Minister Millison Barnold was a broad-bodied, round-chin witch with short black hair and a mild-mannered expression on her face, at least not in the slightest.

She smiled kindly at Matthew and signaled that he didn't need to be nervous.

And Ma Xiu tried to get up from the bed.

My head is still a little dizzy...... Maybe it was due to the effects of the Apparition Shifter, or maybe it was the "Unconscious Spell" that the Aurors had sent out earlier, and one or two of them hit him.

"Eat some of this, maybe it will be better. Minister Barnold handed over a box of things.

Matthew took it into his hand, only to find out that it was a box of chocolates.

"Thank you, Minister. Matthew said as he broke a large piece of chocolate into several slices.

Throwing one of the chocolates into his mouth, Matthew asked, "Where am I now?"

"This is the Law Enforcement Division!" said Minister Barnold with a smile, "Of course, the laws of our Ministry of Magic are not to enforce against you, but to protect brave children like you!"

Seeing that Matthew seemed to be choking on chocolate, she picked up a large glass of pumpkin juice next to her and handed it over.

Minister Millison Barnold has been very approachable.

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"Thank you......" Matthew muttered, thanking.

......

Eating a whole piece of chocolate, Matthew was surprised to feel a sudden rush of heat to his toes and fingers.

The whole body became warm, and the previous uncomfortable feelings suddenly disappeared.

It looks like the piece of chocolate just now, and there seems to be some "ingredients" added to it......

"How's it working?" asked the minister softly.

"Great!" Matthew nodded hurriedly, "I feel like my whole body is full of strength now!"

"That's good. Minister Barnold smiled and nodded.

Matthew could clearly sense that the Minister of Magic was deliberately showing kindness to him.

It's not hard to see why.

Matthew guessed that it was probably because of Principal Gellert Grindelwald...... A few months earlier, Matthew had been with Headmaster Grindelwald and had a relationship with the Minister at West Tower at Hogwarts, though the Minister was a little embarrassed by the escape of the suspect Trolla, and there was no doubt that she must have seen herself at the time.

And earlier today, when Matthew left the Blotted Bookstore to go to the Leaky Cauldron for breakfast, he quietly and also stopped by the Owl Post Office.

There, he wrote a letter, addressed directly to the Minister of Magic, Lady Millicent Barnod—

In addition to a brief description of the most likely illegal "smuggling" operation in the letter, Matthew also "inadvertently" mentioned that Sita had a relationship with Principal Grindelwald and the Minister at the time.

Matthew doesn't need to worry about the rest of the matter.

The Ministry of Magic, which was on guard, had planted a number of Aurors around Diagon Alley that night...... And poor Mr. Shafiq, who had just left the Blotted bookstore, was actually targeted by the Aurors.

His anti-reconnaissance awareness is indeed not bad, but it is obviously not comparable to the battle-hardened Aurors.

After that, he tried his best to detour and hide, but it was in vain.

After they landed, the two groups of wizards who were engaged in this "smuggling" transaction were all wiped out as the Aurors gathered their men.

......

Minister Barnold sat on a bench beside him, "You're welcome, Mr. Wakefield, when you have regained your strength, can you tell me the whole story of the whole incident!"

"Of course!" Matthew nodded without hesitation.

Then he told all the information he knew, all but the book—

These include the strange transaction information he found on the bill, the name Tom Gaunt, and of course, the "huge sum" of money offered by Shafiq's manager to lure him into joining the "smuggling", and even the conversation between Shafiq and Malfoy that Matthew overheard...... He's almost all about it!

The memories of his past life gave Matthew a slightly positive impression of the name "Millicent Barneld":

She was the Minister for Magic before Cornelius Fudge, led the war between the wizarding world and Lord Voldemort, and arrested a large number of Death Eaters after Voldemort was defeated by the one-year-old Harry Potter...... Known as the most popular Minister of Magic in the wizarding world after Eurek Gamp......

Because of this, Matthew feels that this minister is worthy of his "trust".

"It turns out that this smuggling incident has something to do with Lucius Malfoy and a wizard named Tom Gaunt!" said the minister thoughtfully.

"Minister Barnold!" Matthew hurriedly asked with great interest, "Have you heard of this Tom Gaunt?"

The minister lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't have an impression......

“...... However, the surname Gaunt is quite special!" she added, "This pure-blood family is the only lineage of Salazar Slytherin...... But I remember that the last member of the Gaunt family died fifty years ago...... Of course, in North America, there seems to be a branch of the family, and I will send someone to investigate it when the time comes. ”

This couldn't help but make Matthew a little disappointed, of course he knew who this "Tom Gaunt" was, but unfortunately these things could not be openly told to the minister.

He had to change the subject to another aspect—

"Minister...... As for that box...... I think it's so weird!" He made a "curious baby" appearance and asked, "Can you ask what's in there?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Wakefield. Ms. Barnold shook her head: "It's not that I don't want to answer, in fact, I don't know what it is in there......"

After a pause, the minister went on to explain: "This kind of smuggling from abroad, especially from an unfettered country like Italy, is generally very risky...... Even the Aurors won't touch them easily, and we usually give them to the Department of Mysteries so that they can slowly find out the truth. ”

"Okay......" Matthew suddenly had a deflated expression.

"I have to praise you one more time, though. Minister Millison Barnold continued, her face looking serious:

"In a sense, your courageous actions even saved your life, Mr. Wakefield!"