Chapter 683: Fudge Makes a Fuss (It’s Fish’s Birthday!)

Unlike when I arrived on Thursday night, there were people coming and going in the main hall of the Ministry of Magic.

Every few seconds, with a soft pop, a wizard suddenly emerged from the rows of gilded fireplaces on the left. To the right, in front of each fireplace, there were several people lining up to leave.

From time to time, there was a harsh "crackling" sound, and a wizard apparated away from the hall, or apparated and arrived.

On the peacock blue ceiling, symbols that were dim at night were emitting golden light. These golden symbols were constantly moving and changing, like a huge high-altitude bulletin board.

When Dumbledore and Fish appeared in the Golden Hall, everyone turned their attention.

"Professor Dumbledore!"

"Fish, long time no see!"

Some of the wizards greeted the two warmly, while others cast wary glances at Dumbledore, but when they saw Fish, their expressions immediately softened.

"I finally know why you keep talking about him in my ears. The real Fish is much cuter than the one in the newspaper!" A witch grabbed her companion's arm and said excitedly: "I really want to go and hug him. Hug him!"

"Humph~" Her companion raised his head triumphantly, "Although I have never hugged Feishi, I have talked to him. He even healed my arm that was scratched by a marten!"

Her words instantly attracted envious looks from around her.

With a cheerful smile on his face, Dumbledore greeted the people around him politely while leading Fish forward.

As he passed the fountain, Fish saw many sparkling silver Sickles and Copper Nuts at the bottom of the pool... He was so busy marking his territory that night that Cat failed to notice the coins in the fountain.

As for when he and Professor McGonagall came to register Animagus earlier, Fish had no concept of "money" at all, and at that time he was held by Professor McGonagall in the form of a cat, so there was no way he could free time.

After seeing these coins today, Fish suddenly thought of "making money to support the family" that Professor McGonagall mentioned not long ago.

So Maomao stretched out his hand and tugged on Dumbledore's sleeve, pointed at the money in the fountain and asked, "Albus, no one wants this money? Can Fei take it, Meow?"

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"This is not okay."

Dumbledore pointed to the side. In an inconspicuous place, there was a small, stained sign that read:

[All proceeds from the Magic Brothers Fountain are donated to St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries]

Fish glanced at the content on the sign and pouted regretfully.

"Why do you suddenly want the money in it?" Dumbledore asked curiously.

Based on his understanding of Fei Xu, Maomao probably doesn't care much about money and doesn't have much concept of money.

"Minerva said that Fish will find a job after graduation to make money to support the family, but Fish doesn't want to work."

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Maomao's face was full of reluctance.

"Ahem...well...actually staying at Hogwarts and becoming a professor is a good choice," Dumbledore took the opportunity to lure him away: "And only by working in school can you still have summer vacation... Other professions don’t have this benefit.”

"What?! Minerva didn't tell Fish about this!"

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Maomao was shocked, obviously he just knew about this kind of thing...

Then he didn't want to work even more.

The two of them talked all the way and came to the end of the main hall of the Ministry of Magic. Next to a table on the left, there was a sign saying "Security Check". Directly below the sign sat a man in peacock blue robes and a very unshaven figure. Clean wizard.

"Good morning, Eric." Dumbledore smiled and nodded at him.

"Professor Dumbledore, long time no see. How are you lately?"

The wizard stood up quickly, wiped his hands on his robe vigorously a few times, then stretched out his hand and shook Dumbledore's hand.

Dumbledore retracted his hand and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, I am doing well. I think you should also know that I am here for trial today..." He pointed to Fish next to him, "This is The witnesses I invited.”

"I know him!" Eric shook hands with Maomao excitedly, "Fish has long been famous in the ministry! And when Professor McGonagall brought him to register Animagus seven years ago, I received them too!”

Maomao blinked and tilted his head to recall...

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"Oh... Fish remembered you, meow!" Maomao pointed at his head and said sincerely: "At that time, you didn't have as little hair as you do now, meow!"

Eric touched his sparse hair and laughed twice. Then he leaned forward and lowered his voice and said to Dumbledore: "Fudge is really getting more and more outrageous now... Ministry There are already people working together to find an opportunity to initiate a vote to oust him.”

Dumbledore shook his head gently, not wanting to comment on this matter. He reminded: "Check us quickly, don't let the people behind you wait too long."

"Ah, yes..."

Eric quickly picked up a long, thin golden rod that looked like a car antenna, and used it to sweep across Dumbledore and Fish's chests and backs from top to bottom.

After putting down the golden rod in his hand, he extended his palms to the two of them, "Please give me your wand."

Dumbledore and Fish both handed over their wands. Eric placed them one after another on a strange brass machine that looked like a single-pan balance.

After a slight vibration, the machine spit out two narrow pieces of parchment from a hole at the bottom.

"Twelve inches, the core is the hair of a leopard, and it has been used for almost five years, right?" He first glanced at the note belonging to Fish and asked.

"Right!" Fish replied.

Eric returned the wand to Fish, and then poked the parchment on a small brass nail.

Then he looked at the other one.

"Fifteen inches, the core is the tail hair of a thestral, and it has been used for fifty-one years... older than my age..." He muttered softly and returned the wand to Dumbledore.

The two put away their wands and came to the small hall where a bunch of elevators were placed again. There were quite a few people in the hall, but they were basically going up, so Dumbledore and Fish were the only two people in the elevator they entered.

This time Dumbledore pressed the ninth button again, and the elevator chain made a clattering sound, sending them to the next floor.

"Department of Mysteries." The woman's voice sounded again, and the elevator fence door slid to the side.

As soon as the door opened, Fish found that Fudge was waiting outside with a large group of Aurors, just like that night.

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, nodded to Fudge, and said politely: "You don't have to come to greet me so grandly, Cornelius, I know the way to the Wizengamot Courtroom."

"I'm preventing you from taking the opportunity to sneak into the Department of Mysteries!" Fudge's round face almost turned purple, and he roared loudly.

"So that's how it is," Dumbledore said exaggeratedly, "You've been really hard-working. You actually have to lead the Auror team every time."

"Albus..."

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Fish tugged at Dumbledore's sleeve and said sincerely, "I don't know why, but Fish thought you looked like you deserved a beating just now."

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Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald and obtained the Elder Wand in 1945, which is 51 years.

I wrote it at first because it was too long to be tested, but then I thought about it. In the original book, Harry's wand had been in Ollivander's shop for who knows how many years, and during that time, someone went to buy a wand every year, so it was more or less used for some time.

But when Harry tested the wand, he only counted his own use time, so it should be calculated according to the current owner's use years.