Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

Today, it is still a sunny day—at least Busbarton is indeed like this.

However, Hermione and the others have no time to appreciate such good weather.

The old butler has already discussed with Mrs. Maxim, they are going to several neighboring countries to successively visit some forces worthy of being wooed, and try to persuade them to join the formation of the "Rebel Alliance".

Since Maca was not here, with Hermione's wisdom, he naturally became a representative of Hogwarts and one of the advocates of the alliance.

After sending Harry and the others away, Hermione actually didn't stay in Boothbarton for too long.When the morning sun rose to illuminate the earth, she and the old housekeeper rode Madame Maxim's huge rune carriage to Belgium, the first destination of their trip.

I have to say that this country, which is also separated from the UK by the Strait of Dover, is actually very dangerous.If Helbo's heart moves and he prepares to invade the European continent, Belgium is very likely to be occupied "by the way."

For the same reason, the Netherlands, north of Belgium, is also at the same risk, so Mrs. Maxim’s next stop is to go north, and then she may transfer to Germany, which is adjacent to the two countries.

In fact, when Harry and the others were still sailing on the English Channel, Hermione had already arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, with Mrs. Maxim and the old butler.

"I have had several exchanges with the Belgian Minister of Magic, Ms. De Quinn... Generally speaking, she is a more emotional person than rational. Since taking office, she has always focused on the rights and welfare of the wizarding people. Originally, there was nothing in Belgium. The school of magic, but thanks to her unremitting efforts, Belgium’s first enlightenment school for wizards was finally completed-a small scale, but at least there is."

In the carriage, Mrs. Maxim introduced Hermione and the old butler about the female minister who was going to meet in a while. Of course, these things were mainly for Hermione, because the old butler did not know each other. Much less than Mrs. Maxim.

And the extremely smart Hermione did not live up to Maxim’s expectation. Although the latter only spoke to the end, but she understood the meaning of it all at once-after seeing each other later, from " The efficiency of persuasion from the perspective of "humanistic care" will definitely be much higher than that of talking about gains and losses.

Right now the three of them got out of the car. After leaving the invisible carriage and the coachman in a large parking lot where the Muggle expulsion curse was imposed, they bypassed several buildings and walked in silently. An alley with no passersby.

Not long after, Mrs. Maxim, who was leading the way, stretched out her magic wand from a corner and tapped a brick in the corner lightly.In the next moment, the tall girl had to bend over and slam into the wall without hindrance.

Upon seeing the old butler, Hermione also hurriedly followed.

...

This is a wizarding street somewhat similar to Diagon Alley in the UK.

Slightly narrow streets, various magic shops, strange buildings of different heights, and the sky crowded into a line by surrounding buildings.

But unlike Diagon Alley, every shop here is decorated with various colorful tarps, tapestries and murals. Although they occupy a little space, they all look beautiful.

Of course, the practice of putting tables and chairs on the street like that one is obviously not worth promoting.

It can be seen that Mrs. Maxim is struggling to walk here... well!Perhaps it was the Belgian wizards who had to make way for her who worked harder than her!

The arrival of Mrs. Maxim has attracted many passing wizards to cast her vigilant or curious look.It's just that Maxim has been accustomed to this line of sight, and didn't take it seriously-at least on the surface.

Although... after entering this wizarding street, her words were obviously much less.

"A little further ahead is the Ministry of Magic," the old butler said to Hermione next to her, "I have been here before, but I just Apparated...Oh, it just happened to be blocked by the wife, and you You can see it."

Sure enough, after they followed Mrs. Maxim for a while, the road seemed to gradually become a little wider.This is not because the road is really wider, but because there are fewer things on the street.

Soon, Hermione finally saw a typical Gothic building that looked old and quite magnificent. The complex and exquisite exterior wall sculptures made people quite dazzling.

"This is the Belgian Ministry of Magic," the old butler said. "It used to be an old house of an ancient wizard family, and it is not inferior to our Blois family in terms of inheritance..."

"It's a pity that it became lonely in the 16th century. In the end, the successor sold it half and gave it to the chairman of the Belgian Wizards Council who was going to establish the Ministry of Magic. He changed a position in the Ministry. In fact, this street is also Later, it was built with this old house as the center, so you see, it seems a little out of place here..."

As the steward of the Blois family, these histories about other famous wizard families need to be kept in mind. At this moment, the old steward introduced Hermione, almost at his fingertips.

While they were talking, they followed Mrs. Maxim to the gate.

"I'm Orim Maxim, the principal of Boothbarton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There is something important temporarily and I need to meet Ms. De Quinn. Please let me know!"

After speaking to the guard at the door, she walked in on her own.Hermione saw that the wizard guard had tried to stop him, but was quickly stopped by an older colleague on the other side.

"That's Mrs. Maxim! You little idiot from Durmstrand—"

He had just reprimanded him when he saw the old butler and Hermione also walking up behind Mrs. Maxime, and suddenly stopped in embarrassment.

Basically, Belgium also speaks French. Although some vocabulary is slightly different from French, let's not talk about Hermione, at least the old housekeeper can understand it.

"Hello," the old butler did not pay attention to his somewhat vulgar words just now, and nodded politely at the other party, "We are here with Ms. Maxim to meet Ms. De Quinn, may I go in? ?"

He didn't report his identity here, because it was obviously unnecessary.

"Oh! Hello, old gentleman, and this beautiful lady...Of course," the other party hurriedly said, "Please come in, please come in!"

In the warm greeting from the other party, the old butler and Hermione also passed through the gate and walked into the reception hall of the Belgian Ministry of Magic.

"After seeing the minister for a while, let's stop talking. You will find that Mrs. Maxim chose to come here first for a reason."

The old butler whispered in Hermione's ear.