Compared with the warmth of Rose Manor, the atmosphere at 12 Grimmauld Place is a bit heavy and depressing.
After receiving the news that Harry was attacked, Dumbledore hurried to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters to learn about the situation. He really couldn't understand why Harry was attacked by Dementors when someone was standing guard to protect Harry.
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"Sirius, write a letter to Harry and ask him not to leave, let alone hand over his wand." Dumbledore quickly made arrangements, then turned to look at Mrs. Weasley, "Molly, ask Hermione and Ron to
Harry wrote a letter to appease Harry's mood. I have asked Minerva to go to Mrs. Figg to understand the situation first, and if anyone is free later, I will ask him to take Minerva's place first."
"Also, who is responsible for standing guard tonight?"
"it's me."
Mundungus shrank his neck and said weakly.
"Mundungus, what's going on?" Dumbledore walked into the restaurant quickly and stared at the guilty little old man in front of him and asked, "Don't try to hide it."
"I……"
Mundungus hesitantly told the story of taking time off to do a big deal, knowing that he could not hide it from Dumbledore.
"In other words, you left without authorization before the changing of the guard, and as a result, a dementor attacked Harry and his cousin?" Dumbledore's face became even more gloomy.
"That's what Figg said. She saw it with her own eyes." Mundungus said, shrinking his neck. "I really didn't expect this."
"You really disappoint me. I remember Sirius gave you a subsidy." Dumbledore's eyes flashed sharply. He took out his wand, summoned parchment and quills out of thin air, and began to write a letter.
This incident affects Harry's cousin Dudley, who must write to Harry's Aunt Petunia to prevent them from kicking Harry out of the house.
After writing the letter, Dumbledore took out his wand and cast a spell on the letter, turning it into a howling letter. Even if the other party did not open it, it would ensure that they would know the contents of the letter and allow Harry to stay.
"I have to go to the Ministry of Magic to stop Fudge from firing Harry."
Before Dumbledore walked out of the hall, he handed the howling letter to Mrs. Weasley and warned, "Help me send this letter as quickly as possible. Please tell the owl to deliver this letter."
"OK."
Mrs. Weasley looked at the roaring letter in her hand, opened her mouth, and after giving instructions to the others, hurried to the Diagon Alley post office to help Dumbledore mail the roaring letter.
There was nothing I could do, someone made all the owls in the house go out and send letters to Harry.
"It really scared me to death. Dumbledore's expression just now was really scary. I have never seen him so angry." Mundungus reached out and patted his chest, looking frightened.
"Mundungus, why did Harry encounter the dementor attack?" Fred and George appeared out of nowhere, holding Mundungus' arms on the left and right, Hermione, and Ron.
He and Ginny also walked this way one after another.
"How would I know, and even if I was there at the time, it wouldn't help." Mundungus said irritably. He didn't expect that something would happen just after he left the group. Moreover, even if he was there at the time, there was nothing he could do.
Guts couldn't summon a physical Patronus at all, let alone drive away the Dementors.
"This is totally weird." Hermione frowned and asked, "Besides Azkaban, are there any other places where there are dementors?"
"Probably not, at least not in the UK." Sirius shook his head and said, "No one likes those dangerous dark creatures. Most dementors are concentrated in Azkaban by wizards to prevent them from wandering around and causing chaos."
"If this is really the case, the only ones who would attack Harry would be the mysterious man and his..." Before Hermione could finish her words, she was interrupted by George next to her.
"It's also possible in the Ministry of Magic. I dare say Fudge is eager to find an opportunity to fire Harry." Fred corrected, "Don't underestimate the power of politicians. Is there anything those guys wouldn't dare to do in order to achieve their own goals?
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"It should be... unlikely." Hermione looked at Fred in surprise. It was hard to imagine that the Ministry of Magic would do such a thing.
"Don't have any illusions about the Ministry of Magic." George sneered, "Haven't you seen the nature of the Ministry of Magic clearly yet? There is nothing that those guys can't do for their own power and interests?"
"Look what they did to discredit Dumbledore, just because Dumbledore told the truth?"
"I think Fred and George are right." Ron agreed, "The Ministry of Magic has indeed done a lot of bad things recently. I wouldn't be surprised if they did this."
"Hermione, don't be too naive, otherwise you will suffer big losses sooner or later." Sirius reminded him kindly, looking at Mundungus, "Where were you at that time?"
"I'm going to make a big deal." Mundungus' voice gradually trailed off, and when he met Sirius's gaze, he couldn't help but shrink his head.
I have no choice but to feel guilty.
Mundungus took Sirius' Galleons allowance.
Although it was only a few tens of galleons, and was used as a subsidy to buy things for the Order members who were on guard duty, it was actually enough as a reward for their help on guard duty.
In fact, every member of the Order of the Phoenix who served as Harry's sentry received this money. Since dealing with Albert, Sirius has become more mature and better at using Galleons to serve himself.
Although everyone is contributing to a great cause, we can't go hungry, and those galleons are all earned in vain. The galleons are given to everyone just to help everyone take care of Harry.
"I'm sorry, I promise... I'll never do it again."
Mundungus put his hand into his pocket, as if hesitating for something, but in the end he didn't take out the money bag from his pocket and returned Sirius's subsidy.
"There won't be a next time." Sirius stared at Mundungus for a while, and suddenly showed a weird smile: "Also, your so-called big deal is not worth mentioning at all. You see, I just went to Spain.
, I made tens of thousands of galleons, this is a big deal."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Really?" Mundungus asked with his eyes widened.
"Otherwise, where do you think I got the galleons to give you subsidies?" Sirius said calmly, "Complete your mission, and if there is a chance to make a fortune in the future, I will call you, at least make more money than your so-called big deal.
, is it true, how much money do you make from a big deal?"
"I'm sorry." Mundungus also heard that Sirius made a lot of money by betting, "I will complete my task well in the future, and don't forget me when you are doing big business."
"It seems that you have solved the problem."
A voice came from the end of the corridor. Sirius turned his head and saw Kingsley walking towards this direction.
"Learned from that guy Anderson, Mundungus just wants some Galleons, I just want to give him a chance to make a fortune." Sirius pointed this out directly, "When did you come here."
"Just now, I have roughly figured out what is going on now." Kingsley asked with a strange expression: "Are you really planning to take him to make a fortune together?"
"Who knows?" Sirius shrugged and said, "Maybe the opportunity will come in a few days, maybe it will have to wait for a while, maybe he will fail to seize the opportunity like you."
Speaking of this matter, Kingsley felt a little depressed.
No one would complain that the money was small. Who knew that Sirius would really become rich?
"What's the situation at the Ministry of Magic?" Sirius brought the topic back on track, "Has Dumbledore solved this problem?"
"No, Dumbledore failed to convince Fudge. You know, Fudge wanted to expel Harry, but he agreed to wait until Harry was tried before deciding whether to destroy the wand and let Hogwarts expel Harry." Kingsley
When talking about this matter, the expression on his face was a little gloomy, "Also, Fudge did not admit that there were dementors outside the control of the Ministry of Magic, and directly stated that there were no dementors without the consent of the Ministry of Magic.
Please leave Azkaban privately."
"This is probably done by a member of the Ministry of Magic, and the person's position is not low." George came out of nowhere and interrupted, "If they were Death Eaters, they wouldn't use this method, at least.
We won't just send two dementors to attack Harry."
"Besides, I don't think Harry's cousin will survive." Fred added, "It looks more like the Ministry of Magic did it deliberately to provide them with an excuse to fire Harry."
"The Death Eaters' conspiracy is really bad. Remember the last time in Spain..." Dedalo Digo took a bite of his sandwich and complained vaguely.
"It was different in Spain. With Albert's character, he would definitely not put himself in danger, so the Death Eaters had no time to formulate a strict plan."
Having been roommates with Albert for several years, Fred and George understood Albert's character and style far better than anyone else.
Do you really think Albert risked his life to participate in the International Wizarding Duel Competition?
No!
Facts have proved that Albert doesn't need help at all. He can fool the Death Eaters by himself and easily deal with the dark wizards who try to cause trouble. As for Peter Pettigrew and several other Death Eaters, they all look like
A gift deliberately left for Sirius.
"Fred, George, what are you..." Mrs. Weasley didn't like the Weasley twins being involved in these things. Most of their family are members of the Order of the Phoenix.
"I'm just giving them a warning to avoid misunderstandings." The twins looked at each other and said in unison.
"This matter is definitely related to the Ministry of Magic, maybe Fudge, or someone close to Fudge." George looked at Kingsley.
"Don't look at me like that." Kingsley said helplessly, "I spend most of my time protecting the Muggle minister. Maybe you should ask Arthur. And why do you think so?"
"Albert always said that people who play politics are very dirty and will do anything to achieve their goals." Fred reminded, "Don't you think it's very similar to what Fudge would do? It's like he doesn't hesitate to smear people.
Dumbledore, now it’s just a different target.”
"You asked him." Mad-Eye Moody seemed to have thought of something and looked up at the Weasley brothers. "If this is the case, the situation will be better. At least the advance guards who went to escort Harry will not encounter too many problems."
Big trouble."
"But why did they do this?" Kingsley thought this statement was ridiculous. "To get Harry expelled?"
"You'll know just by looking at Snotlout's information." Sirius sneered, "If it is really Voldemort's conspiracy, at the next Order of the Phoenix gathering, Snotlout will come with a long and smelly report to tell us who attacked Harry.
Dementors are Voldemort's conspiracy to get Harry expelled from the Ministry of Magic."
"If it's not Voldemort's conspiracy, it must be someone sent by the Ministry of Magic."
This statement was quickly recognized by everyone. Voldemort was undoubtedly the most suspect. If it wasn't Voldemort, then the Ministry of Magic would naturally be left.
In the following time, in addition to discussing the attack, everyone also listened to Mad-Eye Moody's arrangements for Harry's transfer plan.
"The current situation is not good for us. Harry needs to go to the Ministry of Magic for trial on August 12th."
In the evening, Mr. Weasley, who finally got off work, brought bad news to everyone, "Fudge really plans to use this opportunity to fire Harry."
"Look, if Fudge was thrown into Azkaban, he wouldn't deserve sympathy at all. I suspect these are all his plots. He just drove Dumbledore away from the Wizengamot and couldn't wait to attack Harry.
Sirius said with a dark face and gritted teeth, "Let him continue to be arrogant for a while now. After Fudge is ousted by everyone, I will definitely add insult to injury and let him go to Azkaban Prison for life."
"Don't worry Sirius, Harry will not be expelled." Kingsley comforted him, "The "Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards Act" stipulates that when life is threatened, magic can be used to save oneself.
And we have evidence."
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"No, Kingsley, the situation is not as good as you think. I have not forgotten about Hagrid." Hermione said sullenly, "If the Ministry of Magic insists on expelling Harry, the so-called trial will be useless.
They just wanted to use this opportunity to insult Harry."
"What happened to Hagrid?" Everyone looked confused.
"Hagrid's Hippogriff was sentenced to death by the Ministry of Magic." Ron explained for Hermione.
"How will this matter be resolved in the end?" Kingsley asked curiously.
"It seems that Albert let go of the hippogriff under the eyes of those executioners." Ron guessed, "Anyway, the hippogriff disappeared."
"What did Albert say?" Hermione asked.
"He said that with Dumbledore here, Harry would be fine." George admitted that he had contacted Albert.
"I dare say that the Prophet Newspaper will never mention the dementor attack, or at least conceal it." Fred suddenly said.
"Because this matter doesn't stand up to investigation?" Ginny asked curiously.
"Yes, that's it." George seemed to have seen through everything and pointed out directly, "Some things cannot be investigated at all, but as long as they are not investigated, there will be no problem. Maybe we should mention this matter on the radio to let everyone know about the Dementors
It's out of control. I think they have a right to know and not be treated like fools by the Ministry of Magic."
"You are right, this is a good and sensational subject. If they are not willing to report it, let us report it for them." Sirius agreed with the twins' proposal, thought for a while and then said: "Before that, we need to report it for them."
Mrs. Figg protected him from this despicable attack. If Fudge really fires Harry, we can hide him in the headquarters and wait until Fudge steps down next year to settle this account with him."
Sirius had already prepared for the worst, and if Harry was unfortunately expelled, he would be asked to temporarily live in No. 12 Grimmauld Place.
However, the situation didn't seem too bad, and even Albert felt that Harry would be fine.