Chapter 70: Dumbledore Driven Out
Then there was another knock on the door.
Dumbledore went over to open the door. Harry let out a breath when he saw the gloomy figure walk in, so much so that Cyrus had to give him another elbow.
Outside the door was Lucius Malfoy.
Lucius Malfoy strode into Hagrid's cabin, wrapped in a long black travel cloak and a cold, contented smile on his face.
Tooth began to bark wildly.
Seeing Malfoy's appearance, Cyrus was finally completely relieved. Anyway, things have finally gotten to this point. Malfoy had already cooperated with him in a little bit of a move to get Dumbledore out of school.
Without Dumbledore's Hogwarts, there was no threat to Sellers.
His mood suddenly brightened, and he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.
The other person who was not at all surprised by Malfoy's appearance was Dumbledore, who had long since guessed that such a day would come. Tom Riddle couldn't keep himself in school, which didn't help him take the final step of his plan. That's too unsafe.
Just like last year, it's best to find a way to break yourself out.
Dumbledore was still wondering when the other party was going to do it?
Looks like it's now.
"You're here, Fudge," Malfoy said satisfied, "good, good......"
It was also his "master's" plan to let Hagrid take the blame again, and this matter was inevitably putting pressure on Fudge - just need to buy some public opinion - and now that Fudge had arrived at Hogwarts, Lucius Malfoy was naturally very satisfied.
But Hagrid didn't like the uninvited guest, so what good could the Malfoy family have?
"What are you doing here? Get out, get out of my house! ”
"Believe me, my dear friend, I'm not glad to enter your room—oh—you call it a house?" Lucius Malfoy looked around at the small chamber and sneered, "I just came to see the school, and I was told the headmaster was here." ”
Malfoy's style is really annoying, and if it weren't for Cyrus knowing that the other party is now his own, even he himself would have wanted to give Malfoy a few punches.
"What the hell are you looking for me, Lucius?" Dumbledore asked. He spoke politely.
"Things are terrible, Dumbledore." Lucius lazily rolled a long roll of parchment, his expression relaxed and his victory in his hands, even if he was facing Dumbledore—or rather, because he knew he was facing Dumbledore, he wasn't flustered at all.
"The board of directors felt it was time to let her go. It was a temporary suspension order – and all twelve directors signed it. We don't think you're using your talents. How many attacks have occurred so far? At this rate, there would be no Muggle students left at Hogwarts, and we all knew that would be a terrible loss for the school. ”
He said it as if he was expressing great heartache and regret for the attack on students from the Muggle world.
"What do you say, Lucius?" Fudge said, looking alarmed, "Dumbledore has been suspended...... No, no...... We are absolutely not willing to ...... right now."
"The appointment of the principal, or temporary suspension, is a matter for the Board, Fudge. The Ministry of Magic has no right to intervene. Lucius's face was calm, he had never taken the incompetent minister to heart.
"Since Dumbledore has failed to stop these attacks......"
"But look, Lucius, if Dumbledore can't stop it-" Fudge said, his upper lip starting to sweat, and at this juncture to suspend Dumbledore, he thought the school directors were crazy, "I mean, who can stop it?" ”
"Then we'll see," Malfoy said, a wicked smile on his face.
Deter?
He didn't even think to stop it.
"How many people did you threaten and blackmail to get them to agree, well, Malfoy?" Hagrid was furious, and looked as if he wanted to teach Lucius a straight punch, preferably by smashing his head into the pumpkin patch.
Malfoy, of course, was not afraid of Hagrid, and said sarcastically, "I want to give you a word of advice, don't shout at the guards of Azkaban like that. They won't like it. ”
At the thought of Dumbledore's suspension, Hagrid was not even afraid of Azkaban.
"You can't take Dumbledore with you! If he is taken away, the Muggles will have no way to live! There will be murders soon! ”
"Calm down, Hagrid." Dumbledore said sternly. He looked at Lucius Malfoy.
"If the board wants me to go, Lucius, of course I'll give up my seat."
"But—" Fudge stammered.
"No way!" Hagrid growled.
Dumbledore's blazing blue eyes were always staring at Lucius' cold gray eyes.
"But," Dumbledore said very slowly and clearly, so that everyone present could hear every word he spoke, "I will only leave this school when everyone here has betrayed me." You will also find that at Hogwarts there is always help for those who ask for it. ”
Sellers was pretty sure Dumbledore had glanced at them, a warning in his eyes.
He didn't just discover Harry and Ron, he even discovered himself!
"Sentimentally," Malfoy said, bowing, "we'll all miss your very personal way of handling things, Albus, and hopefully your successor will be able to stop the murder once and for all." ”
Malfoy strode to the door of the hut, opened it, and bowed Dumbledore out. Fudge played with his top hat and waited for Hagrid to walk in front of him, but Hagrid stood still, took a deep breath, and said cautiously:
"If someone is looking for something, they just follow the spider and they will find the right direction! That's all I have to say. ”
Fudge glared at him in astonishment.
"Okay, I'm coming." Hagrid said, donning his moleskin coat. However, just as he was about to follow Fudge out, he stopped and said loudly, "In my absence, someone needs to feed the teeth." ”
The door slammed shut, and Ron ripped off the cloak of invisibility.
"It's a problem," he said in a hoarse voice, "Dumbledore is gone. They're probably going to close their schools tonight. After he left, there would be attacks every day. ”
Tooth barked again, clawing at the closed door.
The next day, the news of Dumbledore's departure quickly caused fear to spread in an unprecedented form.
Sellers is in a very cheerful mood, the weather has been sunny lately, the clear sky and the lake are shining, and the trees of the Forbidden Forest are lush and look very vibrant. Cyrus borrowed Ginny's body to enjoy it all greedily.
Vibrant –
For the rest of the Hogwarts students, fear gripped them like a cold mist, but for Tyrus, it was getting closer and closer to being reborn!