Harry Potter’s Strongest Senior

Although the Goblet of Fire, which was reorganized after centuries, ended successfully, it always felt like a high start and a low end, especially the closing ceremony that ended in a hurry.

The sudden departure of the other two teams, coupled with the explosive news they brought, brought Hogwarts to the forefront again.

News of the Origin Cult quickly spread throughout the European magical community, except for the British Ministry of Magic, which received a substantial blow and therefore took this mysterious organization extremely seriously.

The Ministry of Magic in other countries did not take it seriously. The French Ministry of Magic even thought that a new organization similar to Death Eaters had emerged in the UK after many years.

"Voldemort is back, and new mysterious organizations have emerged. The security of the British wizarding community is seriously threatened. I think the Ministry of Magic needs to add more armed forces." Scrimgeour said.

At the conference table, the other department heads were noncommittal and looked at each other, but not at Scrimgeour or his immediate superior, Amelia Bones.

As the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Bones holds the law enforcement team that is also an important armed force of the Ministry of Magic.

"This incident in Glen Forest resulted in the death of 4 members of the law enforcement team, 3 serious injuries, and 8 minor injuries. The other party finally evacuated all members." Bones continued.

"This is a premeditated terrorist attack, which has had an extremely negative impact on the security and stability of the magical world."

"So I think the expansion of the law enforcement team and the Aurors cannot be delayed."

Fu Qing glanced at everyone and then said, "What do you think?"

Thicknesse took over and said, "To maintain the stability of the magic world, it is necessary to expand the number of combatants."

As soon as these words came out, the calm faces of the other department heads were slightly disturbed.

Thicknesse changed the subject, "But currently there are nearly 90 people in the law enforcement team and Aurors. This part of the personnel expenses accounts for more than half of the Ministry of Magic's expenses. Now that funds are tight, it is difficult to expand personnel salaries."

Speaking of this, the expressions of the other department heads seemed to relax.

You know, when the law enforcement team expanded its personnel 10 years ago, due to insufficient funds, it almost had to reduce the salaries of several other departments.

The final result of the discussion was that the expanded law enforcement team members were hired as contract workers and did not enjoy the benefits of formal staff, and their salary level was only half of that of other law enforcement team members.

Now that we need to expand our staff, where will the funds come from? Should we cut salaries in other departments or increase taxes to generate more revenue?

"It's difficult, but it has to be done. If we don't expand the number of personnel, will you send people to the front line?"

Bones said displeased.

They are absolutely unwilling to ask other department heads to send their own people to the front line.

"Don't get excited, Bones, I have an idea." Thickness said.

In fact, Welfare had already discussed it with him, so he pretended to say, "Oh? What's your idea? Tell me?"

“We can recruit volunteers so we don’t have to spend money and we can expand our staff.”

When Bones heard this, he sneered, "Do you think everyone else is a fool? We can hardly find contract workers for the law enforcement team, and you still want to recruit free ones?"

"This is not necessarily the case. Don't underestimate the righteous men. Even if we can't recruit them from society, we can still select some Azkaban prisoners and let them sign up with reduced sentences as a reward," Thicknesse said. .

Bagman from the Sports Department heard this and quickly agreed, "This is a good idea, and it also gives the prisoners a chance to reform."

Seeing that this method did not affect their interests, other department directors also agreed.

The next morning there was information about the Ministry of Magic recruiting volunteers.

"What a shame. Who would do such a dangerous job without money?" Cassius complained while looking at the newspaper.

Sean thought to himself that the Ministry of Magic was really good at coming up with such ideas.

"Someone will do it," Sean said.

The atmosphere outside the school was tense, but the school didn't get carried away just because they had obtained the Goblet of Fire.

There was still a week left before exam week, and the day after the banquet, Hogwarts immediately entered exam preparation mode.

The library was full, the benches in the courtyard were also occupied, and the learning atmosphere in the school reached its peak.

Dumbledore also returned to his previous state after a week of training. After the Elder Wand was taken away, Dumbledore returned to the wand of rowan wood he had used with a phoenix feather core.

Members of the Order of the Phoenix were informed to pursue all clues about the Origin Cult. Dumbledore was particularly concerned about this mysterious organization.

As for Shafik's disappearance, the students did not pay much attention to it. Dumbledore explained that the plan to improve the class was suspended and Professor Shafik had left school early.

The last week of June is a regional exam week for students, especially fifth and seventh graders.

Outside the just-concluded Transfiguration Spell examination room, more than forty seventh-grade graduates were complaining.

"This is too difficult. It's completely different from previous exams." Even Joseph, the top student who just finished taking part in the Goblet of Fire, said so.

Penello echoed, "This is a bit over the top. I think Auror selection only asks questions that are more practical."

This year's transformation spell practical examination style changed dramatically. Candidates took turns entering the examination room. The examiner was a middle-aged man with short hair wearing glasses and three-quarter bangs, and he spoke with a slight accent.

After saying a few words, the examiner suddenly said, "The exam is about to begin. Please turn into my appearance and imitate my actions and words just now. The time limit is three minutes." After saying this, the examiner left the examination room.

Every candidate who heard this was stunned. Who would have thought that the content of the exam would be like this.

Human body transformation is a subject that begins in sixth grade, and most students in seventh grade will also have mastered it.

But this form of assessment is obviously not suitable for students, and it is indeed a way of Auror assessment.

Aurors often need to disguise and track when performing tasks. If they cannot have outstanding observation skills, it will be difficult to complete such a test.

"I thought the few words he said before were nonsense. I didn't listen carefully. I just waited for him to tell me the test questions. I didn't expect this!" Sissi said as if she had lost her soul.

Sean heard about the Transfiguration Curse assessment for graduates that day and thought that this was not the Ministry of Magic selecting Auror candidates in advance.

In fact, Sean really guessed it, and the Ministry of Magic is already preparing outstanding personnel for recruitment in the future.

On the first day of the holiday, several members of the Order of the Phoenix gathered here at the Black Mansion.

That squat, bow-legged man, Mundungus Fletcher, brought news that seemed to be related to the Origin Cult.

"You also know that I often do business on various occasions, so I am well-informed. Recently I heard that two squibs have disappeared. This may be related to Feige's disappearance before."

The disappearance of a group like the Squibs would rarely be published in the newspapers or attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic.

But Mundungus has some connections at the bottom of the wizarding world, and he also knows some of these unappreciated squibs.