Today, it's still a sunny day—at least that's the case at Beauxbatons.

However, Hermione and the others had no time to appreciate such good weather.

The old butler had already discussed with Madame Maxim, and they were going to several neighboring countries to visit some forces worthy of co-opting, and try to persuade them to join the formation of the "Resistance Alliance".

Since Maca was not here, with Hermione's wisdom, she naturally became the representative of Hogwarts and one of the initiators of the Alliance.

After sending Harry and the others away, Hermione didn't actually stay in Beauxbatons for long. When the morning sun had risen and illuminated the land, she and her old butler rode in Madame Maxim's great rune carriage to Belgium, the first destination of their journey.

I have to say that this country, which is also separated from Britain by only one Strait of Dover, is actually very dangerous. If Helbo had been ready to invade the European continent in the first place, Belgium would most likely have been occupied "incidentally".

By the same token, the Netherlands, north of Belgium, was in the same danger, so Madame Maxim's next stop was to head north, and then perhaps to Germany, which was adjacent to both countries.

In fact, while Harry and the others were still sailing across the English Channel, Hermione had already arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, with Lady Maxim and the old butler.

"I had several exchanges with the Minister of Magic of Belgium, Ms. De Quinn...... Overall, she is a person who is more emotional than rational, and has always focused on the rights and welfare of the wizarding public since taking office. Originally, there was no magic school in Belgium, but thanks to her unremitting efforts, the first wizarding school in Belgium was finally completed - small in scale, but at least there was. ”

Madame Maxime introduced Hermione and the old butler to the female minister who was going to meet in a while in the carriage, of course, these things were mainly said by Hermione, because the old butler didn't know much less about each other than Madame Maxim.

And Hermione, who is very smart, did not live up to Maxim's expectations, although the latter only said it to the point, but she immediately understood the deep meaning - after meeting the other party later, the efficiency of persuasion from the perspective of "humanistic care" will definitely be much higher than talking about the gains and losses.

Now that the trio had disembarked from the car, they had left the invisible carriage with the driver in a large parking lot with the Muggle Expulsion Charm, and they walked around several buildings into an alley with no passers-by.

It wasn't long before Madame Maxim, who was leading the way, stretched out her wand from a corner and tapped lightly on the bricks in the corner. The next moment, she was so tall that she had to bend over and slam her head into the wall without hindrance.

Seeing this, Hermione and the old butler hurriedly followed.

……

It is a wizarding street that bears some resemblance to Diagon Alley in England.

Narrow alleys, colorful magic shops, strange buildings of different heights, and a sky squeezed into a line by the surrounding buildings.

Unlike Diagon Alley, every shop here is decorated with a variety of colorful tarpaulins, tapestries and frescoes, which take up a bit of space but look beautiful.

Of course, the practice of putting tables and chairs on the street like that one is obviously not worth advocating.

It can be seen that Madame Maxim has a hard time walking here...... All right! Perhaps the Belgian wizards who had to make way for her were the ones who had to work harder than her!

Madame Maxim's arrival drew many passing wizards to look at her with wariness or curiosity. It's just that Maxim has long been accustomed to this kind of gaze and does not take it seriously at all - at least on the surface.

Though...... After entering this wizard street, she obviously spoke a lot less.

"A little further a, the Ministry of Magic," the old butler said to Hermione beside him, "I've been here before, but I've apparitioned here...... Oh, just blocked by Madame, you'll see in a moment. ”

Sure enough, after they had followed Madame Maxim for a few more moments, the road seemed to gradually become a little wider. It's not because the road is really wider, it's because there are fewer things on the streets.

Soon, Hermione finally saw a typical Gothic building that looked old and quite imposing, with intricate and delicate exterior sculptures, which made people feel a little dazzled.

"This is the Belgian Ministry of Magic," said the old butler, "and this used to be the old mansion of an ancient wizard family, and it is not inferior to our Blois family in terms of inheritance......"

Unfortunately, it fell out in the 16th century, and in the end, the successor sold it half and half to the president of the Belgian Wizards' Council, who was going to establish the Ministry of Magic, and changed his position in the Ministry of Magic. Actually, this street was built around this old house later, so you see, it's a bit out of place here......"

As the butler of the Blois family, these histories about other famous wizarding families need to be kept in mind, and at this moment, the old butler introduced Hermione almost easily.

As they spoke, they followed Madame Maxim to the gate.

"I'm Orim Maxim, the headmaster of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and I need to meet with Ms. De Quinn on a temporary matter, so please let me know!"

After saying a word to the guard at the door, she walked in on her own. Hermione saw that the wizard guard had tried to stop him, but was quickly stopped by an older colleague on the other side.

"That's Madame Maxim! You little Durmstrang idiot—"

He had just reprimanded him when he saw the old butler and Hermione walking up behind Mrs. Maxime, and he immediately stopped his mouth in embarrassment.

Belgium is also basically French, although some of the vocabulary is slightly different from French, but Hermione is not said for now, at least the old butler can understand it completely.

"Hello," the old butler nodded politely at the other man, not paying attention to his somewhat vulgar words just now, "we have come with Madame Maxim to meet Lady de Quinn, may I go in?" ”

He didn't identify himself here, because it was obviously unnecessary.

"Oh! Hello old gentleman, and this beautiful young lady...... Of course," the other party hurriedly said, "Please come in, please come in!" ”

In the warm greeting of the other party, the old butler and Hermione also passed through the door and walked into the reception hall of the Belgian Ministry of Magic.

"Let's not talk after meeting the minister for a while, and you will find that Madame Maxim chose to come here in the first place for a reason."

The old butler whispered in Hermione's ear.