Sword and Magic and Taxi

I finally found you, and you actually hid in this place!

Barbara, please keep your voice down, this is the library. Zhao Mai put his finger in front of his lips and motioned for her to sit down first.

Humph, you are so leisurely. You take your dog and maid here to hide and relax. Barbara lowered her voice and sat down obediently. She got up from Zhao Mai's feet and rubbed and tickled her legs. Barbara Take advantage of the situation and scratch its ears.

This is a restricted book area, how did you get in? Zhao Mai looked at Barbara strangely.

I've searched all over Hogwarts. To be honest, if there wasn't one here, I would have gone to the Forbidden Forest. Barbara waved her hand grandly, pointed around and said, I could have come here, Don’t forget that our family is engaged in alchemy. Many things are banned in Hogwarts. I even wrote part of one of them... But it’s you, why didn’t you do what you promised?”

The thing I promised you? Are you talking about winning the championship? Zhao Mai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stretched out his hand and put it on Barbara's forehead, used his psychic powers to explore it and said: Strange, no one moved. Too much trouble!

You were the one who moved the hands and feet! Barbara moved her head away and hit Zhao Mai's wrist. As a result, her palms hurt terribly. Ouch! Do you have iron bracers hidden in your sleeves? Why are they so hard?!

Yeah, don't hit me randomly. You might be the one who gets hurt. Zhao Mai smiled, and then suddenly realized: Oh... you asked me to win the championship. I thought you asked me to help ensure Hogwarts. Just win the championship and that’s it!”

Idiot, who would have thought that you would let Jieba win the championship instead of taking action yourself! Barbara rubbed her swollen wrist and said, Jieba is from Gryffindor. I guess their house will be the house champion this year. …”

Do you value the Academy Cup so much? There's nothing good about it, it's just that the flags and clothes are prettier, and you have priority in using the Academy's facilities. The competition in the Potions classroom is fierce, but your family never lacks potions. A chance to practice, right?”

You haven't won the Academy Cup, so why do you say that the Academy Cup is not good? This is wrong! In short, you ruined my chance to win the championship, and you have to pay for it! Barbara dragged her cheeks and sat on Zhao's desk. Across from me, his big eyes were blinking, with an expression of you just have to figure it out.

What you said makes sense. I have a saying that also means the same thing. If you can't eat the grapes, you will say the grapes are sour. Zhao Mai nodded and said, But I can't do anything now. Professor Dumbledore asked me to Keeping a low profile, so I stopped by here to read. Do you have any good ideas?

Oh... I also heard some rumors from my family. The trouble you caused this time is quite big. Even my grandfather said it would be difficult to deal with it. He also asked me to give you a message to remind you to be careful. Things about Atlantis. But what you did was within the rules. What can the Ministry of Magic do to you? Even if Hogwarts doesn’t want you, you can come to our house! In the wizarding world, our family has no need at all. Hogwarts is bad. Barbara puffed out her cheeks and said with a slight blush.

Barbara, do you know how old I am? You should find someone of your own age to get along with, rather than me... uh, Dojian, how old am I?

According to the chronology there, you should be nine thousand nine hundred years old. Duojian said with a serious expression.

Zhao Mai squinted his eyes, knowing that Duojian was teasing him. There are various books in her neural auxiliary network such as Up and Down Five Thousand Years. She is basically reading when she is sitting still, and no one knows which books she has read or how many books she has read.

My surname is not Wei, and I'm not as exaggerated as nine thousand nine hundred years old, but I'm not too young. Zhao Mai said to Barbara: Don't you think I'm sluggish? Why don't you go find other classmates and Friend, but...

No, I know what you are hiding, I can feel it. Barbara pointed to her nose: I can smell the secrets you are hiding, you are not sluggish. You are obviously a hidden volcano, Once it breaks out, it will be very spectacular, and even the Atlantis thing this time is actually just a small burst of steam. Don't you know that girls like mysterious things?

Zhao Mai looked at Barbara and was a little speechless. He didn't know what to say to her for a moment. Should he scold her and make her completely sad and painful? There are some things you should listen to the elders. Even if you don't want to listen to me, you should ask your grandfather more. I think he is still very knowledgeable.

Ah, speaking of Grandpa, there is one more thing I forgot to mention. I heard the news that the Ministry of Magic wants to reward those who participate in the Young Wizards Championship. Jiebao will definitely want the grand prize, but you are also included. But this time The Ministry of Magic asked you two to go over and convene a Magic Council to decide. Unfortunately, the meeting process will be closed, and there will be no award ceremony, celebrations, etc. As you said, this tournament is destined to be handled in a low-key manner.

Hey, you always hear about this and that...how can you hear so many things?

Barbara blushed, laughed twice, and then lowered her voice and said: Our family owns a Muggle newspaper, and we have shares in major newspapers and periodicals in various magical countries, such as the Daily Prophet, so I have better news. Well-informed. I am not the kind of spy who likes to ask for information. Don’t get me wrong.”

newspaper? An idea appeared in Zhao Mai's mind. After the 21st century, it is undoubtedly the era of the Internet. Various client media and self-media have become the largest information distribution center. Even the initial forgetting curse broke out through this method. However, the predecessors of all these are print media. In 1919, they were newspapers and radios. Now, even television has not been invented.

Influence... isn't this a ready-made method? Who else knows better than Zhao Mai - or Duo Jian - what will happen next? If we set up a newspaper and embark on the path of media, wouldn’t our influence be gradually established? Considering that various countries have different control methods for the media, Zhao Mai may need to control it secretly, but this is also consistent with his need for a low-key policy. This will definitely cost more money, but then again, on an earth that implements the gold and silver standard, Zhao Mai has too many ways to create wealth.

Barbara, your family still doesn't give you your current pocket money, right?

Yeah, but what do you want to do? I won't do anything for money! Barbara said quickly.

I suddenly had an idea, Zhao Mai said with a smile: A magic experiment used to practice and verify prophecy spells. Are you interested?

Really? But your smile is weird...