The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

Also coming back from the death anniversary party, Hallie didn't drink even a drop of water and felt like vomiting when she saw the food.

But Ash was not affected at all, leisurely enjoying the feeding from Senior Penello.

"Ash, how can you eat it?"

Harry made a sad face, he had obviously seen such a scene before, why could he still act like nothing happened?

Ash swallowed half of the sausage that Senior Penello brought to his mouth with a blushing face, and patiently taught:

"Romain Rolland has a famous saying: There is only one true heroism in the world, and that is to still love it after recognizing the truth of life. Lu Xun, a famous thinker from a large Eastern country, also has a famous saying: A true warrior dares to face the misery In this life, dare to face the dripping blood."

"Harry, you can't let the haze of the past always linger around you, you have to face it bravely!"

"But I really can't do it..."

The girl's aggrieved look was heartbreaking. For example, the two old fathers at the teacher's desk wanted to rush over to comfort her.

Ash's only response to this was to shout:

"Harry, open your mouth."

Out of trust in Ash, the girl subconsciously obeyed his instructions, her delicate lips opened slightly, and the candlelight fell on her face, revealing her young and delicate appearance.

"Ash, I..."

The girl's cherry-like mouth hesitated to speak, but Ash took advantage of the moment Harley opened her mouth and suddenly forced a piece of thick sausage into Harley's mouth, completely blocking the girl's mouth!

"Woo~"

Harley almost choked, her little hands helplessly patted Ash's arm, and her crystal eyes were filled with tears, which made people feel extremely distressed. However, facing Harley's eyes asking for help, Cassandra could only lower her head and say sorry in her heart.

"Harley, eat it." Ash covered Harley's mouth with his palm, his expression extremely serious.

Harry was about to cry, so he had no choice but to crush the sausage in his mouth with his silver teeth.

A smell of meat and hot juice filled his mouth, which instantly made Harry forget about complaining, and his chewing speed gradually increased.

Mmm, it smells so good!

Harley swallowed the sausage and looked at the food on the table. Suddenly she felt that the world was full of beauty. She subconsciously stretched out the tip of her pink tongue and licked Ash's palm.

"Uh~!"

Harley's pretty face turned red instantly. Ash looked at the girl in surprise and then retracted his palm after realizing it. Looking at the palm of the hand, there is still a little meaty fragrance left on it, which comes from the oil left by the meaty fragrance, and there is also some girl's saliva.

"Ugh! Clean me up quickly!"

Harley hurriedly grabbed Ash's hand and wiped it on his robe to prevent him from continuing to 'admire' it.

Ash looked at the grease on his robe and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

Shouldn't you use your own robe to wipe it?

"Uh~!"

Harry blushed and did not dare to look at Ash. She turned around and faced her family table with a guilty conscience. She brought a plate of sausages in front of her and worked hard.

"So isn't this delicious?"

Ash shrugged, and his words caused the blush on Harley's face to almost spread to the roots behind her ears, and her head lowered.

Cassandra seemed to be worried that Harley would be malnourished, so she appropriately placed a plate of fried tomatoes in front of Harley.

This is called meat and vegetable combination.

"Scourgify!"

Senior Penello picked up the wand and waved it gently, thoughtfully cleaning off the yellowed grease on Ash's robe.

"Thank you, senior." Ash smiled gently.

"It's nothing." Senior Sister Penello responded with a smile.

Ash looked at the wand in the girl's hand, suddenly thought deeply, and asked softly:

"Senior, what are your plans after graduation?"

"Hmm~"

Penello thought carefully for a while, with a troubled look in his eyes, "Actually, I haven't thought about it yet. I have to prepare for the N.E.W.T. exam first. If I can get good results, I should join the Aurors."

"But to be honest, I don't have much confidence in this. I think there is a high probability that I will just become an ordinary employee of the Ministry of Magic."

Ash suggested:

"Then, do you want to help me?"

"Eh?" Penello looked surprised.

"BMW Magic Shop, senior, you should know about it, right?"

Ash spread his hands with a helpless expression, "In fact, I can't find the right person to help run it. Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley are in charge of management now, but I always have to find someone to help run it." A trustworthy family member will manage it. And the only person I can think of is you, senior sister."

"Me?" Penello was surprised and a little happy at the same time.

Did you hear me? She is the only family member Ash can trust! Not some messy woman!

The senior sister carefully hid her joy and asked deliberately:

"What about Qiu Zhang? And Harley and Cassandra. Don't you trust them?"

She just wanted to get the words "I trust you more than them" from Ash, but Ash obviously didn't do what she wanted.

Ash sighed, his tone a little helpless:

"Of course they are just as trustworthy as the seniors, but they are still a long way from graduation."

"No matter what, the only one I can rely on now is you, senior!"

"So, can you help me? Senior sister."

"This is a foul!" Penello's eyes were filled with resentment, but he couldn't say no.

After all, she is the only person Ash can rely on now!

"There's really nothing I can do against you."

The girl's petite nose was slightly straightened, she was pretty and charming, and she smiled and said, "Then I will reluctantly help you, senior. But, how much salary are you going to give me? It can't be too low~! Even if I'm a senior, I won’t work for you for free.”

Although he knew Penello was joking, Ash still put on a serious look:

"How about a hundred galleons a week?"

"one hundred?"

Penello exclaimed and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, "No, this is too much anyway..."

The average employee of the Ministry of Magic may not have a hundred galleons a month, but a hundred galleons a week. The salary of the Minister of Magic is not that high!

Ash grabbed Senior Penello's little hand and whispered:

"Don't be too busy refusing, just listen to what I have to say."

"Senior sister, not only do you have to manage the store, you also need to help me recruit people."

"hiring?"

"Yes, the store will definitely expand its business in the future, which requires a lot of employees. And these employees, I hope to recruit from the students who are about to graduate from Hogwarts. Only you, senior sister, can help me!"

Ash's serious tone made Penelo realize that he was not joking, he really wanted to recruit people, and on a large scale!

Hogwarts sends almost 140 wizards to the wizarding world every year. Only a handful of them can inherit their father's business and inherit the family business. The vast majority of the rest need to work in the Ministry of Magic.

There are nearly 20,000 wizards in the UK, and almost every one of them has graduated from Hogwarts, or even dropped out of school.

But when Hogwarts was in danger, when Dumbledore was in dire straits, there were only a few wizards willing to come forward.

Because students who graduate from Hogwarts are not equivalent to Dumbledore's people.

Especially those who work in the Ministry of Magic, most of them are already labeled by the Ministry of Magic. It is the Ministry of Magic that provides them with jobs, pays them wages, and provides them with everything they need to live, not Dumbledore!

The only army that truly belongs to Dumbledore from beginning to end is the Order of the Phoenix.

However, the Order of the Phoenix had already suffered many casualties in the war with Voldemort, and there were very few people left.

So in the original book, when Fudge mistakenly believed that Dumbledore was forming "Dumbledore's Army", his first reaction was to arrest Dumbledore because he was afraid that Dumbledore would seize power with arms.

It can be seen from this aspect that Fudge and the Ministry of Magic are extremely sensitive to this kind of thing.

And what Ash has to do now is compete with the Ministry of Magic for people!

To rule the wizarding world, individual strength alone is far from enough. Ash needs a 'wizard army' that is loyal to him.

It is true that werewolves are loyal enough and powerful enough.

But their number is too small, and most of them have not yet been able to transform into human form.

If you really want to form an army, you still have to look to the wizard.

Most of the wizards who have graduated have lost their plasticity. They have all been labeled by their own labels, whether they are pure-blood families, Muggles, or the Ministry of Magic. Recruiting them will not do Ash any good.

Therefore, the only ones who meet Ash's requirements are the 'fresh graduates' of Hogwarts.

Of course, Ash can't recruit wizards in the name of an 'army', so he can only recruit employees.

The BMW Magic Store is exactly the best cover.

With the current size of this store, and in the name of 'expanding production', it will not be a problem to recruit one hundred and eighty wizards.

Although large-scale recruitment of wizards is bound to arouse the suspicion of the Ministry of Magic, Ash is just a harmless second-year student. What bad intentions can he have?

Senior Penello asked hesitantly:

"How much salary are you going to give them?"

"Twenty-five galleons a week."

Senior Penello whispered:

"This is higher than the salary of employees of the Ministry of Magic. It shouldn't be difficult to recruit people, but those really outstanding graduates will mostly join the Ministry of Magic and become Aurors. Unless you can offer a higher salary than the Aurors, it will be very difficult." It’s hard to attract them.”

Ash was slightly surprised, with approval in his eyes. Senpai Penelo was indeed as smart as ever, and this was exactly why he asked her to be responsible.

Facing the senior sister's questioning gaze, Ash spread his hands and said in a helpless tone:

"They are destined to become Aurors, and it is natural for them to join the Ministry of Magic. In fact, even if they want to join the BMW Magic Shop, I don't know how to arrange them."

"That,"

Senior Penello asked hesitantly:

“How many employees do you need?”

Ash answered without hesitation:

"The more, the merrier."

After a pause, he explained, "The BMW Magic Store will expand its scale next and even open branches in the wizarding world in other countries, which requires a lot of manpower."

"Then this year's graduates can also fight for it." Senior Sister Penello analyzed carefully.

"This is the best." Ash nodded slightly and agreed with Senior Penello's suggestion.

Senior Penello raised her head and suddenly asked:

"Do you want a wizard or a witch?"

Ash thought about it for a moment and said solemnly:

"Anyone, but preferably a witch!"

Senior Penello glared at him angrily, she knew this would happen!

Ash looked innocent, what was wrong with him? He just wanted to give those homeless witches a home! ——

As the dinner gradually came to an end, the noisy auditorium gradually became quiet. The well-fed and drunk wizards and witches left the auditorium talking and laughing loudly, and rushed through the corridor to the area where the marble stairs were.

Ash, as always, planned to be the last to leave because he didn't like being crowded with other people.

The same goes for Harley and Cassandra, who sit right next to each other near the door.

Students passing by waved goodbye to them from time to time, and they smiled back one by one.

At the teacher's table, Lu Ping, who had been secretly observing Ash, felt somewhat complicated in his heart, and sighed softly:

"At least he's much more popular than Sirius!"

He was originally worried that Ash would be the same as Sirius, but now he saw that there was no comparison at all.

Sirius had almost no friends at school except the three of them.

But Ash is completely different, he has friends almost everywhere!

No matter which college he is a student in, he can have a good conversation with each other.

Needless to say, the Ravenclaw girls almost never took their eyes off Ash while eating. Even excluding Harley and Cassandra, there were many students in Slytherin trying to strike up a conversation with Ash.

The only thing that surprised Lu Ping was that these students were all girls. And when Lupine began to wonder if Ash only had female friends, the Gryffindor twin took the initiative to say hello to him. It's clear that they have a great relationship.

There is no doubt that although Ash and Sirius are both Black, they are completely two extremes!

It is no exaggeration to say that although Lupine and Sirius are friends, he understands that Sirius's best friend will always be James.

If James bullies students for fun, he bullies Snape because of Lily.

What Sirius did was entirely for James!

Because James liked to bully Snape, Sirius also bullied Snape with him.

Because James and Lupine are friends, Sirius is also willing to be friends with Lupine.

Almost everything Sirius did was based on James.

And James also believes in Sirius. Even at the most critical moment, the person he trusts most is still Sirius!

But it happened to be the person James trusted the most who hurt him the most.

The more James trusts Sirius, the more hateful his betrayal becomes!

Lu Ping's eyes were a little dim, and that betrayal was still an indelible pain in his heart.

That day, he lost his friends, his only four friends, and everything.

Professor Snape stood up, glanced at Lupin coldly, and walked across the long table to Ash and the others.

He looked at Ash condescendingly with a cold attitude:

"Ash, Dumbledore has something to ask you. Come with me to see him."

"As for you."

Snape looked at Harry and his tone softened unconsciously, "You should go back to sleep now."

After watching Harry and Cassandra leave, Ash raised his head and met Snape's cold eyes - but a second ago, Professor Snape looked at Harry's back with a hint of tenderness.

I have to say, this scene is really hilarious.

If Hogwarts had an essay competition, there would probably be two first prizes:

Ash: "Me and My Witch Friends".

Harley: "Me and My Old Fathers."