My Name Is Dumbledore, and I'm Here to Buy Materials for the School
The Muggle Prime Minister cautiously sized up the three menacing black-robed wizards.
The leader was a kind-faced old man with a white beard, but with particularly sharp eyes. At this moment, the old man's eyes were fixed on the battle plan on his table, and he made no attempt to hide his shock.
Beside him stood a middle-aged couple. The man had a poker face, never smiled, and looked extremely cold and unapproachable.
The woman also had a dignified air about her, suggesting she was a long-serving leader and likely a significant figure in the wizarding world.
Indeed, if there were wizards from the Wizarding World present at this moment, they would definitely be able to exclaim in surprise.
Isn't that Professor Dumbledore?! As for the two people next to him, if you don't look closely, they actually look a bit like the Slytherin Head of House and Head of Gryffindor at Hogwarts, and Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall.
"Hello, I am Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts," Lester said, feigning ignorance as he shook hands with the Muggle Prime Minister and introduced him to Sang Biao and Hafiz beside him.
"These two are the Heads of Slytherin House and Gryffindor House, respectively, of our school: Severus Snape and McGonagall Minerva."
Upon hearing Lester's introduction, Sang Biao and Hafiz nodded somewhat awkwardly, then stood on either side of Lester like gatekeepers, remaining silent.
Yes, because of the major civil engineering work to be done in Azkaban, not only is the Ministry of Magic short of building materials, but Azkaban itself is also short of building materials.
Due to the limited population in the Wizarding World, and the fact that commerce and other physical industries are monopolized by established pure-blooded individuals, Lester and his companions find it difficult to obtain large quantities of building materials.
Therefore, Lester resorted to this desperate measure, using the Boggart's shapeshifting ability to disguise himself as Dumbledore, and then having Sang Biao and Hafiz use Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as Snape and Professor McGonagall.
Since Lester didn't have Snape and McGonagall's hair, Lester simply found two Muggle who looked similar to them, borrowed a few strands of hair from them, and then had Sang Biao and Hafiz consume them.
After all preparations were completed, Lester and his two companions appeared openly in the Prime Minister's office.
As for why they did this, it was naturally to guard against these shrewd people.
Minister Bano might not know how powerful Muggle, but surely Lester knows?
He remembered that in his previous life, when China was developing an oil field, they simply took a picture of the area near the oil field. At the time, everyone thought there was nothing wrong with that. Little did they know that, based solely on that one picture of the area near the oil field, the Japan, who were living a comfortable life, were able to deduce the location of the oil field and even accurately calculate the reserves within it.
Therefore, Lester dared not be careless in the face of this group of Muggle who had no magic but possessed technology. Thus, the scene of him disguising himself as the headmaster of Hogwarts came about.
"Hello, hello!" A hint of surprise flashed in the Muggle Prime Minister's eyes. The Minister for Magic had just left, and this group of wizards who claimed to be professors had come to his door. What a coincidence.
Minister Bano waved his hand, and the Royal Think Tank in the office immediately received the order, withdrawing with their various battle plans, leaving only Lester and his two companions with the Prime Minister in the office.
"Your Excellency, hello," Lester greeted the Prime Minister politely, then, without further ado, handed him a list of materials needed to build Azkaban.
"Our Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is undergoing an expansion project and we need a batch of building materials. We hope to purchase them from you."
Lester, staring Dumbledore's face, spouted nonsense to the Muggle Prime Minister with a straight face.
"Of course, we're not taking these materials for free. I can exchange them for precious potions," Lester said, clapping his hands. Behind him, the actor playing Professor Snape Sang Biao, Sang Biao, expressionlessly opened his wizard robes.
Inside the wizard's robes were several vials of the ubiquitous Cheering Potion, a common item in the Wizarding World.
Of course, these potions are different from the real Cheering Potion on the market; these potions are all Scarface's stock.
Scarface laughed people to death back then because he produced this inferior Cheering Potion, and now these leftover potions haven't been wasted; Lester has used them all for trade.
Muggle Prime Minister: "..."
For some reason, he felt that this scene was somewhat familiar to him before!
Shaking his head to clear his mind, the Muggle Prime Minister asked with some curiosity, "What are the effects of these potions?"
Faced with the Prime Minister's question, Lester answered without hesitation and with great confidence, "I've heard that you Muggle World have a disease called depression. With this medicine, depression will disappear."
Lester had no doubt that Scarface's inferior "Cheering Potion" could cure depression. After all, this stuff was a miracle drug that could make people laugh until they choked and then suffocate. Curing depression would be a piece of cake.
As for whether patients can live after recovering from depression, sorry, Lester isn't from England, and besides, he's just a pharmacist; after-sales service isn't his responsibility.
Seemingly fearing the Muggle Prime Minister doubt the potions' efficacy, Lester directly presented the counterfeit Snape, saying, "These potions were personally brewed by Professor Snape of our house. You know, Professor Snape is a renowned Potions Master in the Wizarding World!"
To complement Lester's performance, Sang Biao only needed to feign a smug and arrogant demeanor, holding his head high, and his masterful aura would be on full display.
After glancing at the incredibly confident Lester, then at the master-like Sang Biao, and finally at Hafiz with his air of authority, the Muggle Prime Minister nodded blankly.
He had plenty of building materials, but he couldn't access magical potions. So, even though he thought the Cheering Potion for treating depression wasn't as effective as the Polyjuice Potion that could transform him into someone else, he still agreed to the deal.
For some reason, just looking at Professor Dumbledore's kind face, the Muggle Prime Minister couldn't help but believe what he said.
"Such a kind old man, he probably wouldn't lie to me, would he?" Looking at the smiling ' Dumbledore,' the Muggle Prime Minister had no doubts and immediately agreed to the deal.
Seeing that the Muggle Prime Minister agreed to the deal so readily, Lester was also delighted. He had just seen the Polyjuice Potion on the table in his hand.
Considering the way the think tank acted just now, a wizard must have visited earlier and left behind more than ten bottles of inferior Polyjuice Potion as trade goods.
As for how Lester knew it was a substandard Polyjuice Potion, it wasn't because Lester was a master potion maker, but because he noticed that the dozen or so bottles of Polyjuice Potion had all turned green after being boiled, a completely different color from the Polyjuice Potion circulating in the market.
This thing looks like cheap junk. If it weren't being traded with Muggle, it would be garbage that would be destroyed. How could anyone trade it? That person is shameless!