Chapter 271

Ministry of magic.

In the underground room, the warm fire crackled and burned vigorously. The space cut off by the oak gate is quiet. Chloe is sitting in front of a crystal ball with her knees in the most posture she has kept this week, like a witch of divination.

Know the weather outside through the magic crystal ball on the table mat. If it snows outside, the crystal ball will snow. If it is sunny outside, the crystal ball will be sunny.

It's the only way she has access to information lately.

The oak door of the room was pushed open, and nicoleme came to her with a crutch in one hand and a cup of hot cocoa in the other, and handed her the cocoa.

"Do you like watching snow?"

"I don't like it."

Chloe said sullenly, "I like sunny days."

"After a while, I'll take you to the tropical seaside." Nicoleme sat beside her, shaking her hand with the silver cane.

"I don't understand."

Chloe said directly.

"What don't you understand?"

"Why do we stay in the Ministry all the time?" Chloe holding the steaming cup, some confused asked: "why don't you take me home, so many years have not seen, parents don't want to see me at all?"

Looking at Chloe's serious look, the smile on Nicole lemme's old face faded. He shook his head and sighed, "you're not home yet, honey."

"I... my home is here, London?"

"No, our house is far away." Said the old man.

Chloe looked at him in bewilderment, completely ignoring his meaning.

"Ah, this... Forget it. Let's not talk about this."

Nicoleme waved his hand and took out a wooden box from behind. "Christmas is coming. I have a present for you."

He slowly opened the wooden box and saw a transparent crystal necklace lying quietly in the box. It is hexagonal, engraved with dense strange lines, it is beautiful.

Chloe's eyes lit up as she looked at the box. She had never seen such a beautiful necklace.

"Here, try it."

Nicoleme wobbly took the necklace out of the box and put it on Chloe's neck.

Chloe felt cold and shivered. She looked at her chest as if she was wearing a necklace made of ice.

"What is this?"

She asked her great grandfather curiously.

"It's a gadget I made in my spare time."

The old man winked at the girl playfully. He pressed Chloe's chest and fastened her collar firmly: "remember, no matter what happens, don't let anyone see this necklace."

His appearance made Chloe even more confused. Ever since she came back, Nicole lemme has kept her in an underground room of the Ministry of magic, kept her from going out, and kept her away from anyone. But what's the point of wearing a necklace if she doesn't see anyone?

She felt the hard object on her chest and asked uncertainly, "do you know something but don't want to tell me?"

"Yes, I'll tell you when you get home."

Then there was a knock at the door behind him, and nicoleme answered.

The door opened.

Chloe heard a man at the door asking in a hoarse, tired voice, "is she ready?"

"Always ready."

Nicoleme replied, and then he called out to Chloe, "someone's coming to see you, Chloe."

She quickly stood up, but outside the door stood a young man in a black cloak.

At first glance, her reaction was that the man was so handsome. But a closer look, she immediately did not feel so. This man and his grandfather are exactly the opposite. He is wearing a brand-new hard hat, has an extremely beautiful face, and has sharp ears, just like a fairy tale spirit. But his dark blue eyes were dead, like an old man dying.

"This is minister dreises."

Nico lemme was not surprised. He stepped aside and said to Chloe, "say hello."

Minister of magic?

This is an unexpected look. She always thought that this kind of senior executives started at least in their 40s and 50s, but this person seems to be about the same age as herself.

Chloe looks at Nicole lemme. Clearly in his grandfather's eyes to detect a strong disgust, but he kept a friendly smile.

Out of politeness, she bowed to each other very gentlely.

The other side also took off his hat, slightly bent down, voice boring: "hello."

Chloe could see that the man's hair was a rare pure silver.

After bowing, the man said to nicoleme, "is everything else arranged?""It's all arranged."

Answered Nicole lemme.

"Come here, then."

The man waved to Chloe as if to signal her to go with him.

Chloe looked at his great great grandfather in confusion, but he just said with a smile, "go and do minister drasse a favor. Tomorrow I'll take you to the seaside. Remember what I said. Don't be afraid."

Before Chloe could say anything, Nicole lemme turned away and pushed her out of the door. He pushed it to fatil, who was standing outside the door.

"Let's go." Said fatier.

Then he pulled her all the way forward.

Three steps back, Chloe seems to hear the sound of broken glass inside the door.

"What can I do for you?"

She asked the Minister of magic.

"I'll let you know when I get there."

The Minister of magic said so and led her into an elevator. With the sound of Ding Ding Dang and clack clack, the Golden Gate slid open and they went up the elevator.

The Ministry of magic on Christmas night was empty, and there wasn't much light. Can only hear a cold female voice constantly prompt the name of the number of layers.

"On the seventh floor, the Department of magical sports, including the command of the British and Irish Quidditch League, the official cobblestone club and the Patent Office for funny products."

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"on the sixth floor, the magic transportation department, including the flying Road Network Management Bureau, the flying broom management and Control Bureau, the door key office and the phantom development test center."

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"at the third level, the Department of magic accidents and disasters, including the reverse magic incident team, the memory write off command and the Muggle mediation committee."

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"the second level is the Department of magic law enforcement, which includes the office for the prohibition of abuse of magic, the aurora command and the visengama administration."

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only when passing those floors, there will be occasional fire light to illuminate their faces, and Chloe will secretly observe fatil. The man was very silent. Almost for a moment, she felt that he was similar to Hoffa, because Hoffa didn't speak much on the way back. However, he does not have the exuberant vitality of that young man, and has only a kind of decadence

With a soft Ding Dong sound, the elevator fell on the top floor.

"First floor, Minister of magic's office, international affairs conference hall."

Fatil walked out of the golden iron fence without expression and pushed open a black iron door in a dark corridor.

The room was dark and she couldn't see the furnishings clearly, which made Chloe a little uneasy. She thought of the room in which mans had drawn blood. Moreover, in the darkness of the room, there seemed to be some invisible giant swimming slowly.

The man pressed her on the chair, then waved his wand and lit a candle, only one.

Then he sat down on the table behind the candle and crossed his fingers.

"Did hoffahbach tell you why he sent you back?"

He asked dully.

"Why, you know?"

Chloe was surprised, a little excited: "I've always been very strange to say that he just doesn't want to tell me the real reason."

"So..."

the man muttered, and the blue dead fish stared at Chloe in the distance without blinking. After wandering for a moment, he said solemnly, "I have a daughter, who is as old as you. Speaking of it, I have thought about marrying her to him."

"Er... Cough... Who to marry?"

"Hoffahbach."

"Poof..." Chloe didn't expect the other party to say that. She laughed and almost didn't choke on her own saliva. She scratched her head awkwardly: "Hoffa, he's about my age. It's too early for you to say that."

"Early? My secretary gave me a statistic. In fact, half of Hogwarts' girlfriends and girlfriends will become husband and wife after graduation. After all, the wizarding community is relatively small. "

He even took a dozen parchments out of the drawer solemnly, "do you want to see this data?"

"No, why do you want me here?"

She moved uneasily in the chair. The tone and content of the man's voice were very strange.

"I remember that the work of nuns is the part of salvation and redemption. In it, we should treat the world equally."

"Yes."

Speaking of his job, Chloe immediately straightened up.

"We're in charge of handouts and preaching, and what you say is part of my job, of course."

"Thank you. I see." Fatil nodded calmly: "my daughter died of some unknown disease."

"AhIn the light of the candle, Chloe opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a while, she stammered, "hold... Sorry. But... That's why... You came here, you want to save your daughter? "

"That's why Hoffa Bach sent you here."

Minister of magic in front of her, cross fingers said.

All the interest in conversation suddenly disappeared at this moment, and she suddenly felt very upset. She wanted to stand up and walk away immediately, but after thinking about it, she just sat still and politely asked, "when did your daughter die?"

"About a year and a half ago."

Said fatier.

"Are you sure you're dead?"

Fatil looked at her and said nothing.

"I am a nun, a servant of God, not a wishing pool." "Destiny is unchangeable," she said, holding back her displeasure. What happened will happen. Besides, I can't go back to a year and a half ago. It's too exaggerated. "

"I know you'll say that."

Fatil answered immediately. He stooped to take out a strange machine with green light from under the wide table and put it in front of Chloe. In the dim candlelight, it looked like a copper snail the size of a head. On the brass metal structure, there was a round transparent glass ball, which was shining with a dim green light.

Then he took out a bright red apple from his pocket and pushed it to the unknown machine.

"May I borrow a drop of your blood?"

Fatil asked mildly.

That look made Chloe immediately think of mans. She stood up in horror and covered her shoulder. If she didn't know that he was the Minister of magic, she almost wanted to leave immediately.

She looked back, but could not see the door. In the dim candlelight, she could not see the man's face clearly, only his dark blue eyes.

As the darkness flashed by, something invisible swirled past her. Chloe shivered and her ears hurt.

Then he saw the man withdraw his hand, with a drop of blood on his finger. Two meters away, she didn't know how the man did it, but she could feel other creatures in the dark room.

Fatil retracts his hand. He took the red apple from the table, threw it into the glass ball on the top of the snail shaped machine, and then put a drop of blood into the mouth of the metal component.

Then, with a flash of green light, Chloe was stunned. He saw that the apple turned green, smaller and thinner with the speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into petals, then into buds, and then into nothing.

"Look, this is my latest time converter. It can enlarge your power infinitely. With it, I can easily go back to a year and a half ago. " Fatil said softly.