The Admiral of Hogwarts

Percy's move to the Auror Office was great news for Hugo, firstly because this change earned him three Fate Points, and secondly because he learned in advance that the Auror Office was preparing to issue a tender.

After all, the Ministry of Magic had issued orders concerning those dark wizards and dark magical creatures, and in this situation, the Aurors and Hit Wizards on the front lines naturally needed some equipment.

Although, under normal circumstances, wizards only need a wand to complete most of their work, in reality, wizards naturally have many magical equipment they can use during combat besides wands.

However, compared to wands, other equipment is either very expensive or needs constant updating, so the cost of using them is far higher than that of wands.

Therefore, after the last wizarding war ended, the Ministry of Magic had not purchased such equipment for a long time. It was not until this order was issued that the Ministry of Magic realized it needed to spend money to improve its equipment.

"So we plan to participate in the Ministry of Magic's bidding process," Indomitable said very seriously. "Although I don't think the Ministry of Magic will buy my things on a large scale, for us, it's enough to get some exposure for the shop this time."

"This is mainly because the real war has not yet broken out, so our goal is just to make our name known," Salem said earnestly. "When the war really comes, that's when we'll make the big sales."

"Won't this work affect your lunar colony construction?" Hugo asked after listening to what the ship girls said. "I remember that the core focus right now should be the space station and lunar colony construction."

"Actually, these are two separate lines. There isn't much overlap between the production of magical道具 and the construction of the lunar colony; the production of both doesn't interfere with each other," Indomitable explained seriously.

"However, the lunar colony plan may undergo some changes, because a recent invention of ours has made it possible to build both lunar and Martian colonies simultaneously, so our next task will be much more complicated."

"A new invention, what is it?" Indomitable's words immediately aroused Hugo's curiosity, because he didn't know what kind of invention could have such a powerful effect.

"This thing is not easy to explain, but you will know when you see it," Indomitable said with a serious face. "I can only say that this is a groundbreaking invention."

Indomitable's statement did arouse Hugo's curiosity, so they agreed to meet during the next Hogsmeade weekend to recruit new ship girls and visit this invention that was said to be groundbreaking.

Because the matter of Voldemort's return was not made public, the disturbances in the school ended after more than a week, and then it entered the routine teaching time.

At the same time, because Rita Skeeter focused her attention on the Ministry of Magic's recent crackdown on dark wizards, she finally let Hogwarts off the hook and stopped publishing those eye-stinging articles.

The one who benefited the most from this was naturally Ron. At least now, when he walked with Harry, he wouldn't be given strange looks by the passing students.

This afternoon, Hugo and the others crossed the lawn to attend Care of Magical Creatures class. Because everyone had already learned about the Hippogriffs, everyone was curious about what they would learn today.

While waiting, everyone's faces showed nervous expressions, because Hagrid was very random when choosing magical creatures for teaching, and no one knew what kind of magical creature knowledge would be learned in the new class.

This tension reached its peak when they saw Hagrid carrying out several cardboard boxes, because the Blast-Ended Skrewts before were carried out in such cardboard boxes.

Fortunately, after approaching, Hugo saw that the boxes contained a group of furry black creatures with long noses and flat front paws, like shovels. When everyone looked at them, they also looked at the students with their small eyes.

"Nifflers!" How could Hugo not recognize this animal? This was the star of the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in his previous life. Needless to say, this was definitely a big star.

"These are Nifflers," Hagrid said after the students gathered. "They are usually found in mines. They like shiny things... Look."

A Niffler suddenly jumped up to bite Hagrid's watch chain, but Hagrid grabbed it easily and put it back in the box.

"Legend has it that Newt Scamander, the author of the book 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,' once raised a nest of Nifflers, and they helped him a lot during his adventures," Hagrid added some extra knowledge to everyone.

After introducing this magical creature. For the rest of the class, Hagrid had them each take a Niffler and search for the 100 leprechaun gold coins he had buried earlier in the turned-over soil in front of them.

Obviously, this batch of Nifflers had been trained. After finding something, they would rush back to the student who released them and spit the gold coins into their hands.

Unlike Scamander's batch of Nifflers, they didn't want to put anything shiny into the pocket on their stomachs as soon as they saw it.

"I heard that that person is back, is that true?" Hagrid walked to Hugo and the others while everyone was busy and asked, "Harry said he saw that person reborn from a cauldron with his own eyes."

"We are not sure about this because we did not see this scene," Hugo shook his head and said, "But judging from the current situation, the overall situation is definitely not good, and it is very likely to be as the headmaster guessed."

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore should not have guessed wrong. If I find the guy who is causing trouble behind the scenes, I will definitely smash those guys' heads," Hagrid said somewhat indignantly, "And Fudge too, he actually pretends not to see—"

Although Hagrid's mind was sometimes not very good, as Dumbledore's most loyal subordinate, he could always get some information that others didn't know, so Hugo also learned some things he wasn't sure about during the chat.

For example, Headmaster Dumbledore was very interested in the two ship girls who entered the battlefield wearing blue robes and golden masks that day, so he has been trying to contact them recently.

According to Professor Dumbledore's point of view, the people who were able to choose to fight Voldemort and the Death Eaters and rescue Harry at that time should be worth winning over.

Because people dressed like this had been seen in the Ministry of Magic of the Western Balkans before, the headmaster directly sent someone to the Western Balkans, but according to the news Hagrid got, the people sent by the headmaster have not contacted the people there.

According to the Ministry of Magic of the Western Balkans, these people wearing blue robes and golden masks are not personnel subordinate to the Ministry of Magic, but just some volunteers, so the authorities cannot contact those people either.

However, the personnel sent by the headmaster were not discouraged, so the liaison personnel sent may need to stay in the Western Balkans for a long time to successfully contact those ship girls.

After all, there are many things to do during this time, so Hugo does not plan to let the ship girls appear in the open and involve too much energy in a short time.

Just as the few people were chatting, the competition also ended, and Ron's Niffler won the championship. The gold coins it brought back piled up on Ron's lap. Therefore, he also received a large piece of Honeydukes chocolate from Hagrid as a reward.