"You're saying Sirius was wronged?"

Fudge sat tremblingly in the principal's office and listened to everyone's narration, only to see him wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, while unconsciously looking at Sirius: "But this is too unbelievable. ”

"If he was wronged, why didn't he defend himself when he was arrested?"

In response to Fudge's questioning, Dumbledore explained, "Connelly, Sirius entered Azkaban willingly to atone for his sins. ”

It's a pity that even if he spoke for Sirius, Fudge didn't take it lightly.

"Albus, you haven't been in the position of Minister of Magic, so you don't understand, I can't think about this matter for him alone, it's complicated. Twelve years of miscarriage would be a great challenge to the Ministry's credibility, and the public would be disappointed with the Ministry. ”

Although Fudge did not explicitly refuse, his sentences were full of unwillingness.

Just plainly said—leave my business alone, don't come to me."

What are you kidding, the recent handling of the Dementors has made him anxious, and the popular support has dropped to an all-time low, so he runs to Dumbledore every day for advice, and now wants him to overturn the case of the 'heinous criminal' Black? Isn't this asking for trouble for yourself? A person who can't handle his position as Minister of Magic can't sit steadily.

More than one high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic was staring at his position, and there was no one who didn't want to be at the pinnacle of power.

Fudge cares more about the 'black hat' on his head than fairness, as long as he can keep his position as Minister of Magic, he can turn against anyone, including Dumbledore.

Rather than overturning Sirius's case, he wanted to directly arrest Sirius and hand him back, at least to save some poor support.

If it weren't for the fact that this difficulty was a bit high, he would have done it a long time ago.

Even without that, the populace was largely disappointed with the Ministry of Magic. ’

How many useful policies has the Ministry of Magic introduced in England during his tenure?

The answer is zero.

The three things that most wizards do most often on a daily basis are to eat, sleep, and curse the Ministry of Magic.

Fudge's behavior made Dumbledore a little helpless, and he had to listen to his opinion and be wary of him, so he really didn't know what to ask him to say.

If he insisted on capturing Sirius, it would be a troublesome matter.

Dumbledore had been away from the center of power for too long for personal reasons. Former friends, such as Nick Lemay and the like, have also passed away one after another over the years, and the only wizard with high mana who still exists today may be the one in the tower.

And he may never meet the one in the Tower in his life.

Harry felt a little angry, although he didn't like Sirius very much, but he wanted Peter to be punished as he deserved, he couldn't understand why the Minister of Magic was pushing and procrastinating, but he had no choice but to look at Dudley.

Feeling Harry's gaze, Dudley, who had been silent, finally spoke.

"Mr. Fudge, the order to arrest Sirius was not yours in the first place."

"Oh, yes, Mr. Dursley." Fudge was slightly stunned when he heard this, and nodded.

If Fudge was wary of Dumbledore, his tone was much better for Dudley.

The current relationship between the two is barely a partnership.

Dudley strolled over to Fudge, who was a head taller than the diminutive Fudge.

"So what do you have to worry about?"

I heard Dudley whisper, "I think this is how it happened."

"Mr. Fudge, the wise Minister of Magic, discovered that Sirius's case was not easy with his intuition shortly after he took over as Minister of Magic, in order to find out the truth and not let any wizard suffer injustice. He was alone and secretly investigating. Finally, with his tireless efforts, an amazing secret was discovered."

His story immediately caught Fudge's attention, and his tone was full of demagogy and seduction, and Fudge's breathing began to grow heavy as he narrated.

"Sirius, the vicious criminal, turned out to be innocent."

"Minister Fudge is a decent and kind wizard who will not tolerate a single wrongful conviction in his eyes."

"This is a dereliction of duty on the part of the previous Minister of Magic, but Minister Fudge is willing to take it upon himself to apologize to the people on behalf of the Ministry of Magic"

The previous Minister of Magic, Millicent Barnold, has been retired for a long time, and this kind of person who has withdrawn from the center of power, when will she be deducted if she does not deduct her hat?

Dumping the predecessor and then stepping on the other party's position is the quality that every good politician should have.

Fudge's eyes brightened with every word, and Dudley knew that it was only one final kick away.

Leaning down, he whispered in Fudge's ear, "Because of the Dementors, your reputation is already very low, if you don't want to do something. Your position may be unstable, and as far as I know, Mr. Barty Crouch has done a lot of rethinking because he didn't compete with you last time, and now he has a lot of supporters."

"This is not good news for your loyal allies."

"It is in our interest that we want you to remain in the position of Minister of Magic."

Having said that, if Fudge doesn't react again, then he really thinks about changing people, people can be stupid, but not too stupid.

"You're a smart guy and you should know how to do it."

Dudley sat back down.

Fudge used his underdeveloped brain to think for a moment, and found that this plan was perfect, not only to reverse the current dilemma, but also to raise the support rating to the top.

In particular, Dudley's last sentence of smart man made Fudge very useful.

Well, he'd always thought he was good, otherwise why was he the Minister of Magic and no one else.

"This this. I deeply regret what happened to Mr. Black, and I deeply deplore Peter Pettigrew's bad behavior, and rest assured that the Ministry of Magic will never wrong a good person, nor will it spare a bad person."

As if under the Imperius curse, Fudge's words changed a hundred and eighty degrees, changing his previous way of pushing and hindering and righteous words.

"We will definitely give everyone justice."

Fudge's words made the others almost drop their jaws.

Sirius, Lupin, Harry, Hermione, and the others all looked at him with strange eyes, but Fudge was unmoved, his wrinkled face was not even a little red, and cheekiness was the quality that every good Minister of Magic should have.

Dudley sat in his seat as usual, as if he didn't know anything, while Dumbledore looked at Dudley with a smile, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the original book, Fudge was short, described as: a stout little man.

In addition to valuing power, this guy is also greedy for money.

(End of chapter)