Chapter 167: Changes in the Ministry of Magic (Part 1)

Chapter 391 Changes in the Ministry of Magic (Part 1)

Finny Dax looked at himself in the elevator and took a deep breath, then pressed the button for the second floor.

Even though it had been six years since graduation, he was still not used to working overtime during the Christmas holidays.

And since the registration for Muggle item modification was opened, the second floor has been overcrowded.

Because the second floor belongs to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, naturally its subordinate departments, the Office of Prohibition of Abuse of Muggle Objects and the Auror Office, are on the same floor.

Every day, the elevator is full of wizards who want to register, which also forces employees like Dax to use the fireplace in the Auror Office to go to and from get off work.

And the reason why he keeps using the elevator now is to meet a long-lost figure-his girlfriend from school, Charlotte Austin, who is born in Muggle.

Austin is now working for a company that specializes in helping people register Muggle modification items. As a Muggle wizard, she does a great job in this regard.

But today, Dax obviously didn't find Austin.

They also have a holiday on Christmas.

He walked out of the elevator with his head down, passed through two heavy oak doors, and in front of him was the Auror Office, also known as the Auror Headquarters: an open space divided into several small compartments, each compartment belonged to an Auror.

Dax came to his compartment, and the walls of his compartment were covered with photos of dark wizards like those of other colleagues.

If it was the period when he just graduated, he should have looked at those photos every day when he went to work, then wrote a report, and then went to various wizard gathering places in the afternoon to patrol, hoping to catch a dark wizard and win a generous bonus.

But now, Dax is not like this. It’s not because he has been worn away by the years, but recently they have hardly seen any traces of dark wizards.

Even when they went to Knockturn Alley, they could only find some small-time wizard gangsters.

Starting from a certain period three years ago, those famous dark wizards on the road disappeared.

And people like Carlo and Nott can’t be arrested because there is no evidence.

To be honest, Dax now feels more like a security guard.

Dax actually had some guesses about the whereabouts of these dark wizards, after all, the time when they disappeared was about the same time when Skywalker Alchemy Workshop appeared.

However, he was not suspicious of Skywalker Alchemy Workshop.

Rather, it was their pirated goods, the shop that Borgin and Burke opened after switching careers.

Dax believed that these dark wizards should have gone to Borgin and Burke.

However, Dax and the entire Auror Office had no way to deal with Borgin and Burke - they were doing a legitimate business and were still big taxpayers.

Moreover, if Borgin and Burke were dealt with, these dark wizards would flow into the wizarding society again, and who would be responsible for the negative impact they caused.

It was precisely because of this that Dax almost felt that his wand was rusting.

But he would not complain, because their free time meant peace in the British wizarding world.

However, they have been busy again recently. Since Arthur Weasley was promoted, they seem to have resumed their wartime style.

On the table of each Auror's cubicle, there are high-level door keys that only senior officials could use to go to and from get off work.

In the past, they could only use the fireplace floo network.

Although using the floo network would allow the Aurors to be noticed in advance by dark wizards, and avoid or even ambush them.

But Fudge and his ilk didn't care. In their opinion, their comfort during work and commuting was much more important than the safety of the Aurors.

Moreover, they believed that these difficulties could be overcome.

For example, they could find a fireplace in a hidden room, but they didn't provide funding.

Or they could just Apparate, and they didn't care at all that the Aurors needed to stay in peak condition because they might face dark wizards.

"Weasley did a good job." Looking at the portkey on his desk, Dax sighed again.

After he clocked in at his workstation every day, he would use it to patrol his area until he got off work, returned the portkey, and handed it to his colleagues on the night shift.

You know, there was no such thing as night shift in the past.

At night, it was the world of dark wizards.

This also made the magic world almost non-existent.

Even Dax himself felt very safe with this change - he looked at the Aurors passing by outside the window before falling asleep.

However, it was not his turn to go out on patrol today, so he didn't need the door key.

After processing the documents, it was already 12 noon.

Looking at the blue sky and white clouds on the ceiling that was enchanted, it meant that he could go to the cafe opposite the red telephone booth outside the Ministry of Magic for dinner again.

"Hey, Finney, where are we going to eat?" A short and fat middle-aged man stuck his head out from the next compartment.

"Now that the rain has stopped, of course we'll go to NEW EAST, its tomato beef brisket and snow-topped coffee are a must."

"I won't go to the main hall on the eighth floor for employee meals." Dax shrugged.

But having said that, Dax still had to go to the eighth floor because the exit was there.

Soon, a long and magnificent hall appeared in front of the two people. The floor was a polished dark wooden floor, and the ceiling was peacock blue, inlaid with glittering golden symbols, constantly moving and changing, like a huge high-altitude bulletin board.

There were many gilded fireplaces embedded in the walls on both sides of the main hall: the fireplace on the left was for arrival, and the fireplace on the right was for departure.

At lunchtime or dinnertime, an oak door will appear on the wall next to the fireplace on the left, and when it is opened, it will be the Ministry of Magic employee restaurant.

"Finny, why is the statue of the Magic Brothers Fountain gone?" Dick, a short and fat wizard, rubbed his eyes. The statue in the center of the hall was gone. He usually liked to throw a few copper knuts into the fountain under the statue to make a wish.

"Maybe the Ministry of Magic and St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses have fallen out? (All the proceeds from this fountain will be donated to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses.)" Dax patted Dick on the shoulder and made a joke.

"Okay, okay, okay, let's be serious."

"Isn't it normal for it to be demolished?"

"You know, our Minister of Magic is a woman." Dax winked at Dick.

Dick suddenly realized.

A group of pure gold statues, including male and female wizards, centaurs, goblins and house elves, are erected on the Magic Brothers Fountain.

Water jets are sprayed from different parts of the sculptures.

But the tallest among them was a noble wizard, holding his wand high, pointing to the sky.

Surrounding him was a beautiful witch, a centaur, a goblin and a house-elf.

The centaur, goblin and house-elf all looked up at the two wizards in infinite admiration.

Streams of shining water spurted from the top of the wizard's wand, from the arrow of the centaur, from the tip of the goblin's hat, and from the ears of the house-elf.

"I see!"

"The tallest should be replaced by a witch statue, not a wizard." Dick exclaimed.