Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 1109: The Rise of the Dark Lord
Chapter 1111 Rise of the Dark Lord
A black-robed man appeared out of nowhere. He raised his head and looked at the manor filled with cold mist in front of him. Step into the manor through the thick fog.
This used to be an old Muggle manor. Before Voldemort occupied it, most of the manor was deserted. Only a middle-aged couple was hired to live here and help take care of the manor, but they have "disappeared".
The man in black walked through the hall and along the passage to the living room of the manor, which was already filled with silent Death Eaters.
"Severus," said a deep hoarse voice from the head of the table, "you are late."
"Sorry master."
Snape looked blankly into the scarlet eyes and lowered his head.
"Sit down, the meeting has just begun."
Voldemort turned his eyes away from Snape and began today's important meeting.
"Lucius, you are an old friend of Cornelius Fudge, how likely do you think it is for him to succumb?" Voldemort directly set his sights on Lucius Malfoy. Hughes Malfoy had more to say about Cornelius Fudge.
"The current Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, is a weak person. If the method is concealed enough, through intimidation, or using the Imperius Curse to transform and control, there is indeed a chance that Cornelius Fudge will stand with us Here."
Lucius Malfoy lowered his head lower, not daring to look directly into Voldemort's scarlet eyes.
"But it may be very difficult to get Fudge to stand on our side publicly. I think no matter how weak Fudge is, he would not dare to do that, unless we use the Imperius Curse to control him, but it doesn't make much sense."
"Cornel Fudge is weak, we can give Fudge a warning, put pressure on it, maybe...we can destroy a Muggle landmark, or massacre Muggles to put pressure on Fudge to submit to his master. "Yaxley glanced at Malfoy and offered his opinion.
"Although Cornelius Fudge is weak, it doesn't mean that he will give in. Many wizards in the current magic world think that Fudge is the master's servant, and Fudge will definitely do his best to clear this up," Lucius reminded , he has had the longest contact with Fudge, and he knows the character and weaknesses of this weak minister very well.
"We can transform Fudge." Yaxley said without thinking.
"It doesn't make much sense to control Cornelius Fudge. He has done too many bad things in the past year, and now the entire wizarding world is asking Fudge to step down." Lucius Malfoy shook his head. As far as I know, the Ministry of Magic has completely abandoned Fudge, and reforming him will only speed up the process and make the Ministry of Magic vigilant about it."
"They thought that Amelia Burns was likely to take over Fudge's position and become the new minister. Scrimgeour even asked Auror to strengthen the protection of Amelia Burns, and Also thought we'd do something about Amelia Bones."
There is no Death Eater sitting here who doesn't hate that woman, Amelia Bones.
"I don't think Amelia Burns should be made the new minister, it's not conducive to our infiltration of the Ministry of Magic, and she should be disappeared before she is even nominated as the new minister." Yaxley also fears and loathes Amelia Bones.
"The Bones are a very old family, it's a pity that they went the wrong way and chose to run against us." Voldemort said softly, "Since she chose to be a stumbling block in our way, we can only kick it away. I will deal with her personally to show respect for this ancient surname."
"Before we act, we need to figure out the situation around Amelia Bones. Once the assassination fails, it will be much more difficult to kill her."
"Master, the Order of the Phoenix seems to have decided very early on that we would attack Amelia Bones." After Voldemort finished speaking, Snape interrupted and reminded: "They sent people to strengthen the attack on Amelia Bones very early on." For the protection of Amelia Bones, I suspect that Anderson may have made a mess of it, maybe he predicted the death of Amelia Bones a long time ago before providing information to the Order of the Phoenix."
"Albert Anderson." Voldemort whispered the name.
"He has a very good relationship with Dumbledore. It is said that Dumbledore also received the invitation." Snape continued
"This mudblood has indeed caused us a lot of trouble." Voldemort looked sideways at Snape and asked, "Severus, I hope you can bring us some good news."
"He will be married in mid-July," said Snape.
"Mid-July?" Voldemort was not too pleased with that.
"He has been prepared for a long time. All the invited guests don't know the exact time." Snape took out a silver card from his robe pocket and put it on the table, explaining in a low voice: "Hogwarts Many professors have been invited, but not me, who Anderson distrusted from the start. This is the invitation."
"Invitation?"
All eyes fell on the silver card, expressing doubts about Snape's words.
"This is a card that has been enchanted. It is said that the specific time and place of the wedding will not be displayed until a certain point in time." Snape explained to Voldemort, "Anderson is very vigilant. I knew we were following him."
"Master, we should arrest that old woman McDougal for interrogation. We will definitely know the exact time and place." Bellatrix raised her arms and volunteered, "That old woman actually allowed her daughter to marry Giving a mudblood is simply a shame of pure blood, why don't you let me..."
"McDoug doesn't live at home, but hides somewhere. Except for going to work at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries every day, she never appears in other places at all." Snape glanced Bellatrix, who was a little crazy, reminded softly: "Unless you plan to take someone into St. Mungo's Magic Injury Hospital to arrest them, but I have to remind you that the other party is already prepared."
"In just a few minutes, I can **** that old woman McDougal from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries." Bellatrix didn't care about Snape's words at all, but was a little eager to try, Apparently they didn't take it seriously at all to break into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.
"Although I don't want to admit it, Anderson is indeed a big trouble." Snape reminded with a frown, "I have taught him for seven years, and I know his level very well. If you despise him because of his status as a mud farmer, you must Suffer a big loss."
"Master." Yaxley interjected, "According to the news I got recently, Scrimgeour hopes to use the mudblood's prophecy to find us."
Voldemort fell into a brief silence, recalling some unpleasant memories. Not long ago, the lair was given over by Aurors, and there are indications that Scrimgeour probably found the specific location through that Mudblood named Anderson.
"No matter what method we use, we must get rid of that mudblood before he becomes our trouble." Voldemort tossed the silver card lightly, and the card landed in front of Lucius Malfoy, "Don't Let me down again, Lucius, send me a surprise for that Mudblood."
"I'll get rid of that Mudblood, I promise, but..." Lucius Malfoy took the silver card and hesitated for a moment before saying, "If Dumbledore also goes to that wedding and wants to It wasn't easy to kill that Mudblood right under his nose."
Voldemort suspected that being blocked by Dumbledore earlier was also related to the mudblood's prophecy?
His Nagini, his Horcruxes.
"I don't care what methods you use, get rid of that mudblood before he causes trouble for us, and I allow you to mobilize all your strength." The murderous aura emanating from Voldemort made other Death Eaters around feel suffocated, " If Dumbledore, I will deal with him personally."
"It's the master." Although Lucius Malfoy said so, he didn't have much confidence in his heart. He had a deep understanding of how difficult Albert Anderson was. The last time he tried to murder Anderson suffered successive failures, but Lucius Malfoy could not refuse Voldemort's order, nor did he dare to refuse.
The last mission failed and he was caught. With the Portkey, he helped the captured Death Eaters escape from the Azkaban Prison.
Although the Dark Lord did not pursue his failure because of this,...Lucius Malfoy knew that Voldemort blamed himself for the destruction of the prophecy ball, because he was responsible for the entire plan, even if it failed Not his problem, but Lucius still couldn't avoid the consequences of failure.
"Warning Cornelius Fudge first, if he is not willing to stand with us, then teach those hypocritical guys a painful lesson." Voldemort made the final decision, "Yaxley, I I need you to figure out the security situation around Amelia Bones as soon as possible. Lucius, I will leave the mudblood matter to you. Severus, I need you to continue to monitor Dumbledore and provide us with more information. A lot of information about the Order of the Phoenix."
"Yes, master!"
"Master, I found Igor Karkaroff." Yaxley said after Voldemort finished his business, "That traitor is hiding in a seaside cabin somewhere in the north."
"Very good, very good, I will personally execute that traitor." Voldemort's scarlet eyes flashed dangerously.
He, Voldemort, wants to kill now.
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The next day, Cornelius Fudge returned to the office with everyone's strange eyes on him. Since the news of Voldemort's resurrection spread, his situation has become worse. Work together to try to remove him from power.
Sometimes Fudge wonders if he should leave the job himself.
But he was very worried that he would be thrown into Azkaban Prison right after he left his job.
Even if you really want to leave early, you still have to say hello to the next minister, and Fudge believes that his years of ministerial experience can also help the new minister.
Good idea.
But Amelia Burns is likely to be the next minister.
That is a serious, brave, fair lady.
Fudge is really not sure to convince the other party.
There was an urgent knock on the door outside the office.
Fudge's right-hand assistant, Arthur Weasley, hurried into the office and reported out of breath, "Minister, the Brockdale Bridge has collapsed, the mysterious man has brought down the Brockdale Bridge. "
"Finally... started?"
Fudge's body trembled slightly. Ever since Voldemort returned, he had expected such a day, but he never thought that this day would come so early.
"Cornel Fudge, now I speak directly to you."
At this moment, a high-pitched, cold voice echoed between the walls and the floor, and the entire Ministry of Magic employees could hear Voldemort's voice. Those who didn't know it thought Voldemort was in the Ministry of Magic now.
"Throw away your hypocrisy, stand with me, I will let you stay in the position of minister, if you don't want to stand with me, a large number of muggles will die because of you, that building The bridge is just a warning."
Fudge's face was extremely pale, and what Voldemort said just now drove him to a desperate situation.
"Minister, are you okay?" Percy quickly reached out to support the crumbling Fudge, and glanced at the chaotic Ministry of Magic.
"I'm all right, all right," said Fudge weakly. His mind was blank now, not knowing what to do.
"Hold a press conference." Amelia Bones walked over, looked at the weak Fudge, and reminded with a slight frown, "Now, we must clarify immediately."
"Yes, yes, this matter must be clarified immediately." Fudge nodded quickly and said, "Weasley, please."
"Leave it to me, Minister."
"Are you okay?" Burns asked.
"Maybe, it's time for me to resign myself." Fudge's face was full of bitterness. He knew very well that he was finished, and it would be useless to express his position immediately, unless he surrendered to Voldemort. minister.
Looking at Fudge, Burns fell into a brief silence. She knew what Fudge wanted to say, but she didn't know how to clean up the mess Fudge left behind.
"Everyone should have heard that we are being challenged like never before." Fudge came to the hall and said to all the employees of the Ministry of Magic, "Since the resurrection of the mysterious man, I have expected this bad day to come, but I won't give in to that, and the Ministry of Magic won't give in to threats like that..."
Fudge's speech was met with genuine indifference.
"Minister ~IndoMTL.com~ What countermeasures are you going to take?"
"Minister, when will you leave?"
"Minister, Minister..."
"When everyone elects the next minister, I will leave immediately." Fudge looked bitter, and he knew that he had to give an explanation today.
The whole wizarding world has been clamoring for him to resign for a long time.
If a large number of Muggles were slaughtered because of his relationship... Fudge couldn't bear to think about it any longer. Perhaps, he should resign earlier and leave this mess to others.
With the promise of Fudge's willingness to resign, all the employees of the Ministry of Magic couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They all hope that the new minister can lead everyone through the current crisis.
However, they thought too much.
Even Dumbledore can't solve the current problem, let alone the Ministry of Magic, who likes to intrigue. In their eyes, their own interests are the most important.