127. Just touching lips
The incident of Barty Crouch releasing his son secretly not only slapped Fudge in the face, but also directly destroyed the credibility of the Ministry of Magic.
That was Crouch, the hardliner who advocated the use of tough measures during Voldemort's time.
Even he secretly helped his son escape from Azkaban. What about other Ministry of Magic officials?
Barty Jr.'s guilt was also proven, and Adair did everything he did.
Not only did he obtain the other party's testimony from torture, he also directly used Legilimency to recall the memory of when he tortured the Longbottoms with the Cruciatus Curse. This memory was not handed over to the Ministry of Magic, but was given to the house elves in Diagon Alley. A think basin was set up and made public directly for the public to see.
This time the Ministry of Magic was really flooded with letters of complaint.
What's even more exaggerated is that since most of the complaint letters were howling letters, the number was too large for the Ministry of Magic staff to deal with. At the same time, the exploding howling letters caused a fire and burned down three offices of the Ministry of Magic. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Fudge, who was in a tense mood, directly declared publicly that this was another violent attack by Adair when he received the fire report. When he complained to reporters in tears, a staff member without eyes actually broke into the press conference. Said it was just a fire caused by a howler letter.
The atmosphere was super awkward.
Many people were curious about whether the Ministry of Magic would make any big moves next, who would be Adair's next target, and when would Fudge step down, but Elaine didn't care at all.
Since you can't participate in it, caring is just a waste of time, just wait and see the results.
And she's busy.
A large number of letters are sent to the Shafiq family every day, including junk letters from pure-blood families and the Ministry of Magic, letters of admiration and gifts from readers of the Daily Prophet, warnings from unknown people, and all kinds of messy things. Things, even if they all rely on standard answers, Lupine can't handle them alone.
Adair seems to be using house elves to do his work of destruction, which leaves Elaine without an elf to help with the housework, let alone assisting Lupin.
After all, the authority of the current head of the family is higher than that of the next head of the family.
This is very troubling, because Ginny, Ron and Harry have come to live at Shafik's house, and Ginny, Ron and Daphne have no ability to live at all. They belong to the group of useless people who come to have tea, open their mouths and stretch out their hands for food, while Lupine is too busy. I can't even think about eating.
Fortunately, all the household appliances in the Shafik family had been modified by Lupine within a year of Elaine going to Hogwarts, so they would not conflict with magic, so they could still use magic to handle the cleaning work, just treat it as such. It’s time to practice your magic skills.
Ron, Harry and Ginny were not dissatisfied with this. Being able to use magic unscrupulously made them have a lot of fun. Hermione was even more happy. She thought the house elves were on vacation... .Elaine was not going to explain this optimistic misunderstanding to her.
Eating is also a problem.
Although Harry knew simple cooking skills under the training of the Dursleys, he couldn't let the guests do it. Elaine had to cook by herself and handle three meals for seven people, which made Harry and Ron's eyes widen. They were quite surprised by Elaine's cooking skills.
When it comes to their impressions of living in the Shafiq family, Ginny and Ron would say it's quite pleasant.
Being able to use magic at will, and having someone to guide them in their studies, the two of them are improving their magic skills at a rapid pace.
The Muggle-style life was quite novel for the two of them. Under the leadership of Harry and Hermione, they quickly learned to use various home appliances. Just like Daphne when she first came here, they had a great time watching TV and playing on the computer. .
The Muggle takeout and the rice cooked by Elaine were also delicious, but the situation outside was a mess. It was a pity that I couldn't go out to see the Muggle world, and I couldn't ride a broomstick.
Harry also thought it was pretty good, better than being at the Dursleys'.
It's just that Lupine was a little disappointed that he couldn't guide him because he was busy with the Shafik family's work.
Elaine was curious about Ginny.
This little girl is as lively and active as her brothers, but she gets confused when she meets Harry. Recently, under the guidance of Daphne, she has gotten better and can talk to Harry normally, but most of the time she always hides. With.
You can't tell that she is the kind of girl who changed boyfriends one after another in the later period of the original work. Instead, she seems a bit shy and reserved.
I really don’t know how it became like that.
In addition to being busy with housework and processing letters, Daphne's recent intensification of harassment has also given Elaine quite a headache.
Adair's announcement caused the Greengrass family to explode. Daphne's mother went to the Shafiq family to question Elaine the next day.
Elaine, of course, firmly denied it. She had never looked down on Daphne, nor had she shown any super-friendly behavior towards her daughter.
Guaranteed in the name of Shafiq
After Elaine made this announcement, Daphne, who was sitting aside, nodded repeatedly.
With a serious expression on her face, she solemnly assured her mother that Elaine had no ill intentions towards her.
It was she who had designs on Elaine.
She will do everything she can to fight for the position of the next head wife of the Shafiq family, and she will never lose to Miss Granger. Hermione looked confused, while Lupine watched the show with interest and worked hard to give birth to the Shafiq family. descendants.
Then in front of his mother, he directly kissed Elaine who rolled her eyes.
Mouth to mouth kind of thing.
Elaine's blood pressure rose after being kissed secretly, and she almost got kicked.
Fortunately, she was recently forced to use quite high mental resistance by Adair, and she quickly calmed down.
Being kissed secretly is nothing compared to burning down Diagon Alley.
Besides, Daphne is just a twelve-year-old girl, just touching her lips, it's okay.
Just treat it as if you were kissed by your own daughter, no problem.
It's normal to be kissed by a child. Which elder has never been kissed? There is nothing you can do about being harassed if you are handsome.
After that, Elaine spent a lot of effort to appease Mrs. Greengrass, but she couldn't get her to take Daphne away.
Daphne, who gave up her shame, hung on Hermione and refused to leave, forcing Elaine to compromise by throwing her into the furnace.
Mrs. Greengrass also had nothing to do with her daughter, so she could only show her face to Elaine again and again.
Hermione didn't react at all to this.
A twelve-year-old girl only has a vague understanding of love, and Elaine and she are both girls, so how could they think in this direction.
Even though people around her always said that Elaine gave her special treatment, Hermione always felt that it was nothing, just a friendship between friends.
She is Elaine's first friend, so of course she is special.
Now she and Daphne have a good relationship, and they are both friends. Since Elaine is not particularly repulsive, she has no reason to stop Daphne.
Speaking of which, since both parties are women, there seems to be nothing special about being intimate.
This confused Harry and Ron, who had no idea what was going on with these three people.
When the two of them saw Daphne succeeding in a sneak attack for the first time and then being immobilized by Elaine with a magic spell and thrown out of the room, their eyes nearly dropped.
However, Hermione, who was busy checking their summer homework next to her, showed no reaction.
As for Elaine, after driving Daphne away, she continued to study the magic notes calmly, with no mood swings.
The attitude of the two girls made Harry and Ron think that they were seeing hallucinations.