Gloria reminded you today."

Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulder and said, "It's a good thing you didn't place a bet, otherwise I would have caught him and made him return the money."

Fred and George lowered their heads, and only smiled again after Arthur left, and each took out a Galleon and gave it to Gloria.

"Thank you so much just now."

“I almost lost all the money I had accumulated.”

Gloria took the gold coins and said, "Listen to your father and stop gambling."

She gave one of the two gold coins to Draco as a souvenir.