The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

As Link had expected, Fudge, a stupid and timid fellow, had no sign of wanting to believe it after hearing Dumbledore's detailed account.

He even laughed.

"Listen to me, Dumbledore," said Fudge. "You don't really believe all this, do you? The man who can't even say his name is really back? Don't be kidding, don't be kidding. It's just a smuggler and a group of dark wizards joining forces to gain more power. It's not surprising, in fact they have been very active over the past year, but those actions have been proud of Luos were suppressed.

As for Bagman, we have also investigated. This guy is a very bad official. What he has done is a harm to the public power of the entire Ministry of Magic. It is the most important thing we should do to kill him early to give an explanation to the public. As for what you said, Dumbledore, I really can't help..."

"That night, Link, Harry and Severus were all kidnapped by Voldemort." Dumbledore interrupted Fudge and said firmly, "They all witnessed Voldemort's resurrection, this is an indisputable fact, If you have any doubts, you can come to my office and I can show you a memory fragment of Severus at the time."

Fudge's body shuddered instinctively when he heard Voldemort's name, but he kept that odd smile on his face.

He turned his head to look at Link and Harry, then turned his eyes to Dumbledore and said:

"You're going to take everything they say, aren't you? Dumbledore?"

"Of course I believe them," Dumbledore's eyes glowed, "and they don't have any reason to deceive me with such a lie, especially Severus, he's not that naive."

The smile on Fudge's face finally disappeared.

Up to this moment he was still reluctant to believe that Voldemort had been resurrected, even though Dumbledore had made the matter well-founded, almost flawlessly.

But the more he did, the more he didn't believe it.

Dumbledore was much stronger than him in both power and fame, although Dumbledore had rejected the opportunity of the people to elect him as Minister of Magic, thus allowing Fudge to take advantage.

But Fudge will not be grateful to Dumbledore. On the contrary, Fudge has lived in Dumbledore's shadow all the time for so many years, worried that Dumbledore will suddenly want to be Minister of Magic again, and thus put him in the shadow of Dumbledore. Get off the stage.

Especially after Fudge got a taste of power,

This emotion has also become more and more fiery.

If anyone else had mentioned the resurrection of Voldemort, Fudge would unconditionally give a three-point letter first and take a full investigation.

After all, this is no small matter.

But it happened that Dumbledore told the people at Hogwarts.

This made Fudge unable to believe it.

Because in Fudge's understanding, Dumbledore is fully capable of arranging this non-existent thing seamlessly, and using this to change him.

And now, in the face of the "witness testimony" that Dumbledore once again brought out, Fudge looked at Harry and Link almost instinctively again, and finally locked his eyes on Link.

For him, whether it was the testimony of Harry Potter or Snape, he could completely ignore it.

After all, one of them was a brat full of crazy talk, and the other was a former Death Eater who was firmly held in the palm of his hand by Dumbledore. Even if the two of them were released, the public would not believe it too much.

But Link, the heir to the Foley family, is different.

The impact of such testimony from someone of high social status and at the top of the entire class in both personal and background prestige is astonishing.

Fudge's expression was so ugly, he couldn't figure out how Link would be willing to stand on Dumbledore's side.

But it didn't matter, Fudge felt that based on the experience of his previous friendly exchanges with Link, Link should not be the kind of existence that couldn't be settled.

Quickly thinking of a countermeasure, Fudge regained his smile and said:

"Ah! Dumbledore, if you don't tell me, I really forgot! In addition to investigating Ludo Bagman's case at Hogwarts this time, I have another important task."

He looked at Link again, "That is to award our Triwizard Tournament champion and the hero who saved Hogwarts - Mr. Link Foley!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was a little confused by Fudge's sudden change of topic.

But Fudge himself disagreed, and with great enthusiasm he took out a bag full of Jin Galleons and stuffed it into Link's arms.

"First of all, this is your bonus. Ah, yeah yeah, I know 1000 Galleons is a little too little for you, but please understand, this is definitely not an insult to you, it's just the rules .

Of course, your performance this time can be said to be fantastic, especially when you defeated the incoming dark wizard and saved Hogwarts. I can't forget such a great credit.

In fact, I have already prepared the award ceremony for you. The place is in the largest auditorium of the Ministry of Magic. By the way, I also notified the reporter of the Daily Prophet to be there to interview you. I hope that through your deeds, you can encourage more A lot of young people go up every day.

In addition, I think your mother and even the entire Foley family must be rewarded. After all, they have brought up such an outstanding boy as you for the country, right?

Link, how about you just follow me back to the Ministry of Magic after I finish my work at Hogwarts? "

After saying that, Fudge glanced at Dumbledore proudly.

This made most of the people present sank.

Fudge's words of wooing and bribery mean too much.

And the benefits given are really amazing.

They were really afraid of Link's change of words. After all, in general, heirs like Link who came from a big pure-blood family were educated from childhood to focus on the interests of the family.

From this point of view, Link seems to have a really hard time rejecting Fudge.

"Link won't ask for your reward! Stop delusional!"

The hot-tempered but not stupid Harry also recovered his taste at this time, and said angrily, "Besides, I have seen Death Eaters with my own eyes, and I can even call out their names! Lucius Malfoy—"

"The Malfoy family is an ancient family, and they are very willing to devote themselves to a good cause." Facing Harry's roar, Fudge seemed unhurried and responded slowly, "And after investigation, Lucius Malfoy He was held under the Imperius Curse, and he has been acquitted."

"McNeill!"

Harry reluctantly continued to call out those names.

"He was also acquitted and is currently working at the Ministry of Magic."

"Crabbe! Goyle! Nott..."

"I'm so sick of it! You're just repeating the names of those who were convicted of not being Death Eaters thirteen years ago! If you want to know if these people are innocent, you can go to the trial report of that year, those were Public information! For Merlin's sake, Dumbledore, take care of your students! He's so whimsical that he thinks he's smarter than the professionals at the Ministry of Magic!"

Fudge finally got a little angry.

He shouted at Harry angrily, and he simply ignored Harry and continued to look at Link, waiting for a response.

But Link shook his head in disbelief.

That's right, Fudge's exchange of interests is indeed very sincere.

But he still overlooked one point, that is, Voldemort is really resurrected.

If it were compared to the catastrophe that Voldemort would bring, Fudge's little thing seemed a bit tasteless.

"Stop doing these meaningless things," Link said slowly. "Minister Fudge, the man who can't even be named has been resurrected, and he planned this attack. I think you're arguing with him here. , might as well do something more meaningful.”

Hearing that, Harry's excited plans were about to jump up.

He knew that Link could not be moved by a mere interest.

However, Fudge's expression was somewhat uncertain.

He still didn't expect that Voldemort had really been resurrected, he just thought that Link was bargaining with him.

With the idea of ​​listening to the conditions first, Fudge said expressionlessly:

"Then what do you think is more meaningful?"

"Let's say," Link said, following Fudge's words, "to get Azkaban out of the Dementors' control."

"Are you crazy? Dementors removed? I bet I'll be kicked out of the Vincengarmo Council discussion if I make this suggestion!" Fudge yelled, frowning, "You know, half of us are because of Knowing that there are dementors guarding Azkaban can help you sleep peacefully at night.

What's more, the use of Azkaban as a predation ground for dementors is a covenant made by the Ministry of Magic of the country and the entire dementor tribe of the country! You know the dementors are always going to hunt, I pulled them out of Azkaban and where did you tell them to hunt? Muggle society? "

"You have to do this, evil creatures like dementors are natural allies of people like Voldemort, and by letting them guard Azkaban you're sending the Death Eaters back to Voldemort's arms. Link said solemnly, "Or if you don't revoke the dementors, then just execute all the prisoners in Azkaban. Anyway, Azkaban is also dead every three days, kill them. After that, just arrange the cause of death casually, and no one will care."

As soon as Link's words came out, everyone's face changed, and Harry's face was even paler, his eyes widened as if he had known Link for the first time, and he looked at Link in horror.

It was really hard for him to imagine that such cold-blooded words came out of Link's mouth.

That's hundreds of lives!

"Or you have a second option," Link said with his eyes fixed on Fudge, "before it's too late, send a letter to non-human intelligent creatures, including giants, mermaids, goblins, centaurs, and so on, and reach out to them. The Hand of Friendship, or Voldemort will pull them all over! Don't be surprised, he's done this before."

"You're really crazy-"

Fudge murmured, but before he could finish his words, Dumbledore interrupted:

"Link is not crazy, in fact everything he said is what I want you to do. Connelly, accept it, stop obsessing about your office, it will only cost you what you deserve. judgment."

At this time, Fudge could no longer speak. He was just panting, shaking his head and backing away.

Snape burst out from the side, grabbing Fudge by the collar and pulling it back.

Then I saw Snape lift his sleeves and put the black mark on his arm that was regularly stirring as if he had come to life, and said in a hoarse voice in front of Fudge:

"Look, Dark Mark. It's not as visible as it was that night, when it burned all black, but it's still visible now? It's more active than it's been in the last ten years! You know what that means. What's the matter? Now can you still say that the person is not resurrected?"

Fudge was terrified.

With all his strength, he got rid of Snape with a blushing face, and slowly retreated to the door:

"You guys are really unreasonable, enough, really enough, I don't want to talk to you crazy people anymore, I'm going back!"

"Connelly!"

Dumbledore called out to Fudge, "If you're so obsessive and obsessive. Then we'll have to part ways. You do what you see fit, and I—I'll do what I will."

Dumbledore's voice sounded incomparably flat, as if it didn't contain any threat and was just a notification, but Fudge was furious when he heard the words, and his face turned blue and white for a while, as if Dumbledore was holding a stick. The wand was aimed at him.

After a while, Fudge came to his senses.

He was a little embarrassed, took a few steps forward, blushed and shouted in a deformed voice:

"Okay, Dumbledore! I have always given you full freedom, and I have always respected you. I may disagree with some of your decisions, but I always keep silent. Not many people will allow you to hire a werewolf, keep Hagrid, or decide what to teach students without asking the Ministry of Magic. But if you think I'm really afraid of you, you'd be sorely mistaken!"

Excessive anger made Fudge sway a little.

After that, he stopped talking to Dumbledore and slammed the door directly.

"Headmaster Dumbledore—"

Harry said worriedly.

Although he had also acted extremely tough just now, he was facing the Minister of Magic after all, and Harry felt a little wrong when he saw Fudge's fire.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything." Dumbledore waved his hand, "You and Link have a good rest. It's serious business to take care of your health as soon as possible."

After that, Dumbledore left the infirmary with Mag and others expressionlessly.

Next they have a long meeting to open.

Looking at the background of their departure, Link also frowned deeply.

He had actually thought about changing Fudge's mind and joining forces with the Ministry of Magic to fight Voldemort.

This will make the time for Voldemort's re-emergence to be extremely long. After all, the Ministry of Magic, as the strongest organization in the wizarding world, cannot be underestimated.

But the reality made Link wake up from the dream.

However, the way to borrow the power of the Ministry of Magic is not only through Fudge.

Since Fudge is shameless, Link can only be hard.

"call!"

Link took a deep breath and said to Harry very seriously:

"Harry, your speech must be done ASAP."