Chapter 20: The Ministry of Magic
"I understand your distancing from me, but are you guilty of keeping your distance so far?" Lin Moyang complained behind him with a smile.
Liliel followed suit, with a mischievous smile on her face, and kept following him about 1o meters behind him, like a little heel or stalker.
Lin Moyang was stared at like this, and he only felt that the hairs on his body stood up, this feeling of being targeted by wolves, or the feeling of being targeted by perverts was not good at all, and now Lin Moyang understood what the mood of those flower girls who were targeted by perverts.
Liliel didn't react to Lin Moyang's protest, just smiled evilly, and then put on a serious expression, still following Lin Moyang closely, like a shadow.
"Okay, okay, if you like to follow, follow it, it's uncomfortable for me......" Lin Moyang sighed helplessly, he actually had some snickering joy in his heart, but he didn't show it, being tailed by a flower girl, what a majestic thing?
"Your Excellency, this way, this way. As soon as Lin Moyang walked to the door of the cafeteria, Silbe hurriedly greeted her, she squeezed her eyes at Lin Moyang, and said with a smile: "Now I have already explained, and Xiao Mo has also understood what happened." ”
Moira smiled politely and politely at Lin Moyang beside Silbe, looking much better than she had been at the school gate before.
"Hello, Miss Moira, that, I'm sorry. Lin Moyang didn't know how to apologize to Moira, this sentence was a bit like those translations in Chinese movies, and even Sirbe frowned dissatisfied.
"It's okay, it's you, the style of doing things. I am glad from the bottom of my heart that you have saved hundreds of innocent people this time, and that you have not suffered much damage, which is really insignificant if it is only about my memory. Moira said this, this kind girl had already forgiven Lin Moyang as soon as Sylbe's explanation, which was indeed in line with the image of a hero in her mind, but her friendship with Lin Moyang in just a few days could be exchanged for hundreds of lives, so it was worth it.
"I don't think it's inconsequential, memory is a very important thing, and if I forget you, it only proves that I don't respect you enough. Lin Moyang said to Moira, his firm tone that made the ordinary witch a little panicked.
"Don't say that, I'm just an ordinary wizard, I ......" Moira said quickly, but was interrupted by Lilill.
"Well, wizards, don't call yourself ordinary, you're a little witch who can fly through the sky on a broom on Halloween night. Liliel joked with Moe in a friendly tone, and she didn't forget to poke Lin Moyang's waist with her elbow, and said dissatisfiedly: "Aren't you usually a straight man? How do you pick up Xiao Mo? I wonder if you really have amnesia? Or has the act of flirting with her been engraved into your genes?"
Liliel said half-jealously, and when Moira heard this, a shy flush appeared on her face.
"What's the matter, are people much more normal than you?" Lin Moyang hurriedly protested and quarreled with Lilil.
"Your Excellency, don't quarrel with Miss Lilil, that, we have prepared the venue, we can enter, I heard that there are big people coming over today, do you want to go to the kitchen to eat something to cushion your stomach first?"
"Big shots, old and immortal...... Ah no, His Excellency Galahad is here again?Does he like to join in the fun?" Lin Moyang has now subconsciously equated the big man with the group of old perverts in the Round Table Council, and a simple welcome dinner will anyone still run over?
"It's not that big, the Round Table members are very busy, many of our students have never had the chance to meet one of the Round Table Councilors in their lives, and this time the big man is the head of the Ministry of Magic. Silbert stuck out her tongue and explained.
Lin Moyang remembered that there is also a local wizarding organization in the United Kingdom, that is, the Ministry of Magic, but I don't know if this Ministry of Magic has an official background, but when everyone mentions this Ministry of Magic, their faces are quite ugly, and Shadow Cloak, as one of the member organizations of the Round Table Council, is also a subordinate organization of the Ministry of Magic, so Lin Moyang was a little unclear about the relationship between the Round Table Council and the Ministry of Magic for a while.
"It's okay, most of the members of the Ministry of Magic are pretty good, it's just that a few leaders aren't very likable. Silber looked at Lin Moyang's confused look, and thought that Lin Moyang was speculating on the character of this leader, so he hurriedly spoke and comforted.
"Oh, well, I didn't worry about that, but I was wondering, who is bigger, the Round Table or the Ministry of Magic?" asked Lin Moyang.
Who knew that when Silbay heard this question, he smiled awkwardly, and did not answer Lin Moyang directly, but said perfunctorily: "I don't know either, this is not easy to compare." ”
Looking at her embarrassed expression and attitude of wanting to speak and stopping, Lin Moyang didn't know if he had asked an inappropriate question for a while.
"What's the bad comparison, how can those bunch of trash at the Ministry of Magic compare to the members of the Round Table Council?"
Inserted into the conversation, Carter squeezed into the crowd, holding two large skewers of squid whiskers in his hands, grilled and sizzling.
He just interjected into the topic so open-mouthedly that Sylbe clenched his fists angrily: "Dead rat, don't talk nonsense! If someone hears it, the reputation of my student union will be ruined! Our Merlin College is a neutral organization! A neutral organization! Just be impartial!"
Carter snorted indignantly, and he said nonchalantly, "Tell me yourself, what has the Ministry of Magic done over the past few hundred years? What have they done besides defending the interests of that group of nobles? It is they who have banned the use of technology, right? It is their order to prohibit students from non-wizarding families from enrolling in schools, right? The value of their existence is to convey the interests of the entire mysterious world to that group of nobles, and then leave the leftovers that the nobles can't eat to the civilian wizards, they call it the iron law?"
Sylbe quickly covered Carter's mouth, and she said anxiously, "Are you crazy? There are quite a few Ministry of Magic personnel here, do you want to be captured in Tartarus?"
"Cut, in the early years, in order to fight against the bloody council of the blood clan, they did not hesitate to shake hands with the Holy See, just to use the Holy See's hand to deal with the blood clan and werewolves, and as a result, the result of trading with the Holy See for so many years was that the Holy See was backwatered, and we paid so many innocent students' lives. And in the end, it was not the group of 'heroic' nobles who had been 'fighting' for hundreds of years in the Ministry of Magic who defeated the Bloody Council, but the Council of the Round Table, the five masters of the Round Table of the previous generation!" Carter was very dissatisfied with Silbey's timid and fearful behavior, and he said in a loud voice, and suddenly half of the restaurant could hear him talking.
Silbe is really dizzy with anger, this guy can never distinguish the occasion and the situation when he speaks, especially when it comes to the Round Table Council, I admit that you look down on the Ministry of Magic, no one here looks down on the Ministry of Magic, but the Ministry of Magic is still the authoritative body of the British wizarding community, the official organization, can't you save some face for them?
Just as Sylbe was considering which angle to throw Carter an uppercut to shut him up, there was a sudden sound of applause from the other side of the restaurant.
Silbe only glanced at it, and felt a chill in his heart.
"That's right, this classmate did say the mistakes of the Ministry of Magic in the last few hundred years, but the Ministry of Magic has always been determined to reform and strive to take care of every civilian wizard, aren't the nobles also subject to the same restrictions as everyone else?"
Lin Moyang glanced at the person who spoke and grinned. This person gives people a sense of elite just by looking at it, and this person almost wrote the word elite on his face.
The man was dressed in a crisp white suit, with a golden coat of arms pinned to his jacket pocket, and a goblet in his hand, surrounded by equally well-dressed and capable men.
This person's face is fair, and his skin is also very good, I don't know if he is wearing makeup or he is born with such good skin, he walked over and finished saying this, and immediately nodded his head in a friendly way to everyone, Lin Moyang couldn't find out this person's flaws or deficiencies for a while, he acted like a personable nobleman, but there was a subtle difference with a knight like Green.
"That's natural, we don't question the Ministry of Magic's contribution to stabilizing the order of the wizarding world, this student may have eaten too much squid today, and his brain is slimy. Sylbe hurried to support the big picture and play a round for Carter.
Carter had an unconvinced expression, but at this time, holding his head would only cause trouble for Silbey, and he was actually a very good disguiser, so Carter immediately pretended to be a grandson and said, "That's it, the squid tastes awesome and chewy today, do you want to have a little bit?"
Seeing this, the well-dressed Ministry of Magic personnel also smiled gracefully, he waved his hand and refused Carter's invitation, he said with a smile: "Nothing, the Ministry of Magic has always accepted any opinions, so that the Ministry of Magic can become better, if this classmate has a better opinion, of course, he can also bring it up in person, it doesn't matter." ”
When Lin Moyang heard this, he knew where the sense of disobedience he had been looking for just now was.
This guy has a decent demeanor and elegant words, but the words are full of template-style official words, although noble, but it seems to be something printed out of a mold.
"No, how dare I say that, hahaha. Carter snorted, which was a wave of instigation.
The white-clothed nobleman didn't intend to delve into it, since Carter had already retreated, then he could be regarded as maintaining the majesty of the Ministry of Magic, so he apologized to everyone present: "I'm sorry, young young talents, I still have some entertainment here, and it's a pleasure to chat with you today, but please let me miss me for a while." ”
"It's okay, you go about your business, it doesn't matter. Sylbe quickly picked up the conversation, wanting to send the plague god away quickly.
"You are Your Excellency Lin Moyang, right, I saw it today and the rumored ordinary instruments, and I look forward to having more contact and understanding with you. Before leaving, the white-clothed nobleman glanced at the crowd, and after seeing Lin Moyang, the foot he had originally stepped out actually retracted, and he smiled and stretched out his hand to Lin Moyang, wanting to shake hands with Lin Moyang.
Lin Moyang couldn't avoid it, so he could only stretch out his hand and this person
Shaking it, his hands gave people a wet feeling, obviously not sweaty, but like stroking a slug.
"Alright, then have a good time. The white-clothed nobleman smiled gently, shook Lin Moyang's hand lightly a few times, and then he took the initiative to let go of his hand, and under the crowd surrounded by the people around him, he quickly squeezed out of the crowd.
"Whew, what a standard superior person. Lin Moyang breathed a sigh of relief, dealing with this kind of person is even more tiring than dealing with Lilil.
"Hahaha, Your Excellency Lin Moyang is also embarrassed?" Carter had already regained his true colors in an instant, he squeezed his eyes, and laughed out loud as if he hadn't given birth to anything just now.
"You're so thick-skinned, I can't wait to strangle you to death, how much trouble you've caused to His Excellency Sueyang, don't you count it yourself?" Silbay punched Carter's head hard, knocking Carter's eyes full of gold stars, Lin Moyang wondered if the two were really together in the future, Carter would be beaten into a mentally retarded or vegetative person or something.
"Hahaha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just couldn't hold back for a while. Carter apologized as he stuffed a whole string of large squid into Lin Moyang's hand, "Taste it!"
Lin Moyang looked at the string of squid, and before he could say thanks, he was blown by a whirlwind around him, and the squid in his hand had disappeared, and when he looked at it again, it was already in Liliel's hand.
"This squid is so big, where did you get it? Lin Moyang said, this squid whiskers are too thick, a small section can be skewered on a skewer, from the cut point of view of this squid or octopus is likely to be thicker than Lin Moyang's wrist.
"Hahaha, sure enough, it is still the eyes of His Excellency Lin Moyang, this octopus was sent by a few messengers of the sea breakers a few days ago, they said thank you for your great help, and also sent a lot of rare aquatic products, all of which have been processed and well preserved, and when we go to set up a stall outside the auction in a few days, the grilled squid whiskers will be able to sell for a good price!" Silbei explained to Lin Moyang, sure enough, this kind of seafood is inseparable from a certain sea overlord-like power organization.
Lin Moyang watched Liliel chewing squid whiskers with happiness like a wild dog, he didn't know how to drop, he also seemed to be hungry, he asked embarrassedly, "That, where is Tonio's kitchen?"
Carter laughed when he heard this, and the group hurried towards the kitchen.
As soon as he walked outside the kitchen door, a tall handsome guy walked out with a chef's hat inside, and when he saw Lin Moyang, his eyes lit up: "Huang Yin, ridiculous." ”
As soon as he spoke, Liliel burst out laughing, and Moira couldn't help but quietly cover her mouth with her hand.
Lin Moyang asked with black lines: "May I ask who taught this pepper and salt Chinese, I am absurd with your sister!"
Tonio didn't seem very happy or surprised to see Lin Moyang, he could only regretfully turn back to English, he said warmly and cordially: "Haha, Sueyang friend, don't care about this kind of detail, you also know how difficult Chinese is to learn, I just became a sentence, if you think it's not good, then I won't say it first, don't care about these little things, hahaha." "The cook is optimistic.
"Hahaha, let's not talk about this for a while, I've been thinking about your food for a long time, can you come a little first to let me pad my stomach?" Lin Moyang said, and he couldn't help but drool when he thought of Toneo's craftsmanship.
"Of course, the doors of Valhalla are always open for warriors and heroes, you have fought to your heart's content, my kitchen is your new battlefield, please open your stomach to enjoy meat, please enjoy the wine to your heart's content. Tonio comically slapped his hat and turned into the kitchen, coming out with an extra tray in his hand.
On the plate was a roasted golden sea fish, accompanied by fresh and sweet wine, and Lin Moyang could smell the fresh smell of lemon just by sniffing it with his nose.
"New wine?" Lin Moyang said in surprise, pointing to the wine in the wooden cup.
"Of course, I was very close to Mr. Mao, who provided me with a lot of alchemical materials that I had been difficult to find before, and I was finally able to try all the brewing methods I had gathered. "Tonio's eyes light up when he talks about cooking, and the same goes for winemaking.
"I guess I'm looking for a good alchemy solvent again......" Of course, Lin Moyang knew what Ma Ao really thought, he was not particularly interested in wine, but he was very interested in alchemy solvents, and the recipe of the divine liquor in Tonio's hand was very likely to be a rare alchemy solvent like Eveleizhen.
"Of course, isn't this taking what you need?When it comes to the enrichment of materials, I'm sure I'm not as good as these alchemists, I make wine, and they complete alchemy works, isn't it a win-win deal?" Tonio didn't care about these things at all, as long as he could make wine, he was very happy, "Try it, this is a new wine, I call it fluorescent, it tastes great." ”
"Okay, okay, but you'll have to get me another drink. Lin Moyang said with a smile.
"Why?" asked Tonio, puzzled, why did he have to drink the second before he finished the first cup?
"Because you see, is there any wine in this glass?" Lin Moyang pointed to the empty cup on the plate, while Liliel, who was licking her lips on the side, smiled embarrassedly and hiccuped slightly, the air was filled with the smell of fresh lemon juice.