Amosta could see that Eric had not had a good time at the Ministry of Magic in the past few years, otherwise, he wouldn't have caught a classmate he didn't know well and muttered for ten minutes, and thinking about it, Eric's work was about the same level as the quietness of the centaur's office.

"Sorry to bother you guys to catch up--"

While Eric was whispering to Amosta and hearing from Bertha's mouth that Barty Crouch of the International Department of Magical Cooperation had been angry for the past two days over trivial matters, a serious witch's voice suddenly came from the elevator hall behind the golden door.

And the moment he heard this voice, Eric shuddered violently and immediately closed his mouth.

Lady Amelia Bones, dressed in a solemn emerald wizard's robe, stepped out of the elevator hall, her gaze paused on Eric's body and then looked away, and she couldn't hide a slight smile on her tired face, and said to Amosta,

"Connelly said your reply said you'd be at the Ministry of Magic by seven o'clock, so I'll show you the way—"

Lady Amelia Bones, who is famous in the entire European wizarding world, can come to greet her in person, and there are few wizards with this honor, Eric immediately looked at Amosta with envy.

"Thanks, I'm not familiar with this place—"

Amosta smiled, then nodded at Eric,

"Let's talk about it later."

"Cornelius is waiting for you in his office, and we need to have a short meeting before the official press conference begins."

Ms. Bones was succinct.

It wasn't a good place to chat, and Amosta just nodded and didn't say much.

With a ding-dong, kala-kara-la-la, an elevator emerged from the dark elevator shaft, the iron gate opened, and the three people walked into the elevator car in turn, the fence door closed with a bang, the car slowly climbed, the chain clicked, and it didn't take long for the voice of the indifferent woman who was in the phone booth to sound again.

"Fourth Floor, Magical Beasts Management and Control Division - Beasts, Aliens and Ghosts Office, Elf Liaison Office, Pest Consultation Office, Centaur Office, House-Elf Resettlement Office, Dangerous Animals Disposal Committee."

The elevator car stopped on the fourth floor, and outside the protective fence, a tall middle-aged wizard with a grim face was waiting for the elevator with a piece of parchment, and when he saw Hagrid, who was half crammed into the car, he hesitated and did not choose to open the fence door.

"Come in, Neurus, the car can hold you-"

Ms. Bones nodded at the tall wizard outside the door.

The wizard named Neurus was silent for a moment, then nodded at Miss Bones, opened the door and entered the car, which was immediately crowded with him, and Hagrid cowered in the corner of the car, curling himself up in a ball.

"How many floors are you going to?"

"Basement level."

Norus glanced at Amosta, a little curious as to why the young wizard looked at him with a strange smile in his eyes, but he immediately turned his attention to Lady Burns, and raised the parchment in his hand.

"I applied for a ghost who lost my mind from the ghost office, the experiment has been completed, and now I have to go to the logistics office to return the receipt."

With that, Nowlus said nothing.

The elevator soon reached the basement level, and the moment the fence door opened, Nourus strode out and walked towards the left passage, while Amosta glanced deeply into an office, and the tall wizard who disappeared followed Miss Bones to the minister's office on the right.

"This Neurus"

The atmosphere on the basement floor of the minister's office was solemn, and there was a heavy force invisibly suppressing people's hearts, and Hagrid was obviously a little afraid of the atmosphere here, he kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and followed the steady pace step by step, and his demeanor did not show any unusual Amosta.

"Neurus de Man, belonging to the Department of Mysteries."

Lady Bones glanced at Amosta in some surprise, as if she didn't quite understand why he was interested in Nowrus, but she nevertheless introduced Amosta to it.

"Department of Mysteries."

Amosta smacked his lips and smiled meaninglessly,

"I've heard it's the most mysterious department in the Ministry of Magic."

"That's true--"

Ms. Bones nodded,

"The Department of Mysteries is a relatively independent department in the ministry, and it will hardly replenish personnel from Hogwarts, and the personnel who work in it are called Silence People, these Silent People are basically wizards of the genre, when they need to retire due to age or physical reasons, they will arrange for the descendants of the family or apprentices to enter the Department of Mystery Affairs to continue to work because of the need for secrecy, their autonomy is high, and the Ministry generally does not interfere with their work."

Interesting.

A strange light flashed in Amosta's eyes, he really didn't expect that he still had acquaintances in the Department of Mysteries.

Mrs. Bones led Amosta and Hagrid into the Wizard's office, a large semicircular room that was underground, but the four large windows were shining brightly.

The tall shelves on one side of the room were filled with boxes of books and documents marked with top secrets, each of which was protected by locks with eight golden claws, and if anyone approached them without permission, it would not be a good end.

On the other side of the shelf, the glittering array of furnishings shows the personal preference for extravagant style of Connelly Fudge, the contemporary Minister of Magic.

"Those are Connelly's own collections--"

Fudge wasn't in his office, and when Ms. Bones instructed Hagrid to sit down on the couch, she turned to see a well-known Amosta standing in front of the shelf, admiring the artwork on display.

Bones' face was much gentler than it had been outside, and she smiled as she walked up to Amosta and introduced him,

"Most of them are fairy tools, but some are antiques with a long history of magic."

"It seems that our Minister of Magic is a frank man."

Amosta also chuckled, looking away from a gold mask with a strong ancient Egyptian style, if he remembered correctly, it was supposed to be something he had smuggled back from Egypt last year, and it was unknown why it ended up in Fudge's hands.

Bones just smiled undeniably at Amosta's assessment and didn't say much, but it was clear that she didn't appreciate Fudge's style that much.

Greetings are an inevitable process before getting into the topic.

Although she didn't pass those tests of yours, Susan spoke highly of your interesting Defence Against the Dark Arts practice classes, and I have to say, Amosta, you are very imaginative and very daring

Few professors have the courage to put the corpse in front of the young wizards, but I think it's the right thing to do, Hogwarts has an important responsibility to provide talent to the wizarding world, and in recent years, we have found young wizards who have graduated.

Of course, excellence is the same, but there is a clear lack of some necessary qualities, such as determination, perseverance, and angularity, which are very important issues, but there are always people who don't take it seriously. ”

Is this a critique of Dumbledore or something else?

Amosta modestly defended himself a few words, his face impassive, his mind racing sharply.

Ms. Bones has a high status in the Ministry of Magic, and is also the most popular candidate for the next Minister of Magic after Fudge, and the only person who can compete with her in the Ministry is Barty Crouch of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and when Sirius's next thing is revealed, Barty Sr. is completely out of the game and cannot become her competitor.

"Indeed, a peaceful life is so indulged that some visionary wizards are blind to the dangers that lurk within."

Amosta smiled in agreement.

When a war breaks out in the future, people like Fudge will not be of much use except to drag their feet, and at that time, Amosta hopes that someone in the ministry will take his opinion seriously, and the use of force to coerce and intimidate is not advisable, it will only lead him to the 'Dark Lord Way'.

For that, he had to have someone in the ministry who could speak on his behalf, and now it seemed that Amelia Bones was a good choice.

(End of chapter)