Everyday Players at Hogwarts.

Chapter 181 Ministry of Magic

The next day, today is Sunday.

Harry opened the box, preparing to take out the gifts he received for Christmas and play with other things to temporarily distract his attention.

He suddenly discovered that his invisibility cloak was neatly folded, with a note pinned to it that read: Just in case.

how come?
After Fred and George got the Invisibility Cloak back, they put it away casually and did not fold it so neatly.

And it was written in a long, thin, circle-within-a-circle font, Dumbledore's handwriting!
Does this mean that his guess is correct, why is it him? Not someone else? Other professors?
Is it because of his own wonderful magic power that defeated Voldemort?

Harry suddenly felt a little chilled. Hogwarts was obviously a school, but Dumbledore regarded it as a battlefield.

Facing Voldemort, Harry himself was not afraid, or even a little excited.

But his reason made him understand that he was still far from Voldemort.

Especially after the trip to the Forbidden Forest, he understood that just a half-disabled Voldemort had such powerful skills.

But, is that black-robed wizard really Quirrell?

Is there really Voldemort on the back of Quirrell's head?
Rather than an ugly tumor created by a curse.

However, Dumbledore certainly didn't know that he recognized his handwriting.

It was all because of Ryan that Harry knew the extraordinary nature of his invisibility cloak, and it was always with Dumbledore.

After receiving the Invisibility Cloak, a relic from my father, at Christmas, there is no need to say who wrote the note.

Both notes were written by the same person!

Recently, there was another very strange thing. For some reason, Harry could not see Ryan's figure.

A feeling as if his heart was being pinched came to his mind unknowingly - Ryan was not going to get the Sorcerer's Stone. If he got it, would he still go to school at Hogwarts - the Resurrection Stone himself Is it still possible to get it?

This incident attracted his attention so tightly that he didn't even care about the possibility that Voldemort was behind Quirrell's head and took away the Philosopher's Stone.

This made Ron and Draco, who had been preparing to persuade Harry not to worry about the Philosopher's Stone and Voldemort, feel very strange.

"Harry, look at this report. It's really strange. Don't wizards in the United States sleep?"

"According to Rita Skeeter, the wizards at the U.S. Department of International Affairs have been working for three days and three nights. They don't rest at all except eating and going to the bathroom!"

"Ron, this is related to your stupid story. Because of your story, there have been many cases of poaching of British wizards in the United States recently. They are so busy that they don't even have time to sleep!"

"Harry! - Harry!, do you know what spell this is? Or what kind of potion it is?" In the auditorium, Draco picked up a daily prophecy and read it loudly, pretending to be surprised.

After all, it seemed to him that Rita Skeeter was probably exaggerating, as was common.

He even played the protagonist in the story of Rita Skeeter.

He saw that although Harry didn't mention what happened last night, his brows were still furrowed. He needed to divert Harry's attention as planned.

"International Affairs Department? What does this do and what does it have to do with Ron." Harry's attention was indeed attracted and he asked curiously.

"I'm not sure about that, but it's just about managing this and that." Draco said it briefly, motioning for Ron to speak. "The report by Rita Skeeter before helped some of our seniors who had trouble finding jobs after graduation find a way to make money."

"It is smuggling magical creatures from other countries back to the country for sale. Our British Ministry of Magic has no relevant laws, which stipulates that this is illegal - as long as you pay the tax, no one will care about it." Ron continued.

"Pay taxes? As far as I know, the Ministry of Magic has the following departments."

"Office of the Minister of Magic and Logistics Department, Department of Magical Law Enforcement (Auror Office, Office for the Inhibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items, Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Equipment, Office for the Inhibition of the Misuse of Magic, Wizengamot and Wizengamot Governing Body )."

"Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters (Reversal of Accidental Magical Events Team, Memory Cancellation Command, Muggle Mediation Committee, Invisibility Task Force, Muggle Liaison Office)."

"Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures (Office of Beasts, Office of Strange Things, Office of Ghosts, Goblin Liaison Office, Centaur Liaison Office, Pest Information Office, Misinformation Office)."

"Department of International Magical Cooperation (International Magical Trade Standards Association, International Magical Law Office, International Confederation of Wizards, UK Chapter)."

"Department of Magical Transport (Floo Network Authority, Broomstick Management and Control Bureau, Portkey Office, Apparition Testing Center)."

"The Department of Magical Games and Games (the Headquarters of the British and Irish Quidditch League, the Official Gobstone Club, and the Office of Patents for Funny Products) is the one in charge of Ludo Bagman, who was caught gambling before."

"The Department of Mysteries, I don't know. Like his name, no one knows. (But Ryan knows that it includes: the Hall of Brains, the Hall of Space, the Hall of Death, the Hall of Time, the Hall of Prophecy and the Department that studies the power of love. Hall of Love)”

"There are other departments (Experimental Spells Committee, Magical Maintenance and Maintenance Department, Ministry of Magic Public Information Department, Wizarding Examination Authority, Ministry of Magic Investigation Committee)." Percy said from the side.

He mistakenly thought that his younger brother was as interested in the Ministry of Magic as he was, and patiently introduced Harry and the three of them in detail, "Ron, you have really grown up!"

Percy gave a rare look of kindness, giving Ron the feeling that his mother, Molly Weasley, was looking at him.

But this also made him embarrassed to explain that he was actually not interested, so he had to let Percy finish.

Hermione, who was eating potatoes next to her, almost choked because of Percy's understanding of the Ministry of Magic.

Harry and Draco were also stunned.

"If it comes to paying taxes, I know." Susan Burns of Hufflepuff came over with her twin ponytails. As the niece of Amelia Burns, the director of the Department of Legal Enforcement, she said This is very understandable.

Percy, who was about to question, was inadvertently revealed Susan's identity by Anthony beside him. He immediately stood in awe and listened patiently.

"Just like gold galleons and other currencies are controlled by goblins, so are taxes."

"It is determined by an ancient contract. Every time you earn money, tax will be automatically deducted and transferred to the account of the Ministry of Magic."

"This account cannot be controlled even by the Minister of Magic. The salary payment and daily maintenance of the Ministry of Magic are all paid out of it."

"This is why more people like cash transactions." After Susan finished speaking, she returned to the Hufflepuff table with a blushing face.

This has something to do with Percy standing next to him with his chest puffed out and clapping continuously.

Fortunately, Percy happened to feel that his brother had received enough education, and he also needed to write down Susan's words in his notebook, so Harry and others were temporarily freed from Percy's entanglement.

However, the question Harry really wanted to ask, why the American wizard didn't sleep, still remained unanswered.

There were too many people in the auditorium on Sunday. If someone else came to interrupt, this problem would probably never be solved.

(End of this chapter)