When Elwyn had accompanied Sirius to the Ministry of Magic, there had been a commotion.
At the time, it happened to be the end of the Sirius incident, and many Wizards wanted Sirius's autograph or to ask him about the details of what had happened.
As soon as he appeared, he was surrounded, and Elwyn had no choice but to walk into the hall alone.
It was as if a big star had come to the Ministry of Magic, and even Elwyn had received attention.
Now, no one looked at Elwyn and the others, thinking that they were just ordinary little Wizards.
They might have heard of Elwyn and Harry's reputation, but they didn't know what they looked like, so naturally, they wouldn't approach them.
Apart from that, another change was that when Elwyn had come last time, many Wizards had his Hogwarts Magic and Magic in their hands. Now, there was no sign of it, and they only had the Daily Prophet in their hands.
Obviously, this was because of Foggy's influence, and no one dared to buy the Hogwarts Magic and Magic and Magic in public.
"Come on, children, let's go this way," Mr. Weasley said.
They joined the crowd and squeezed through the staff of the Ministry of Magic.
No one looked at them, and the Wizards all had the lifeless expression of the morning on their faces.
Some were carrying piles of crumbling parchments in their arms, some were carrying tattered briefcases, some were stuffing bread or something else into their mouths, and some were reading the Daily Prophet as they walked.
Even then, Elwyn saw many people secretly reading Rita's article in the Hogwarts Magic and Magic and Magic.
Although Rita had a bad reputation, she still had influence.
Regardless of the authenticity of what she wrote, she would definitely be able to capture the hearts and preferences of the public and attract people to continue reading.
From the looks of it, Foggy's ban on the Hogwarts Magic Newspaper had not been implemented in the Ministry of Magic. Elwyn and Hermione had hired Rita as a special reporter, which had been effective and had put a lot of pressure on the Ministry of Magic.
"Is this the Magic Brothers Fountain?" Hermione looked curiously at the fountain in the hall.
On the way here, she had heard Elwyn talk about the interior of the Ministry of Magic, which was a very famous sight.
They stopped in front of the fountain, at the bottom of which gleamed silver sycamores and copper nats. Beside it was a small, stained sign that read, "All proceeds from the Magical Brothers Fountain will be donated to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Patients."
Everyone sized up the statue on top of the fountain. It had to be said that when they looked at it closely, it was easy to see that it was slightly different.
The handsome face of the wizard from afar gave people a very weak and stupid feeling when they got closer. The female wizard also had a hollow smile on her face, as if she was participating in a beauty contest.
As for the sprites and centaurs, any wizard with a little common sense would know that they would never look up to any human with such affection.
Only the house-elf's timid slave-like demeanor was convincing, and it did not give people a good feeling.
As expected, Hermione's gaze finally fell on the house-elf's face, and her brows furrowed tightly.
"I don't like this statue, it doesn't match the facts at all."
"Those in power only want to see what they want to see, and make the decision that best suits their own interests," Elwyn said softly.
This characteristic of the Ministry of Magic was vividly reflected in the statue, in a way that was not noticed by others.
They did not care about the truth or objective attempts, they only cared about power and interests.
"Wizard's slaves …" Hermione mumbled softly. Compared to the house-elf's slave nature, the wizards ignored the facts, and the fact that they enslaved the elves was the most difficult thing for her to accept. This kind of thing had to change.
Elwyn did not expect that this trip to the Ministry of Magic would directly cause Hermione to make the decision to join the Ministry of Magic after graduation.
Her focus had also shifted from protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the house-elf to changing the decadent political ecology.
And many years later, she defeated the other party in the election, and became the first female minister of the Ministry of Magic, which also changed the development of the magic world to a large extent.
Just as Hermione was staring at the statue, Harry was also making a wish.
If he was not fired from Hogwarts, he would let ten Garen in, he thought in despair.
"Good morning, Arthur!" A dispirited voice came from behind, a wizard in a peacock blue robe, with an unshaven beard, walked over, "I saw you leading the group of children over from afar, are they going through the security check?"
"Sorry to trouble you, Eric, they are all guests," Mr. Weasley said.
Eric nodded, and then, his gaze fell on Elwyn.
"Ah, I remember you, kid, you came here two years ago …" Eric's eyes lit up.
The main reason he still remembered Elwyn was because when his wand was inspected, it was detected that his wand was made of an unknown substance.
He had been in charge of security for many years, but this was the first time he encountered such a situation, so naturally, he had a deep impression.
Not to mention that the Ministry of Magic had not had any problems for a long time, being in charge of security check was already very boring.
His only pleasure was to look at the wands of the guests, to see what was made of the wand core.
In England, wizards were used to using parts of fire dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns to make magic.
But it was not the same for wizards in other countries, they had different customs.
He had even seen mysterious wizards from the East, who used magical creatures that he did not know, and even the material of their wands was strange.
But no matter what, it was the first time Eric encountered a situation where the wand core could not be inspected.
He later asked the experts who came to inspect the machine, and there were only two reasons for this situation. The first was that the machine was broken, and the second was that the material used in the wand core of Elwyn's wand was not recorded in the machine.
But this was simply impossible. This testing machine covered almost all known substances.
"This time we replaced the machine with a new one, it has just been used." Eric murmured in a low voice, his nostrils puffing heavily. "Boy, let me see what's in your wand."
As usual, he raised a long gold rod, as thin and tough as a car antenna, and swept it over the chests and backs of Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred, and George.
"Wand!" he said eagerly, putting down the golden thing and holding out his hand.
Beginning with Harry, the others handed over their wands in turn.
Eric threw Harry's wand on a strange-looking brass machine that looked like a single plate balance.
The machine began to vibrate slightly, and a narrow piece of parchment quickly spat out from an opening at the bottom.
He pulled the paper off and read the words on it.
"Eleven inches, the core is a phoenix feather, used for four years, right?"
"Yes," said Harry nervously.
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