The expression on Fudge's face became more and more smug, and some of the wariness in his eyes gradually disappeared under Harley's words:

"Oh, dear child, you can't say that. Most of this is due to you...... Of course, I do have a certain contribution, don't I?

Thanks to my wise arrangement...... You're right, I should have contacted the Daily Prophet and arranged for two more well-known reporters.

This can make headlines, and it can be in the headlines for days on end, appeasing wizards in the wizarding world......"

Fudge's voice grew quieter, but the expression on his face grew more agitated.

"Connery?" Dumbledore shouted softly, pulling Fugi back to reality.

"Oh, Albus!" Fudge came back to his senses, the expression on his face still not gone, "What else?" ”

"I guess it's all settled, isn't it?" Dumbledore didn't care about Fudge's mistake, his blue eyes stared at Fudge,

"The heir to Slytherin is Gilderoy Lockhart, who tampered with the memories of many people and infiltrated Hogwarts Castle to release the basilisk.

Harley kills the basilisk and the Slytherin heir. All this is conclusively proven, and Hagrid is also innocent and should be released.

As for more things, I think we should go to the Ministry of Magic now. ”

"Of course, of course, we still have a bunch of things to do." Fudge suddenly remembered the mountain of affairs, as well as the conflict between the two pure-blood families, and couldn't help but have a headache again.

Especially Hagrid, that stupid big guy is not easy to deal with, after all, he didn't bother with Dumbledore and sent Hagrid directly to Azkaban.

Now it is necessary to appease him and restore his reputation......

Fortunately, there is Harley, which effectively relieves her political pressure.

Thinking of this, Fudge became more and more appreciative of Harley.

If it weren't for Fudge's own desire to emulate the former Minister of Magic, Faris Spavon, who had been in office for forty years in one fell swoop, and had survived the death of the Deputy Minister, or even surpassed him.

And Hallie might steal her place.

That Fudge really wanted to hire Harley as an administrative assistant after she graduated.

"Rufus, lead the Aurors to clean up the scene and take away the evidence of the crime......" Fudge didn't think much more, and instructed Scrimgeour beside him.

But before he could finish speaking, Harley suddenly spoke up:

"Minister Fudge, this basilisk was killed by me alone, and it is the property left behind by Slytherin.

So I think it should stay at Hogwarts for the professors in the school to study. ”

Hallie is very smart, if she has to swallow the basilisk alone, then the Ministry of Magic will definitely intervene, and there will be bad public opinion.

But in the name of staying at Hogwarts, you can still use the materials on the basilisk yourself?

Anyway, these materials will probably be used by Professor Snape, and the other professors will only take a little at most to study, round off, and the basilisk will be their own.

When he heard Harley's words, Fudge's face flashed with reluctance.

After all, there aren't many basilisks in the wizarding world now, at least on the surface, this kind of dark magic creature is extinct.

I don't know what the basilisk is for, but the Potions Masters will be more than happy to study it.

So this basilisk corpse can be sold for a good price no matter what you think.

But the property left behind by Slytherin was supposed to belong to Hogwarts, and there was no legal reason for Fudge to interfere.

What's more, Fudge still has a lot of political troubles now, and he urgently needs Dumbledore's support and Harry's cooperation.

So he didn't want to go too far and have a conflict with the two.

After all, Jin Gallon can't earn it this time, and he will have a chance to earn it again next time, and if he loses the position of Minister of Magic, he will really lose it.

Besides, as long as he is still the Minister of Magic, then this golden Galleon is easy to obtain.

Just this incident, if he really helped Lucius solve the trouble, then he could earn tens of thousands of Galleons no matter what.

Thinking of this, Fudge made a decision: "You are right, my dear child.

Scrimgeour, just take pictures for evidence. Try to keep the basilisk corpse intact, and we'll have to ask someone from the Daily Prophet to take a group photo later. ”

"Let's go, Connelly." Dumbledore remained silent before he urged again, glancing at Harley without a trace.

Hallie resisted the urge to roll her eyes, was Professor Dumbledore so afraid of getting into politics? So busy trying to take Minister Fudge away.

Dumbledore and the others quickly left the Great Hall together, leaving the Aurors to take pictures.

"Miss Hallie, I really didn't expect you to be so good, I hope you have the opportunity to work with me."

When Scrimgeour and Hallie were alone, they couldn't help but sigh and extend an invitation.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Scrimgeour." Hallie said sweetly, "If I could, I'd consider it."

The two didn't say anything more, Scrimgeour went to command the Aurors, and Harley lowered her presence and came to Professor Lockhart's side.

When she turned on PsiVision earlier, Harley noticed that Professor Lockhart's glasses looked valuable.

So she was going to quietly touch the corpse.

Anyway, there is no such habit in the wizarding world, and even if someone finds out that the glasses are missing, they probably won't care too much.

After putting away her glasses, Harley reverted to her harmless appearance as a good student, watching the Aurors keep busy.

The professors had just been informed by Professor McGonagall and were now entering the auditorium.

They are going to work together to put the basilisk away, which will be used as evidence in the future.

However, the basilisk blood and basilisk venom in it need to be killed and taken now so as not to cause waste, so the professors have a lot of work.

However, Professor Snape, who should have been the most excited, had a gloomy face at this time.

No one told him that Lily's children were alone against the cunning and disgusting Dark Wizard and the dangerous Basilisk!

It's just naked discrimination against him!

And Harley, why do you have to be as stupid as that damn James Potter!

It must have been the stupid lions of Gryffindor who influenced her! It's all the fault of the stupid lion!

Thinking of this, Professor Snape was furious, and he wanted to add 500 points to Halle first, and then deduct 600 points from Gryffindor.

Thoughts flashed through Professor Snape's mind, but he was not slow at all.

He quickly approached Harry, took two potions from the pockets of his wizard's robes, handed them over, and asked:

"Miss Hallie, are you alright?"

Professor Snape's voice was cold, but it was hard to hide his deepest concern.

"Thank you, Professor, for your concern." Naturally, Harley took the potion and replied softly,

"That heir is just a waste, and the snake venom is also very weak, so it didn't put any pressure on me."

There were quite a few wizards around, so Professor Snape still maintained his poker face, but nodded slightly:

"I see, when you go back to confinement, you're going to explain it to me.

These two bottles of potion contain the ingredients of phoenix tears, which have detoxification and healing effects, you can drink it.

Also, go back to your dorm now, and I'll let Professor McGonagall know. ”

Professor Snape spoke quickly, as if he didn't want to hear his concern.

Hallie nodded, feeling a little tired too.

After saying goodbye to the professor, Hallie slipped out the side door alone.

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(Thanks to the nine-tailed Yanhu for the tip!) ）

(End of chapter)