Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Lockhart did not expect that his boss would act so vigorously.

Just two days after he told himself that he wanted to retire in Hogsmeade, Crouch remodeled his country house behind the Pig's Head Bar at the speed of light.

Although he hasn't moved here yet, Winky, the house elf of the Crouch family, has come here many times to renovate the house and grow some vegetables and fruits outside the house.

Lockhart found that Dobby, the house-elf in his family, seemed to have a little feeling for this house-elf named Winky, but because Winky kept saying, "Without the permission of the master, our house-elf should not be private." Falling in love", so I haven't been able to get on the right track.

But Lockhart felt that if Dobby hadn't given her the two socks, they might still be good friends now.

"Oh, if only she were a free house-elf," Dobby said regretfully to Lockhart, "I'll just have to go over and help her a lot now, and grow some vegetables while she's away. "

Lockhart was noncommittal.

He now has a bad feeling—that is, his boss is likely to secretly send his son here in the near future to avoid the visit of his colleagues in London.

Because this house elf named Shining must never stay away from "her young master" Bai Jiu, and this can be seen from the fact that she went to and from the country house many times, but each time she stayed for less than 20 minutes.

Crouch has complained many times that he has a stupid witch named Bertha Jorkins: her favorite thing is to meddle in her own business, and she likes to look around every time she visits her colleagues' homes.

In addition to this stupid witch, because of Crouch's high position and authority, there are quite a few people who come to his house to discuss matters every day. If this continues, his son is likely to be exposed.

Relatively speaking, Hogsmeade is much safer, because there are not many people who know him here, and because there are tourists and construction workers here, the villagers will not be surprised to see a stranger occasionally , it is reasonable for Crouch to choose this place.

If this is the case, shouldn't he make a move?Lockhart was in trouble.

Forget it, this year, I should focus on arranging Black's affairs first, and I will continue to build Hogsmeade. At worst, it will be the same before the start of the World Cup.Lockhart consoled himself.

Because apparation is unreliable for international travel, even for a person like Dumbledore, it took him half a month to come back after going to France

Seeing the principal in his office again, Lockhart immediately greeted him enthusiastically.

"I can tell from your expression that this time you must have returned with a lot of rewards." Lockhart graciously helped Dumbledore take off his robe, "To be honest, I was always worried that Black would make trouble during your absence. , I didn't expect him to be so honest."

"I left Fox at Hogwarts, and told Minerva that she can summon it in times of crisis, and nothing will happen." Dumbledore looked very calm.

"Phoenix stayed, how did you go to France?" Lockhart was a little confused, "Could it be by broom? Or a flying carpet?"

Although there is an express train to Europe on the 7% platform of King's Cross Station, as far as Lockhart knows, it can only go to some European wizarding villages.If he wanted to get to Paris, Dumbledore had to use other means of transportation.

But in any case, Lockhart couldn't imagine Dumbledore riding a broom in his mind.

"Broom? Why should I ride a broom?" Dumbledore also looked a little puzzled

"But you didn't bring Fox... Could it be that you took a flying carpet?" Lockhart was puzzled.

Only then did Dumbledore understand what Lockhart was talking about.

"No... Gilderoy, I found out for the first time today that you also have inertial thinking." Dumbledore showed an old child's smile, "You are too focused on thinking about certain possibilities, so that you miss the conventional method."

"The usual way?"

"Yeah, I actually flew there, London Heathrow Airport, British Airways, Boeing 747." Dumbledore revealed the mystery.

Lockhart was really choking: "What, the plane? I thought..."

"Great, it seems that even among the best wizards of the 60s, they still occasionally make some ridiculous little mistakes." Dumbledore looked relaxed, "But I want to compare how I got there." Paris, you should care more about the promises I got in Paris."

"of course."

Lockhart brought Dumbledore tea and sat down across from him.

"As much as I would love to play the 'one good news and one bad news' game, unfortunately all I brought was good news. Dumbledore took a sip of tea, "It's just that it might be a little troublesome for you." "

"What's the trouble?"

Lockhart was relieved when he heard "it's all good news", but then he was hooked by Dumbledore's trick.

"The first is the African Wizarding Association. They allow your investment in Nigeria in principle and are willing to provide security services for you, but they also have one requirement."

"any request?"

"He asked us to persuade the Muggle chiefs in Britain to put pressure on a country in Africa—Gambia." Dumbledore said.

"Chief?" Lockhart was baffled, "Gambia did it again

What's so weird? "

He didn't expect that the small country that had accomplished the ultimate task of "challenging the five permanent members of the United Nations" by itself would actually become a monster and even make it into the wizarding world.

Dumbledore answered his question: "Because the President of Gambia, Jammeh, recently announced that he will launch a nationwide witch hunt."

Lockhart: ...

"President Jammeh's aunt died of a mysterious disease, and he thought it was a curse cast by a witch in Gambia, so he hunted down a thousand women across the country and forced them to admit that they were witches."

Lockhart: Jiong

"More importantly, there are actually two witches among the more than 1000 women, and they are related to a certain professor at the Waggadu Wizarding School, so... I don't know if you can do it." Deng asked Bullido.

Lockhart suddenly felt that something was wrong in this world: "They are witches, how could witches be caught?"

At the end of the 0th century, there is actually a president of a modern country who believes in witches, and has carried out a campaign of hunting and persecuting witches just like the medieval magic sticks—this is really magical.

"Because they are not good at learning, and few of the spells they learn can be used to fight and escape, and their children are there, so they can't escape, so..." Dumbledore made a regretful expression.

"I understand, it's a trivial matter." Lockhart shook his head helplessly: "Sponsoring two NGs to lobby members of parliament, and then asking them to publicly condemn Gambia's inhumane behavior and publicize it in newspapers...it's not a difficult task. "

Well written, Babajid told me that as long as we can do this, he will protect the security of our British investment in Africa. "

"What a reassuring promise." Lockhart shrugged, sarcastically

Having said that, he doesn't believe that an organization that can't even keep its own witch can protect oil, "Then what about the second thing?"

"The second thing is for the French... About this, I want to consult you first, what is a heu you'?"

The confusion on Dumbledore's face was palpable.

P.So Gambia, the most powerful country on earth, really launched a witch hunt in 1994, 2333

Chapter 210 The third is also planning for a rainy day

The word "uranium" would not have surprised Lockhart to hear it from any Muggle, but it would have surprised Lockhart when it came from the mouth of a wizard, even Britain's most prestigious wizard.

"I don't know if you've heard of..." Nuclear Power Plant (NuclemjPI刖t)

7?" Lockhart asked.

Dumbledore shook his head: Yes, but I've heard of "Nuclear Nuclei"

', which is what Gellert used when he played up the Muggle threat theory. "

"Then it's easy to explain." Lockhart told him, ""Uranium" is the raw material that Muggles use to make atomic bombs, and it is also the fuel that provides nuclear power generation. "

This time it was replaced by Dumbledore in surprise: "So, the French wizard is trying to

To intervene in this transaction? "

Lockhart said nothing, waiting for Dumbledore to explain himself.

"The French wizarding community hopes that we can lend them the Nigerian sea port. I asked Yusef Kama, and he said that it is used to transport Niger's "uranium" ore. Dumbledore looked serious, "French wizards have mastered nuclear energy?" "

"It's impossible." Lockhart vetoed it flatly. "It's impossible for wizards all over the world to concentrate on research and achieve something in a few decades. I prefer that they have reached some kind of agreement with the French government. They are only responsible for Engage in ore... Ah, I said why the price of electricity in France is so cheap."

"What does this have to do with electricity?" Dumbledore was curious.

"Nuclear energy can be used to generate electricity, and the power limit is extremely high." Lockhart simply explained, "France is the most developed country in Europe's nuclear power industry, and it can earn billions of francs every year just by exporting electricity to Europe. , they have a great demand for cheap tin raw materials.”

He didn't believe that Dumbledore didn't know about "electricity", after all Hogwarts also had electromagnetic shielding spells.

Sure enough, Dumbledore understood: "The country of Niger has a lot of "uranium" ore. "

"Yes, but Niger does not have access to the sea. Nigeria, its neighbor to the south, does. I guess if they want to transport hundreds or even thousands of tons of uranium ore, they also need to ship it by sea... How do they plan to get these ores?" Lockhart asked.

Dumbledore shook his head: "I don't know about this, and I didn't ask, they just told me that if we are willing to lend them the port for oil transportation, they will support our investment activities in Nigeria. "

"Sure enough, it's good news. The more allies we have for things like this, the better." Lockhart agreed.

The reason why I am aiming at oil is because the Brent oil settlement system in the North Sea that the British regard as the foundation of the country; while the wizards in France are focusing on uranium, in order to be included in the French nuclear power export system Fighting for a place for wizards can be regarded as adapting to local conditions.

It seems that there are also capable people in France. I am not the only one who knows that the wizarding world will only lead to a dead end if this continues, so everyone is desperately trying to find a way.

"Very well, then there is one last little thing... The magic school in Uganda, Africa - Waggadu will also participate in the Triwizard Tournament, saying that it is to reflect the friendship and cooperation of the international magic community... Oh, it is now the Four Powers. It's over...Because Babajid's face is not easy to refute, I have already agreed, so I ask the Ministry of Magic to arrange it."

After dropping this sentence, Dumbledore returned to the school easily, leaving Gilderoy Lockhart in a state of confusion.

What the hell is this a trivial matter?

The three schools participating in the competition have become four, which means that Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic need one-third more workload, and the preparation budget will also increase a lot.

Is this a trivial matter?

Lockhart wanted to refuse, but he knew that neither the Ministry of Magic nor the sponsors who had paid money would refuse the request to "add me".

As Fudge wanted to use two events to announce to the world the prosperity of Britain and his own greatness, the more schools participating the better.

And the sponsors will only be happy for this-because the more entries, the greater the influence of the event, and the more worthwhile their advertising expenses will be.

Only in this way, only myself and the Ministry of Magic are in trouble.

The number of fire dragons that were originally to be rented has increased, the "program" of the Goblet of Fire has to be reset, and the area to be moved for guests will also increase... Just thinking about it is a headache.

When Lockhart returned to the house with his head full of inappropriateness, he happened to meet Sirius who was also depressed and listless.

This guy was really hit to the point that his godson now regarded him as a villain, and would kill him as soon as he met him, and even regarded Peter Pettigrew as a hero.

Even if he was willing to be imprisoned in Azkaban for so many years, he couldn't let them confuse right and wrong like this, right?

At this moment, he suddenly had the urge to change back to his original form and tell the truth about all this to these children.

But he felt that if he really did this, he would probably be bombarded to death by the Hogwarts professors and the residents of Hogsmeade.

Perhaps until now, this is the first time that Black has a strong desire to restore his reputation. Although his main purpose is still revenge, this revenge is mixed with some other desires.

Or rather, a strong desire to live a normal life.

If Peter Pettigrew could be caught in front of everyone and restored to his original form,

Then pour veritaserum on it.he thought unrealistically.

But before that, he still had to give the gift to his godson.

The next day, when Lockhart went to London to discuss the preparations for the Final Four, Sirius seized the opportunity, and when Dobby fell asleep at night, he used his wand to apparate to Diagon Alley.

Although Diagon Alley is not open at night, Gringotts has reserved a green channel for some distinguished users in consideration of the requirements of some large households, so that they can withdraw money more secretly anytime, anywhere.

And Gringotts kept all customer information confidential, and after arguing, the Ministry of Magic also agreed not to monitor the fires of the goblins. Black was confident in this.

Blake entered the VIP room of Gringotts from the secret passage reserved for VIPs by Gringotts with ease, then sat down on the sofa and started yelling.

When the goblin who heard the sound appeared in the VIP room, Sirius called the goblin, the exclusive customer service of his family treasury, and asked him to provide services for him.

The goblins at Gringotts were surprised to see Black appear, but he did hold the key to the Black family's vault, so even though they all knew that Black was now a wanted man, they had to do so.

After all, according to the rules of the bank, they only recognize people and keys, and apart from that, neither the laws of the Ministry of Magic nor anything else can control the goblin here.

According to Black's request, the goblins took out [-] gold Galleons from the Black family's vault, and put them into a small package with the shrinking spell.

After taking the small parcel, Black quietly returned to Hogsmeade, wrote a letter, and sent it together with the parcel to the family address in Badmore, Bavaria, Germany.

Although he didn't know how much a Firebolt cost, he was still a rich man back then.

It’s not that Zi Ge didn’t buy the Swiftlet and Arrow to play with, even if the price of the Firebolt was sky-high, it wouldn’t exceed 2000 Galleons. He bought it directly for 5000, and I believe the other party would definitely send it to Harry regardless of anything. .

Besides, Blake felt that it was normal for those Germans not to have heard of his reputation.After all, he is only "famous" in England, and may not have the same reputation in Germany.

Between countries, these internal affairs have always been done by everyone, and no one cares about others, just as everyone has hardly heard of the names of the most wanted fugitives in the United States.

In order to avoid exposure, he asked the Baldmore family to send the Firebolt directly to Hogwarts, and marked it as "a gift from someone who cares about you, to make up for the missed birthdays in the past 13 years"

It's not that he doesn't know that this kind of anonymous gift will be suspected by others, and he is also at risk of being exposed, but he has no other way.

If he really failed in revenge and then died, then this is the last thing he can do.

Chapter 210: The Harry Who Gets a Supercar

For the famous Harry Potter, the month before Christmas was a journey from hell to heaven, from heaven to purgatory, from purgatory to heaven on earth, and finally to be pushed back again. hell.

Losing to Hufflepuff in the Quidditch match was of course very upset, but the dementor broke in, which no one expected, and Cedric won the game, so Harry had nowhere to vent his anger.

For this reason, he deliberately violated the school rules, and then went to Hogsmeade with the Invisibility Cloak and the Marauder's Map, hoping to have some snacks, watch a movie, and relax.

But after overhearing how Black betrayed his parents, Harry was furious, and the unknown anger accumulated earlier because of the loss of the Quidditch match was also sent out.

And the object of his vent is the duel field.