The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 645: Hogsmeade Ministry of Magic (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
"Take out your wands and hold them in your hands." Sirius said to Ryan and the others after they entered the courtyard of the Shrieking Shack. "Then follow me straight ahead."

Ryan and the others followed his instructions, drew their wands and placed them on their chests like Sirius, and then walked straight up the stairs. The brown door on the stairs blocked their way, but Sirius did not stop but walked straight through. Ryan and the others followed him in, as if the door was made of fog.

"This place was only repaired three days ago, because Minister of Magic Ms. Bones insisted that the Ministry of Magic could only move into the house after all the wizards who came to Hogsmeade for refuge had moved into the houses, so in the beginning all the manpower was transferred to repair the townhouses. It was not until later when all the houses were almost repaired that everyone started to repair the Ministry of Magic, which is why the Ministry of Magic was just repaired." Sirius explained.

"Our new minister is very respectable." Ryan nodded. At this time, they appeared in a white hall. In the center of the hall was a large notice board. The magic on it made a large amount of text information scroll. Ryan went forward to take a look and found that these were all public notices about certain official business.

Apart from that, there is almost no decoration in the entire hall, which even makes people feel a little shabby.

"This way." Sirius led them to an elevator. "Doesn't it look a little simple? Anyway, this is just a temporary place, so it's fine as long as it works."

"Ding Dong." There was a prompt sound from the elevator in front of them. Sirius immediately stopped chattering and took Ryan and the others into the elevator. The elevator was full of people at this time.

"Follow closely," Sirius warned. "Because this place is built as a temporary venue, the elevators are quite crowded. Every time an elevator arrives, a large group of people will squeeze in. You must not get lost."

"Um, Sirius." Ryan asked curiously after squeezing out of the elevator among a large group of wizards. "How did you know where we were going? The appointment letter only said the Department of International Magical Cooperation."

"Of course I know." Sirius shrugged. "Because there is only one office in the Department of International Magical Cooperation here."

"An office?" Hermione was a little incredulous. "Is there only one office for such a large department? I remember that when I was in London, the Department of International Magical Cooperation occupied an entire floor!"

"You also said that it was in London." Sirius spread his hands. "Now our Ministry of Magic is not openly recognized by foreign wizards. In some countries, even in the Magical Congress, we are a rebel organization. In this case, what do you think the role of the Department of International Magical Cooperation is?"

"That sounds pretty tragic." Ryan raised his eyebrows. In this war, the Magical Congress of the United States hoped to divide and weaken the British wizarding community, the core of the European wizarding community, so it was normal for them to go and support London.

The group in Europe was afraid that Voldemort would bring the war to their land, but considering that Dumbledore was still alive to lead the resistance movement, they chose to pretend not to see the changes in the British wizards.

Just as Ryan was thinking about these questions, Sirius stopped: "-Okay, we're here."

Now in front of Ryan was a black-painted wooden door with a bronze plaque hanging in the middle of it, engraved with: "Department of International Magical Cooperation." After saying goodbye to Sirius who was going to the Auror Headquarters to report on his duties, Ryan knocked on the door gently. When there was no response, they turned the doorknob and stepped into the office.

The office was as plain as the corridor outside, with only a set of brown desks and chairs and a few chairs for receiving visitors. An old man with sparse white hair was writing something behind the desk. The old man looked very old and didn't even hear Ryan and the others coming in. "Hello!" After waiting for a while and finding no response, Ryan could only step forward and say. After hearing Ryan's words, the old man finally reacted and raised his head, then took out a monocle from his jacket pocket and put it on his left eye.

"Excuse me - what can I do for you?" The old man looked at Ryan and the others and asked. His voice was very shrill and breathy.

"It's like this, sir." Ryan took out the appointment letter that Professor McGonagall had given them. "We got this from Professor McGonagall yesterday. She told us that Headmaster Dumbledore hopes that we can come here and become special staff of the Department of International Magical Cooperation. So we want to inquire about what this is for."

"Oh, was it Albus who recommended you here?" The old man took the appointment letters from the two of them and looked at them carefully. "Yes, this is issued by us. As for this special appointment——"

At this point, the old man raised his head. "You should know that when the Ministry of Magic was in London, the Department of International Magical Cooperation was almost entirely staffed by pure-blood wizards from various pure-blood families. This was because they would marry pure-blood wizards from other countries, and this level of relationship would help with exchanges with other countries."

"But ever since that man changed the Ministry of Magic, the entire Department of International Magical Cooperation has almost stayed in London. It even required me, a man over 100 years old, to temporarily end my retirement career to deal with these things. So after hearing that Hogwarts had a group of new graduates recently, I made a request to Dumbledore, hoping that he could recommend some people to come here."

"However, considering the current situation, each department of the Ministry of Magic lacks sufficient manpower. So I hope to recruit some part-time staff to get the entire department up and running first. This is why you received this appointment letter. By the way, let me introduce myself. I am the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation who issued this appointment letter, Elphias Doge."

"We are very happy to receive this appointment letter and are willing to do something." Hermione said to Doggie according to what the two had discussed before coming. "But we have a lot of other things to do now and can't stay in the ministry every day."

"Of course, of course I know." As Dumbledore's earliest friend and a core member of the Order of the Phoenix, he certainly knew how important what Ryan and the others were doing was to everyone now. "You really don't need to stay in the Ministry of Magic every day. In fact, I will only give you two some suggestions. It's up to you to decide whether to complete these tasks, and now I happen to have a task that should be very suitable for you."

"Is there a job so soon?" Ryan thought as he took the parchment document handed over by Doggie. It was an invitation card with a golden paint on it with two golden crossed wands painted on top. There were three star emblems on each wand.

"Beauxbatons 700th anniversary celebration?" After Ryan unfolded the letter, Hermione read out the contents in a low voice. "Hogwarts representatives are cordially invited to attend? This invitation is for Hogwarts representatives, what does it have to do with the Ministry of Magic?"

"Well, you can say this is a public celebration," said Director Doji.

"Official celebration? What does that mean?" Hermione looked confused.

"That is to say, we can send representatives to discuss some things during this celebration, things that cannot be discussed in formal occasions." Doggie explained. "You know, due to the fear of the You-Know-Who, the Ministries of Magic in various countries, especially in Western Europe, can only acquiesce to the legitimacy of the Ministry of Magic in London, so we cannot send people to France in the name of the Ministry of Magic to contact them. In this case, we can only hope that you can use the identity of the school representative to cover up the real negotiators to go there for negotiations."

(End of this chapter)