Chapter 28 He is still a child, what's wrong with eating a little more? ! When the deep blue prompt sounded, Charles could not suppress the ecstasy in his eyes. Immediately, in order to further verify, Charles opened Snape's paper on wolfsbane potion. After a moment, the deep blue reminder sounded again. "Obtained materials related to werewolf transformation. The host's subsequent deduction points required for deducing werewolf-related knowledge will be greatly reduced." "Obtaining werewolf blood or living samples can further reduce the deduction points." Next is "Transfiguration from Beginners to Burial", and a similar reminder sounded again, allowing Ciel to reduce a large number of points when deducing many basic and intermediate transfiguration spells! At this moment, Charles couldn't help but burst into laughter. "It's done!" "I did it!" He looked around at the seldom-sought-after magic books and treatises in Flourish and Blotts.
These books, which seemed lengthy, boring, and difficult to understand to other wizards, were invaluable treasures to Charles, and could save him countless deduction points! Another idea came to Charles' mind. "After all, the books in Flourish and Blotts are aimed at the general public." "Except for those famous papers that have been published publicly, it is far from being the most advanced and precious magical knowledge." "This kind of top-level magical knowledge is either in the restricted section of Hogwarts or in the family collections of various pure-blood nobles." "If there's a chance in the future, I can search this area." Then, Charles called the bookstore clerk. "Pack up a copy of these books and papers for me and send them to the second floor of the Leaky Cauldron." The bookstore clerk looked at the dozen or so bookshelves that were stacked to the ceiling with a look of astonishment on his face. Is this the way to buy books? Buy a dozen bookshelves at a time?! After a moment, the bookstore clerk said hesitantly. "It's no problem to pack them up and send them to the Leaky Cauldron, but sir, these books are very valuable." Ciel knew this, of course. Books in the magic world have inherited the characteristics of the capitalist world and are extremely expensive. Every year, a large part of students’ school expenses are actually spent on buying textbooks. In order to save textbook costs, many students from poor families choose to buy second-hand books. This is the case for textbooks, not to mention that the books in the area selected by Charles are all quite advanced, which makes the price even more expensive. This total number is indeed not a small amount. But what does this have to do with Ciel? He is not the one paying the bill. The kind-hearted Minister Fudge will reimburse him! After all, Minister Fudge signed a permanent agreement with Charles, reimbursing all of Charles' food expenses in the wizarding world.
Books are spiritual food, so it is reasonable to use this reimbursement amount, right? If that doesn't work, there's no problem with Charles performing a book-eating performance. Immediately, Charles waved his hand and said nonchalantly. "Put it on the Ministry's account. Minister Fudge will reimburse you." When the clerk heard this, his originally worried and suspicious expression instantly turned into surprise and respect. It seems that this little wizard in front of him has a close relationship with Minister Fudge. How could he be able to make the Minister of Magic pay for his crimes? He immediately promised that he would pack up the books and papers mentioned by Charles right away, and whispered that he would also give him a box with a traceless stretching spell. Even though this thing is obviously illegal, who made Ciel related to the Minister of Magic? Illegal things are only mentioned for common people. As for nobles and officials, how could they be without illegal items in their homes? Charles gladly accepted this. After leaving Flourish and Blotts, Ciel immediately started shopping in Diagon Alley. After all, there are a lot of materials to reduce the consumption of deduction points, but this is a matter of cost-cutting, so we still have to increase revenue and get more deduction points. So Charles swept through all the magic item shops on the street. It was not until the evening that Charles returned to his room in the Leaky Cauldron with satisfaction. At this moment, even the room where he had been cast the Traceless Stretching Charm was almost filled with twenty or thirty large boxes, all of which were goods delivered by various stores! There was a fiery look in Charles' eyes. Although the magic power of these magic items is far inferior to that of the Broken Wand, such a large number should be enough to increase my deduction points again. Plus the many materials I got from Flourish and Blotts, I can save a lot of points on most common spells. If I digest all of them, my strength will definitely increase! "I have to thank Minister Fudge. If he hadn't been so generous, how could I afford so many things?" "I really hope Minister Fudge can continue to work for a long time. I hope he won't be driven out of office!" …… Meanwhile, in the Minister of Magic's office. Fudge was reading today's Daily Prophet, which contained a lengthy article praising the Ministry of Magic's follow-up handling of the Dark Seide incident. "Providing lifelong food reimbursement for the little wizards who have been harmed is one of the few things Minister Fudge has done since taking office!" Fudge smiled at this comment, with ambition revealed in his eyes. Of course he knew that he had a bad reputation in the wizarding world, but wasn't this the beginning of changing that reputation? "From now on, I will climb to the top step by step. I want to become the greatest Minister of Magic in the history of the wizarding world!" Fudge now recalled the deal he had made with Ciel at St. Mungo's Hospital, and his mind was filled with admiration for his own genius. "Genius, I am a political genius!" "What does it mean to spend little money to accomplish great things?" "It's a huge profit, a huge profit!" At this moment, Fudge's staff rushed into the Minister of Magic's office with piles of thick letters in their arms. "Oh no, Minister, something terrible has happened!"
Hearing this, Fudge's face instantly darkened. "Why are you so flustered? What's the big deal?" The aide put the pile of letters on the table with trembling hands and stammered. "Bills, the expense reimbursement bills for Charles's kid, these are all!" Upon hearing this, Fudge, who had been feeling like he was facing a great enemy, breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at his staff with dissatisfaction. "What's wrong with you? Are you so flustered just because of a bill? I thought something big had happened!" "Let me guess, is it that the amount of Ciel's expense reimbursement bills this time is particularly large?" The staff nodded repeatedly, and he was immediately scolded by Fudge. "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but it's the beginning of the new school year, and a Muggle-born wizard from the Ciel went to Diagon Alley. He saw all kinds of delicious food, and as a child, isn't it normal for him to eat more and buy more?" "Besides, we saw it before at St. Mungo's Hospital. This child is simply the chosen Hufflepuff. His appetite is a bit big." "It's normal to be a little greedy and buy more food at this time." "The child is growing up, so is it a big deal if he eats a little more? Is it worth you being so panicked?" "Can he bankrupt our Ministry of Magic?" "You have to have a pattern, understand? Pattern!" The aide was so ashamed after being scolded that he nodded in agreement. After Fudge had satisfied his desire to train people, the staff member said cautiously. "So I will reimburse Ciel for this time's bill totaling 6,237 Galleons?" Fudge nodded calmly. "Over 600 Galleons? That's a bit much, but it's understandable." "Reimburse me. Don't bother me with such trivial matters in the future..." A moment later, when the aide was about to turn around and leave, Fudge suddenly reacted, his expression froze instantly, and he let out an unbelievable roar. "Wait a minute?" "How many did you say?" "How much the fuck is this bill?!" (End of this chapter)