Mafalda Hopkirk has been working for the Ministry of Magic since graduating from Hogwarts, and now serves as the assistant to the Director of the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Magic.
Hopkirk's usual job is to, after receiving illegal information, mail a warning letter to the offender on behalf of the director, explaining the act that he or she violated. If the situation is serious, the emergency team needs to be notified to take action.
However, just today, Hopkirk encountered something that made her extremely depressed.
Someone actually wrote back to her and told her: Your Ministry of Magic has made a mistake.
The sender's name is Albert Anderson, who is studying at Hogwarts.
In the letter, Anderson clearly pointed out that he and his family were on vacation in France at the time. He did not carry a wand with him when leaving the country, and he could not use the Flying Charm. The Ministry of Magic must have made a mistake. He hoped that the Ministry of Magic could resolve the misunderstanding between the two parties.
And write him a reply.
In fact, Hopkirk did not think Anderson was lying, because the most favorable evidence was that Anderson did not know how to use the Flying Curse at all, and the other party had just completed his first year at Hogwarts.
Will first-year students use the Flying Charm?
Even Hopkirk himself didn't believe it.
If you don't know how to use the Flying Curse, it will naturally be impossible to cast the spell.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the Office for the Abuse of Magic has made a mistake. This is not the first time this has happened, and Hopkirk is not too surprised.
But what does this matter have to do with myself?
Hopkirk is only responsible for sending letters and notifications. She is not responsible for dealing with issues in this area and has no such authority.
Oh, no, this matter really has something to do with her.
Hopkirk has the right to decide whether to hand the letter to the current Director of the Office for the Abuse of Magic, or simply throw the letter into a trash can somewhere.
Based on her understanding of her boss, most of the time he wouldn't care about this kind of thing!
After all, this is just a trivial matter no matter how you look at it, and there is no need to delve too deeply into it.
Mafalda Hopkirk was preparing to deal with it privately.
Well, the so-called private handling actually means destroying the letter or throwing it into a trash can. After all, she is just an assistant.
Although he has some understanding of the laws on reasonable restraint of underage wizards, he is still just an assistant, and his duties are to help write warning letters and other tasks.
When Hopkirk was about to throw the letter into the trash can, she suddenly remembered something from last year. She still remembered the oolong incident caused by trace silk, which was quite a big deal at the time.
In the end, it was exposed by the Daily Prophet, and Nutley, who was responsible for handling the matter, got himself into a lot of trouble and was almost transferred to the Centaur Liaison Office.
It doesn't seem good to throw it away, so let's leave it to the director! Hopkirk hesitated for a moment, but still believed that this was her responsibility. As for how her boss would handle it, it was none of her business.
Of course, Hopkirk could also guess what would happen after this letter was sent.
As Hopkirk expected, his boss didn't even glance at the letter and threw it directly beside the desk.
When Hopkirk saw the letter again, it had been thrown into the trash can.
However, what Hopkirk didn't know was that this result was also within Albert's expectation.
However, Hopkirk didn't even know that they had already stood in front of the big hole dug by others. Behind them, someone was ready to kick them into the hole.
After returning to China, Albert began to write replies to the people who sent him letters.
Naturally, the Weasley brothers also received Albert's mailing list, along with the gift Albert bought for the twins - a rubber duck.
Well, the yellow rubber duck was actually a gift that Albert bought at the grocery store near his home. Of course he knew that Fred and George would not like this gift because it was for Mr. Weasley.
Albert wanted the twins to ask Mr. Weasley how to deal with a situation like his.
Fred and George expressed sympathy (gloating) about Albert's misfortune and wrote in their reply:
Dad thinks this is just a small thing, so you don't have to worry. He suggests that you should write a letter to the Director of the Office for the Abuse of Magic and explain it clearly to him.
At the end of the letter, they also wrote: By the way, Dad asked me to ask you what the rubber duck is used for in the Muggle world.
Is it a trivial matter? Albert muttered, yes, for those who have nothing to do with themselves, this is indeed a trivial matter.
Albert put the twins' letter aside and continued to open the second letter.
Professor Brod's reply was a bit surprising to Albert. He also thought that this was just a small matter and that Albert did not have to worry about this problem.
In Professor Brod's reply, he told some information about the Association of Extraordinary Apothecaries, also expressed that he liked the gift Albert gave him, and at the end he briefly mentioned McDougal's new book.
Little thing? Albert put the letter aside, picked up the gold card and muttered, now let’s see the reaction of Huttok Dagworth. See if he also thinks that his gold card is lost, it is also a
A small thing?
From Professor Brod's letter, it was not difficult for Albert to guess the value of the gold card in his hand.
He believed that Hertok Dagworth would not remain indifferent.
There were several letters, and it was impossible to reply immediately.
The last letter was written by Rowena Smith. In addition to discussing some common interests, Rowena Smith also mentioned in the letter that she would give Albert an unexpected surprise in a while.
Regarding the so-called unexpected surprise, Albert could probably guess what it was: Rowena Smith was going to serve as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.
After reading all the letters, Albert put the letters into the box, stood up and stretched, drank the cold milk tea, touched Tom who was lying on the cushion next to the table, and focused his attention again.
On the remaining summer homework.
This was the remaining homework before Albert went to France for vacation. Because he did not have the habit of doing homework while on vacation, he temporarily put aside his summer homework when he went on vacation in France.
When he went to France for vacation, Albert only brought a few books about ancient magic texts that McDoug gave him.
As long as you study these books carefully, your experience in magic writing skills will increase at a gratifying rate.
Now, we are one step closer to level 3 magic text.
It's not that Albert doesn't like using experience to directly upgrade, but he prefers the feeling of studying magic.
Every time there is a slight breakthrough in the magic text, Albert will feel an inexplicable sense of accomplishment, and this kind of achievement is what Albert wants.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Nia opened the door and poked her head in. She said to Albert who was sitting at the table: Dad asked me to tell you to go to bed early today. We are going to Diagon Alley for shopping tomorrow.
Got it. Albert knew why Nia was so excited, because she would also go to Diagon Alley in London.
Tom, it's time to go to sleep! Nia reached out and picked up Tom who was lying on the cushion, put him on the floor, and walked on by himself. You have become so heavy that I can't even hold you.
That’s why I said Tom should lose weight. Albert smiled and said, go back and rest early.
Leave Tom, otherwise tomorrow's rations will be halved. Nia's threat was quite effective. Tom got up obediently and left after Nia.
Albert looked at the closed door again and focused on his homework.
These holiday assignments are actually not difficult, they just require taking the time to write the answers on parchment.
He was thinking about whether he should stay up late and finish all his holiday homework at once. Finally, he thought about Nia's expectation of going shopping in Diagon Alley tomorrow, so he gave up.
Half an hour later, Albert capped the ink bottle, inserted the quill back into the pen holder, stood up and lazily covered a yawn.
Sheila has just returned from foraging. Since Albert last told her not to bring prey home, she has never brought a dead mouse home.
Good night! Albert looked at his owl, then looked at the night sky outside the window, covered a yawn, and lay back on the bed to rest.