[Comprehensive] The Wizard and the Fugitive

As the reputation of the Ministry of Magic became more and more questioned, British wizards suddenly remembered that there was another person in the Ministry of Magic who was more suitable for the position of minister than Kingsley.At that time, this person was not included in the ranks of candidates because he was too young. Now Kingsley has proved that age does not measure a person's ability, and this person has become the most popular figure among the people.

It all started with a news report in the newspaper.After Kingsley attacked Malfoy, Hermione Granger strongly questioned it, and had conflicts with Kingsley.The entire Ministry of Magic can testify that they did have more than one quarrel, the last of which seemed to involve Harry Potter.

The news was reported by "Wizard Weekly", a new weekly newspaper. It appeared quietly and occupied the place that originally belonged to the Daily Prophet. At the beginning, it dropped a bullet large enough to attract people's attention.

As soon as Hermione got the newspaper, she could recognize that the person who wrote the report must be Rita Skeeter, but she couldn't do anything about her.

First, Rita is already a legitimate Animagus, and Hermione has lost the only thing she can threaten her with.Second, it is impossible for Hermione to sue Rita for wiretapping, because doing so would be equivalent to admitting the authenticity of Rita's report.

She thought that the Ministry of Magic could find a way to get through the successive crises of trust during this period, but this time Kingsley's reaction gave her a blow in the head.

On the third day after Rita's report appeared, the entire British magical community was discussing the gossip inside the Ministry of Magic, speculating whether there was really a problem of ministers suppressing capable subordinates.Kingsley just picked such an "excellent" good time to announce that Hermione Granger was demoted for inspection because she was suspected of dealing with the media inside the Ministry of Magic.

The British magic world was in an uproar. The wizards were still discussing the feasibility of Hermione becoming a minister not long ago, but they were caught off guard by Kingsley's decision. No matter how you look at it, it seems to be confirming the rumor that Mr. Minister suppressed his subordinates.

Office of the Law Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Magic.

Low pressure filled every corner, and the officials lowered their heads in a busy state, secretly glanced in the same direction from time to time, and quickly covered their eyes.

The deputy director's office, which had been vacant all this time, finally opened its doors today, ushering in its not-so-happy owner.Hermione sat behind her new desk with a gloomy face, coldly facing a pile of things that had just been moved and hadn't had time to sort them out.

Kingsley's confidant has been replaced in the director's office, a fool who came out of nowhere and is not much better than Kingsley himself.I don't know how he plans to "show his talents" in a highly professional department like the Legal Enforcement Department.

There were hurried footsteps outside, Hermione blinked and stepped out of her contemplation, and when she looked up, she saw Harry and Ron rushing into the office panting.

"What are you doing?" she asked, frowning.

Ron walked quickly to her side: "You moved here yourself? Why didn't you wait for us to come over?"

Harry nodded and said in disapproval, "Kingsley shouldn't demote you. The recent incident has nothing to do with you."

"So you came here? What are you going to do?" Hermione folded her arms, looked at them with raised eyebrows, and said with a bit of sarcasm in her tone, "Since Kingsley can demote me, he can do the same to the two of you." Well, don't forget, you are no longer Gryffindor heroes, you are just two Auroras under the leadership of the Ministry of Magic."

"Our immediate superior is you," Harry said dryly.

Hermione twitched her mouth: "Not anymore."

With a long sigh of relief, she motioned for Ron to close the office door.It happened so suddenly that there was no time to react, and Hermione didn't have time to sort out the problems.Thinking about it now, starting from Kingsley's attack on Malfoy, the various news that appeared recently were obviously premeditated.

After the Ministry of Magic's tough measures, Slytherin finally took action. They chose to work from the dark, using Galleons to buy people's hearts, and using the power of public opinion to confuse the people.They seem to be doing what they can for the wizarding world, but each one is self-interested, and the help that British wizards get from it is just in passing.

However, people don't think so much. For them, real changes in life are the most important thing.What the Ministry of Magic hadn't done for more than a year, Malfoy smashed it out with Galleons, which was enough to win the heartfelt gratitude of the wizards, and also caused them to doubt the Ministry of Magic's ability.

What's more, at the same time, the Merlin Group is following behind to add strength, making the Ministry of Magic more like an iron cock who doesn't care about the public.

"What a coincidence..." Hermione frowned and said to herself: "If the donation to Hogwarts is to manage a good image, then why is it this time?"

"Out of kindness?" Harry asked tentatively.

Hermione couldn't help laughing: "Bartolome is a businessman, he doesn't have that many kind hearts."

"You're suspicious of him," Ron affirmed.Although he didn't know why Hermione felt that Bartolomé had a problem, but he knew his wife, and Hermione's performance showed that she had doubts about that partner.

"I'm not sure yet," said Hermione, "but we don't have time to wait for him to show himself. If he does have other plans, we'd better find a way to stop them."

"I can go and keep an eye on him," Harry suggested immediately.

Hermione shook her head: "You two are too obvious, I will find a way with Bartolomé, and I have other things to do now..." She said with an indifferent expression and looked at the slightly After knocking on the door, the new director of the Department of Legal Enforcement came in directly.The other party smiled at her, not caring about her expression.

"It's pretty crowded, it's just right, come to the meeting. This is my first meeting since I got here, I hope everyone can be there-including field service Oro." He said, looking at Harry and Ron, eyes Without a bit of the unavoidable admiration of most British wizards in front of the savior Potter, he was as calm as facing an ordinary Oro, his subordinate.

Harry and Ron frowned at the same time, but Hermione had already stood up and said coldly, "We'll go right away."

"Where did he come from?" Harry couldn't help asking after the new director had left.

"Ask Kingsley." Hermione said disdainfully: "If this continues, they don't need Slytherin, they can play themselves to death!"

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At this moment, Master Malfoy, who is far away in Muggle London, has the same thought.A few press releases and a few Galleons had thrown the Ministry into chaos, which Draco found ironic in his heart.

It's unbelievable, more than a year ago, he lost to such a group of idiots...

There was a knock on the door, Draco turned around, and saw William in a dark gray wizard uniform standing at the door, staring at him with admiration.

Draco pursed his lips, walked up to William, grabbed the tie in his hand and wrapped it around his neck, pulled him to lower his head, and kissed his lips.

The boys wore tuxedos today too, in the most refined and elegant Malfoy style.This was the first time he had unabashedly shown his Malfoy side after leaving the British wizarding world, and William could see his pride and excitement at the moment.

They are going to attend a banquet in the magic world today, and the organizer is Mr. Bartolomé, the president of the Merlin Group.Most of the high-ranking people in the magic world were invited to the banquet, as well as those who contributed to the reconstruction of the magic world after the war.Draco was included in the invitation as the latter.

Except for him and the Italian Deni, most of today's guests are from Gryffindor, and there will be no Slytherin in the remaining small part.

"I'm afraid the Gryffindors won't be too friendly to you." William kept his head down, looking into Draco's eyes, while saving his tie from his hands and fastening it.

Draco let go of his hand cooperatively, shrugged and said indifferently: "They can do whatever they want. There are media attending the banquet today, I wish their attitude was bad enough, and I 'earned' an even more disappointing reputation."

William frowned, not liking that Draco always used himself as a target, but in the end he didn't say anything against it.It's a confrontation between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and while he's in it, he's actually always out there.He couldn't understand Draco's almost paranoid hostility towards Gryffindor, and why he was so impatient, as if he couldn't see the Ministry of Magic going around for another day.All he can do is support and protect his boy.

They apparated and arrived at the building of the Merlin Group in Diagon Alley. In the banquet hall, Denis was chatting happily with several wizards from the Ravenclaw family.As Draco and William approached, they heard Deni talking about his knowledge of magical creatures like vampires. The Ravenclaws around him also showed approval expressions, and they already regarded him as a researcher in a certain field. of knowledge-based businessmen.

"He can do it!" Draco couldn't help complaining to William, which happened to catch the attention of a certain Ravenclaw.

"Malfoy?" The other party looked at him in surprise, apparently not expecting to see him here.Draco's unusual low-key after returning to the wizarding world, has made the wizards forget that Malfoy was the darling of the social circle.

Denis turned around and hugged Draco with a bright smile on his face: "You guys are here!" He turned to William, braked at the last moment of hugging him, and shook hands with him solemnly.

The Ravenclaws looked at each other. Although they didn't know what was going on, the relationship between the Merlin Group and Malfoy was obviously not ordinary.The imagined scene of fighting between snipe and clam did not appear, but their friendly relationship embarrassed the Ministry of Magic, which initially wanted to use the Merlin Group to check and balance Malfoy.

Draco and William didn't chat with Denis for too long, and separated after a few simple greetings.A Ravenclaw couldn't help asking Deni: "How did you and Mr. Malfoy meet?"

Deni smiled: "He donated 50 Galleons to the British wizarding community before, so he is obviously a good man worth dating."

Ravenclaw shook his head in disapproval: "That's all for him to regain the recognition of the British magic community."

"Maybe." Deni said casually: "But how important the 50 is to the British wizard will not change because of his original motive, will it?"

Kingsley is also present at the banquet tonight.He is the Minister of Magic, he must be indispensable for such an occasion, and today the Ministry of Magic specially took out ten antique magic items from various Slytherin families, intending to use the auction method in exchange for funds.

Kingsley had had enough of the recent rumors and gossips against the Ministry of Magic. He didn't want to passively let Draco play tricks anymore, and had to take the initiative to find a way to turn the situation around.

Hermione raised objections to his plan as always, but it didn't matter, Hermione was just a deputy now, so what qualifications did she have to dictate his decisions.

Draco and William caught Kingsley's attention as soon as they entered the venue.The gaze he stared at Draco was colder than that of a real cold-blooded animal. Compared to Malfoy, he looked like a poisonous snake at this moment.

The boys over there easily integrated into today's banquet because of Deni's friendly attitude, and even some young wizards who had spared classmates with him in the past came forward to talk to them.Kingsley's eyes were fixed on him all the time, until the dark wizard who was following the boy turned his head and gave him a light glance.

That deathly look brought Kingsley back to his senses, and he hastily looked away.At the same time, I hated these barbaric black wizards who could only rely on force.

What would Draco Malfoy be without William?What has he got to do with the Ministry of Magic?

Thinking this way, Kingsley completely ignored that not long ago, the so-called "barbaric, only relying on force" dark wizards used gold Galleons and a few news reports to stir up chaos in the entire British magic world, and successfully This has greatly reduced the credibility of the Ministry of Magic in the hearts of the people.

On the other side of the banquet hall, Draco had just finished chatting with some young girls.He turned to look at William, who had not spoken much, and suddenly approached his ear: "You are very silent today."

"I don't have much to talk to these people." In fact, many of the things that are talked about in social situations are quite a waste of time for him.

Draco raised his eyebrows: "I thought you were upset just now." He glanced at the girls who were still looking at them, and said suggestively.

William laughed and shook his head: "I'm not so unreasonable." He lowered his head, imitating what Draco did just now, and whispered in his ear: "Kingsley has been watching you. I bet, even if he is facing his girlfriend, he has never been so focused before."

Draco couldn't help laughing: "So you're messing with Kingsley?"

"It's not what you think." William said helplessly.

"Of course I do." Draco replied with a smile, winking narrowly at him.

The two stood in the corner of the banquet hall, very close to each other, as if they were kissing.Many wizards noticed the two people in that corner, and avoided their eyes wisely. At the same time, they also realized more clearly that the relationship between William Schiller and Draco Malfoy was definitely deeper than they imagined.