Unlike the magic-controlled white clouds seen outside the window of the Ministry of Magic, it was raining heavily outside the window of the Three Broom Bar.

In such bad weather, Allen and Leonard Knox, who came from the United States, sat next to a long table filled with drinks and snacks, chatting happily.

At this time, due to the weather and summer vacation in the bar, except for Allen, there were only a few customers who came to shelter from the rain, and the wizards at the construction site would only come to drink after get off work.

"Jessica is keen on dressing up herself and studying recipes. She is now teaching some witches to put on makeup with wands, but later changed her mind to become a fashion designer. She didn't know that there were so many strange ideas from her. However, she had always wanted to compile a food magazine, and she insisted on this for a long time." Leonard raised her glass and drank a glass of wine, "I just didn't see you how to get a boyfriend..."

"It's not a bad thing to focus on work first..." Allen added a glass of red currant rum to Leonard, "How is Ian? What's the name of the Ultimate Wizard Exam in America?"

"Well? He is about the same age as you, but you have graduated from school one year ago. Now he has just become an Auror trainee who has been practicing for three years." Leonard said proudly, "Ian was thinking about duel with you again after being defeated by you last time, so he has been practicing magic... But after you defeated the mysterious man for the first time... although he didn't show it in front of others..." Leonard said with some relief, "After surviving a while, he came out and became more interested. Now he plays the sport called basketball with his neighbors from time to time, and also learns the sing, dancing and RAP of the sings and sings of the sings and dances."

"Speaking of this, the upcoming university of Hogwarts is about to start... With Ian's magical talent, if he comes to my university for further studies, he will easily get more achievements." Allen grabbed a piece of fried pig skin and put it in his mouth.

Leonard smiled because of Allen's compliment: "I am worthy of being the principal, but don't come and dig up the genius of our Ifamoni Academy..."

The door of the three broom bar was pushed open at this time. Hermione and her guards got in. The umbrella she was holding in turned back into a wand and shook it, cleaning it with water. After looking around, she walked to where Allen and the others were, and the men sat in the door themselves to form a single seat.

After greeting Allen and Leonard, Hermione sat next to Allen: "Sorry, it's a little late. Mr. Ambrose Froome, the owner of the Honey Duke, was unwilling to let us place a small obelisk next to his shop. We quarreled with him for a long time." Hermione raised her chin in a little annoyed and shook her fluffy hair. "In the end, I told him that if he didn't want to, then any damage would have nothing to do with the protective umbrella... This stubborn guy was willing to agree."

The sound of the boot heels was pounding on the floor, and Ms. Rosmerta swayed and greeted her, "Miss Granger, what do you want to drink? Is it still the same as before?"

"Hello, Ms. Rosmerta, it's better to add some ginger to the oil beer..." Hermione pursed her hair that was blown by the wind to the back of her ears. She pointed to the door and asked, "By the way, Cheryl seemed to be in trouble at the door. There was a drunk who was pestering her and she was so scared that she was about to cry, but I went over to help her and said, "What's wrong with it?"

"The drunkard you see is Cheryl's husband Sean... He lost his job because he was sick before..." Mrs. Rosmerta shook her head, "It was a good person, but now her personality has become a little bad, and she is addicted to drinking and gambling..." She sighed and continued, "I saw Cheryl doing healing for herself that day, and it seemed that she had taken action... I tried to persuade her before, but Cheryl had just given birth to a child and didn't want to get a divorce."

"I've tried it?! Shit!" Leonard threw his wine glass hard on the table with a loud bang, his brows furrowed, "If we were the American witches, he would have been bankrupt..."

Allen patted Hermione's back of her hand to comfort her, and looked up and asked, "What job did that Sean do before?"

"Originally worked in the Pobin family's chain potion store." Mrs. Rosmerta pursed her red lips and smiled at Allen, contrary to the detailed introduction just now, she just took it lightly.

Hermione's face was a little red - the umbrella's potion production is good and cheap. Last year, there was a trend of monopolizing the market. Too many small workshops and small businesses that made potion went bankrupt. Annette Pobin also asked her at Professor Horace's banquet and ended up parting with disagreement... In the magic world, the employees are not as safe as the Muggle world. It seems that Sean not only lost his job but also received no compensation because of this.

"The wind and rain outside just now, I noticed that Miss Granger was wet when she came in..." Noting the silent atmosphere, Mrs. Rosmerta chuckled and cleaned Hermione's corners and dried her robe. "I'll go to the kitchen to get some drinks for Miss Granger and the guards."

Mrs. Rosmerta chuckled and threw a charming look at Leonard on the dining table, turning away - this made Leonard, an American wizard, unable to withstand the rosy face.

"Don't mind, Mr. Knox, Mrs. Rosmerta is like this." Allen's words recalled Mr. Leonard's attention.

"She reminded me of Mrs. Klein..." Leonard stopped leaning against the sofa, and sat upright with his back away from the sofa, pushing the wine glass and plate in front of him forward, his eyes slightly condensed, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became deeper. Then he noticed his loss of composure and coughed twice, "By the way... Allen, some things are not good to say at the meeting, actually I think... um..." Then he realized that he had stopped ignoring Hermione's existence, and his fingers kept turning the wine glass, frowned and felt embarrassed. I didn't know if he should continue to say it.

Seeing this, Hermione understood that the other party had something to talk to Allen in private, and was worried that he would not speak at the scene, so she immediately stood up, "I'll check if Cheryl wants help. Sorry, Mr. Knox, the Umbrella and the US Department of Magic business matters. Please wait for me to talk later."

Leonard understood that Hermione saw through her concerns, and her thin fingers stopped and pulled the corners of her mouth awkwardly: "Uh, sorry Miss Granger, you don't need..."

Hermione smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Knox, I understand. I actually have some issues with remodeling Hogwarts. I need to talk to Allen in private later. You can talk first."

"It's okay Hermione, Leonard is just out of habit..." Allen also grabbed Hermione and looked at Leonard, who was much older than himself in front of him, "Is it related to the previous Wizards Federation meeting?"

"Allen, you know... Philius and I are old friends. He and I have mentioned you many times in their communication. He said you are his most proud disciple... For Philius's sake... Um... I think, uh, I am not the American representative of the International Wizards Federation here..." Leonard rubbed forward again, lowered his head and adjusted his posture, and raised it up again and said to Allen, "I have to remind you in your personal identity as your friend. Maybe the British Ministry of Magic and your Harris family have their own considerations... But from my personal perspective, I have to remind you that it is best to be more restrained in the future."

Hearing the other party say this, Hermione didn't care about politeness. After Leonard finished speaking, he immediately asked: "Mr. Knox, did you get any news? Is it because we were too arrogant before?"

"Miss Granger, in fact, this has nothing to do with your high-profile behavior. The most essential problem is that... your many actions over the past period of time have made almost all countries feel threatened. Just after this meeting, when I was invited by the German representative to meet in private, he talked about Britain in a very fearful tone... But I refused him, but I think many representatives of countries participated in their private talks."

Hermione bit her lip and held the magic robe tightly under the long table. The worry in her heart poured out layer by layer like a tide to obliterate her-something she knew much more than Leonard had seen on the surface. All of this was to break the secret law in the future. If she was already hostile to so many countries, then when she was to truly break it in the future...

"Actually, before I came, we had a lot of controversy within our position about the International Wizards Federation. The reason why we remained neutral at the meeting was because Minister Harris put forward some profitable conditions for us to support Britain was able to win..." Leonard pushed the big glasses on his pointed nose so that he could see more clearly.
Chapter completed!