Magical Studies at Hogwarts

One of the Weasley family's Christmas traditions is that Mrs. Weasley will knit a traditional sweater for everyone in the family.I hadn't noticed it before when I was at Hogwarts, but I realized it when I saw it at lunch. There was really a reason why Ron was extremely repulsive to this thing.

However, two people were not wearing any.One was Fleur, and Mrs. Weasley didn't seem to approve of her yet and didn't knit it for her, although Harry felt that Fleur wouldn't wear it even if she was given it.The other was Mrs. Weasley herself. She rarely wore a new witch hat. The dark blue hat was filled with diamonds that sparkled like little stars, and there was a brand new gold necklace.

"Fred and George gave it to me. It's beautiful." Mrs. Weasley looked very surprised and showed the gift to Harry generously.

"Very beautiful," Harry complimented immediately, causing Mrs. Weasley to smile with satisfaction.

The same people were at lunch, Lupine and Sirius arrived in the morning.Compared with last night, today's meal was better than last night, and everyone was very happy.

"Ah, that's great..." Mrs. Weasley said, "It's just a pity that Tonks didn't come. I invited her, but she refused to come... Remus, have you talked to her recently?"

"No." Lupine shook his head, "I have no contact with anyone, and Tonks must go back to his home."

"Maybe, but I think she might prefer to spend Christmas alone." Mrs. Weasley took a deep look at Lupine, and Lupine's face did not change at all.

"Oh God, Arthur!" Mrs. Weasley suddenly shouted as she turned around.Covering his chest with both hands, he said with a look of disbelief, "Arthur, it's Percy!"

"what?"

Mr. Weasley looked out the window in surprise, and everyone looked out. Sure enough, it was Percy, who was striding through the snow.

But, he is not alone.

"Arthur, he came with the minister!"

Before anyone could say anything, the door opened.Percy stood at the door, completely gone from his previous high-spirited state, giving people a very depressed feeling.

Harry still knew a little bit about Percy.After the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, Percy briefly returned to the Burrow, but within a few days, he left again because he couldn't stand the squeeze from the twins, and lived alone in London.

As one of former Minister Fudge's cronies, Percy did not gain Scrimgeour's trust at first.But aside from his unexpected obsession with power, Percy has absolutely no problem with his abilities.So not long ago, he was promoted by the current minister Scrimgeour.

The position remains the same as before, assistant to the minister.

However, because of what happened before, his relationship with his family is still very strong.

After standing at the door in silence for a while, Percy said stiffly: "Merry Christmas, Mom."

"Oh, Percy!" Mrs. Weasley rushed over excitedly.In this family, Mrs. Weasley has always been the one who hopes that Percy will come back. After all, he is her son, and she loves every one of her children deeply.

It's just that Mr. Weasley and the twins were still angry with Percy.

Percy knew this, so after greeting Mrs. Weasley, he stood straight to the side and didn't talk to anyone else.

"Sorry for disturbing you," Scrimgeour said at this time, "Percy and I were doing some errands nearby, and you know, he couldn't help but come over to see you."

"Oh, please come in, Minister." Mrs. Weasley looked a little flustered, "You haven't had your meal yet, have you? Eat some chicken or pudding..."

"No need to bother." Scrimgeour said with a smile, "I didn't want to interrupt. It's Percy who wants to see you."

"I'll go for a walk in the yard. You and Percy can chat for a while... Well, it would be great if someone would take me to visit your garden..."

As he said that, he looked at Harry and asked, "This young man, would you like to take a walk with me?"

The atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly changed, and everyone looked at Harry.

Harry was silent for a moment and nodded.

"Okay."

"Great!" Scrimgeour stepped back, making way for Harry, and turned to the silent crowd and said, "We'll just walk around in the garden, and then leave with Percy."

Everyone knew very well that Percy was just an excuse for Scrimgeour, and his real purpose was to have a private chat with Harry.Harry knew this very well.

He and Scrimgeour came to the snow-covered garden and stopped after a few steps.

"I've wanted to meet you for a long time, Harry," Scrimgeour said. "You know what?"

"I don't know." Harry replied.

"Oh, I've thought about it for a long time. It's just that Dumbledore has always been very protective of you." Scrimgeour said, "This is natural. After all, so many things have happened, as well as the rumors, the buzzing... prophecies, and the salvation of the world. Star……"

"I have been wanting to talk to you since I took office, but Dumbledore stopped me... I think Dumbledore has talked about these things with you, right?"

Harry hesitated when he heard this. He didn't know whether he should lie.But in the end I decided to tell the truth, or part of the truth.

"Talked," Harry replied.

"Oh, that's it..." Scrimgeour lowered his head and looked at a fence that was completely covered with snow, as if his attention was attracted by it, and he seemed to say casually, "What did you talk about, ha?" profit?"

"I'm sorry, that's between us." Harry refused.

Upon hearing this, Scrimgeour did not react, and his tone was still relaxed and friendly.

"Of course, I'm not asking you to reveal secrets, and...do those really matter?"

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Minister."

"Ha..." Scrimgeour laughed, "Don't understand? It's actually easy to understand."

"Prophecy and the Star of Savior, are these really important? In fact, for the current wizarding world, what they believe is the most important."

"People believe you are the savior, they think you are a hero. Whether you are or not, after you have faced the mysterious man so many times, you have become that symbol in people's minds."

"You have no idea, Harry, how important it is for the people to know that there is someone who can, and is even destined to destroy He Who Must Not Be Named!"

"So...I don't understand, Minister." Harry said hesitantly.

"Am I saying it too profoundly?" Skrein smiled and said, "What I mean is very simple. You can cooperate with the Ministry of Magic..."

"Cooperation?"

"Yes, cooperation. I assure you, it's not troublesome at all." Scrimgeour said, "It's all simple things, like you can go in and out of the Ministry of Magic from time to time, which can give people a good impression. . And, in the process, you will also be able to communicate with Gadwin Robards, who is my successor as Auro's chief of staff."

"You want to be an Aolo, don't you?"

Harry thought for a moment and said, "In other words, you want to create the impression that I work for the Ministry of Magic?"

"Yes, that's it. This will encourage everyone and give people hope..." Scrimgeour said and looked at Harry, "Or, you have different ideas... like Dumbledore, the hero in your heart So, leave the Ministry of Magic?"

Inexplicably, Harry felt a surge of anger rising in his heart and said: "I don't want to be used! Moreover, when I stood up last year and said that Voldemort was back, neither Fudge nor you, nor even anyone from the entire Ministry of Magic came out. .Now, you want me to stand with the Ministry of Magic, Minister?"

Scrimgeour's expression suddenly changed, like an angry lion.Just as he was about to speak, a person suddenly appeared in an apparition not far away.

He looked very embarrassed. When he saw Scrimgeour, he immediately ran and shouted: "Minister! Minister! He... they..."

"what happened?"

"They...they attacked...right...Diagon Alley!"