[Comprehensive] The Wizard and the Fugitive

"Let's see." A Gryffindor and the people around him said this, and after avoiding William and Draco, they dared to show a little bit of inconspicuous disdain.

Surrounded by a few friends from the same college, they all nodded in agreement.But a Ravenclaw next to him laughed, turned to him and said, "You don't sound like you have any confidence."

Gryffindor blushed, glared at the other party, and refused to answer with a dismissive gesture.

"Whether it's the Ministry of Magic or Malfoy, no matter what they are going to do, I hope they can move quickly." Someone on the Ravenclaw side said: "Every time Gryffindor and Slytherin face each other, always Could cause a lot of trouble. I just hope it settles down soon."

"Actually, it's good that Slytherin is back, at least a lot of reconstruction projects are finally in charge." A Hufflepuff said.

"But they're Death Eaters!"

"Come on. Except for Malfoy, the other three brats definitely haven't even seen the man's face."

"What about Malfoy? Are we just accepting the favor of a Death Eater?"

"Why not?" A Ravenclaw looked at his emotional friend coldly, and said calmly: "If he has the ability to change the status quo of the wizarding world and is willing to do his best to do so, then no matter what his original intention is, I will All thanks to him."

Another Hufflepuff next to him also said: "The British wizarding world can't go on like this. If there is no return of Slytherin, are you going to let your children go to school in the run-down Hogwarts until they graduate? "

In the banquet hall, almost all the wizards were discussing the same topic, even if they lowered their voices, they could still be heard wherever they went.Kingsley stayed in it. Although the wizards still respected him, they couldn't change his increasingly ugly face.

He ended up striding away sullenly, not returning until just before the Ministry auction, just in time for a friendly handshake between Denis and Draco.

The president of the Merlin Group seems to have a special appreciation for Malfoy, who is willing to donate half of his family fortune to the British wizarding world. Kingsley couldn't hear what they were talking about, but he could tell from the expressions of the two that they were happy at the moment. Mood.That Bartolomé never showed such a smile when he was with him.

Kingsley turned his head coldly, pretending he didn't see them, sat down in his seat, and waited for the auction to start.The ten items that the Ministry of Magic put up for auction today are all from several major Slytherin families, and they can definitely be sold for a good price, and he will announce on the spot that the funds raised will be used for the reconstruction of the magic world, and severely hit those talking about magic. A slap in the face for all inaction wizards.

After Denis and Draco separated and returned to their seats, the host of the auction finally took the stage.Kingsley couldn't help sitting up straight, looking forward to the next moment belonging to the Ministry of Magic.

However, the development of the matter was not exactly as he expected. After the first auction item came to the stage, Draco Malfoy immediately raised his placard and shouted that it was three times higher than the starting price, but far lower than Kingsley's expected price.

"It's something from the Malfoy family. It originally belonged to my father. Now that I'm back, I hope I can bring it home." Draco said to William.His voice was not lowered, and the surrounding wizards could hear it, and it quickly spread among the few competitors.

Kingsley watched as several wizards who had already wanted to raise their placards put down their placards again. He smiled at Draco and gave him the first auction item—willing to donate half of his family fortune to the British wizarding community. , a big boy who longs for atonement and longs to go home.

Recently, Draco's low profile and huge donations have added a lot of points to his reputation. At the same time, the Ministry of Magic is also using silence, attacks and infighting to reduce points for himself.As a result, few people today care about the sudden willingness of the Ministry of Magic to start an auction, and they are more willing to take the opportunity to sell Draco a favor.What's more, judging from the observation during this period, the favor sold to Malfoy will eventually be seen by Schiller.

The second auction item was successfully bought by a Ravenclaw. Kingsley sat upright and was relieved to see the third item also sold successfully.

However, it was too early for him to feel relieved. From the moment the fourth auction item came on stage, the situation was completely deviated from his expectations.

Kingsley didn't know much about the collections of the major families, and he didn't deliberately classify them into categories. He just picked the ten most valuable items to bring, and he didn't expect how many of the ten items would come from the platinum family.When Draco bought the fourth to eighth auction items for the same reason, and the wizards of the surrounding families did not have any objections, Kingsley realized what a huge mistake he had made.

He nervously stared at the ninth auction item on the stage. After the host announced the start of the competition, Draco raised his placard again.This time, several wizards from the pure-blood family showed surprised expressions, and Kingsley turned his head to look at Draco, hoping to find something to prove that he was messing around.

Draco didn't seem to see the reactions of the people around him, and said to William: "This is something from Pansy's mother, and I want to give it to her as a gift. You know, she is the only one left in the entire Parkinson's family. "

William smiled and silently squeezed his hand tightly.Most of the wizards chose to give in again, only one or two participated in the bidding, and finally lost to Malfoy without any suspense.

This young man who had already donated half of his property still treated his friends so generously, and he didn't give others a chance at all.

The completely unexpected scene made Kingsley exert great effort to restrain his anger.Although Draco had his reasons for every placard raised, Kingsley believed that everything today was aimed at the Ministry of Magic and him.

Seven of the ten auction items were bought by Malfoy, which meant that most of the funds raised by the Ministry of Magic today came from the Malfoy family, which made it impossible for him to open his mouth and use these gold Galleons to decorate the facade of the Ministry of Magic.What's even worse, because there were no competitors, Malfoy controlled the transaction prices of most of the items to be lower than Kingsley's expected figure, which ultimately made the total amount of funds raised by the Ministry of Magic much lower than Kingsley's expected.

How could this not be targeting the Ministry of Magic!

"How does Mr. Minister look?" Draco, who had just won a complete victory, turned his head and leaned into William's ear to ask.The warm breath with a smile sprayed on William's neck, making him almost unable to maintain his sanctimonious mask.

He glanced in Kingsley's direction, watched him get up angrily, and hurriedly left the scene, he couldn't help but shook his head at his impatient look: "He looks like he's about to explode."

Draco glanced back and only caught Kingsley's back, so he sighed in disappointment: "I still want to go and talk to him in a while."

"I'm afraid he won't be able to resist pulling out his wand." William smiled and joked indifferently.