Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

London.

It rains heavily in London in June, and the leaden sky is very depressing.

Alexis came to the familiar door of the Minister of Magic's office, opened the door, and then backed out.

He checked the sign on the door repeatedly to confirm that he had not gone wrong, and then reluctantly walked into the office.

There was a man lying on the table facing the door. Most of his dark-brown hair had turned gray, and the exposed half of his forehead was covered with deep wrinkles. His unruffled face was buried in his arms, showing this majestic old lion. It seems a little less imposing.

As if hearing Alexis' footsteps, Rufus moved and then raised his head. Because he was not wearing glasses, his eyes were briefly confused and then recovered.

"Alexis, my old friend. Sit down."

The fatigue on his face disappeared in just a moment. Rufus grabbed his glasses and put them on, greeting him warmly.

Alexis took a deep look at Rufus. He originally came to "call the enemy to task", but after seeing Rufus's appearance, he didn't know what to say for a while.

Regarding the cleaning operation, Alexis and Lucius had been vigilant since learning about it in March, suspecting that there was some conspiracy involved, but Rufus, the old lion, had persisted from April until now.

Alexis believed that Rufus was going all out to fight criminals. He had worked with Rufus for a while. Rufus was the kind of tough guy who couldn't get rid of the sand in his eyes. Wizards have zero tolerance.

Rufus definitely put a lot of effort into this cleanup operation.

"I heard that Hogwarts is on holiday?"

Rufus asked Alexis while sitting behind the table as he handed Alexis a cup of black tea.

"Yes." Alexis put the teacup aside, organized some conversation and asked, "Why don't you see your secretary?"

Rufus was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.

"Do you mean Dolores Umbridge?"

He opened the drawer, pulled out an invitation and handed it to Alexis.

"Just in time, I invite you to my wedding."

Alexis took the invitation in a daze and opened it with a dazed look on his face. The two beautiful cursive names on it made his brain stop working completely.

Rufus Scrimgeour & Dolores Umbridge.

Rufus on the other side is still talking.

"I've been so busy during this period that I almost forgot the invitation I gave you. If you hadn't come over, I would have forgotten it."

"My dear old friend, please do come."

"no!"

It took a while for Alexis to react. He stood up suddenly, holding the invitation tightly in his hand, and said loudly.

"what?"

"I say--"

Alexis and Rufus looked at each other, seeing the confusion on his face, but couldn't say the next words.

What does other people's weddings have to do with him?

Alexis was stunned for only a moment, then strode around the table, threw away the invitation, grabbed Rufus's chin, and opened Rufus's eyelids with the other hand and started to look through it.

"Have you had any unusual reactions recently?"

Alexis looked over it again and again.

"Drowsiness? Dizziness? Memory lag? Slow reaction? Or daze?"

Rufus took Alexis' hand away, shook his head and smiled.

"I know what you're thinking, Alexis."

"You think Umbridge gave me a love potion, don't you?"

Alexis said nothing.

"Do you think this is possible?" Rufus slowly stopped smiling. "Use a love potion on me? Alexis, you underestimate me."

I really underestimated you for actually falling in love with that old woman Umbridge.

Alexis cursed in her mind.

The most likely scenario he could think of was that in order to climb up, Umbridge climbed into Rufus' bed and used a love potion on Rufus to make Rufus obsessed with her.

Otherwise, how could we explain that Rufus, an old lion, would actually fall in love with Umbridge?And also want to get married! ! !

When Alexis saw the name on the invitation, she was almost shocked by the news.

April Fool's Day has been over for more than two months.

"It's not like that, Alexis."

Rufus is still explaining that Alexis is a rare friend who can be recognized by Rufus. He wants to get blessings from Alexis, not suspicion and confusion.

"What kind?" Alexis took a half step back and stared at Rufus suspiciously.

"It's not what you think. She used the love potion to control me. That's impossible, Alexis. I've been in the Auror Department for so many years. No one can control me unless I am willing."

"Perhaps in your opinion, Umbridge behaves strangely, behaves meanly, and is vain. She doesn't even want to mention her family—"

"Alexis, that's how you see her, right?"

Alexis snorted and thought: It's good that you know.

"But she also has a cute side. She likes cats, but because of her busy work schedule, she can only collect decorative plates of "playing cats" to put in the office."

"She likes pink and lace decorations. Maybe you think it's bad behavior at our age to like these things, but I see another side of her heart."

"Which side?" Alexis lowered the corners of her mouth, revealing a sly smile.

"She misses her youth!"

Rufus stood up, spread his arms and said

"No matter what you think of her, there is a young girl living inside her, and that is who she has been in her dreams since she was a child."

The corners of Alexis' mouth pulled down even more.

She is still a young girl, living like this vicious old witch.

Alexis shook his head. He felt that Rufus was hopeless, and he didn't know how many doses of love potion Umbridge had given him to make him so obsessed.

"I know, I know you don't believe it's because of our love!"

Rufus could see Alexis's distrust. He was a little agitated, his face turned red, and he was waving his arms widely.

Alexis had a very strange feeling when the word love came out of the mouth of Rufus, a tough old lion.In his impression, Rufus was a cold hard-liner who treated criminals without mercy, was upright and cared about his subordinates.

Alexis had heard many versions of Rufus from Christie, some of which she and her colleagues had concocted privately, but even Christie, that woman, did not dare to concoct a love-minded Rufus.

And this Rufus, the love-minded Rufus, is standing in front of Alexis now!

He's emotional, he's obsessed with love!

Alexis felt that the world was beginning to become absurd.

"...Alexis, my dear friend." Rufus's speech was about to come to an end, and he looked at Fracking Alexis with disappointed eyes. "I originally hoped to get a blessing from you."

"Yeah," Alexis nodded, digging around in his arms, "You said you weren't addicted to the drug, right?"

He took out a small bottle, uncorked it and handed it over. The light liquid inside was only about a small mouthful.

"Drink it."

Alexis said

"This is the antidote to infatuation drugs. It can solve most of the infatuation drugs on the market and restore your mind to clarity."

"Since you said you two are true love, then drink it."