Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 984 Fudge Pill

  The "Daily Prophet" reported on the results of the International Wizarding Duel Contest held in Spain. It only used one sentence to understate the fact that Albert Anderson won the duel championship.

  However, for the witnesses of the duel contest, the final final was a profound and unforgettable duel.

  At this moment, in the kitchen of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, Sirius was vividly telling everyone what happened at the International Wizarding Duel Competition in Spain a while ago.

Since he finished telling the story about the Death Eaters who tried to send someone to assassinate Albert, but was caught in a pot, now every meal has become the happiest time for everyone, because Sirius will always find time to finish the unfinished story. The story goes on.

  Although it sounds unbelievable, those are real things that happened, not stories made up by Sirius himself.

"Anyway, it was a very exciting and unforgettable duel." Sirius ignored Mrs. Weasley's complaining gaze, cleared his throat and continued: "At that time, Voldemort seemed to use compound potions, disguised as A dark wizard named Afjay, this guy has used black magic to kill two opponents in the previous duel, and sent other opponents to the hospital. He is an extremely cruel guy. I think Voldemort probably wants to use that guy's identity As a cover to murder Albert."

"After all, it's not a surprise to kill other opponents in the next match with the style of the dark wizard Afjay." The corner of Sirius' mouth slightly raised, "However, Voldemort's conspiracy was caught by Albert. I figured it out."

   "You can see it at a glance?" Bill asked in surprise.

   "Yes, Albert saw through Voldemort as soon as he arrived in the players' lounge." Sirius nodded and said, "That's what Dumbledore said."

   "How did he figure it out?" Lupine raised his eyebrows and asked, "Even Dumbledore couldn't figure it out. Maybe we can use his method in the future."

   "I don't know, you have to ask him yourself." Sirius shook his head and said.

  Fred and George on the opposite side exchanged glances, obviously thinking of the reason, but neither of them planned to say it out.

   "I still can't believe that that kind of competition allows contestants to kill people." Hermione put down the spoon and couldn't help saying.

   It is really hard to imagine that other contestants would be allowed to kill their opponents in the International Dueling Competition.

"Although the organizer does not allow the contestants to kill people, accidents will inevitably happen in the duel, and there will be loopholes to exploit." Sirius suddenly showed a strange expression: "Besides, Spain actually relies on this to make money, otherwise there would be no Good-looking duels, why do they sell high prices for their tickets, black wizards participating in the competition, is actually a highlight of the duel competition, people like to see someone beat black wizards, and even kill them, anyway, those guys deserve to die? Of course, most It's time for the referee to stop the senseless murder."

   "By the way, I remember that you seemed to bet on Mr. Anderson to win." Lupine asked with a complicated expression.

"It's about 20,000 Galleons in conversion!" Sirius noticed the eyes of others, coughed lightly, and said, "Don't look at me like that, some of it belongs to Anderson, and I remember telling you to follow along." The bet is what you don't bet on yourself."

   "Twenty thousand Galleons!"

  Ron was dumbfounded when he heard the number burst out by Sirius.

   “It always feels like that guy making money is as easy as drinking water.”

  Fred and George looked at each other, and couldn't help showing a wry smile. Of course, they guessed what kind of show operation it was.

   It's so familiar.

   "Does this count as cheating?" Hermione asked with raised eyebrows.

"It's definitely not. After all, there are only a few people who dare to do this. After all, who dares to be sure that they will win the championship?" Sirius announced happily: "I plan to spend several thousand galleons from it as the activities of the Order of the Phoenix .”

  Since killing Peter Pettigrew and paying homage to the graves of James and Lily, Sirius has taken on a whole new look. His goals in life have also changed, that is to kill Voldemort, fulfill his godfather responsibilities, watch Harry grow up, get married and have children.

  Everyone was shocked by Sirius' generosity, a few thousand Galleons is not a small amount of money.

   You must know that the Order of the Phoenix has no so-called activity funds at all.

   "By the way, Remus, we will publish these reports in the next edition of the "Defense Guide." Sirius thought for a while and said: "Everyone has the right to know the truth."

   "If you put the truth on the board, I dare say Fudge will be very upset." Mr. Weasley reminded.

   "So the magazine also needs to rethink the name."

   "Another name?"

  Everyone cast puzzled looks at Sirius.

"The new magazine is a high-quality imitation of the "Defense Guide", what does it have to do with us?" Sirius said naturally, "Even if Fudge is mad when he sees it, we can't do anything about it, because there is no evidence to prove that the magazine It's about us."

   "I don't think Fudge probably doesn't need evidence." Lupine had a strange expression, surprised at Sirius' wit.

   "Okay, children, it's time for you to go back to your room and rest."

   After dinner, Mrs. Weasley started to drive people away, because some things that other people were not suitable to hear were going to be discussed next.

   Several children reluctantly left the kitchen, while Mrs. Weasley cast a Distraction Charm at the entrance to prevent anyone from overhearing.

"The Gowers were all released without charge. I heard that Malfoy was running around and donated a large sum of money to St. Mungo's Injury Hospital." Mr. Weasley's face was a little gloomy, and he lowered his voice Said: "Fudge thinks they were just kidnapped by dark wizards during the International Wizards Duel Competition, and they are not dark wizards at all."

   "Is Fudge crazy? The evidence is solid, how dare he..." Bill's eyes widened, it was hard to imagine that Fudge would dare to do this.

"He is indeed crazy." Arthur sighed. "Many people think he is crazy. Not long ago, they tried to drive Dumbledore out of the Wizengamot, and I also heard that because of Fudge, Dumbledore also lost his post as President of the International Federation of Wizards."

   "I heard that they plan to take back the Order of Merlin awarded to him by the Ministry of Magic." Arthur sighed, "If there is any news, it should be within the next few days."

"Fudge must have taken bribes." Sirius tapped his fingers on the table, turned to Lupine and said, "We can list some of his crimes one by one, you know, if the truth comes out... People will be surprised to find out that they The Minister of Magic is actually a…”

   "Fudge can't be a Death Eater," Lupine interrupted.

"I didn't say he was a Death Eater, I just wanted to list all the **** things he did, so that everyone can open their eyes and see what their Minister of Magic has done," Sirius said softly, but Very cold: "I think everyone's eyes are sharp. Whether Fudge is innocent or not, everyone can definitely see."

   This trick is actually very ruthless.

  Perhaps, one thing is separated and is not conspicuous on weekdays. However, once someone deliberately connects them and exposes them to everyone, and the environment in the Ministry of Magic is getting worse, it is difficult for them not to think about it.

   "You figured it out yourself?" Lupine felt that Sirius had really changed a lot.

   "It counts!"

   "If this is the case, I think the prophecy that Fudge will step down seems..." Bill thought about his words and said, "It is possible to come true."

   "Did we do something wrong?" Sirius said suddenly, "Shouldn't some brutes have been spared."

"I originally thought that Goyle, Crabbe, Selwyn, and Avery would be punished after their identities as Death Eaters were exposed. What happened? Except for Peter, who was killed by me, everyone escaped. It's been a calamity."

   "You think we should kill them?" Lupine frowned. It was certainly not a pleasant topic.

"No, I don't think it's important to kill them, we need to prevent them from becoming our enemies and deal with them harmlessly." Sirius shook his head and reminded: "Lock them up, or other... In short, let them not be harmless." The method will continue to be our threat, otherwise Gore, Crabbe, Selwyn and Avery will kill our companions one day, can it be considered that they died because of us?"

  Everyone frowned, what Sirius said was undoubtedly a very likely thing to happen.

  However, once the massacre is launched and both sides have red eyes, the situation may completely get out of control.

   "Are you going to bring this up at the next Phoenix meeting?" Mr. Weasley asked Sirius.

   "No, I plan to discuss it with Dumbledore in private, and don't tell Snape that that guy is unreliable." Sirius reminded.

   "Come on, Sirius, Snape still gave us a lot of reliable news." Lupine chose to believe Dumbledore.

"The snot also gave some information about us to Voldemort. For a double agent like him, who knows which side he belongs to?" Sirius raised his hand and interrupted: "Since we don't know, and we can't be sure, then Just don't believe it from the start."

  …

Fudge has been in a good mood in the past few days. Not only did they successfully make Dumbledore lose his position as the chairman of the International Federation of Magicians, they also kicked him out of the Wizengamot, the Supreme Wizarding Court. Order of Merlin, First Class, Fudge believes that not many people are willing to believe Dumbledore's words anymore.

The masses follow blindly and are rarely willing to think about the reasons. This also makes it not difficult to mislead them. One after another bombarded with newspaper information, uninformed wizards will be misled by the information in the newspapers, thinking that Dumbledore is really old confused.

   "The next step is how to deal with Harry Potter, find a way to shut him up, and discredit him... Make people think he is a delusional fool."

   Fudge knew that soon no one would believe their words, no one would believe the resurrection of Voldemort, because they themselves would not believe these things either.

   "Dolores, I need your help to pay attention to Harry Potter. If he has any illegal use of magic, please notify me as soon as possible." Fudge said to Umbridge, which can actually be regarded as a hint. Fudge has been sitting in the position of Minister of Magic for several years, how could he have no means.

   "I will," said Umbridge.

   "Very well, as long as that guy uses magic outside, I can get Dumbledore to fire him."

   "Minister, how about my going to Hogwarts, did Dumbledore agree?" Umbridge asked suddenly.

"He hasn't agreed yet, but if Dumbledore can't provide a teaching position, I will pass the law of the Ministry of Magic to make you a professor at Hogwarts." Fudge said without hesitation: "I'm afraid you will have to go to Hogwarts at any time." Gewartz's preparations for his tenure."

   "What if he finds someone?" Umbridge felt that Fudge was very unreliable.

   "He can't find the right man!" said Fudge firmly.

"All right"

   At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the minister's office.

   "Come in." Fudge said to the wooden door.

   "Minister, it's bad!" Percy walked into the minister's office panting.

   "What's the matter, Weasley?" Fudge asked, frowning. He didn't like Weasley's rashness.

   ""Defense Guide", Sirius Black released the latest issue of "Defense Guide"." Percy put the magazine in his hand in front of Fudge, and quickly turned to a certain page.

   "Bastard, how dare they!"

  After Fudge took the magazine, his complexion suddenly changed. He clenched his fists and hung down on the table vigorously. He stood up directly, staring at the magazine in front of him, wishing to tear it to pieces.

  The content of this issue of the magazine is the article on the Spanish side of the International Wizarding Duel Competition, and compares it with the attitude of the Ministry of Magic on this matter.

   It’s literally putting the fudge on the fire.

   "Immediately place a bounty on Sirius Black and Remus Lupine for disturbing social order." Fudge growled at Percy, spit flying all over Percy's face.

   "I'm afraid not." Percy said with a bitter face, carefully reminding: "Although this magazine looks a lot like "Defense Guide", it is a copy."

  Percy pointed to the name of the magazine, not Defense Guide, but Defense Express.

   "We don't have any evidence to prove that this is a newspaper printed by a magazine run by Sirius Black. Even if they catch Sirius Black and Remus Lupine, they will not admit that this matter has something to do with him."

   "What's your idea." Fudge stared at Percy, "Tell me, what's your idea."

   "We'll just have to figure out how to turn this magazine into a joke," Percy suggested.

   "Can't ban them?" Fudge was very dissatisfied with Percy's approach.

   "The more it is banned, the more likely it will be counterproductive. People will wonder what news is in the magazine and why the Ministry of Magic banned it?" Percy reminded.

   "Enough, I don't want to hear you say this." Fudge said irritably: "I allow you to use all methods to minimize the impact of this matter."

   "I will." Percy said seriously.

   "As long as you can demonstrate your ability to handle affairs, I will promote you as appropriate." Fudge conveniently drew a big cake for the other party.

   No way, the Spanish Ministry of Magic identified Gower and his group as Death Eaters, but Fudge thought they were just kidnapped and declared several people innocent.

   It doesn’t really matter, everyone is forgetful, as long as no one mentions it, it will pass under the cover.

  However, "Defense Express" brutally uncovered the scars and exposed the **** wounds to everyone.

   The four people who were considered innocent were actually once suspected of being Death Eaters. What's worse, there were photos attached to it.

  Photos taken when the four were just "rescued".

   That's not like being "saved".

   It's almost like telling others clearly that those four guys are Death Eaters, and he, Connery Fudge, has a relationship with Death Eaters.

  This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed, even Fudge suspects that several of them are Death Eaters.

   "Diplomatically protest to the Spanish Ministry of Magic." Fudge said suddenly.

   "Are you taking action against Albert Anderson?" Percy asked tentatively.

   "Not yet?" Fudge frowned and said, "That guy has just won the championship for the British wizarding world, and... there is no rush."

After the previous experience, Fudge realized that there was also a group of supporters behind that guy. He attacked Dumbledore and had already pushed many wizards to the opposite side. His political opponents even laughed at him unscrupulously. Fudge felt that he should continue It is never a good choice to provoke another group and push the neutrals to the opposite side.

   "Okay, I'll deal with it now!" Percy nodded slightly towards Umbridge, and left in a hurry.

   "Minister, I'm leaving first!"

  Umbridge looked at the annoyed Fudge, thoughtfully turned and left.

  She actually disdains those guys who only know how to mutter over there all day long, but dare not take action.

   "Someone has to act." Umbridge felt that this was a good opportunity.

  Fudge's words just now reminded Umbridge that Potter had violated the "International Confederation of Magicians' Statute of Secrecy" more than once before.

   If he continues to violate secrecy laws, the Ministry of Magic has grounds to expel him.

   It is not difficult to force Harry Potter to use magic.

  Umbridge believed that as long as he could save face and not be caught, Fudge would not mind why the dementors chased Harry Potter, but would be happy to have the opportunity to fire Harry Potter.

  (end of this chapter)