Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 131 Muggles, and the Wizarding World

"No...it's impossible, you must be crazy!"

Shocked, Fudge felt something "boom" explode in his mind.

His pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinprick due to the sudden fright. In a moment of excitement, his plump body pushed the chair directly under him, and he stood up abruptly.

"Pfft..."

The solid wooden chair fell straight down and hit the thick carpet in the office, making a muffled sound.

There was a sudden silence in the office.Except for Fudge's violent breathing, there was no extra sound.

"..."

Charlie's eyelids drooped, his jaw closed slightly, and he changed into a rather comfortable position, leaning on the sofa calmly, playing with the ring on his finger.

This appearance was in stark contrast to Fudge's violent reaction.

It wasn't long until Fudge finally realized that his reaction was a little too violent.

He calmed down the turmoil in his heart for a moment, turned around, lifted the chair that had fallen on the ground, and sat back down again.

Finally, he finally took a deep breath, licked his dry lips, and with a low tone, formally answered Charlie's words with a rather resolute attitude.

"What you are going to do...is subverting our magic world!"

"Why, don't you like my idea, Minister Fudge."

Charlie gently stroked the dim red gemstone on the ring with his hand, and then covered his entire palm.

While talking to Fudge in a warm voice, after the palm was removed, there was an extra gold coin in his hand.

The distance between Fudge and him was a bit far. Although he noticed the gold coin that suddenly appeared in the opponent's hand, he didn't see anything clearly. He just thought it was an ordinary gold Galleon.

Hearing Charlie's words, and looking at the Galleon in his hand, Fudge sneered.

"Believe me...Mr. Black, although I like money, I know what is more important than Garen."

Before Charlie could say anything, he went on to say
"That's my position!! Even if you give me more money, I can't risk the position of Minister of Magic with you! If your target is only squibs, then I can tolerate it-but Muggles, but absolutely not!!"

Fudge's words were categorical, and even under his impassioned enthusiasm, he slapped the thick palm heavily on the desk.

But he didn't know whether this move was to enhance his aura, or to prevent himself from losing his aura when facing Charlie.

"Muggles and wizards are people from two worlds. This is a situation that has been formed for hundreds of years. And you—Charlie Black, as a wizard from a pure-blooded noble family, now want to try to destroy the existing world. balance!"

"They're no different than Squibs."

Charlie shook his head and said in a calm and gentle voice.

"They also know the existence of the magic world, have wizards as family members, and also have goodwill towards us..."

"But they come from a completely different social system!"

Fudge's round and rich cheeks couldn't help trembling slightly, and his face was flushed with blood at the moment.

"If joining your factory and being hired by you is a signal, then does the next step mean that they can consume the Galleons they earned from you in the magic world!? Does it mean that they can also use Gringotts!? Muggle social systems and habits will be brought in, and by that time, the rules of the wizarding world for thousands of years will be shattered and nothing will remain!"

Fudge would react so violently after raising this matter, Charlie had already expected it before coming to the Ministry of Magic.

He is cowardly, suspicious, greedy and vain, a qualified politician.

When he was thrust into this position by Dumbledore, his first taste of power was disorienting and sinking.

And this distorted his spirit even more, forming a strange obsession.Perhaps from a certain point of view, he is an advanced copy of Umbridge.

In his eyes, nothing is important except the position under the seat.Not having the slightest daring, not taking any risks.When something is beyond his comprehension, Chang will immediately take the most conservative method to completely erase it, no matter whether it is good or bad.

Facing such a person, even if you tell him all your reasons and explanations, he will still not be shaken in any way, because he will always use his stubbornness to build a high wall to protect the deepest part of his heart. Timid and humble.

Under such circumstances, communication is undoubtedly a headache... Even if you wear your lips, there will be no significant results.

But fortunately, Charlie didn't want to communicate with him, nor did he have the time and energy.

He stopped talking, but shook his head, stood up from the sofa, and straightened the wizard robe on his body.

"Go slowly, don't send...Mr. Black."

Seeing Charlie standing up, as if he was about to leave, Fudge exhaled heavily.Then he raised his head proudly.

In his view, this is undoubtedly a great victory for himself.

With his indomitable perseverance and determination, he shattered the terrorist plot of the capitalists to destroy the security of the magic world.

Everything is just as the storybook says, justice defeats evil and saves the world.

The only pity is that no one next to him cheered him with tears in his eyes and praised his heroic achievements.

Wait, maybe call Umbridge in.Then through her mouth, intentionally or unintentionally spread this matter...

Just as his mind was already spinning, thinking about how to publicize his deeds after Charlie left, the other party had already come straight to him.

"You...do you have anything else to do, Mr. Black?"

Charlie didn't answer him, but took out a snow lemon from his pocket and put it in his mouth.Then he directly threw the gold coin that had been flipping in the palm of his hand into the air.

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"Then... I'll go first, Minister Fudge."

Charlie smiled and waved to Fudge goodbye.

Behind the desk, the expression on Fudge's face is no longer as angry as before.

His brows stretched again, and his expression softened.

"Go slowly, Mr. Black..."

He nodded, narrowed his eyes again, waved his hands with a smile, and said in response.

It was as if all the unhappiness just now had never happened.

"Squeak..."

The door shaft twisted and made a harsh sound.Charlie slowly opened the wooden door of Minister Fudge's office. He was about to step out, but unexpectedly, he bumped into Umbridge who was about to knock on the door.

At this moment, Umbridge was still holding two steaming cups of coffee, apparently intended for him and Fudge.

"Mr. Black! Are you leaving now?"

Seeing Charlie walking out of the office, she froze for a moment, then couldn't help shouting in his sharp voice

"Yes... There are still many things in the factory. I need to go back and prepare as soon as possible."

Charlie nodded, explained briefly, and didn't plan to talk too much to her.

"it's a pity……"

The expression on Umbridge's face drooped subconsciously, looked at the two cups of coffee in his hands, and said regretfully

"I made coffee specially for you and Minister Fudge. I planned to let you taste my craft..."

Listening to Umbridge's words, Charlie subconsciously raised his brows, feeling an indescribable strangeness in his heart.

In fact, he really wanted to ask the other party: You are also a director after all, right?Why is it like Fudge's personal secretary... Every time I come here, I always see you. Is it possible that your company's work is really so leisurely?

But after hesitating for a while, Charlie finally didn't ask this sentence.

Just a simple polite "That's a pity, I will definitely next time." After that, he walked straight past Umbridge's body like a low wall, and left in the direction of the elevator entrance.

He didn't care about the things behind him anymore, until the elevator door made a "squeak" sound and slowly closed, and moved downward, he finally relaxed, turned around, and slowly faced the direction of the elevator door. He exhaled slowly, his face revealed a bit of fatigue, but his eyes were still full of unconcealable excitement.

Sure enough, it was just as he understood—the effect of that gold coin was similar to the Confusion Curse, but it was several times stronger than the Confusion Curse.

It can silently reverse the consciousness of others, change their thoughts, and automatically correct the thoughts in their minds based on what they said at the beginning as a prerequisite, making them extremely smooth and reasonable.

Even after the event, the person concerned will not realize that something is wrong, but firmly believes that this is his true thought.

It can be said that this is an extremely terrifying magic item... Although the conditions and price required to cast it are not easy, it is difficult to conceal its important role for Charlie.

Especially after pairing it with snow lemon, although it can't achieve the powerful effect of Felicia, it can also greatly increase the success rate of the "coin guessing" link.

Charlie closed his eyes, calming himself as he listened to the elevators zip through the various levels of the Ministry of Magic, opening and closing.

Feeling different people, bustling up the elevator, and getting off at the place where you want to go, going back and forth.

During this period, no one took the initiative to pay attention to Charlie who was standing in the innermost place and closed his eyes.

Even if she noticed, she just glanced over him quickly, then looked away, and refocused on the matter at hand.

Soon, the elevator descended to the lowest lobby.

Charlie opened his eyes again, and walked towards the elevator door.

However, just as he was thinking about the next specific matters related to the expansion and was about to step on another elevator leaving the Ministry of Magic, a voice from behind suddenly stopped him.

"Charlie."

Charlie stopped walking, subconsciously stopped thinking, and turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.

"Principal Dumbledore!?"

The next moment, when he saw a figure standing in the hall not far away, the expression on his face suddenly became pleasantly surprised, his eyes widened slightly, and his voice also had a bit of incredulity
Without hesitation, the steps that were going to another elevator came to an abrupt end, and he turned around and walked towards Dumbledore.

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Charlie and Dumbledore leave the Ministry of Magic together.The two walked quietly on the sidewalk in the streets of London.

"I thought you should have returned to Hogwarts..."

Charlie's steps were always half a step behind Dumbledore, with a smile on his face, although his voice was still as gentle as when he was talking with Fudge, but there was a little more emotion that he didn't have with Fudge.

"It was so hard for me to take a leave of absence from Hogwarts." Listening to Charlie's words, Dumbledore blinked at him childishly, and responded jokingly

For some reason, there seems to be a magical power in him, which makes everyone around him feel comfortable.

Even if they were just walking together like this, and listening to each other's words, Charlie could feel a little relief in his heart.

The originally tired spirit also relaxed a lot.

The smile on Charlie's face became even brighter. He didn't say anything else, but took a deep breath.

The breath of autumn is mixed with the cool wind blowing, pouring into the lungs, refreshing for a while, and I can't help feeling refreshed.

Dumbledore's eyes moved to other places again, looking thoughtfully at the cars speeding by on the road next to him.

"Charlie..."

He spoke, and there seemed to be some feeling in his voice.

"I remember you had a car of your own?"

"Yes... there is indeed one."

Although he didn't understand why the headmaster asked this question so suddenly, he still nodded truthfully and replied:

"Which is faster, do you feel or apparition?"

"Of course it's Apparatus." Almost thinking about it, Charlie opened his mouth and gave the answer.

After all, the two cannot be compared at all.Even if it is the fastest car in the world, it is impossible to achieve the speed of appearing in a certain place in an instant like a shape-shifting car.

"How about comparing it to a broomstick?"

After listening to Charlie's answer, Dumbledore asked his second question.

"This..." This time, Charlie frowned slightly.After thinking for a while, he shook his head.

"It's hard to say... I never thought about this question." After a pause, he continued

"However, the broomstick can pass through obstacles. In theory, it should be much more convenient than a car."

"... I heard that more than 100 years ago, the Muggles just invented this big guy made of iron."

Dumbledore sighed and shook his head.
"You said, in the next 100 years, will everything that wizards are proud of still exist?"

(End of this chapter)