Chapter 111 New Minister
The night before the holiday ended, Hermione held a copy of the Daily Prophet in the tea room and shouted: "Look, Fudge is out!"
Marn, who was studying with Esther on what to do with the new rock cakes sent by Hagrid, was stunned: "What's going on?"
"The newspapers said that he had embezzled hundreds of thousands of galleons, causing an irreparable financial gap for the Ministry of Magic. He used the money to buy a large mansion in the United States, where he raised seven or eight Muggles from Ilvermorny. There are students of all kinds, both men and women!”
"What? What is all this... all this? A minister of magic can't even handle this?" Marn was stunned, not expecting that Fudge was still having fun.
"Also, he also forced Umbridge to do many things that she didn't want to do. Even the attitude that Umbridge showed to the outside world was what he asked for, because the Ministry of Magic must have someone who is easy to talk to. A high-ranking official, to set off his kindness... Later, Umbridge painfully repented during her suspension and came forward to identify him..."
Ma En: "..."
He suddenly had a premonition, thought for a while and asked: "Is the current minister Umbridge?"
"How do you know?" Hermione glanced at him doubtfully and corrected, "But he is not an official minister, but an agent. It is said that several wizarding consortiums donated money to the Ministry of Magic to make up for the part he squandered, but They asked for Umbridge to come on stage because they felt that this enlightened person might do better."
Ma En had a small face, thinking that it would be fine if others didn't know, what if I didn't know what was going on?Fudge is just an official fan. Although he also likes money, in his eyes, money is nothing compared to power. How could he pull such a big trick just for money...
Speaking of old Walder...this old man's tricks are quite dark...poor Fudge...
"Is there any other information?"
"No, the next step is some policy changes... By the way, Marn, your flying carpet is legal, but you still don't want Muggles to see it. There must be a confusion spell at the bottom."
"This is good news..." Ma En thought for a moment and said, "I have an idea... What do you think we make a huge flying carpet and a small house on top of the flying carpet?"
"You mean a flying tent?"
"Yes, we can make a teepee and decorate it in the colors of the rainbow. It'll be so beautiful... and we can take a ride in the sky together."
Hermione imagined a colorful cone flying around in the sky, opened her mouth slightly, and quickly stopped his thoughts: "No, give up this terrible idea of yours!"
"?why"
Hermione opened her mouth several times, not thinking of how to describe it. Finally, she took out her wand and waved it, simulating a specific appearance in the air: "Look, what does it look like?"
"It's okay..." Ma En looked left and right, but didn't think there was anything wrong.
Hermione pulled the tent far away: "What if we look at it like this?"
"This..." Under the bright lights at home, the color of the tent was a little blurry, and the more it looked, the more it looked like a lump...
"Hermione, why are you simulating an object that looks like a poop?" Esther had just hidden the rock cake in the kitchen while Marn wasn't paying attention, and then brought a pot of red to check it out. She happened to see some Said with disgust.
"Ma En wants to get this thing and take us for a ride in the sky."
"Okay Hermione, I've given up on this idea. Maybe I can just build a flying cabin."
"That's not bad."
"Really? Then paint it like..."
"White," Esther interrupted him directly and added, "Black is also fine. Anyway, as long as it's a solid color or within three colors, it's fine."
"...How about purple? It's more colorful."
Esther thought for a moment and said: "It's okay, but... purple is too expensive. I know you are not short of money, but it is a wooden house, and it is only used occasionally, and may be thrown away at any time. It is unnecessary. .”
"Is purple expensive?" Ma En asked curiously.
"You don't know? Wizards can't use Muggle chemical dyes, so purple dye is very, very expensive. This is why many wizards like purple."
"I really didn't pay attention..." Ma En frowned, "That really seems unnecessary. We can change it to another more eye-catching color."
After finally reading the report, Hermione put the newspaper on the coffee table and pointed with her finger: "It's not expensive... The Ministry of Magic has released many Muggle items, including dyes... and some others. Here is the catalog. "
Marn's eyes followed her hand to the newspaper. It was a long half page, and a lot of items were unblocked and partially unblocked, such as TVs. Wizards can use TVs, and they can also be slightly modified, but it is not allowed by the Ministry of Magic. , prohibiting the establishment of TV stations.
"Crazy...Why is old Walder so anxious..." he muttered to himself...
"Professor Walder?" Hermione asked, "What does this have to do with Professor Walder?"
After a summer vacation, Esther guessed something, pretending not to know anything and changed the topic directly: "By the way, Hermione, do you have any thoughts about this flying house?"
Hermione thought for a moment, "Idea? I just hope it's not too pathetic, that's all."
"That's why I'm asking you, we have to design the look and tone of the flying house as soon as possible before Ma En comes up with some bad idea. Otherwise, who knows what will happen then?"
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!" Hermione said, slapping her forehead.
When Ma En heard this, he quickly came over and said, "You can't leave me behind when it comes to designing flying objects..."
"Of course, dear, of course I won't give up on you. We are planning to ask you to design the bathroom."
Ma En: "..."
"Just one bathroom?" He felt a little shocked.
Esther gently adjusted his collar: "How can there be only one bathroom? There are two."
He felt his pride was hurt a little.
Hermione on the side tried not to laugh out loud. She thought there was nothing wrong with Esther's approach. It was just a bathroom anyway, so she didn't believe he could do anything fancy.
Marn's injury came and went quickly, and he turned to study other things. He lowered his head and looked at the table: "Ester, Hermione, did you see the rock cake that Hagrid just gave me?"
"What rock cake?" Esther asked.
"That big bag of rock biscuits was on the table just now. I've been thinking about how to eat it."
"how to eat?"
"It's already so hard anyway, just bake it again, maybe it will become crispy."
Esther said expressionlessly: "I didn't pay attention, maybe it was taken away by Rupert and Thirty."