Chapter 548: A Visit to the Ministry of Magic
Ministry of Magic, Minister's Office on the basement level.
On weekdays, the hallway outside the Minister's office was crowded with all sorts of Ministry of Magic employees who needed to report and sign, especially in the days following the attack at a Quidditch match, where the debriefer could be sent from the door of Fudge's office to the elevator hall.
The same happened today, early in the morning, the doors of the minister's office, which were supposed to be open to 'welcome guests', were closed, and even Senior Minister Dolores Umbridge failed to knock on the door of the minister's office.
The employees queuing outside were talking and asking around, what kind of major case did the group of people from the Auror office rush in for?
And in the luxurious minister's office, the atmosphere is just as scorching.
Sirius had been arguing with Dlux all morning over Remus's affairs, completely ignoring his boss, and Rufus Scrimgeur, the owner of the Auror Office, had been staring at him with a cold eye, and Kingsley's several attempts to ease the atmosphere had failed.
"That scumbag villain!"
Excitedly, Delix's stiff gray hair seemed to stand up like an electric shock, and his strong body was held tightly in the wizard's robes, and he glared at Sirius, shouting in an almost roaring voice,
"I've seen through it a long time ago, he wants to play a conspiracy against the department's investigation, and you, Blake, have been shielding him, you want to stall for time!"
"Watch your words, big fool!"
Sirius's gray eyes flashed with a cold light, and his tone was as cold as his eyes,
"There is no evidence to prove that Remus is guilty, maybe he just showed up there by accident In addition, I must emphasize that even if Remus really has a problem, he has the right to receive treatment from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Illnesses before receiving inquiries from the Ministry!"
"Ridiculous!"
If it weren't for the minister's office, Dlux might have pulled out his wand and struck a hard slap on the man in front of him who had also committed the most heinous crimes, but had narrowly escaped trial, and in his opinion, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were the same thing.
One of them squatted in Azkaban for more than a dozen years while the other.
"The law is to protect wizards!" Delix gritted his teeth and said, "Not for those dirty, lowly werewolves!" ”
If the atmosphere in the office just now was a pot of hot oil, and now, Delux's unrestrained speech is like pouring a basin of cold water into this pot of hot oil, and it suddenly exploded.
Sirius, without saying a word, threw out his wand from his sleeve and pointed it at Delix's eyes,
"Apologies!" Sirius gasped and said, "Otherwise, I'll let you go to St. Mungo for a few days, Delix!" ”
"Compared to St. Mungo--" Delix took out his wand without showing any weakness, "I would like to give you Azkaban again!" ”
Seeing that the quarrel between the two men was about to turn into a duel, Rufus Scrimgeour, who was the top boss of Drix and Sirius, suddenly stopped his waist, his lion-like orange glow was terrifying, and his voice roared like a demonstration before the lion's attack.
"What do you want to do!"
Rufus Scrimgeour stepped between the two men in two steps to the opposite place,
"Do you want to blow up the minister's office for the sake of a criminal!"
As soon as these words came out, Sirius immediately turned his angry eyes at Scrimgeur, and the rough corners of Delix's eyes outlined a trace of imperceptible pride, while Kingsley on the other side also narrowed his eyes, and he looked quietly at Fudge, who was sitting in the back of his office, frowning, and even a little wandering in his eyes.
Connelly Fudge was in this state for the morning, and he listened to the opinions of the two parties for a while, and then, instead of paying attention to what they were arguing about, he fell into his own contemplation.
This is not normal, is it, now that this conflict is taking place in his own office, and the minister is ignoring it, what is he thinking?
"Put your wand down first, Sirius—"
Unable to guess the minister's thoughts, Kingsley had to focus on resolving the conflict.
"No one wants to see you and your colleagues fighting in the minister's office, Sirius!"
Kingsley accentuated the word 'no one', believing that Sirius should have understood his hints, but the angry Sirius did not pay attention to what Kingsley was saying, and he was bent on defending his friend, but Rufus noticed Kingsley's little trick in tone, and he threw a sharp glance at Kingsley.
"Minister!"
At this moment, there was another knock on the door of the office, which had been quiet for a while, and the person calling the door outside was almost destroying the door of the minister's office with a hammer, and the voice of the shouting was also full of excitement.
"Yes, Minister!"
After nearly two months, Sirius had become very familiar with the people in the Ministry, and he immediately heard that this was the young new director of the Goblin Liaison Office, Dirk Chryswell.
This person's relationship with Sirius is not bad, this is not a relationship that Sirius developed on his own initiative, but Dirk himself posted it, he admires Amosta, who is also from Slytherin, so in the days when Sirius was not out in the field, Dirk Chryswell went to Sirius to talk to him about Amosta.
Hearing Dirk's excited voice, Sirius's eyebrows moved slightly, and he finally slowly dropped his wand.
"There's someone you need to meet, Minister!"
Dirk, who didn't get a response, still smacked at the door.
"I'm dealing with things, Dirk!"
Through the door, Fudge exclaimed angrily, "If it's convenient, you can ask visitors to go to Dolores to get a number, and then line up outside!" ”
The doorway outside only stopped for a second before it rang again, and Dirk shouted at the top of his voice,
"Are you sure, Minister, it's Mr. Blaine—Amosta Blaine is outside the door!"
Sirius's eyes widened suddenly, the anger on his face disappeared along with the pressure on his heart for two days, and he was about to leave to open the door, but he was given a stern look, and a clever sideways step stood in his way.
"Amosta?"
Fudge also looked relieved, but this expression only appeared on his face for a few seconds, and then his expression tensed again,
"Ahem--"
Fudge lifted half of his ass and fell back down, he feigned coughing a few times,
"Alright, Dirk, you can bring him in!"
Rufus Scrimgeour and Dlux exchanged glances, and their faces darkened.
"What's wrong?"
As soon as Amosta entered the office, he saw Rufus Scrimgeour and his hapless Auror staring at him with a gloomy expression, Sirius looking at him with relief in his eyes, and Kingsley giving himself a friendly smile.
It didn't take much Amosta to feel the tension in the office, and at the same time, he could guess what had just happened in the office - Sirius and Dlux still had wands in their hands!
As for the causes of the conflict, it is needless to say.
However, Amosta still had a stunned expression, he looked at Cornelius Fudge at his desk, and asked in a stunned tone,
"Am I not at the right time, Minister?"
"Of course not--"
Fudge smiled ugly,
"We're just talking about some normal work, Amosta--"
(End of chapter)