A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

At the end of June, the heat in the air can be felt even by the British Ministry of Magic, which is built underground.

Hermione pretended that her bad mood all this time was caused by the upcoming game. All kinds of news related to the floating island suddenly increased. Mafalda Prewett, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Mystery Wall" who came out of Hogwarts, commented on this phenomenon: 'No matter what time, you You can see at least one guy riding around the island on a public broom with a camera on his back, and needless to say, that's my lovely colleague. ’

Another reporter, Rita Skeeter, who is often snarky and sarcastic, finished reporting on 'dirty smugglers' and 'excellent naturalist? After trending articles such as "Bad Fashion Designers", set their sights on tourists who landed on the island. This time, though, she almost got herself on the news, and when asked about her source, she hinted that she had bribed the island's staff to get a list of famous people in advance, including some members of the Order of the Phoenix, front-line lookouts, and tails. Members of the Snake Club, including politicians, celebrities, piano poets, and the world's second-ranked tennis player last year are all on the list, but the most important thing is the chain reaction caused by the "alternation of power behind the World Cup", "people are panicking." she said with schadenfreude.

Journalists from other countries are not far behind. This seems to confirm Mafalda's point of view, "there are more journalists than tourists on the island." This is of course an exaggeration, as Hermione, as the senior deputy minister, knows very well that she is now approving the new Application for landing on the island.

"There are 120 people who signed up this morning. If you include the information synchronized by the Muggle government, the number will increase... 2,000. And this is only the number for one morning!" Hermione rubbed her forehead, "The door key It's not enough, the fireplace has a limited number of people per day, and it has to be open at critical moments... haven't we converted a passenger ship for the British government?"

"The Prime Minister wants that ship to be the vehicle for the Queen and accompanying officials," replied the Department of Magical Transport.

Hermione opened her mouth as if to sneer, but she said nothing.

"I can only provide 20 more temporary fireplaces, and the coordinates are on a small island 30 nautical miles away from the floating island. If they agree, they will arrange a pick-up boat, otherwise let them find a way." She wrote her opinion, He added his name to the end of the document, "To Kingsley." The office fell silent.

Hermione glanced at the time, and the hands of the clock seemed to stop at four o'clock. She flipped through the documents at hand again. The new legal provisions, the review of the potion list, the private broomstick license, the opening date of the wizard town, the "Draft Anti-Space Smuggling Law"... After confirming that they were all processed, She began to stare at the picture on her desk, which she and Felix had taken on Mars, sitting on reddish-brown rocks, with desolate sand dunes and gravel in the background; An oasis; Warren dances around with interest under the bubble head spell...

There was a smile of memory on her face, and her fingers rubbed the frame inadvertently. The experience of the past few years flashed by:

As an assistant to the previous Minister of Magic, Ms. Burns, her entry into the Ministry was high, but not surprising: the Minister of Magic can have many assistants. A special department - the Assistant Minister's Office serves the Minister of Magic. The number of people ranges from one to a dozen. These people generally act as staff and assistants. Of course, occasionally some people who only get paid and do nothing. guy.

But Hermione got a good workout here.

From initially being responsible for reporting information related to Muggle affairs, to gradually contacting the specific affairs of the Pan-Magic Alliance, participating in and formulating the contact details of various magical races, and contacting government personnel as a deputy, her political talent was revealed. Three years later, Hermione applied to become an observer of the International Pan-Magic Alliance. In the following two years, she went all over the world and wrote a series of observation reports that combined the local magical environment and an international perspective. These reports, together with the results of other observers, jointly formed the alliance Headquarters provided meticulous and detailed analysis cases.

For Hermione, her horizons were broadened even further.

When she returned to the British Ministry of Magic, she was only 24 years old, but she had far surpassed her peers, becoming Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Minister after a pleasant interview that was not even an interview. In theory, she could have given orders to Felix, who was still in the staff position at that time (Felix still did not understand the relationship between these positions, and no one dared to command him).

If she follows the steps, she is likely to go further and further down the road of politics, get promoted all the way, and finally become the Minister of Magic. But her magical path will also become narrower and narrower. In fact, unlike Harry's smooth road, she realizes her own limits earlier. Although her abilities are far beyond the average wizard, only she realizes that she may never become an archmage, and an invisible wall stands in front of her. This wall does not know how many outstanding wizards are trapped.

It was that trip to Mars that brought unexpected changes to Hermione, in her own words after the fact:

"The transformation of every wizard's magic power is inseparable from the huge impact of the soul. For me, it is the month of living on Mars. I don't need to consider all kinds of real influences, and completely put aside all constraints and concerns... and the vast universe. Compared, the individual is so small, but when I try my best to light up a small piece of the starry sky, I can feel the shock and heroism from the heart, as if the previous cognition has been subverted."

After returning from Mars, she wrote more than a dozen papers in a row on the nature of magic, most of which were conjectures, but it was enough to prove that she had a new understanding of magic. Felix chose one of them and suggested that she publish it publicly. Considered to be a perfect demonstration of the conundrum of 'the adaptability of magic to extreme conditions'.

In the office, Hermione said to herself, "That feeling is really amazing."

"What's 'wonderful'?" a voice interjected. She looked up, just to catch Harry's quirky look, and Hermione teased, "You're doing the Lansky feint in public at the wedding."

Harry coughed unnaturally. He was getting married for the first time, and some excitement was inevitable. In addition, he and Ginny took the oath under the sky. When the oath was over, Fred and George shouted the momentum of the game, and a large number of lively guests rode brooms towards Swooping down, he couldn't help himself...

"By the way, why are you here?" Hermione intentionally changed the subject, "I thought you would be too busy to come out lately."

"Almost," Harry muttered, "I've missed at least three family gatherings, and little Albus has a problem with me, there's so much to do, it's a city of a million people, bringing together the world's largest Some countries and forces have complicated relationships... To be honest, I can't handle it."

"Perhaps you can follow what Felix did?" Hermione suggested.

"Good idea," said Harry, "to split things up, show up to solve a problem or two every now and then, and get rid of all the troublemakers along the way...I've really thought about it, that's not the style for me. "

Hermione raised an eyebrow.

"Are you here for comfort, or are you here to complain?"

"Neither," said Harry sternly, "because of another thing."

Hermione looked at him across the table.

"The Ministry found a time-turner from the Knott's house, right?"

"how do you--"

"You tell me first," Harry said.

Hermione thought about it. "Yes, the Ministry has been systematically recovering centuries-long lost time-turners, damaged or not; it started more than a dozen years ago when Ms. Burns was in office. Because... well, You know why."

"Oh, I see..." Harry said slowly, one of the two people in this conversation happened to have experienced time travel, and traveled far beyond the scope of the Ministry of Magic, which indirectly led to the mysterious affairs of the Ministry of Magic. The hourglass was broken, someone stole a lot of time energy and a time converter; the two knew who this person was.

"Ms. Burns felt that it was necessary to conceal the existence of the time-turner, especially in the special period when the wizarding world was opening up." Hermione explained to him: "It was Headmaster Dumbledore who applied to the Ministry of Magic, and now this The policy ends with his departure, and the time-turner will be out of school and public view, a practice that both Kingsley and I agree with."

Harry thought about Dumbledore's attitude to the time-turner, about the silverware that had been sitting on the long-legged table all the year round, and then he took a small golden timepiece from his pocket and placed it on the table.

Hermione's eyes widened at first, then the surprised expression on her face faded into thought.

"It can't be yours," she said.

"It's from the Malfoys," Harry admitted. "Draco wanted to give it to Professor Hepp, but wasn't sure what he was thinking, so he compromised and asked me to deliver it to you. He said, uh," Harry scratched his head, "Astoria is in good health and can participate in the opening ceremony of the World Cup."

"That's good news." Hermione smiled.