Soon, it was the third year since the Goblin Rebellions ended and the American Magical Congress withdrew its troops.
With July's arrival, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry welcomed that year's summer holiday. More than fifty young wizards from the D.A. Army reserves became official soldiers of the British wizarding world, while even more young wizards happily returned home.
On what should have been a day filled with laughter and joy, the Auror Office was instead steeped in tension, and every Auror's nerves were stretched taut.
"Director! We're critically short on Aurors and urgently need reinforcements!"
A rookie Auror who had joined the Auror Office less than a year ago hurried inside and spoke to Scrimgeour.
Over the past three years, the Auror Office had expanded its recruitment several times. A large portion of the D.A. Army's regular members also served as Aurors, causing the number of Aurors in the Auror Office to surge to more than two thousand.
Yet even so, the unceasing incidents of the past year or two had still placed enormous pressure on the Auror Office. They lacked manpower—far, far too little manpower!
Scrimgeour rose to his feet, looking at the rookie Auror with a slight frown. "How serious is the situation?"
The rookie Auror said urgently, "It's extremely serious! In just three days, two breaches have occurred near London. Three Muggles witnessed wizards casting spells!"
"That isn't even the most pressing issue. The most pressing issue is that those three Muggles reported everything they saw to the Metropolitan Police, and those damned Muggle policemen retrieved the surveillance footage from the scene and uploaded recordings of the wizards casting spells onto what Muggles call the internet!"
"According to intelligence from our colleagues in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, and