Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 136 The Dementor's Disappearance and Fudge
I don't know if it's an illusion.

Recently, the little wizards at Hogwarts felt that the surrounding temperature was gradually warming up, and occasionally even the sun was no longer cloudy for a few days.

This made everyone feel a lot more comfortable, because since the Ministry of Magic sent dementors to protect the school, the weather has been gloomy, and the temperature has remained in a very cold position, which makes people feel a little bit sick all the time. uncomfortable.

In this regard, many little wizards, even professors, have deepened their aversion to dementors in their hearts.
But for the Aurors sent by the Ministry of Magic to protect Hogwarts, this is not good news.

They are well aware of the reasons why the recent weather and temperature will gradually warm up.

Because the number of dementors has been reduced by a large part, this makes the Aurors very nervous, because they think that the dementors have escaped.

However, after investigation, it was found that those disappeared dementors either escaped or simply disappeared.

In this regard, many Aurors speculated whether it was because the dementors threatened the students in the school, so Principal Dumbledore took action to solve these dementors?
So after Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge received news from the Aurors about the decline in Dementor numbers, and the results of their guesses.

Immediately, the cowardly minister, who had warmed up because of John's reputation, rushed to Hogwarts and rushed into the headmaster's room where Dumbledore was.

Fudge wears a pinstriped suit, bright red tie, long black cape, purple pointed boots, and a dark green top hat.

At this moment, he was potbellied, and his weak face was flushed red because of anger.

He looked at Dumbledore and asked loudly, "Principal Dumbledore, did you attack the dementor?"

Principal Dumbledore sat in his seat, looked helplessly at Fudge in front of him, and said in a gentle tone, "Calm down, Connelly."

"Although I am very dissatisfied with the dementors entering the school, I also know that this is to protect the students, so how could I do anything to the dementors?"

Hearing Dumbledore's explanation, Fudge's eyes widened again, his voice raised again, and he asked: "Then who did this? I mean, besides you, the greatest white wizard in the wizarding world, there are Who can make 17 dementors disappear silently in the world!"

Just like what Principal Dumbledore said just now, because he has publicly expressed his dislike of dementors more than once.

And as one of the strongest wizards in the wizarding world, Dumbledore also has the means to make the dementors disappear directly from the world.

Naturally, the Ministry of Magic's first suspect in the case of the disappearance of the dementors was Principal Dumbledore.

You know, strictly speaking, the dementors in Azkaban and the Ministry of Magic are not subordinate to each other.

They are a cooperative relationship. The Ministry of Magic provides prisoners as rations for the dementors, and the dementors have to perform the duties of guarding the prisoners for the Ministry of Magic.

But out of fear of Principal Dumbledore, naturally he couldn't be taken away by Auror for interrogation like others, so the Minister of Magic had to interrogate him.

If this matter is not handled well, it is very likely that the dementors will strike, then the prisoners of Azkaban may escape, and the wizarding world will also face the attack of dementors.

There must be no accidents in Azkaban, at least during the period when Fugui himself was the minister, no mistakes could be made anyway.

But Fudge is very uncertain now. He has always been afraid of Principal Dumbledore in his heart, not only because of the strength of the other party, but also because of the support of the wizarding world for him.

Back then, if Principal Dumbledore was willing, it would not be his turn to be the Minister of Magic, especially since Dumbledore recommended him to become the Minister of Magic, which made him feel even more disturbed.

Power really makes people gradually corrupted and become less like themselves.

Back then, Fudge, who was grateful for Dumbledore's support for his appointment as Minister of Magic, is now swallowed up by anxiety because he is reluctant to part with the power in his hand, so he regards Dumbledore, who can be said to be his noble man, as an imaginary enemy.

But in fact, if Fudge thought about it, his worries were completely groundless.

You must know that Principal Dumbledore can become the Minister of Magic when he defeats the first generation of Dark Lord.

At that time, he was young and ambitious, and even Qilin saluted him, but in the end he gave up this opportunity. Now that he is old, it is absolutely impossible for him to choose to become the Minister of Magic. After all, he has insisted on it for so many years .

Dumbledore looked at Fudge, rubbed the center of his brows, and said helplessly, "Connelly, you must know that the mysteries of magic are endless, and there must be someone in the world who can do this except me." , and just like the wolf-turning-breaking curse created by John, was there such a spell in the wizarding world before that?"

"There must be spells in this world that can harm dementors, or even kill them, other than the Patronus Charm."

Hearing Dumbledore's explanation, for some reason, his face suddenly changed, and he looked extremely pale.

He seemed to have thought of something terrible, and he shouted a little self-deceivingly: "Impossible, we all know that person is dead, that person... that person can't come back! Yes! That person can't come back !"

After all, after those two Death Eater attacks, there was a rumor in the wizarding world at some point that the evil Death Eater was telling the wizarding world that that person had broken free from the shackles of death and was about to return to this world. World, once again set off a dark and bloody reign!

Trying to get rid of that terrible thought in his mind, soon another figure appeared in Fudge's mind after thinking hard.

It seemed to be convincing himself, or maybe he really thought so, so Fudge said to himself firmly: "I see, Sirius must have done it, it must have been him, I should have thought of it long ago!"

"The boy who survived the catastrophe is in the school. The purpose of his escape must be to avenge his master! Yes! That's right! That's it! He definitely did it!"

Fudge's voice became clearer and clearer, and the light of "wisdom" shone in his eyes.

"It must be him. He is lurking near the school right now. Those dementors must have been killed by him after they found his trace!"

"As long as I catch him, my approval rating will definitely rise again!"

Thinking of this, he didn't want to face Dumbledore in the principal's office anymore, so he slammed the door and left here.

Dumbledore looked at Fudge's disappearing back and couldn't help but let out a sigh

He really didn't expect that power could change Cornelius Fudge so much.

Once he chose Fudge to be Minister of Magic, not because of his weakness, but because of his gentle side.

At that time, the wizarding world had just experienced the ravages of Voldemort, and urgently needed a leader who could bring warmth and peace to people and bring stability to the wizarding world.

So even though there were better candidates than Fudge at that time, Dumbledore still chose Fudge as Minister of Magic.

But even so, the weakness in his body is so stubborn and terrible. Under the breeding of power and stability, it has now become cowardly and pedantic.

Looking at it now, perhaps the decision he made back then was a mistake, as a leader should value ability rather than character.

It's a pity that it's too late to say anything now. Even if Dumbledore thinks about it now, he only needs to show interest.

His old friends, former students, the Ministry of Magic, the Wizengamot, and even the entire wizarding world had no hesitation in making him the Minister of Magic, and it was already too late.

The deal is done, and Fudge's wings are full.

And Dumbledore is also very clear about his own heart, power is the most terrible poison in the world, he can't imagine the terrible consequences of losing himself under power.

As a young man he had been with the man who became the first Dark Lord to lift the Statute of Secrecy, and Dumbledore knew that his thoughts had influenced that man.

Therefore, even in the two most perilous times of the Dark Lord, Dumbledore never got involved in power, or even avoided it.

But Fudge has been evading the fact that Voldemort may return, which is not a good thing for the wizarding world.

Even if Dumbledore told him directly that Voldemort was about to return in the future, Fudge would not believe it.

"Power should not be used as a private weapon."

Dumbledore looked up at the ceiling and muttered to himself, as if speaking to himself or to someone.

Two figures gradually appeared in front of the centenarian. They were two youths in their prime, smiling so brightly, and their relationship was so close.

But the face of one of the teenagers was still hard to see. He tried hard to see clearly, but unfortunately his old eyes were dim, and in the end all he could see was the blurred outline of the boy's face.

"Gal..."

The old man's murmur was inaudible, and dissipated with a gust of wind.

And John, the culprit who caused all these incidents, didn't know that he had let a centenarian fall into the sad and sweet memories of the original.

At this moment, he is skillfully pointing his wand at the captured dementors, casting the life spell to turn them into dementor dust, a precious magic material.

And the other dementors confined in the cage, after witnessing the scene of their companions disappearing into the world, let out a burst of fearful howls, but this howling was isolated by the cage, so it could not affect John at all.

Carefully collect the freshly baked Dementor Dust into a container.

Looking at the few remaining dementors struggling in the cage, John wondered whether to study the breeding mechanism of dementors and see if they could breed this magical animal.

After all, the effect of dementor dust is really good, especially when used in potions.

And if you want to breed dementors, you have to solve a problem, and that is the food of dementors-happiness.

For this problem, it is actually very good to solve.

There are so many villains and humanoid creatures in different worlds, such as the famous green-skinned inferior creature Goblin.

And it is very simple to induce happiness, the materials of euphoria are so cheap, and the refining process is so easy, let alone build a special alchemy workshop.

Thinking about it this way, breeding dementors is not that difficult.

Thinking of this, John smiled, that smile was very nasty.

Seemingly aware of John's evil thoughts about the dementors, those caged dementors shuddered, curled up in a corner and stopped struggling, for fear that John would focus on them.

The next day, when John finished preparations for the dementor breeding plan, he came to the auditorium to have breakfast and receive the latest "Daily Prophet" by the way.

I saw a big headline written in bold and large characters on the page of today's newspaper.

'The dementors are missing collectively!Murderer Sirius haunts Hogwarts! '

'Recently, according to a survey by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, it was discovered that the number of dementors guarding Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has dropped significantly. '

'Out of consideration for the safety of wizards, Minister Cornelius Fudge immediately ordered a search for the whereabouts of the dementors. '

'Soon, according to the clues investigated by the Aurors, these dementors did not disappear due to escape, but someone cast magic to destroy them. '

It is reported that after a team of elite Aurors investigated all night, traces of Sirius were found near the location where the dementor disappeared. '

'It is therefore reasonable to speculate that the missing dementors were most likely destroyed by Sirius. '

For this reason, Minister Cornelius Fudge declared that he would always track down the whereabouts of Sirius, and that this vicious criminal must be brought to justice! '

The accompanying picture shows the moment when Fudge is standing on the podium, pumping his fists and giving an impassioned speech.

For such a thing, John felt a little embarrassed, because he was the one who captured those dementors, and he didn't expect that Sirius would be blamed.

It's just that John has to sigh that Fudge will indeed put on a show. With such reports and performances, his approval rating will inevitably increase further.

But this approval rate is based on the premise that Sirius is Voldemort's lackey and a vicious Death Eater.

I don't know if Minister Fudge will cry bitterly because of the precipitous drop in approval ratings when Sirius is cleared of his grievances.

Thinking of this, John looked forward to seeing Fudge's expression at that time, it must be very interesting.

This incident was just an interesting episode for John, and he simply put it behind him and continued to concentrate on his own research and capture of dementors.

But John did not expect that at night, the person involved in this report came to his dormitory.

"It's too much, Fudge, that mindless fat pig, actually pushed everything on my head, why would I hurt Harry, Harry is my godson! Well now, Harry was at the time I have been scolding 'Sirius' for a long time in front of me!..."

Looking at Sirius who was furiously scolding Fudge and the guy who wiped out a large number of dementors, John smiled awkwardly.

In the end, John couldn't bear to interrupt Sirius's chattering behavior of expressing his dissatisfaction, and repeatedly promised to help Sirius clear his grievances around Christmas.

Only then did Sirius turn back into a black dog and leave the dormitory to accompany his godson.

John, on the other hand, smiled helplessly, simply sorted out the experimental data, went to bed and fell asleep.

　tips:

　　Dumbledore's nickname for Gellert Grindelwald was "Gail"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)