Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 987 Who is behind the scenes

  Compared with the warmth of Rose Manor, the atmosphere at No. 12 Grimmauld Place is a bit heavy and depressing.

After receiving the news that Harry was attacked, Dumbledore hurried to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix to understand the situation. He really couldn't understand why he was attacked by dementors when someone was standing guard to protect Harry. ?

"Sirius, write to Harry and ask him not to leave, let alone hand over his wand." Dumbledore quickly made arrangements, then turned to look at Mrs. Weasley, "Molly, ask Hermione and Ron to Harry wrote a letter to calm Harry's emotions, I have asked Minerva to go to Mrs Figg's side first to understand the situation, and if anyone is free later, I will ask him to take Minerva's place first."

   "Also, who is in charge of guarding tonight?"

"it's me."

  Mundungus said weakly, shrinking his neck.

   "Mundungus, what's going on." Dumbledore walked into the restaurant quickly, staring at the guilty little old man in front of him and asked, "Don't try to hide it."

"I…"

  Mundungus hesitantly told the story of his spare time to do big business, he knew he couldn't hide it from Dumbledore.

   "That is to say, you left without authorization before the changing of the guard, and as a result, a dementor attacked Harry and his cousin?" Dumbledore's face became more gloomy.

   "Feg said so, she saw it with her own eyes." Mundungus said, shrinking his neck, "I really didn't expect this to happen."

   "You really let me down, I remember Sirius gave you a subsidy." Dumbledore's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He took out his wand, summoned parchment and quill out of thin air, and began to write.

  This incident spread to Harry's cousin Dudley, and he had to write to Harry's Aunt Petunia, lest they kick Harry out of the house.

  After writing the letter, Dumbledore drew out his wand again, and cast a spell on the letter, turning it into a Howling Letter, which would ensure that they would know what was in the letter even if the other party didn't open it, and let Harry keep it.

   "I have to go to the Ministry of Magic and stop Fudge from firing Harry."

  Before Dumbledore walked out of the hall, he handed the Howler letter to Mrs. Weasley, and said, "Help me send this letter as quickly as possible. Tell the owl to deliver this letter."

"OK."

  Mrs. Weasley looked at the Howler letter in her hand, opened her mouth, and after instructing the others, hurried to the post office in Diagon Alley to help Dumbledore post the Howler letter.

  No way, who let the owls in the house go out to send letters to Harry.

   "It scared me to death. Dumbledore's expression just now was terrible. I've never seen him so angry before." Mundungus reached out and patted his chest with a look of lingering fear.

"Mundungus, why is Harry being attacked by dementors?" Fred and George appeared out of nowhere, holding Mundungus' arms from left to right, Hermione, Ron He and Ginny also came here one after another.

   "I wouldn't know, and it wouldn't help if I was there," Mundungus said irritably, not expecting the accident just after he left the gang. Moreover, even if he was there at the time, Mundungus couldn't summon the physical Patronus at all, let alone drive away the dementors.

   "This is weird." Hermione frowned and asked, "Besides Azkaban, are there other places where there are dementors?"

   "Probably not, at least not in Britain." Sirius shook his head and said, "No one likes those dangerous dark creatures. Most dementors are concentrated in Azkaban by wizards to prevent them from wandering around and causing chaos."

   "If this is the case, only the Mysterious Man and his..." Hermione was interrupted by George next to her before she could finish her sentence.

"The Ministry of Magic is also possible, and I dare say Fudge would like to find a chance to fire Harry." Fred corrected, "Don't underestimate the downline of politicians, what are those guys afraid to do in order to achieve their own goals? "

   "Should...not likely." Hermione looked at Fred in surprise, it was hard to imagine that the Ministry of Magic would do such a thing.

   "Don't have illusions about the Ministry of Magic." George sneered, "Haven't you seen the essence of the Ministry of Magic clearly? For their own power and interests, is there anything they can't do?"

   "Look what they've done to discredit Dumbledore, just because Dumbledore told the truth?"

   "I think Fred and George are right." Ron echoed, "The Ministry of Magic has indeed done a lot of bad things recently, and I wouldn't be surprised if they did."

   "Hermione, don't be naive, or you will suffer a lot sooner or later." Sirius reminded kindly, looking at Mundungus, "Where did you go then?"

   "I'm going to make a big deal." Mundungus's voice faded, and after meeting Sirius' gaze, he couldn't help shrinking his head.

  No way, guilty conscience.

  Mundungus took Sirius' Galleon subsidy.

  Although there are only a few tens of galleons, and they buy things for members of the Order of the Phoenix who are on guard in the name of subsidies, it is actually enough as a reward for them to help out on guard.

  In fact, every member of the Order of the Phoenix who served as Harry's sentry received this money. Since dealing with Albert, Sirius has become more mature and better at how to use Gallon to serve him.

  Although everyone is contributing to a great cause, you can’t be hungry, and those Galleons are earned for nothing. The purpose of sending Galleons to everyone is to let everyone help take care of Harry.

   “Sorry, I promise… never again.”

  Mundungus put his hand into his pocket, as if hesitating for something, but in the end he didn't take out the money bag from his pocket, and returned Sirius' subsidy.

"Don't have a next time." Sirius stared at Mundungus for a while, then suddenly showed a strange smile: "Also, your so-called big business is not worth mentioning at all, you see I just went to Spain , earning tens of thousands Galleons, this is a big deal."

   "Really?" Mundungus asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"Otherwise, where do you think Garen is from me to give you subsidies?" Sirius said calmly, "Complete your mission well, and if there is a chance to make a fortune in the future, I will call you, at least make more money than your so-called big business , isn’t it, how much money do you make from a big deal?”

   "Sorry." Mundungus also heard that Sirius made a large fortune with a bet, "I will do my best in the future, don't forget me when you do big business."

   "It seems that you have solved the problem."

  A voice came from the end of the corridor, Sirius turned his head and saw Kingsley walking towards this side.

   "Learned from that guy Anderson, Mundungus just wanted some Galleons, and I just gave him a chance to make a fortune." Sirius directly pointed this out, "When did you come here?"

   "Just now, I have roughly figured out what's going on now." Kingsley asked with a strange expression: "Are you really planning to make a fortune with him?"

   "Who knows?" Sirius shrugged and said, "Maybe the opportunity will come in a few days, maybe he will have to wait for a while, maybe he will not seize the opportunity just like you."

   Speaking of this matter, Kingsley was a little depressed.

  No one would think that money is too small, but who knew that Sirius really got rich.

   "What's the situation at the Ministry of Magic?" Sirius pulled the topic back on track, "Did Dumbledore solve this problem?"

"No, Dumbledore failed to convince Fudge. I also know that Fudge wanted to expel Harry, but he agreed to wait for Harry to be tried before deciding whether to destroy the wand and let Hogwarts expel Harry." Kingsley said. When talking about this matter, the expression on his face was a bit gloomy, "Also, Fudge does not admit that there are dementors outside the control of the Ministry of Magic, and directly pointed out that there are no dementors in the situation without the consent of the Ministry of Magic. Leave Azkaban privately."

"This is probably done by a member of the Ministry of Magic, and the other party's position is not low." George interrupted out of nowhere, "If it was the Death Eaters, they would not use this method, at least Not just sending two dementors to attack Harry."

   "Besides, I don't think Harry's cousin will survive." Fred added, "It looks more like the Ministry of Magic did it on purpose to give them an excuse to expel Harry."

   "The Death Eater's conspiracy is really bad, remember last time in Spain..." Dedalo Diggle took a bite of the sandwich and complained indistinctly.

   "The time in Spain was different. With Albert's personality, he would definitely not put himself in danger, so the Death Eaters didn't have time to make a rigorous plan at all."

   Having been roommates with Albert for several years, Fred and George knew Albert's character and style far better than anyone else.

   Really think that Albert risked his life to participate in the International Wizarding Duel Competition?

No!

  Facts have proved that Albert doesn't need help at all. He can turn the Death Eaters around and easily deal with the dark wizard who is trying to make trouble by himself. As for Peter Pettigrew and the other Death Eaters, no matter how they looked at them, they seemed to be intentional gifts for Sirius.

   "Fred, George, what are you..." Mrs. Weasley didn't like the Weasley twins being involved in these things, most of their family were members of the Order of the Phoenix.

   "I just remind them, so as not to get into a misunderstanding." The twins looked at each other and said in unison.

   "This matter is definitely related to the Ministry of Magic, maybe Fudge, or people around Fudge." George looked at Kingsley.

   "Don't look at me like that." Kingsley said helplessly, "I protect Muggle ministers most of the time, maybe you should ask Arthur. And, why do you think so?"

"Albert always said that playing politics is very dirty, and he will do anything to achieve his goal." Fred reminded, "Don't you think it is very similar to what Fudge would do? It is like he does not hesitate to smear Dumbledore, it's just a different target now."

"You have asked him." Mad-Eye Moody seemed to have thought of something, and looked up at the Weasley brothers, "If this is the case, the situation will be better, at least the advance guards who escorted Harry will not encounter too many problems. Big trouble."

   "But why did they do this." Kingsley thought this statement was absurd, "In order to get Harry fired?"

"Just look at the information about the Snotlite." Sirius sneered, "If it is really Voldemort's conspiracy, the next time the Order of the Phoenix gathers, the Snotlite will come to us with a long and stinky report about the attack on Harry. The dementors were part of Voldemort's plot to get Harry fired from the Ministry of Magic."

   "If it wasn't Voldemort's conspiracy, then it must have been done by someone from the Ministry of Magic."

   This statement was quickly accepted by everyone, and Voldemort was undoubtedly the most suspected object. If it wasn't for Voldemort, the Ministry of Magic would naturally be left.

  In the following time, in addition to discussing the attack, everyone was also listening to Mad-Eye Moody arranging Harry's transfer plan for everyone.

   "The current situation is not good for us. Harry needs to go to the Ministry of Magic for trial on August 12."

  In the evening, Mr. Weasley, who finally got off work, brought back bad news to everyone, "Fudge really intends to use this opportunity to fire Harry."

"Look, if Fudge gets thrown into Azkaban, he doesn't deserve sympathy at all, and I suspect it's all part of his plot, he just kicked Dumbledore out of the Wizengamot, and he couldn't wait to get his hands on Harry. "Sirius said with a dark face, gritted his teeth, "Let him continue to be arrogant for a while now, and after Fudge is kicked out by everyone, I will definitely add insult to injury and let him go to Azkaban Prison for life."

"Don't worry about Sirius, Harry won't be expelled." Kingsley comforted, "The "Reasonable Restraining of Underage Wizards Act" stipulates that in the case of life-threatening situations, you can use magic to save yourself. And we have evidence."

  Kingsley didn't know whether he was speaking to Sirius or someone else.

"No, Kingsley, the situation is not as good as you think. I haven't forgotten about Hagrid." Hermione said sullenly, "If the Ministry of Magic insists on expelling Harry, the so-called interrogation is useless at all. They just wanted to take this opportunity to insult Harry."

   "What about Hagrid?" Everyone showed puzzled expressions.

   "Hagrid's Hippogriff was once sentenced to death by the Ministry of Magic." Ron explained for Hermione.

   "How will this matter be resolved in the end?" Kingsley asked curiously.

   "It seems that Albert let go of the hippogriff under the eyes of the executioners." Ron guessed, "Anyway, the hippogriff disappeared."

   "What did Albert say?" Hermione asked.

   "He said that with Dumbledore around, Harry will be fine." George admitted that he had contacted Albert.

   "I bet the Prophet will never mention the Dementor attack, or at least keep it under wraps," Fred said suddenly.

   "Because this matter cannot withstand investigation at all?" Ginny asked curiously.

"Yes, that's it." George seemed to see through everything, and pointed out directly, "Some things cannot withstand investigation at all, but as long as they are not investigated, there is no problem. Maybe we should bring this up on the radio and let everyone know about the dementors. Out of control. I think they have a right to know, not to be taken for a fool by the Ministry."

"You're right. This is a sensational subject. Since they don't want to report it, let us help him report it." Sirius agreed with the twins' proposal, thought for a while and said: "Before that, we need to Mrs. Figg protected him from despicable attacks. If Fudge does fire Harry, we can hide him in the headquarters, and we will settle the account with him when Fudge steps down next year."

  Sirius has already prepared the worst plan. If Harry is really unfortunate to be expelled, let him temporarily live at 12 Grimmauld Place.

   However, the situation doesn't seem too bad, even Albert thinks that Harry will be fine.

  (end of this chapter)