Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 264: The Transaction with Old Deng

The end of the year-end dinner marked the end of the 1993 school year. Students would have more than two months to relax, as underage wizards were not allowed to cast spells outside of school.

After observation, Sainz found that this rule was actually implemented very well.

This point was also reflected in the original trajectory. At least the Weasley family implemented it very well. Even with Ron's recklessness and willfulness, he never used magic at home.

Judging from Weasley and the others, it seems that everyone has performed very well. This can be reflected in the students' schoolwork, because every time school starts, their performance does not seem to have been trained during the holidays.

From this point we can actually see that the Ministry of Magic’s ban is still very binding on wizards.

This situation may be related to the fact that young wizards from the magical world have lived under the governance of the Ministry of Magic since childhood, and they have formed this concept subtly.

Although sometimes wizards seem to look down on the Ministry of Magic, they actually care about it in their hearts. On the contrary, wizards from the Muggle world are the ones who really don't care about this official organization, which may be related to their lack of understanding of the power wielded by the Ministry of Magic.

After the year-end dinner, Sainz found Old Deng and said, "Professor, I would like to take a few minutes from you."

"What do you want? Fox is not here today..."

"Professor, you have misunderstood me so deeply!"

"I'm in a good mood today and don't want to say anything to kick you out."

"Well, what I'm saying is that I'll be an adult in October!"

"So?" Old Deng casually sat on a chair and pounded his legs. "Sainz, don't neglect your body when you are young, otherwise when you are old you will be like me, feeling sore legs after walking a few more steps."

"Haha, you don't need to remind me of this. I take better care of myself than anyone else."

"You said you're going to be an adult soon. What do you mean? Do you want to become a formal teaching assistant? Do you think the salary is too low?"

"I'm glad you still remembered to make me a regular employee, but that's not what I want to talk about, professor."

“So what do you want to do?

Young man, speak more directly and don't let an old man guess your intentions. That will kill my few remaining brain cells."

Sainz almost blurted out, "You are a wizard and you know about brain cells?"

He swallowed the greasy mouthful and said, "Professor, what I want to say is that I don't plan to continue in the seventh grade."

Old Deng was surprisingly not surprised. "Not really."

"Have you guessed it?"

"It kind of feels like that. Last year you said you had completely mastered all the content in seventh grade and only took two classes."

"Indeed, the situation at that time can more or less show some of my thoughts."

"What do you think?"

"How is it?" Old Deng said with a dark face, "I remember someone said that if I didn't agree to his request, he would kick me out of office?"

"Hey, professor, you're missing a word. I told you I'd give you a raise!"

“…, ah!”

"Losing your temper won't solve the problem. I advise you to calm down!"

Old Dumbledore grabbed a handful of Fudge flies and threw them into his mouth. "How can you stay calm? I'm about to be chased off the stage by the students!"

"Professor, your body is your own, hehe!"

The sweetness seemed to calm Old Deng down. He said unhappily, "You're ready to drop out of school, but you still want to be a formal teaching assistant?"

"Professor, I don't think this is a problem. When did you start to value academic qualifications? Hagrid was expelled, but he is still a professor!"

"..., just wait, you will receive a formal invitation letter after October!"

Sainz stood up and applauded, "You are definitely the most courageous principal ever!"

"Hehe, he might be the first principal to be pissed off by his students!"

"Mr. Principal, do you want to have one of your own on the board of directors?"

Old Deng asked with great interest, "What do you mean?"

"Look, I prepared 30,000 gold galleons to stay in school!"

The corner of Old Deng's mouth twitched. "These are the ones I was going to use for bribery. You really spent a lot of money!"

"Look, the money has already been allocated. It's just sitting there anyway, so why don't you help me run some operations so that I can join the board of directors? Hehe... You must be fed up with them holding you back, right? If you can let me in, wouldn't you have someone truly yours on the board of directors?"

Old Deng looked at Sainz with a strange look, "Do you really think so?"

"if not?"

"Do you really have 30,000 gold coins?"

"if not?

Do you think I'm joking with you?"

To be honest, Sainz was somewhat touched. Old Deng thought he was just bragging, but he was still willing to go along with his wishes, which was very considerate of him.

"So, if I don't approve your application, you really plan to donate money to the Ministry of Magic?"

"Hey, that's the only solution!"

This time, Old Deng's face was really dark, and he was a little furious. "I really underestimated you, Mr. Autumn!"

"Look at what you said. I just can't bear to leave school!" Sainz groaned shamelessly: "Why do I always have tears in my eyes? Because I..."

"That's enough! I don't know what to say anymore!"

"Professor, don't feel frustrated. You should think like this: if I really did this to you without making any noise, wouldn't you feel even worse?

Does it make you feel better if you think about it this way? "

"Should I thank you for your honesty?"

"You don't have to be so polite!"

"..., why didn't I realize before that you are so shameless!"

"That's because it's not needed. When it's needed... it's being used right now!"

Old Deng didn't respond, pacing back and forth in front of his thin-legged desk. "Thirty thousand gold coins won't get you into the board of directors!"

"Professor, you are actually considering it!"

"It's not a good habit to play tricks on the principal!" A white light flashed across Old Deng's glasses.

Is this special effect of yours really a natural phenomenon?

"I just wanted to tease you because you were too upset, Professor. I certainly didn't think I could really donate a school director with 30,000 gold coins."

Seeing that Old Deng was really getting angry, Sainz quickly expressed his determination, "I am expressing my firm support for you!"

"Your support is hard to bear!"

"Hey, Professor, I guess the board of directors are all from magical families like Malfoy!"

"Not bad!"

"Hey, I understand these guys. Adding one more person would mean diluting their rights. They are not willing to give up their rights."

"As long as you know."

"So what if one of them quits?"

"Ok?"

"Malfoy, if he offends other directors for some reason, do you think they would be willing to have someone else replace him?"

“Why don’t they just reduce the size of the board?”

"Then they'll have to spend more money to subsidize schools!"

"Well... it makes sense..."