Chapter 410 International Passport

Chapter 410 International Passport
7 month 17 day.

Early in the morning, after Xie Ling got up, he carefully combed his appearance and changed into a solemn, formal and noble wizard robe.

Today, he will go to the Ministry of Magic in person.

As a member of the Wizengamot reserve seat, Shearing was considered a half-civil servant, so he didn't have to walk a long way to the small and narrow telephone booth and go through the tedious phone registration steps before entering the Ministry of Magic like Harry in the original book. He used Floo powder directly from his home to the employee-only exit fireplace in the lobby of the Ministry of Magic.

The purpose of this trip is to register the international rights for his wand.

Yes, the wizarding world actually has a concept similar to the Muggle international passport. If you use Muggle transportation or smuggling to enter other countries, you are not allowed to use a wand, and if you are discovered, you may face imprisonment.

In the second film of Fantastic Beasts, at the beginning of the film, Newt Scamander was severely criticized by the Ministry of Magic for the chaos in New York after returning to Great Britain, and his right to cross-border travel was revoked by canceling the international use rights on his wand, which meant that he could not use the wizard's travel method to enter any other country. Once Newt was found to have illegally left the country, he would be sentenced to Azkaban, given his somewhat tense relationship with the Ministry of Magic at the time. This shows the seriousness of the matter.

Later, in order to complete Dumbledore's mission, Newt resolutely ignored the wizarding law and went to the Dartmoor Wilderness to buy an illegal portkey from a stowaway for 50 Galleons, and then successfully went to Paris, France.

In Schelling's view, just like many other members of the Order of the Phoenix in the original book, Newt thought he was doing the right thing for justice, but in fact he was just a tool of Dumbledore - these people can ignore the law and do whatever they want for the so-called justice they claim. If everyone follows suit, the entire wizarding society will be in chaos.

After all, their illegal behavior would be justified in the original world simply because they are the ultimate winners in the story.

Originally, the registration of international rights was the responsibility of the International Cooperation Department, but due to the disappearance of old Barty, several forces in the Ministry of Magic have placed their cronies here to fight for power, and now the entire department has fallen into a semi-paralyzed state. As a last resort, Schelling had to go to the Ministry of Magic in person to ask Fudge for help. Fudge is still the Minister of Magic, and as long as he says a word, such a small matter will be accomplished smoothly.

Office of the Minister for Magic.

The sunlight shines in through the stained glass windows, giving the entire room a warm and solemn color.

Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge sat behind a large oak desk, holding a quill in his hand and with his usual confident smile on his face.

Xie Ling stood in front of the desk, his face calm, with an imperceptible pressure shrouding him. He said in a low and calm voice: "Uncle Kang, Xie Ling needs your help. I need to register the international use rights of my wand. I know this was originally the responsibility of the International Cooperation Department, but now Mr. Crouch has disappeared. I have asked people to help me several times, but they either refused and made various excuses, or there was no response, and it ended in vain..."

"I know this was originally the responsibility of the International Cooperation Department, but now that Crouch is missing, the efficiency of the entire department is no longer sustainable. I have an urgent matter in a few days that requires me to travel to Germany and the Scandinavian Peninsula, so I have to ask you for help directly." Schelling said sincerely.

Fudge frowned, picked up a roll of parchment on the table, looked at it, put it down again, and sighed: "Yes, Crouch's disappearance has indeed caused chaos in the entire International Cooperation Department. But Sherin, this is not under my direct jurisdiction. However--"

Fudge's voice trailed off long, as if he was hesitant about something.

Xie Lin secretly snorted in his heart and cursed the old fox. His behavior showed that he was asking for benefits. In a flash, Xie Lin had already made up his mind.

"Uncle Kang, please help me." Xie Ling pleaded again: "Xie Ling will not let you work in vain. I saw a report in the newspaper that the Ministry of Magic is worried about the teaching quality of Hogwarts. I thought about it and found that Headmaster Dumbledore was indeed inconsiderate in hiring professors in the past four years. If Uncle Kang wants to improve the teaching staff of Hogwarts, my father and I can contribute a little to this good thing."

Shalling and Lucius were both members of the Hogwarts faculty recruitment committee. The father and son alone accounted for a quarter of the committee's voting rights. If Fudge could gain their support, his plan to interfere with Hogwarts would be more likely to succeed.

Schelling knew that if Fudge's current mind was divided into 10 points, 9 of them were probably spent on planning how to deal with Dumbledore, so he was not worried at all that Fudge would not take the bait.

Sure enough, in an instant, Fudge put on his usual smile and said enthusiastically, "Xie Lin, given the friendship between your father and I, why should you be so distant? Since you came to me in person, Uncle Kang has no reason to let you go back disappointed. Wait a moment, I'll see if I can arrange for someone else to handle it."

"Thank you very much, Uncle Kang." Xie Lin nodded and smiled politely and appropriately.

Fudge stood up, put his quill on the table, and walked to the door of his office. His new personal assistant, Percy Weasley, was standing beside him, writing something down. Fudge patted Percy on the shoulder and said, "Percy, stay here and look after Mr. Malfoy for me. I'll be back soon."

"Okay, Minister Fudge." Percy raised his head and pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose. His voice was capable but with a hint of childishness.

When the office door closed, there was silence in the room. Whether it was because of the discord between the Weasleys and the Malfoys, or because of the hostility between Gryffindor and Slytherin, Percy and Shaylin had nothing to talk about.

Percy lowered his head again, busy writing on the parchment, and didn't seem to notice Sherin approaching. Sherin's eyes fell on Percy, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. He gently raised the wand in his hand, and the soul-controlling ring on the ring finger of his right hand flashed a strange light. Sherin silently chanted the spell in his mind: "Soul out of the body."

The invisible magical power surged towards Percy like a tide. The quill in Percy's hand fell on the table with a "click". His movements froze, his eyes suddenly became empty and dull, and he stood there motionless as if he had lost his backbone.

Sherin put away his wand and slowly walked to Percy. His voice was low but full of irresistible majesty: "Very good, now you just need to obey my orders. Tell me, is there anything in the minister's private plan that I am interested in?"

Percy nodded mechanically and said stiffly, "The minister's private plan is recorded in a dedicated archive box. The box is protected by a magic lock and requires a specific spell to open."

"Very good," Xie Lin smiled slightly, with a cold light flashing in his eyes: "In the next few days, you will return to your original character, do what you should do, and behave like normal, understand?"

"Understood," Percy whispered, his tone eerily calm.

"I have one more thing to give you now—"

"Master, please speak."

"Your father Arthur has collected a lot of Muggle items over the years, right?"

"Yes," Percy, who had been controlled, showed a look of hatred, "He is an old stubborn man who has no ambition to make progress. He indulges in these useless things all day long, which has prevented his career from improving. We..." He paused, gritted his teeth and said, "It is all because of him that our family lives in such a difficult situation!"

"I have no interest in his interests, but I know that he has illegally modified many Muggle items privately, some of which are even serious enough to make him lose his job. Moreover, he seems to have abused his power in order to cover up these crimes. He deliberately modified the laws related to Muggle items and left loopholes in his favor." Xie Lin sneered, and in his heart he despised the self-proclaimed justice of the Order of the Phoenix, and then said: "Is what I said true?"

Percy seemed to struggle for a moment before regaining his composure and saying, "Yes. Dad did do some things that violated wizard laws because of this interest, but he didn't hurt anyone."

Although Percy was under the Imperius Curse, Shailling did not change his character in order to avoid being exposed, so he was still able to instinctively defend his father's actions.

"Breaking the law is wrong, and abusing private power to create legal loopholes is even more damnable. If everyone acts as he pleases, the authority of the Ministry of Magic will be gone, and wizard society will return to the chaotic primitive age." Xie Lin said coldly: "Think about it, why did you choose to join the Ministry of Magic? Is it to let the Ministry of Magic be disgraced because of your father, or even lose its reputation, and lose its credibility in front of the masses?"

"No, no..." Percy's voice began to tremble, indicating that his reason and inner emotions had begun to fight, "The Ministry of Magic can't... This can't be allowed to happen... Father is wrong!"

A gleam of light flashed in Xie Lin's eyes, and he said, "Then, for the sake of your father, the Ministry of Magic, and the order and stability of the entire wizarding society, you need to collect evidence of your father's crimes and report your father. Even if it means he loses his job, it is better than dragging down your entire family. Don't let the Weasley family become the laughing stock of the wizarding world!"

"Dad is wrong... I will report Dad... I will report Dad... to maintain the authority of the Ministry of Magic... to protect my family... to maintain social stability..." Percy muttered to himself.

"After this is done, you will ask Minister Fudge to lead a team to search Mr. Wesley's house. It is a place you are familiar with, and you must know where everything is hidden. You must not be partial to others and must confiscate all illegal items—" Sherin sneered and said in a cold voice: "After that, you will send all the magic transformation items, the Wesley family's related books, especially your father's own magic research notes, to this place. I will arrange for someone to receive them from you there. Do you understand?"

"Understood, my master."

【"Servant" Percy Wesley obtained it! 】

Plan completed.

Even though the Wesley family lived in poverty, it was only because they had too many children and Arthur Wesley was not keen on fame and fortune and had no ambition for his career. Otherwise, with the inheritance of his sacred pure-blood family, he would not have fallen into such a situation.

The Weasley family is one of the 28 sacred pure-blood families, so its heritage cannot be too bad. And since Mr. Wesley can transform a cheap Muggle car into half an alchemical life form by himself, we know that he must also have secret family magic.

And it is these magics that Schelling is after.

A moment later, Fudge pushed the door open with a happy smile on his face. "Okay, Mr. Sherin, I have contacted the relevant personnel. You just need to go back to the lobby of the Ministry of Magic and someone will register your wand."

"Thank you, Uncle Kang." Xie Lin nodded politely, with a faint smile on his face. Percy beside him lowered his head and buried his head in the documents, as if he didn't notice anything and everything was normal.