"Ta...ta...ta...ta."
A pair of shiny hard-soled leather shoes clicked on the smooth floor of the front hall of the Union Building. He walked quickly to the front desk with an impatience but pretended to be calm, and greeted a receptionist. He suddenly stood still in front of his seat.
"Where are the people?"
Of course the receptionist had noticed him the moment he came through the door.
It's just that... the front desk of the Federation is different from other places. In order to ensure absolute fairness, impartiality and openness, the wizards who can serve as receptionists here all come from the top powers in the European magic world, including the Blois family. .
Here they are responsible for supervising and recording all external official dealings of the Federation, and at the same time supervising each other. Although the position within the Federation staff has always been somewhat peripheral, their status is not low.
"Sorry, Congressman Ionescu, who are you referring to?" When the receptionist witch saw him asking, she immediately asked back in a nonchalant manner.
It must be said that the situation of the Federation Council members sent by the Ministry of Magic of various countries in this building is somewhat delicate. If the person has a strong background, naturally everyone will give him a thumbs up; but if the person has an ordinary background, then the weight of the congressman’s words may not be comparable to that of the receptionists at the front desk.
As for the strength of the Romanian Ministry of Magic behind Ionescu...if it hadn't been shyly hiding behind the German Brandt family, it would probably not even be able to maintain its current embarrassing position.
But... of course, he is also a member of the Federation after all, isn't he
"It's... Ida Brandt, I heard that she came to the headquarters building, and I want to find her." After all, Ionescu still didn't dare to play tricks at the front desk. After saying this, he still had to explain. , "You should know that Ms. Dumitru and I are in charge of an official matter related to her."
After saying that, he deliberately flipped through the briefcase in his hand and took out a document from it.
"Please wait."
The receptionist reached out and took the document, opened it and scanned the seals on it with his wand, then handed the document back to Ionescu and explained:
"Miss Ida Brandt has been taken to the underground waiting room. President Akinbad will meet there in person. No one is currently allowed to have any form of contact with her."
"What-" Ionescu felt anxious when he heard this, but in the end he pursed his lips, nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I understand."
After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the door again, sighing secretly in his heart.
"Is it still a step too late? But... why? Why did that little girl recover now? No, we have to go to Brandt's house again as soon as possible."
And when Ionescu left the federation headquarters in a hurry, in the waiting room deep underground, Ida felt extremely uneasy.
To be honest, although this waiting room sounds a bit scary, the environment is actually not bad. There are no shackles or chains, and there is no torture device or cage. At most, it is a metal armchair fixed on the ground in the center of the room and engraved with many alchemical symbols, which makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
And she wasn't even "invited" to sit in that chair, she was just placed on the sofa nearby.
Of course, it would be better if there weren’t so many guards watching inside and outside the door!
Just after she had been feeling uneasy for more than ten minutes, another sound of footsteps suddenly sounded from the corridor outside, approaching here step by step.
Later, as the guards separated one after another, Babajide Akinbad, the president of the Federation, wearing an eye patch, leaning on a cane, and with an empty sleeve, finally appeared in Ida's sight. .
It must be said that if it were just one of the old wounds, in the eyes of others, it might still look like a medal of great experience. But if there were too many injuries, all that would be left would be embarrassment and desolation.
And the current Ajinbad falls into the latter category.
It's a pity that even so, he still can't retreat from this position. It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that others don't let him.
"Miss Ida Brandt?"
Ajinbad's character has not changed much, he is kind and friendly, making people feel friendly. But after all, he is also old, and he can't change much if he wants to.
"Sorry, although it's not my turn to say this, but... Miss Brandt, you look very embarrassed! Are there any injuries on your body?"
As he spoke, he was escorted by the guards and came to another sofa on the right side of Ida and sat down gently.
"Well... I can't say it's very good, but it's okay. It's nothing serious." Ida replied, and then said, "Mr. Akinbad, there are a few things I must report to you as soon as possible. The things are very serious." Urgent. First of all, Madame Maxime, she... she needs help! She..."
Perhaps what she wanted to say was too complicated and urgent, so that Ida confused her thoughts for a while.
"Don't be anxious. Some things are urgent and cannot be rushed. Speak slowly from beginning to end." Akinbad comforted him. "What I know so far is that you became a living corpse and were seduced by Mrs. Maxim." Gone... What happened after that?"
"Yes... a living corpse, yes..." Ida trembled on her lips and said hastily, "The person who turned me into a living corpse in Beauxbatons was the head of the family... my biological uncle. And in order for me to recover, he did this As a witness to this crime, Madame Maxime used some method I don’t know to transfer the power of living corpse to her own body!”
"Transfer to yourself?"
After Ajinbad heard this, he immediately fell into silence with all sorts of surprises.
To be honest, if Maxim really did this, then her actions must be irrational. However, it is obviously not the time to think about this now.
"Miss Brandt, where is Madame Maxime?" Akinbad asked again after pondering for a moment.
"Still in France," Ida hurriedly said, "in a Muggle town - when I woke up, I saw that she had tied herself with magic chains, and there were injuries on her body."
Hearing what she said, Ajinbad immediately asked her to tell the specific location of the town, and then asked the guards to notify several members of the trial bench.
In the Federation, the ones he trusted the most were the few members of the Tribunal who he had worked with before and who had a close relationship with Dumbledore.
And at this moment, Ida heard Yida speak anxiously again:
"And... and... I want to see Miss Hermione Granger! I must see her again!"