Chapter 1733: War Without Victors (183)
After dealing with the various matters surrounding Christmas, Neville finally found time to visit Nelson Tobin and his group.
This was actually one of the Minister's assignments for Neville: monitor Nelson and his companions' every move and report to the Ministry of Magic before they did anything extreme.
Of course, how he reported it was Neville's own business. Besides, Nelson had long known that Neville was a "double agent," so they had no intention of doing anything supposedly extreme.
Just like now. The moment Neville arrived, he saw the group playing cards and having a wonderful time. They looked nothing like dangerous criminals and more like a group of pitiful homeless people.
Yes, that was what Neville mentioned most often in his reports to the New Minister.
Naturally, practicing Dark Magic was included in his reports as well, but as long as they were not practicing any dangerous Dark Magic, it was hardly a big deal.
"I thought you'd stop them from playing cards."
Watching everyone gathered around the game, Neville raised his glass toward Nelson, who was flipping through a book.
"Why would I stop them? Everyone here is already having a hard enough time. If they don't even have anywhere to relax, wouldn't that make things even harder?" Nelson Tobin leisurely turned the pages of the notebook he used to record information. "Besides, I play too. Otherwise, how could we put the Ministry of Magic at ease?"
Nelson Tobin did not really trust the others. Who knew whether there were other Ministry spies besides Neville?
Kingsley was not trustworthy either. They were merely using each other. Nelson only handled important matters in secret, such as practicing the Unforgivable Curses.
"I'd wager our Minister is terribly worried that us poor homeless wretches might