Hogwarts' Wizarding Throne

The Ministry of Magic is located in the heart of London, in the downtown area, only a few kilometers away from Downing Street where the Prime Minister resides.

However, for the sake of secrecy, the main building of the Ministry of Magic is hidden underground.

The entrance for ordinary people to visit the Ministry of Magic is a red telephone booth, which is entered by dialing and descending in a similar way to an elevator.

The entrance for ordinary employees of the Ministry of Magic is in a bathroom. Every morning, wizards line up and enter the cubicles one by one.

Standing in the toilet, pull the flush cord with your hand, and the water splashes, and the wizard is teleported into the Ministry of Magic in a whirl.

Of course, although there are a large number of anti-apparition prohibitions inside the Ministry of Magic, there are also fireplaces for transmission, which is a travel channel for distinguished guests and senior dignitaries.

Piers Thicknesse, deputy director of the Department of Law Enforcement, is a tall and thin wizard with shawl hair.

He took Yaxley (Death Eater), who has been working for several months, out of the dedicated fireplace with rising flames and into the hall.

The lobby was decorated magnificently. In the center, there was a magic fountain that was full of irony but "brotherly and respectful". Countless paper planes conveying information flew over the heads of the hurried employees.

Above the lobby hung a huge and very showy magic portrait of Fudge Connelly.

When Pierce and Yaxley passed by, the portrait of Fudge smiled at them.

The two ignored it and continued to go to the elevator, ready to go to the Law Enforcement Department.

At this time, they saw Lucius Malfoy standing at the elevator door with his ceremonial stick and his head slightly raised. The employees passing by kept flattering him and saluted him, and Lucius just nodded slightly in response.

The two stepped forward and Yaxley asked.

"Why are you here?"

Lucius glanced at Pierce. The other party looked like one of his own, but in fact he was just a puppet controlled by Yaxley using the Imperius Curse.

"I got the news that Fudge wanted to issue an order to arrest Shoreb Black, accusing him of spreading panic rumors. Shoreb Black was still in Hogwarts before, so Fudge couldn't do anything for the time being. It's only been a few days since the holiday, but Fudge couldn't hold it back. I'm here to deal with it. You guys come with me and put pressure on him together."

Shoreb Black, the new savior who defeated the Dark Lord, became a super genius who needed to be won over after the cooperation of Lucius and Tom.

Suspicion flashed in Yaxley's sinister eyes. He had always suspected that there was something fishy about this matter, but he didn't say anything, after all, the Dark Lord personally agreed.

"Let's go, Fudge is getting more and more naive. Without our support, how many people in the Ministry of Magic will listen to him? Burns and his self-righteous people are not obedient yes-men."

"Everything is stable now, and we should keep a "peaceful" state with the enemy. It's good for Fudge to be the minister. After all, he and Dumbledore are no longer the same kind of people."

The two of them talked quietly and took the elevator to the Ministry of Magic office on the first floor underground.

Before the three of them entered the door, they heard Fudge's angry rebuke.

"Scrimgeour, this is the arrest warrant I issued in the name of the Minister? What do you mean? Why haven't you executed it yet?"

"Mr. Minister, the formal process still needs to be approved by the Law Enforcement Department. The Aurors cannot execute this illegal arrest warrant, and we have no evidence to prove that Shorblack has violated the law."

"His father is a Death Eater, and he must be a Death Eater too. We will know it after he is arrested and tried. He is also spreading panic rumors about the return of the Dark Lord in Hogwarts! I allow you to use the truth serum!"

"Minister, please pay attention to your identity. Imaginary evidence cannot convict."

"You! Good, good! Burns is like this, and so are you. You all want me to step down, right? Scrimgeour, don't forget that I promoted you to the position of Director of the Auror Office!"

"Thank you for your appreciation, but I must remain fair. If you have evidence, I will bring Black to justice even if I die!"

"Get out! Get out!"

After a while, Scrimgeour, with a resolute face, walked out of the Minister's office with a slight limp and looked at Lucius and the other two.

They were not on the same page, so they didn't even nod to greet each other.

Lucius raised his head slightly and snorted, then stepped away from the stubborn Auror Director and pushed open the door of the Minister's office.

The messy office was visible, with documents scattered all over the floor and red wine spilled everywhere.

The wealthy Fudge looked a little haggard, leaning limply on the office chair and panting, no longer as calm and graceful as when he was on stage in the past.

"Are you here again? Oh, it's the distinguished Mr. Malfoy, welcome."

Fudge raised his head and wanted to curse, but when he saw Lucius in a luxurious robe, he quickly stood up to greet him.

Lucius and Fudge were sweat-stained.He shook his hand, then withdrew it without leaving a trace, and wiped his hand with a handkerchief in his sleeve.

His face was very warm.

"Is the Minister worried about something? Do you need help from my old friend?"

Fudge had never been so flattering to Lucius and other greedy purebloods before. He did it to check Dumbledore and make money for himself.

But now, he had to curry favor with these people in order to get political support.

Didn't you see that Pierce, the deputy director of the Law Enforcement Department, followed his lead.

Except for some neutrals with little power and some newcomers who knew nothing, the rest of the Ministry of Magic ignored him as the Minister.

"Alas, the world is really going downhill. I work hard every day for the safety and prosperity of the magic world, but I am always disappointed.

As the backbone of the magic world, the pure-blood family must support my work. I will definitely give the most preferential policies to the new chamber of commerce you founded."

Lucius did not say anything about Fudge's shameless politician face, and did not want to continue beating around the bush, so he came straight to the point.

"Minister, the order you just issued seems a bit unreasonable. Let me tell you directly that the ancient Black is an indispensable part of the British pure blood."

Fudge looked at Lucius in confusion.

"You reconciled? And Black is now Dumbledore's man."

Lucius looked unfathomable.

"Minister, you have only been in the aristocratic circle for a short time, so you don't know how deep the water is here. You need to learn more about some unspoken rules.

Friends and enemies? What is this?

Haha, many things, even if you see them with your own eyes, may not be true. They just make you think they are true. Do you understand?"

Fudge's pupils shrank suddenly.

"So Black is your man, then Dumbledore is not..."

"Minister, please stop your groundless conjectures. We didn't do anything. We just want to make money. This is 3,000 gold galleons. It's about the preferential policies of the Chamber of Commerce. Sorry for the trouble."

Lucius threw out a purse, which was a kind of implicit spending money to avoid disaster and political bribery.

Looking at Fudge who was still entangled, he waved his hand.

"Piers, you must follow the minister's orders in the future."

Piers walked up expressionlessly.

"Of course, the Minister is so wise, he will definitely lead the magic world on the right path, and I will definitely follow him step by step."

Fudge looked at Lucius and Pierce, and these words just now were an exchange of interests.

He thought that it was better to be a bad guy than to be a puppet with no real power, and he could make some money, so he took a breath and said with a smile.

"Of course, the Black family is a treasure of Britain, and the magic world will definitely be on the right path. Let's encourage each other."

Fudge said with a smile, and went to the cabinet to find a bottle of treasured red wine.