Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 278: Trip to the Ministry of Magic (Continued)

Sainz came out of the Apparition Test Center and was in no hurry to leave.

Now that he was here, he might as well go around all the floors. He had a habit of understanding the entire layout and routes every time he arrived at a place.

Walking around the floors, I listened to the female voice's announcement, "Fifth floor, Department of International Magical Cooperation, including the International Magical Trade Standards Association, the International Magical Law Office, and the British branch of the International Confederation of Wizards.

"Fourth floor, Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, including the Beasts, Aliens and Ghosts Office, the Goblin Liaison Office and the Pest Advisory Office."

"The third floor, the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, including the Accidental Magic Reversal Team, the Memory Deletion Command, and the Muggle Issues Mediation Committee."

"Second floor, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including..."

"The first floor..."

The elevator can only go to the Department of Mysteries on the ninth floor underground. There are many interesting places on this floor, including the Time Hall, Space Hall, Brain Hall, Prophecy Hall, and Death Hall.

In the original storyline, Harry's godfather Sirius Black was beaten to death by his cousin into a stone archway surrounded by tattered curtains in the Death Hall.

Further down, there is the tenth floor, which is not a good place at all. It is full of courtrooms. From the first to the tenth courtroom, the degree of violation of the law being tried increases successively.

Sainz was not interested in strolling around the dark tenth floor, so he took the elevator on the ninth floor and returned to the main hall on the eighth floor.

After greeting the wizard who was in charge of security, he said slowly, "Have you finished your work?"

"No, they are not working today."

It would be fine if we didn't mention this. But when we did, the security guard behind the desk looked visibly upset and started to mutter and curse, "These goblins have no professionalism. Of course they won't work on weekends..."

Sainz shook his head and left, obviously complaining because everyone else was on weekends off and he was the only one still on duty.

He had already noticed this situation when he was walking around inside. Basically all the wizards who were left on duty on weekends were young wizards. The only older one was the security guard at the door. It would be strange if he didn't have any resentment.

Sainz thought that it might be related to the nature of his job. Magic security inspection is no different from other jobs. No one in the Ministry of Magic would be able to rest assured if an inexperienced young man was left here.

But sitting in this position is indeed boring, and gives people the feeling that they are not valued, as if they have been marginalized in the department.

When leaving, Sainz did not return the same way he came, he walked into a fireplace used for leaving.

"Diagon Alley!"

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The next morning, Sainz arrived at the fence early.

"Sainz!" Hagrid arrived earlier than him.

"What grade is the class today?"

"Third grade in the morning, fourth grade in the afternoon."

"It's simple. We'll continue the same way we did last year. Oh, and have the third graders learned the Bowtruckle?"

"I learned it last week. Before that, I was just feeding the thorn..."

Sainz felt that the teaching aids that Hagrid provided for third graders were still a bit high at level X, so he skipped 2X, but he was not going to dampen his enthusiasm.

"Hagrid, isn't this a good arrangement? We can just follow this idea. For grades three to five, we can use 2 to 3X and some mild 4X. For grades six and seven, we can take them to 4 to 5X.

So, Bowtruckle will be studied for another week. After all, we only have one class a week, and we can't let the students forget it in a blink of an eye. So, we will do it this way from now on. Each Magical Zoology class will last for two weeks, one week for study and one week for review.

If there are special circumstances, special arrangements will be made.”

Hagrid thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Sainz, what you said makes sense, let's do it this way."

"What classes are there in the afternoon for the fourth grade?"

"Tree monkey frog."

This is a bit of a random schedule, as these students have already learned tree monkey frog last school year.

Sainz weighed his tone, trying not to let Hagrid hear the sense of blame in his voice, "Hagrid, this seems... maybe we should make some adjustments. After all, they have already learned about this creature in their third grade."

Hagrid probably felt that his arrangement was a bit unreasonable, and he said hesitantly, "Well... this... this batch of tree monkey frogs just happened to be in production. I thought that since they got to know them last school year, they might be more comfortable taking care of them."

Sainz said calmly: "Hagrid, I know you mean well, but it is indeed a bit inappropriate to schedule classes this way. Not everyone is willing to study the same creature repeatedly."

Hagrid nodded in agreement, perhaps someone had indeed complained about this during class.

"You can ask for their personal wishes. If anyone really wants to observe the whole growth process of the tree monkey frog, you can let them form an interest group and take some time after class to complete their data recording."

Hagrid clapped his hands, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that, Sainz, you're so smart."

Sainz waved his hands, his heart calm, "Let's change the fourth grade class this afternoon to Sniff, to make it more interesting and motivate the students."

Hagrid was naturally sensitive to this, and he immediately thought of burying gold coins in advance for the students' Nifflers to find. The students would definitely like it very much.

Sainz is already exhausted from complaining, they would like it more if you just give them a bunch of gold coins.

"Hagrid, burying gold coins is too extravagant. It's not conducive to cultivating students' correct view of money. Let's use copper Knuts instead. Four Knuts in a group. Let the students go in groups of four to find them. Of course, there can't be no surprises at all. You can set up a group of silver Sickles to add a little excitement."

Hagrid was very happy to hear that Sainz agreed with his idea. As for what to use as the prize, since Sainz said copper coins would be more appropriate, he had no objection.

Hagrid had trouble preparing lessons because he couldn't use magic. With the help of Sainz, all the courses for the day were completed in less than ten minutes.

After completing the preparations, Sainz finished his work. After breakfast, Hagrid started his class and he went to the Ministry of Magic again.

He was familiar with the route when he came here again today. This time he did not go through the telephone booth, but was prepared to experience the feeling of being transported from the fireplace to the Ministry of Magic.

Arriving at the communal fireplace in Diagon Alley, he pulled out a small packet of Floo powder he had bought from a nearby stall, "Ministry of Magic!"

There was a moment of teleportation through the fireplace, and the next moment I was standing in a luxuriously decorated fireplace. Outside was the hall I saw yesterday. I had arrived at the Ministry of Magic.

Sainz didn't stop and hurried out. As soon as he walked out of the door, another wizard appeared in the fireplace behind him.

On Monday morning, there were far more people coming and going than yesterday. There were probably hundreds of people coming in and out of the hall at the same time. It was like a busy bus station.

Security check, go upstairs.

He was greeted by another young wizard who was different from yesterday. "I'm sorry, Mr. Autumn, I didn't see your name in the registration."

"Yes, that is indeed the way it should be, since I have never signed up for an Apparition class."

"That's right, then you need to pay the assessment fee of 12 Galleons first!"