Chapter 438: Cornelius Fudge
"It's appalling...... Appalling...... Albus, you didn't tell me about this before you came......"
"Trust me Connelly, I didn't know much earlier than you......"
Kyle, who was standing in the doorway, listened to the conversation between the two inside, and raised his hand to knock on the oak door of the principal's room.
Soon, the door was opened.
In the Headmaster's room, Connelly Fudge sat across from Dumbledore, looking a little nervous......
Two days before the holiday, Dumbledore and Sirius finally returned, and without Kyle having to say anything, Dumbledore wrote a letter to the Ministry of Magic, making excuses to trick Fudge into coming to Hogwarts.
Originally, Kyle thought that Dumbledore would be able to solve the rest of the matter by himself, but who knew that he was about to go, and Professor McGonagall ran to the Headmaster to find him.
Looking at Kyle standing in the doorway, Fudge frowned and said, "Dumbledore, this is ......"
"Kyle was the first to find out that there was something wrong with that mouse." Dumbledore smiled and said, "So I asked him to come too, and if I can't think of any details, he can help you out." ”
"Oh, that's amazing...... Fudge said absent-mindedly.
Kyle notices that the meditation basin that had been in the cupboard has been taken out, apparently the two of them had looked at Peter Pettigrew's memories before he came to the house.
"Albus, you've really got a big problem for me......"
Fudge glanced at Kyle and said hesitantly, "Peter Pettigrew is a first-class medal of the Order of Merlin, twelve years.
And we caught Sirius Black for a year...... If I tell everyone at this time that their identities have been mistaken, I will be inundated with yelling letters. ”
"It's not easy to be the Minister of Magic, I have a lot of things to deal with every day." Fudge twirled his top hat, "Is it possible that the mouse's memories are fake...... And you've said that it can't be turned back, and there's no way anyone can prove that it's an illegal Animagus...... Isn't it? ”
"You're right, Connelly." Dumbledore sighed and agreed, "It's eaten too many mandrake leaves, it's a really hard problem to solve, and you probably can't help it."
It's a pity that Sirius, not only was he imprisoned for twelve years in vain, but he was always hunted down by the Dementors. ”
Fudge looked up, a little surprised.
He thought that Dumbledore was going to argue with him, and he even thought of an excuse to shirk it. I didn't expect things to be reversed, and listening to the other party's meaning, it seems that I don't want to care anymore.
"Ah......" Fudge looked calm, "I thought about it, and I think you're right, Dementors aren't suitable for staying so close to Hogwarts...... I'll take them with me when I go back this time. ”
"Thank you so much, Connelly." Dumbledore stood up and stood up at the same time, winking at Kyle vaguely.
Kyle stood up as well, cleared his throat, and muttered in a voice that everyone could hear, "It's a shame that you weren't a minister twelve years ago, otherwise...... I believe that such a mistake will definitely not occur. ”
The look on Fudge's face froze.
Kyle's words reminded him suddenly.
Yes, twelve years ago, he didn't give the order to arrest Sirius, and he wasn't even involved in it.
Fudge thought about it a lot, but the expression on his face didn't change at all.
"You must have discussed it." He looked at Dumbledore disapprovingly, "And I guess it must have been your idea." ”
"I'm sorry Connelly, I don't understand what you mean." Dumbledore was surprised, "Did we do anything?" ”
"Stop pretending, you cunning fellow." Fudge laughed, "You taught Kyle those words, it seems to be complimenting me, but in fact it was to get me to agree to retry Blake's case." ”
"You're mistaken, Connelly." Dumbledore said with a strange expression, "I didn't teach Kyle to say this......"
"Oh?" Fudge smiled, as if he had seen everything, "Kyle is a good boy, not so much of a belligerent kid. ”
Dumbledore's expression was even stranger.
Kyle acted as if he hadn't heard, and as if he acquiesced, "Mr. Minister, I didn't mean that...... I really think you're a good minister. ”
"Well, I have to admit, I was fooled." Fudge sat back in his chair and placed his top hat beside him.
"The Blake affair is indeed a dereliction of duty on the part of the Ministry of Magic, and as the current minister, I also have a responsibility to correct this mistake."
"Connelly, have you agreed to reopen the case?" Dumbledore asked.
"Isn't that what you want to see?" "But before we can do that, we have to find Blake......
Before he could finish speaking, he saw a man in ragged clothes come out of the corner of the principal's office.
It was Sirius Black.
Subconsciously, Fudge nervously jumped up from his chair and opened his mouth to call someone.
But soon he reacted, and the hand that went to get the wand turned around without a trace, unbuttoned one of the buttons on his collar, and looked at Dumbledore with a strange look, as if to say...... Even someone found it, and they said it wasn't your idea?
Dumbledore didn't refute either, but said:
"When I found him, he was dealing with two Death Eaters......"
"Wait." Fudge interrupted him and asked, "Blake snatched someone else's wand?" ”
"It was because he didn't do it......," Dumbledore said, "so it was dangerous, but he did it......"
Blake dragged out two unconscious men from the corner, their faces blue and purple, and it was obvious at a glance that they had been knocked unconscious.
Fudge made a closer look.
They don't have the Dark Mark on their wrists, and they probably aren't very important, but since Dumbledore is here, it means that they must be Death Eaters, and they can be identified by just showing the Aurors at that time.
"Because Blake can't move around yet...... Dumbledore said, "so Connery, can you help bring these two men back to the Ministry of Magic when you go back?"
That's what he meant by himself. ”
"I'll take it back?" Fudge's eyes lit up, "Oh, sure, no problem, that's what I'm supposed to do." ”
He looked pleased, "Apparently hiding from the Dementors, but still not forgetting to fight the Death Eaters, I kind of believe that he was wronged now." ”
"Whether it is wronged or not, we have to investigate again." Dumbledore said, "I'll just watch him during this time, how about it." ”
"It's for the best." "But how are we going to investigate......
He looked at the cage on the table, "The Wizengamot doesn't trust a mouse's memory, and even if I'm the Minister of Magic, I can't change that.
Moreover, if Peter Pettigrew himself is not visible, it would be useless for Blake to ask for a truth potion. ”
"You can rest assured of that." Dumbledore said, "We've found a way to get Peter back, but it's going to take some time. ”
"Of course that's fine." Fudge glanced at the two Death Eaters tied together, "If there's anything you need help from the Ministry of Magic, just ask...... Like I said, this is a mistake made by the Ministry of Magic in the first place, and I'm willing to make amends for it. ”
Dumbledore looked up slightly...... Listening to Fudge, it was as if he had already determined that Blake had been wronged.
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(End of chapter)