Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1733 A War Without Winners (One Hundred and Eighty-three)

After finishing the trivial matters around Christmas, Neville finally found time to visit Nelson Tobin and his gang.

This was actually one of the tasks assigned to Neville by the Minister, to monitor the actions of Nelson and his gang so as to report to the Ministry of Magic before they did anything radical.

Of course, how to report was Neville's own business. Moreover, Nelson had long known that Neville was a "double agent", so he would never do anything radical.

Just like now, Neville just came and saw this group of people playing cards, and they were having a lot of fun. They didn't look like dangerous people at all, but more like a group of homeless poor people.

Yes, this was the thing Neville mentioned most often in his report to the new Minister.

As for practicing black magic, it was naturally included in his report, but as long as the practice was not dangerous black magic, it was actually harmless.

"I thought you would stop them from playing cards?"

Looking at the group playing cards together, Neville raised his glass to Nelson who was flipping through a book.

"Why should we stop them? We are all miserable. If we have no place to relax, it will be even more miserable." Nelson Tobin slowly flipped through the notebook in his hand for recording information, and continued, "Besides, I am done. Otherwise, how can we make the people in the Ministry of Magic feel at ease?"

Nelson Tobin actually didn't trust other people. God knows if there are other spies in the Ministry of Magic besides Neville.

Kingsley is not reliable. The two sides are just using each other. He only does important things in private, such as practicing the Unforgivable Curse.

"I dare say our Minister is probably worried that we, a bunch of homeless poor fellows, will cause him trouble one day!" Nelson sneered self-deprecatingly, "It's really strange that they don't keep an eye on those dark wizards and Death Eaters, but instead keep an eye on us."

"You don't make sense..."

Neville suddenly fell silent. He was actually very dissatisfied with this, so he secretly provided help to Nelson and his team.

As for whether Kingsley had his own difficulties?

Neville didn't know, but he didn't mind if he had them, and he would forgive him, just as he believed that he would forgive his own difficulties.

As if realizing that the next topic was not suitable to be mentioned here, Neville changed the subject and said, "Where did you get the card game from?"

"George brought something to us last time. He said it was a new game invented by Albert. It seems to be called... I am an Auror." Nelson picked up the cup on the wooden box, not caring about the cold butter beer inside. He clinked his cups with Neville and said, "It's quite interesting. Anyway, everyone likes it. You can try it in the next game. You will definitely like it."

"Am I an Auror?" Neville repeated.

He is an Auror now!

It's a bit ironic. When the Ministry of Magic laid off employees last time, Neville almost lost this job.

If it weren't for being a "double agent" responsible for monitoring Nelson, Neville would most likely lose this high-paying job with several other partners, although he himself didn't care much.

After all, Neville had previously promised Professor McGonagall that he would go to Hogwarts as an assistant teacher in a while, and then take over the position of Professor Pomona Sprout.

He stayed in the Ministry of Magic just to see the final result.

"I almost forgot that you are an Auror now, maybe you will be very good at this card game." Nelson smiled and called Neville to play cards.

It turns out that being good at the game has nothing to do with the player's profession. Neville was eliminated after a few rounds.

However, he also truly felt the charm of this game called "I am an Auror".

After all, the more people play games, the more interesting they are. I am an Auror is undoubtedly a very interactive game, and it is not only very interesting, but also vaguely reveals the cruelty of the Second Wizarding War.

Even as an Auror, if you don't know how to protect yourself, you may be eliminated like the player who drew the Auror character in this game.

"It is indeed a very interesting card game. I will definitely buy a set when the game is available." Neville didn't care that he was ruthlessly eliminated. It was normal for a newcomer to encounter such a situation.

"I heard the price is not cheap, but Auror should be a high-paying job."

"It is indeed high-paying, but it is too busy, and it may be even busier next time!"

After being eliminated, Neville did not stay to continue watching others play cards, but went to the side with Nelson and talked about recent events.

Before Neville left, he also revealed to Nelson the latest intelligence about goblins.

The leader of the Goblin Brotherhood is called Cross-Eyed Bodrick, a hypocritical guy. He claimed that the Goblin Brotherhood would not condone violence, but supported the Brotherhood's use of violence.

Neville also gave Nelson a list of the Goblin Brotherhood, all of which were radicals, because those who were not so radical could not stand it and quit the association.

"Is this a hint that I should take action?"

Nelson looked at the list of goblins in front of him, and his cheeks suddenly twisted inexplicably.

"These guys are still the same."

He knew too well what Kingsley wanted to do, which was to let him pour some gasoline on the already burned house to make the flames burn more vigorously.

"I really don't know where you get your confidence from."

Once the fire is completely burning, will things really go as the other party expects?

Nelson doesn't care about being used by others. He also wants to create conflicts and completely ignite the conflict between wizards and goblins.

It would be even better if the third goblin rebellion could break out.

"You, anyway, you are a nuisance."

Nelson picked a name from the list.

A murder called "lesson" quietly unfolded.

Without intention, Nelson successfully used the Imperius Curse to control a goblin named Gnack.

Then, let him do something... well, radical by chance.

The radicalism of the members of the Goblin Brotherhood is nothing at all, because they are such a group of things that wizards hate.

An encounter that was not an encounter. Gnack had a serious quarrel with other wizards in the bar. The two sides were very unhappy and almost fought.

Then Gnack tried to retaliate against the other party that night, but was killed.

Yes, the goblin named Gnack died.

Because it tried to break into a wizard's house to avenge a recent quarrel with the wizard, but was killed by the wizard using black magic.

The matter naturally became a big deal, and as long as someone died, the situation would not be so easy to control.

As for whether it met Kingsley's expectations, Nelson didn't know.

Anyway, the poor script he directed has been accepted by people.