The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

The weather was good a few days before the homecoming day. Sun Zhu spent most of his time practicing his broom, not only various flying skills, but also practicing shooting in a simulated basket to improve his hit rate.

Sun Zhengxing was busy running around the Ministry of Magic to familiarize himself with the various document flows.

In his mind, he could still remember Danny Abbott's self-righteous expression at that time: "This is a major event concerning the entire wizarding world. I feel honored to witness this scene with my own eyes. Moreover, Mr. Sun, you must have been valued by the new minister..."

As if realizing that what he said was inappropriate, Danny Abbott did not continue to speak. He just shook his head and said, "You are here for a reason. Even if you don't, you can still see the world."

Although this statement is very straightforward and even a bit self-righteous and arrogant, it is indeed true. Compared with the idle Sports and Physical Education Department, the various measures of the Law Enforcement Department often affect the wizarding world. After all, it is the largest department in the Ministry of Magic, both in terms of number of people and influence.

As for the temporary overtime and other departments' work, he should have been used to it long ago. It's not like he had never encountered it before. Maybe it was because he was often assigned to do other departments' work before, so this time he finally caught the attention of the deputy minister and let him make the best use of it.

But her words still left some ripples in his heart.

The new minister...

Of course he knew that the minister would have to be re-elected in three months at most, and the successor would naturally be chosen from among the directors.

Excluding the relatively marginal departments such as the Department of Sports and the Department of Transport, and excluding the Director of the Department of Magical Creatures who was obviously looking forward to retirement, there were only three popular candidates left:

Amelia Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Barty Crouch, Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and Cornelius Fudge, Head of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes.

But in fact, Ms. Bones has a much better chance of winning than the other two. Not only because of her prominent position in the Legal Department, but also because of her courage and responsibility, she has won the support of many Ministry of Magic officials. Moreover, it is obvious that Dumbledore and other important figures in the magic world are also on her side.

Director Crouch was also interested in further advancement in his position, but he seemed to be somewhat absent-minded in recent months. Before this, he had accumulated high prestige in the hearts of many wizards because of his firm "killing his own son for the greater good" and punishing his own son who was a Death Eater. But he was also criticized for this. Opponents believed that his failure in educating his children proved that he was not capable of being the Minister of Magic.

As for Director Fudge, he is popular and has a good temper, but he is always a little weak and lacks responsibility, so it is really difficult for him to compete with Director Bones.

Although Director Bones is opposed by pure-blood wizards because of her closeness to Muggles, it is clear that she does not need their support. Her new bill is obviously aimed at what she calls the "remnant of the magic world".

Sun Zhengxing still remembers the scene when the Wizengamot decided whether the new bill would be passed or not by a show of hands. Before that, several pure-blooded wizards who had connections with the Death Eater families raised various doubts.

Similar to the sanctity and inviolability of property rights, how can a case that has been settled be questioned and reopened? How should we define what needs to be confiscated, and how should the standards and boundaries be set?

Director Bones rejected them one by one with a tough attitude. As the Director of the Legal Department, she already had a seat in the Wizengamot, and her status as a senior official of the Ministry of Magic gave her the confidence and ability to debate. Most importantly, she was very clear about her purpose.

She targeted the Lestrange family's vault. However, other Death Eater families all began to worry about themselves, so they united and tried their best to stop it.

This is perfect, check them all out, maybe you can get some extra gains.

Setting the voting date on Christmas holiday was also part of her plan. How could the pure-blood nobles who loved to enjoy themselves not go out for fun during the holidays? She had been mediating with them for more than a year and understood the temperament of some people best. So she chose the second day of the New Year to officially launch her plan.

With the support of the Minister and Dumbledore, her idea was realized. The final result was as expected. A total of 50 people had the right to vote, including herself, with 11 abstentions, 21 votes in favor, and 18 votes against, winning by a narrow margin.

Now she could take the decree to Gringotts, slap it in front of those stubborn goblins, and make them open the Lestrange family vault.

In fact, Dumbledore had told her that there were crucial things in the vault that could target the Dark Lord. She didn't quite believe it, but she had no reason not to believe it. Moreover, she could use the same trick against him to get his support and implement her own ideas. Even if there was nothing in the vault in the end, it would still increase the Ministry of Magic's finances.

At the same time, this can be regarded as a little revenge for her relatives and friends. When Voldemort was rampant, no less than ten members of the Bones family died directly or indirectly at the hands of the Death Eaters. As a result, only she and her niece Susan Bones are left.

Thinking of Susan, the usually stern Amelia relaxed her brows. She looked at Danny Abbott, who was busy implementing the new law, and said with a smile, "More manpower has been urgently mobilized. When the Hogwarts graduation season comes this year, a new batch of wizards will fill various positions. Then you won't have to work so hard."

"Yes, but this is also a critical period, so we still have to be careful not to make any mistakes."

"I remember your daughter Hannah is about the same age as Susan. Is she also going to start school this year?"

"If you remember correctly, Hannah will be eleven years old before September this year. As long as the owl can come to my house on time, I will definitely send her to Hogwarts."

Amelia smiled as she looked at the photo of her and Susan on the table, then closed her eyes and sighed, "Principal Dumbledore is right. The future of the wizarding world belongs to the young after all. Let's leave these tests to us. I hope they won't have to face these dangers and separations in the future."

The door of the director's office was knocked suddenly, and Amelia returned to her working expression.Responding lightly: "Please come in."

Sun Zhengxing walked in with a stack of documents. Before he entered and saw the new minister who was about to take office, her calm expression at the Wizengamot seat two days ago was still lingering in his mind.

But unlike what he imagined, both Director Bones and the somewhat aloof Ms. Ai Bo had gentle expressions on their faces.

"Mr. Sun, you must understand that this period of time may be very hard for you. We really need excellent employees like you who can coordinate all parties." Amelia nodded at him. Before Sun Zhengxing could answer, he saw a familiar owl flying into the director's office and came to him.

He explained somewhat awkwardly: "It should be a letter from my daughter."

His colleagues at the Ministry of Magic all knew Jed, and they might have even read the contents of the letter, otherwise they wouldn't have let it into the director's office. Thinking of this, he felt helpless.

Amelia rolled her eyes slightly and nodded: "For various reasons, you can't spend the whole festival with her. I'm sorry. But we all know the sacrifices she made."