Goblin Brothers
Just as Skylar was about to close the suitcase, he suddenly noticed a small crack at the seam. He reached his wand in and gently pried it open, pulling out a piece of parchment.
Skylar's lips curled up slightly; it seemed this was the truly interesting thing.
The parchment was completely blank; there was nothing on it.
Skylar shook his head. While Bagman's caution was commendable, such a crude method of concealment was hardly praiseworthy. Even Skylar, let alone Hermione with his Magic Eye, could probably unravel it.
"Aparecium!" Skylar chanted, raising his wand.
Dense text began to appear on the parchment.
Skylar nodded as he read. The contents contained some internal secrets of the Ministry of Magic, detailing how certain high-ranking officials secretly contacted the Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War and engaged in some shady deals behind the scenes.
Skylar dared to say that if this information were leaked, it would absolutely cause a huge uproar in the entire Great Britain wizarding world.
Bagman himself was one of them. When he lost money gambling and was being chased by creditors, Rookwood, a member of the Death Eaters, approached him and offered to give him some information about the Ministry of Magic in exchange for money. Bagman was Pure-blood wizard, and although he was not an extreme Pure-Blood Supremacist Faction, he was not too opposed to Voldemort's ideas either, so the two got along very well.
When Rookwood was imprisoned and implicated him, he thought he was finished. Who knew that the Wizengamot gang would let him off easily in a casual trial because of his status as a popular star player.
As Skylar looked at the names on the list, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow for the Ministry of Magic's riddled internal problems. Many of the Ministry of Magic's absurd actions suddenly became clear.
Why can a place like Knockturn Alley, a den of iniquity and filth, stand firm?
Why has the Ollivander Family been able to monopolize the wand market for over a thousand years?
Why would someone like Arthur Weasley, who held little power or position within the Ministry of Magic, deliberately leave loopholes in laws when amending them for his own hobbies and interests?
Throughout the Ministry of Magic, nearly half of the staff have disregarded the interests of the masses for their own selfish gain, ignored the decline of the Great Britain Wizarding World, caused stagnation in the entire Wizarding World, and hindered the development and innovation of magic.
Skylar gave a cold laugh and carefully put the parchment into his pocket.
To fulfill his distant ambition, the first and foremost step was to reform the corrupt, unjust, and bureaucratic Ministry of Magic; these social parasites had to be eradicated.
Furthermore, a new system must be established to select officials based on merit, with a transparent and open selection process. Officials' performance must also be subject to a fair review system, making them accountable for all their actions during their tenure, subject to public scrutiny, and eliminating the possibility of collusion among officials.
(List of corrupt officials obtained!)
Not long after all this was done, with a crackling sound, Dobby reappeared Dobby respectfully said, "Master, the person you wish to meet has been contacted by me and Winky. Shall we go now?"
"Yes, I've just finished here too, let's go!" Skylar said.
Skylar put his hand on Dobby's shoulder, and the two disappeared from Skylar's room with a crackling sound, then appeared in Bath, in southwest England.
This ancient city was discovered by the Centaur in 70 AD and has a history of nearly two thousand years, developing from a remote town.
This is also the place in Great Britain with the most Goblin. It is said that in the early 10th century, the Goblin Royalty once lived here as their base.
Of course, Skylar did not come here for archaeological or tourism purposes.
In a VIP room in the basement of a Green Goblin Tavern, Skylar sat calmly opposite three menacing Goblin.
The Goblin's expressions were anything but friendly, even though they were facing Skylar, the most powerful figure in the Wizarding World.
Skylar didn't blame them; at this time, the relationship between wizards and Goblin was at one of the lowest points in history, almost comparable to the Goblin Rebellion in the eighteenth century.
The incident began about a year ago when the Ministry of Magic attempted to introduce a new Goblin Powers Act. At that time, the Department for the Control of Fantastic Beasts of the Ministry of Magic sent a delegation led by Lloyd Burke to hold talks with the Goblin Brotherhood in Chipping Clobury.
The Goblin Brotherhood, or BOG for short, is a political organization representing the Goblin community, and its leader is the Cross-eyed Bolrig.
According to Skylar, the talks between the two sides were like talking to a brick wall. While the arrogant wizard happily told the Goblin about the meager benefits they were about to receive from the Ministry of Ministry of Magic, little did he know that what the Goblin had been longing for was actually the right to own and use wands.
Just as Loyden Polk was basking in the glory of what he considered to be "great progress," the first explosion outside snapped him out of his self-absorbed fantasy.
Outside, the Goblin, having somehow acquired wands, began wreaking havoc in the streets, turning Muggle mailboxes and trash cans into wildebeest and other beasts, chanting slogans such as "We are not ugly Fairy!" They demanded that the Ministry of Magic release the Goblin radical Cocoon-Hand Hodrod and seek justice for the long-standing oppression faced by Goblin.
These demands far exceeded the Ministry of Magic's tolerance limit— the Ministry of Magic has never admitted its mistakes voluntarily; most of the time, admitting a mistake means the Minister for Magic must step down. Cocoon-Hand Hodrod is no better; he used Shrinking Charm to shrink three wizards and tried to crush them. An outsider attacking a wizard is a serious crime, and there's no way he'll be released.
Seeing that negotiations were fruitless, the Ministry of Magic had no choice but to deploy the Law Enforcement Patrol and the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad to suppress the situation in order to prevent it from spiraling out of control.
In a subsequent interview with the Daily Prophet, Bowlegged Ragnok, author of Small People, Big Plans, stated, "The relationship between wizards and Goblin is facing its most severe test in centuries, yet the Ministry of Magic continues to ignore our voices." Ragnok, a moderate within the Goblin Brotherhood, did not support the Goblin' use of violence, but believed the riot was a consequence of the Minister for Magic's long-standing neglect of the Goblin.
(Note: This information comes from the Daily Prophet published in 1999, but the content is about 1993.)
At this moment, among the three Goblin sitting opposite Skylar, the two on the left are the two leaders of the Goblin Brotherhood —the leader, the Cross-eyed Bolrig, and the deputy leader Bowlegged Ragnok.
The man on the far right was someone Skylar had never heard of before and couldn't yet know his identity. However, judging from the fact that he could sit alongside the Brotherhood's leader and vice-leader, and from the shrewd and fierce glint in his eyes, Skylar already had a vague idea of his identity.
The first to speak was the Cross-eyed Bolrig, his sharp eyes fixed on Skylar. His tone was somewhat unfriendly as he said, "Listen, Mr. Malfoy, while we all know your reputation and status in the wizarding world, please understand that the relationship between us Goblin and wizards is far from friendly. We have lost patience with wizards' arrogance and lies. You'd better just say what you want to say and not waste our precious time!"