HP: I beat the otome game at Hogwarts

Chapter 149 Mrs. Zabini's Thoughts

"My God! He's amazing!" Lyra exclaimed, captivated by Krum's incredible flying skills. "He was born for the skies!"

Just now, Bulgaria's Krum pretended to see the Golden Snitch and swooped down to the ground at high speed. Ireland's Lynch mistook him for a real person and followed Krum in a rapid descent, as if he were jumping directly from an airplane without a parachute.

At the last second, Krum stopped diving, pulled up his broom, and flew away in a circle, leaving Lynch to crash heavily to the ground. The doctor had to rush in to check on his injuries.

"He seems completely unaffected by the flying broomstick!" Lyra shrieked. "He flies as lightly as a feather!"

Like Lyra, Hermione wasn't usually interested in Quidditch; they only went to the school's Quidditch matches to support their friends. But Lyra was clearly in a state of frenzied fanaticism, her cheers and screams filling the entire penthouse box.

The twins initially admired Krum of the Bulgarian team, but after seeing Leila's even more frenzied behavior, they suddenly found Krum less appealing.

What Bulgarian prodigy seeking the ball? Of course the British should support the Irish team!

At the other end of the box, in the VIP section, sat the Malfoy family and Zabini and his mother.

Mrs. Zabini watched the dark-haired girl sitting with the Weasleys and Sirius Black with a smile, but Mrs. Malfoy wore a look of disgust on her face, as if she had smelled something awful.

“What a vibrant young lady—” Mrs. Zabini covered half her face with a feather fan, her charming eyes revealing a smile.

“You lowly Muggle—” Mrs. Malfoy’s voice was almost inaudible; if Zabini and his mother hadn’t been so close, their disgusted assessment would have been completely unheard.

Mrs. Zabini found it extremely amusing. The Malfoys always looked down on others, considering themselves superior and believing that the descendants of Muggles were all lowly, as if they looked down on Muggle wizards.

But she happened to know that the Malfoy family not only had many businesses in the Muggle world in private, but that the Malfoy ancestors had secretly married Muggle people for the sake of the health of their descendants' bloodline, which they had just kept well hidden from the outside world.

After all, the British pure-blood circle is only so big. If it continues to be just marriages between these few families, it will eventually follow in the footsteps of the Black family—whose members are either crazy or stupid.

The Black family's motto is to always be pure; they even incestuous marriages between siblings in order to maintain a pure bloodline.

What a terrifying and arrogant family! Who would have thought that such a powerful and glorious family would now have only these two people in this small private room allowed to roam freely outside?

Sirius Black, the last male descendant to be expelled from the family; Narcissa Black, who has married into the Malfoy family and changed her surname.

Besides Zabini and his mother, Draco, who was sitting next to his mother, also heard Mrs. Malfoy's murmurs.

He glanced painfully at the black-haired girl who was cheering and jumping for joy. This was the girl he loved, a Muggle who was utterly despised by her parents.

His heart felt as if it were being gripped by an invisible hand. Apart from secretly clutching the velvet-covered competition instructions in his hand, he didn't even dare to look up at the expressions on his parents' faces.

Draco Malfoy's parents didn't notice their son's expression, but the insightful Zabini and his mother, who were sitting nearby, saw it clearly.

Lady Zabini glanced at young Malfoy, then looked lovingly at her son Blaise: no pure-blood honor could compare to the happiness of her Blaise.

Bresz Zabini could feel his mother's loving gaze, and he gave her a knowing smile.

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The final result was unexpected: Bulgaria's Seeker Krum caught the Golden Snitch, but Ireland won.

Bulgaria 160: Ireland 170.

The Irish supporters erupted in countless joyful shouts.

Ron was still puzzled: "Why didn't he wait until Bulgaria took the lead before catching the Golden Snitch? That's so stupid!"

“He’s not stupid!” Leila shouted in defense of her new idol. “He ended the game to minimize player injuries!”

That's true, Harry and Hermione both nodded in agreement. As the match intensified, both sides began to resort to any means necessary, resulting in more and more players getting injured and leaving the field. While Krum was excellent, the Irish team's teamwork was top-notch.

“Bulgaria can’t win with just Krum alone,” Sirius commented.

“Kids, teamwork is important,” Remus smiled. “Tonight, we’ll need to work together as a team—for a barbecue around the campfire.”

"awesome!"

Everyone cheered. Everyone, including Sirius, was tired of the same old takeout food and homemade fried eggs, sausages, and bread.

Ireland's mascots, the goblins, began to shower the crowd with gold coins to celebrate their victory, and the Irish national anthem resounded from all directions.

The defeated Bulgarian mascots, the Veela, now hung their heads and looked miserable, a stark contrast to their earlier appearance—their pre-match demeanor had captivated countless male wizards.

The older Weasley brothers were still mocking their younger brother Ron. Ron and Harry had just been a little dazed, frantically tearing off the green shamrocks from their clothes, and had been bewitched by the Veela into wanting to switch their allegiance to the Bulgarian team.

Hermione snorted, not quite satisfied with the behavior of her two male best friends.

“Fred and George are much better!” Hermione said to Lyra. “They were only confused for a few seconds, and then they were back to normal.”

“I think Fred and George only care about their careers,” Leila said, then realized the twins were gone. “Hey, where are Fred and George?”

Lyra looked around and saw Fred and George happily taking a large bag of gold coins from Mr. Bagman, the host of the competition.

"Don't you ever tell your mother about your gambling!"

After everyone learned that the twins and Mr. Bagman had won the bet on the outcome of the match and earned a large sum of Galleons, Mr. Weasley said with concern.

“Don’t worry, Dad,” the twins said, “we’re not stupid—”

If Mrs. Weasley knew that the twins had been gambling under Mr. Weasley's supervision, she would surely tear all three of them in half and feed them to the ghouls in the house.

No, it's possible that none of the Weasleys present will escape unscathed, except for their youngest daughter, Ginny.

Everyone, including Percy, was determined to keep it a secret from their mother in order to save their own lives.