v4 Chapter 42： Hermione who wants to drop out of school (2 in 1)

Tom, who had been busy all night, did not return to Granger's house until late at night. But although he slept very late, he woke up at eight in the morning. The Grangers hadn't gotten up when Tom went down to the living room on the first floor.

As soon as Tom walked into the living room, he heard the sound of "click, click" from the window. Tom looked at the window--

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"Oh, it's the Hogwarts owl." Tom opened the living room window and took two letters with the Hogwarts crest from a beautiful grey owl.

He went to the kitchen, made himself a cup of hot chocolate, and sat down at the dining table in the living room, reading the letters.

The content of the letter was exactly as Tom thought, a list of supplies for the new semester sent by Hogwarts, but in the uniform column, Tom saw the word "dress robe".

Alas... Tom sighed, hoping his budget would be enough.

At this time, Mr. Granger also came to the living room, and then unceremoniously poured a cup of hot cocoa and turned on the TV, and the host's voice also followed from the TV.

"Finally, Benki, the lost English Sheepdog in Salisbury has been rescued safely..."

Mr. Granger was quite dissatisfied and said that these media did not pay attention to the serious business all day long, and stared at the trivial reports every day, but he said so, and his body still turned up the volume honestly.

"...after that, it returned to the arms of little master Linda Fletcher, who said she hardly dared to look forward to being reunited with Benqi."

Looking at the face of Hermione's age on the screen and the happy smile on this face, Mr. Granger suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing to save such a dog with great fanfare?

"It is reported that the direct intervention of the Prime Minister contributed to this-"

"It doesn't feel like a bad guy, Huck, doesn't it?" Mr. Granger turned off the TV and started talking to Tom, "Although it may be a waste of money, but you think about what Benkey means to that little girl, personally It does carry weight, even in a world of budgets and balance sheets. I'm sure some people will criticize the Prime Minister for abusing his power, but sometimes doing the right thing requires a little sacrifice..."

Tom watched helplessly as Mr. Granger became a fan of Huck Road. He suddenly realized that Huck's move can really increase his approval rate!

"The Prime Minister didn't spend any money. I helped him find the dog." Tom said quietly, holding a cup full of hot cocoa.

Mr. Granger:  …

He really didn't expect that this matter could have something to do with Tom!

"It's really good--isn't it dangerous?" He was very proud of Tom's behavior at first, but remembering that Salisbury was a minefield, he couldn't help worrying about Tom, " Huck should award you a title!"

Sir Yodel? This title doesn't sound like he is very tall, and Tom secretly complained.

News coverage on TV is just an appetizer, and the real climax is the coverage in the major newspapers.

Huck sat in his office, reading the headlines in the newspaper, his mouth closed happily.

"Britain understands today that there is a real heart beating at No. 10 Downing Street!" He couldn't help showing off to his secretary, Bernard.

"In fact, seventy-four hearts are beating here."

"Thank you, Bernard." Hacker, used to the "offline" state of his secretary, continued to read: "Linda said: I vote for Mr. Harker... BBC and flood of phone calls , people raved about the Prime Minister's decision to rescue Benqi, the Opposition Leader refused to come forward to comment - forgive him, ha!"

"Prime Minister? Prime Minister!" Bernard interrupted Harker's recitation, telling him that he had changed the lock on No. 10 last night.

"Very good." Huck gave a little mischievous smile.

...

Humphrey had just ended an internal meeting with senior civil servants.

The civil servants left, but Humphrey stopped Sir Frank, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury. Humphrey feels a lot of pressure on this guy lately with the Prime Minister.

The source of the pressure is that Sir Frank is the permanent secretary to the Treasury. After Harker took office and Humphrey was promoted, the two dismantled the behemoth Administrative Affairs Department at the same time. As a result, the status of the Treasury Department in Whitehall rose, and some even called it "the middle of the ministry". , like Burns was to Fudge, if one is not careful, Humphrey is really likely to be replaced by Frank.

So he decided to test his theoretical subordinate.

"Did it go well with the Prime Minister?" Humphrey opened the exchange with a simple question.

"Yes, good."

"Okay, is there anything special?"

"Do you have any special concern?" Sir Frank realized that Humphrey was not a good visitor.

Humphrey cursed inwardly, and then said that he didn't particularly care.

"He didn't mention the personnel changes of the civil servants?"

"Probably so."

Humphrey:  …

"Has he hinted at redistribution or something?"

"We're talking a lot."

"Have you made a decision?"

"Both have their pros and cons."

"Is the distribution balanced?"

"Probably leaning more towards one side."

"But nothing to worry about, right?"

"I didn't," Frank showed a shy smile, "See you in the afternoon!"

The questions from Humphrey were thrown one after the other, but Frank took them all tactfully, and he said a lot but seemed to say nothing. It made Humphrey feel like he was fighting a greasy catfish.

The smirk on his face faded, and Humphrey felt a surge of anger. After Sir Frank left, he picked up the phone at hand and called Bernard: "Bernard, I'll go to number ten right away."

But Bernard refused, saying it was inconvenient now.

"I must come here!" Humphrey hung up the phone and ran out of his office in a puff of smoke.

There was a connection between the cabinet and No. 10. There was only one door blocking it. Humphrey walked to the door with ease, took out the key and inserted it, but the door to No. 10 did not open as usual.

At one point Humphrey thought he had the wrong key.

Listening to the cry of "Open the door, open the door!" from behind the door, Bernard showed a happy smile.

"You will pay the price, open the **** door!" Sir Humphrey was incompetently furious. But anger can't help him open the door, only the right key and the unlocking spell can. If the quality of the door is not good enough, Angry can help him open the door, but this is No. 10 Downing Street, and the quality of the door is quite good.

After trying to no avail, Humphrey turned his head and left - he decided to enter through the main entrance of number ten.

The idea is outrageous, but there are certain possibilities, if the guards are not serious.

It's a pity that the guard was told in advance that this time he must be more serious, so Humphrey received the same treatment from Tom.

The guard stopped him, saying that he could not enter the tenth without the special pass of the tenth or Bernard's consent. Of course, Sir Humphrey could choose to make an appointment.

Humphrey felt what was called despair.

"Do I need to call Bernard?" the guard asked kindly.

Humphrey's dignity told him to refuse, but his body agreed.

Bernard's voice came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Tell him you can't find Mr. Bernard."

"Sorry, I can't find Mr. Bernard now, and he didn't leave a message when he left, so I can't let you in."

Faced with such an answer, Humphrey felt that he had encountered the greatest crisis of his career. As a civilian leader, Humphrey has great power, and the fundamental source of his power is not someone else, but the prime minister who makes him look down.

Relying on his familiarity with laws and policies, he kept undermining the Prime Minister and induced him to make the decision that best suited his own interests. For example, the previous civil service pay rise and the end of the thrift movement were all due to Sir Humphrey, and the recent military spending cut, he also wanted to do the same, but has not yet succeeded.

But all this is based on the condition that he can see the Prime Minister at any time. If he doesn't see the Prime Minister, he's screwed. The physical meaning of not seeing is not terrible, but the meaning behind it is terrible: the Prime Minister no longer trusts him. Humphrey believed that once the word got out, his titular subordinates would turn their backs on him the next day, put him on the air, and scramble to replace him with the next cabinet secretary.

Sir Humphrey had made up his mind to see Huck today at all costs, and then get his forgiveness and get the keys again.

Humphrey quickly ran back to his office, then opened the window, and turned out with a stride. He didn't look like an office worker in his fifties, but more like a high school student who was in a hurry to go to the dark.

Humphrey's idea is also very simple: as long as he sees the Prime Minister, he will have a chance to make a comeback! So he decided to climb over the wall from the cabinet and climb to No. 10 - the two buildings are adjacent anyway.

However, when he ran outside No. 10, Humphrey had a hard time. Only then did he remember that the Prime Minister's office was on the second floor! It was not difficult to jump from the first floor just now, but it was a bit difficult for a senior civil servant in a suit to climb up to the second floor with his bare hands.

Looking at the balcony of the prime minister's office, Humphrey gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and started climbing the wall. The possibility of being alienated by the Prime Minister and then being forced to stay away from the center of power is like a whip, driving him frantically, and he really managed to turn it up!

Power is the best stimulant.

But Humphrey, who climbed to the second floor, felt like he had lost his life.

At this point, Huck was working on documents with his adviser, Ms. Dorothy, and private secretary, Bernard. As soon as he looked up, he was startled by a figure outside the window - at first he thought it was a killer sent by some organization!

But looking closer, Huck almost laughed: Isn't that Sir Humphrey? !

"Look, it's Humphrey!" His voice caught the attention of everyone in the room.

The other two looked out the window together, and saw Humphrey holding the railing, panting heavily. There were several black marks on his face, and the custom suit was also covered with dust. Feel.

Seeing that Huck had noticed him, Humphrey had a pitiful expression on his face. He first said hello to Huck, and then pointed to the handle of the floor-to-ceiling window, signaling that he wanted to come in.

"Wait—" Huck remembered something, but it was too late, and Humphrey couldn't wait to twist the handle.

The piercing alarm sounded, and several guards rushed in at once. Everyone was stunned, and Humphrey was even more at a loss.

Fortunately, Huck assured the guards that the "suspicious man" outside the window was not an assassin, a spy, but one of his secretaries, and Humph came here to be freed.

The guards withdrew from the Prime Minister's Office. Sir Humphrey looked terrified. The alarm just now was too exciting for him.

"So, Sir Humphrey, where does the happiness come from today?" Huck asked knowingly.

Sir Humphrey confided to Harker in a heartbroken tone: "Prime Minister, I must resort to the strongest possible words to express my vehement opposition to the strict and intolerable access to high-level rulers imposed by recent regulations. The limitations of existing woeful innovations, once incorporated into long-term regulations, will rapidly lead to a tightening of channels of information communication and eventual atrophy of organisations and paralysis of management thereby completely eliminating the continuity of work across government departments and weakening the entire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

Sir Humphrey used this long single sentence to prove the gold content of his Oxford University degree. If he could come up with such a sentence in the oral examination, it would not be a question of full marks, and it would be more than enough for him to sit in the position of the examiner.

"You mean you lost your keys?" Huck parsed Humphrey's long line and came to a condensed version.

"Prime Minister, I insist on a new key—"

"I'll give it to you, Humphrey—when the circumstances are right and the time is right," Huck used the mandarin that Humphrey usually used to prevaricate him. "

Now that Humphrey is begging for Huck, how can Huck be called a qualified politician if he doesn't knock him on the hook?

After some haggling, Humphrey gave in, and Huck won an unprecedented victory.

After a compromise, Humphrey regained the key to Number Ten.

After carefully putting the key in his pocket, the fear in Humphrey's heart dissipated a lot. He remembered the most crucial question, so he tried to ask in a calm and decent tone: "One more question, Prime Minister, may I ask who is the head of the civil service?"

"Of course it's youHumphrey," Huck said with certainty, but before Humphrey was relieved, he added: "Or maybe Frank, or both. Yes, I haven't decided yet..."

Humphrey:!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

"Whoever it is, it's my decision. Isn't it, Humph?" Harker gave a Prime Minister's smile.

Humphrey gave a shudder, and said in a trembling voice, "Yes, Prime Minister!"

At this moment, it was the first time that Humphrey felt great pressure from Huck, and it was also the first time that Huck took such advantage of Humphrey.

The situation between the two was reversed.

...

"Anyway, be sure to pay attention to safety before you act next time!" Mr. Granger took Tom and asked a lot of details about his meeting with the Prime Minister yesterday. like the elders.

The two were chatting, and Hermione came down from the second floor wearing a pair of white pajamas. Her complexion was not very good, her hair was in a mess, her eyes were dark, and she looked like she had not slept well.

"Here's a list from Hogwarts." Tom handed her the letter that belonged to Hermione, but Hermione wasn't very interested in it.

She gave Tom a wink and pouted upstairs. Tom understood it, and after quickly finishing his hot chocolate, he made an excuse to go back to his bedroom.

Shortly after returning to the house, the door to Tom's bedroom was pushed open by Hermione, and her first words after opening the door made Tom speechless.

"Tom, I don't want to go to school at Hogwarts."

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Four thousand five hundred words chapter!

I don't know if Zhang said the system has recovered... I have swallowed countless chapters in the past few days, **** it!