Unlike the magically controlled white clouds seen outside the window of the Ministry of Magic, it rained heavily outside the window of the Three Broomsticks Bar.

In such bad weather, Allen and Leonard Knox, who came all the way from the United States, sat at a long table full of drinks and snacks, chatting comfortably.

At this time, due to the weather and summer vacation, there were only a few customers in the bar who came to take shelter from the rain, and the wizards at the construction site only came to drink after work.

Jessica is passionate about dressing herself up and researching recipes, and she's been teaching witches how to wear wands to make-up, but then she changed her mind to become a costume designer, and she didn't know that she had so many weird ideas, but she always wanted to make a food magazine, and that was a long time coming. Leonard raised his glass and drank a glass of wine, "I just didn't see how to have a boyfriend..."

"It's not a bad thing to focus on your work first..."Allen refilled Leonard with a glass of redcurrant rum, "How's Ian?

"He's about the same age as you, but he's graduated from school a year before you, and now he's just become an Auror trainee who has been practicing for three years. Leonard said with some pride, "Ian has been trying to duel you again since he was defeated by you last time, so he's been practicing magic... But after you defeat the mystery man for the first time... Although he didn't show much in front of the others..."Leonard said with some relief, "After surviving for a while, he came out on his own and had more hobbies, and now he still plays the No-Maj game called basketball with those No-Maji neighbors from time to time, and also learns to sing, dance and rap the No-Maji." ”

"Speaking of which, Hogwarts' soon-to-be-founded university is about to open... With Ian's talent for magic, he could easily have achieved more if he had come to my university. Alan grabbed a piece of fried pork skin and put it in his mouth.

Because of Allen's compliment, Leonard pulled a smile: "It's worthy of being the headmaster, but don't come to poach the genius of our Ilvermorny Academy..."

The door to the Three Broomsticks bar was pushed open, and Hermione and her guards entered, flicking the umbrella she was holding back into her wand and cleaning it with water. After looking around, she walked over to where Alan and the others were, and the men were sitting in their own way in the doorway.

After greeting Alan and Leonard, Hermione sat down beside Ellen: "Sorry, I'm late, the owner of Duke Honey, Mr. Ambrosius Froome, won't let us place a small obelisk next to his shop, and we've been arguing with him for a long time. Hermione lifted her chin in annoyance and shook her shaggy hair, "Finally I told him that if he didn't want to, then it wouldn't matter if anything went wrong... This stubborn guy is willing to agree. ”

The sound of the heel of the boot tinked on the floor, and Ms. Rosmerta swayed over from the counter to say hello, "Miss Granger, would you like to have a drink?"

"Hello, Ms. Rosmerta, or a little ginger ale..."Hermione brushed her windswept hair behind her ears, she pointed to the door and asked, "By the way, Cheryl seems to be in trouble at the door, there is a drunkard pestering her and she is so scared that she is going to cry, but I went over to help her and she said no, what's the matter?"

"That drunkard you see is Cheryl's husband, Sean... He had lost his job because he was sick again.." Mrs. Rosmerta shook her head, "I used to be a nice person, but now my personality has become a little bad and I am addicted to drinking and gambling...", she sighed and continued, "I saw Cheryl healing herself that day, and she seemed to have done it... I've tried to persuade before, but Cheryl just had a baby and didn't want a divorce. ”

"Did you do it?!Shit ..." Leonard slammed his glass on the table with a thud, his brows furrowed, "If we American witches sued him for bankruptcy..."

Alan patted the back of Hermione's hand to soothe her, looked up and asked, "What did that Sean do before?"

"I used to work for the Bobin family's chain of potion shops. Mrs. Rosmerta pursed her red lips and smiled at Alan, reversing the detailed introduction she had just made, and only lightly brushed it over.

Hermione's face was a little red - the Umbrella's potions were cheap and cheap, and there was a tendency to monopolize the market last year, and too many small potions-making workshops and small businesses went bankrupt as a result, and Annette Bobbing had approached her at Professor Horace's banquet and finally broke up... Employees are not as secure in the wizarding world as they are in the Muggle world, and it seems that Sean has not only lost his job but also received little compensation for this.

"It was too stormy outside, and I noticed that Miss Granger was partially wet when she came in..."Noticing the silence, Mrs. Rosmerta chuckled and cleaned the corners of Hermione's robes, "I'll go to the back kitchen and get some drinks for Miss Granger and the guards." ”

Mrs. Rosmerta chuckled and winked at Leonard at the table and turned away—much to the point that Leonard, an American wizard, could not resist and blushed.

"Don't mind, Mr. Knox, that's how Mrs. Rosmerta behaves. Allen's words brought Mr. Leonard's attention back.

"She reminds me of Mrs. Crane—" Leonard stopped leaning back on the couch, sat up straight with his back off the couch, pushed the wine glass and plate in front of him forward, his eyes slightly condensed, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened, and then he noticed his gaffe and coughed twice, "By the way... Alan, there are some things that are not good to say at the meeting, in fact, I think... Hmm—" Then he realized that he had stopped ignoring Hermione's presence, and his fingers kept turning his glass, frowning a little embarrassed, not knowing if he should continue.

Seeing this, Hermione understood that the other party had something to say and wanted to talk to Alan privately, and she was worried that she would not be able to speak in her presence, so she immediately stood up, "I'll go and see if Cheryl wants to help, I'm sorry, Mr. Knox, the business between the Umbrella and the U.S. Ministry of Magic, please wait for me to talk later." ”

Leonard understood that Hermione saw through his concerns, and his skinny fingers stopped moving, and pulled the corners of his mouth in some embarrassment: "Uh, I'm sorry Miss Granger, you don't..."

Hermione smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Knox, I understand, I actually have some problems with remodeling Hogwarts, and I will need to talk to Alan privately, you can talk about it first." ”

"It's okay Hermione, Leonard is just out of habit..."Alan also pulled Hermione to look at Leonard, who was much older than him, "Is it related to the previous meeting of the Wizarding Federation?"

"Alan, you know... I am also an old friend of Philius, and he and I have mentioned you many times in our exchanges, and he said that you are his most proud disciple... For Filius' sake... Not... I think, uh, I'm not the U.S. representative of the International Confederation of Wizards here..."Leonard sat back in a sitting position, lowered his head and adjusted his posture, and raised himself again and said to Allen, "I have to remind you in your personal capacity as a friend, maybe the British Ministry of Magic and your Harris family have their own considerations... But from my personal point of view, I have to remind you that it is better to be more restrained later. ”

Hearing the other party say this, Hermione didn't care about being polite, and immediately asked after Leonard's words fell, "Mr. Knox, did you get any news? Is it because we were too flamboyant before?"

"Miss Granger, in fact, this has nothing to do with your high-profile behavior, the most essential problem is... Many of your actions over this period of time have made almost all countries feel threatened, and it was after this meeting, when I was invited to meet privately by the representative of Germany, that he spoke in a very jealous tone about Britain... But I declined, but I think there were quite a few representatives of countries who participated in their private talks. ”

Hermione bit her lip, her hand under the long table clutched the magic robe tightly, and the worry in her heart poured out layer after layer and annihilated her - she knew far more than Leonard saw on the surface, Alan did all this to be able to break the law of secrecy in the future, and if it was already hostile to so many countries now, when it was time to really break it...

"Actually, before I came, there was a lot of controversy within us about the position of the International Federation of Wizards, and the reason why we remained neutral at this meeting was because Secretary Harris proposed some favorable conditions for us, and those of us who supported Britain were able to win..."

"Lady Rothmerta, I'll come, you take care of the others first. Alan waved his hand to levitate the ginger butterbeer she had prepared for Hermione for Mrs. Rosmerta, preventing her from approaching, and then he casually asked, "People in America who don't like us... If it's convenient, can you tell me what their reasons are?"