Although the Daily Prophet did not report extensively on the "riot" that occurred at Hogwarts because of Fudge, the incident still made the front pages of major newspapers and caused an uproar in the wizarding world.
, no one thought that such a big event would appear out of thin air overnight.
What surprised everyone even more was that major newspapers actually investigated the cause, process and results of the whole incident, and put the "truth" in front of everyone.
However, the most eye-catching thing in the newspaper was actually the photo specially taken by Lee Jordan. The corridor full of Aurors was really jaw-dropping.
Of course, there are all kinds of weird headlines corresponding to the front-page photos, but all major newspapers question the true level of elite Aurors.
A large group of Aurors singled out a student, and ended up losing. He was easily put upside down and hung on the wall. It was like a dream.
The Aurors have completely disgraced the Ministry of Magic.
Of course, there were actually more newspapers criticizing Fudge.
Some newspapers also publicly exposed the fact that Fudge led people to suppress Hogwarts, but the students rose up to resist.
The news that Fudge was finally knocked unconscious by angry students and thrown like garbage at the school gate was published in the newspaper like a joke.
The most incredible thing is that the seemingly ridiculous report actually has photos as evidence.
It's really shocking.
Fudge's political opponents seized the opportunity to severely criticize Fudge for the ridiculous things he had done recently. They not only pointed out Fudge's rape of Dumbledore, but also moved the 123 latest education orders issued by the Ministry of Magic.
come out.
Public opinion was in an uproar for a while, and wizards asked Fudge to give an explanation. The number of voices originally calling for Fudge to step down also increased.
However, Fudge knew nothing about the changes in the Ministry of Magic, and he still fainted at the school gate with other wizards.
In the end, he was awakened by a reporter who rushed to Hogwarts to interview him.
Before Fudge could wake up from his confusion, he was surrounded by a group of excited reporters.
"Minister, I heard that the most elite Aurors of the Ministry of Magic were defeated by a Hogwarts student." A witch enthusiastically handed her microphone to Fudge, "Do you have any questions about this matter?
Is there anything you want to say?”
"I heard that because of the excessive interference of the Ministry of Magic, there was a riot at Hogwarts and the professors sent to Hogwarts were expelled. Is this true?" Another wizard also said
The microphone was handed to Fudge, hoping to get confirmation from Fudge.
"Why did the Ministry of Magic want to arrest the Weasley brothers?" Another reporter asked, "Do they really have the secret weapon to subvert the Ministry of Magic as rumored?"
"Minister, I heard that the whole incident was caused by the Ministry of Magic's first attack on Professor McGonagall at Hogwarts, which caused dissatisfaction among the teachers and students of the school. Is it true?"
"Minister, I heard that all the students who attended Hogwarts attended the celebration banquet to celebrate the expulsion of the Deputy Minister last night. Is this true?"
"Minister, does the Ministry of Magic really intend to suppress the riot at Hogwarts?"
"minister……"
The reporters asked questions one after another, which made Fudge feel dizzy, his cheeks turned red, and he wanted to get rid of these annoying flies.
However, Fudge finally suppressed his inner anger and said patiently to the reporters present: "Everyone, please be quiet. The Ministry of Magic will hold a press conference in the near future. I will explain it clearly to everyone at that time."
After speaking, Fudge did not give the reporters time to react, and directly apparated away with other Ministry of Magic officials, leaving behind a group of reporters looking at each other.
However, the newspaper reporters were not disappointed by Fudge's hasty departure. Being able to take photos was a good reward. Moreover, they came to Hogwarts not to interview Fudge, but to interview Hogwarts.
Teachers and students, once again confirm the major events that happened last night, and strive to produce several more high-quality follow-up reports.
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Meanwhile, in a safe house somewhere in Scotland.
Fred, who had just gotten up, yawned, looked at George with a regretful face, and asked doubtfully: "Did something big happen?"
"It's not just big things, you can see for yourself." George put the newspaper in front of Fred and began to enjoy his breakfast.
"There is such a thing. If I had known about it, I wouldn't have left in a hurry. I really missed a good show."
Neither of them expected that such a big thing would happen in the school just after they left Hogwarts.
"It seems that the toad really annoyed Albert." George swallowed the fried egg in his mouth and murmured, "I have never seen him look so angry."
"More than a hundred lashes!"
Fred threw the newspaper on the table and said with gloating, "That guy is really unlucky. If I had known that Albert should have driven away Toad and his gang from the beginning, we would have been able to get rid of Hogg."
Watts Castle as base camp.”
"Didn't you always want to leave school early to make fun of the shop?" George asked.
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Aren't you stupid?"
"Do you think wanted criminals will surrender themselves?" Fred couldn't help rolling his eyes and finishing the eggs on the plate in three or two strokes.
"Fudge doesn't want us." George took the newspaper again and said to himself, "But you're right, it's not surprising that Fudge wants us."
"After all, we want to overthrow the Ministry of Magic." Fred sneered, "That guy Fudge is a complete idiot."
"Regret it?"
George wiped out the last bit of food on his plate. Thanks to the help of Dobby the house elf, otherwise they wouldn't know how to solve the eating problem.
"Regret, that's out of the question, and what's happened has already been done. Why do you expect me to regret it?" Fred curled his lips and suddenly said, "Do you think Fudge would be raped if he knew there was no such thing as a secret weapon?
So angry that you vomit blood?"
"I don't know if Fudge will be so angry that he vomits blood." George paused and reminded, "But Mom will probably be very anxious if she doesn't receive any more news from us. We have to find a way to send a letter home.
Let them know we are safe."
"You're right, but how should we send a letter home?" Fred covered his burp and reminded, "There are no owls here that can help deliver letters."
"this is very simple."
George summons Dobby the house elf to ask where his suitcase is.
He found the suitcase, took the parchment and quill from it, briefly stated in the letter that he was safe, and asked the house elf to help forward it.
You can use the Hogwarts owl or the post office owl.
As for the owl being captured and being tracked by the Ministry of Magic?
They are not afraid, because they don't actually know where this place is, and the owl can't find them.
Yesterday, after Fred and George were rescued by the firework dragon, they were sent away with the door key given by Albert. Finally, Dobby, the house elf, brought them here. It is said to be Albert's temporary stronghold, surrounded by
Many layers of magical protection.
The luggage from Hogwarts has also been packed and sent here. The two of them need to live here temporarily and continue to develop or manufacture joke props until the current crisis is over before they can leave.
"Where's the Albert?" Fred asked the house elf Dobby, "Didn't that guy drop out of school early too?"
"Mr. Anderson is in another safe house. For some reasons, I can't tell the specific location." The house elf explained.
"Are you really stupid?" George couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
"You're the fool," Fred muttered.
"That guy must be with his girlfriend, why should I ask?"
"A guy who forgets his friends when he sees sex."
"Okay, stop complaining. Let's contact Lee Jordan first. He may have received the order." George called Fred to go to work.
"Do you think we should move back to Hogwarts quietly?" Fred suddenly suggested.
If they rented a shop in Diagon Alley, he would never have such an idea, but it was a bit painful to stay in such a ghost place now.
"Don't be stupid. Without Albert's cover, we can be easily exposed, not to mention we don't have a magical suitcase." George directly rejected Fred's unreliable proposal. If the Ministry of Magic really interferes with Hogwart,
If so, Lee Jordan, who stayed at Hogwarts, might also have to run away together.
"I'm just talking casually."
"There is a laboratory here, where we can continue to make joke props. Let's go, it's time to work," George pulled Fred towards the laboratory that Albert prepared for them, "At least, before opening the store,
We have to prepare the products for sale, which we can start manufacturing now, and Albert seems to be getting married, so we have to help him prepare large fireworks."
"Okay, you're right, it's time for us to work." Fred and George walked into the laboratory and started a new work.
It is very safe here, and there are house elves to take care of daily life. There is no need to worry about various problems, and they can focus on opening the store.
Albert was more reliable than they expected. As long as they didn't leave the house, no one could find them. From the outside, it looked like the remains of a shabby hut.
…
As if he had a premonition that someone was nagging him, Albert, who was lying in bed, couldn't help but sneeze. He stretched out his hand to rub his nose and buried his head in the bed again.
"Okay, it's time for you to get up."
Isobel pushed Albert a little funny, indicating that it was time to get up.
"Let me lie down a little longer." Albert muttered with his eyes closed.
"Really, get up quickly."
Half an hour later,
Albert lazily got up from the bed, changed his clothes again with Isobel's help, and sat on the chair next to the dining table.
"really tired?"
"Sleepy."
"Then after you finish eating, drink a bottle of vitality tonic. I'll let the house elf stew a chicken for you later." Isobel placed the sumptuous breakfast in front of Albert without any embarrassment at all.
Men are actually very easy to deal with.
"Forget it, it's better not to drink magic potions too often." Albert covered his yawn and changed the subject, "Do you have today's newspaper?"
"Dobby just sent it, you are completely famous." Isobel put several newspapers in front of Albert and said.
"What does this mean? Reporters just like to make noises." Albert yawned again. After simply wiping out the food on the plate, he picked up the cup of warm milk and drank the milk in one go.
Light.
As for the news in those newspapers, most of it was the result of Albert's deliberate guidance. The front page news photo above was kindly sponsored by Lee Jordan. It looks very good. I guess everyone already knows that the Aurors in the Ministry of Magic are all
What kind of people are they? They are even more suspicious of Fudge, and his panel task has been completed, and his reputation in the magic world is rising.
It is estimated that the Death Eaters are targeting him again, but Albert doesn't mind at all. Anyway, the Death Eaters will cause trouble for him regardless of this matter.
"What are you going to do next?" Isobel put down her knife and fork and asked.
"Next? Of course I will stay with you." Albert said matter-of-factly: "Take a rest for a while and wait for the opportunity."
"opportunity?"
Isobel reached out to touch Tom who was squatting on the chair, and asked: "Are you waiting for Dumbledore to return to Hogwarts?"
"That's right." Albert stretched and said, "If you run around, you might be caught by the Auror of the Ministry of Magic. Now I can just finish my new book, and there is only one last step left.
A little bit."
In fact, it would be easier to stay at Hogwarts, because there are classes to attend every day, and for Albert, attending classes is like being lazy and fishing. Now that he has left school, he still has a lot of things to do every day.
If you want to do it, even if you want to be lazy, you can't find an excuse to be lazy.
There is no way, now is not the time to be lazy.
After all, there was a powerful enemy like Voldemort who was eyeing him, and Albert did not dare to let down his guard at all.
Once you relax, who knows what will happen!
He would never allow himself to lose everything he had finally gained, never allow it.
He doesn't want to be James and his wife.
Yes, Albert has been fond of using the Potters as a warning recently.
Who made them die miserably.
In Albert's opinion, the Potters were definitely winners in life, but it was a pity that they died miserably.
One case of this unlucky guy is enough.
…
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of Albert and his team, Cornelius Fudge is still stuck in a diplomatic dilemma. The entire magical world is waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation, but Fudge can't think of any good solution now.
.
Scrimgeour, who had a good relationship with him at first, gradually became estranged due to his previous missions related to Hogwarts.
Especially because of Umbridge, the Aurors have once again become a laughing stock. The separation between the two parties is inevitable, and it is difficult for Scrimgeour to provide him with assistance in this regard.
As for the external situation, Fudge could only blame Dumbledore.
Even at the press conference, he swore to mention Dumbledore's plan to subvert the Ministry of Magic and the secret weapon that could subvert the Ministry of Magic.
"Minister." A reporter interrupted Fudge's speech, "I heard that there is no so-called secret weapon. That thing was actually fabricated by the Weasley brothers to fool Deputy Minister Umbridge. Even Mr. Potter also
I personally say that the Weasley brothers told everyone about this as a joke."
"Yes, everyone said that Deputy Minister Umbridge always suspected that Dumbledore was trying to subvert the Ministry of Magic, so they just told a random lie to deceive her."
After Rita Skeeter smiled and told the big news she had just received, she looked at Fudge, whose face turned red and purple, with interest.
She loved the bombshell news.
"No, this is actually a conspiracy prepared by Dumbledore, including the riots at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore asking the Weasley twins to instigate the students of Hogwarts against the Ministry of Magic." Fudge changed the subject through gritted teeth.
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"But the students at Hogwarts said that it was all because of the Ministry of Magic's too many educational orders and Umbridge's misbehavior at Hogwarts that they completely annoyed the teachers and students at Hogwarts." Another reporter said loudly,
"I also heard that the students at Hogwarts called the deputy minister a toad."
"Minister, are you aware of Deputy Minister Umbridge's atrocities at Hogwarts?"
"What?"
Fudge was confused by the reporters' inquiries.
"During her tenure at Hogwarts, Deputy Minister Umbridge liked to use a dark magic quill to punish students." As he said that, the reporter took out a quill and parchment from his bag and handed it to Fudge.
, "This quill pen uses the writer's blood as ink. You can try its effect yourself."
Fudge took the quill stupidly, without any intention of using it, and told him directly that the accusations made by those reporters against Umbridge were probably true, and that guy's reputation in the Ministry of Magic was not very good.
"Minister, I also heard that Umbridge used Veritaserum and the Cruciatus Curse to torture students."
"The Ministry of Magic is still unable to confirm what you are talking about. We will next suspend Deputy Minister Umbridge for investigation."
Fudge was exhausted from dealing with a series of questions from reporters, and finally had to find an excuse to temporarily calm the reporters.
Investigation, of course, suspension and investigation.
As for when the results will be available, it’s hard to say.
Maybe, everyone had forgotten it by then.
"Minister, what do you think about the entire Ministry of Magic's Aurors being defeated by a school wizard?" a reporter continued to ask.
In fact, the reporters have colluded in advance and plan to take turns asking several topics. There are many things in them that can be used to make breaking news.
"I think everyone has been misled. Aurors have never been defeated by one person, but fell into a despicable conspiracy trap." Fudge argued loudly.
"We have interviewed a large number of students at Hogwarts, and they all claim to have witnessed Mr. Anderson's duel with the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic."
"At that time, Professor Umbridge even despicably used the Cruciatus Curse to attack Mr. Anderson in an attempt to help the Aurors win."
"It is said that two other Slytherin students have also done that, and they are still lying in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies, receiving treatment."
Every reporter said something that made Fudge unable to leave the stage.
"It's all nonsense. Just think about it on your knees. How can a Hogwarts student defeat a group of Aurors alone?" Fudge said angrily.
"But, we saw it with our own eyes." A reporter suddenly said: "A student gave us a magical memory ball, which recorded the fierce battle."
"Mr. Minister, can you tell us why you lied?"
"Is it to cover up the incompetence of the Aurors?"
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became very awkward.
At the beginning, after Fudge and his group left, the reporter also interviewed the students at Hogwarts, and not only got the truth, but also got countless bombshell news that Albert specially left for them.
Fudge was rendered speechless by the reporters.
But his troubles were not over yet. More and more reporters questioned Fudge, saying that no one was secretly inciting him. This was obviously impossible, but many wizards believed that Fudge was no longer suitable to be the Minister of Magic.
Calls for Fudge to step down are growing louder.
Many employees of the Ministry of Magic were gloating over this misfortune, and they completely believed in the prediction that Fudge would be ousted in the summer.