Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"It's good to see you here, Minister."

A man walked in from the door of the hut. He was tall and thin, wearing neatly arranged robes. He looked at everything around him with haughty eyes. Of course, he also noticed the boys in the corner, and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I heard that you rushed to the school first, that's great. It's heartening that the requests of the ancient families can be heeded, Minister, especially in this unsettled period..."

Lucius Malfoy said so deliberately in a drawn-out voice, Fudge seemed to have waited for a savior, and he obviously relaxed, like a broken balloon with no air left.Fudge forced a smile from his face, "Lucius, why are you here?"

The opposite attitude was Hagrid. This man did not hide the anger on his face at all: "Who allowed you to enter my house? You are not welcome here, get out!"

"I've always thought that some wizards are very uneducated even though they have been educated, maybe it's because they should use the nutrition they should use to grow their brains to grow their stature?" Lucius sneered, and ran his fingers across Hagrid's greasy wood contemptuously "Hmph, do you call this dirty and smelly place your home? The basement of my house is even more luxurious than this."

Harry had to hold Ron on the side desperately to stop him from rushing up and hitting Lucius' delicate nose.Anger was burning in his chest too, that Hagrid was his friend and he had been insulted.

But with the rage came unease, and Harry realized that it was indeed impossible for Lucius to visit Hogwarts himself - if it wasn't for yet another conspiracy.

"But we can't have such high demands on everyone, especially you are a criminal..." Lucius' seductive words were interrupted by Dumbledore: "You are wrong, Malfoy, we just talked to Connelly Reached a consensus - Hagrid is not the prisoner, the prisoner is someone else." Hearing his decisive words, Harry felt that Dumbledore was calculating.

Lucius avoided Dumbledore's sharp gaze, he looked at Fudge, who nodded to him profusely in sweat, then shook his head, indicating that there was really nothing he could do.A faint smile appeared on the corner of Lucius' mouth.

"Minister, of course you have the right to arrest Rubeus Hagrid, he is undoubtedly the criminal."

Hagrid's face turned red with anger: "How could I be a prisoner! Didn't you hear Dumbledore say—"

"I ask you, Minister," said Lucius, without looking at him as if he were nothing more than a cloud of air, "why do they think Hagrid isn't a prisoner?" Greg isn't a Parseltongue, there's no way he can manipulate it."

"Here it is, Minister," Lucius said. "Have you, or anyone here, seen the monster?"

"But children are petrified! Basilisks can do that!" Hagrid retorted.

"Could it be—among all the magical creatures we know, only basilisks can do this?" Lucius' eyes were sharp. "Tell me, have you ever seen a basilisk hurting children with your own eyes?"

"No, no—but the chickens in the chicken coop were all killed! Chicken crowing is the natural enemy of the basilisk..." Hagrid realized that Lucius was leading him into a trap, and his voice became louder. very small.

"A blindfold, I assure you, Minister." Lucius said, "It must have been done by Hagrid himself. In order to direct the crime to the non-existent 'basilisk', this cruel man actually killed those Innocent chickens!" he said with all his heart, as if he really cared about the dead chickens.

"But Lucius..." Fudge was moved. He obviously realized that even though this reason was not very tenable, it was enough for the time being as a reason to take Hagrid back to investigate.

"It's okay, Minister. We will all support you. You have done a lot to protect our interests, and others will see it." Lucius followed the temptation.Fudge was thinking, and Dumbledore didn't speak. The atmosphere fell into silence for a while, but it was broken immediately.

"You can't do this! Hagrid is innocent, how can you want him to be a scapegoat!" Ron bravely stood up and yelled at these people. He was very disappointed. His father had a good opinion of Fudge, because he also belonged to the Moderate, but Ron can only feel the cowardly temperament in this man.

Harry must also be supporting his brother, and Fudge was taken aback when he noticed that there were two other people in the room.

"Students? Why are there students here! Wait, you are..." He noticed the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead, "Harry Potter?"

Fudge looked like he was going to shrink back for a moment, but he finally put his hat on, which gave him confidence: "Students, hurry back to the castle, two little gentlemen, this is the business of grown-ups."

"Hagrid is our friend! And our friend, she was attacked! Of course it has something to do with us!" Ron was unfazed, even if he noticed Lucius' contemptuous gaze.

"The hero game... very good, Weasley." Lucius smiled artificially, "Minister, I also brought a piece of news, just for them to listen to, a decision from the school board..." He Looking at Dumbledore.

"I regret to inform you, Albus Dumbledore—" He took out a long piece of parchment with ink shining on it, "By the signatures of me and twelve other trustees, you will be canceled Hogg The position of Principal Woz. In other words, you have now been dismissed, and we will welcome a new and more respectable person into this position."

His words caused a violent shock in this small hut, everyone's face was dull - Dumbledore will no longer be the headmaster of Hogwarts!what does that mean?

Hagrid was furious, he rushed up and grabbed Lucius by the collar, almost lifting him up, shaking him non-stop: "What the hell are you thinking, you dirty, bad bastard?! How dare you, How dare you dismiss Dumbledore! Don't you know that Hogwarts is so respected and kept away from the dark arts? It's all thanks to Dumbledore? He protected people! We lose him and people die in the blink of an eye Lose!"

Fudge sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes were empty, and he was obviously shocked by the news: "Lucius...but...Dumbledore...resigned?!"

Lucius swept Hagrid's big rude hand in disgust, and warned him in a cold voice: "I can take it as you are going to attack me, can't I?"

"Let go of him, Hagrid," Dumbledore said, and Hagrid threw Lucius away angrily, "Professor, this man is a dirty bastard! Let me give him a few punches..."

"Leave your dog, Dumbledore," said Lucius, "if you don't want to make his crime worse. Attack a nobleman, well, you have the guts..."

Dumbledore's eyes flickered, he confirmed the name on the parchment contract, and said slowly: "Malfoy, do you really—do you know what you're doing?"

Lucius satirized him: "I thought you could read every word written on it clearly, or is it because your glasses are not strong enough for you to see them clearly?"

Harry felt a chilling feeling overwhelm him: Dumbledore, the greatest and wisest wizard of our time, headmaster of Hogwarts, was dismissed in front of him!Ron opened his mouth wide and couldn't utter a word. He was also stunned by the sight. Maybe they had many ideas about Lucius' appearance, but none of them developed like this.

"I respect what you protect, Lucius, although this is not the behavior of a decent person," Dumbledore called Lucius' name for the first time, "The timing of your appearance is very coincidental, really coincidental, will Reminiscent of something not so good."

His commanding voice filled the cabin: "Since the trustees think I'm not fit to be the headmaster, they certainly have the right to do so, and I'll explain it to them myself. But this school won't be corrupted by evil, even if it's not Those who know how to do evil, those who think they are smart will eventually suffer the consequences." His penetrating gaze almost looked into Lucius' soul.

Lucius pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.Fudge dryly explained his rights to Hagrid, but Hagrid didn't listen at all, and just looked at Dumbledore pleadingly, "Professor, you can't leave, what should the children do!"

"Don't worry, Hagrid. The children will grow up one day, and they will take on the heavy responsibilities of the future. We just need to wait a little." Dumbledore looked at Harry and Ron, and smiled gently at them .

"I believe that what awaits ahead will never be a worse future."