Mr. Weasley is an outlier among the wizards of the Ministry of Magic because he likes Muggles and Muggle items so much.
In the eyes of other wizards, this is a manifestation of not doing business properly.
Mrs. Weasley often said that because of his obsession with the Muggle world, it was difficult for him to advance under Fudge's rule, but he had to admit that Mr. Weasley was a good person, and at the same time, the Misuse of Muggle Substances Department was a A chore.
They have too many things to deal with, and they are too cumbersome, but the number of people is far from enough.
In fact, Mr. Weasley still has more rights to a certain extent, because he is responsible for all Muggle-related magic items in the wizarding world. Everything is included.
Theoretically, Mr. Weasley has the right to search and dispose of any wizard who he thinks is abusing Muggle items.
Who doesn't have some contraband, especially a pure-blood wizard family like Malfoy, almost every check is accurate.
Therefore, most wizards in the Ministry of Magic still respect Mr. Weasley, and even Fudge's attitude before was very friendly.
Of course, the current situation has taken a turn for the worse. Fudge believes that Dumbledore's friends are his enemies, but he can't find a suitable position for Mr. Weasley, so he has to let him stay in this position.
"Daddy loves the job!" sighed Ginny. "He's crazy about Muggle stuff."
"Yeah, Mum has talked him out of it a lot, but he's never going to give up, and Percy thinks it's terrible..." Ron followed up with his opinion.
He obviously thought it was bad too, and glanced dissatisfiedly across the shabby office.
In front of them, two desks crammed together, surrounded by a row of overflowing filing cabinets along the wall, with precarious piles of papers on the tops, there was little room to let one's hands and feet rest near the desks. Activity.
Judging from the little space available on the wall, it is clear that Mr. Weasley has a soft spot: several car advertisements, one of which shows a disassembled engine, and two illustrations of letter boxes. , which he apparently cut out of a Muggle children's book, and a diagram of how to install the socket.
Mr. Weasley's in-basket was full, and at the top was an elderly toast, belching sullenly.
In addition, there are two empty leather gloves, which are fiddling with two thumbs.
Next to the in-basket was a family photo of the Weasleys, from which Percy seemed to have stepped.
"Well, boys, it's a bit crowded with such a large crowd of people." Mr. Weasley said apologetically, "We'll just have to bear with it for a while, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is right next to them, and they're going to have a trial there later." .”
"Dad, where's Percy's office?" Fred asked, standing against the wall.
"Oh, he's on the first floor, outside the minister's office..." Mr. Weasley's expression was obviously a little awkward.
Ivan heard that Percy barely greeted Mr. Weasley when he saw Mr. Weasley in the Ministry of Magic, as if he didn't know him.
He had distanced himself completely from the Weasleys in order to make a point, and he had done so thoroughly.
From this point of view, Percy is ambitious and possesses all the qualities of an excellent politician and official.
This is probably the result of the elite education that Mrs. Weasley has always wanted the children to develop.
Only Percy carried out her will to the end. Although the others were excellent, they were all too individual to work in the Ministry of Magic.
But who would have thought that he would be so decisive in such a matter...
"I'll prepare some tea for you. Don't run around until Ivan and Harry are done. Also, don't disturb Percy's work..." Mr. Weasley paused, obviously changing the subject, "It's kind of stuffy here because there are no windows, we asked for it, but they seem to think we don't need it. Come on, sit down, don't stand."
He took out his wand and conjured up a few worn-out chairs around the desk. Ivan barely squeezed in, and several people looked at each other and smiled wryly.
Especially Ron and Ginny couldn't hide their disappointment, which was very different from their initial expectations.
"I have a few copies of The Quibbler here, very interesting magazines, if you have nothing to do, you can flip through them." Mr. Weasley was preparing tea for them, "I think the joke about the broom... oh, this What's the matter again?"
A note whizzed through the open door and landed slowly on the hiccupping toast's head.
Mr. Weasley opened the note and read it aloud, "A fourth incident of non-stop spitting out of bins has been reported in Wimbledon, please hurry and investigate. This is hell, worse than the previous toilet sewage Surge events are even worse."
Ivan was in Mr. Weasley's office at the time, and the situation was similar. This is probably the normal work of Mr. Weasley.
The so-called toilet sewage backflush incident is a series of pranks against magic.
Think about the feeling of the Muggles flushing the toilet, and instead of disappearing, the dirty stuff comes out and is sprayed on their faces.
"Anti-Muggle pranksters, they're such a pain in the ass," said Mr. Weasley.
"Won't the Aurors go after them?" Harry asked.
"I was hoping to catch 'em all, but apparently not. A normal Magical Law Enforcement Scout can take care of such a trivial matter without the need for Aurors. Ah, boys, this is Perkins, I'll give Please explain."
A stooped, somewhat shy old wizard with fluffy gray hair walked into the room panting slightly.
He was the only member of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Division, other than Mr. Weasley, on staff.
"Arthur!" he said anxiously, panting heavily, "thank God you are here, and I was wondering what to do, whether I should wait for you here or not. I just sent you an owl A letter was delivered at home, but you obviously didn't receive it, an urgent message came ten minutes ago... "
"I already know about the litter box spit," said Mr. Weasley. "I'll investigate in a moment."
"No, no, it's not about this matter, it's about the trial of Potter's child. They want to integrate Mason's questioning with Potter's trial, and change the time and place to eight o'clock Ask the tenth courtroom down there."
"The tenth courtroom down there?!" Mr. Weasley was taken aback for a moment, "but they told me... my God!"
He looked at his watch, exclaimed, and jumped up from his chair.
"Hurry up, Ivan, Harry, we're late, we should have been there ten minutes ago!" He said anxiously, pulling the two of them and ran out, "Perkins, help me take care of the rest Man, we have to hurry now."
Sure enough, Fudge played tricks on the matter of being interrogated. If they don't show up, they can be treated as absent.
Fudge's calculation is obvious. When the time comes, Harry will be expelled from Hogwarts directly, and Ivan's "Hogwarts Wizardry" will be blocked.
Even if Ivan and Harry file a complaint, they can delay it as much as possible.
As far as the law allows, delay for a few months...