"Stimulate potential?" Snape looked at Felix with an inquiring look and hugged his arms, "What are you using to do?"

"I am a security officer. You can't go out like this, it's too embarrassing."

Snape stared at him for a while, and he asked softly: "I will not see your wanted order next time I go to Diagon Alley to buy medicinal materials, will I?"

Felix rubbed his chin, "It's really hard to say...Don't glare at me, okay, I'm kidding, the fact is that I've been too far from studying magic," he explained seriously.

But Snape didn't believe it at all. The next second, magical patterns appeared on Felix's face, and Snape looked at the scene in surprise.

"What potion do you want for the effect?"

"Of course it's the best, the kind that allows me to fight with someone after drinking." Felix said with a smile: "How about 50% off for me because I am your student?"

Snape frowned, "The side effects of that potion are very big."

"I can accept it," Felix said seriously, "Severus, I need it."

After a moment of silence—

"Wait!" Snape waved his sleeves and said in a bad manner.

"Thank you, professor." Felix waved his hand with a smile behind him.

...

"Hermione Jane Granger!" Mr. Granger shouted loudly, looking at his daughter who was looking inside outside the door and was furious.

"Oh, dad..." Hermione came in from outside the door, and several other warriors and their families watched the scene with interest. She moved in step by step and looked at Mrs. Granger like help.

Mrs. Granger waved her hand, looking at the show. "I'm waiting for your explanation, too."

"Or, well," Hermione whispered, "I'll take you around the campus?"

The Grangers stared at her at the same time, and Hermione stuttered: "You must be curious about this for the first time, right? I have made some preparations, you must like..."

"What you mean by 'preparation' is to leave your parents aside for most of the day?"

"I'm going to take the exam." Hermione defended quietly.

Mr. Granger looked so angry that Mrs. Granger looked at her teasingly, "Why did I hear that the Warriors don't have to take the exam? It was Harry, the friend you have been 'helping', who told me in person. You don't want to hide from us, are you?"

Hermione was speechless.

After spending a long time, Hermione reluctantly soothes his parents. They first visited the castle and then walked around the Black Lake. On the way, they met Harry and Sirius. Sirius tried hard to chat with the Granger and his wife, but the effect was not very good. They couldn't even talk about topics such as Quidditch, duels, adventures, etc.

When Sirius vividly described how he solved a monster, what he got was not a worshipful look and a question of details, but a confused and alert look on his face.

Before the atmosphere fell to freezing point, Sirius finally found a common topic.

"Don't worry, there will be no danger. Their group is a favorite to win the championship! And there is a safety officer... It's Felix Hepp, you know you too? Have seen it at the Burning Cauldron Bar? It's great! I'm very familiar with him..."

Harry felt strange. Hermione kept staring at him angrily while the adults were talking.

He quietly leaned over, "What's wrong?"

Hermione turned her head aside and refused to talk to him.

...

"Hit three silent men unconscious? So that person's target is actually the Department of Mystery Affairs?" Fuji asked behind his desk.

"Yes, he stole all the hourglass, and most of the energy loss of the crystal glass cover..." Auror, who was in charge of the investigation, said that three silent men who were unfortunately knocked out of the air stood silently behind Auror, bowing their heads and not speaking.

Forge turned his quill and for a while he raised his head.

"What do you think is the purpose of that person?" He looked at the three silent men, "Traveling time? Changing history?"

"Mr. Minister, don't worry, he can't do anything." Thor Crock said impatiently.

"Why?" Foggy stopped the quill in his hand. "He took so many hourglass... just hourglass?"

"That's right!" Thor Crocker was glad he understood this, "that man only had an hourglass in his hand, no complete time converter."

"If he finds a broken time converter from outside, and after repairing it-"

"Impossible, no one can do this! Every scrapped time converter has been repeatedly confirmed by the silent man and cannot be repaired at all. We have worked hard for hundreds of years but failed, which has led to fewer and fewer existing time converters... It is even more impossible for an outsider to do it."

Fuji looked at him suspiciously.

"It's true," Thor Crocker said more confidently. This is his professional field. "There is another point, the energy in the stolen hourglass is very low. I guess the man also realized this, so he took the risk all night to replenish his energy-"

"So?" Fudge asked impatiently.

"Of course it failed." Thor Clauke spread his hands, "No one can learn this technique overnight. So the energy inside is naturally lost..."

"But if the hourglass cannot be used, why did that person take them all away?" Fuji asked with his cow-like eyes.

"Mr. Minister, it is not my field to figure out the minds of criminals. I can only make judgments based on my profession." Thor Crowk shrugged. "The only problem is that the security system of the Mysterious Affairs Department is not good enough, and it's time to upgrade."

"Thank you, Crowk," Fudge interrupted his speech, "I will consider it, but you have to understand that the Ministry is short of funds now, and if there is a new donation, I will consider you as soon as possible."

Silence fell into the office.

After a long time, Forge asked with a very hesitant expression: "Did you see the person?"

Bode and Thor Croke shook their heads. They saw Felix's appearance after using the compound decoction. Now they looked a little strange in Fudge's expression, for fear that he would suddenly take out his wand and give it to them.

"Where are you, you should see something. At that time, the time limit for compound decoctions must have passed." Fuji asked dullly.

The third silent man said awkwardly: "I was distracted, and that man used a despicable trap..."

Fudge lowered his head and looked at his testimony, "A ball of fire falling from the sky, burning wreckage? Yes, it's really mean enough."

"..." The silent man lowered his head and said nothing.

Fudge continued to look through the report, "When he lowered his head, he was attacked, and only saw one pair of feet...a pair of feet?" He raised his head, "Do you still remember what those feet look like? What are their characteristics?"

The silent man shook his head, "Sorry, Mr. Minister, I can't remember it very clearly."

"I don't think so," Fudge smiled a little bit, "at least you can get a blurry outline, right? For example, are your steps brisk, and belong to a young man?"

...

In the evening, the little wizards happily dined in the auditorium, waiting for the start of the third project.

"Fogey, you brought a little more people today," Dumbledore said gently.

"I think it's necessary, the Ministry of Magic just went through an attack," Fudge whispered, "I have to be prepared."

"Ah, so that's it." Dumbledore said softly, with a regretful expression on his face.

"By the way," Fudge looked around, "Why didn't you see Professor Hayp?"

"Maybe something has been delayed?" Dumbledore said with a smile.

Fudge looked around and everyone was eating. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, hesitated for a moment and finally made up his mind, "Dumbledore, I need to seek your help. According to the verification of the Aurors, the loner was terriblely powerful, not even worse than the one who could not even mention his name!"

Dumbledore showed a confusion just right.

"Dumbledore, I know we have controversy on some issues-"

"Not a controversy," Dumbledore said.

"You-what?" Fudge looked at him at a loss.

"That's not a controversy, Fudge," Dumbledore said patiently, "Your hesitation will make us miss a lot of time-"

"Okay! Dumbledore," Fudge said angrily, "that's the controversy. I've made a step back and sent an Auror team to investigate the Albanian forest. There will be a result soon. What I want to say now is another thing!"

He slapped the table suddenly, and the forks on the dining plate jumped around.

Several principals of other schools in the seat looked here inexplicably, and Forge made a gesture of apology. When the others turned their heads, he leaned closer again and whispered: "Dumbledore, what I am discussing with you now is how to deal with a dangerous criminal. He broke into the Department of Mysterious Affairs without restraint, stole the time converter hourglass and stored energy for decades. Oh my God, what an evil way!"

Dumbledore looked at him calmly, "Improvement, Fudge, you don't look anxious at all."

"Of course I'm anxious! What if he wants to tamper with history? What if he is from the mysterious man and reminds him on the day when the mysterious man loses his power?" Foggy's anger tends to be uncontrollable, "You should know what serious consequences will be caused!"

Dumbledore's expression became serious.

"That's it," Foggy continued, "so I want to ask for your help. Our purpose is consistent, and I promise you that as long as the investigation team brings back strong evidence, I will send an early warning to the public."

Dumbledore was slightly silent, "What clue do you have?"

"Of course," Fudge said overjoyed and couldn't wait: "He stayed in the Ministry of Magic all night and tried to steal energy... He must have been exhausted and was injured by Aurors. Unfortunately, we were unable to find his blood at the scene... No matter what, this injury could not recover in a short period of time, so I was curious about Professor Haypu's situation. Of course, I didn't suspect him, but just cooperated with the investigation-"

Dumbledore's expression became more and more serious. Fudge thought that the plan had succeeded and was so happy that he was so happy that he walked in from outside the auditorium.

Fudge stared at the man, Felix's face was rosy and energetic, and he didn't look injured at all. He even changed into a dress, pulled out the chair and sat in an empty seat not far from them.

Fudge's face turned red.

"It seems that Felix is ​​not the person you are looking for. He is in great condition. This outfit reminds me of the dance party half a year ago. If there was music on site, I have no doubt that he was the most popular one..." Dumbledore closed his fingers and looked at Fudge's face with interest.

"Maybe I'm thinking a little bit, Dumbledore," Fudge said breathlessly, staring at Felix with his eyes tightly on him, "I need to confirm it again."

"My office is always welcome, Fudge, but it's better to bring evidence next time." Dumbledore said, his eyes also on Felix - unlike Fudge, his azure blue eyes are extremely deep.

"Time..." he whispered.

When the magical ceiling turned from blue to dark purple twilight, Dumbledore stood up by the table and everyone calmed down.
Chapter completed!