The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Just as Link expected, Fudge, a stupid and cowardly guy, still had no sign of wanting to believe it after hearing Dumbledore's detailed account.

He even laughed.

"Listen to me, Dumbledore." Fudge said, "You don't really believe all this, do you? That the person who cannot even be named is really back? Stop joking, stop joking. This is just a death sentence. It's nothing more than an action by a smuggler and a group of dark wizards to try to gain more power. This is not surprising at all. In fact, they have been very active in the past year, but those actions have been ignored. They just suppressed it.

As for Bagman, we have already investigated clearly.This guy is a very bad official. What he did is harmful to the public power of the entire Ministry of Magic. The most important thing we should do is to execute him as soon as possible to give an explanation to the public.As for what you said, Dumbledore, I really can't help it..."

"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 still have questions, you can go to my office and I can show you fragments of Severus' memories at that time."

Fudge's body trembled instinctively when he heard Voldemort's name, but he retained that weird smile on his face.

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

"You're going to take their word for it, aren't you, Dumbledore?"

"Of course I believe them," Dumbledore's eyes sparkled, "and they have no reason to deceive me with such lies, especially Severus, who is not that naive."

The smile finally disappeared from Fudge's face.

Until now, he still didn't want to believe that Voldemort had been resurrected, even though Dumbledore's explanation was very reasonable and almost flawless.

But the more this happened, the less he believed it.

Dumbledore was much stronger than him in terms of strength and reputation, although Dumbledore initially refused the opportunity for the people to elect him as Minister of Magic, thus allowing Fudge to take advantage.

But Fudge would not be grateful to Dumbledore. On the contrary, Fudge had been living in Dumbledore's shadow all the time for so many years, worrying that Dumbledore would suddenly want to be the Minister of Magic again, thus destroying him. Ousted.

Especially after Fudge tasted the taste of power, this emotion became more and more intense.

If anyone else had told him about Voldemort's resurrection, Fudge would have believed it unconditionally and conducted a full investigation.

After all, this matter is no small matter.

But it happened that it was Dumbledore who told the people at Hogwarts.

This made Fudge unable to believe it.

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

But now, facing Dumbledore's 'witness' once again, Fudge almost instinctively looked at Harry and Link, and finally locked his sights on Link.

For him, he could completely ignore the testimony of both Harry Potter and Snape.

After all, one of them is a brat who talks crazy words, and the other is a former Death Eater who is firmly held in Dumbledore's hands. Even if their words are released, the public will not believe them.

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

The impact that the testimony of such a person with a very high social status, who is at the top of the entire class in terms of personal reputation and background reputation, can be astonishing is amazing.

Fudge's expression was extremely ugly. He couldn't understand why Link would be willing to side with Dumbledore.

But it doesn't matter. Fudge feels that based on his previous friendly exchanges with Link, Link shouldn't be the kind of person who can't be dealt with.

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

"Ah! Dumbledore, I really forgot if you didn't tell me! In addition to investigating the case of Ludo Bagman, I have another important task when I come to Hogwarts this time."

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

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

But Fudge himself didn't take it seriously. He enthusiastically took out a bulging money bag filled with gold galleons and stuffed it into Link's arms.

"First of all, this is your bonus. Ah, yes, yes, I know that 1000 gold galleons is indeed a bit too little for you, but please understand that this is definitely not an insult to you, but this is the rule .

Of course, your performance this time can be said to be wonderful, especially when you defeated the invading dark wizard and saved Hogwarts.Naturally, I cannot forget this great contribution.

In fact, I have already prepared the award ceremony for you. The venue is in the largest auditorium of the Ministry of Magic. By the way, I also notified reporters from the Daily Prophet to come and interview you. I hope that your deeds can encourage more people. Many young people are making progress every day.

In addition, I think your mother and even the entire Foley family must also be rewarded. After all, they have trained such an outstanding young man like you for the country, right?

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

After saying this, Fudge glanced at Dumbledore proudly.

This made the hearts of most people present sink.

The connotation of coaxing and bribery in Fudge's words was too strong.

And the benefits given are indeed amazing.

They were really afraid that Link would change his tune before the battle. After all, generally speaking, heirs like Link, who came from a large pure-blood family, had been taught since childhood to put the interests of the family first.

From this point of view, it seems that it is really difficult for Link to refuse Fudge.

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

Harry, who had a hot temper but was not stupid, also recovered his feelings at this time and said angrily, "Besides, I saw the Death Eaters with my own eyes, and I can even tell them their names! Lucius Malfoy——"

"The Malfoy family is an ancient family and is very willing to devote itself to a good cause." Faced with Harry's roar, Fudge seemed unhurried and responded slowly, "And after investigation, Lucius Malfoy He was originally controlled by someone using the Imperius Curse, but he has been acquitted."

"McNeil!"

Harry continued to name the names without giving up.

"He was also acquitted and now works at the Ministry of Magic."

"Crabbe! Goyle! Nott..."

"I'm so fed up! You are just repeating the names of those who were found not to be Death Eaters 13 years ago! If you want to know whether these people are innocent, you can read the trial reports of that year. Those are all public Information! For Merlin's sake, Dumbledore, take good care of your students! He is so whimsical that he thinks he will be smarter than the professionals at the Ministry of Magic!"

Fudge finally got a little angry.

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

Link, on the other hand, shook his head in confusion.

Yes, Fudge's exchange of interests this time was indeed very sincere.

But he still ignored one thing, that is, Voldemort was really resurrected.

If compared with the catastrophe that Voldemort would bring, Fudge's little thing seemed a bit useless.

"Stop doing these meaningless things," Link said slowly, "Minister Fudge, that person who must not even be named has been resurrected, and he planned and launched this attack. I think you are quarreling with him here. , might as well do something more meaningful.”

Hearing this, Harry's plans almost jumped out of excitement.

He knew that Link couldn't be moved by a mere benefit.

But Fudge's expression was a little uncertain.

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

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

"Then what do you think is more meaningful?"

"For example," Link said, following Fudge's lead, "get Azkaban out of the control of the Dementors."

"Are you crazy? Remove the dementors? I dare say that as soon as I make this suggestion, I will be kicked out of the Vincennes Council discussion!" Fudge frowned and yelled, "You know, half of us are because of Knowing that there are dementors guarding Azkaban, I can sleep peacefully at night.

What's more, using Azkaban as a feeding ground for Dementors is an alliance between the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China and the entire Dementor community of the Republic of China!You know, Dementors always hunt. I evacuated them from Azkaban. Where do you want them to hunt?Muggle society? "

"You must do this. Evil creatures like dementors are naturally allies of people like Voldemort. If you let them guard Azkaban, you are sending the Death Eaters in Azkaban back into the arms of Voldemort." ." Link said solemnly, "Or if you don't cancel the dementors, then just execute all the prisoners in Azkaban. Anyway, Azkaban also has people dying every day, kill them. Then just arrange a casual cause of death and no one will care."

As soon as Link said this, everyone's expressions changed. Harry's face turned even pale. His eyes widened as if he were meeting 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 from 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, etc., and reach out to them. The hand of friendship, or Voldemort will bring them all together! Don't be surprised, he has done this before."

"You are really crazy——"

Fudge murmured, but before he could finish speaking, Dumbledore interrupted:

"Link is not crazy. In fact, everything he said is what I want you to do. Connelly, accept the reality and stop being obsessed with your official position. This will only make you lose what you deserve." Judgment.”

At this time, Fudge could no longer speak. He just gasped, shook his head, and kept retreating.

Snape suddenly rushed out from the side. He grabbed Fudge by the collar and pulled him back.

Then Snape lifted up his sleeves, put the dark mark on his arm that was beating regularly as if it had come alive, and put it in front of Fudge's eyes and said in a hoarse voice:

"Look, the Dark Mark. It's not as obvious as it was that night, when it was burned completely black, but you can still find it now, right? It's much more active than it has been in the past ten years! You should know what this means What are you talking about? Now can you still say that that person has not been resurrected?"

Fudge was horrified.

He used all his strength and suppressed his blush to get away from Snape, slowly retreated towards the door and said:

"You are really unreasonable. Enough is enough. Enough is enough. I don't want to talk to you crazy people anymore. I want to go back!"

"Connelly!"

Dumbledore shouted to Fudge, "If you are so determined and stubborn, then we will have to part ways. You do what you think is appropriate, and I - I will act according to my will."

Dumbledore's voice sounded very calm, as if it contained no threat and was just a notification. But when Fudge heard this, he was extremely frightened and his face turned green and white for a while, as if Dumbledore was holding up a stick. As if the wand was pointed at him.

After a while, Fudge finally reacted.

He became a little angry and took a few steps forward. He suppressed his blush and roared in a deformed voice:

"Okay, Dumbledore! I have always given you full freedom and I have always respected you. I may not agree with some of your decisions, but I always keep silent. Not many people will allow you to hire a werewolf and keep it. Hagrid may decide what to teach the students without consulting the Ministry of Magic. But if you think I am really afraid of you, you are totally wrong!"

The excessive anger made Fudge's body shake a little.

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

"Headmaster Dumbledore—"

Harry said rather worriedly.

Although he had acted extremely tough just now, he was facing the Minister of Magic after all. Seeing Fudge getting so angry, Harry also felt a little bit wrong.

"Don't worry, I will take care of everything." Dumbledore waved his hand, "You and Link should have a good rest. It is important to take good care of your health as soon as possible."

After saying that, Dumbledore led McGonagall and others out of the infirmary with an expressionless expression.

They have a long meeting ahead.

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 against Voldemort.

This will make it extremely long for Voldemort to rise again. After all, the Ministry of Magic is the strongest organization in the wizarding world in the country, and its strength cannot be underestimated.

But reality woke Link up from his dream.

However, if you want to borrow the power of the Ministry of Magic, Fudge is not the only way.

Since Fudge was shameless, Link had no choice but to be tough.

"call!"

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

"Harry, your speech must be finished as soon as possible."