Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Saturday came soon.

At six o'clock in the morning, Harry and Ron received several letters from the excited Hermione, urging them to get up.

Since six o'clock, the sound of birds tapping on their windows has never stopped.

This resulted in not only Harry and Ron getting up, but also Mikkel and Neville, who were in the same dormitory, were forced to get up as well.

Harry told Ron that he was very sorry.

Neville grabbed a handful of hair and said, "No, we also need to get it sorted out as soon as possible. Mikel and I have been selected to attend the press conference of the Ministry of Magic."

Ron's eyes widened. "I thought the professor selection would be stricter, but I didn't expect you to be invited to participate... I'm sorry, Neville, I'm not saying you're stupid."

Neville smiled bitterly, "Ron, you might as well not say anything."

Mikel said: "The professor scared us, saying that there is a quota limit, but in fact there is not. Anyone who is interested can sign up, and basically everyone will be accepted."

Another little bird was holding a letter and kept knocking on the window.

Harry opened the window immediately, and all the birds waiting outside swarmed in and dropped envelopes on Harry and Ron's heads.

The two were a little sleepy at first, but were woken up by the continuous attacks of envelopes.

Harry opened one of the letters and said, "Ron, we have to hurry up. Hermione said she's waiting for us in the common room."

Ron rushed into the bathroom, "Okay, I'm getting my hair done, hey, Harry, where's my number three shampoo?"

Neville: "You mean the little black bottle? I put it in the second storage cabinet."

Ron quickly opened the storage cabinet and picked it up when he saw a hint of black.

He didn't notice that he was taking the bottle from the first storage cabinet.

Hermione waited in the common room.

She sat and waited, a hint of anger flashing across her face, and she tapped the ground with her feet from time to time. She was already getting a little impatient.

Hermione looked down at her watch. "It's been half an hour. Why haven't you come yet? If you continue like this, you'll miss the magic train!"

She originally planned to go with Lin Xia and Draco, but as Lin Xia's assistant, Draco had to arrive at the Ministry of Magic one day in advance.

So they left last night.

Hermione did not have the right to stay outside, and she also accepted the task of patrolling for outstanding students, so she could only follow the crowd the next day.

"Hermione!"

Suddenly, Harry's voice came from behind.

Hermione turned around and was shocked!
"Ron, why did you mess up your hair like this? Do you want to scare Lin Xia?"

Ron was embarrassed and covered his face with his hands. He just wanted to make his hair smoother.

I even bought shampoo and conditioner produced by the Porter family!

Unexpectedly, he took the wrong bottle and ended up taking the curling agent that Mikel used specifically for curling hair.

As a result, Ron now has an afro comparable to Hermione's.

The little wizards passing by looked at him several times in succession. Even if they just passed by, they would turn their heads to look at him. The rate of turning heads was very high.

In comparison, Hermione also dressed up carefully today.

She was going to sit in the front row and would most likely stand up to ask questions, so Lin Xia gave her a bottle of hair-smoothing conditioner.

So her hair today was long and straight, like smooth satin, and her front teeth were retracted, making her look very youthful and beautiful.

Not like the old Hermione at all.

Harry was worried about what danger he would encounter when he went out this time, such as Sirius Black?

So he decided to wear some weird little protective gadget to increase his confidence.

When the three of them walked on the street together, they attracted more people to turn around and look at them.

Some of the little wizards looked at them while walking forward, bumping into others with a bang.

What's more, when they were waiting outside the Hogwarts gate, he ran over to ask them:

"Ron, did Hermione swap souls with you? Why did your hairstyles change?"

Hermione frowned and said seriously, "Ron just has a hairstyle like mine every day, but my current hairstyle doesn't look like Ron's at all. Mine is much straighter than his!"

The little wizard immediately ran back and said loudly to his companions:
"No, they didn't swap souls. I'm sure Hermione is still Hermione, as rigorous as ever!"

The young wizards were all wearing Hogwarts' exclusive wizard robes, and many people from the lower grades to the higher grades were selected to go there.

There are also some people who didn't go, because they didn't sign up and wanted to stay in school, or they had other things to do and couldn't go.

Harry glanced around and felt that the school had arranged for at least two to three thousand students to go there, and he didn't know whether the Ministry of Magic could accommodate them.

"Dudu!"

The magic train emitted a wisp of white smoke and appeared in front of the school gate. A track continued to extend as the train moved forward, clearing its own path.

Led by the professor, the little wizards walked into the train in an orderly manner.

——Set off for the Ministry of Magic!
On the other side, Lin Xia was also making final preparations.

At seven o'clock, a large number of wizards had already arrived.

The venue was very empty at first, with few chairs arranged, and it looked like it could only accommodate a few hundred spectators.

This made Lin Xia a little doubtful. Could Hogwarts really bring students in to attend lectures? With so few seats, wouldn't they be enough for those scholars doing research?
Until she noticed that as the wizard approached, the number of chairs continued to increase, and then began to move, and the venue seemed to extend outward, getting larger and larger.

Lin Xia only then realized that this magical venue would continue to add seats as the number of visitors increased, and could also adjust seats for each wizard.

Even if some wizards deliberately sit down in the first row of chairs, they will be automatically taken to the position where they should go by that chair.

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows and watched the scene with interest. It was quite artificial intelligence.

Draco stood on the podium, handed Lin Xia some information, and asked in a low voice: "What else do you want?"

Lin Xia thought for a moment and said, "With a loudspeaker, I'm not sure the people sitting in the back row can hear me."

"Don't worry about that. The podium in this venue has a magic spell of 'loud as a bell'. Everyone can hear it."

A wizard walked over decisively. Lin Xia looked up and saw that the person who said this was Rufus Ellie, the second in command of the Aurors Department of the Ministry of Magic.

I heard that last weekend, the Aurors Department discovered that there was a village with the presence of a high-level weirdo, and all the old people who stayed in the village died, so the director is leading a team to track down the high-level weirdo.

Otherwise, the paper press conference would be personally supervised by the Director of the Auror Department, and it would not be Ali's turn.

After all, many of the people attending the press conference were well-known scholars from all over the world. They had many important research projects on hand, and each of their words could trigger a wave of reform.

Protecting the safety of famous scholars is also the job of the Auror department.

"Hello, Captain Ali." Lin Xia greeted him.

Ali said in a deep voice: "Hello, scholar Lin Xia, the press conference will be held in half an hour. Is there anything you need?"

Lin Xia wanted to say no, but suddenly an idea flashed in her mind and she said, "I will use projection when I explain.

But I am still just a little wizard, I am afraid that my magic power supply will be insufficient by then, and what if I am interrupted in the middle of the talk? "

Ali was stunned. He had never thought about this question before.

It was also because Lin Xia's "Cold Pills" and "Voice Guardian" had such a great impact that people subconsciously ignored her age. Yes, she was still just a teenager and still needed to be protected by the school.

Ali thought for a moment and said, “I’ll give you three high-purity magic stones.

Holding the magic stone tightly, you can quickly draw out the magic power inside. You should know how to use it. The magic stone will also be used in some advanced experiments."

Lin Xia nodded: "I know, but I rarely use it. I'm just a little wizard, and the conversion effect is not as high as that of an adult wizard. It takes six magic stones."

The corner of Ali's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at Lin Xia deeply: "Six is ​​not enough, it exceeds my authority to take out.

Magic stones are hard currency, and are in short supply in the entire wizarding world. They are a rare resource."

Lin Xia immediately changed her words: "Then five. Any less may not be enough to support the press conference."

Ali wanted to say something, but suddenly his eyes flickered, and he said, "Forget it, I'll apply to the higher-ups to see if I can give you ten high-level magic stones."

"Ten?" A hint of interest appeared in Lin Xia's eyes.

Ali emphasized: "It's all for you to give a better speech!"

After the wizard left, Draco, who had been listening quietly nearby, suddenly walked to Lin Xia and silently cast an anti-eavesdropping spell.

He had his back to the wizard in front of him and lowered his head to cover his mouth which was constantly talking.

"I feel like there's something wrong with that wizard. He didn't want to give six at first, but then he changed his mind. Does he have other ideas?"

Lin Xia looked around casually without moving her mouth. Instead, she cast a spell silently and used a voice transmission spell to transmit what she wanted to say into Draco's mind.

"You are too cautious. Remove the eavesdropping spell. There are wizards watching us in secret."

Draco did so immediately.

Lin Xia pointed to the distance and said, "Help me move a table over here."

Draco: "Okay."

After he left, he heard Lin Xia's voice in his mind again: "There is something wrong with Ali. He obviously wants to use me to swallow these magic stones. Otherwise, he wouldn't give them to me so readily and give me so much."

Draco was confused. This was the Ministry of Magic!

How could he swallow it?
It's impossible to plan an attack inside the Ministry of Magic!
When this idea came out, even Draco himself was stunned. It was too crazy!

Lin Xia's voice rang out in his mind again: "Stay alert, wait and see, don't go on stage later, stay with your parents.

By the way, when you see Hermione, tell her not to sit in the front row, but to sit at the back with the professor.

You'd better stick to Professors McGonagall, Flitwick, and Snape. They are all senior wizards and can protect you if anything happens."

Draco's head nodded silently.

He didn't ask Lin Xia what to do.

She is the protagonist of this press conference. With so many wizards staring at her, she will not be in danger.

Draco was standing at the door when a group of Hogwarts students came towards him.

The students looked around and chattered excitedly.

"The Ministry of Magic is smaller than expected, not majestic at all."

"That phone booth was so much fun. I want to make another call!"

"Can I go see the Auror office? I want to see my idol up close. I want to be an excellent Auror in the future!"

Professor McGonagall's serious expression rarely showed a smile. She did not ask the little wizards to stay calm, nor did she stop them from talking.

Because every scholar who came was talking to each other happily.

Draco walked over and led them to the door. When passing Hermione, he whispered, "Don't sit down yet. I have something to tell you."

Hermione looked confused, "Huh?"

Draco said, "Hermione, you want to go to the bathroom, right? I'll show you the way."

A few minutes later, Hermione and Draco reappeared, both with calm expressions.

Hermione sat next to Harry, and to her right was Professor McGonagall.

As soon as she sat down, the chair did not move. Lin Xia had already helped Hermione adjust the seating order.

Ron was on Harry's left. He caught a glimpse of Hermione from the corner of his eye and asked in surprise, "Hermione, didn't you say you were going to sit in the front row?"

Hermione said, "I suddenly don't want to sit in the first row. Haven't you noticed that the people sitting in the first row are all older? I don't fit in with them."

Ron and Harry accepted this reasoning immediately.

"It's true that it's very stressful to sit with these people."

"Stay with the professor, and if there is anything you don't understand, you can always ask the professor."

After the Hogwarts students arrived, fewer and fewer guests came.

Lin Xia stood on the stage and could feel everyone's mixed gazes on her, with curiosity, jealousy, envy, and malice...

She looked up at the magic clock floating on the ceiling. The press conference would begin in five minutes.

It was at this time that some old-looking wizards entered the stage, which made some nobles under the stage change their expressions instantly.

"Why is the great Italian inventor here? He's already 89 years old!"

"And the British pioneer inventor, why is he here? He is 80 years old!"

"Inventors from France, Norway, Egypt, and Africa are all here. They have all made brilliant achievements in the wizarding world!"

There was a wizard sitting in the dark. When he saw this scene, his eyes turned bright red and his hands trembled with excitement.

In order to cover it up, she could only put her hands in her sleeves.

But not long after, she began to tremble all over. The wizard next to her saw it and patted her on the shoulder, asking with concern:
"Are you okay? You're shaking so badly."

"Do not touch me!"

The witch quickly knocked the wizard's hand away, a flush of excitement appearing on her face.

"I'm just too excited, that's all, I'm not sick!"

The wizard who was beaten said awkwardly: "Okay, I'm sorry, I understand how you feel, I'm also excited.

The two inventions, Cold Pills and Sound Guardian, can help many out-of-control wizards and reduce strange invasions. I will soon understand their principles."

The wizard subconsciously stayed away from the witch.

He always felt that the witch's expression was a little abnormal.

When the time was up, Lin Xia said, "Hello, welcome to—"

Before he could finish his words, the door that had just been closed was kicked from outside. The door was immediately kicked away and crashed into the venue, injuring a wizard nearby.

The wizard turned around and his pupils shrank. These people were...

A little wizard screamed, "Werewolf! How could a dark creature get in? It's a werewolf! Where are the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic?!"

The order at the scene suddenly became chaotic due to this scream. (End of this chapter)