The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

What were Tom and Hermione doing while Huck and Dumbledore were chatting? They didn't go into the principal's office to listen to the conversation between the two, but finished writing their papers on History of Magic and Potions!

That's right, when Dumbledore and Harker walked into the office together, Tom and Hermione went straight to the library.

Dumbledore and Harker's conversation? Sorry, they don't have much curiosity. Because these two people can't negotiate any substantive cooperation, as long as the "Secrecy Act" is still in effect, what they talk about is just talk.

Dumbledore also understood this very well, so he didn't mention a word about the cooperation between the magic world and the non-magic world. He was just chatting and narrowing the distance between the two parties. In Dumbledore's opinion, first building a closer relationship with the Muggle Prime Minister is the best choice under the current circumstances.

Huck was very proactive and tried to steer the topic towards agriculture and medicine. During his brief contact, he discovered that the combat power of the magic world could not be seen for a while, but their daily magic really crushed Muggles: Disapparation, Flying Curse, Cleaning Curse, and Repair Curse. …

These spells are very practical.

In addition to these "life tips", the agricultural and medical industries in the magical world are far ahead of the non-magical world. As a minister who understands agriculture, Huck is very aware of the impact of using high-yielding seeds and fertilizers on agriculture.

Huck even came to the conclusion that if the magical farming methods could be extended to the entire Great Britain, he would dare to increase social welfare to include free meat, eggs, milk, vegetables, fruits, and staple foods. If the medical treatment methods in the magical world can be promoted, it will not be a problem to increase the average life expectancy by ten years.

It's a pity that Dumbledore didn't respond to his several hints.

Huck's summary of the meeting was that it was a friendly but useless meeting, but it was good for broadening his horizons.

As for lunch, he didn't have high expectations. Because he learned from Principal Dumbledore that most of the students at Hogwarts had gone home for Christmas, so the dishes in the cafeteria would probably be reduced, right?

More importantly, Hogwarts is still a British magic school. How can Huck, a native of London, know the virtues of British cuisine?

The layout of the Hogwarts hall has changed today. The long tables of the four major colleges have been moved to the wall, and replaced by a table for twelve people, placed in the center of the hall. When Dumbledore and Harker arrived, McGonagall, Snape, Sprout, and Flitwick were already seated, as were caretakers Filch and Newt Scamander. Filch did not wear the brown coat he usually wore, but instead put on a shabby and old-fashioned tuxedo. Newt was wearing his navy blue coat as usual, but to get into the Christmas spirit, he had a Santa hat on his head. Apart from this, there are not even any students.

"Merry Christmas!" Dumbledore greeted everyone present, and then said to Huck beside him: "There are not many of us, and the students have all gone home, so it would be a bit silly to use the long table of the house. Come on...come on, sit down, sit down!"

He took Huck and found two empty seats to sit down with. Dumbledore glanced at the people seated and found that a few familiar figures were missing.

"Minerva, have you met Yodel, Granger and the others?"

Professor McGonagall's face looked a little strange, "When we separated before, Yoder said that he was going to the library to write a paper..."

Everyone here:…

Huck asked cautiously: "Is the learning pressure in the magic world so high?"

"No, no," Dumbledore waved his hands repeatedly and looked at McGonagall.

"I only assigned a little homework, a few papers and the like..." Professor McGonagall began to defend herself.

"Oh, yes--"

"I only gave a little homework."

Professors Flitwick and Sprout followed suit, saying that the amount of homework they left behind was also very small.

Now the pressure is on Snape's side. Seeing everyone else staring at him, Snape snorted, "Maybe Miss Granger and Mr. Yoder chose too many classes. I heard that they took all the classes on the class schedule. "

The professors suddenly realized: It turns out that it is not our problem! Let me just say, the amount of homework I left was very reasonable, but Tom and Hermione were too greedy!

At this time, Tom and Hermione were still in the library.

They thought that the school library would not be open during the Christmas vacation, but to their surprise it was. Mrs. Pince still looked cold, said "Merry Christmas" to them and disappeared.

Tom and Hermione had long been accustomed to her attitude of keeping strangers away. They took some information books on their own, then found a corner to sit down and perfect their papers.

This perfection took more than two hours. It is impossible to write two papers in more than two hours - even halving this number is an impossible task. However, their History of Magic and Potions papers are nearing completion and they just need to be polished, which doesn't take much time.

Therefore, by the time lunch time arrived, the two of them had completely completed their papers.

"Tom, should we hand in the paper in advance?" Hermione rolled the parchment into a roll and put it into her bag.

"Don't cause trouble for yourself. In this case, if the professors call you back to the paper and ask you to revise it, will you revise it or not?"

When it comes to homework, the most taboo thing is not to follow the crowd. The moment you hand in your homework alone, the probability that your homework will be carefully checked by the teacher will be greatly increased. A series of unpredictable world lines will then be triggered.

Hermione thought about it seriously, "But if we are sent back to redo it, wouldn't it mean that there is something wrong with our homework?"

Tom pondered for a moment and found that he couldn't refute.

"What you said makes sense, but rewriting two articles is really tiring."

Now it was Hermione's turn to be speechless.

"Go to the auditorium first to see if Professor Dumbledore and Mr. Harker have finished talking. If everything goes well, we can go home in the afternoon."

"Actually, I quite want to stay here. The food here is much richer than at home, and the environment in the library is better..."

The two of them packed their things while talking. At this time, they heard a noise coming from behind the bookshelf next door.

Hermione was drawn to the sound. She walked behind the bookshelf and saw that it was Hagrid. At this time, the giant man was holding a stack of books and hiding behind the bookshelf wiping his tears.

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Today, we’re going to tell the story of Dugald Macphail, the nineteenth Minister of Magic who put the Knight Bus into operation.

Dugald McPhail was a wizard who attended Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts. He was appointed Minister of Magic from 1858 to 1865

Judging by his accent and surname, Dugald MacPhail is a Scotsman. As a young man he attended Hufflepuff House, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

In 1858, MacPhail was appointed Minister of Magic.

After taking office, Macphail came up with the idea of ​​providing an inconspicuous way for underage or infirm witches and wizards to travel, imitating the then-nascent Muggle bus service. His idea eventually led to the Knight Bus entering service in 1865.

Dugald Macphail was a reassuring minister. While he was in office, the Muggle Parliament was going through a period of apparent turmoil, but the Ministry of Magic was pleasantly calm at the time.