Chapter 298
Chapter 298
Chapter 298
It snowed heavily at Hogwarts on the weekend, which surprised many little wizards. Of course, most of the little wizards should feel joy, because today they can go to Hogsmeade.
For little wizards, there's nothing like a village full of honey and wizards.
Naturally, in order to show his importance to the little wizards, Fudge chose this day to meet with the professor sent by Dumbledore, of course, mainly to discuss the dementors.
It's unbelievable...these beasts of Azkaban can do such a thing...Fudge can't wait to kick those confident Aurors into the garbage dump.
They repeatedly claim that the dementors are on command.
What nonsense!
Fudge got off Hogsmeade's sleigh angrily, and then looked around. He made an appointment to meet the Hogwarts professor here.
After a brief observation, Fudge saw that figure...Damn it... He couldn't help frowning when he looked at the indifferent Ash. At this moment, he felt his blood pressure began to rise.
It's this guy again... the professor who has always been curious about dementors, and who also rejected Hagrid's... Fudge didn't expect to be so narrow-minded.
But the disdain and comments in his heart couldn't stop the feigned enthusiasm on his face, and Fudge walked towards Ash while smiling.
"Professor Embers, long time no see!" Just listening to his call, you probably think that the two of them are like brothers, right?
"Yeah." Ash nodded, "Long time no see."
He is not so enthusiastic about the minister of the Ministry of Magic, it's fine if he doesn't have a lot of souls... and he keeps playing some useless tricks.
To be honest, Ash looked down on such politicians... Fortunately, there were no such politicians in Biheim at the time.
Thinking wildly, the two walked into the Three Broomsticks bar. The proprietress of the bar, Ms. Rosmerta, was looking at Fudge with dissatisfaction. The dementors had caused her business to deteriorate a lot.
But she found a booth for the two of them and served two butterbeers.
"Professor Embers...we can't evacuate the dementors..." Fudge saw that there was no one around and said immediately: "The media and those newspapers have been putting pressure on the Ministry of Magic."
Of course, even at my behest.
Ash nodded knowingly. After the dementor incident broke out for the first time, he let the media person, Ms. Skeeter, who liked to talk about others, speak out in the newspaper.
Her offensive has repeatedly undermined the credibility of the Ministry of Magic, even to the point where the Ministry of Magic wants to send Aurors to assassinate her.
"There are quite a few Aurors patrolling outside my window!"
Anyway, that's what she said, who knows?
But looking at Fudge's headache in front of him, Ash admitted that he felt a little relieved.
"But the dementors have been proven to be uncontrollable." Ash said casually, he naturally didn't want the dementors to leave, and his words were just for the next bargaining chip.
"They have been constantly threatening the safety of the students." Ash continued to put up chips: "It is very likely that the next time the Slytherin students will be injured."
His words made Fudge frown. He knew that if a Slytherin student was injured, it would almost mean that Fudge, the Minister of Magic, was at an end.
You know, now even Dumbledore doesn't trust and support him as much as before.
"I understand..." Fudge nodded slowly, he frowned and said, "We are willing to increase our investment in Hogwarts..."
"And we reassured that the dementors will not enter Hogwarts again, and we will send Aurors to supervise them."
Listening to Fudge's words, Ash slowly shook his head and said, "These guarantees are not enough."
His words made Fudge also frown. After thinking for a few seconds, he said: "We will let Hogwarts promote the treatment of professors."
Obviously, he thought Ash was purely seeking personal gain for himself.
Ash laughed when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, Minister Fudge..."
"We hope to get a dementor as a research object..." Ash said slowly: "Only by understanding them can we understand how to deal with them."
Ash's words made Fudge's eyes widen suddenly, and he immediately wanted to say that it was impossible... But when he met Ash's green eyes, he didn't have such courage for a while.
Ash is not just a professor, there are Dumbledore and Hogwarts behind him... I have lost part of the trust of the pure-blood family... I have to keep Dumbledore's trust in me...
Thinking of this, Fudge said slowly: "Can you control the dementors?"
"These are the things of Hogwarts." Ash nodded slowly, and had to say, using Dumbledore's name to gain benefits... not bad behavior.
Looking at Ash's face, Fudge was about to curse...but he held back, no matter it was Ash's own thoughts or Dumbledore's instruction...he couldn't offend Hogwarts anymore.
Especially when public opinion is so unfavorable... As for the danger posed by dementors... Come on, isn't that what you want at Hogwarts?Naturally, the Ministry of Magic was not to blame for problems.
There was even some hope in Fudge's heart that something would happen to the dementors he sent... In this case, it might be an opportunity for the Ministry of Magic to intervene in Hogwarts.
Of course, he could only think about all this in his heart, and the two chatted casually before leaving the Three Broomsticks.
Instead, they chatted on the snow in Hogsmeade.
"Harry doesn't know about Sirius, does he?" Fudge asked casually, believing that Hogwarts would not tell him about it.
"He doesn't know." Ash shook his head. He looked at Fudge and said, "If he knew, he would probably fight Sirius to his death."
"Hey..." Fudge sighed, "Poor kid, you have to fight your godfather..."
"Who would have thought that best friends would betray themselves?"
Ash shook his head when he heard Fudge's words, he didn't continue, after all, there was nothing to say about this matter...
Of course, the two chatting people didn't seem to notice that among the choir children beside them, there was a figure wearing an invisibility cloak...
He ran towards the distance immediately after hearing about Sirius, he couldn't believe it...
Sirius is his godfather?
And he betrayed his father?
Harry felt that he couldn't accept this and was betrayed by his best friend. Harry felt that he couldn't find anything more painful than this in his life...
At this moment, he understood why no one was willing to tell him about it.
(End of this chapter)
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