On the cobblestone streets of Diagon Alley, Josephine, wearing a black cloak and a Ministry of Magic uniform, also wore a sunhat, and many members of the Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control under her jurisdiction seemed to be all out today, wearing clothes and following her, and the group attracted the attention of the shopkeepers and portraits in Diagon Alley, looking like they were going to carry out some important activity.

In this area, there are many more Aurors patrolling than usual, and there are even many armed forces of the Red Umbrella Department guarding in front of the shops that help and do business with the Umbrella - the recent hard-line plans of Hogwarts and the British Ministry of Magic have not only displeased foreigners, but also frightened some of the local purebloods, although there is nothing drastic happening in Britain for the time being, but the Harris are still afraid of being used for embargo issues

Some extra arrangements were made in advance to deal with possible picture situations.

However, in fact, most of the ordinary wizards in the British wizarding world have actually begun to produce some nationalism similar to that of the American wizarding community, of course, this kind of thinking is different from the exaggerated sense of existential crisis used by the American Gangdorfs, it comes more from the toughness shown by Britain and the superiority brought by having the floating city core, and having the three most powerful wizards in the world (even if one of them is a mysterious person) and having a true god.

Along the way, most of the shops have not had a high number of customers, and some of them can even be said to be deserted, only Fred and George's Weasley Magic Tricks Workshop is in full swing, many wizards have directly apparitioned here, and many wizards have gone out and left from here, which has become a rare lively scene among the merchants in Diagon Alley.

It's just that now it's not the young wizards who used to be young in the joke shop, but many middle-aged and elderly wizards, who take out a lot of gold galleons, and some are almost fanatical to snap up decoy bombs, portable swamps and other magic items that are easy to get out of,

Only the shelves of powerful aphrodisiac agents like Wonder Witch have been emptied, and as for the stealth smoke bombs, which had to be imported from Peru before, they have long been out of stock under the embargo campaign that the wizarding world has begun to wag war against the United Kingdom.

On the poster with a purple background pasted on the shop window, printed with dazzling yellow letters, it attracts people's attention:

You protect the world,

We protect you,

Fight the Death Eaters,

Oddities are 50% off...

"I know a few," Sirius wondered, "they weren't like pranksters at school, how could they have gotten fun when they're old?"

"Don't you watch the news?The Umbrella's Rapid Response Security Force is going to send armed forces to Europe to fight the recent crazy robbery of the Death Eaters, they are the parents of those wizards..."Josephine frowned, "Penelope and a lot of extra props were provided for these troops, these parents were too worried, and they didn't send them to fight Voldemort himself..."

"I know a few parents whose children work under the umbrella, and they are actually quite proud of it, and they brag to me every day... But when children are away on dangerous missions, they inevitably worry and I can understand their seemingly contradictory feelings... The good thing is that Cedric and Cho are excellent Quidditch players and they never worried me... Well, I'm not saying I don't support them fighting, it's just that they're better suited to Quidditch...."Amos felt like he had said the wrong thing a little in the middle of the game, but then his tone changed back to smugness, "Cedric has long been a star player for the Montrose Magpies, and Autumn turned down the invitation of Gwenger Jones, the female captain of the Hedharpy team, who felt that women were more advantageous than men to play, and went to the Tate Hill Tornadoes, which she loved as a child, and became a substitute for the team..." He triumphantly looked at his single boss and his middle-aged male colleagues who were still single, "You know, as Quidditch stars, they have a decent salary, and they all have a large number of fans... So I'm going to get married soon, and I'm going to get a house in the floating city, so don't you come to the wedding invitation when the time comes. ”

"Then congratulations in advance, Asmo. Josephine nodded and squeezed a smile out of her face, "In addition, I have to remind you that as a member of the Ministry of Magic, you also have some benefits in the Floating City, including the residential area, if it is in your name, it is much more preferential than them, which belong to neither the Umbrella nor the Ministry of Magic." ”

"That's great, I'll write to Cedric when I get back... Belch... Director, we've got to get away from some of those amazing zoos... The female boss with heavy black-rimmed glasses is not easy to provoke... She's been going to us lately trying to get compensation..."Amos Diggory pointed to Josephine to a dark-looking shop with a closed door, "The Ella Owl store is fine... But your nephew .. I mean Principal Harris's recent feat... The embargoes imposed on us by these countries have made the zoo's purchase channels problematic, and in recent years, the tastes of young wizards have become tricky, and Hogwarts no longer restricts students to pets to cats and toads, which makes her voice terrible..."

In the past, it was very crowded and full of animal sounds, and the noisy pet store looked very clean inside.

"That's great!" Sirius whistled, "Amos, this is good news for us, our job is easier because of it!"

"Shut up, why are you still so stubborn after you've been working for so long!" Josephine couldn't help but scold Sirius, then turned to Asmo and said, "I'll tell the Fantastic Zoo that we know about her, and I'll contact the umbrella side to give them some preferential compensation and support measures..."

"That's the best... Director, their shop has always been law-abiding..."Diggory stole a glance at Josephine, "In fact, quite a few of these industries have been troubled..."

Josephine narrowed her reddened eyes and stared at the subordinate for a moment, then calmed her black cloak and told it not to move: "Hogwarts has some equipment for this, and the Umbrella will count and give some compensation and support." ”

"Asmo, have you taken the benefits of those stores?" Sirius, who had two hands in the pockets of his clothes, casually said something that made Diggory's face flush, but his eyes were on the magic parasols at Flolyn's cold drink shop in the dazzling sunlight, "Josephine, it's like summer is back... Shall I let my colleagues from the other divisions go over first?

"We're ahead of them!" Josephine, who is usually known for her calmness and coldness, had a sharp brain ache, as if she felt some heat in her body, as if she had created some heat out of thin air without drinking the fresh blood of others—an ability she had lost since becoming a vampire.

Fortunately, as the most prosperous commercial street in the British wizarding world, Diagon Alley is actually not big, at least after the comparison of the commercial area of the Floating City, it is especially so, and soon, the members of the Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control arrived at their destination, and it is now the only Gringotts Wizarding Bank in Diagon Alley that can compete with the twins' joke shop.

Gringotts is also the largest and oldest building in the entire Diagon Lane shopping street. It is located in the middle of the top of the T-junction in Diagon Lane, directly opposite a street down, and is in a very good location. The skewed pillars of this imposing building are very distinctive, and at the top is a sculpture of a fire-breathing dragon with outstretched wings, which seems to be a deterrent to wizards with ulterior motives, as well as a guarantee of confidence for depositors.

At this time, in front of this imposing white building, the other shops were gloomy, because it was the only one with a sufficient flow of customers, and all kinds of customers came out of it in groups of three or five, and there were no solitary wizards, and all of them looked serious and cautious.

Josephine and the others stood in front of the shiny bronze gate of the snow-white building that towered above the surrounding shops, and stood three elves in scarlet and gold uniforms, one of whom was in charge of the guide, and the other two were in charge of guarding the honest detector each holding a slender gold rod. After seeing Josephine's uniform of the Ministry of Magic, the goblin at the head glanced at one of the guards next to him, and the goblin guard immediately ran towards the bank, and it didn't take long for a mixture of goblins and wizards to pour out of the gate of Gringotts.

Unlike the ordinary goblin clerks who wore white shirts, black suit vests, and black sleeves, the two goblins led by Nagna Nock and Ra Ring were wearing a straight black striped suit today, wearing a royal blue silk shirt underneath, and large black leather shoes were polished and shiny.

The two goblins who took the lead saw Josephine and his party, and paused, they thought that the Ministry of Magic was going to make trouble about the mysterious human horcrux, and the goblins heard the wind coming and were a little suspicious of whether the other party wanted to rely on the fairy liaison office under the alien office, so that the department responsible for the affairs of the magic economy and the coordination between the elves and wizards could deal with this matter, but now it seems that the other party is the Magical Creatures Management and Control Department has collectively dispatched.

"Could it be that the Ministry of Magic wants to inspect Gringotts through them..."No matter what he thought in his heart, Nagnanock was still silent on his face, and after walking over to Josephine and bowing politely, he showed a big smile, his pointed beard trembled, and asked tentatively: "Director Josephine Harris, why did you bring so many people to Gringotts today, the fire dragons and other animals that we are responsible for guarding have all been registered with the Ministry of Magic, and there is no opportunity or need to introduce new species recently..."

Josephine didn't take off her hat as usual, but she returned the salute politely, showing a polite smile and saying calmly: "Nagnok, don't be nervous, this time we are not here for some official business, we are just here to handle private business... It's just that there are a lot of people in the Ministry of Magic who need this kind of today, so I gave me and my colleagues in the department a half-day off to come over. ”