Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 967: Dumbledore’s Counterattack

Never since Fudge became Minister of Magic had he been so angry, not because of a prediction in Defense Guide magazine that he would be ousted by the masses next year, but because someone tried to use the "Defense Guide" The Guide pushed him to a dead end.

Is Voldemort really back?

Fudge really doesn't want to discuss this with people because it all has to turn out that "Voldemort is back" is just a lie.

This is political correctness.

Fudge slammed the door of the minister's office shut after a tantrum at everyone outside.

He angrily threw the wrinkled "Defense Guide" in his hand to the ground, and after stepping on it hard enough, he picked up the magazine and tore it to shreds.

What is Azkaban will have a mass escape, what is Cornelius Fudge will be ousted by the masses next year.

"Damn Dumbledore, **** it, **** it!"

Fudge could never have imagined that Dumbledore would fight back like this.

He knows very well that if the "Voldemort is back" news is true, then the magazine in front of him will completely corner him, especially as long as some of the so-called prophecies above come true, people will The contents of the magazine are convinced.

Will it come true?

Fudge doesn't know, but he doesn't want to gamble either, because if he loses the gamble, he's really screwed, and maybe he'll be kicked out as the magazine prophesies.

And then, notoriety.

It's all a Dumbledore conspiracy!

A magazine run by Sirius Black?

Fudge wouldn't believe this nonsense, if it weren't for Dumbledore's remote control behind his back, Sirius Black would have the brains to do so?

How dare Sirius Black spread this stuff without Dumbledore's permission?

Definitely a Dumbledore conspiracy!

Just as Fudge was venting his anger, there was a knock on the office door, and it's hard to believe that someone would be so ignorant to bother an angry boss at this point in time.

"Minister, we have seized..." Percy looked at Fudge, glanced at the fragments of the "Defense Guide" magazine on the ground, and continued to report to the other party: "...The magazine that published the "Defense Guide", However, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin could not be found. According to the description of the surrounding stores, the two have not appeared in the magazine for a long time, and the rent of the store is about to expire. We think this is a Premeditated action, I recommend fines for Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, even for the Aurors to jail them for months in Azkaban for public disorder, and A huge penalty for Galleons."

"Just a few months?"

Fudge yelled at Percy, clearly displeased with the outcome.

"Yes, at most a few months." Percy explained in a low voice: "Mr. Minister, they are first offenders. The Ministry of Magic's Department of Magical Law Enforcement will not be sentenced to serious crimes. The lightest may be the intersection. Fines. However, as long as they are fined and they commit the crime again, they can be imprisoned in Azkaban in the name of perseverance, and then the entire magical world will be clean."

"Very well, you will communicate with the Ministry of Magic Law Enforcement Division." Fudge finally agreed with Percy's proposal. Although he wanted to throw Black and Lupin into Azkaban prison, Fudge was not arrested. His anger went to his head, knowing that even going to court would only make him a joke.

"I remember Remus Lupin was a werewolf!" Fudge said suddenly as Percy turned to leave.

"Yes sir, Remus Lupin is indeed a werewolf, and he was once a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts," Percy replied respectfully.

"Send a message to the Daily Prophet and have them refer this to the werewolf, remind them by the way that Remus Lupin was at Hogwarts, and... Jean Dolores Umbridge came to me."

"I'll do it right now."

Percy hurried out of the minister's office after taking down a few things Fudge ordered.

"Minister, are you looking for me?"

A short while later, Umbridge's high-pitched voice echoed outside the Minister of Magic's office.

"Have you read the magazine Defense Guide?" Fudge asked.

"I haven't seen it. I've heard some bad rumours though." Umbridge, with a smirk on his face, said along Fudge's line, "I heard it's called Lay. James Lupin's werewolf-run magazine, maybe, we should want him, who knows if those werewolves are doing some illegal underground activities."

"Remus Lupin was a professor at Hogwarts," Fudge hinted.

"Oh my God, that's not a good idea," Umbridge said in an exaggerated tone. "Parents will be very upset if they know that no one wants their children to be with a werewolf, then It's too dangerous."

"Dumbledore is completely irresponsible to the students. I also heard that he appointed a man of giant blood as a professor of protection of magical creatures. I really don't know what he was thinking." Fudge continued to hint.

Appearing to have guessed something, Umbridge said with a smile: "The current state of Hogwarts is really disturbing."

"Dumbledore doesn't seem to have found the right person for a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. I want you to serve at Hogwarts and save the declining educational level at Hogwarts by the way." Fudge said that he was looking for Umbridge. He knew what kind of person Umbridge was, and also knew that her reputation was not very good, but so what, as long as he could complete his tasks well, he was an excellent subordinate.

Recently, Fudge has found himself running out of people at the Ministry of Magic to trust.

"Oh, no problem, of course," Umbridge agreed with a smile, "but Dumbledore's side may not agree."

"I'll talk to him about this, and he'll agree," Fudge said confidently.

Actually, the Ministry of Magic had long wanted to place a professor at Hogwarts, but all of them were rejected by Dumbledore.

This is a good opportunity, and he is confident that Dumbledore will compromise.

"I won't let you down." Umbridge nodded and left, of course she knew what Fudge wanted to do, and it was a good opportunity for her as well.

Umbridge sees an opportunity to climb the ladder.

She knows exactly how to please Fudge, she knows how to climb the ladder of the Ministry of Magic, and she knows how to convince Fudge that she is one of the few people he can trust.

As long as she gains Fudge's trust, she's not far from a higher position in the Division of Magical Law Enforcement.

Umbridge became the director of the Office of the Prohibition of Misuse of Magic before he was 30 years old, and has been in this position for so many years without lack of ability, means and eyesight.

She also knew very well that the Ministry of Magic had always wanted a place at Hogwarts.

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12 Grimmauld Place, headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

Sirius and Remus are sitting at a table discussing news from the latest issue of the Daily Prophet.

They're all in trouble for publishing The Defense Guide and could face hefty fines.

"I knew it was going to happen," said Remus, frowning. "Fudge must be mad. I wonder if this will get Dumbledore into trouble."

"What does this have to do with Professor Dumbledore?" Ginny asked, puzzled.

"No matter what happens now, Fudge will think Dumbledore ordered it. Come on Remus, do you think Fudge will stop smearing Dumbledore even if we don't? No, he won't stop Yes, if we do nothing, it will be cowardly and incompetent. We need to let everyone know where they are now, instead of burying their heads in the ground like Fudge, or they will die when danger comes?" Sirius didn't seem angry at all when he read the exaggerated reports in the Daily Prophet, instead he had such an expression on his face.

"Perhaps, we should try another way," Lupin suggested, frowning.

Valley "Don't worry about Remus, it's just a Ministry trick, a little intimidation." Sirius said lightly, ignoring the Daily Prophet's content at all .

"Thousands of Galleons, are you sure this is correct, or is the Ministry of Magic completely insane?"

Ron was shocked by the news above about the Defence Guide being blocked and the hefty fines that Sirius and Lupin would face, and he said to Sirius in disbelief: "As far as I know, five Ten Galleons is already a high fine."

"This is just written or will face, which means that this so-called fine of thousands of Galleons is just the amount of the fine that the Daily Prophet's own random guess." Hermione took the newspaper and corrected Ron after reading it carefully. erroneous statement.

"I was once told that the Ministry of Magic is very tolerant of first-time offenders that are not very serious, at least not too severe." Sirius explained to everyone with a smile, "That is to say, even if we are caught now If you live, it will be fined fifty Galleons at most, it doesn’t matter, I don’t lack Remus, if you are caught and fined one day, I can help you pay the fine first.”

"That's not the problem."

"No, that's the problem, because we're not breaking the law at all, Fudge is trying to get us into trouble, he's just trying to use his power to bring us into submission, because he's scared and our magazine could send him to hell." on the note When everyone looked over, Sirius shrugged and said, "At least let him step down with notoriety, and then he will never raise his head again in his life."

"Will it be too harsh," said Hermione, frowning.

"Come on Hermione, do you have to have Harry locked up in Azkaban to wake up?" Sirius sneered, "Don't be merciful to the wrong person, or you'll likely kill someone else."

"Sirius." Remus glared at Sirius disapprovingly.

"I just want her to suffer less in the future. The adult world is cruel, especially if there is no one to protect her."

Hermione remembers Albert saying something similar, thinking he was too naive.

Ignoring other people's eyes, Sirius continued, "This is an unequal political struggle, and political struggles have always been life-and-death, bloody, and you can't have any illusions, you pity the enemy, that is Dig your own grave."

"Yeah, that's about it, so Hermione, you guys are so naive." Fred and George came out of nowhere, "and Sirius said it wasn't equal, that's because Fudge even lost, It's not too bad, Dumbledore will let Fudge go, but Fudge won't, he will only get more and more ruthless, and then Dumbledore will gradually be stripped of most of his titles, even the headmaster. ."

Hermione, Ron, and Ginny were all stunned by this.

"Albert's prophecy?" Lupin asked tentatively.

"Yes." George comforted, "Also, the Ministry of Magic doesn't actually have this charge, it's probably something they made up for you recently, or Rita Skeeter would have been sent to Azka long ago. Ben is in prison."

"How did you know?" Ron couldn't help asking.

"Having been with Albert for a long time, it is easy to be influenced by him." Of course, Fred and George would not say that they are still in contact with Albert.

"By the way, when will the radio station be ready."

"Broadcast station?"

Ron, Hermione, and Ginny looked at each other, wondering what they were trying to do.

"I'm still doing it, I've never done it before." Sirius glanced at his old friend and said, "You also come to help, this is very important, and it is one of our channels for external events."

"Is the time set?" Fred asked again.

"Are you going to speak on the radio?" Arthur brought Mrs. Weasley's soup over, and heard them discussing the wizarding broadcast.

"The Defense Guide is banned, we need a new outlet."

"You shouldn't have published that prophecy on it, Fudge was going crazy, and he had your magazine shut down." Arthur felt that provoking Fudge in this way was not good for everyone.

"It doesn't matter, the rent is about to expire anyway, and there is nothing important in it. We have moved the printing press ahead of time." Sirius seemed to have known the result for a long time, and he happily raised his mouth and said, "Fudge will definitely not allow the magazine to be published, but the more he prohibits it, the more it will arouse everyone's curiosity. If the content in the "Defense Guide" is false, why did Fudge ban it? You know that Fudge or magic used to be said There are quite a few bad-speaking articles, and Fudge has never done that."

The crowd fell silent again.

"The "Defense Guide" will be released privately in the future. With the radio broadcast, we will definitely be able to express our voice to the outside world, instead of letting Fudge monopolize this aspect and continue to deceive everyone." Sirius introduced him to them next. Plan, "Believe me, no one wants to be a rat crossing the street. Even if they can't win more allies, they must keep the majority neutral or lean towards us, especially after something happens, they are definitely more willing to Get some useful news, not the **** from the Daily Prophet."

"Then what are we talking about on the radio?" Lupin asked, frowning, apparently temporarily persuaded by Sirius. Now both Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix need more support, they can't face the Ministry of Magic and the Death Eaters alone, otherwise it will be a disaster.

"You can talk about the Triwizard Tournament and Voldemort's resurrection, and some of Fudge's policies, like sending a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor to Hogwarts, or why Barty Crouch was silenced, or Harry How did he become the fourth warrior."

"I need to change my voice," George reminded.

"Why?"

"Of course to avoid being in trouble, although we are not afraid of trouble, but at least we should avoid it as much as possible." Fred took out two candies from his pocket and said, "However, the development of voice-changing candy is not smooth. Don't try it."

"Voice-changing candy?"

Ron looked suspiciously at the candy in Fred's hand.

"Eat it will make the voice hoarse, and the other will make the voice very sharp." George introduced to the two, "The after-effect is that it takes time to recover, maybe a day, or more, we temporarily I can't find a solution, maybe I'll have to ask Albert for help when I go back to school."

"You guys are well prepared." Arthur looked at his son, then looked at Sirius and Lupin, thinking that there might be something he didn't know.

"By the way, what's the name of the platform, Wizard Lookout?"

"A heartbeat for ten minutes?" Sirius said.

"Why ten minutes of heartbeat?" Ron asked inexplicably, even Lupin was a little confused, and Sirius hadn't told him about many things in advance.

"Because we only talk for ten minutes, how to come out mysteriously, and also set a password to prevent others from hearing the news on the radio."

"What if no one listens?" Arthur frowned. Don't you want more people to hear this broadcast?

"There will always be someone listening. You can think of it as gossip news. Everyone likes to hear gossip, right? And mysterious gossip news can arouse everyone's interest." Sirius was not worried that he had no audience at all. "Kingsley and you both work at the Ministry of Magic, and you can also provide some interesting news, such as Fudge's rage today, etc., analyze some of the actions of the Ministry of Magic, and analyze the current situation for everyone. Believe me, some It's going to come true soon, when these truths come true, people will believe more and more what we broadcast, and when the dementors escape, the whole magic world is in chaos, and I think all wizards in the British magic world will Willing to turn on the radio and listen to the news on our radio."

"And there's no way the Ministry of Magic could come here and ask us to turn off the broadcast, because they couldn't find our exact location."

Fred and George looked at each other, and they heard someone in Sirius' words.

"Are you in touch with Albert?" Hermione couldn't help asking. Ever since the last time she heard about a Death Eater looking for Albert~IndoMTL.com~ Hermione was a little worried about Albert's safety.

"No, he should be hiding." Sirius comforted: "That guy is better at protecting himself than anyone else. I think he is probably hiding in a house protected by the Brave Loyalty Charm. It is very safe, even if it is Dumbledore couldn't find where he was hiding either."

"Isn't Dumbledore the keeper of the Faithful Curse?" Everyone was a little surprised. The only weakness of the Faithful Curse was the keeper, and Dumbledore was undoubtedly the best person to keep it secret.

"No, no one knows who it is. According to Dumbledore, it is safer to not find the exact location and to know who the secrecy is."

"He probably won't go to Hogwarts!" Ron raised his eyebrows and said, "Although I don't think it doesn't matter if he goes or not."

"He's going to school, and Albert said Hogwarts this year will be interesting." Fred blinked. "Maybe it has something to do with the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor sent by the Ministry of Magic."

"Fudge is going to send someone to Hogwarts?" Arthur looked at his son in surprise. He hadn't heard the news at the Ministry of Magic yet. How could they look like they knew it for a long time. "

"Of course, it's Albert after all, you know that's weird?" Fred said, tilting his head. "It's said to be a nuisance."

"I think she's unlucky," George said meaningfully. "Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is not a good job, just look at the previous ones. Moody was locked up for a year, and Remus nearly Entering Azkaban, Lockhart became a fool, Quirrell died, Smith disappeared inexplicably, the only Professor Budd escaped, and he resigned early and ran away, you said the unlucky part of the Ministry of Magic will fall What's going to happen?"

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