บท 38: Wendy

Harry can't get past the shock of the method to enter the Ministry of Magic. One of the entries he knew was the washroom. When he entered, he saw people standing in a queue outside a bathroom stall. Every few seconds there was a sound of a flush and another person would enter after that. Harry stood in line and it was his turn soon. There was nothing but a toilet seat inside. He sat down and flushed. He went blank for a moment and when he opened his eyes, he saw people entering from Floo Network chimneys. On the other side, there were people coming in and out from the huge building, and there were many paper plane flying which was charmed by Spell for a message or notice from one department to another.

It was good that he had contact with Lucius before, otherwise, he had to come here with visitor's entrance. It wasn't a bad thing, but one has to make an official statement to enter. Harry by no means wanted to do that because it required many complicated things to get House-elf.

Harry was standing at an entrance or also known as level 8. He needed to go to level 4 where the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creature is. Or, more specifically, the Office for House-Elf Relocation in that department.

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Sometimes earlier.

Bogman Sr. and Bogman Jr., along with a girl, a friend of Jr., entered the same office.

They claim to be descendants of the person who created Quidditch, but no one takes them seriously as Bogman is a common name even in Muggles. And the truth was the same as they were lying to fit in the society, which worked perfectly, at least people aren't calling them Muddblood but Half-bloods. They are aiming to marry someone with pureblood or half blood because people will forget about ancestry in the future.

They have already found the perfect partner for Bogman Jr., a girl named Nymphadora Tonks. Her mother is pureblood from the Sacred twenty-seven but exiled, which made her daughter the perfect candidate for marriage considering the future. So they are trying to rope her in slowly.

They are here to take House-elf and bring Tonks with them, so Jr. can boast and make a good impression on her. Bogman's weren't rich, but with his corruption at the Ministry, even with his lower post, they got enough gold to buy House-elf.

Jr. was talking and introducing Tonks to everything around her, but she didn't care as she was playing with the white Bunny in her hand. She was special even in the magical world. As for her name, Nymphadora suggests, she can change her appearance at will.

She has long round ears and silver hair the same as the moon. It wasn't her true appearance, but changed, looking like mother-bunny in human form. If any role-playing fetish person were to see her, they would be in ninth heaven as she looked extremely gorgeous with Bunny ears and hair.

She didn't care about Jr. as she just came here to kill time.

"You know Tonks, the first year's book'fantastic beast and where to find them'was written by Newt Scamander and he worked here in the same office for two years," Jr. said, but she just nodded while still playing with Bunny.

They reached the office and found the clerk reading the newspaper.

"I am Mr. Bogman come here for the house-elf, as I have already filled papers for it." Bogman Sr. came forward.

"Oh, well, sit there for a while," the clerk replied without lifting his head and pointed to a broken chair in the corner.

"How dare you speak like that to my father," Jr. shouted as he wanted to impress Tonks and threatened the clerk at the time.

"Raise your voice again, and I will throw you out," the clerk replied in a monotone voice.

"you…!? Do you know who my father is? He can…" Jr. shouted again.

"Don't know, don't care. But disturb me again and No House-elf," the clerk replied in the same monotonous voice.

Bogman Jr. wanted to speak again, but Sr. stopped him, and his face was also fuming with anger, but he controlled it better than his son, "It's alright. We will just wait here as you seem BUSY."The clerk didn't even bother to reply. While Tonks didn't care about anything as she played with the bunny. It was others who thought that she was just playing, but in reality, she was practicing her Metamorphmagus ability. It was her greatest desire to master her inborn ability.

Bogman Sr. took his wand out and repaired the chairs, and all of them sat there waiting.

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It was exciting for Harry as he was witnessing an unbelievable thing one after another. He was exactly like a country bumpkin who was visiting a city for the first time. With that, he was sticking out like a sore thumb, and even more with his devilishly handsome face, beautiful bright green eyes, and charming innocent smile. Everyone at least turned once to look at him, especially witches, who were staring at Harry intensely.

Harry walked without caring about anything else. He was shocked again when he reached the lifts, as they could move not only up and down, but also right-left and ahead-behind too. He pressed No. 4 and waited. When he came out, he could see different divisions such as Beast, Goblin, Spirit, Centaur, Pest advisory, Mis-information, and the last Being, where he needed to go.

He found three subdivisions, and one of them was what he was looking for. He took a hurried step toward the House-elf relocation office as he was excited.

He saw four people sitting inside the room as if waiting for someone. He was shocked when he saw a little girl who was trying to change her nose. So he asked System about it. And he was shocked when he heard System's answer.

"Hello there! The left side is smaller than the right. Yes, perfect!"She only looked up when her nose looked perfectly the same as Bunny in her lap. She was mesmerized when she looked up. "Beautiful" she exclaimed in her mind.

"Hello," she greeted.

"We were wondering if this is the place for the House-elf relocation?" Harry asked.

Jr. spoke up before she could reply as he was pissed with Harry's attitude, "It will take time because a boss is busy, so line up." He rudely spoke while buttering up the clerk at the same time.

Tonks still replies, "That man over there is the clerk, so you should talk with him. He told us to wait for a while."

"So that is how it is. You have our thanks, my lady." Harry took her hand and kissed it. Her silver hair and ears got pink from embarrassment. She nodded her head, "Tonks, Nymphadora Tonks," she introduced.

"That is a lovely name. But it is somewhat long. How about just Dora? Or Tonks? Which do you prefer? By the way, we are Harvey," Harry said. She just nodded without saying anything while her face was turning a bit of red. While Jr. was sitting near containing his anger from exploding.

Harry went to the table where the clerk was reading the newspaper. "Good day, sir. We are here for House-elf."

The clerk gave the same reply, "Sit there. You will have your turn."

Jr. snorted coldly and smiled at Harry's misfortune, but soon he was dumbfounded.

The clerk abruptly stood up and asked in a fearful tone, "What did you say?"

Harry pressed his brows as he had to repeat, "We said We are here for House-elf."

The clerk was shocked and trembled, "C-Could you be y-young master Harvey?"

"In flesh and blood."

He was on the verge of crying now and shouted his apology, "Sorry young master. I didn't recognize you at first and made a terrible mistake. I was waiting for you all along."

Everyone including Harry was shocked by his shout. Harry recovered first as he had to maintain his cover as a young master. "That is all right. We hope you didn't wait for long, as We were late."

"Not at all. Not at all." The clerk wiped the cold sweat from his face, which he didn't know formed from fear. As he was ordered from above to take care of the so-called young master, and it would be bad if he didn't.

"Alright. Take Us there."

"Yes. Yes," he replied.

Jr. came out from the shock and asked, "Dad, doesn't it take too much time for prosses?" But his dad didn't reply from embarrassment.

The clerk took Harry to a different place, where the elves were living.

Harry saw many elves when he entered the room.

They were a little creature of green color, bat-like pointy ears and bulging green eyes the size of a tennis ball. And in old clothes.

"Young master, you can choose any one of them." the clerk said from the side.

Harry looked at each and every one. Almost every one of them was old, as they were released because of old age or their master died.

Harry found one young female elf, so he walked to her.

The clerk was observing Harry and he spoke when Harry moved, "Young master, her name is Wendy. She doesn't have any previous masters, and she was raised here." Harry nodded after hearing that.

'System does basic charm work on female creatures?'

He smiled after hearing the answer. It would be all right if Harry wouldn't try to impress them as they would bound by magic and have to follow every order from the master. But he didn't want to treat them as mere slaves.

Harry bent down to her size as they were barely two feet long. He asked with a smile, "Hello, Our name is Harry. What is yours?"

"Wendy," she replied in a crispy elfish voice, clearly tempted by Harry's charm.

"Young master, place your hand on her head and ask if she wants to take you as master," Harry nodded.

Harry placed his hand on her head, "Wendy, do you want to take Us, Harvey, as master?" "Yes," there was a white light covering them both for a few seconds. She greeted, "Master," after the white light faded. Harry nodded happily, "Let's go."

"We will take our leave then. Thank you for your assistance." Harry turned to the clerk." Harry and Wendy left. After going far enough, Harry told Wendy to Apparate them to the lab, and he also described her the location perfectly.

Harry felt Wendy's arm twist away, so he gripped her hand strongly. The next moment he felt everything went black. And he felt strong pressure from all directions. He could hardly breathe. He felt like going through a tight tube forcefully. He was in his lab when he opened his eyes.

"AMAZING" Harry yelled, giving Wendy quit a shock. He was thrilled to Apparate, even if it was with help from others. He dances to express his great mood. He only calmed down after a few minutes.

"Wendy, increase the security of this place to the maximum with your magic," Harry gave his first order to her while sitting there, thinking about his next priority.

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Fellow Wizards/Witches: What should we name the ring as it will be important in future chapters?

Spatial ring, Space ring, Storage ring? Or any other suggestions?