Chapter 340: The New Minister of Magic

Rolf did know most of the guests that Horace invited tonight.

Some of the wizards were met at the Merlin Medal Award Ceremony last year.

It was the Quidditch World Cup at that time, and 100,000 tourists came from all over the world. Minister Fudge took the opportunity to invite many famous wizards to participate in the Merlin Medal Award Ceremony.

As a winner of two Merlin Medals, Rolf followed Newt and Dumbledore and met many people.

Another part was the representatives of the European Ministry of Magic in the International Confederation of Wizards. Rolf took the floating dragon ship with them last year and saved their lives.

As for why they went to Iceland for a meeting this year and did not take the Federation's official floating dragon ship... The reason was the same as Rolf's, fearing that they would be attacked by the Saints again.

They all felt that the Mayflower was safer and would definitely not be in trouble!

Since everyone knew each other, there was no need for Horace to introduce them, so Rolf greeted them. He also took Shirley's arm and introduced her to everyone.

Seeing the two people's intimate behavior, many wizards couldn't help but feel regretful that they couldn't let their girls of the right age meet Rolf earlier.

It would be extremely difficult to match them up now. After all, in terms of appearance, they are far from the ponytail girl who suddenly appeared.

Rolf greeted everyone one by one, and what surprised him most was that he actually saw Ludo Bagman in the room.

The director of the Department of Magical Games and Sports of the Ministry of Magic disappeared completely after the end of the Triwizard Tournament. Unexpectedly, he appeared on the Mayflower.

"Mr. Bagman, the goblins of Gringotts have been looking for you in the newspaper recently." Rolf smiled and said, "Didn't you read the Daily Prophet?"

Ludo just read the newspaper and walked out of the UK to take refuge in Iceland.

During the Triwizard Tournament, he borrowed a large number of Galleons from Gringotts and gave them all to Rolf, but he never expected that the boy would give up the competition, and Swinton won the championship in the end.

Ludo owed the goblins a large amount of Galleons and couldn't pay them back, so he had to run away and become a deadbeat.

However, in front of so many prominent wizards, Ludo still had to save face. He slapped his face and pretended to be fat, saying:

"The goblins came to me, probably because of the vault. My previous vault was full, and I wanted to change to a bigger one..."

Rolf and Shirley looked at each other and tried not to laugh out loud.

And the wizards around who didn't know the truth all looked at Ludo with shock.

The vault is full?

Uncle Merlin... It turns out that Quidditch is still the fastest way to make money. There is no association in the world that is not greedy!

Horace finally interrupted and asked, "Ludo, I heard that there are two Quidditch clubs in Spain that want to set up a new European Quidditch League, but they are opposed by the European Quidditch League?"

"You are really well-informed." Ludo nodded:

"The Quidditch Committee of the International Confederation of Wizards has ruled that the European Quidditch League... has a monopoly on European Quidditch, so the opposition is invalid."

"Does this mean that the new European Quidditch Super League is coming?" Horace frowned.

Old-school fans like him don't like any new tricks.

"That's the case on the legal level." Ludo shrugged and said, "But as the director of the Sports Department, I will never allow British Quidditch clubs to participate."

Of course he won't allow it, unless... he gets a few Galleons.

Ludo heard that the two clubs that set up the new league had prepared more than 100,000 Galleons for him as a loyalty award, and gave him one-tenth... he agreed.

At this time, a noise suddenly came from not far away, and two wizards took out their wands and started fighting in public.

Horace immediately ran over to stop them, and the others gathered around to watch the fun, and some even cheered them on.

Rolf and Shirley did not go over, and were ready to run away and return to their rooms, but Narish stopped them.

The short-haired girl handed Rolf a few small bottles in her hand and said softly: "I have checked, there is no potion in it... it is all water."

Although Rolf had guessed the result, it was from Kulga after all, and it was marked with names such as Good Luck Fountain, so he did not give up and said:

"Miss Slughorn, are you sure it is just water and has no other effects?"

"Just call me Narish." The short-haired girl stared at Rolf and said confidently:

"I mastered the Scapin Apparition Charm when I was eleven years old. I can tell the ingredients of hundreds of potions mixed together... I won't make a mistake!"

Hearing this, Rolf leaned back slightly and looked at Narish in surprise.

The Scapin Apparition Charm is a spell used to identify the ingredients of potions.

But this is something that will only be taught in the sixth grade potion class, and Nairis can master it at the age of eleven... It's so terrifying!

As expected of Slughorn's great-granddaughter, she has completely inherited his talent for potions!!

Rolf handed the small bottle to Shirley and asked her to put it away. He looked at Nairis and said, "Anyway, thank you very much."

"You're welcome." Nairis smiled lightly, with two dimples on her face, and said, "Rolf, I also want to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Margaret, she has been in the UK for a year. Will she return to the United States this year?"

Rolf raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know Margaret?"

"Of course I know her. Who wouldn't know her at Ilvermorny School of Magic?" Nairis smiled and said, "We are in the same college and have a very good relationship."

Nairis suddenly reacted and frowned and said, "Did she mention me to you?"

Rolf shook his head: "Never."

"..." Nairishi muttered, looking very annoyed.

"Did she mention me to you?" Rolf asked back.

"Often." Nairishi nodded: "Before you became famous, all the girls in our college knew that she had a very, very handsome brother."

"Later, when you became famous, Margaret helped you set up a female fan club in Ilvermorny." Nairishi paused and continued:

"Now there are 215 girls."

"..."

Just when Rolf wanted to ask how many bad things Margaret had done behind his back, Horace came back.

Nairishi asked curiously: "Grandpa, what happened?"

"A British wizard and a German wizard are fighting." Horace sighed.

"Why?"

"The British wizard said... the mysterious man is recognized as the strongest black wizard in history, and the other German wizard asked him... who recognized it?" Horace said.

"The German wizard said that Grindelwald was the strongest dark wizard in history, and that the mysterious man was nothing compared to Grindelwald.

Then... they started fighting."

"..."

Rolf, Shirley and Narish were all speechless. They could even fight, right?

Or did Voldemort and Grindelwald have fans?

"Okay, let's not talk about them." Horace lowered his voice and said, "Rolf, I heard that Dumbledore and Minister Fudge had a falling out?"

"Yes." Rolf nodded and said, "Minister Fudge didn't believe that Voldemort had returned. Dumbledore and him had a quarrel and had already torn their faces apart."

"Why is it so?" Horace sighed and said, "I heard from Barnabas Guffey - oh, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet."

"Minister Fudge has put pressure on him to not accept articles attacking him, and he must write bad things about Dumbledore and you."

"Rolf, listen to my advice... Don't offend Fudge again. After all, he is the Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom. If you offend him, you will not get any good results."

"Offend?" Rolf smiled, he looked at Horace and said:

"Mr. Slughorn, you should also listen to my advice. During this period, it is best to stay away from Fudge and don't get too close to him, otherwise you may be implicated."

"What do you mean?" Horace frowned.

"What I mean is..." Rolf said in a deep voice:

"At the earliest on Halloween, at the latest on Christmas this year... I will oust Fudge and let the British Ministry of Magic get a new minister."

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