Archaeologists at Hogwarts

416 Dumbledore

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"My dear, won't you have more?" Mrs. Weasley asked again at the table: "Would you like another piece of pie?"

"No, Mom." Po Sui pretended to puff up his chest: "I have to go to work in the ministry as soon as possible. The minister can't live without me for a moment. He will go crazy when he finds out that I am not here."

"Then I would like to see it." Mr. Weasley said with interest: "I have never seen Dumbledore become panicked."

"Of course he won't be seen by ordinary people." Percy raised his chest higher: "But I am the assistant to the minister, so-"

"So you've seen it?" Mrs. Weasley asked doubtfully.

Percy blinked.

"I have to go, see you tonight."

——

Ministry of Magic.

There are many gilded fireplaces embedded in the walls on both sides of the main hall: the one on the left is for arrival, and the one on the right is for departure.

There was a flash of fire, and Percy arrived from a fireplace on the left. He shook his head to dissipate the dizziness caused by the floo powder, and then carefully adjusted his wizard robe before officially walking out.

"Mr. Weasley."

"Good morning, Mr. Weasley."

Although not many people took the initiative to greet him, Percy was still very satisfied, otherwise he would not have come to the Ministry of Magic so early in the morning.

According to the minister's usual habits, he would have to wait another two hours before coming.

Percy had a warm smile on his face. This was a trick he learned from Dumbledore, which can create a good impression on others.

And he really didn't want to become a nasty person like Umbridge.

Percy had heard something about the former assistant minister.

In general, after she left office, almost no one in the entire department missed her.

Percy doesn't want to become the next Umbridge, otherwise he will be fired by Dumbledore sooner or later.

After wandering around in the hall for a while, until he no longer greeted Percy, he slowly walked towards the elevator.

With a heavy creaking sound, the elevator door opened.

"It's time to lube it up."

Percy kept this in mind silently, considering it as his first task today.

Before he entered the elevator, he saw something was wrong inside - a man was standing and dozing inside, and his face looked a little bad.

"Mr. Lupin. Um, Professor Lupin?"

Lupine's eyelids twitched twice. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Percy suddenly appearing in front of him.

"Why are you here? Did the ministry send you to be an undercover agent? This is too dangerous. I have to persuade them to withdraw this order."

"You are so tired and confused." Percy shook his head and said, "We are at the Ministry of Magic. Why did you fall asleep in the elevator?"

"Is it already the second day?" Lu Ping asked drowsily: "I forgot what day it is today, I still have things to do."

"You should go rest."

Percy couldn't help but grasp Lupine's arm tightly: "I'll take you to Tonks in a moment - forget it, let's go to the Department of Magical Sports and Sports. I remember that you have a roommate who lives together there, right?

?Appears to be an official in charge of the official Gobstone Club.”

Percy was reluctant to go to the Auror office of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to find Tonks, as it would be embarrassing if he saw Scrimgeour there.

Until now, Percy still doesn't know what attitude he should take towards Scrimgeour. He knows that Scrimgeour and Dumbledore had conflicts. Although he didn't know how to resolve them later, he doesn't want Dumbledore to feel that he has any conflicts.

Two minds.

After reaching the seventh floor, Percy helped the sleepy Lupine out of the elevator. He kept urging him in an adult-like tone along the way: "I know you care about your job at the Werewolf Registration Office.

, but we can’t do it so desperately. Everyone knows how wary the werewolves are of the Ministry of Magic. Persuasion alone is useless, and it is also very dangerous. We are here."

Percy brought Lupine to the workstation of the official Gobstone Club. He stretched out a finger and rubbed it on the table with suspicion. When he took it back, there was already a fine layer of dust on it.

"I know Gjern is staying at Hogwarts now, but his situation is quite special. But how long has it been since your other roommate came to the Ministry of Magic? He won't be expelled, right?"

Lupine lay on the table without any care. As he fell into sleep, he kept mumbling: "You don't understand. Werewolves also long for peace. You don't understand."

"Yeah, yeah, I don't understand." Percy muttered dissatisfied. He pulled out a note from the side, wrote down instructions for Ludo Bagman to pay more attention, and then pressed the note on Lupin's arm.

under.

"I'm not a werewolf, so of course I won't understand. Besides, Minister Dumbledore is reluctant to send me as an undercover agent. He needs me so much."

Percy returned to the lift alone.

When the elevator door opened again this time, he was surprised to see the two people inside.

"Minister, are you here so early today?"

"But not as early as you, Mr. Weasley."

Dumbledore responded with a smile. Percy subconsciously thought that the other party had discovered the little secret of why he came early, and he lowered his head in shame.

"Come in." Dumbledore said gently: "We still have a lot of work to do today."

"Yes, Minister." Percy walked into the elevator with his head lowered.

At the same time, he also had some doubts in his heart as to why Scrimgeour was here.

After the elevator door closed, Scrimgeour didn't seem to care that Percy was there. He said in a very serious tone: "In two weeks, Hogwarts will host the final test of the Triwizard Tournament.

Are you going to do nothing before this? Just watch Toby Highmore decide everything on his own?"

"Since when did the Ministry of Magic even have to retreat from normal work arrangements in front of this person?"

Percy quietly raised his ears to listen to these words. He knew the normal procedures and rules.

Logically speaking, the Three Gun Tournament is actually jointly organized by the Ministry of Magic and the school, and the Ministry of Magic may have a larger share, especially in the design aspects of some competitions.

But when he thought of Professor Heimer who was now staying at Hogwarts, Percy somehow felt that this was a bit natural.

Otherwise, what else can be done?

In ancient magic classes, there has always been Professor Heimer's assistant, and I have never seen him allow others to interfere with his teaching content at will.

Not even Dumbledore, otherwise Percy wouldn't have seen so many weird things in his last few years at school.

"I understand your concerns." Dumbledore replied calmly: "If you want to intervene in this matter, I will not stop you. But you should also know that since the reform of Azkaban, the Ministry

There has always been a shortage of manpower, so I'm afraid I can't let you bring too many people - except for Tonks, she has been doing pretty well recently, and she also cooperated with you once. I remember she was the one who went to Hogwart.

Ci is in charge of the interview."

"Do you think I don't know?" Scrimgeour said angrily: "How could Tonks be mine? She just had the words "Dumbledore's Men" written clearly on her face.

There are three people you later arranged to work in the Department of Magical Sports and Sports and the Werewolf Registration Office, and they even lived directly in Tonks' house——"

"To be precise, the job in the Department of Magical Sports and Sports was arranged by Toby." Dumbledore interrupted: "I just provided Lupine with an extra job, and he was very dedicated. Am I right, Wei

Mr. Sly?"

"That's right." Percy said loudly immediately: "He was so tired that he almost fainted just now, but I have sent him to his workstation at the official Gobstone Club and left a special note waiting for Mr. Bagman.

Once you see it, you’ll know what to do.”

Dumbledore gave Scrimgeour a look, as if to say: Look, even my assistant knows this better than you. And he is just a newly graduated student.

"That's not the key." Scrimgeour stared at Dumbledore closely: "Toby Highmore is, I know your relationship is very good——"

"You are wrong again." Dumbledore shook his head: "Our relationship is very bad, simply terrible. He didn't even give me a gift at Christmas."

"A gift?" Scrimgeour was stunned for a moment: "He actually refused to give you a gift? No, it's not important. What I want to say is-"

"I know what you want to say." Dumbledore interrupted again: "Yes, I understand very well. I will go to Hogwarts in person when the game officially starts. This is something Toby and I have discussed a long time ago.

The good thing is that everything will go smoothly - although this is just a hope, but no one wants to cause trouble, right?"

Even Percy could hear the warning in Dumbledore's tone.

Scrimgeour stared at Dumbledore silently for a moment.

The elevator slowly stopped, and a voice announced:

"The second level is the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Office for the Prohibition of Abuse of Magic, the Auror Command and the Wizengamot Administration."

"That's right." Scrimgeour said before leaving: "No one wants to cause trouble, and I think you do too."

Dumbledore didn't answer him again.

The elevator door slowly closed, and Percy breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

At this time, he heard Dumbledore say suddenly: "Mr. Weasley, do you miss Professor Highmore at Hogwarts?"

Percy thought about it carefully.

"Maybe a little." He said with some uncertainty: "Professor Heimer's classes are indeed very attractive, and he treats students very fairly, not like Professor Snape. In short, he is very fair."

Dumbledore slowly turned his head and looked at him.

"Then what if I say that he helped you get your job opportunity?"

Percy opened his mouth wide in surprise and didn't close it for a long time.

"I don't know." He murmured at a loss, "Is this true, sir? I never knew that I would receive such attention from Professor Heimer."

Dumbledore turned his head back.

"It's not just you." Percy heard Dumbledore continue: "There are also some other students. He learned this skill from me and used it on you. Perhaps, in the entire Hogwarts

, he cares most about you students."

Percy listened in a daze, and it wasn't until Dumbledore said "It's time to work" that he gradually recovered and walked out of the elevator exit.

On the first floor of the Ministry of Magic, there are many offices of senior officials of the Ministry of Magic. The floor of this floor is covered with thick carpets. All offices have bright wooden doors, and there is a small sign on the door with the name of the person in the room.

and duties.

Percy came to the door of his office. The small sign above said: [Office of the Assistant Minister of Magic: Percy Weasley]

Professor Haimer helped him obtain all this.

Percy had never known this before.

He turned his head and saw Dumbledore walking into the Minister of Magic's office and disappearing.

So he opened the door and walked into his own office. It was very clean and it was definitely much better to use than his father's office.

When Percy was a child, he had been to Arthur's office, which was simply an abandoned broom room, which could be considered the worst working environment.

Percy couldn't bear to stay in that kind of environment. He had this idea when he saw it for the first time, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much effort in learning this matter.

He is different from Bill and Charlie.

Both of Percy's brothers have chosen career directions that they like, but Percy feels that he is not qualified to continue to be so willful. Otherwise, who should he give this responsibility to?

Fred, or George? Ron, even less so.

As for everyone in Ginny's family who loves the youngest sister, it is naturally impossible to entrust her with this important task.

This way, only Percy is left.

He took many deep breaths and tried to return his attention to his work several times, but he could not calm down.

After hesitating for a while, Percy pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote nervously and excitedly:

【Dear Professor Heimer:】

【.】

——

He was the only one in Dumbledore's ministerial office.

Since he arrived at the Ministry of Magic, the phoenix Fawkes has also been placed in this office. It cried out when it saw Dumbledore's arrival.

"You want to go back?"

Dumbledore smoothed Fox's feathers and said with a smile: "But my students did not allow me to do this. I think he is right. Many contradictions cannot be resolved. But in the end, he wanted me to be there."

Is it because I feel uneasy about going back for the last test? Is Toby also afraid?"

"I think so, and I hope he is. That means he still has many people he cares about."

Fawkes stayed silent. It saw that Dumbledore did not sit down behind the desk, but stood there and took out a wand from his sleeve.

This is the Elder Wand, invincible.

"I left him many things except this wand. I really hope I don't have to use it one day."