Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

"Shut up and don't talk."

Alexis warned

"Act normal."

He looked Lockhart up and down one last time, not to mention that the unfortunate guy's clothes matched Black's temperament quite well.

The three people straightened up and pretended to look at the sky with curiosity. Soon, behind them, a group of soldiers with guns surrounded the three people in a fan shape.

However, things did not develop as Alexis imagined. The soldiers did not say anything and took them directly onto the plane and flew towards London.

Soon, the plane landed in London, and the three of them were taken to the Ministry of Magic and locked in an office before leaving.

The three of them looked at each other and couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Don't worry, I'll go negotiate with the people from the Ministry of Magic when they arrive."

Alexis whispered, speaking mainly to Lockhart.

"Lockhart, remember your promise,"

Lockhart nodded vigorously.

……

Office of the Minister for Magic.

Rufus was holding a big Mac phone and pressing it awkwardly.

"Damn! Damn!"

Suddenly Rufus began to curse angrily.

"These idiots! Stupid Muggles!"

"Who do they think that is! It's Alexis! Damn it!"

Umbridge pushed open the door and walked in. As a newlywed, she did not change her pink lace dress. It seemed that she could smell the sweet scent whenever she was in the same room.

"Rufus."

Umbridge closed the door to make sure no one could overhear their conversation, and then turned around.

"What are you going to do with it?"

"How to deal with it?" Rufus' temper suddenly exploded. "How do I know? Why don't you tell me, how should I deal with it?"

"Damn it! That's Alexis! What should I do about it!"

"Put him in jail? On what charge? Shouldn't teachers travel off campus during the holidays?"

"We can send him to the Wizengamot."

Umbridge was clearly prepared.

"The crime is to harm wizards and Muggles. We can even take this opportunity to oust that terrible old man Dumbledore from his position as chief."

"Once we have the Wizengamot in hand..."

"Haha!" Rufus sneered in response to Umbridge's plan.

"Dolores Umbridge, before you think of any conspiracy in your honey-filled brain, you must remember one thing. The Wizengamot is impartial because of Dumbledore. Not that Dumbledore was proud to be Chief."

"Also, that's Alexis, not an ordinary little character, let alone the savior that people call Harry Potter."

"How many people in the entire magic world do you think can withstand Alexis's fire escape protection?"

"Ha! I almost forgot, you guys sitting in the office like to play out these embarrassing conspiracies. How much are you really afraid of the mysterious man? Ha, you have no idea how scary he is!"

"Only when the killing curse hits you will you realize that someone really dares to kill you."

"damn it!"

After Rufus finished speaking, he cursed again and finally gave up on dialing the phone. He threw the phone to Umbridge, got up and walked outside.

"Tell them, Alexis, I'll send him away, no matter what that fancy liar got from them, and that'll be the end of it."

……

The office door opened quickly and Rufus appeared in the doorway with a smile on his face.

"Haha! My dear friend, are you okay?"

He spoke in a tongue-in-cheek greeting, opening his arms to give Alexis a hug, just like they had before.

Alexis reached out to shake Rufus' hand, but he chose not to hug.

"It looks pretty good." He also smiled back. "I was thinking just now that if the busy Minister Rufus doesn't come to see me again, I will run to see him."

Rufus burst out laughing.

"It was a misunderstanding." After smiling, Rufus said, "You can go now. Alexis, I'm sorry. I was so busy before and I thought maybe it was a mistake to cancel the training period."

What Rufus was talking about was that he canceled the Auror training period and directly let the wizards who were preparing to join the Auror team join the operation.

There was no need to guess. With his knowledge of Alexis, Rufus knew that canceling the training period would not gain Alexis' approval.

Alexis nodded, noncommittal.

"I want to know more, Rufus, what kind of misunderstanding it is."

"A liar used Legilimency on a senior Muggle government official. The Muggle government seemed very nervous. I guess that official might have some ulterior secret in his mind?"

"Alexis, you should know my position. I don't want to have too much involvement with the Muggle government. The Ministry of Magic did not intervene in this matter, and I did not even send an Auror to participate in the arrest."

Alexis looked at Rufus with a smile, "I'm not sure, Rufus, I'm not sure anymore."

There was a brief silence in the office.

"I can pretend I didn't see him."

Rufus pointed at Lockhart's transformation into Sirius Black, leaned close to Alexis and whispered.

"That's it for now, Alexis, I'll take care of the rest."

Alexis was a little unsure of what Rufus meant by this sentence.

He looked at Rufus with a scrutinizing gaze, trying to find out whether Rufus had seen through Lockhart's disguise.

If you don't see it through, this sentence can be understood as Rufus simply intending to let Sirius Black go to calm down the trouble. After all, Sirius Black is still a fugitive criminal in theory.

But if he saw through it, it would sound more like a threat.

"I would rather this matter can be investigated clearly, Rufus." Alexis failed to see whether Rufus had seen through it, so he decided to test it out.

"It's not a good sign that the Muggle government is interfering with the Ministry of Magic, Minister Rufus."

Rufus fell into a brief silence again, and then he raised his head and looked at Alexis. For a moment, Alexis even thought that the old lion was back.

"What do you want to do, Alexis?" Rufus asked softly. "What result do you want to achieve?"

"The Ministry of Magic apologizes to you?"

"The Muggle government came forward to apologize?"

"Or what?"

"Alexis, you have to understand, this is not a child's game..."

"Of course I know, Rufus." Alexis interrupted Rufus, her voice slightly raised, "Of course this is not a child, and I am not a child, so I am not that easy to fool."

"Rufus, before you make a decision, you have to be clear. I am not Harry, and I am not a tool manipulated by the Ministry of Magic. Maybe I don't understand your damn ZZ arguments, but I have the ability to make my own voice."

As he spoke, he put a hand into his arms.