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章 141: Chapter 138

Harry walked closer to him and the wizard held up a long golden rod, thin and flexible as a car aerial, and passed it up and down Harry's front and back.

"Wand," grunted the security wizard at Harry, putting down the golden instrument and holding out his hand.

Harry produced his wand. The wizard dropped it on to a strange brass instrument, which looked something like a set of scales with only one dish. It began to vibrate. A narrow strip of parchment came speeding out of a slit in the base. The wizard tore this off and read the writing on it.

"Eleven inches, phoenix-feather core, been in use one year. That correct?"

"Yes," said Harry

"I keep this," said the wizard, impaling the slip of parchment on a small brass spike. "You get this back," he added, thrusting the wand at Harry.

"Thank you," Harry said, and quickly before he could notice his scar, left the desk behind and headed towards the golden gates leading into the Ministry proper. Ducking under a bearded wizard, who seemed to have acquired an octopus for his hair, Harry squeezed into the lift.

The grills slid shut with a crash and the lift ascended slowly, chains rattling, while the same cool female voice Harry had heard in the telephone box rang out again.

"Level Seven, Department of Magical Games and Sports, incorporating the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club and Ludicrous Patents Office."

The lift doors opened. Harry glimpsed an untidy-looking corridor, with various posters of Quidditch teams tacked lopsidedly on the walls. One of the wizards in the lift, who was carrying an armful of broomsticks, extricated himself with difficulty and disappeared down the corridor. The doors closed, the lift juddered upwards again and the woman's voice announced,

"Level Six, Department of Magical Transportation, incorporating the Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office and Apparation Test Centre."

Once again the lift doors opened and four or five witches and wizards got out, and at the same time, several paper aeroplanes swooped into the lift. Harry stared up at them as they flapped idly around above his head; they were a pale violet colour and he could see Ministry of Magic stamped along the edge of their wings.

As they clattered again the paper planes flapped around the lamp swaying from the lift's ceiling.

"Level Five, Department of International Magical Co-operation, incorporating the International Magical Trading Standards Body, the International Magical Office of Law and the International Confederation of Wizards, British Seats."

This was his stop.

Ducking out of the elevator, Harry headed through a corridor lined with doors. Oddly enough, despite being underground, there were windows scattered all around the corridor through which sunlight was streaming in.

'Enchantments perhaps' Harry thought as he made his way towards the final door, squeezing his way ahead of the pudgy Indian wizard with a snake on his head.

Reaching the oaken door which read, A.P.W.B.D, Supreme Mugwump, Harry knocked.

"Come in Harry" came the voice of Headmaster Dumbledore.

Harry opened the door and let himself in, looking around the room.

Where the headmaster's office at Hogwarts was a random assortment of artifacts, books and tinkering silvery devices, this office stood in stark contrast to that. The room was neat and ordered, most of the portraits along the wall were stills, and floating piles of parchment hovered high near the roof of the room.

Fawkes trilled a greeting at him from a gilded stand to the side.

A single neat wall full of books stood behind the form of Albus Dumbledore, who was smiling at him. Seated at one of the guest chairs, was an unfamiliar man.

"Harry! Hope you didn't have trouble finding the office."

"No sir," Harry said, curiously looking at the unfamiliar man.

"Good. Good. Now, I'd like you to meet Mr. Ludovic Bagman. He is the Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports," Albus Dumbledore said with a twinkling smile, "He is going to take you through the departments before we convene on a Wizengamot session, where you've been allowed to sit in as a guest. I'll let you two talk now. I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave to prepare for the session."

Ludo Bagman was a very enthusiastic and generally nice man, though from what Harry could tell from his description, a very prolific gambler. They greeted each other, and after Dumbledore left, they walked back to the elevator, where Bagman proceeded to tell him about all the seven departments of the Ministry.

He went into extensive detail on how his own department worked, pointing out the British and Irish Quidditch League headquarters where a lot of his own work happened.

"Mr. Bagman, how exactly does this work? If I were to, say, wish to make my own sport or game, how would I go about it?" Harry asked.

"Nice question Harry, very nice question. Well, your first stop would be the Ludicrous Patents office, and then you'd probably want to make some sort of club for it. Then there's the choice of whether or not you'll hold tournaments, so there's that to register. And then some more assorted paperwork to flesh out the rules, and you're done. That's how the lads behind Gobstones started, and now they're pretty popular. Albeit their reputation isn't very…"

"Cool?" Harry suggested.

"Exactly," Bagman agreed.

He led Harry through the Department of Magical Transportation, where a wizard was getting first aid for getting all his nails splinched up. Harry smiled at Gavin Melvinson, the Floo installer, who swelled up a bit with pride.

They then took the stairs down to the lower level, the Department of International Magical Co-operation, which Harry had already seen. They simply went further below to the next floor.

Level Four, Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, was the most ludicrous looking place Harry had ever seen. There was a man leading an invisible horse-like animal, a rainbow colored frog that was breathing fire, and a hippo singing opera. The entire floor was an all-out magical vet clinic.

Bagman didn't let him see the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes because he didn't want Harry to get squeamish or feel grossed out by the sights in that Department. Harry's numerous pleas and requests weren't enough to convince him otherwise.

"Level Two, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Improper Use of Magic Office, Auror Headquarters, and Wizengamot Administration Services," the lift said finally.

"Well, this is our final stop, Harry. Now I've gotta go under to level one. Department of Mysteries you know, weird people down there. Anyway, all you've got to do is head to the Wizengamot rooms right there, and the guard will let you in."

With a wave of goodbye and a thank you, Harry headed down the hall, turned a corner, walked through a pair of heavy oak doors and into a circular room with many doors. A wizard in blue robes beckoned him over and glanced at his scar, before he led him through one of the doors and up to the guest seats of the Wizengamot room.

It was a huge hall, capable of seating a hundred comfortably. The walls were made of dark stone, dimly lit by torches. Most of the seats were filled by many figures wearing plum-colored robes. All except Albus Dumbledore, who wore a periwinkle blue as he sat his seat on the Warlock's seat. They were talking in low voices.

A chill traveled down Harry's spine as he saw who was staring at him from across the hall.

Lucius Malfoy.

Harry met Lucius's eyes and gave him a sharp nod. To his relief, Lucius gave a nod back. He had not discovered the Memory Charm Harry had put on him.

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