Chapter 499
: Heading to the Arena
Chapter 499: Heading to the Arena
Wade closed the thick ancient book. The dark red cover looked like settled blood.
This is a book that records various ancient Greek myths. Wade found it today and read it again.
Ikaros is a character in ancient Greek mythology. He and his father Daedalus were imprisoned by the king. In order to gain freedom, his father made wings out of feathers and wax, and the two flew out of the island where they were imprisoned with the help of the wings.
Daedalus once warned his son not to fly too high or too low, otherwise he would be in danger.
But Ikaros was so excited and proud that he forgot his father's warning. He flew higher and higher, but eventually he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, and he lost his wings and fell into the Aegean Sea and died.
Wade wondered what Flamel's final words meant.
Don't ignore the lessons of the past? Don't be too arrogant? Pursuing perfection will eventually lead to destruction? Or is knowledge like the sun, telling him to always be in awe?
Or should we remember the lesson of Daedalus, whose invention killed his beloved son, which was never his intention?
"Or maybe all of them." Wade thought, "There's nothing wrong with exploring innovation, and there's nothing wrong with pursuing freedom. The real problem is that Ikaros doesn't know how high he can fly."
He thought about more things... about balance, about constraints, about the laws of nature and the insurmountable boundaries of falling.
Wade did not ask Nick LeMay these questions again.
Because after that day, Vader returned to his home, and Flamel and Perenelle wanted to visit the place where they had met and loved each other.
In their last moments together, Wade knew it would be tactless of him to bother the two men with these trivial matters.
He had only been at home for a few days when he received several letters from his friends, all urging him to go to the game together.
The wizarding world is closed and conservative. It does not have the countless entertainment activities, various large-scale competitions, and various festival celebrations of the Muggle world. The Quidditch World Cup is the only event that attracts worldwide attention and all wizards are crazy about, and it only happens once every four years.
So friends seemed to think that Vader shouldn't miss this event.
The owl sent to deliver letters seemed to be tasked with conveying urgency for its owner, and often stood on the windowsill and pecked at the window.
After so many times, even Fiona couldn't help but persuade him: "Go, Wade. It's said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You will definitely regret it if you miss it."
Vader: “…”
In fact, he really had no interest in the World Cup, nor could he appreciate the charm of Quidditch. He originally planned to go there during the two days of the final.
After all, the so-called Quidditch is simply a group of players flying high in the air at a speed of 180 miles per hour, chasing a few balls that cannot be seen clearly in the stands.
You know, the largest Quaffle is less than half the size of a football, and the smallest Golden Snitch is about the size of a walnut. Even with a magic telescope, it is difficult to lock on to their positions.
The same goes for high-speed flying athletes. Their figures are harder to catch than mosquitoes in summer. The situation changes rapidly, and only people with extraordinary talents like Lee Jordan can see it clearly with the naked eye.
Therefore, except for the first year of school, when Wade often went to watch games out of curiosity, he rarely went to watch even Ravenclaw's games.
But this time, under everyone's urging, Wade finally put down his book and went to watch the game. The Greys naturally couldn't go to a place where all the wizards gathered. Wade didn't know the location of the Quidditch stadium, so it was impossible for him to Apparate there, so Lupin came to pick him up.
So Wade handed him the improved Daydream Quill Pen with an anti-addiction system.
"Marchione must be very happy." Lupin said with a smile, "He has actually been wondering when you will come up with a new invention, but he doesn't want to rush you."
"Isn't the recent earnings report very good?" Wade asked curiously. "I see that the data has been very stable. In fact, the sales of stream mirrors have increased a lot because of the World Cup."
“From Marchionne’s perspective, not making the money he could have made was like losing a lot of money — because he had always launched new products during the holidays, and if he didn’t this time, he felt like he was losing out,” Lupin said.
Vader laughed and said, "He must have been harassing you a lot, right?"
"Yes, but I can still handle it." Lupin said, "It's mainly because the previous products are already on track, and Marchionne feels that he has too much free time. Once he has free time, he wants to find something to do."
"The Daydream Feather Pen is perfect for him." Wade joked, "When he's bored, he can experience the joy of turning the raindrops falling from the sky into gold Galleons in his dreams."
Lupin laughed as he thought of Marchionne's eyes turning into the shape of Galleons.
"How do we get to the stadium?" Wade asked, "Just Apparate?"
Regardless of whether they had time to watch the game or not, Sirius generously bought a package of tickets for everyone, which was said to be a box with a very good seat.
Lupin had accompanied the godfather and godson to watch the game before, so he knew what the venue looked like and was able to apparate to the vicinity.
But Lupin said, "No, Vader. The arena is far away, and I can't take that risk with you - let's floo to a nearby village first, and then I'll apparate you there."
"Why not use a portkey?" Wade said, "I remember the Daily Prophet saying that the Ministry of Magic has deployed a lot of portkeys this time to make it easier for wizards from all over the world to arrive at the venue."
"That's right, but in order to facilitate the gathering of wizards and to ensure that they are not discovered by Muggles, there are strict regulations on the place and time of use of portkeys," Lupin explained.
Wade packed his luggage, and the two of them went to Moody's house next door - the old Auror Moody had no intention of watching the game, as he hated places where large crowds gathered.
When Lupin knocked on Moody's door and asked to use his fireplace, Moody warned:
"Be careful, you never know where the attack will come from! There may be a Death Eater with bad intentions among the audience behind you, but it may also be a fool who sticks his wand behind his butt and accidentally causes an explosion!"
Upon hearing this, Weed couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm not exaggerating, kid!" Moody said seriously, "You never know how stupid some people can be!"
"Thank you, Alastor," Lupin said calmly, "We'll be careful to avoid fools like that."
Moody muttered something about how their carelessness would only lead to bad consequences as he lit the fireplace and pulled out the can of Floo powder.
"Go ahead, and be safe." Moody sprinkled a handful of Floo powder into the fire and said sincerely, "Come back alive."
(End of this chapter)