Chapter 128: Joining
In October, the sun in Novobrandenburg is still warm, and although the weather is cooler and the yellow leaves in the yard have fallen to the ground, the golden leaves and the sunlight merge together, exuding a hint of warmth.
Charlotte happily ran in the yard, holding the ragdoll bear in her arms, and the house-elf Uzi was carefully guarded by the side, which was ordered by the owner, Uzi naturally did her best, Jung gave her a fire in the middle of the spacious garden, with dead branches and rotten leaves, looking at the bonfire, Ning An sat in the study and felt a different kind of tranquility in her heart.
It was dusk, after all, it was autumn, no matter how warm it was, it would not be like a hot summer, the bleak autumn wind blowing, it was inevitable that people would feel a little chilly, and their ambition would be reduced a little, and they yawned sleepily, Ning An propped his hands on the table, his mind was empty, and he didn't want to think about anything at this time.
"Master—"
Jung's arrival pulled him out of his state of confusion, and with a flick of his head to clear his lazy tiredness, Ning An regained his consciousness and calmly looked at the wizard walking across from him.
"It's not too late to change your tune tonight."
Jung smiled, lightly let go of the topic, and moved on to the conversation: "Today in the Joint Senate, Leohard's proposal was rejected by the Klaus guy again. ”
"Doesn't the Fassbender family like to work against you?"
Ning An's face didn't matter, Leohard's proposal was naturally a proposal for the establishment of a department for the exchange and cooperation of magical creatures, in the Senate system of the German Ministry of Magic, ordinary proposals, such as the appointment and dismissal of the members of the ministry, the annual budget of each department, as long as the majority of parliamentarians passed.
However, major resolutions need to be voted on by the Coalition Senate, and the trouble is that they must be unanimously voted on to be valid, and even one veto in the Senate will not allow the proposal to pass, and the creation of a new department in the Ministry of Magic is obviously a major resolution.
Four of the seven members of the Joint Senate are on the side, Leo Hard of the Althouse family, but also the magic bu/zhang, Jung of the Hohenzollern family, and Barbara of the Schöne family? Schoon, and the Fabian with the blood of a giant? Ludwig.
The two oppositionists were Klaus, led by the Fassbinder family? Fassbender and Matt? Broadmoor, both of whom are opposed to the creation of a new Department of Magical Creature Exchange and Cooperation, and even more to the entry of vampires and banshees into the Ministry of Magic.
"I didn't expect it to come this far."
Ning An looked at the yellow leaves outside the window, and thought faintly, he had almost forgotten his previous methods, but after all, this place was different from Hogwarts, and it was much more difficult for adults than students.
Jung was about to say something, the brown-red carved wooden door of the study was pushed open, Charlotte ran in with the puppet, saw Jung also immediately slowed down, trotted two steps and stopped and bowed obediently to the wizard
"Mr. Jung...... Hello ......"
Brother Ning An taught her, this is politeness, because she lives in someone else's house, so she has to be polite, Charlotte remembers this clearly, so every time she sees Jung and his wife Margarita, she will say hello honestly.
"Haha, hello, Charlotte - isn't it cold outside?"
The house-elf Uzi ran in after Charlotte, and when he saw his master hurrying up to salute, Jung whispered that he could go and prepare the dinner, and the elf hurriedly withdrew and left the study.
"Well, it's not cold—"
The little banshee had already come to Ning An's side, turned her head and answered Jung's question seriously, just a week had passed, her personality had changed dramatically, and she no longer wanted to be so cowardly as she was at the beginning.
Ning An smiled and patted her head, glanced at the fire that was still silently burning a few dead branches and leaves outside the window, and said to Charlotte:
"Don't put out the fire when you're done - what if the yard burns?"
The little girl's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in a low voice, "Ahh
"Brother Ning'an...... I...... Can I use magic......? ”
"Use it."
Ning An smiled and nodded, during this time he spent a lot of time teaching Charlotte, the little girl didn't talk about using any spells, Ning An taught her just some methods to control and use her own magic, unlike ordinary wizards, the magic in Charlotte's body was too strong, if she used the spell directly, then she would only break herself.
It's like a bottle full of water, if you want to pour out the water, you will always sprinkle a little first, what Ning An has to do is to let the water in this bottle first, slowly release some of it, and when it is not so overflowing, you can pour water freely and fill it.
Charlotte stared intently at the bonfire, as if there was a flame burning in her eyes, and after about three seconds, without spells, gestures, or anything, the bonfire outside the window "flickered" and went out.
Jung was also incredible, although it was not the first time he had seen Charlotte's magical talents, but he was still deeply shocked to see that extinguishing a flame without a spell, without a wand, or even a basic magic gesture, was no easy trick.
Not to mention the young wizard who was not yet ten years old, even the adult wizard who graduated from many magic schools might not be able to do it, he already deeply understood why Ning An was the only one who brought this girl out of the Black Forest.
If nothing else, with this powerful magical talent, with a little guidance, it will not be difficult to become a famous great wizard in history, and it will become a sharp weapon on his side, which will play an immeasurable role.
"Whew-"
Charlotte, who had extinguished the flames, let out a long breath, turned her head and looked at Ning An with a smile, as if expecting praise, Ning An also gently pressed the girl's head and rubbed her thick long red hair a few times.
Charlotte closed her eyes like a kitten, and this week was the happiest time she had ever had, as if she had returned to her old days with her parents, and it was a paradise compared to the oppressive and difficult life in the Black Forest, and Charlotte only hoped that this life would never end.
"Alright, what about William and Lady Corcelia?"
Ning An withdrew her hand from Charlotte's head and put it back on the table, bai/nong picked up a small ceramic doll on it, which also attracted the attention of the little girl, she leaned quietly on the side of Ning An's chair, and looked at Ning An's bai/nong gadget without blinking, as if it was interesting.
"They went to the Ministry of Magic with Leohard today, and the new department director and deputy director nominated by the council can't help but be present at the Senate."
Jung said with a frown, puzzled, "When is this coming, they should also come back." ”
Looking at the sky outside the window, it gradually turned from dusk to dark, and the street lamps outside the courtyard wall were already lit up, and the faint yellow light illuminated the outer corner of the huge ancient mansion alone.
As he spoke, the fire lit in the fireplace turned green with a "sudden", and then the sound of talking came from inside
"Fabian shouldn't have been allowed to go first, he'd been stuck in front for a long time." A shrill female voice, Ning An could hear it obviously, this was from Barbara? Schoon's, compared to her voice, this witch's body is not very 'thin'.
Then the two of them saw the fireplace shake a little, and although no dust had fallen on it, because Uzi would carefully clean it every day, they could still see it shake a little.
A big hand supported the inside of the fireplace, but slowly squeezed it out, looking at this laborious appearance, I guessed that it was really Fabian? Ludwig.
"Ahem—" He seemed to be choking, the huge wand he was carrying behind his back was stuck in a point, and he couldn't get short, he was almost on his knees, but the person behind him helped him press it, and he barely managed to squeeze out of the fireplace.
"You should pay for a bigger fireplace in Jung's house to make it easier for you to get in and out."
The witch's taunt followed, and Barbara stepped out of the fireplace, not really malicious, just a daily banter with Fabian.
Behind her came William the Vampire, Corcelia the Banshee, and Leohard? Althouse.
The appearance of five people made the huge study room full all of a sudden, especially Fabian's giant-like figure, which occupied a lot of space, and he had to occupy the position of three or four people on the long sofa alone.
Several people came over to greet Jung, and then greeted Ning An, in the Ministry of Magic, Jung had basically told Ning An, he didn't need to listen to it again, after a few pleasantries, everyone left the study and went to the restaurant to eat.
Uzi had prepared a sumptuous dinner today, and the Hohenzollern's long table had been moved out of the storage room, which was only used for private banquets, and could fill fifty people from beginning to end, and now it was unusual for a few of them to move out.
Jung's wife Margarita was naturally there, and after a period of familiarity, she seemed to be less afraid of Ning'an, and everyone was eating and chatting, and it was late at night.
Ning An sat at the top of the table, and the rest of the people sat on either side of him, everyone didn't drink too much, because they knew that there was something important today, and Charlotte was not allowed to drink, Uzi specially prepared an alcohol-free mojito for her, she was sitting next to Corcelia at the moment, although the girl wanted to sit next to Ning An, but it was already occupied by Leohard and Jung on the left and right sides.
"Ding-ding-"
Ning An gently knocked on the glass goblet in his hand, attracting everyone's attention, everyone stopped talking, put down the things in their hands, wiped their hands clean, and listened quietly, knowing that this was the 'important thing' of today's dinner.
"Everyone, allow me to say a few words." He bowed his head to a few people and said calmly:
"It's not the first day we've sat here together, and it's amazing to think about it, it's been more than a month since I received Eric's invitation to come to Germany."
When he said Eric, he nodded slightly to Jung, who hurriedly raised his glass.
"What I did in England is already known to you, and I won't go into details, but many times, I also wonder what black magic is and why the so-called 'dark wizards' are feared."
He raised his glass, shrugged his shoulders, and made no secret of his past, among the few people present, there are not a few people who know black magic, such as the banshees' magic is mostly 'not in the right way', and Barbara is a master of curses and vicious magic.
"Later I understood that it's not dark wizards who are scary, it's 'powerful' dark wizards who are scary!" Ning An put down the wine glass, and the expression on his face turned cold.
"People are never afraid of black and white, they are only afraid of things that are stronger than themselves."
Leohard lowered his head, indeed, these years of experience in the German Ministry of Magic and even the International Federation of Wizards have made him see through, what black and white, are all confused concepts, there is no way to argue, those who plundered Germany's magical resources are not the self-proclaimed white wizards who are righteous.
A blunt knife kills people, and there is no blood, but it is more painful.
"Why is it not you and me who decide the system, why is it Germany that is in decline, why are we not feared by others, but are always ignored like stinking carrion waiting in the corner!?"
His voice grew higher, and even Margarita and Charlotte were drawn in and listened intently, while Jung and Leohard, who had had tasted it all, clenched their fists as if recalling the difficult times of all these years.
"Now there's an opportunity in front of us—" Ning An's tone slowed suddenly, with a hint of inexplicable you/huo
"The world is about to change, and some stable and decaying countries can't withstand this storm, why don't we take advantage of the waves?"
He put down his glass, straightened up, looked at everyone present, and finally said:
"I don't need to say much about what I said before—I'm waiting for you in the study, if you want to, come on."
After saying that, he turned around and left the restaurant and went to the study.
William didn't want to get up directly, he walked behind Ning An together, Jung got up for the second time with a smile on his face, and many words, they also revealed little by little at the previous discussion meeting, today's dinner is just the final decision.
As Jung left, Leohard also stood up and walked to the study, Fabian, Barbara, and all left, leaving only Corcelia and Charlotte, and the little girl was very eager to catch up with Brother Ning'an, but was held back by the banshee.
However, when Margarita also left the table, Corcelia let out a long sigh, finally got up, let go of Charlotte's hand, and walked slowly towards the study herself, she should have expected that leaving the Black Forest and joining the Ministry of Magic would not be so easy.
The spacious study room was packed, and all the people who were at the table just now were transferred here at this moment, Ning An looked at the wizards in two rows in front of him, and smiled with satisfaction.
"I'm going to give you some gifts—" He took out his wand and swiped it slightly, sending several black rays of light out from the tip of the wand and hitting Leohard, Jung, and the others.
"Shhhh
Everyone only felt that the arm hit by the black light became hot and hot, they lifted their sleeves and watched a big black snake mark on their arm slowly emerge, the black giant snake spit out the letter, as if it wanted to choose someone to eat, everyone shuddered in their hearts, is this the snake letter.
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