Public Safety

Seeing her mother ask, Penelope's voice brimmed with pride. "Allen may not have graduated yet, but he started working at the Ministry of Magic at the beginning of summer vacation. The Ministry of Magic is basically our government, and his position is similar to a scientist in the human world. Besides that, he's also a professor at Hogwarts, and he's the Seeker for England's Quidditch National Team. He won the World Cup in the last tournament, so he's basically one of the top ball players in the world today..."

But unlike what Penelope imagined, Mrs. Clearwater felt something entirely different when she heard all those titles. As far as she knew, Allen Harris was still an underage student, yet he was already expected to take on so many jobs. Her own daughter was the same—not only had she taken up what was supposedly a highly respected secret-agent profession, she was also said to be working part-time at some pharmaceutical company in the wizarding world. Letizia's favorable impression of the wizarding world plummeted even faster. The female lawyer glanced pityingly at the clothes on her daughter, remembering the uniform Penelope had practically never changed out of since she started working. She mistakenly understood it as proof that even so-called wizarding elites had to hold multiple jobs just to maintain a relatively respectable life. Letizia was even beginning to suspect that the luxurious vintage car they were riding in might very well have been rented by this underage boy, who was forcing himself to keep up appearances.

"Also, Allen's father, Owen Harris, is the newly appointed Minister of the British Ministry of Magic, which is equivalent to our prime minister." Penelope continued trying to prove to her parents how outstanding her boyfriend and his family were. "And the rest of his family