Chapter 164: It's a crime

"I heard what you did to those Dementors?"

Snape didn't know much about what was going on at the time, and only learned from Dumbledore that most of the Dementors in the Ministry of Magic had disappeared, and that it happened in Brie's carriage, and many young wizards had seen it... It's a headache, and the Ministry of Magic has even sent someone to wait for Brie at Hogwarts.

Snape stared at Brie with an imperceptible trace of concern, but still said in a cold tone, "Make it clear." ”

"Dean, I don't think I will say a word to the Ministry of Magic until my guardian has written from me, we have been attacked, and this is something that cannot be hidden."

Brie deliberately accentuated the masking words, and Snape listened and nodded in satisfaction, at least Brie was not stupid and knew what the Ministry of Magic was worried about.

"Now that you're ready, follow me to someone from the Ministry of Magic in a moment."

After Snape finished speaking, he remembered one more thing, and he said, "You've been a bit high-profile lately." ”

He was talking about Diagon Alley, and now many wizards are talking about fantasy games, and the owner of this thing has become what they call the Oude family, just like the shampoo of the Potter family, which swept the British wizarding world in an instant, and many wizards have replaced wizarding chess with fantasy magic, which has become a new trend.

"Be careful, don't think that you can live in peace with Nicol Lemay's support, pure-bloods are greedier than you think, maybe they are stupid, but the more stupid people are, the more careless and reckless they are."

Snape's point of view ended as he glanced at Draco and fell silent.

Draco felt Snape's eyes, and he hurriedly said to Brie, "My dad wasn't involved in such a thing, I'm the next head of the Malfoy family, and you're my friend, he'll take care of that." ”

"As for those purebloods, my dad said they were all fools, and it was impossible for Malfoy to succeed without his involvement."

Draco held his head up proudly, leaning back on the carriage.

"Ignore those Ministry of Magic guys, Fudge is an idiot, you just need to have his handle, and he won't embarrass you."

Draco's father knew Fudge well and dealt with him from time to time, so Draco knew a lot about it, and he didn't have too many worries about what Brie had to face.

On the contrary, Snape's gaze made him a little uncomfortable.

This was, Brie's note shook slightly, and he opened it, and the handwriting quickly appeared on the page - if that's your idea, then I'll do justice to the matter, but it will be up to Fudge to take it personally.

Brie closed her notes, and the carriage slowly landed.

"Winter... Stomp. ”

Brie pulled the curtain, and Thestrals, who pulled the car, whispered to Brie, looking a little scared.

"Can you see Thestrals?" Snape's voice came from behind him, and Brie got out of the carriageway, "I witnessed some misfortune with Professor Flitwick before. ”

Snape didn't continue to speak, he nodded, shook off his wide black robe, and walked forward like a bat, ignoring the little wizards behind him.

Brie hurried to follow.

"Draco, you go to the hall for the opening party first, I'll be here in a moment."

Following Snape's footsteps, Brie soon found himself in a small classroom, where the Minister of Magic was arguing with Professor McGonagall, who was grim and angry.

When she saw Snape coming with Brie, Professor McGonagall didn't want to look at Professor Fudge beside her, and she said to Snape, "Professor Snape, please help me preside over the Sorting House once, Dumbledore will come over later, so I can only trouble you." ”

McGonagall frowned slightly, and gestured, "It's not just Brie's problem today. ”

Snape understood, and he turned and left the room.

"Oh, this one, Ode, we've seen it before, and I hope you haven't forgotten me."

Fudge smiled and stretched out his hand to Brie very sincerely, "Oh, you can have a good alchemy shop at a young age, and the recent fantasy game is very famous. ”

Looking at Fudge's hand, Brie didn't shake it, he said, "I don't think I'm here to say hello, Minister Fudge, I don't know why you asked Professor Snape to bring me over." ”

Fudge smiled awkwardly, pretending not to care, withdrew his hand, and coughed.

"That's right, you know very well, those Eaters of Souls."

Fudge didn't really know what a freshly promoted third-year student could do, but there had to be an explanation for it, no matter how ridiculous it was, as long as everyone could believe that the Eater of Souls attack on the young wizard could be suppressed.

"Eater of Souls?"

"I'm sorry, I guess I still don't know what you mean."

Seeing that Brie was unmoved, Fudge was a little impatient, now that Dumbledore was not here, couldn't he still deal with a little wizard, just a small family that had just made a fortune, and he was unwilling to deal with them no matter how many people outside were slapping him.

"Hmph, please tell me the whereabouts of the Dementors, they are official officials of the Ministry of Magic, and you have no authority to deal with them!"

Fudge's eyes wandered around Brie's robe, and he said with a hint of intimidation, "If Mister Odeh refuses to obey the orders of the Ministry of Magic, then we can't punish you because of your age..."

"Punishment?" Professor McGonagall walked over, she had been listening, and she thought that Fudge had some skill in scaring Brie.

"Maybe you've forgotten, Fudge, it's the Dementors who got out of control first, and what Brie did was justified in self-defense, and even in the Wizengamot courthouse, you can't punish Brie, instead, it's you who gave orders to the Dementors who will be punished."

Professor McGonagall took Brie over and asked Brie to hide behind her back, and she said sternly, "Don't think that the judicial department of the Ministry of Magic can handle everything in the British wizarding world, I used to be an Auror, and I also worked in the Department of Magical Execution, in front of me, not everyone can do it!" ”

Fudge looked at the stern Professor McGonagall and smiled.

"Oh, I just made a little joke on Mr. Ode, don't be angry, Minerva."

"Please call me McGonagall, Minister Fudge."

On this side, Fudge and McGonagall were in a-for-tat confrontation, and on the other side, Snape also picked up the sorting hat and asked the little wizards to come up and sort out the house with a cold face, while Dumbledore disappeared without a trace, and said that he would go to the room and talk to McGonagall and Fudge about the next matters.

Instead, Malfoy's father, Lucius Malfoy, arrived, and he took a detour from outside the hall without attracting the attention of the young wizards, and arrived in the room where Brie was.

"Oh, sorry, I'm late."

"Malfoy?" Professor McGonagall frowned and said disapnoyingly, "I hope you have a formal greeting instead of coming uninvited." ”

When Professor McGonagall questioned, Fudge went up and grabbed Lucius's hand, causing Lucius's face to change for a moment.

As if he hadn't seen it, Fudge said enthusiastically, "Oh, I invited Lucius to come, and, not long ago, the rest of the school board of directors elected Lucius as the new board of directors to lead the school affairs for the next three years. ”

"This may require Dumbledore's consent, not a decision between you and the school board, Minister Fudge." McGonagall had been the vice-principal for many years, and naturally she was clear about the rules, so she quickly found the gist of it.

"I'm sorry, Minerva, but I think Mr. Malfoy did become a member of the Board of Trustees."

Dumbledore came laughing, he was dragging a fist-sized egg in his hand, Brie recognized it at a glance, it was his.

"Oh, Albus, come on, we're all together."

Fudge greeted him and said with a smile: "I think you have already figured out what I said in the letter before, so this time about the Dementors, you see..."

Fudge glanced at Brie and motioned for Dumbledore to settle it.

"It's an agreement between us, after all, you know Hagrid and Potter, they did too many illegal things......"

Fudge didn't elaborate, as they both knew that Hagrid, even if he hadn't killed a wizard decades earlier, had kept a dangerous eight-eyed spider at Hogwarts, which was also against the law, and that Harry had committed the heinous act of forcibly using magic on Muggles during the holidays, which was still a violation of wizarding law.

What's more important is that there were so many things that happened at Hogwarts last year that Dumbledore fell into the grip of incompetence, and the pure-blood family also took the opportunity to help the Ministry of Magic take advantage of the opportunity to install people, even Dumbledore had nothing to say.

"I thinkβ€”" Dumbledore sighed, placing the egg in his hand into Brie's hand.

"It's yours, right?" Dumbledore's eyes flickered, with a hint of inquiry.

Brie took the egg, and felt the breath of his patronus in it very emotionally, originally Brie was going to go to the Forbidden Forest to find it after the school banquet, but he didn't expect Dumbledore to find out first, what did he do in the Forbidden Forest?

"Yes, Headmaster Dumbledore."

It's a threat, and Brie understands it.

"Ode, those Eaters of Souls are employees of the Ministry of Magic, do you know their whereabouts?"

Dumbledore asked Brie, and Professor McGonagall's face changed on the side.

"Dumbledore, what are you talking about, the Ministry of Magic doesn't have the right to control Hogwarts, I think when Hogwarts was founded, the Ministry of Magic was still a wasteland!"

"Are you sure you do, Headmaster Dumbledore?"

Brie's eyes were gloomy, he didn't believe that Dumbledore would succumb to the Ministry of Magic, then Fudge was a swaggering fool, maybe it was just the ecstasy mist released by Dumbledore, but this Fudge was still complacent!

"I'm sorry, I have to do this, as the Headmaster, I need to work with the Ministry of Magic to investigate the cause of this accident, knowing that those Eaters of Souls were the ones who captured Siris Blake."

Brie snorted dissatisfiedly, but accidentally caught a teasing smile in Dumbledore's eyes.

This old bee!

"Kill them all, I think you know the power of my Patronus."

"No way, Eater of Souls can't be killed, you little liar!" Fudge scolded, "Speak up! ”

"Oh, please keep your composure, maybe I can speak to Mr. Ode." Lucius stepped up and grabbed Fudge, and he haughtily lifted the scepter he had been holding to Brie and gestured to the corner.

"Let's take a step and talk."

Brie frowned, but followed Draco's face anyway.

"Please, Mr. Malfoy."

"Oude?" Lucius provenly said, "As you and I both understand, Ode is a new family, very weak, but with a lot of potential, and may be the next Potter family, but no one wants anyone to share the cake, including Malfoy. ”

"The reason why I held back, and didn't even participate in the rise of your Ode, is because Draco ...... I hope his ally is not a fool, you should understand. ”

Lucius raised his scepter, tapped Brie's shoulder with the end of the embellished gem, and gently approached, "Fudge is here to let the Dementors stay at Hogwarts this time, in the name of Blake's possible arrival at Hogwarts......"

"It's not his ultimate goal, he's stupid, but he's ambitious, and what he wants is to remove Dumbledore from power, not just as Headmaster of Hogwarts, but as the greatest White Wizard."

"So now, don't mess with him in front of him, but think about how to make a profit from it, like I got the position of a school board member, and I was kicked out of the school board last semester, huh."

Lucius tapped Brie on the shoulder again, and straightened up and walked towards Fudge.

Brie stood there, holding the egg in his hand, and reached out to take the ring out of his pocket, and he thought for a moment whether he should follow Lucius's words and use this thing for his benefit.

"What is the interest of the Ministry of Magic for me, Minister?"

Brie's eyes twinkled, and she thought about the possibility of pushing Tom into this position, but it required Tom's direct thoughts.

"I'll give it back to you first, Minister Fudge, after all, this belongs to the Ministry of Magic, and the next minister will use it."

Brie walked over briskly, and he said, "The Dementors will be back tomorrow, I promise." ”

Brie looked at Dumbledore and asked, "Then can I go, the dinner has already begun, and you can't go hungry after being attacked." ”

Dumbledore laughed.

"Go back then, Ode, and hope to-day's dinner is to your liking."

"Minerva, you go back too, I'll make the rest clear."

Professor McGonagall nodded slightly, reluctantly pulled Brie up and walked outside.

It wasn't until she was out the door that Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief and said with a slight smile, "It's a show, my dear." ”

"Huh?"

Looking at Brie's puzzled expression, McGonagall smiled even deeper.

"Because Dumbledore was impeached by the school board last year, we have been trying to find a way to get the outside world out of Hogwarts, so that's why we have today."

"Dumbledore told me about it early in the morning, but it was just a surprise that something about you suddenly appeared."

"The Ministry of Magic is going to send the Dementors in, and the school board members have elected Malfoy as a trustee to support the Ministry's decision, as long as the Dementors make a mistake, they can get the people of the Ministry of Magic completely out of the way in this name, don't think about saying more about us."