Chapter 1778 Trip to Belgium

Today is still a sunny day - at least Beauxbatons is indeed like this.

However, Hermione and the others had no time to appreciate such a fine weather.

The old butler has already discussed with Mrs. Maxim. They will go to several surrounding countries to visit some forces worthy of wooing, and try to persuade them to join the formation of the "Resistance Alliance".

Since Maca was not here, with Hermione's wisdom, she naturally became the representative of Hogwarts and one of the initiators of the alliance.

After sending Harry and the others away, Hermione actually didn't stay in Beauxbatons for too long. When the morning sun rose and illuminated the earth, she and the old housekeeper took Madame Maxime's huge rune horse carriage to the first destination of their trip - Belgium.

It has to be said that this country, which is also only separated from the United Kingdom by the Dover Strait, is actually very dangerous. If Haierbo had a second thought and prepared to invade the continent of Europe, Belgium would most likely be occupied "by the way".

For the same reason, the Netherlands to the north of Belgium also has the same danger, so Mrs. Maxime's next stop is to go north, and then maybe she will turn to Germany, which is adjacent to these two countries at the same time.

In fact, when Harry and the others were still sailing on the English Channel, Hermione had already arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, with Madame Maxime and the old butler.

"I have had several exchanges with Ms. De Quinn, the Minister of Magic of Belgium... Generally speaking, she is a person who is more emotional than rational. Since she took office, she has always focused on the rights and welfare of wizards. Originally, there was no Magic school, but with her unremitting efforts, Belgium's first wizarding school was finally completed—it's small, but at least it exists."

Mrs. Maxim introduced Hermione and the old butler about the female minister who was going to meet later in the carriage. Of course, these things were mainly for Hermione, because the old butler didn't know much about each other. How much less than Madame Maxime.

And the clever Hermione did not live up to Maxim's expectations. Although the latter only said it to the end, she understood the deep meaning at once—after meeting the other party later, from " The efficiency of persuasion from the perspective of "humanistic care" will definitely be much higher than that of talking about gains and losses.

The three of them had already got out of the car, and after leaving the invisible carriage and the driver in a large parking lot that had been cursed to repel Muggles, they walked around several buildings and walked in silently. An alley with no passers-by.

Not long after, I saw Mrs. Maxim, who was leading the way, sticking out her wand at a corner,

He tapped lightly on a brick in the corner. The next moment, the tall girl had no choice but to bend over, and slammed into the wall without hindrance.

Seeing this, Hermione and the old butler hurried to follow.

...

This is a wizarding street somewhat similar to Diagon Alley in England.

Slightly narrow streets and alleys, various magical shops, strange buildings of different heights, and the sky squeezed into a line by the surrounding buildings.

But what is different from Diagon Alley is that every shop here is decorated with various colorful tarpaulins, tapestries and murals. Although they take up a bit of space, they all look beautiful.

Of course, the practice of putting all the tables and chairs on the street like that one is obviously not worth advocating.

It can be seen that Madame Maxime is having a hard time walking here... Okay! Perhaps the ones who struggled more than her were the Belgian wizards who had to make way for her!

Madam Maxim's arrival attracted many wizards who passed by to look at her with vigilance or curiosity. It's just that Maxim has long been used to this kind of sight, and he doesn't take it seriously - at least on the surface.

Although... after entering this wizarding street, she obviously lost her words a lot.

"A little further on is the Ministry of Magic," the old butler said to Hermione beside him, "I've been here before, but I just apparated here... Oh, it happened to be blocked by Madam, you you can see."

Sure enough, after they followed Madam Maxim for a while, the road seemed to gradually open up a little. This is not because the road has really become wider, but because there are fewer things on the side of the street.

Soon, Hermione finally saw a typical Gothic-style building that looked old and quite grand. The complicated and exquisite exterior wall sculptures made people feel a little dazzled.

"This is the Belgian Ministry of Magic," said the old butler. "It used to be the old house of an ancient wizard family, and its inheritance is not inferior to our Blois family..."

"Unfortunately, it was lonely in the 16th century. In the end, the heirs half-sold it and gave it to the president of the Belgian Wizarding Council who wanted to establish the Ministry of Magic at that time, and changed his position in the Ministry of Magic. In fact, this street is also Later, another building was built around this old house, so you see, it seems a bit out of place here..."

As the steward of the Blois family, these histories about other famous wizarding families need to be kept in mind. At this moment, the old steward introduced Hermione almost at his fingertips.

While talking, they followed Madam Maxim to the gate.

"I'm Orim Maxim, the principal of Beauxbaton School of Magic. I have something urgent to meet with Ms. De Quin. Please let me know!"

After saying something to the guard at the door, she walked in on her own. Hermione saw that the wizard guard originally wanted to speak out to stop him, but was quickly stopped by the older colleagues on the other side.

"That's Madame Maxime! You little fool from Durmstrang—"

He had just reprimanded, when he saw the old butler and Hermione walking up behind Madam Maxim, he stopped talking in embarrassment.

Belgium also basically speaks French. Although some vocabulary is slightly different from French, let alone Hermione, at least the old butler can understand it completely.

"Hello," the old butler didn't care about his somewhat vulgar words just now, and nodded politely at the other party, "We are here with Mrs. Maxime to see Ms. De Quin, may I go in? ?”

He didn't report his identity here, because it was obviously unnecessary.

"Oh! Hello, old man, and this beautiful lady...Of course," the other party said hastily, "Please come in, please come in!"

In the warm greeting of the other party, the old butler and Hermione also passed through the gate and walked into the reception hall of the Belgian Ministry of Magic.

"Let's not talk after seeing the minister for a while. You will find that there is a reason why Mrs. Maxim chose to come here in the first place."

The old butler whispered in Hermione's ear.