Chapter 75 Merlin Medal Award Ceremony
England's huge defeat to Transylvania was an unprecedented upset.
Therefore, this night is destined to be unstable.
This is also true. On the way back to the tent, just a few hundred meters away, Luofu and his party encountered more than a dozen fights.
Most of those who were beaten were fans wearing England uniforms.
In particular, fans of captain Atron were attacked by fans of other teams.
There was no way, the champagne was opened too early and too fiercely before the game, and now that they have lost to a team like Transylvania, the backlash is of course coming very quickly.
Not to mention, many England fans, under the guise of not supporting the England team, are not British, and trample on other teams... which has long aroused public outrage.
Now that England has lost the game and everyone has gained nationality, Green Garlic's strength is of course unprecedentedly strong.
Many fans are still burning the uniforms of England players and cursing them for "crashing" when riding broomsticks.
There are even more extreme wizards who have already gone to the locker room, ready to intercept the members of the England national team.
Fudge had to send Aurors to protect these players and prevent them from being assassinated by extreme fans... although he also wanted these players to die!
In addition to the fans who need to vent their dissatisfaction, there are also betting dogs who are betting on England to win. They are already busy wiping away their tears and going to the stadium to find the highest point.
However, there were too many wizards who wanted to jump off the building, and we had to queue up if we got there late.
An opening match caused chaos in the Quidditch World Cup camp, but this was just the beginning.
More British wizards did not buy tickets to watch the game.
What's so exciting about this kind of cruel competition? When you wake up, it will definitely be another big victory!
There are no longer a few people with this mentality. They got up the next day, sat at the dining table, picked up the latest "Daily Prophet" while eating breakfast, and saw this headline:
"Shocking upset!" England lost to Transylvania! 》
When many people first saw the word "lucky", they thought the score was too tight, and they ended up losing accidentally.
After seeing the score of 10:390 clearly, I suddenly had a heart attack... Is this called a desperate defeat?
Why don't you say that Transylvania narrowly beat England? !
Fudge also wanted to use words that were more offensive than beasts to describe these players, but the harder he scolded them, the more he would lose face in front of outsiders, wouldn't he?
It can only be treated cold temporarily.
As a result, many articles whitewashing the England team and captain Atron began to appear in major newspapers.
"The first England team to test the new lineup, the team still has unlimited possibilities"
"England lost but Long did not lose. I am very sorry to lose"
"We have two giants, one high and one fast, but we still demand a 30-year-old veteran to save the world."
Of course the fans didn't buy it. In the vote in the sports section of the Daily Prophet, more than 3,000 people gave captain Atron the lowest score... two points.
However, two points is the limit for the newspaper, but it is not the limit for Atron.
In order to calm the public anger, Atron had no choice but to accept an interview and said that he would not lose a game and advance to the quarterfinals smoothly.
But wizards with flags like Fantasy Moment basically don't end well.
Sure enough, in the next three games, the England national team lost first to Peru, then to Mauritania, then to Morocco, and then... no one lost.
The England team also went from the opening match, the focus match, the life and death battle, the honor battle to the train battle, and then again four years later... and ended the World Cup journey easily.
Of course, it is not entirely without benefits. Many British people heard the names of places such as Transylvania and Mauritania for the first time and will never forget them for the rest of their lives.
This can be considered as learning geography knowledge from the England team.
Also returning home from the group stage with England was the defending champion Canada.
It did not escape the fate of the championship curse. In the last overtime game, it lost to the Egyptian team and was blocked from the knockout round.
However, Scotland stumbled and advanced to the quarterfinals with Ireland... At this point, the group stage was completely over.
For a person like Rove who has fun without a home team, the recent games have been fun to watch.
Of course, while watching the game, he still doesn't forget to treat the mascots every day.
Their poisons have been detoxified, but this does not prevent Luof from contacting them in this name.
Again...the flowers at home are not as fragrant as wild flowers. Abducting other people's magical creatures is the most exciting thing.
Luo Fu went there many times, and even became familiar with the more than one hundred Veela, and had several in-depth discussions on the issue of hybrid Veela.
At this time, standing next to a group of ghouls, Rove was examining the body of one of the anorexic ghouls.
The ghoul is a mascot brought to Mauritania.
They are ugly-looking creatures with slimy bodies, buck teeth, and annoying noises.
After checking the body of the ghoul who was unwilling to eat, Luofu frowned and said, "It's only been pregnant for two weeks."
Shirley, who was standing aside carrying a box, also frowned and said doubtfully:
"I heard from Mr. Diggory that the ghouls brought by Mauritania are all female. How could they be pregnant?"
That's right... the two-week pregnancy period meant that this ghoul was conceived on the Quidditch pitch, but with all the female ghouls around, this was impossible.
Luofu fell silent, and looked at each other with Shirley. The two of them had a clear understanding of each other, and at the same time they looked at the invisible beast in the cage next door.
"Did the invisible beast do it?" the ponytail girl asked in shock.
"It should be right." Luo Fu was speechless. He could even swallow such an ugly ghoul. These invisible beasts are really not picky about their food.
"What kind of magical creature will be born from the combination of an invisible beast and a ghoul?" Shirley asked curiously.
"A hidden monster will be born." Luo Fe said, "It is a very tall animal with silver-white hair, similar to a bear."
Magical creatures are not reproductively isolated from each other like ordinary animals... so most magical creatures can interbreed.
Of course, this is also prohibited by the Ministry of Magic, because most of the hybrid magical creatures have violent personalities and are extremely easy to hurt people.
Just as Rolf and Shirley were discussing how to deal with the ghouls, Fudge walked in quickly.
"Rolf, I knew you were here." Fudge smiled and handed a letter to the boy.
After taking it, Luo Fe found that it was a light yellow letter with a wax seal and a delicate silver W on the postmark.
"The Medal of Merlin award ceremony will begin tomorrow night." Fudge said with a smile, "This is your invitation letter."
"Didn't you say before that the quarterfinals will start after the quarterfinals are over?" Rove asked.
Fudge's face was a little stiff. This was indeed his original plan, but considering the disastrous defeat of the England team...
If the Irish and Scottish teams are also eliminated after the quarterfinals, it would be really embarrassing to hold this award ceremony again.
Fudge had no choice but to call in advance.
After he mumbled something vaguely, Luofu asked again:
"By the way, is Mr. Crouch back?"
"Back." Fudge nodded: "Barty came back from Berlin with Dumbledore. How come... you are very familiar with him?"
"It's not bad. When we went to Berlin before, we took a floating dragon boat together." Luo Fu smiled.
Fudge didn't pay too much attention and just sighed:
"Hopefully there will be no problems at this awards ceremony."
Luofu smiled mysteriously and said:
"Nothing will happen for sure."
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