Chapter 886: On Trial
Mr. Weasley's fondness for Muggles and Muggle items made him an outlier among wizards at the Ministry of Magic. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the eyes of other wizards, this is a sign of unprofessionalism.
Mrs. Weasley often said that his obsession with the Muggle world made it difficult for him to rise through the ranks under Fudge's rule, but had to admit that Mr. Weasley was a good man, and that the prohibition of the misuse of Muggle items was a chore.
There are so many things to deal with, and they are too cumbersome, but the number of people is far from enough.
In fact, Mr. Weasley still has a lot of power to some extent, because he is responsible for all Muggle-related magical items in the wizarding world, and today, this kind of magical Muggle items include almost everything.
Theoretically, Mr. Weasley had the right to search for and deal with any wizard he believed was misusing Muggle items.
Who doesn't have some contraband, especially a pure-blood wizard family like Malfoy, who is almost always accurate.
As a result, most wizards in the Ministry of Magic were more respectful of Mr. Weasley, and even Fudge had a friendly attitude before.
Of course, the situation had taken a turn for the worse, and Fudge thought that Dumbledore's friends were his enemies, but he couldn't find a suitable position for Mr. Weasley, so he had to keep him in that position.
"Daddy loves this job!" Ginny sighed, "he's obsessed with Muggle stuff." ”
"Yes, Mom had tried to persuade him many times, but he never intended to give up, Percy thought it was bad......" Ron agreed.
He apparently thought it was bad, and his eyes glared disapprovingly across the shabby office.
In front of them, two tables were crammed inside, surrounded by a wall full of overflowing filing cabinets, and bags of crumbling papers piled on top of the cabinets, and there was simply no place for people to move their hands and feet around the tables.
From the little space available on the wall, Mr. Weasley's affection for things was evident: several car commercials, one of which depicted a disassembled engine, two illustrations of letterboxes, apparently cut out of Muggle children's books, and a diagram of how to install an outlet.
Mr. Weasley's basket was full, and at the top was an elderly toaster, belching sullenly.
In addition, there are two empty leather gloves that are fiddling with two thumbs.
Next to the basket is a family photo of the Weasleys, from which Percy appears to have walked out.
"Well, kids, it's a bit of a crowd to get in like that. Mr. Weasley said apologetically, "Let's just be patient for a while, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is right next door, and they're going to be there for trial later." ”
"Where's Percy's office, Dad?" Fred asked, leaning against the wall.
"Oh, he's on the first floor, outside the minister's office......" Mr. Weasley's expression was visibly unnatural.
Evan had heard that Percy was now at the Ministry of Magic and saw Mr. Weasley barely greeting him, as if he didn't know him.
In order to take a stand, he has completely distanced himself from the Weasleys, and he has done it thoroughly.
From this point of view, Percy is ambitious and possesses all the qualities of a good politician and official.
This is probably the result of Mrs. Weasley's long-wishing development direction for children, an elite education.
Percy is the only one who carries out her will to the end, and the others, although excellent, are too individual to work in the Ministry of Magic.
But who would have thought that he would be so decisive in such a matter......
"I'll get you some tea, and you don't run around until Evan and Harry's business is done. Also, don't bother Percy with work......" Mr. Weasley paused for a moment, and apparently changed the subject, "I'm a little bored here, because there are no windows, and we've asked for it, but they don't seem to think we don't need it." Come on, sit down, don't stand. ”
He took out his wand and conjured up a few worn-out chairs around the desk, and Evan barely squeezed in, several people looking at each other and smiling wryly.
Ron and Ginny, in particular, had a disappointed look on their faces, which was very different from what they had expected at first.
"I have a few "Singing Contrarians" here, very interesting magazines, you can flip through them if you are fine. "Mr. Weasley is preparing tea for them," I think the joke about the broomstick above...... Oh, what's going on here?"
A note swished through the open door and landed slowly on the head of the burping toaster.
Mr. Weasley opened the note and read it aloud, "There has been a reported fourth incident of garbage being spit out from a bin at Wimbleton, please go and investigate it quickly." Hell, it's worse than the previous toilet sewage backflow incident. ”
Evan was in Mr. Weasley's office at the time, and the scene was similar, which was probably the norm for Mr. Weasley.
The so-called toilet sewage backflow incident is a series of shenanigans against magic.
Muggles flush the toilet, and instead of disappearing, the dirt comes out and sprays on their faces.
"It's the anti-Muggle pranksters who did it, these guys are a real headache. Mr. Weasley said.
"Won't the Aurors go get them?" asked Harry.
"I'd like to arrest them all, but that's obviously not the case, and this kind of trivial matter doesn't need to be dispatched by the Aurors, and ordinary magical law enforcement scouts can deal with it. Ah, kids, this is Perkins, I'll explain it to you. ”
An old wizard hunched over, with a somewhat shy expression and fluffy gray hair, walked into the room panting slightly.
He is the only employee of the Division for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Objects, other than Mr. Weasley.
"Arthur!" he gasped and said anxiously, "thank goodness you're here, and I'm wondering what to do here, and I don't know if I'll wait for you here." I just sent an owl to deliver a message to your house, but you apparently didn't receive it, and an urgent message came ten minutes ago......"
"I already know about dumpsters spitting garbage. Mr. Weasley said, "I'll look into it in a moment." ”
"No, no, it's not about the trial of Potter's children, and they're going to combine Mason's questioning with Potter's trial, and change the time and place to eight o'clock in the tenth courtroom below. ”
"Courtroom 10 down there?!" Mr. Weasley paused for a moment, "but they told me...... OMG!"
He looked at his watch, exclaimed, and jumped up from his chair.
"Hurry up, Aven and Harry, we're late, we should have been there ten minutes ago!" he said anxiously, pulling the two of them and running out, "Perkins, you help me take care of the others, we must hurry now." ”
Sure enough, Fudge had manipulated the matter of being tried, and if they didn't show it, they could be treated as absent.
Fudge's calculation is obvious, when the time comes, he will directly expel Harry from Hogwarts, and then ban Aven's "Hogwarts Wizardry".
Even if Evan and Harry appealed, it would be as long as they could.
As long as the law allows, delay it for a few months......