In the principal's room at Hogwarts, Dumbledore rarely put on a formal suit. He wore a round hat on his head, paired with a finely embroidered silk robe. The hem was embellished with translucent silk, giving him a unique look. A feeling of "immortal spirit".
"Dudley, has something good happened recently? You seem to be in a good mood."
Dumbledore asked with a smile.
Speaking of being in a good mood, Dumbledore was obviously in an even better mood.
"I remembered something happy."
Dudley made a very perfunctory excuse and responded with a smile, although to many people his smile was no different from anger.
"Professor, I don't think the clothes you are wearing are the special robes of the Wizengamot, right?"
Members of the Wizengamot have a uniform, purple robes with flat hats, and a delicate silver "W" embroidered on the left chest.
This one on Dumbledore obviously has nothing to do with purple, and there is no silver 'W' at all.
"After all, I am also the chief wizard there, and I have some privileges."
Dumbledore said, winking at Dudley.
The purple robe was too sultry and Dumbledore didn't like it very much. He preferred pure purple or light purple clothes.
"Are you ready?"
Dumbledore said: "It's almost time, I think we should get there."
"Anytime, Professor." Dudley shrugged, indicating that he was fine.
Dumbledore looked at the phoenix nest in the principal's office: "Fox, please."
Hogwarts Castle was cast under a spell by the four founders of the academy. Wizards cannot use apparation in the castle, even as the principal, they do not have this privilege.
However, other creatures except wizards are not prohibited from using it, such as magical animals and house elves.
Among them, the phoenix is one of the few magical creatures that can change shape.
When he heard his name being called, Fawkes poked his head out of his nest and called Dumbledore lazily.
Dumbledore wore his half-moon glasses and said uncertainly: "Have you gained a little weight recently?"
More than just a little, Fox has obviously gained a lot of weight.
If it could be seen as a phoenix before, now it can only be seen as a fat red chicken.
The main thing is that the food is so good
Ever since this guy became familiar with Crookshanks, he has never been short of magical animal rations.
Fawkes called out again and finally came out of the nest, fluttering his wings and flying onto Dudley's shoulder next to Dumbledore. The whole process didn't seem to take any effort.
Although its size is slightly larger, it does not affect its flight.
Even though this thing is so small, it can carry creatures that are a hundred times heavier than itself.
The seemingly round belly can actually be eliminated instantly if Fox wants to. It is just enjoying the process of slowly digesting food.
The Phoenix is one of the most powerful magical creatures. If it weren't for its lack of desire to attack wizards, giving it a 5X level would be more than enough.
"Thank you for your hard work, Fox."
Dudley scratched its chin, and that skillful technique made Fox narrow his eyes in comfort.
Cats are not the only ones who like to have their chins scratched. Most animals with long hair also like to have their chins scratched.
"After a while, maybe Fawkes won't even recognize me." Dumbledore joked.
Faced with Dumbledore's joke, Dudley just smiled and shook his head.
Even with magical beast rations, Dudley couldn't take Fawkes away. The phoenix is a very loyal magical creature. There are almost no cases of being tamed by wizards in history. Even if it is tamed, it will only be accompanied by one wizard, and the wizard who is accompanied by Fawkes That's Dumbledore.
It's nice that it's close to Dudley, but it's more loyal to Dumbledore.
Fox flew above the two of them, and with a white light that was not dazzling, the two disappeared into the principal's office.
When the two appeared again, they were already on the streets of London, to be precise, they should be near Whitehall, London.
Dumbledore waved his wand lightly and dispersed ordinary people who might be close to the two of them.
"I assume Dudley you haven't been to the Ministry of Magic yet."
Dumbledore stopped in front of a shabby red phone box, surrounded by several shabby buildings of unknown use, a bar and a dirty street with messy paintings.
Even on the busiest London street, the surrounding environment is extremely bad.
England's sanitation workers are not that diligent.
The salary they receive is not enough to cover their hard daily cleaning.
Insisting on mandatory quotas will only provoke them to go on strike collectively.
Dudley nodded: "Yes, Professor."
"Then come in." Dumbledore said, opening the phone booth door.
After closing the door, Dumbledore dialed the number, and Dudley saw the numbers clearly - 62442.
At this time, a female voice sounded over the booth, asking the two people why they went to the Ministry of Magic. A silver badge with a name and reason came out of the phone. Then the phone booth descended like an elevator for about a minute, and the elevator slowly arrived. stand.
Dudley and Dumbledore came out.
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic, Dudley."
"Thank you for the welcome, Professor Dumbledore."
The place where the two appeared was the main entrance of the Ministry of Magic. As long as you take the corresponding elevator, you can go to any department of the Ministry of Magic from here.
In fact, you can use apparation to come directly to the Ministry of Magic. Unlike Hogwarts, there is no spell prohibiting the use of apparation. However, except for the staff of the Ministry of Magic, others do not recommend this. It is easy. Treated as an intruder.
They were going to the Magical Law Enforcement Department of the Wizengamot Council on the second underground floor.
The Ministry of Magic has ten floors in total, all underground.
By the way, the two of them are currently on the eighth floor underground.
To be fair, the appearance of such an underground building complex in this era is quite shocking.
Follow Dumbledore all the way to the hall of the Ministry of Magic. Located in the center is a circular pool, with a group of solid gold statues composed of wizards, witches, centaurs, goblins, and house elves erected in the middle.
This is the famous Magic Brothers Fountain.
Wizards and witches stood in the center, while centaurs, goblins, and house elves surrounded them, looking at them with admiration.
Dumbledore took Dudley to the famous fountain.
"Wizards do not gain the respect of centaurs and goblins. Many wizards do not even treat them as equals. People always look at them with prejudice and regard them as beasts, enemies and servants. The 'Magic Brothers Fountain' is not the 'Brothers Fountain' ’ but a ‘fountain of hypocrisy’.”
Wizards passing by heard Dumbledore's words and thought they made sense. Wizards should really reflect on it.
However, although Dumbledore's words were philosophical, Dudley had other views on it.
The description around the phone booth leading to the Ministry of Magic is based on the original work, which is different from the clean streets in the movie.
(End of chapter)
