HP's Foreign Land

539 Tradition

This evening party was held under the banner of "thank you", mainly to convey the spirit, supplemented by praise.No reporters, no cameras, no advertisements, just a standard three-no party.The Kosol Foundation has no intention of parting ways with the major wizarding awards, so there is no pre-announcement of the nomination list, and the moment of whetting the appetite at the party.

Many uninformed wizards didn't know that awards would be presented today, thinking that it was just a tea party that was tasteless and a pity to discard.Unexpectedly, the party will not only have lighting, props, actors, and novel programs, but also an awards unit at the end. The wizards who had no idea at first felt that they were so naive.

Heimdall has never been a host before, but fortunately he has seen pigs running, and wrote the script of the host with various hypothetical situations. Passers-by watched several speeches of the seniors in a row, and Director Strulusson calmly thought that he had taken a big step in the host's career that was difficult for others to surpass.

On the day of the first group rehearsal to clear the venue, he was beaten to pieces by a little girl who had just turned five years old.Fortunately, he doesn't have many lines, and his appearances are limited. He belongs to the existence of soy sauce, but he can handle it.During the rehearsal, Mr. Stulusson watched the stage in awe, and cooperated with the skilled young actors, thinking that he should be a good host honestly.

Ms. Kosor approached him after the first rehearsal.

"What style of hosting are you going to use?"

"Style?" Heimdall was surprised. He thought that as long as he didn't read the wrong lines, cooperated with the young actors to perform normally, and remembered the deeds of the winners, it would be complete.

"Of course, this is the first appreciation party held by the foundation, and your hosting style will determine the style direction of each future host."

The Kosol Foundation has big ambitions. Before the first gala even started, they set up "every future gala".

Heimdall rubbed his nose, "Take it easy, I hope everyone enters the arena with ease and leaves happily." Isn't that what the thank you party should be like, hello, hello, hello everyone.

"Emotional drive and deliberate rendering are also important."

Heimdall just listened to it at the time and didn't take it to heart. He has always despised sensationalism for the sake of sensationalism. Is it interesting to make the audience cry?

Ms. Kosol patted him on the shoulder, "You may not feel it now, but when you really enter that link, you will enter the situation earlier than the audience."

Heimdall didn't believe it, and as a result, retribution came.

The second one is the Outstanding Award. There are seven winners. The award does not strictly stipulate the number of winners. Judging from the awards this year, it is considered a group award.The seven wizards who won the Outstanding Award are seven minors, belonging to different countries, and they are all beneficiaries of the foundation's poverty alleviation activities.Also because they all like Quidditch, one time when they participated in a Quidditch rule explanation class, they got acquainted by chance and quickly became friends, and then started to form a team to play for themselves.

After they defeated many underage amateur teams like them in a row, they were moved by the suggestions of caring people. Maybe they can try to improve?Therefore, they signed up to participate in the European Youth Amateur Quidditch Competition in the name of the foundation. After more than four months of arduous training, they passed all the way and finally won the impressive result of No.3.

In order to praise the pioneering spirit of its young people and encourage more children to pursue their dreams, the Foundation set up an Outstanding Award at the Appreciation Party.It can be seen from the positioning of the foundation that this award is set up to motivate children.

After that, came the sensationalism.I didn't feel it during the rehearsal, but it's hard not to be moved when you're on the scene, especially when the background of these children was briefly introduced.Heimdall has experienced the days of utter desolation, so the background introduction is particularly convincing when read from his mouth.There is no need for special embellishment at all, and a concise summary is more contagious than a touching plot.A few soft-hearted witches couldn't help but turn their eyes red.

It has never changed. Heimdall, who has been resisting all the time, still can't skip the link he resists the most, inciting the audience to die and die.

Watching the seven winners of the Excellence Award leave the stage, everyone smiled and hugged the host before leaving.The tone of the scene changed suddenly, and the deep blue became softer.It's an omen.

The next one is the Contribution Award. The audience doesn’t know it, and the one who is sure to win the award doesn’t know it. Heimdall, who is familiar with the awarding process, knows clearly that this award is destined to be sensational, because the winners are better than the previous ones in terms of life experience and family situation. Those seven impoverished children are still suffering.

Before the third award was awarded, there was an episode. A small choir named "Little Mermaid" composed of six children sang on stage, in order to pay tribute to all the teachers who did not take a penny and taught voluntarily.The tune was very cheerful, and the expressions of the teachers in the audience seemed to enjoy it.Each child brings a small animal. These well-trained kittens, owls, and toads will hoot twice during the interval of singing. With the delicate and clear children's voice, the sad atmosphere is instantly swept away, and the scene becomes joyful and peaceful again. .

After the performance, Heimdall returned to the stage and briefly explained the origin of the Little Mermaid Choir and their performance experience. After that, the third award was presented.

The winner of the Contribution Award at this year's Appreciation Gala is a voluntary cleaner of the Kosol Foundation. Heimdall tried to tell her story in a normal tone, but as Ms. Kosol reminded, the first person to fall into it was Own.During the rehearsal, I had nothing else to think about except being moved, and now the bitter tears in my nose have nowhere to vent, so it's not easy to cry in front of the audience.

Contrary to the bleak introduction, the winner is himself. What people see is a 53-year-old middle-aged woman in Muggle attire, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and optimistic spirit, which is moving She's so much more than that, she's a Squib, a strong woman who never gets discouraged in the face of many injustices in the wizarding world.

She raised her two children with the meager income she accumulated through hard work. Today, her two children have passed the interviews and assessments and become full-time employees of the Kosol Foundation.And because their mother couldn't use magic, she couldn't even apply for the maintenance department with the lowest recruitment standards.The Foundation didn't open the back door for her.

The lady did not change her original intention and joined the big family of the foundation as a voluntary cleaner. She took turns cleaning in various branches and took pleasure in helping others in her own way.Treat each branch as your own home, actively cooperate with the staff, warmly entertain all teachers and children, and cook delicious meals for everyone.Listening to the complaints of employees who run into walls everywhere; listening to the dissatisfaction of teachers in compulsory classes nagging about reality; Not a single complaint.

The little people have the persistence of the little people, and the little people have the brilliance of the little people. No wizard in the foundation will despise this little person who can't even use a magic wand and still faces life positively. By putting her name on the shortlist.

Now, she is standing on this stage, although the stage is not big, there is no overwhelming flickering lights, no indiscriminate bombardment by reporters, the audience spontaneously stood up and applauded one after another.

She restrainedly took the trophy from Heimdall's hand, and rubbed the dense handwriting on the cup holder with her fingertips, feeling a lot of emotion.

"I'm a useless person to the wizarding world. I've despaired, complained, and cursed," said her voice trembling as she spoke. "Until later I worked as a cleaner in a wizard hospital, and then I found that I was indeed a useless person, but I was luckier than many wizards who were plagued by illness and suffering, because I had sound limbs and a healthy body. I can move my way, be able to eat, have the strength to work, and be able to help others within the scope of my ability, God still favors me."

She raised the trophy in her hand, with water in her eyes, "Thank the foundation for affirming my work, I will persevere."

Her two children wept with joy in the audience.

The audience applauded for a long time.

This is the ninth person after the previous two award winners to publicly express that they will persevere. No matter where the show ends up or what kind of reputation it gets, the foundation will be the biggest winner tonight.

The dedication award winner hugged Heimdall tightly, shaking even more violently after relaxing, perhaps she finally had a sense of reality.The hug took longer than expected, and Heimdall patted her on the back, comforting her and reminding her at the same time.

The winner said sorry three times in a row, wiped the corners of his eyes, grabbed Heimdall's shoulder with his free left hand, and kissed him on both cheeks three times, pecking very hard, and the audience in the first row heard it vaguely sound.

This winner is indeed an optimist. After he calmed down, he resolutely put his sorrows behind him, turned his head and said loudly to the audience, "Thank you to the foundation for choosing such a handsome young man to present me with the award. I really appreciate it." I'm trying to control myself, so that I don't get too impulsive, but you see, I can't help myself if I don't kiss a few times." Then she winked exaggeratedly, the audience burst into laughter, and someone whistled obscenely.

Heimdall also smiled, and put a polite kiss on her cheek, "Thank you, you are a beautiful person."

Knowing that he was just complimenting himself, the winner left the stage with a satisfied smile.

Several children holding children's wands walked onto the stage in glittering costumes, amused the audience with their arrogance. In the dark under the stage.

"Master Rigg."

Heimdall turned his head in surprise, and it took him a while to see a cup slowly moving in front of him from far to near in the darkness. He stared at the cup, which was suspended in mid-air and remained motionless.

"Master Rigg..." There was a bit of choking in the bullfrog-like voice.

Heimdall remained motionless, his sobs turning into sobs.

Noticing that there were sharp-eared wizards looking around inexplicably on the auditorium not far away, Heimdall said blankly, "Shut up."

The sobbing sound disappeared, followed by the sound of unobstructed breathing, as if his mouth was blocked with his hand.

"I just want clean water." After Heimdall finished speaking, the surroundings were quiet for a second, and then there was a short scream of excitement.

The cup disappeared from the sight, and the cup full of clear water stopped in front of him steadily. Heimdall hesitated for a moment, and reached out to take it. The screaming sounded again. Heimdall's face sank, and the screaming disappeared suddenly.

He drank half of the glass, and the show on the stage was coming to an end. Heimdall put the glass on the ground and walked to the stage.

Behind him, Kreacher was holding the cup with bright eyes, and only Merlin knew what it was muttering.

"The last two awards to be given out are voted by the children, two most popular awards, one for academics and one for sports. It should be noted here that the places to be selected for the most popular awards for academics come from Teachers who volunteer to teach compulsory training courses, so this award actually represents the children's favorite teacher." Heimdall paused deliberately. "Do the teachers suddenly feel a lot of pressure? Are your hearts hanging?"

Slight intermittent laughter came from the audience, it is estimated that the person who laughed was the teacher.

Ye Ruofu, who had already won a trophy, was really a little nervous. After winning the Breakthrough Award, his mood changed unknowingly. He paid more attention to the progress of the award than ever before, and he was more concerned about winning the award than ever before. Desperately desired.Ye Ruofu even felt that he had the strength to compete for the second award. After all, he was serious in class, answered every question, and did not slack off.Although the content taught is too written in his opinion, and no matter how ingenious it is, it is only on paper, but these do not prevent him from freely developing in class.All in all, Mr. Yezhov is very satisfied with himself.

The person who won the most popular teacher award was a Hungarian wizard. When the host announced the name of this person on stage, a person in the audience jumped up with cheers.Ye Ruofu sighed, his eyes filled with faint disappointment.

The winner walked briskly onto the stage with a big smile on his face. When Heimdall handed him the trophy, he winked at him, as if the two of them were whispering friends with secrets.Heimdall ignored it, and when the other party took the trophy, he deliberately touched his fingertips with his fingers. Heimdall tried his best not to let his cheeks twitch.

Perhaps no wizard has paid special attention to how good the eyesight of the world-famous Seeker is, but Master Krum in the audience really saw something, what did he see--Master's eyes narrowed.

The winner seemed to be used to Heimdall ignoring him, and he smiled flamboyantly, looking full of energy, and the female audience in the audience blushed in his smile.No wonder kids like him, the man knows how to play with his passion and intimacy.

The Hungarian wizard came to visit the class during rehearsals, and by his own account he fell in love with Heimdall at first sight and began to court him afterwards.Although he couldn't enter the arena and was rejected by Heimdall again and again, he became more and more frustrated.Heimdall sternly rejected him after the last rehearsal, but he didn't expect him to give up.

"I can hug the host, I heard it's a tradition." The winner winked at the audience.

Before the audience had time to react, the award winner on the stage put his arms around the host's waist, kissed the host hard on the mouth, and then let go and took a step back.Heimdall's expression was not very good. If the other party hadn't retreated in time, he would have blown Hungary into a sieve.

The master's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Snow's expression was very cold, but Rommel looked like he was watching the show.

The audience was not in a hurry to express their opinion. Generally speaking, the decision can be made according to the attitude of the person involved in such a situation. Heimdall's stiff face was obvious, and the wizards sitting next to Victor were blowing "air-conditioning" and kept silent.The audience applauded symbolically, instead of booing as planned by the Hungarian wizard, he went one step further, and the Hungarian wizard, who felt good about himself, walked off the stage with regret on his face.

The host quickly adjusted his state, and his perfunctory smile turned into sincerity. People who knew him well noticed that his face and eyes lit up several degrees.Just wondering, Heimdall announced the answer, the most popular athlete - Victor Krum.

Some people suddenly realized his sudden "abnormality".

No one was surprised by this result. When Heimdall announced the substance of the last two items, a name emerged in the hearts of everyone in the sports world.Well-informed adults will be like this, let alone children who are relatively closed to receiving news.

Although Gobstone and Wizard Chess are also considered popular sports, compared to Quidditch, which has a participation rate of more than 90.00%, they basically have no idea about the most popular awards.

After Victor took the stage, the loudest yelling was the group of children who were introduced by the little stars. Even the little actors who had been waiting in the background couldn't help but peeked out, their eyes twinkled, and they whispered excitedly. whisper.The audience couldn't help but smile when they saw the little heads on the background whose colors were very different from the environment.

Victor also saw them, and at the same time heard the cheers of the children in the audience. Master Krum smiled very cheerfully when he didn't smile very much.

He took the trophy from Heimdall and said "Thank you."

"It's an honor." Heimdall was full of emotion. He liked to present awards to Victor, and he couldn't stop.

"I want to be traditional, too," Victor muttered, and then said in a normal voice, "I should also be traditional."

The two hugged tightly, this time the feeling was totally different from before, the head of Sturlusson was all smiles, and the elder of the kissing room behind him took the initiative.

The audience's applause was also completely different from just now. The effect that the Hungarian wizard expected to achieve was easily realized by Victor.

On the surface, the Hungarian wizard clapped with the others in a graceful manner, with a decent smile on his face, but he was very disapproving in his heart.

Most of the "traditions" of this year's appreciation party have been faithfully preserved. The children's drama performance at the beginning of the party; It spread more and more widely, and the content of the party was enriched year by year, but the kiss part was ignored by everyone.