Master Druid at Hogwarts

Chapter 687 The time left for Fudge is running out!

The much-anticipated trial was finally over, and the "Daily Prophet" urgently released a supplement in the afternoon of the same day, reporting the results of the trial.

But under the interference of Cornelius Fudge, the newspaper description of the whole case was not so true.

In this report, he avoided talking about Fudge's poor performance, and did not mention that Fudge was the only one who supported the establishment of the accusation, but made a big deal about Dumbledore's "defiant" attitude during the trial.

Moreover, although the report did not explicitly state it, the meaning behind the words was that the accusation failed in the end because Dumbledore used his prestige in the magic world to influence the judgment of the jury.

Only this time, Fudge's control of public opinion didn't last long.

Because only five days later, a report written by Rita Skeeter was published in the latest issue of "The Quibbler", which described the entire trial process in detail.

And, at the end of the article, Rita Skeeter wrote:

"We are currently unable to confirm whether Fish McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, and Harry Potter say the return of the mysterious man is true, but Cornelius Fudge's poor performance in handling affairs is obvious to all... …Supposing that person whose name cannot be mentioned really returns, is the current Minister of Magic really capable of leading us to contend against it?"

"In addition, Cornelius Fudge's choice of personnel is also worrying. In fact, the author has exposed the corpses of some people in the Ministry of Magic more than once before, but they are not the same as Huo, who was appointed by Fudge not long ago. Senior Inquisitor Gwartz, Dolores Umbridge, pales in comparison. This forces us to take another look at Cornelius Fudge's abilities."

"For details about Dolores Umbridge, the author has also reported on it, please see page 57 of this issue."

After the last interview with Fish and Harry, The Quibbler sold out again, with three reprints by Xenophilius Lovegood in the space of a week to satisfy readers' enthusiasm need.

Then Fudge sat on the wax.

Originally, he was thinking that the school was already on holiday, and he could quietly get rid of Umbridge's affairs after waiting for a few more days, but before he could do it, two articles by Rita Skeeter appeared out of nowhere , like two sharp knives, pierced into his lung duct successively.

It's just that Cornelius Fudge didn't have time to settle accounts with "The Quibbler" and Rita Skeeter at this time, because within the Ministry of Magic, a group of people took advantage of the popularity of "The Quibbler" to launch a campaign against him. The impeachment vote, he is now battling to make a final struggle.

"Hmph... That guy Fudge is really a waste." Voldemort said with a sneer after hearing the news that Walton McNeil brought back from the Ministry of Magic.

Then he pondered for a moment and asked: "As for the new Minister for Magic, do our people stand a chance?"

"If we mobilize the power of our family, there is still hope. It's just that if we do so, Dumbledore will probably notice the clues." Lucius Malfoy, who has the most say in this regard, bowed.

"Then...try to control those popular candidates." Voldemort tapped his fingers on the table lightly, and after weighing the gains and losses, ordered.

"Obey, master." The Death Eaters took the order in unison, and then retreated in an orderly manner.

On the other side, members of the Order of the Phoenix are also busy.

After Dumbledore's trial, he decided to involve the Order of the Phoenix in the impeachment of Cornelius Fudge.

Because of Fudge's various delays over the past year, and the fact that the Department of Mysteries has become the center of their secret struggle with Voldemort, even if Dumbledore does not want to interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of Magic, in order to prevent Voldemort from obtaining the prophecy ball, he has to. I don't want to find a way to replace someone close to the Order of the Phoenix...

At the very least, there can't be another minister who is holding back.

But when the members of the Order of the Phoenix got involved in this matter, they discovered that among those involved in the impeachment of Fudge, there were even shadows of Death Eaters.

Now they have two more tasks - to prevent people who may be from Voldemort's side from becoming Minister of Magic, and to protect those candidates who may become ministers.

In addition to the secret confrontation between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters, several Ministry of Magic officials who had ambitions for the position of Minister were also actively preparing.

For a while, the entire Ministry of Magic was undercurrents, and the chaos became a mess.

However, at this time, Dumbledore left London and came alone near Little Hangleton...the place where Voldemort was resurrected.

In fact, after learning of Voldemort's resurrection, Dumbledore thought about coming here to search for the existence of Horcruxes, but at that time Fudge didn't believe in Voldemort's resurrection, and had been sending people to monitor him, and Dumbledore wanted to avoid it. Threatening the grass to startle the snake, it attracted Voldemort's attention, and he never came over.

Now Fudge is finally obsessed with the matter of impeachment, and the matter of the diary has also been known to Voldemort. After he withdraws his hands from the matter of the prophecy ball, he might take back his Horcruxes one by one.

Although watching Voldemort and his men and waiting for him to retrieve his horcrux is also a way, but firstly, it is too passive to do so, and secondly, with Voldemort's proud character, he may not be able to hide the horcrux for himself. Fang is very confident, and maybe he has no idea of ​​getting the Horcrux back at all.

So Dumbledore rushed over immediately when he saw that the time was ripe.

Dumbledore once persuaded Bob Ogden to give him the memory of finding Marvolo Gaunt and Moby Gaunt when he was working in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, so he clearly knew that Voldemort's father And where are my mother's homes.

Given Voldemort's contempt for Muggle blood, it is impossible for him to put such an important Horcrux in the Riddle House, which represents his Muggle blood, so Dumbledore did not go to Little Hangleton, but in Less than a mile from there it turned a corner onto a narrow dirt road.

On both sides of the path, the tall and dense bushes and hedges had not been taken care of for a long time, and a large number of branches and leaves extended from the side of the road to the middle of the road, making it impossible for Dumbledore to see clearly ahead.

Dumbledore raised his wand, tapped himself twice, then lit up the wand with fluorescent flashes, and walked forward while struggling to identify the dirt road full of potholes and rocks under his feet.

The branches and leaves protruding from the two sides were pushed aside by some mysterious force when he approached, and they did not return to their original positions until Dumbledore walked away.

It took Dumbledore a lot of effort to follow the almost invisible dirt road through the bushes, and came to a small dark forest.

Like those bushes, no one has taken care of it for a long time, and the tangled bushes are growing wildly. If it weren't for Dumbledore, he would have known from Bob Ogden's memory that Gaunt's old house was among these trees , he couldn't find the dilapidated house that almost blended with the surrounding branches at all.

"It looks like I've found the right place."

Dumbledore held up the wand exuding white light, feeling the faint magical reaction around Gaunt's old house, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

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　In Rowling's setting, many ministers were kicked out because they caused public outrage.

　　Getting ousted for various reasons, one guy was impeached for his penchant for communicating with people using monosyllabic words and smoke from the end of his wand...

　　A minister was assassinated (fly kicked) by the horses because he told a joke about the horses, but he didn't die.

　　And the minister who died due to an allergy to fudge, and her son was the successor...

　　The first Muggle-born minister had to retire because of a strange illness, and it was Draco's grandfather who did the trick.

　　Regarding the setting of the minister, there are many interesting ones. If you are interested, you can go and see for yourself.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)