Hogwarts: I'm Cousin Harry.

In the Hogwarts principal's room, Dumbledore put on a rare formal suit, wearing a yarmulke on his head, matching a silk embroidered robe, and the translucent silk dotted on the hem, giving people a sense A feeling of "fairy style".

"Dudley, has anything good happened lately? You seem to be in a good mood."

Dumbledore asked with a smile.

Speaking of being in a good mood, it was obvious that Dumbledore was in a better mood.

"I remembered something happy."

Dudley casually made an excuse very perfunctorily, and also responded with a smile, although his smile was not much different from being angry to many people.

"Professor, I don't think the suit you are wearing seems to be the special robe of the Wizengamot?"

Members of the Wizengamot have a uniform of fuchsia robes with flat top hats and a delicate silver "W" embroidered on the left breast.

The one on Dumbledore obviously has nothing to do with fuchsia, let alone the silver 'W'.

"How can I say that I am also the chief wizard there, and I have a little privilege."

Dumbledore blinked at Dudley as he spoke.

The fuchsia robe was too flamboyant, Dumbledore didn't like it very much, he preferred pure purple or light purple clothes.

"Are you ready?"

Dumbledore said: "It's almost time, I think we should pass."

"Anytime, Professor." Dudley shrugged, signaling that he was fine.

Dumbledore looked at the phoenix nest in the principal's office: "Fox, please."

The Hogwarts castle was cast by the four founders of the college. Wizards are not allowed to use Apparatus in the castle, even as the headmaster, they do not have this privilege.

It's just that there is no prohibition on the use of other creatures other than wizards, such as magical animals, such as house elves.

Among them, the phoenix is ​​one of the few magical creatures that can change shape.

Hearing his name being called, Fox poked his head out from the nest, and called out to Dumbledore lazily.

Dumbledore wore his half-moon glasses and said uncertainly, "Have you put on a little weight recently?"

It's not just a little bit, Fox has obviously gained a lot of weight.

If it could be seen as a phoenix before, now it can only be seen as a red fat chicken.

Mainly because the food is so good

Since this guy got acquainted with Crookshanks, he has never been short of magical animal rations.

Fox yelled again, finally Ken came out of the nest, flapped his wings and flew to Dudley's shoulder next to Dumbledore, the whole process didn't seem to be strenuous at all.

Although its size is a bit bigger, it does not affect its flight.

Don't look at this little thing, it can drive creatures that weigh more than a hundred times its own.

The seemingly chubby belly can actually be eliminated instantly if Fox is willing, and he is just enjoying the process of slowly digesting food.

The phoenix is ​​one of the most powerful magical creatures. If it wasn't for its lack of desire to attack wizards, it would be more than enough to give it a 5X level.

"Thank you, Fox."

Dudley scratched its chin, and Fawkes narrowed his eyes comfortably with that deft movement.

It's not just cats who like to scratch their chins, as long as they are long-haired creatures, most of them like to be scratched.

"After a while, maybe Fox won't know me anymore." Dumbledore joked.

Facing Dumbledore's joke, Dudley just smiled and shook his head.

Even with magical animal rations, Dudley can't take Fox away. The phoenix is ​​a very loyal magical creature. There are almost no cases of being tamed by wizards in history. Even if it is tamed, it will only be accompanied by one wizard. It was Dumbledore.

It's nice to be close to Dudley, but it's more loyal to Dumbledore.

Fox flew above the heads of the two, and accompanied by a non-glare white light, the figures of the two disappeared into the principal's office together.

When the two reappeared, they were already on the streets of London, to be precise, they should be near Whitehall in London.

Dumbledore waved his wand lightly, and scattered ordinary people who might be close to the two of them.

"I don't think you've been to the Ministry of Magic, Dudley."

Dumbledore stopped in front of a dilapidated red telephone box, surrounded by a few dilapidated buildings of unknown purpose, a bar and a messy painted wall on a dirty street.

Even on the busiest street in London, the surrounding environment is extremely bad.

Sanitation workers in England are not so diligent.

They don't get paid enough to pay for their daily labor of cleaning.

Insisting on mandatory quotas will only annoy them to choose a collective strike.

Dudley nodded, "Yes, Professor."

"Come in, then." Dumbledore said, pushing open the door of the phone booth.

After closing the door, Dumbledore dialed the number, and Dudley saw the numbers clearly - 62442.

At this time, a female voice sounded from above the pavilion, asking the two why they went to the Ministry of Magic, a silver badge with the name and reason spit out from the telephone, and then the telephone booth descended like an elevator for about 1 minute, and the elevator arrived slowly. stand.

Dudley and Dumbledore came out.

"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic, Dudley."

"Thank you for your welcome, Professor Dumbledore."

The place where the two of them appeared was the main entrance of the Ministry of Magic. As long as the corresponding elevators were carried, they could lead to any department of the Ministry of Magic from here.

In fact, it is possible to use Apparatus to come directly to the Ministry of Magic. Unlike Hogwarts, there is no spell that prohibits the use of Apparatus, but except for the staff of the Ministry of Magic, other people do not recommend it. considered an intruder.

They were going to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Wizengamot Council on the second basement floor.

There are ten floors in the Ministry of Magic, all underground.

By the way, the current location of the two is on the eighth floor of the basement.

In all fairness, the appearance of such an underground complex in this era is quite shocking.

Follow Dumbledore all the way to the hall of the magic department. Located in the center is a circular pool, in the middle of which stands a group of pure gold statues composed of wizards, witches, centaurs, goblins, and house elves.

This is the famous Magic Brothers Fountain.

Wizards and witches stood in the center, while centaurs, goblins, and house elves surrounded them, looking at them with adoration.

Dumbledore led Dudley to the famous fountain.

"Wizards don't command the respect of centaurs and goblins. Many wizards don't even treat them as equals. People always look at them with prejudice, as beasts, enemies and servants. 'Magic Brothers Fountain' is not 'Brothers Fountain' ’ but ‘Fountain of Hypocrisy.’”

The wizards passing by heard Dumbledore's words and found it very reasonable. Wizards should really reflect on it.

While Dumbledore's words were philosophical, Dudley had other ideas about it.

The description around the telephone booth leading to the Ministry of Magic is based on the original book, which is different from the clean streets in the movie.

Chapter 235 Chapter 233 The Youngest Member of the Wizengamot in History

"Professor Dumbledore, I don't think so. In fact, wizards, centaurs, and goblins are all the same."

"You are right when you say that wizards are hypocritical, but goblins are greedy. As long as they have enough money, they will sell everything. In their eyes, maybe only the golden Garen is worthy of respect." The horse people claim to be the representatives of the stars, and they only look at the stars every day, waiting for the guidance of the stars, and look at everything. It is not so much that wizards always look at them with prejudice, but it is better to say that the horse people have looked down on wizards from the beginning. To gain their respect, unless you can become a star."

Dudley was right, no matter how backward you think the centaur tribe is, how few people they have.

But people think that they are the most noble, and they are the protagonists of this world.

"Even if wizards are excluded, the centaurs and goblins look down on each other. They all carry the prejudice in your mouth, so how can wizards treat them equally?"

You can't just mention the wizard's problem, don't mention anything else, and put it all together if you want to talk.

The centaur and the goblin are fine, so it can be said that it is the problem of the wizard, and the problem is not very good with these two goods.

Dumbledore's words are thought-provoking and worthy of reflection.

But the problem wasn't just on the wizard's side.

What is the use of their reflection alone?

You can't put a hot face on a cold butt, can you?

As for the house elves, Dudley hadn't studied them in depth. As the saying goes, if you don't investigate, you have no right to speak, so Dudley didn't comment on them.

"Makes sense."

Hearing Dudley's words, Dumbledore did not refute, but nodded repeatedly.

This is what makes Dumbledore different from many other wizards, he can accommodate other people's voices.

If that incident hadn't happened back then, maybe Dumbledore and the one in the tower could really change the world by joining forces.

In other words, if Voldemort heard someone questioning his words, it would be easy to award an Avada, and there is a high probability that he would be tortured to the point of collapse by 'Cruciatus' before awarding an Avada.

The two took the elevator leading to the second floor. The old-fashioned elevator kept making creaking noises, and felt that it might fall apart at any time. With a mechanical 'ding-dong' sound, they arrived at the destination of this trip—— Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

The Department of Magical Law Enforcement has three branches, the Misuse of Magic Office, Auror Command and the Wizengamot Governing Body.

Ron and Percy's father, Arthur Weasley's Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Division is on this floor, a subsidiary of the Misuse of Magic Office.

The area of ​​the second floor is the same as that of the main hall of the eighth underground floor, but there are significantly fewer wizards seen.

Dumbledore led Dudley to the Wizengamot management agency with ease.

"Albus, you are finally here."

Not long after entering the hall, a witch who looked very old walked over.

"Gerselda, nice to meet you."

Dudley could hear a hint of respect in the way Dumbledore spoke.

From the appearance, this is a witch similar to Professor McGonagall, but she is much older than Professor McGonagall.

Greselda Marchbane, Senior Member of the Wizengamot, Head of the Wizarding Examinations Authority.

It is said that 100 years ago, he served as the examiner of Dumbledore's NEWT exam.

In terms of qualifications in the entire Ministry of Magic, she can be ranked among the top three.

Before the two of them talked for a long time, another slightly dull voice sounded.

"You came here just because of this child? Mr. our titular chief wizard, you haven't come here for more than ten years."

It was a wizard who also looked older.

Tiberus Ogden, a senior member of the Wizengamot, has been working for as long as Gthelda's old wizard (in some unofficial works, he is set as the warden of Nurmengard).

Greselda Marchban and Tiberus Ogden are Dumbledore's few old friends in the Ministry of Magic.

"Tiberus, if you want this chief wizard."

Before Dumbledore could finish his sentence, Tiberus interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"Albus, don't say such things again, the Wizengamot's chief wizard can only be you."

"You don't know, the members of the Wizengamot have changed a lot over the years, and many wizards who came up have no skills."

"That guy Fudge has made a mess here."

The first thing an old friend who hasn't seen for many years reunites is to complain, and there is no concealment of dislike for Fudge between the lines.

Only veterans like them can say this, even the Minister of Magic can't do anything to them, at most ignore them.

By the way, Fudge, who is the Minister of Magic, is also a member of the Wizengamot.

Although the Wizengamot was established within the Ministry of Magic, it should actually be an organization independent of the Ministry of Magic.

The Chief Wizard should be the equivalent of the Minister of Magic.

In recent years, because of Dumbledore's completely laissez-faire attitude, the Wizengamot has been infiltrated by the Ministry of Magic in many cases, and has been replaced by many wizards from the Ministry of Magic faction. Almost lost.

But Dumbledore didn't care, he had promised to stay away from the center of power.

"Tiberus, we'll talk about it later." Geselda said with a straight face and displeasure, "Don't waste time making others wait too long."

As soon as Geselda opened her mouth, Tiberus shut her mouth decisively, like a young daughter-in-law who lived hundreds of years ago.

Dudley followed a few people to an auditorium. There were many people, big and small, all of them were wearing Wizengamot's signature costumes without exception.