They walked down the steps.

At the bottom of the staircase is a long hallway.

It's exactly the same as the corridors in the basement that haven't been used in Hogwarts for a long time, the stone walls are very rough, I don't know if the money given to the renovation company was not enough in the first place, and it looks like a cheap project.

A damp, musty smell of wooden brackets embedded in the walls were rusty iron conical cages with torches stuck inside.

At this time, on both sides of this corridor, torches are arranged in an orderly manner. The flame is wobbly and red because the underground oxygen concentration is not enough, and it contains more water and impurities.

Is it wrong to pay attention to science in the unscientific wizarding world?

At regular intervals, a door could be seen, a heavy one, locked with an iron deadbolt and a keyhole.

These are the Inquisitors of the Ministry of Magic.

The innermost room is the tenth courtroom.

The second time he came, Harry hated it even more.

Harry said, "This level can be scrapped completely. The court wants to be above board, is this a place for Death Eaters to meet or a place to represent the justice of the law? What are you doing in such shadows? We are wizards, not dirty rats in the stinking gutter. It's no wonder that in Muggles' books, wizards are all sneaky. ”

"Muggles are something to learn from in many places. ”

Dumbledore nodded, he already had some plans, first, after taking office, he would tear down the "Ministry of Magic" itself and rebuild it.

"Albus, is this the good student you teach?"

Two people walked out in front of him, one tall and fat, and the other very thin.

Their faces peeking out of the shadows were Fudge Connelly and ...... Percy Weasley.

"Mr. Potter, I know you grew up in the Muggle world, but don't think too highly of Muggles, thank God they can be half as intelligent as wizards," Fudge said. ”

Harry smiled faintly, "You're right. ”

Fudge's brain was too small to comprehend the sarcasm in Harry's words, and he smiled with satisfaction that could be taught.

Percy was about to speak, he had been "raised" by Harry and could hear the meaning.

Dumbledore smiled and said, "Fudge, where are you going now?

Percy looked like an invisible man, and Dumbledore didn't see him at all.

Fudge said, "There are a few wizards coming, I'll go up there and take a look." ”

He glanced at Percy and said, "Weasley, you should have something to say when you see your old master, so I'll leave you some space." ”

Then slowly walk forward.

Fudge really went to great lengths to make Dumbledore look bad, even if his words and actions were equivalent to treating Percy like a dog...... Perhaps, he originally thought of Percy as a dog.

Percy Weasley's face froze, but he hid it well.

With a flattering smile on his face, he bent over and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Secretary Fudge. ”

Even at this point, Fudge couldn't see his groveling gesture at all, he still did.

Percy said unnaturally, "Professor Dumbledore...... I, I just wanted to recommend myself to Minister Fudge, but I didn't expect Minister Fudge to say that I could follow him during the Christmas and Easter holidays and try to be a personal assistant, if it's okay...... When I graduate from Hogwarts, I'll be able to follow him forever......"

Dumbledore smiled all over his face, not blaming at all, not feeling betrayed and angry, he looked gentle in his eyes, and said, "Oh, it's okay, Percy-san." ”

"Everyone has the right to make their own choice, no matter what that choice is, but we must be deeply aware that we can only go down the path we choose. What do you say, Percy-san?"

Percy met Dumbledore's kind eyes, and suddenly felt even more empty, and he said, "Be ...... Of course, sir. ”

Then Percy ran over quickly, caught up with Fudge, ran into the elevator, and before Fudge raised his hand, his hands quickly pressed the floor button, and then nodded and stood behind Fudge's fat body, his hands pressed together.

Harry glanced at Percy's performance and said, "This man...... It's like a dog. ”

Dumbledore shook his head.

A light and light voice sounded: "It's really fateful, I finally thought that I would report a thigh, but unfortunately, it was a boat with a big hole, the water had overflowed, and I couldn't get off the boat, so I could only wait for death." ”

......

Inside the elevator when the elevator begins to rise.

Percy looked at Fudge's back, and for the first time hesitated whether it was the right decision to follow Fudge.

Because he didn't see a little wisdom and decisiveness in Fudge, on the contrary, in a short period of time, Percy discovered a lot of shortcomings in Fudge: jealousy, narrow-mindedness, small belly, short-sightedness, lust for profit, and no courage and no strategy......

However, this is an opportunity to climb to the sky.

Anytime, Percy couldn't contain his excitement at the thought that he had the privilege of being Fudge's personal assistant.

Other wizards may not be able to go this far in their lifetime.

At this time, he thought of the strange wind that suddenly blew in the many daily newspapers and magazines he had read in the past two days, and felt that he should remind Minister Fudge.

"Minister Fudge, I noticed a lot of unfavorable remarks about you in the newspapers today, do you want to pay attention to it, and let the Ministry of Magic warn them?"

Fudge was a little irritable, and it seemed that he was not ignorant of these things.

"A bunch of unscrupulous journalists, making things up. Fudge snorted in exasperation.

"But don't worry, they can't do anything but write articles, I've seen this so much that I'm used to it. Fudge didn't take it to heart.

Percy, who loves power, has a keen sense of politics, and he secretly feels that something is wrong, not like an ordinary petty fight. He said euphemistically: "I see that the wind direction is not just accusing you, but more ...... It seemed to be shouting for Dumbledore. Shall we go to "those people" and discuss ......?"

In front of Fudge, the mention of "those people" made him look unswerving.

The only function of the existence of those people is to remind Fudge all the time: the Ministry of Magic is not a place for you to be in charge, you just have a little bit of a say.

However, Fudge laughed out loud, because Percy's concern made him laugh, he waved his hand, and said nonchalantly, "No chicken, Dumbledore would not want to be the Minister of Magic at all." Those with ulterior motives, even if they find a Squib, will keep me awake more than Dumbledore. ”

Percy wanted to say, "That's how you really know Dumbledore?"

But he knew that this sentence would only add to Fudge's displeasure. Because of questioning his ideas, he will definitely be classified as the least popular.

So Percy lamented in his heart, hoping that it would really be as Fudge thought, but he was thinking too much.

......

The tenth courtroom is an eerie black door.

Dumbledore lifted his tall hat, straightened his robes, unscrewed the heavy iron handles, and entered.

Inside is a deep dark room.

The surrounding walls were made of black stone, and the light from the torches could only illuminate ten centimeters around them.

On either side of the courtroom were rows of raised stools, where the Jury and the Hearing Wizards were located, and in front of it was a tall, dark red table, on which sat two men on the left was a broad, square-chin witch with gray hair, short hair, glasses, and a face similar to Professor McGonagall's. Sitting on the right is a toad dressed in pink.

At this time, the seats on both sides were already full of wizards, and it was dark.

Dumbledore spoke with magic that only Harry could hear.

"The ministers of magic from all countries in the world are here, but don't think it's very powerful, because the vast majority of national wizards are only a few hundred, or even a few dozen. The United Kingdom is the country with the most wizards in the world. ”

Harry looked at the ministers, the Minister of Magic, who was in charge of dozens of people...... Terrifying......

There were fifty people in the crowd dressed uniformly.

Wearing a fuchsia robe, a delicate silver "W" embroidered on the left front chest.

This is the Wizengamot, the highest court in the wizarding world.

The Supreme Governor is known as the Chief Magician of the Wizengamot, aka...... Dumbledore.

Harry hadn't paid much attention last time, and now he noticed that when he and Dumbledore walked in, there were several elderly witches among the members of the Wizengamot who were firing at Dumbledore......

Right in the middle of the room.

There are two chairs and two people are seated.

Sirius Black, Peter the Wormtail.

There were chains on the left and right sides of the armrests of the chairs, which held them in place.

Blake didn't seem to be being abused, and he was in good spirits.

Peter's arms and legs grew out, but they were deformed, like the thin arms and legs of a child, strange and ugly.

Seeing Harry, Blake's face was full of joy and he wanted to stand up.

"Boom. ”

Only then did I remember that I was still tied up in chains.

Harry took a place in the first row on the left.

There were very few people in the first row, and the wizards were all crowded to the back, and some of the wizards were still standing, but for some reason no one came to the front seat to sit down.

......