"Guests of the Ministry of Magic, you are required to be checked and register your wand at the security desk. The security desk is located at the end of the main hall."
The female voice said again.
The floor of the phone booth suddenly trembled. They slowly sank into the ground.
Tiera saw the pavement rising higher and higher outside the glass window of the phone booth, until finally there was darkness above them.
Tiera could see nothing and could only hear the monotonous, harsh grinding sound of the phone booth sinking into the ground. After about a minute, a thin golden light shone on his feet, and then the golden light gradually widened, expanded to his body, and finally hit his face directly.
"The Ministry of Magic hopes you have a good day." The woman's voice sounded again.
The door to the phone booth swung open, and "Gilderoy Lockhart" walked out first, followed by Tiera.
They stood at the end of a long, splendid hall with polished dark wooden floors. The peacock blue ceiling is inlaid with sparkling golden symbols, which are constantly moving and changing, like a huge high-altitude bulletin board.
The walls on all sides are paneled with glossy dark wooden boards, and many gilded fireplaces are embedded in the wooden boards. Every few seconds, with a soft pop, a wizard suddenly appeared from a fireplace on the left. And to the right, there were several people lining up in front of each fireplace, waiting to leave.
In the middle of the foyer is a fountain. In a circular pool stands a group of pure gold statues, which are larger than life. The tallest among them is a noble wizard, holding his wand high and pointing directly at the sky. Surrounding him were a beautiful witch, a centaur, a goblin and a house elf. Centaurs, goblins and house elves all looked up at the two wizards with admiration. Sparkling jets of water shot out from the top of the wizard's wand, from the centaur's arrow, from the tip of the goblin's hat, and from the two ears of the house elf.
There was the sound of rushing water all around, the popping and popping sounds of people apparating, and the chaotic footsteps of hundreds of witches and wizards. With dead morning expressions on their faces, they strode toward the row of golden doors at the end of the hall.
"Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, right?" came a high-pitched voice.
Tiera and "Gilderoy Lockhart" looked towards the source of the sound——
Cutting through the crowd, a short, fat witch strode toward them.
The witch has a broad, saggy face, a small black velvet bow on her short curly hair, and a fluffy pink cardigan on her fat body.
Danger!
Big danger!
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic, Mr. Lockhart." The witch rushed towards "Gilderoy Lockhart" and Tiera like pink toads pouncing on food.
Before Tiera could react, "Gilderoy Lockhart"'s hand had been held by the pink toad.
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic, Mr. Lockhart, my name is Dolores Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic." Umbridge shook Gilderoy Lockhart's hand vigorously and said. .
Then when Tiera was stunned by the smell of perfume on Umbridge, Umbridge suddenly bent down and looked at Tiera——
"Papa -"
Umbridge reached out and patted Tiera's face twice, then pinched it hard.
"This must be our little Mr. Lockhart, Tiera, right?" Umbridge stared at Tiera with a smile——
[This damn little Mudblood can actually be considered an adoptive father like Gilderoy Lockhart! 】
Tiera heard Umbridge say in her mind.
"Mr. Lockhart, please come this way." Umbridge stood up after squeezing Tiera's face.
Striding towards the Ministry of Magic checkpoint
"I brought two guests." Umbridge said to the checkpoint staff indifferently.
"Please come this way." The originally listless wizard was like a cat whose tail was stepped on in an instant——
Tiera seemed to see the staff member's hair explode.
Gilderoy approached him first. The wizard raised a long golden rod, which was as thin and flexible as a car's antenna. He used it to strike Gilderoy Lockhart's chest and back from above. I scanned it again.
"Wand." The wizard at the security check muttered to Gilderoy Lockhart, put down the golden thing, and stretched out his hand.
"My wand was destroyed." Tiera asked "Gilderoy Lockhart" to say. "It was sacrificed in the fight with the Dark Lord. I didn't have time to buy a new wand."
"Oh, let's go then." The wizard said, and then picked up the golden device and continued to scan Tiera.
"Magic wand," the wizard at the security checkpoint said again.
Tiera handed over the wand. The wizard dropped it on a strange-looking brass machine that looked like a single-plate scale.
The machine began to vibrate slightly. A narrow strip of parchment spit out quickly from a slit in the bottom. The wizard tore off the paper and read the words on it.
"Twelve inches, walnut, Longshinjian core, two years old. Right?"
"Yes." Tiera said.
"I'll keep this," the wizard said, jabbing the parchment note on a small brass nail. "Take this back."
He thrust the wand into Tiera's hand.
"Thank you." Tiera thanked her politely.
"Wait a minute," the wizard said slowly, and then looked at "Gilderoy Lockhart"——
"Mr. Lockhart," said the security wizard, "can you sign your name for me?"
"Eric!" Umbridge shouted suddenly, "Don't cause trouble!"
The wizard at the checkpoint was startled. He could only smile angrily, then turned sideways and let Tiera walk in.
"I will first take you to the Department of Legal Enforcement to register for adoption." After passing the security checkpoint, Umbridge said as she walked, "Then I will take you to the Department of Mysteries on the ninth floor underground. Professor Dumbledore and Minister Fudge are there. Waiting for you there, you and they will go down the stairs to the trial room on the tenth floor underground. From there, use the special floo net to go to the North Sea Fortress near Azkaban. Then you will take the Thestral Carriage from the North Sea Fortress to Azkaban. Caban.”
Umbridge said flatteringly as she walked towards the elevator.
"Thank you, Madam Senior Undersecretary," Tiera Jean "Gilderoy Lockhart" said.
"You're welcome, Mr. Lockhart," Umbridge said with a girlish voice.
After the elevator arrived, Umbridge leaned sideways and blocked the elevator door with her hand. After "Gilderoy Lockhart" and Tiera entered the elevator, Umbridge followed her into the elevator. At the same time, He closed the elevator door before other wizards and witches entered the elevator——
Only Tieras and Umbridge were left in the entire elevator room.
This made Tiera sit on pins and needles.
"Second floor, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is here."
The cold female voice sounded again, but Tiera thought it was like the gospel from heaven.
"Gilderoy Lockhart" and Tiera walked out of the elevator impatiently, and led by Umbridge to Door 2-13 of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
"Giggle, I'm waiting for you here. After completing the adoption process, I will take you to the courtroom on the tenth floor underground to meet with Minister Fudge and Professor Dumbledore." Umbridge said with a smile, "Before entering the trial Please hand over young Mr. Lockhart to me before leaving the room."
"I like children very much, and I believe we will become very good friends."
Shit!
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