Chapter 408 The Most High-Ranking Person in the Secret Society

Astoria instinctively wanted to stop George. Even in Slytherin, she had heard of the twins' bad reputation: they were unlearned, idle, and fond of playing pranks.

The things they handed over were definitely very suspicious - if there was no problem, Astoria was willing to bet her ten sisters that there was definitely something wrong with the candy Fred handed over.

But Astoria changed her mind and thought about who Les was. It was wishful thinking to try to trick him with such a trick.

So she shut her mouth and stood aside silently to observe how the situation developed.

Fred quickly glanced at the two little witches standing aside and found that although Daphne didn't seem to have much interest in them, Astoria had been staring at them, obviously showing great interest in their mischievous candies.

This is a good sign.

If they could get the approval of the Greengrass sisters, their prank products would be able to enter Slytherin House and open up this unprecedented blue ocean market.

Fred and George didn't like the students of Slytherin College very much, but they had no aversion to the gold Galleons in the pockets of the students of Serpentine College - with two piles of gold Galleons, who could tell which pile belonged to the righteous Gryffindor and which pile belonged to the evil Slytherin?

Gold Galleons treat everyone equally!

Rice unwrapped the toffee and popped the candy directly into his mouth.

"Well, yes, it tastes very mellow--" Les nodded repeatedly, and then his words suddenly stopped. His tongue began to grow rapidly, breaking through his lips within a few seconds and rushing out.

Astoria:? ? ?

How could Rice fall for such a simple trick? Is there any deeper meaning behind his doing so?

Astoria's brain began to work rapidly, trying to figure out the true meaning behind Rice's behavior.

However, without any real intention, Rice just swallowed the candy in question. He wanted to see what effect the candy that was enchanted by the twins would have, and he even let that little bit of magic take effect on his body.

Now he knew what effect the toffee Fred had given him had.

The feeling of the tongue extending is quite interesting.

Les used a little magic to stop the growth of his tongue, making it only three times its usual size, just enough to extend some distance beyond his lips.

Then he raised his hand and gently stroked the tip of his tongue, and his tongue turned into the shape of a snake core, long and forked at the end.

Fred's breath froze when he saw that Les' tongue suddenly stopped growing. Because according to the design, the Fat Tongue Toffee would allow the user's tongue to grow almost infinitely. Even the Weasley twins didn't know what the maximum length was - their own internal test results were three feet, but there was still room for further growth.

At this point, Rice's tongue stopped growing after it reached even one foot. Was there something wrong?

Just as Fred was about to move over to solve the problem, Les's action made him freeze in place.

Daphne, who had just been focusing on breakfast, raised her head and was immediately attracted by Les' new look.

"Lace, your tongue is exactly like a snake's!" she exclaimed in amazement.

"Right." Les also thought it was very interesting and spit out the core like a snake. The candy that Fred and George made was really interesting.

Fred and George fell silent together.

It’s the Slytherins’ trick!

The two couldn't help but sigh.

"Fat Tongue Toffee can make the tongue extend infinitely - how did you do it, Les?" Fred introduced their new product to Les, and then couldn't help but ask another question.

"It's just a simple little spell, nothing particularly profound."

Fred didn't believe a word Les said.

"Do you have anything else?" Les got tired of playing with it and retracted his tongue. He wanted to see what other surprises Fred and George could bring him.

"Of course, we still have a lot of our [hot stuff]!" The two men rummaged through their trouser pockets and pulled out a lot of strange little gadgets, such as fake magic wands that would croak and turn into rubber animals when touched, chewing gum that could make a person roar like a lion, and nougat that would cause a constant flow of blood from the nose if eaten.

"If Mom hadn't searched us before we left the house, we would have been able to get more interesting prank toys." Fred and George lamented with some regret.

They had hoped to make a fortune by selling small commodities during the World Cup finals.

"How important it is to know how to use the Traceless Expansion Spell." Les responded with a smile.

Mr. Arthur, who was not far away, immediately put down the matches in his hand and reminded the children very seriously that the use of the Traceless Expansion Charm must be reported to the Ministry of Magic, otherwise it would be a violation.

"Yes!" Fred and George answered in loud voices.

As Arthur continued to study how to light a fire with matches, they lowered their voices and winked at Les, saying, "But it's only illegal if you get caught, isn't it?"

Les nodded with a smile.

In his view, many laws simply place a price on certain kinds of inappropriate behavior.

For example, if someone steps on the lawn, they will be fined one Galleon each time. That means as long as you are willing to pay one Galleon, you can walk around on the lawn.

But he would not say this out loud, otherwise Slytherin's reputation would be ruined again.

"How much? Just name your price. I'll buy all of these." Les was very satisfied with Fred and his friends' prank products and planned to buy some back for Rowena, Helga and the others to play with.

The two parties reached a deal very smoothly.

"You can consider making more innovations. For example, for the Lion's Roar chewing gum, you can develop different animal calls for different colleges, badgers, eagles, snakes, etc. You can also make some animal calls, such as lynx, snow leopard, fire dragon, etc."

Fred and George nodded.

Although I failed to impress the Greengrass sisters today, it was good to arouse Rice's interest.

After completing the transaction, the two returned to their camp to help their father light the fire.

"It's an interesting little gadget, isn't it?" Les threw the fake wand to Astoria, and then the fake wand turned into a moving snake in the girl's hand, which scared her.

Next it's breakfast time.

While they were having dinner, many important figures from the Ministry of Magic passed by from time to time. Almost everyone would come to Daphne and Astoria, chat with them for a few words, and then leave.

Ludo Bagman, the Head of the Department of Magical Sports and Magic, also wanted Daphne and Astoria to join him in the bet, but under Les's gaze, both simply bet one Galleon on Ireland to win.

"Boy, do you have a team you want to support?" Bagman was a little disappointed to see that the Greengrass sisters were only willing to bet on one Galleon. After hastily registering the two's options, he turned his gaze to Les who had been standing by.

"Let me do some divination." Rice thought for a moment and decided to try his divination skills.

"Oh?" Ludo became interested, but at this moment Fred and George came over and pulled him aside.

Rice knew that his tea leaf divination skills were extremely poor, so he divided the divination content into several parts.

He first divined his luck for the day and found that his luck seemed to be OK, and he might get unexpected gains in the crisis. Then he divined the status of the two teams and found that they were evenly matched.

Les thought about it and had a rough idea in his mind. Just then he heard Fred's voice -

"Irish wins - but Viktor Krum catches the Snitch."

Interesting way to bet, very bold.

Bagman was also shocked by Fred's betting method. Before he could react, the boy named Les came over and said that he decided to bet the same as Fred and the others, but he would only bet one gold galleon.

"Okay." Bagman shrugged his shoulders. He thought that since they were willing to spend money like this, there was no reason for him to stop them. He just verbally said that he would give them a very high odds.

After Ludo wrote down the names of the three people on the parchment, the betting was completed.

As Fred handed over all his earnings and their savings to Bagman, Astoria couldn't help but ask after Bagman left: "This is all your savings. Is it really okay to use it to gamble with such a high risk?"

"How can you make more money without taking some risks?" Fred made a very Gryffindor statement.

Astoria tried to resist the urge to roll her eyes. To her, it was a waste of money.

Perhaps guessing what the little witch was thinking, Fred took the initiative to explain.

"We did this after careful consideration. Krum is a rare talent, and his chances of catching the Snitch are extremely high, but Bulgaria is much weaker than Ireland. Without Krum, there is almost no chance of winning, so we think that Ireland has a high chance of winning. Combining the two means that Ireland will win, but Krum can catch the Snitch.

We are not as likely to lose as it seems. On the contrary, I think I have at least a 50% chance of winning." Fred spread his hands, indicating that although they were very courageous, they were not fools without brains.

Astoria:…

She wanted to refute, but she felt that what Fred said made sense and didn't know what to say.

As the afternoon wore on, excitement spread through the camp. As night fell, everyone present stopped pretending, and all sorts of magical traces sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and the Statute of Secrecy was thrown out of everyone's mind.

On the way to the stadium, vendors appeared from the sky every few steps, carrying trays and pushing carts to sell small commodities to tourists: glowing rose-shaped badges, flying Firebolt models, and miniature statues of players walking around on the palm of your hand...

Les's gold galleons disappeared like flowing water, and they were exchanged for various small commodities. Daphne and Astoria were dumbfounded and couldn't help but buy a lot of things.

By the time they arrived outside the competition venue, the three of them had their small backpacks filled with all sorts of gadgets.

"Come on, our seats are on the top floor, which is the best box." Daphne took out the tickets and pulled her sister and Les to the upper floor quickly.

Many big shots also poured into the top box, and Rice watched coldly: there were British Minister of Magic Bones and Bulgarian Minister of Magic, the Malfoy family, Henry was there, and the Weasley family and Harry were the ones who didn't fit in. Their presence here was a bit unexpected.

The game started soon.

……

Voldemort stood in the woods, looking coldly at the half of the sky illuminated by the lights of the Quidditch final stadium.

Aries stood behind him, bowing her head and keeping silent. Beside her, Taurus, who had disappeared during the resurrection ceremony, reappeared. His face was extremely pale, without a trace of blood.

According to him, he used Apparition to leave the cave that night when he saw the situation was not good, but he still accidentally got seriously injured and only recovered a few days ago.

Aries verbally said that she believed it, but actually her heart was in turmoil: she knew Taurus was lying, because they had cast an anti-Apparition spell in the cave, and it was impossible for them to teleport away.

But she really didn't dare to expose Taurus in front of Voldemort. Her intuition told her that there was something wrong with Taurus in front of her, and Voldemort had bad intentions towards her. Every time he looked at her, he had undisguised greed in his eyes, just like a snake looking at a mouse, which made her very uncomfortable.

Taurus's suspicion is not just as simple as lying, he also violated the organization's orders and let Voldemort act alone for a period of time without their sight. This is a very serious dereliction of duty. Once the organization finds out, he may lose the title of "Taurus".

All this raised Aries's vigilance to the highest level, making her life extremely painful these days.

Fortunately, all this will be over soon, because the highest-ranking person in the secret order will meet Voldemort tonight. I can take this opportunity to apply for transfer and then report the problem to the organization.

At this moment, a voice sounded behind the three of them——

"We finally meet, Mr. Voldemort."

The three of them turned their heads at the same time. Taurus' eyes showed no emotion, while Voldemort's face was full of disbelief - before that person spoke, he had no idea that person existed. Aries' eyes showed a hint of hope: This voice is from that adult!

She turned her head and saw a tall man in a robe, his face covered with a hood and a cow bone mask.

As expected, the highest ranking and most mysterious figure in the secret order, Polaris, has arrived.

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