Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1781 A War Without Winners (Two Hundred and Thirty-one)

Soon after Cedric married Qiu Zhang, Hermione finally got her wish by receiving an owl from the Ministry of Magic. The certificate in the letter was so dazzling that it almost blinded the eyes of the residents of Avalon.

It is undeniable that everyone has seen better certificates, but that was Albert Anderson, the most talented wizard in history. Hermione's ten excellent grades are second only to Albert in the past.

For this reason, everyone held a small dinner for Hermione to celebrate her good grades. Harry and Ron also came, but neither of them envied Hermione's good grades because they no longer needed that thing.

The day after receiving the certificate, Hermione hurried to the Ministry of Magic to apply for a job, hoping to get a satisfactory job.

But as Albert expected, the House Elf Resettlement Office had no intention of recruiting new people, so Hermione, who was full of expectations, directly bumped her nose flat.

Fortunately, Albert had left her a backup plan.

With a careful arrangement, Hermione successfully became an employee of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, working under Amos Diggory.

Yes, it was the lucky Amos.

Because of his son's influence during the Second Wizarding War, he was promoted when Kingsley became the Minister of Magic.

Amos was naturally very clear about this, so he was willing to give Hermione a favor. Moreover, Hermione's certificate was too dazzling, and even if she applied for other positions normally, many departments would be willing to recruit her.

Another reason is:

Hermione is also a person with strong connections.

So, with the help of Cedric, Hermione easily got what she wanted and easily assigned the annoying part-time job of the House-Elf Resettlement Office to her own command. She had planned to continue to stay in the Ministry of Magic and work hard for her.

However, no one really cared about this. The House-Elf Resettlement Office had been completely reduced to a decoration a long time ago.

The cabinets that used to store files have become decorations.

Especially now that house-elves are becoming increasingly rare, few wizards are stupid enough to drive away their own house-elves. House-elves like Dobby and Winky are exceptions in the British wizarding world.

Therefore, Hermione was not happy staying in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, not only because this job was completely beyond her expectations, but also because she had to deal with a lot of goblin-related trivial matters every day.

"They think Rita Skeeter's disappearance is likely related to goblins."

On the fifth day of working at the Ministry of Magic, Hermione revealed a bombshell news to everyone at the dinner table.

"It is said that before Rita Skeeter disappeared, she seemed to have talked about something about goblins. People in the Ministry of Magic believe that this daring reporter may have known some secrets and was persecuted by goblins."

Of course, this matter was entirely based on speculation based on the so-called clues, and its purpose was to provoke conflicts between goblins and wizards.

In fact, the whole plan was very successful. When this matter appeared in the Daily Prophet, many people believed the words in the newspaper.

As for goblins?

Who really cares about their ideas?

How can goblins who have never had the right to speak make their own voices?

In the end, they can only suffer this loss silently.

Such a result is what Sana is happy to see. The whole thing is actually the result of her intentional guidance. The purpose is to find a scapegoat for Rita Skeeter's disappearance. Goblins are undoubtedly the best choice. They are now like a trash can, and all kinds of garbage can be thrown into it.

Even if the goblins did not do it, the Ministry of Magic is also happy to put the blame on the goblins.

This is also the main reason why Hermione feels upset when she just started working. She doesn't like the Ministry of Magic's approach, but there is no better way to deal with it. After all, she is just an employee. What can she do if she is dissatisfied?

Moreover, Amos Diggory once secretly revealed to her that the entire British Ministry of Magic's tolerance for goblins is almost at its limit, and Kingsley is likely to agree that the Ministry of Magic will take action against goblins.

In fact, it is not possible, but it will definitely do so.

In this matter, Hermione actually knows more than Amos Diggory.

As Albert's lover, her man had never deliberately concealed certain things from her, so Hermione knew what the conflict between wizards and goblins was all about from the beginning.

No one was a victim in this whole thing. From the beginning, both sides had tacitly provoked the dispute and intended to trigger the third goblin rebellion. The reason why both sides were still suppressing and not taking action was entirely because Albert was still in the UK.

But it was obviously impossible to expect Albert to quell the upcoming goblin rebellion, so Hermione didn't want to get involved, but she didn't know what was going on. All the things Hermione had dealt with recently were related to goblins.

This also caused Hermione, who had just started working at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, to be in a bad mood.

However, what puzzled Hermione the most was that she had just come to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures for a few days, and her colleagues were actually excluding her intentionally or unintentionally.

Fortunately, with Amos Diggory's protection, no one dared to do too much.

But what exactly was the reason, Hermione really didn't know, she never thought that she had offended them in any way.

"Reason!"

When listening to Hermione talking about this, Albert couldn't help but chuckle, "Sometimes you don't need any reason to hate someone, because the best reason is that I hate you."

Hermione sat on Albert, staring into his eyes, wanting to hear Albert's opinion on this matter.

"Well, maybe it's because your certificate is so dazzling that they feel inferior.

It may also be because they think that you, a wizard from a Muggle family, are actually planning to use your connections to pick fruits?

It may also be because you work so hard that they look like you are lazy. After all, you volunteered to accept the house elves to relocate your office as soon as you arrived, which makes other people look like trash."

Hermione opened her mouth and said nothing.

"When they don't like you, they can easily find a hundred reasons, and you just need to ignore them and climb up as much as possible. When your position is higher than theirs, those people will flatter you like a pug, sticking out their tongues and wagging their tails at you."

Hermione couldn't help laughing, laughing happily. She has never been so happy since she entered the Ministry of Magic.

Perhaps, as Albert said, this is the cruelest truth.