Chapter 84 The London Ministry of Magic
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Gua Qian Chuan
Chapter 84 The London Ministry of Magic
The small cloth bag tied to the wizard's robe was secretly used by Tom with the No Trace Stretching Curse. Although it looked only the size of a palm, it was actually no less than a [-]-square-meter room.
The traceless stretching spell is an advanced spell that can expand the original space.
On the surface, it is forbidden to use it privately by the Ministry of Magic, that is, the government of the wizarding world, but secretly most wizards will use it secretly, because it is indeed a very convenient magic.
Mainly because under normal circumstances, as long as you are not caught in front of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic (the police in the wizarding world), they will not go out of their way to check whether your items have been cast with the Untraceable Stretching Charm.
"Such a big rune snake is probably only found in this kind of primeval forest."
Passing by the big trees, while being vigilant not to be attacked by other magical animals, while recalling the information about the rune snake in Tom's memory.
Rune snakes are native to Burkina Faso, a small African country, and are normally only two or three meters long. They were the favorite pets of ancient dark wizards, and they were specially used to scare Muggles (ordinary humans).
It is also the only magical animal in the wizarding world that lays eggs from its mouth. His eggs can be used to make magic potions that stimulate brain reactions, and are very valuable.
Although the rune snake that Li Chuan killed didn't lay eggs, it could grow to a length of seven or eight meters, so it should be able to sell for a lot of money in Knockturn Alley.
After all, besides the eggs, the venom of the rune snake and its skin are also very valuable.
Jumping in the Albanian forest, he saw those strange and magical animals, he would dodge them if he could, and would kill them if he couldn't.
It's not because he has a kind heart to protect magical animals, but mainly because those magical animals have their own abilities, and if they don't understand them, they might capsize in the gutter.
His current identity is a descendant of the sacred 28 tribes. Although he has declined, he still has some family property. In addition, he still runs a herbal medicine shop in Diagon Alley, so he is not very short of Galleons.
So there's no need to provoke those magical animals who don't know their abilities before they can stand still.
Galloping all the way, relying on his strong physical fitness and the assistance of Chakra, he finally left the Albanian forest and returned to the city of Albany before dark.
According to Tom's memory, he found the wizard hotel in Albany and took a rest for one night. The next day he came to the Ministry of Magic in Albany.
The Ministry of Magic in Albany has only three floors. The entrance is a striking black pine tree in the city park, which can only be seen by wizards because it has been cast with a Muggle shielding spell.
As long as you touch the black pine tree, you will be taken to the hall on the second floor of the underground Ministry of Magic.
It may be because the Muggles in this country just overthrew the local government and established a republic, which was relatively chaotic, so there were not many wizards in the Ministry of Magic.
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
Seeing Li Chuan appear in the hall, a witch reading a magic book with glasses got up and asked him.
At this time, in the eyes of the world, Li Chuan looked like Tom Foley, with obvious characteristics of British aristocrats, so the witch spoke somewhat broken English.
"I'd like to hire a portkey."
Li Chuan replied politely.
Most ordinary wizards travel long distances across the country. In fact, they also take boats and trains like ordinary people. Those who are a little richer will choose to rent portkeys from the Ministry of Magic.
The door key is a special space magic prop, which can carry out long-distance space movement of multiple people.
You can also use a broomstick, but it is generally not done unless it is absolutely necessary, because it is too far away and it is easy to be blown into a bad pen.
As for Apparition, Floo Powder, and Wizard Bus, basically each has its own limitations.
Apparation can only be teleported to the place it has been to. The distance depends on the mastery of this magic, but most people cannot teleport too far.
Floo powder needs to be used by a fireplace connected to the Floo network, and the wizard bus basically travels in cities in various countries.
Of course, there are also special travel tools such as Pegasus carriages and magic ships, but they are not owned by ordinary wizards, and they also need to apply for relevant documents.
Tom Foley is not poor, nor is he particularly rich, so he basically chooses portkeys for cross-border travel.
"On the third basement floor, just look for Wizard Alia in the Portkey Office."
The witch pointed to the magic spiral staircase in front of Li Chuan and replied.
Li Chuan nodded, and took the automatic rotating wooden stairs to the third basement floor to find the Alia wizard.
After registering and paying one gold Galleon and twelve silver Sickles, wizard Alia pointed to the white wizard statue next to him and said:
"Just put it on his shoulders."
Galleons are the currency of the wizarding world. One galleon is equal to seventeen silver Sickles, and one silver Sickle is equal to twenty-nine copper nats.
The purchasing power of a normal one gold Galleon is equal to five pounds in ordinary human society. Of course, this refers to more than 60 years later, and it is estimated that it will be higher in this time period.
One pound and twelve silver Sickles, to be honest, ordinary wizards are really reluctant to spend this money.
However, it is indeed worth the money.
As soon as Li Chuan put his hands on the shoulders of the statue, he felt his body being hooked by something and his feet lifted off the ground. When he realized it, he had already appeared in the Department of Magical Transport on the sixth basement floor of the Ministry of Magic in London.
"It's really amazing, from Albania to London in a flash."
Li Chuan couldn't help sighing as he looked at the wizards from all over the world who were being transported by the Portkeys, as well as the wizards who were leaving with various Portkeys, just like him.
After completing the registration as well, he took the magic elevator to the lobby on the eighth floor according to his memory.
The London Ministry of Magic has a total of ten floors, more than ten times larger than the Albanian Ministry of Magic, and it is very grand, and it can even be described as resplendent.
Especially the striking Magic Brothers Fountain made entirely of gold.
Moreover, there are a lot of wizards here, densely packed with human heads. In addition to the extremely large number of employees of the Ministry of Magic itself, there are also various wizards who come to handle business.
Some of them carried piles of crumbling parchment in their arms, some carried tattered briefcases, and some read magical newspapers as they walked.
When Li Chuan walked towards the fireplace diagonally opposite the main hall, relying on his eyesight beyond ordinary people, he easily spotted the contents of those newspapers.
"The ardent followers of the fearsome Dark wizard Grindelwald have escaped an international raid and celebrate.
Serafina Piqueli, president of the Magical Congress of America, believes that the responsibility for the failure of the arrest operation lies entirely with Heinrich Eberstadt, the Swiss representative of the International Federation of Wizards. "
(End of this chapter)
The small cloth bag tied to the wizard's robe was secretly used by Tom with the No Trace Stretching Curse. Although it looked only the size of a palm, it was actually no less than a [-]-square-meter room.
The traceless stretching spell is an advanced spell that can expand the original space.
On the surface, it is forbidden to use it privately by the Ministry of Magic, that is, the government of the wizarding world, but secretly most wizards will use it secretly, because it is indeed a very convenient magic.
Mainly because under normal circumstances, as long as you are not caught in front of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic (the police in the wizarding world), they will not go out of their way to check whether your items have been cast with the Untraceable Stretching Charm.
"Such a big rune snake is probably only found in this kind of primeval forest."
Passing by the big trees, while being vigilant not to be attacked by other magical animals, while recalling the information about the rune snake in Tom's memory.
Rune snakes are native to Burkina Faso, a small African country, and are normally only two or three meters long. They were the favorite pets of ancient dark wizards, and they were specially used to scare Muggles (ordinary humans).
It is also the only magical animal in the wizarding world that lays eggs from its mouth. His eggs can be used to make magic potions that stimulate brain reactions, and are very valuable.
Although the rune snake that Li Chuan killed didn't lay eggs, it could grow to a length of seven or eight meters, so it should be able to sell for a lot of money in Knockturn Alley.
After all, besides the eggs, the venom of the rune snake and its skin are also very valuable.
Jumping in the Albanian forest, he saw those strange and magical animals, he would dodge them if he could, and would kill them if he couldn't.
It's not because he has a kind heart to protect magical animals, but mainly because those magical animals have their own abilities, and if they don't understand them, they might capsize in the gutter.
His current identity is a descendant of the sacred 28 tribes. Although he has declined, he still has some family property. In addition, he still runs a herbal medicine shop in Diagon Alley, so he is not very short of Galleons.
So there's no need to provoke those magical animals who don't know their abilities before they can stand still.
Galloping all the way, relying on his strong physical fitness and the assistance of Chakra, he finally left the Albanian forest and returned to the city of Albany before dark.
According to Tom's memory, he found the wizard hotel in Albany and took a rest for one night. The next day he came to the Ministry of Magic in Albany.
The Ministry of Magic in Albany has only three floors. The entrance is a striking black pine tree in the city park, which can only be seen by wizards because it has been cast with a Muggle shielding spell.
As long as you touch the black pine tree, you will be taken to the hall on the second floor of the underground Ministry of Magic.
It may be because the Muggles in this country just overthrew the local government and established a republic, which was relatively chaotic, so there were not many wizards in the Ministry of Magic.
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
Seeing Li Chuan appear in the hall, a witch reading a magic book with glasses got up and asked him.
At this time, in the eyes of the world, Li Chuan looked like Tom Foley, with obvious characteristics of British aristocrats, so the witch spoke somewhat broken English.
"I'd like to hire a portkey."
Li Chuan replied politely.
Most ordinary wizards travel long distances across the country. In fact, they also take boats and trains like ordinary people. Those who are a little richer will choose to rent portkeys from the Ministry of Magic.
The door key is a special space magic prop, which can carry out long-distance space movement of multiple people.
You can also use a broomstick, but it is generally not done unless it is absolutely necessary, because it is too far away and it is easy to be blown into a bad pen.
As for Apparition, Floo Powder, and Wizard Bus, basically each has its own limitations.
Apparation can only be teleported to the place it has been to. The distance depends on the mastery of this magic, but most people cannot teleport too far.
Floo powder needs to be used by a fireplace connected to the Floo network, and the wizard bus basically travels in cities in various countries.
Of course, there are also special travel tools such as Pegasus carriages and magic ships, but they are not owned by ordinary wizards, and they also need to apply for relevant documents.
Tom Foley is not poor, nor is he particularly rich, so he basically chooses portkeys for cross-border travel.
"On the third basement floor, just look for Wizard Alia in the Portkey Office."
The witch pointed to the magic spiral staircase in front of Li Chuan and replied.
Li Chuan nodded, and took the automatic rotating wooden stairs to the third basement floor to find the Alia wizard.
After registering and paying one gold Galleon and twelve silver Sickles, wizard Alia pointed to the white wizard statue next to him and said:
"Just put it on his shoulders."
Galleons are the currency of the wizarding world. One galleon is equal to seventeen silver Sickles, and one silver Sickle is equal to twenty-nine copper nats.
The purchasing power of a normal one gold Galleon is equal to five pounds in ordinary human society. Of course, this refers to more than 60 years later, and it is estimated that it will be higher in this time period.
One pound and twelve silver Sickles, to be honest, ordinary wizards are really reluctant to spend this money.
However, it is indeed worth the money.
As soon as Li Chuan put his hands on the shoulders of the statue, he felt his body being hooked by something and his feet lifted off the ground. When he realized it, he had already appeared in the Department of Magical Transport on the sixth basement floor of the Ministry of Magic in London.
"It's really amazing, from Albania to London in a flash."
Li Chuan couldn't help sighing as he looked at the wizards from all over the world who were being transported by the Portkeys, as well as the wizards who were leaving with various Portkeys, just like him.
After completing the registration as well, he took the magic elevator to the lobby on the eighth floor according to his memory.
The London Ministry of Magic has a total of ten floors, more than ten times larger than the Albanian Ministry of Magic, and it is very grand, and it can even be described as resplendent.
Especially the striking Magic Brothers Fountain made entirely of gold.
Moreover, there are a lot of wizards here, densely packed with human heads. In addition to the extremely large number of employees of the Ministry of Magic itself, there are also various wizards who come to handle business.
Some of them carried piles of crumbling parchment in their arms, some carried tattered briefcases, and some read magical newspapers as they walked.
When Li Chuan walked towards the fireplace diagonally opposite the main hall, relying on his eyesight beyond ordinary people, he easily spotted the contents of those newspapers.
"The ardent followers of the fearsome Dark wizard Grindelwald have escaped an international raid and celebrate.
Serafina Piqueli, president of the Magical Congress of America, believes that the responsibility for the failure of the arrest operation lies entirely with Heinrich Eberstadt, the Swiss representative of the International Federation of Wizards. "
(End of this chapter)
