Chapter 374 Security Check
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This is the British Ministry of Magic, and Ivan is here for the first time.
Dumbledore and Sirius hadn't come yet, green flames flickered from time to time in the golden fireplace, and he was crowded forward by the stream of people coming from the fireplace.
These were all Ministry of Magic staff, and with their morning dead expressions on their faces, they were striding towards the set of golden doors at the far end of the hall.
Ivan noticed that some of them were holding piles of crumbling parchments in their arms, some were carrying tattered briefcases, and some were reading newspapers while walking to learn about the news that happened in the wizarding world yesterday.
Most of the newspapers are the "Daily Prophet", but not all of them. Ivan was delighted to find that many people had "Hogwarts Wizardry" in their hands.
Under the auspices of Professor Lu Ping, the newspaper created by Aiwen has developed rapidly recently, and its circulation is faintly competing with the "Daily Prophet".
With the help of Nearly Headless Nick, they have their own unique source of information. If Aiwen could publish the incident of the Dark Mark appearing in the Forbidden Forest last night, it is estimated that all the wizards are holding the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" now.
This is absolutely a remarkable achievement and will surpass anyone's imagination.
As the newspaper with the largest circulation in the wizarding world, no one has challenged the supremacy of the "Daily Prophet" for centuries.
Ahead, in the middle of the wide foyer, is a fountain.
A group of pure gold statues, larger than real people, stood in a circular pool of water.
The tallest of them all was a dignified wizard, with his wand raised high, pointing directly at the sky.
Surrounding him are a beautiful witch, a centaur, a goblin and a house-elf, the witch nestled next to the wizard, and the centaur, goblin and house-elf all looked up at the two wizards with infinite admiration .
Glittering jets of water shot from the tip of the wizard's wand, from the centaur's arrowhead, from the tip of the goblin's hat, and from the house-elf's ears.
There were ding-dong ding-dong, splashing water, popping and popping apparition figures, and the chaotic footsteps of hundreds of wizards and wizards.
Aiwen felt that his eyes were not enough. He followed the flow of people to the central fountain and saw many sparkling silver Sickles and copper Nats under the pool.
A small, stained sign next to it read: All proceeds from the Fountain of the Magical Brothers go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sickness.
Although the statues in this group are lifelike, they are definitely not real.
According to Aiwen's understanding of the centaurs and goblins, unless they were hit by the Imperius Curse or their head was hit hard, they would never look at human wizards with such admiration. As for the house-elves, they more often bury their heads under their feet.
Just when Ivan was looking at the group of statues with great interest, a lazy man's voice sounded behind him, "Little guy, where are you from?"
A wizard wearing a peacock blue robe and a badly shaved beard walked towards Ivan.
Behind him is a small wooden table with a "Security Check" sign on it.
"I have something to do when I come to the Ministry of Magic." Ivan replied briefly.
He wasn't sure if he wanted to name Dumbledore, Sirius, or Fudge. If he told the other party the truth that he came to seek permission from the Minister of Magic to enter the wizard prison Azkaban, would the other party think that he crazy? !
"Is there something to do?!" The guard wizard narrowed his eyes and said suspiciously, "Young wizards of your age are not allowed to come here without the company of adults. Do you have a wand, show it to me one look!"
This guy was so annoying that Ivan even wanted to pull out his wand and cast an Imperius Curse on him.
Then he remembered that he could not use this kind of advanced magic for the time being.
However, he can still do it with a small petrification spell.
"Ivan, what are you doing here?" At this moment, Mr. Weasley, who was wearing a tattered wizard robe, suddenly Apparated not far away.
He looked at Ivan in surprise, and waved to the suspicious guard, "Wait a minute, Eric! I know this kid, he is my son's friend."
"Arthur, do you know him?!" The guard wizard deflated like a balloon, returning to his lifeless state before, "Okay then..."
"Good morning, Mr. Weasley!" Ivan explained, "I'm here with Dumbledore and Sirius. I'll come from Floo first, and they'll be there soon."
"Come with them, what happened to Hogwarts?"
Aiwen hadn't answered yet, and there was a sudden commotion at the other end of the golden hall.
Dumbledore and Sirius who had just walked out of the fireplace were recognized almost instantly.
Many wizards rushed there screaming, and the hall was in chaos.
Both of them are big names in the wizarding world and have many admirers.
Dumbledore, recognized as the number one wizard in the wizarding world, has been at Hogwarts in recent years and rarely makes public appearances. It is difficult for adult wizards to have the opportunity to meet him.
Not to mention Sirius, since he was cleared of his grievances, he has taken over the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts in a flash, and he has no contact with the outside world at all.
The previous incident about his escape and the truth of the incident twenty years ago have been heated up by public opinion, and it has not faded until now.
Everyone was full of curiosity about Sirius, hoping to see him in person, and even more crazy, even asking him to sign.
"It looks like they won't come over for a while, let's not stand here stupidly, we can go in and wait." Mr. Weasley pulled Ivan to the guard.
"Eric, we're going in, you can check for Ivan."
The wizard named Eric agreed absently, not at all vigilant when he was interrogating Ivan just now, his eyes kept looking towards the hall. It seemed that he wanted to go over and have a look at Dumbledore and Sirius.
"Come this way!" he muttered.
Eric raised a long gold rod, as thin and resilient as a car's antenna, and he used it to sweep Ivan's chest and back from top to bottom.
"There, wand!" He put down the golden bauble and held out his hand.
Outsiders want to enter the Ministry of Magic, this is a necessary security check, no one can be an exception, Ivan handed over the wand.
He dropped it on top of a grotesque brass machine that looked like a single-pan balance.
The machine started to vibrate slightly, and a narrow strip of parchment was quickly spit out from a hole at the bottom.
Eric tore the paper off and read the words on it.
"Fourteen and a half inches, vine wood, used for two years, the core is..." Eric stopped, frowning and looking at the note in his hand.
"Any questions?" asked Mr. Weasley.
"No, go in!" Eric returned the wand to Ivan.
He was beating the machine there, muttering in a low voice, "Damn, this thing must be broken, and the core of the rod detected is actually an unknown substance." (To be continued.)
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