Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 227: Is he the next Dumbledore or the future Dark Lord?

Fudge had previously been a fan of the authorities. After being awakened by Harley, he immediately reacted and started taking action.

He called Kingsley in and warned him carefully:

"Kingsley, you must personally escort Peter back to the Ministry of Magic immediately, lock him in a single temporary cell, and arrange for two trustworthy people to guard him day and night!"

"Remember, don't let anyone else take over Peter, especially Crouch and...Amelia and Rufus."

Fudge whispered the last two names, as if he regarded Kingsley as his confidant.

Kingsley nodded solemnly and waved his wand, causing Pettigrew to float behind him and be bound by ropes.

"Minister Fudge, I have to remind you something." Sirius said suddenly,

"There are two main reasons why I was able to escape from Azkaban. One of the important reasons is that there seems to be a loophole in the defensive magic outside Azkaban. I think you need to fix it."

"As for another very key reason, Dementors cannot detect the emotions of animals and Animagus, so they ignore my existence."

"I think you should know that Peter Pettigrew and I are both Animagus, and this traitor's Animagus is still a mouse."

"You have to take action against this so he doesn't get away."

Harry added next to him: "If Peter escapes, it will definitely have a very bad impact, Minister Fudge."

Fudge's attitude suddenly became serious. He had forgotten that he mentioned three, no, two illegal Animagus.

After all, this small crime is not worth mentioning in the face of Peter's current big case. Even if the crime is convicted, it will not make Peter Pettigrew's punishment worse.

As a pure-blood family member, Sirius only had to pay a small fine to be exempted from this innocuous crime.

So he didn't care about it before.

But now, Fudge is starting to take it seriously.

It doesn't matter whether it affects his career or not. The key is how much harm such a prisoner will bring to the magic world if he escapes!

I, Fudge, will always fulfill my duties as Minister of Magic and ensure the safety of those people!

"Did you hear that, Kingsley?" Fudge urged.

"We must carefully monitor Peter Pettigrew and come up with a feasible plan to prevent the Animagus from escaping!"

"Yes, Minister!" Kingsley shouted back.

"Harry, you did a great job this time!" Fudge turned his head again and looked at Harley with a smile.

"I think with your contribution in this matter, you might be able to apply for another Medal of Merlin!"

"But would you like to come with me to the Ministry of Magic now? And Mr. Sirius?"

"I'm afraid I need a little help from you. Of course, I will try my best to clear Mr. Black's name as soon as possible."

"I'm sorry, Cornelius." Professor Dumbledore spoke first.

"I think Sirius is more suitable to stay here, he needs to rest. As for Harley, she is still a child and needs to enjoy her own Christmas."

"But when the Wizengamot trial begins, I will take the two of them to the scene."

Fudge was a little disappointed, but he was unwilling to conflict with Dumbledore at this critical time.

"Okay, Albus, please," Fudge said loudly, and then hurried away.

He plans to hold the trial before Christmas, so that there will be more time to read the newspapers when everyone is home on Christmas Day.

And this matter can also be more fully publicized.

In fact, in Fudge's mind, the best plan is to warm up the matter for two weeks first, find some reporters to report on it, and stir up the excitement.

Then Fudge, in full public view, asked the Ministry of Magic to conduct a public trial, preferably conducted by himself.

Finally, he personally declared Peter Pettigrew guilty and threw him into Azkaban prison.

But this would give Barty Crouch too much preparation time. After all, the Crouch family is one of the twenty-eight pure-blood families and has a very broad network of contacts.

If you give him too much preparation, who knows whether old Batty can play any tricks and pluck himself cleanly.

Lucius Malfoy's operation at the time was still fresh in Fudge's memory.

Fudge looks short and chubby, but his ambitions are higher than the sky. Not only does he want to be a minister, he wants to remain a minister!

Fudge wanted to be like the British Muggle Queen. A Muggle has been working for 41 years, so I must surpass her!

This time he finally caught the opportunity, and he must hit his most powerful competitor hard, preferably by stepping on him ten thousand times, so that he would never be able to stand up again.

So Fudge can't waste any time now, he must work overtime as quickly as possible and all the time!

……

After Fudge left with the Aurors, silence returned to the office.

Sirius and Professor Lupine didn't even react. What happened before? Why can't I understand?

The old principals were amazed, and Delise Derwent bluntly suggested that Harry follow her path.

"Harry, you are so talented in politics, you can definitely join the Legal Enforcement Department as soon as you graduate."

Principal Derwent said seriously,

"You could start as Assistant Director, then compete for Head of the Auror Office, follow the route of Deputy Director, Director, and finally Minister for Magic."

Old Principal Derwent is very familiar with this method. After all, she first served as a therapist and was promoted to the director of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies. When she was old, she returned to Hogwarts to retire and became the principal. .

"Thank you for your advice, Delis." Dumbledore nodded towards Principal Derwent.

"You're welcome. I love helping talented little wizards with their career planning." Dai Lisi adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses with a peaceful smile on her face.

"Professor Dumbledore, is the matter settled like this?" Sirius finally intervened in the conversation.

"Basically solved." Professor Dumbledore nodded with a complicated expression.

"Thanks to Harley, her political acumen and excellent eloquence made Fudge determined."

"Otherwise, he could drag it out for a long time and finally apologize without sincerity."

"Ah?" Sirius opened his mouth, but Professor Dumbledore didn't give him a chance to ask too many questions.

"Harry, go and rest. So many things have happened, I think you must be very tired." Professor Dumbledore nodded at Harry.

Harley stood up, said goodbye to the two professors and godfather, and then walked out of the office.

"Ah, Peter Pettigrew has been eliminated permanently." Harley stood on the stairs and sighed.

She was not worried at all about the fate of Peter Pettigrew. In fact, Peter already had a lot of curses in his body.

As long as he wanted to, he would die inexplicably at any time.

Of course, if Harley wanted to torture him, or control Peter Pettigrew to do something, she could easily do so.

He was willing to spare his life just to clear Sirius's name.

"After a year, when the heat of the matter has subsided, let's send him to see his parents." Harley hummed, thinking in her mind.

At the same time, in the principal's office, Professor Dumbledore was telling Sirius with a serious face:

"You will be staying with Remus during this period. It happens that there is a full moon during Christmas, so you can stay with him."

"Don't run around. If you want to find Harley, you can only use Animagus form. After all, your crime has not been cleared."

Professor Dumbledore gave Sirius a lot of advice and asked Lupine to keep an eye on him.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, nor did he help Sirius recall it, the three people here knew that Sirius had done a lot of stupid things that he thought were heroic.

After finishing everything, Dumbledore sat back on his chair and took two sips of water to moisten his throat:

"Is there anything else you don't understand?"

Sirius glanced at Lupine, and then asked softly:

"Professor Dumbledore, I have one last question."

"How come Harley suddenly turned into a girl? How about a godson who is as old as me?"

"Remus didn't explain it clearly to me, he just asked me to ask you."

The smile on Professor Dumbledore's face froze.

He leaned back on the chair and rubbed his eyebrows with his hands: "This will involve some darker magic..."

……

It has to be said that when it comes to his career, Fudge moves quickly.

He took over Peter Pettigrew on the morning of the 19th, and asked Peter the truth again that afternoon.

So that night, Fudge asked the Daily Prophet to prepare a new headline, claiming that a major unjust, false, and wrongful case had occurred that year.

He also rushed to Hogwarts to find Dumbledore, asking Dumbledore to summon members as the chief wizard of the Wizengamot to try Peter.

Fudge was also helpless. The ministers of magic in other countries were also the chief wizards of the Wizengamot.

I was the only one who felt very aggrieved. I wanted to ask Dumbledore for help in trying some big case.

With the support of the Wizengamot, the Ministry of Magic held Peter's trial at three o'clock in the afternoon on the 20th in the Hall of Sages of the Ministry of Magic.

This hall, which can hold more than 500 wizards, was packed today. Fudge couldn't wait to invite all the famous people in the wizarding world, and also called on all the outstanding reporters he could find.

Professor Dumbledore put on a purple robe today and stood in the center of the hall, presiding over this trial.

As the biggest contributor to this incident, Harley once again put on the golden-red robe and pinned the Order of Merlin First Class Medal on her chest.

Professor Dumbledore told the polished version of the story in public, and asked the Aurors to bring Sirius and Pettigrew up separately.

There is no doubt that just from the emotional and mental state of the two people, it is not difficult for everyone here to judge the truth.

After Sirius personally told the original truth, many witches were already in tears.

Some old wizards even stood up and waved their wands:

"Send Peter Pettigrew to Azkaban permanently and let that traitor sleep with the dementors!"

In the end, Peter Pettigrew betrayed and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban, while Sirius was acquitted.

Sirius was very sorry about this. He really felt that Peter should be allowed to die directly, or at least let him enjoy a kiss from a dementor.

But this is impossible. They were as cruel as the Lestranges and used the Cruciatus Curse to torture the famous Aurors Longbottom and his wife. Now they are still living well in Azkaban.

After the trial, Fudge took Harley and Sirius to be interviewed by reporters and got to know those high-ranking officials and celebrities in the wizarding world.

Those reporters seemed to have been carefully selected at first glance. None of the well-known prickly reporters like Rita came this time.

Sirius wasn't particularly interested in these activities, but Harry enjoyed them.

Her skillful communication skills made Sirius stunned for a moment: Am I the elder, or is she the elder?

From then until Christmas, newspapers reported on the case.

Almost all reporters were praising Harley for her young talent and single-handedly capturing Sirius and Peter Pettigrew.

Of course, Fudge, as the current Minister of Magic, has a good political record and is naturally mentioned repeatedly.

The black market odds for him to step down next year have dropped from 1 to 3 to 1 to 10.

However, discordant voices also appeared in the Daily Prophet.

Rita wrote a shocking article on the front page of the morning paper one day——

"The thirteen-year-old witch is so dazzling, is she the next Dumbledore, or the future Dark Lord?" 》

Rita spends a lot of time in this article mentioning Harley's genius and implicitly pointing out Harley's threats.

"Rita is talking nonsense! How can Harley become the Dark Lord?"

Two days before Christmas, Harry and Hermione went to visit Hagrid in his cabin, where Sirius and Professor Lupin were also present.

When Sirius looked at today's newspaper, he banged the table angrily and roared.

"Oh, that crazy woman! I don't believe a word she says." Hagrid poured tea for everyone and said loudly,

"Who at Hogwarts doesn't know that Harry studies hard, is polite to others, and never violates school rules! She is known to be a good student."

"Sirius, there is no need to let that reporter affect our good mood." Professor Luping took a sip of tea and said

"She also accused Dumbledore of being a stubborn old madman and a cancer in the wizarding world."

"I think anyone who has the ability to think independently will not believe her crazy words."

Harry didn't particularly agree with Professor Lupine. After all, there were still many people in the world who believed in unofficial reporters.

The Weasley twins said that their mother believed in all the reporter's reports about Professor Dumbledore.

"Rita?" Harley wrote down the name in her heart,

"Considering the possibility of shaking my anchor... it was necessary to keep that mouth in check."

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(Thanks to "book friend with tail number 3800", "empty city Guwan", and "nine-tailed Yanhu" for the reward!)