Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

Rufus looked at Alexis with extremely disappointed eyes, like a wounded lion.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Alexis?"

Rufus asked in a low tone as he reached out his hand to take the antidote.

Alexis nodded expressionlessly "I'm sure, Rufus."

"it is good."

Rufus took a deep look at Alexis, raised his head and drank the antidote in the bottle, and then threw the glass bottle into the trash can with a dull sound.

He closed his eyes and stood there, not moving for a while.

The taste of the love potion is very light, but the taste of the antidote is very strong and very unpleasant to drink.

Under Alexis' expectant eyes, Rufus slowly opened his eyes——

Alexis wasn't looking forward to it.

From the eyes that were still full of disappointment, Alexis could be sure that the antidote didn't work.

He scratched his hair a little frantically and waved his hands in the air irritably.

damn it!

what is happening!

It’s really not a love potion!

Rufus made the decision to marry Umbridge while sober!

Alexis felt that her outlook on life was collapsing, and the whole world was becoming bizarre.

"Look."

Rufus sat back in his seat and spoke in a low voice.

He is depressed because his wedding is not understood by his friends.

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the office began to become awkward and solemn.

"What is it about her that attracts you?"

Alexis sat back on the sofa slumped, her head buried deeply between her arms, and she asked dully.

"You know me, Rufus, I just don't understand this kind of thing."

Rufus grinned, "Alexis, you know, that's a weird feeling."

"When I first met Umbridge, I had the same feeling as you. I thought she was artificial, fake and annoying."

"But didn't you say that we need to understand a person's inner self, not his appearance?"

"Since the cleaning operation started in April, I have been very busy and have not even had time to go home. Umbridge has been taking care of my life and asked me to pay attention to rest."

"I found that her inner self is not what we thought. What she showed was a disguise to protect herself. In fact, she is very fragile and kind."

"In order not to embarrass me, she rejected me several times. Until she finally accepted me, she offered to leave here, and I transferred her to work at the Examination Administration."

"But she still comes to visit me every day, urging me to eat on time, and asking me to pay attention to rest..."

The Umbridge that Rufus tells about is completely different from the Umbridge that Alexis knows.

Rufus's description even made Alexis suspect that he was really in love with the Umbridge who dressed herself up to be sweet?Or is it just the same name?

Alexis shook his head. He still couldn't look Rufus in the eyes and couldn't get over the news that Rufus was about to marry Umbridge.

"Rufus, what I'm talking about is the Examination Authority."

Alexis tilted his head, not daring to look at Rufus. He was afraid that his strange gaze would irritate the old lion again.

"In this Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination, the questions asked by the Examination Authority have made the exam a mess. Whether you and Umbridge are together or not, you have to take care of this matter."

"I'll talk to Umbridge."

Alexis nodded and stood up, "Okay, I'll go first."

He didn't take the invitation.

He really didn't understand what love was, and there were many things he didn't understand in this world, but he couldn't accept it, or even look directly at Rufus.

Especially after discovering that the union between the two of them was not the result of a love potion, Alexis was even more unable to look directly at Rufus.

He attributed this to his dislike of Umbridge.

He had witnessed the union of Lily and James. Although Black said that he was slow to react, in any case, James and Lily never realized that marriage was inferior to each other. He had witnessed it with his own eyes.

He had a blessing attitude toward Lily and James.

To Rufus and Umbridge, haha...

Alexis left the minister's office and found Arthur from the Department of Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.

The once dashing Arthur was still pot-bellied, but he looked much more pleasing to Alexis than the imposing old lion Rufus.

Arthur was still very enthusiastic. When he saw Alexis, he immediately stood up and gave him a bear hug. Then he greeted him into the office and happily asked how Alexis was doing.

"Honestly, Arthur, I feel bad." Alexis shook her head and pulled up a chair to sit down. "I just got off Rufus's place."

Arthur's hand when pouring tea paused, and then his expression remained normal. He handed the filled teacup to Alexis, then sat down opposite Alexis and said seriously

"Alexis, you haven't experienced marriage yet, maybe you don't understand."

"You know too?" Alexis looked up at Arthur. "So, you think this is normal?"

Arthur didn't nod or shake his head. He thought for a moment and said

"Alexis, all I can say is, no matter what, I wish Secretary Rufus the best."

"That's Umbridge!"

Alexis said with some excitement.

Arthur was obviously startled by the sudden excitement of Alexis. He pressed his hands down to signal Alexis not to be so excited, "Okay, okay, I know, it's Umbridge."

"But I don't understand." Seeing that Alexis' mood had eased, he continued, "Why are you so excited?"

"In other words, why are you so hostile to Umbridge? What did she do?"

"I--"

Alexis wanted to say that Umbridge invented the vicious punishment quill and used it to punish Harry, that she worked for Voldemort, that she was hypocritical, that she was vain, that she made a mess of Hogwarts, that she …

But he suddenly discovered that except for vanity and hypocrisy, she had not done anything else, and perhaps she would not be able to do it in the future.

That was just the Umbridge he remembered.

"She's so hypocritical. She's vain and she's not good enough for Rufus."

Alexis could only say dullly in the end.

"I remember there is a saying in the Muggle world that says: people are all hypocritical."

Arthur said, "As for vanity, many women or men are like this. Otherwise, why would people dress themselves up to be beautiful and handsome?"

"You said she wasn't good enough for Rufus. Apparently, Rufus didn't see it that way."

Alexis felt even more depressed.

He didn't know what was wrong, but it just felt like something was wrong.