manynovel Chapter 617 Big Event
Chapter 617 Big Event
Chapter 617 Big Event
In August, as owls began delivering university acceptance letters to new students, Diagon Alley, which had been quiet for a long time, became a little more lively, but only to a very limited extent.
Because of a lot of big things that have happened recently, first of all, there was Cornelius Fudge. Umbridge was obviously not a good enough scapegoat, and after dragging his feet for more than a month, he was finally ousted by angry people.
"In all my years in office, I've never seen them so united," Fudge said before leaving his office.
Then Rufus Scrimgeour, the former head of the Auror office, was appointed to replace Fudge as the new Minister of Magic.
Xilun felt he wasn't the best choice.
Scrimgeour's personality is too "Auror-like." He's a bit like Mad-Eye Moody without his paranoia. He's good at fighting and capturing dark wizards, but he's not necessarily a good minister.
After all, the Minister of Magic has too many things to consider, which is far less "easy" than capturing dark wizards.
Unfortunately, the most suitable candidate, Amelia Bones, the head of the Department of Law Enforcement, has disappeared.
Moreover, the current situation is chaotic, and people urgently need some strong military support, which gives Scrimgeour a lot of points as the Auror's Chief of Staff.
The Quibbler believed that Scrimgeour ambushed and kidnapped Burns in order to become minister, but everyone knew that she was taken away by Voldemort from her own office.
The most terrifying thing is that no one knows when, everyone in the Ministry of Magic was at work as usual, and then Amelia Bornes was taken away by Voldemort right under everyone's noses, and all the signs in the office indicated that she had fought back.
This is another reason why people are feeling uneasy lately.
In addition, attacks have become increasingly frequent, involving both Death Eaters and Dementors.
Since joining Voldemort's side, the Dementors have been living a much more comfortable life than before. They float over villages and towns every day, and when they are hungry, they go down and devour the hopes and happiness of the Muggles.
They now have countless food sources, plentiful and plentiful, and no longer need to try every means to exploit the prisoners in Azkaban.
But this is not good news for Muggles and wizards who don't know Patronus Charms.
In other words, the number of Dementors was not too large, less than five hundred, which prevented widespread panic.
But it won't be long. If the Ministry of Magic doesn't take action, panic will eventually spread to the Muggle world.
One major event after another has occurred, causing widespread panic in the magical world.
Apart from the freshmen who knew nothing, everyone else who came to Diagon Alley to buy things was in a hurry and didn't want to stay for even a second longer.
A few days later, more and more notices appeared on the doors of the shops in Diagon Alley, like a fresh coat of purple wallpaper.
In the past two days, there have been several more incidents of Death Eaters impersonating others using Compound Potions—or perhaps not even Death Eaters, but other dark wizards trying to take advantage of the situation, since Death Eaters can simply barge in and don't need to resort to such fancy tricks.
The Ministry of Magic has enough to do and can't investigate everything one by one, so it simply urges everyone to be more vigilant and agree on a secret code that only the two of you know before you go out.
It's better than nothing, but not very useful.
Harry wrote again, saying that they would be coming to Diagon Alley in a few days with the Order of the Phoenix to buy supplies and textbooks for the new school term.
Speaking of the Order of the Phoenix, whether it was Celen's imagination or not, every time he left the wand shop, he felt like someone was watching him from the shadows.
However, the other party didn't seem to have any bad intentions, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
Looking back now, it was probably the Order of the Phoenix who did this to prevent him from being captured by Voldemort again.
It might be Tonks. With Disguise Magus able to change her appearance at will, it wouldn't be so easy for Siron to spot her.
As for protection—forget about it. Tonks alone can't protect him at all. To put it bluntly, if there are a lot of Death Eaters coming, he'll have to find time to protect them.
The reason why Siron still dares to come out is largely because he knows that Voldemort was seriously injured when he was in the Ministry of Magic and has no time to bother him.
Otherwise, no matter how bored he was, he would never step out of the wand shop.
On Saturday, as usual, Celen was in the store helping Garrick choose a wand for the new student.
The fear brought by the Death Eaters has not yet affected the new students. When they push open the door of the wand shop and walk in, the anticipation, excitement and expectation on their faces are completely different from the anxious crowd in Diagon Alley.
Xilun actually quite likes this job; at least it's not so stressful.
However, not long after he opened the shop door that day, several people barged in, shouting and yelling.
Leading the way were Ron and Harry, followed by Hermione, Bill, Ginny, and Hagrid. Charlie also arrived, but the store was already packed with people, so he couldn't get in and could only wave from outside with Mrs. Weasley, Sirius, and the others.
"Hey, Celen." Ron looked a little unhappy. "Your letter really got me into trouble. You—ouch, who stepped on my foot?"
"I'm sorry—" Ginny said apologetically, "I just wanted to move over, I didn't mean to."
"You—never mind, but Siron, isn't your wand shop a bit too small?"
"It's because too many of you came in," Xiren said irritably.
The wand shop is small to begin with, and it can hold two or three people without any problem, but now six people have suddenly rushed in, including a half-giant, so it's bound to feel crowded.
So, under Xilun's command, the group of people returned along the same route as the tide receded and arrived at the street outside the wand shop.
Xilun followed them.
"Long time no see, Celen, how are you?" Charlie said warmly.
"Not bad," Siren said with a smile. "At least the Death Eaters weren't hiding in Flourish and Blotts. When did you get back?"
"Yesterday," Charlie said, "I've almost finished my previous tasks, and now it's clear that I'm needed here more."
"Your previous mission?" Siren paused, then asked, "What was it again?"
"We need to gain the support of more foreign wizards," Charlie said. "Dumbledore thinks it's necessary, but lately, fewer and fewer wizards are coming to the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary. I haven't seen a single unfamiliar face in the last two weeks."
"The Death Eaters have already reached Romania?" Siron asked incredulously.
"Not Death Eaters, but Dementors." Charlie sighed. "Nobody knows how those monsters appeared. The Ministry of Magic over there is going crazy, sending a dozen letters to England every day."