Chapter 707: Warning From the International Federation of Wizards

Originally, the Minister of Magic, Owen Harris, and the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, made an appointment to meet with the Muggle Prime Minister today. This is a tradition. The former minister introduces the current minister to the current Muggle Prime Minister. —although Fudge himself had only met the Muggle Prime Minister once.

Hearing Owen's words, Fudge was taken aback for a moment, and then a look of understanding appeared on his face.

"You know, the actions of the Death Eaters during this period, although we almost destroyed most of the other's attacks, I gave a live speech on TV for this reason. But the hurricane in the northwest that caused Muggle casualties, Let the International Federation of Wizards warn us, asking us to pay attention to complying with the "International Federation of Wizards' Secrecy Act", asking us to pay attention not to force dark wizards into the Muggle world when fighting, and reminding us to pay attention to the risk of exposure. Therefore, I need to give another live speech. Connelly, please come to my office and wait for me for a while. I will come back after my speech. It just so happens that my son Alan, he also came to magic today The Ministry of Mysteries is staying in the Department of Mysteries, and the three of us will meet the Muggle Prime Minister together later." Although Owen Harris tried his best to explain to Fudge, his tone could not refuse the arrangement.

The status of each other was reversed, and Cornelius Fudge, who is now a subordinate, had no intention or ability to refuse. He obeyed Owen's arrangement and walked into the familiar yet unfamiliar minister's office. The arrangement of tables, chairs and decorative carpets in the minister's office are still the same, but on the wall opposite to the minister's desk, a huge TV is installed, which is playing all kinds of Death Eaters who failed to attack and were captured. screen.

Fudge glanced at it, and then turned his eyes to the minister's desk. He looked at the swivel chair behind the desk almost fascinatedly for a long time, then walked to the guest chair opposite the desk and sat down, picked up a newspaper and casually Flipping through it, the title of one of them is very eye-catching:

The Ministry of Magic Aurors hit the Death Eaters well

In recent days, after the return of the mysterious man, there have been frequent attacks by Death Eaters in the magic world, causing panic among the public. The Ministry of Magic has taken strong measures, such as strengthening patrols, installing surveillance, and distributing communication badges, to improve its strike capabilities, reduce losses, and increase the detection rate and pursuit efforts.

Under the instructions of the Ministry of Magic's Magical Law Enforcement Secretary Len Harris, Rufus Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office, set up a special inspection team, and the armed Aurors led by Commander Albert Harris Luo stood on the front line of fighting against the Death Eaters and prevented many attacks.

Although a few wizards were unfortunately injured in these incidents due to the frequent attacks and even kidnappings of the Death Eaters, the criminals were stopped by the quick-response armed Aurors and were arrested. Captured successfully.

It was just because of the Ministry of Magic's high-handed attitude towards these criminals that this group of frenzied Death Eaters set their sights on Muggles a few days ago.

The Ministry of Magic deployed quickly with the cooperation of multiple departments, and arranged preventive measures in advance. The Ministry of Magic showed strong force and execution power, and destroyed most of the destruction of Muggle landmarks by the Death Eaters. Only in Northwest England The hurricane created by the criminals in Kaixia County caused some damage to the Muggles.

It is reported that the Ministry of Magic will continue to strengthen the police force in complex areas of public security, continue to carry out armed patrols to warn, and set up armed checkpoints to check suspicious persons and objects, combat and prevent various terrorist attacks by Death Eaters, so as to prevent Death Eaters from forming Powerful deterrence, improving the wizard's sense of security.

"Gentlemen and ladies..." At this moment, Owen Harris' voice came from the TV, which attracted Fudge's attention. He put down the newspaper and looked at the TV.

Almost the entire TV screen was occupied by the image of Owen Harris. He was sitting at the long table, and the huge logo of the Ministry of Magic was slowly rotating behind him as the background. It is calm and powerful: "Just now, I received a warning from the International Federation of Wizards,

Since the Death Eaters frequently attack Muggles, they worry that the law of secrecy will be violated, so they remind us of the danger of exposure... We have received the reminder from the International Federation of Wizards, and we will do our best to ensure the safety of the wizarding world Under the premise, some Aurors are assigned to prevent terrorist attacks against Death Eaters in Muggle society. However, if we want to completely eliminate small incidents like the Lancashire hurricane, then the Aurors who are supposed to protect the wizarding world will inevitably be dispersed. The guarding power will inevitably be weakened... But I think our Ministry of Magic's first service object will always be our wizards themselves, so the focus and core of the Ministry of Magic's work will not change. Our primary concern is to ensure the safety and stability of the magic world On the premise of ensuring this point, we will use excess power to carry out other matters, but we will do our best to maintain a high-pressure situation against unprovoked attacks by Death Eaters, and do our best to maintain and ensure the stability of the wizarding world and the Muggle world. We will continue to strengthen armed patrols and increase the distribution of alarm communication equipment. All wizards, regardless of their status, will be equally protected by the Ministry of Magic. Finally, if there are Muggles or Squibs among your relatives and friends, you can also apply to the Ministry of Magic. They will receive the attention and priority of the Ministry of Magic. We will issue alarms that are more similar to Muggle social items, wizards You can get it for your Muggle relatives and friends who don’t know magic... My friends, the behavior of these clowns can’t scare us, and the facts have also proved that their actions against the wizarding world are under the strict arrangement of our Ministry of Magic, in various departments Each performs its duties and cooperates with each other, which is almost useless. "

Seeing this, Fudge couldn't help tapping his legs rhythmically. Owen Harris's speech might not satisfy the International Federation of Wizards. He took advantage of the other party's formality that was originally conducted in accordance with the management regulations. The same warning pushed the International Federation of Wizards to the opposite of the interests of ordinary wizards, and also won the favor of wizards in the British wizarding world for himself. His reputation will definitely be better among those ordinary wizard families. In other words, if he can ensure the safety of the magic world, his reputation in the wizard world will probably be even higher.

Afterwards, the door of the minister's office was pushed open again. Owen Harris, who had returned from the speech, took off the coat he had just put on his arms, looked at Fudge who saw him enter and stood up, and said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time. Nelly, Alan hasn't come here yet. How about it, Connelly, go to the Muggle Prime Minister to explain the situation first, I'll go to the Department of Mysteries to find Alan, and then Alan and I will go there together."

Fudge felt that such a process would be easier for the Muggle Prime Minister to understand, so he left the minister's office as he said, and planned to meet the Muggles through the fireplace in the Ministry of Magic lobby after telling the Muggle Prime Minister what he was about to visit. Prime Minister. The fireplace in the Muggle Prime Minister's Office is connected to the Ministry of Magic, and this Floo network has always been protected by the Ministry of Magic.

At this time, in a very stately room, a beautiful marble fireplace faced a long sash window, which was tightly closed, and although it was July, there was already a cold mist outside. Sitting alone in the office, the Muggle Prime Minister shivered slightly, stretched out his fingers and rubbed his forehead, thinking of the strangely small hurricane in Lancashire in the northwest of England, without any warning or warning, he had a headache, and However, his political opponents candidly analyzed in the news that this was due to the government's failure to warn in advance.

The Prime Minister's pulse quickens as he thinks about these accusations, because they are unjust and untrue. Is it his fault that this eccentric hurricane, which seemed to appear out of nowhere, could not be explained by even the best experts, and that the evacuation had not been issued in time?

At this time, he heard a slight cough in the room. He froze, the coughing sound familiar to him. He had heard it before.

"Hello?" he said, trying to sound brave. At that moment, he knew it was impossible, but he still vaguely hoped that no one would agree to him. However, a voice immediately answered, this voice was clear and decisive, as if reading a prepared speech. The Prime Minister knew when he heard the first cough that it was coming from the little bullfrog-like man in the long silver wig who was the figure in a little dirty oil painting in the far corner of the room.

"To the Muggle Prime Minister. An urgent meeting is requested. Please answer immediately. Faithful, Fudge." The man in the oil painting looked at the Prime Minister questioningly.

"Well," said the Prime Minister, "look... the time is not right for me... I'm waiting for a call... from a President... I'm going to a meteorological conference right after that... about Lancashire The hurricane's—”

"That can be rearranged," said the portrait without thinking. The Prime Minister's heart sank. That's what he's worried about.

"But I do want to find out—"

"As long as you see Mr. Fudge, you'll understand. The president will forget about the phone call. He'll call again at this time tomorrow. Besides, the rescheduled meeting has been sent out," said the little man. , "Please answer Mr. Fudge immediately."

"I ... oh ... well," said the Prime Minister resignedly, "OK, I'll see Fudge."