Chapter Twenty-Three: Your Insight Is Too Shallow, Young Man
It wasn't until it was all over that the Ministry of Magic employees who were watching around dared to trot all the way to Harry's neighborhood.
At this time, Sirius, who was beside Harry, did not react in the slightest, but just opened his mouth wide, watching his goddaughter simply and neatly deal with the group of thugs.
"This ...... That's not right......" It took Sirius a few seconds to recover from his stupor.
He rubbed his eyes vigorously, "How did these scum get rid of it so easily?" Am I probably dreaming? ”
He just thought that his goddaughter was very powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so strong!
At this time, there were several piercing bangs in the distance.
The wizards gathered immediately turned vigilantly, and the spell could fly out of the tip of their wands at any moment.
After all, everyone was afraid that the thugs who had fled earlier would suddenly return and kill them.
However, after seeing who was coming, the group of employees of the Ministry of Magic breathed a sigh of relief and lowered their wands one after another.
Because the wizard who has just arrived through the apparition is none other than Fudge, Amelia Burns, Rufus Scrimgeour and many other high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic, as well as an elite Auror squad.
"What's going on?" As soon as he landed, Fudge shouted,
"I've heard that there are people here who are drunk and making trouble, and there is a sudden rainstorm, and there is a ......"
The rest of his words were stuck in his throat, and the whole person stared at the ice sculpture exhibition in front of him in amazement:
"This ...... This...... This...... What is it! Who did this to you! ”
"As you can see, dear Minister of Magic," Harley bowed slightly, "this is the rioting wizards. ”
"Allow me to describe to you what happened."
"I was playing wizarding chess with my friends in the tent and talking about Hogwarts summer homework by the way."
"As a result, the noise outside interfered with us."
'I thought someone was too excited about Ireland's win and proud of England and was going to celebrate all night.'
"When I went to check on the situation, I found that the thugs were not celebrating, but using spells to destroy the surrounding tents and public facilities, and torturing the innocent camp caretaker......"
As she spoke, Hallie gestured to the Roberts.
The four poor men had also been drenched in the rainstorm before, but Harley deliberately controlled the cold and did not let them turn into ice sculptures as well.
The four Muggles were now in a coma under the spell of the Ministry of Magic employees.
“…… As a Hogwarts student who loves the wizarding world, the land we live in, and even more so peace, I naturally can't tolerate this happening. ”
"So I want to help the employees of the Ministry of Magic stop these mobs."
"During this time, they suddenly came at me, verbally threatening me personally, and even using black magic to attack me."
"For my own safety, I had to use some ordinary magic to incapacitate the outermost thugs to protect myself."
"However, one of the thugs seems to have been prepared for the escape of the apparition through the help of the house-elves, so I was unable to leave it behind."
As she spoke, Harley sighed slightly, a look of regret on her face.
The expression on Fudge's face changed as she listened to Hallie's description of what had happened earlier.
Finally, he swallowed hard and spat, shook his head involuntarily, and stammered incoherently:
"Harley, my dear child...... I think...... I think there may be some misunderstanding here......"
"These people probably just drank too much...... Plus the Irish team won the championship...... So they're a little bit overexcited...... Isn't it? ”
"I guess it's all just a misunderstanding...... The Ministry of Magic can also compensate for all the tents that were destroyed, or demand compensation from the drunks...... I mean......"
Sirius on the side suddenly spoke, firmly supporting Harley:
"Connelly, I can vouch for the last name Blake, everything Hallie said is true!"
"Not only that, but this group of people also used all kinds of black magic on us before, except for the Death Reminder Charm, I think you can easily detect it as long as you use the Flashback Charm."
Harley snapped her fingers in cooperation and waved her wand casually, making a gesture.
The ice on the ice sculptures in front of everyone disappeared, turning into magic and dissipating into the air.
The man inside the ice fell to the ground in an instant, letting out a feeble wail, but he couldn't move.
The previous ice didn't hurt them too badly under Harry's control.
But it is inevitable that they will be physically stiff in a short period of time, and that they will lose their combat effectiveness.
"Gilikli! Werther! Augsden! Scrimgeour changed his face in an instant, and he uttered several names in quick succession.
His face was a little ugly, and he explained to Fudge and Amelia in a low voice:
"These are old acquaintances from the Auror office of the Ministry of Magic, the kind of guy that everyone suspects is a dark wizard, and they are in Tumbledown Alley, but no direct evidence has been found."
"I've also seen several pure-blood wizards who were once accused of being Death Eaters, but were cleared of their charges on the grounds that they were 'controlled by the Imperius Curse.'"
Hearing Scrimgeour whisper the last words, both Fudge and Amelia's pupils shrank.
"Minister Fudge," Harley gestured to the pile of wands scattered on the ground.
"I think you'll get a very good result if you use a flashback spell on a wand."
"Not to mention anything else, just so many heart curses are a lot of political achievements for the Auror Office."
"No...... I don't think it's necessary......" A cold sweat broke out on Fudge's forehead.
He hurriedly wiped his handkerchief with his handkerchief, and his eyes kept wandering, looking at Amelia, Scrimgeour and the others.
Amelia, who had been silent on the sidelines, sighed and said to the Aurors who were patrolling around her:
"Control this group of people first, and bring them back to the Ministry of Magic for interrogation slowly."
"I don't think it's necessary...... Things are clear at a glance, they just drank too much. Fudge suddenly regained his strength and said hesitantly,
"Actually, I think this problem ...... Crouch should be blamed! As an important person in charge of the Quidditch World Cup, how is he responsible for calming the emotions of the masses! ”
"Also, where is he now? So big happened, why didn't he show up? ”
Fudge seemed to have found a catharsis for his emotions and a transfer point for contradictions, and his voice became louder and louder.
"What's wrong?" A stern voice suddenly came, and Crouch and Ludo parted the crowd and strode in,
"What happened? Secretary Fudge. ”
Someone in the crowd of onlookers immediately stepped forward and whispered everything that had happened to Crouch.
As the man recounted what had happened, Crouch's face became more and more gloomy.
Finally, he waved his hand impatiently, "Thank you, Robert." ”
"And Fudge, don't push anything on me!"
"You didn't go to see off the guests of the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic, and you arranged for me and Ludo to do this, and now you ask me why I wasn't there?"
"Also, why don't you bring this group back for interrogation? They look like thugs, dark wizards! ”
Fudge's face changed, he originally wanted to hand over the work of sending away the defeated guests who were in a bad mood to his rival and pit Crouch.
As a result, now, Crouch said it directly.
Why did he, the deputy director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, dare to speak to himself like this?
Fudge was about to reprimand him, when a green light suddenly pierced the darkness in the distant sky.
The light burst through the sky, forming a gigantic skeleton.
The skeleton as a whole was composed of countless turquoise, star-like things that were constantly blooming, and a large python emerged from the skeleton's mouth, as if a tongue was constantly shaking.
Under the gaze of a large number of wizards in several camps, the skeleton rose higher and higher, and continued to emit a green smoke that shone brightly.
Against the backdrop of the dark night sky, the green skeleton looks like a new constellation.
It's a familiar sign, but not many people are cheering to see it again.
Because this is the symbol of Voldemort, the mark of the Dark Devil!
Screams rang from the camp in the distance, and there were many piercing and fearful wails from the crowd of onlookers.
Fudge's face turned pale in an instant, his body shook violently, and he sat on the ground.
He originally wanted to show the strength of the British Ministry of Magic through the Quidditch World Cup, and by the way, increase his reputation and prepare for the next election.
That's why Fudge had been trying to characterize the incident as a drunken wizard who didn't control his emotions, so it caused a commotion.
After all, this is just an ordinary event, and although it will bring some bad effects, it will not hurt overall.
And if this incident is characterized as a riot, these caught wizards are thugs, dark wizards, and it is a serious violation of the law.
Under his own governance, such a serious and vicious incident occurred...... According to the principle of whoever is in power is responsible, Fudge has to carry a big pot.
Fudge didn't want to leave such a big stain on his political career, plus he also recognized it, these were members of the pure-blood family, and he couldn't easily offend.
So he originally wanted to make this matter a big thing and a small thing.
But now things are getting more serious, and just now, the Dark Mark that had disappeared for so long reappeared.
The Dark Mark alone is not important, and you can interpret it as someone playing a prank, or someone imitating a crime.
A separate riot can also be resolved, paying a little price yourself, or it can be forcibly explained as a foreign dark wizard taking advantage of the opportunity of the World Cup to sneak in and make trouble.
By the way, he can also put the blame on France, and by the way, he will humiliate this sworn enemy, and ordinary wizards will definitely accept it.
But now that the Dark Mark has appeared, there has been a riot in the camp, and the true identities of the rioters on the scene are still the Dark Wizard and the former Death Eater......
Even if you interpret all this as a coincidence, someone has to believe it!
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Harley and Sirius didn't pay much attention to the rest of the matter.
After a little more evidence, the Aurors watched Harley leave the scene with awe.
The place where the Dark Mark was released, the Ministry of Magic also sent the Aurors to check it out.
It was empty, though, and there wasn't even a trace of magic.
This caused the three heavily armed Auror squads sent by the Ministry of Magic to pounce directly.
I don't know why, when I heard the news coming back, the faces of the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic unexpectedly appeared in unison...... Glad.
Obviously, everyone was afraid of something happening, especially Fudge, and the joy on his face could barely be suppressed.
After returning to the tent, the others hadn't returned, so Hallie went with Sirius to find them again.
Everyone tossed and turned until about two o'clock in the morning, and it was not until Mr. Weasley returned to the tent that it was quiet.
The Weasley twins turned around and asked their father about what was going on that night.
And Mr. Weasley didn't hide anything, and told the whole thing completely:
“…… In the end, Fudge had to agree to bring them back to the Ministry of Magic, but not to imprison them in Azkaban for the time being. ”
"At the same time, he is also going to hide the identities of those Death Eaters, after all, most of the Death Eaters did not disclose their identities after claiming to be controlled by the Imperius Curse and cleared their names, and ordinary wizards did not know about it."
"Why? Father. Percy couldn't help but ask, "And Mr. Crouch is so vicious, didn't he intervene in this matter?" ”
"Why?" Mr. Weasley spread his hands,
"Fudge said that for the sake of peace in the wizarding world and social stability, terror should not be sought."
"But we all know that he just wants to look good, and he doesn't want to make a fool of himself in front of foreign wizards, and by the way, he will win back the support of the uninformed masses."
"As for Crouch...... Even if Crouch wanted to intervene, what good could he do? Mr. Weasley asked rhetorically,
"He made a big mistake in the first half of the year, and Fudge found an excuse to suppress him, and now he has a lot less say than before."
"Amelia and Scrimgeour care about this, but they can only arrange for the Aurors to pay attention to this matter within their own rights, and there is nothing else they can do."
Mr. Weasley's words stunned his children, and Hermione opened her mouth wide.
After all, Mr. Weasley's words were not the same as their traditional impression of Fudge, the good old man who was not smart and consulted Professor Dumbledore on everything.
Harley gently blew off the heat from the tea and took a sip.
This group of young people, their knowledge is still too shallow!
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(Thanks to the two bigwigs of "Nine-Tailed Yan Fox" and "Floating Annihilation" for their rewards!) )
(End of chapter)