Chapter 56 Trip to the Ministry of Magic
After listening to the Ministry of Magic for so long, this was Della's first time here.
Following Snape, she didn't dare to make any big movements. She stared closely at the black robe in front of her, keeping a distance while constantly distracting herself from the busyness around her.
In the Ministry of Magic, all the staff in uniform and the wizards who came to do business were in a hurry. Professor Snape, who walked with the same briskness as he did in school, was no different from the crowd here. At this moment, Della seemed to be in a rushing river of people.
Since there are so many people that it makes one's scalp tingle, there will naturally be a tiring queue waiting in front, but this also gives Della some time to relax and look around the Ministry of Magic.
After standing at the back of the team with Snape, Della breathed a sigh of relief and quietly tiptoed a few times to soothe her calves which had just started to feel numb.
Snape in front of her frowned deeply and glanced towards the end of the corridor from time to time, as if he was waiting for someone. It seemed that he would not pay attention to her for the time being, so Della slowly began to observe her surroundings.
Big was Della's first impression of this place. Even after taking the elevator down to the fourth floor, the building was still estimated to be five meters high, making people feel a lot smaller. Coupled with the slightly shiny bricks and stones underfoot, she really felt like she was walking on thin ice.
Just by walking here, the momentum of many people was mostly killed.
Of course, Professor Snape is not included.
Just as Della saw a middle-aged man with a short red beard turning out of the corridor, the professor's aura beside her suddenly became stronger. Della felt that she saw the robes moving without wind, and then the robes really moved. Professor Snape had already strided towards the man with his long legs, and Della hurried to catch up.
"Sorry for keeping me waiting, Director Jobifer." Snape spoke coldly when the distance between them was one meter.
"Sorry, sorry, Severus. We need to add another batch of demon hemp. I just took my staff to the warehouse to check the inventory."
When the short-bearded Joe Biver saw the medicine box in Snape's hand, his face immediately lit up, and he hurriedly led Snape to the side, "Come here, come here, Severus, I borrowed the spare magic seal from Jude a long time ago."
After many twists and turns, Jobifer led them into his golden office. When they opened the door, they were faced with an oil painting covered with gold Galleons, which shocked them.
"You guys sit down first and wait for me to get the things out." Jobiver pointed to two places opposite the desk, walked over and opened the drawer and started rummaging around. After a while, he took out a blank parchment, a dark purple seal and a magic compressed bubble and placed them on the table.
Snape also placed his medicine box on the table, and then pressed a few pieces of parchment with words on it and a sheet of adoption instructions from the Muggle world, "Twelve dozen revealing potions, and the adoption materials that need to be stamped this time."
Jobifer was obviously used to Snape's thriftiness with words, and although he was staring at the medicine box with shining eyes, he still picked up the documents and started reading.
After all, he was able to become a director, so he had some working ability. After confirming that the documents were in compliance with regulations, he did not ask any more questions. He immediately copied the parchment and made two copies, both of which were stamped with the access stamp of the Document Department.
After finishing all this, he handed one of the parchments together with the magic compression bubble to Snape, "This is the pre-treatment material this time, Severus. Recently, the most used is still the Apparition Water. If there is any change, I will write to you."
"Yeah." Snape didn't say much. He took the things and led Della out. When Della closed the door, she looked inside through the crack and saw Director Jobifer holding the visible water and rubbing it on his face with an intoxicated look on his face, as if it was a handful of gold Galleons.
"Professor?" Della couldn't help it. She looked up at Snape and asked.
Snape gave Della a look and continued to walk forward without looking away. After the two of them walked into another empty elevator, Snape spoke slowly.
"The Ministry of Magic hasn't updated its price list for over a hundred years. The price of Apparition Water is 300 gold Galleons per dozen. However, the production of Ink Tube Worms and Mia Flowers has become an industry, and the cost of raw materials for a dozen will not exceed 10 Galleons."
"Ah, the price difference is too..." Della opened her eyes wide in surprise.
"There are many potions like this too. In the past, even if no one used the recovery potion every month, someone would definitely use these 'ghost potions'. Recently, due to the raid by the Department of Muggle Affairs, they have been used more openly."
Snape's tone was filled with his usual mockery. "The Director of the Logistics and Reserve Management Office needed a confidentiality keeper who could provide a steady supply of high-quality potions. I was attracted by their regularly updated materials, and the deal was struck."
'Ding--'
The elevator bell interrupted the words that had already climbed up Della's throat. Snape walked out without a pause and said lightly, "Let's go, Miss Riddle, we have to go back to deal with the materials now."
Della swallowed the words silently. After thinking about it carefully, there was nothing to say. The sudden desire to speak out just now might just be an inappropriate vent. After being interrupted, she calmed down a lot.
As soon as they arrived at the compartment they had first come from, Snape used Apparate to bring the two back to the house in Spinner's End, and led Della into the basement in a hurry.
"Dehydrate these here, here, and here," the materials in the magic capsule bubbles filled up a large table. After Snape skillfully sorted them into several categories, he directed Della to process the materials.
"After dehydrating, grind the cocoons and flower seeds. Except for the safflower seeds, which need to be pressed into powder, the rest just need to be ground into powder. The empty bottles and labels are under the table."
Della stared blankly at the many precious materials on the table. Seeing that Snape was already holding the Phoenix Ice Extract, she responded, took her wand and walked a few steps to the materials, picked up a small sharp knife and skillfully cut the potion along the texture, processing them into a state that could be used for the dehydration magic.
As her hands kept moving, Della couldn't help but murmur in her heart that materials like phoenix grass would never deteriorate, yet it was also included in the update.
Della didn't know the prices of many of the potions here and could only make a rough estimate based on the habits and uses mentioned in the book. However, the price of the phoenix flower grass, which was artificially cultivated with a large amount of fire spirits, was rare.
'Using magic grass as the base, a large amount of fire spirit is continuously poured into the culture tank. The finished product can be used as the raw material of the magic potion, or the juice can be dripped into the potion to increase the success rate of the potion. However, the cultivation investment is large, the failure rate is high, and the price is expensive.'
Well, this is also a good deal. Della collected her attention and continued to concentrate on making the potion.
The adult world doesn't need her to get involved yet, and it's great to have the opportunity to come into contact with new materials and gain experience now.
But Della still wants to fight for the daily fruit.