Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

"Thanks to Douglas for teaching the students the Patronus Charm today, no students were harmed in such a dangerous situation. If you have any questions, you can talk to him directly."

Douglas had no objection to this. After all, it was his own fault and he should solve it himself.

Fudge looked at Douglas without saying anything, perhaps he thought that in official matters, his level was equal to Dumbledore's.

Umbridge on the side understood Fudge's meaning and stood up and continued to say to Douglas:

"Oh, look how rude of me to not introduce myself. I am Dolores Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Ministry of Magic. You may address me as Undersecretary Umbridge.

Back to the original question, regarding the two disappearances of Dementors at Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic hopes that Hogwarts can give an explanation.

And as far as I know, it was your Patronus that first interfered with the Dementors' searches on both occasions. Mr. Holmes, what explanation do you have for this?"

Douglas ignored Umbridge and looked straight at Fudge.

Douglas's disregard made Umbridge so angry that her eyes almost popped out.

Fudge frowned and said:

"As Senior Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Magic, Dolores can fully represent my attitude, Professor Holmes!"

Chapter 222 Beware of Dementor Rebellion

Hearing Fudge's words, Umbridge said excitedly:

"Thank you for the recognition, Minister. I am so touched."

After saying this, he raised his neck and looked at Douglas with a proud look.

Douglas turned to look at Dumbledore and winked at him, meaning, why don't you say something to support him?

But Dumbledore picked up a cup of black tea, raised it to Douglas, and then a cup of black tea was summoned to Douglas.

This scene made the two people in the Ministry of Magic feel itchy again.

Douglas really didn't like talking to this woman. Thinking about what she would do in the future, if he didn't leave this position, she would most likely directly enter Hogwarts as a senior investigator.

Douglas picked up the black tea, took a sip slowly, and then said slowly:

"Putting aside other things for now, this minister just now..."

Hearing Douglas call her Minister, Umbridge's expression was slightly pleased at first, but then quickly restrained, and she interrupted him and said:

"Ahem, it's the Senior Deputy Minister. There is only one Minister in the Ministry of Magic."

Douglas nodded seriously and said with a smile:

"A Deputy Minister is still a Minister. After all, the word 'Deputy' can be removed at any time... But that's not important. What I want to ask is that the Minister just said that the Dementors have always been under the control of the Ministry of Magic. Does that mean that the invasion of Hogwarts by hundreds of Dementors this time was ordered by you?"

Although Douglas asked with a smile, Umbridge instinctively felt a cold breath.

But she quickly calmed down, ignoring the obviously provocative words in Douglas's words, and said seriously:

"I think you misunderstood. The Dementors entered Hogwarts to search because they found traces of the wanted criminal Black, but were interrupted..."

Douglas snorted and said dissatisfiedly:

"Do you believe this reason? Will the parents of the students believe it?"

Umbridge took a deep breath, forced out an ugly smile and said:

"That's not why we're here today. It's about the Dementors disappearing!"

Douglas said with an exaggerated expression:

"But aren't the Dementors under your control? Are you sure they are really missing?

As we all know, when Dementors appeared twice, the headmaster and professors of Hogwarts did not take action, and the students expelled them themselves.

Are Dementors so weak that some young wizards who haven't even graduated yet can deal with them?

Or are the Dementors deliberately letting the water go? They need to find a reason to make some of their kind disappear from the public eye so that they can find new partners and escape the control of the Ministry of Magic?"

Although Douglas' words were full of loopholes, the Ministry of Magic, who were very familiar with the actual situation of Dementors, was immediately shocked. They had indeed not thought of such a possibility.

After all, for nearly three centuries, the Dementors had been guarding the prisoners in Azkaban under their arrangement.

Fudge couldn't help but wonder if it was the release of the Dementors from Azkaban that had caused their ambitions to grow.

At this time, Douglas added fuel to the fire:

"Mr. Minister, I still think your focus should be on finding the lost Dementors. If they breed in some dark corner, then the Ministry of Magic...

Believe me, there is no reason for Hogwarts to capture Dementors. After all, we have to be responsible for the students, right? I will explain it to the parents of the students..."

Fudge immediately had a bad association. If the public really knew that Dementors were wandering around outside, the panic caused would be enough to bring him down.

He immediately said to Dumbledore:

"Albus, I will definitely educate them about the Dementors entering the school, and I believe it will not happen again.

You know, the Ministry of Magic still has a bunch of documents waiting for me to sign, so I'll go back first. I can confirm that the disappearance of the Dementors has nothing to do with Hogwarts."

After the people from the Ministry of Magic left in a hurry, Dumbledore asked doubtfully:

"Douglas, are you having problems with Dolores?"

Douglas took a sip of tea and said casually:

"It's not really a conflict. She just found a reason to ban my new book."

Dumbledore uttered a soft "oh" and then extended a hand and looked at Douglas.

Douglas chuckled and took out a prepared sign and handed it over.

"This professor better keep it with you!"

Dumbledore looked at it carefully, then put the wooden sign away.

"What are you going to do next?"

Douglas shrugged and said:

"Actually, there's nothing we can do. The rest depends on when Harry and the others will discover the truth."

Just when Douglas was in the principal's office.

Gryffindor lost the game again, and everyone sat listlessly in the Quidditch locker room.

Wood looked very sad, but he still tried to comfort everyone.

"It's okay, Harry, don't blame yourself. You're still the best Seeker we've ever encountered. It's amazing that you were able to catch the Golden Snitch just a little bit despite the speed imbalance.

The weather has had a huge impact this time. We still have a chance, there must be a chance..."

But Harry still looked lonely. He felt that it was his own fault that he missed the chance to catch the Golden Snitch. If he had been a little faster, he would have caught the Golden Snitch before Cedric.

After Wood's passionate speech, everyone left one after another.

On the way back to the castle, Fred and Angelina chatted and laughed.

George asked curiously beside Harry:

"During today's game, I saw Professor Holmes showing up at the competition with a dog. I remember his pet was a Niffler, wasn't it?"

Harry said dejectedly:

"Oh, that's a dog my cousin raised during the summer vacation. His name is Bigfoot. He's very affectionate and usually stays in the professor's office. He never comes out."

Harry was walking forward as he spoke. He suddenly realized that George had not caught up with him and turned his head to look over in confusion.

George said in surprise:

"You said the dog's name was Padfoot?"

Fred heard what George said and looked over.

Harry nodded doubtfully and asked curiously:

"Do you know it?"

George and Fred looked at each other, then asked cautiously:

"You said the professor never brought it out before, so why did he bring it out during this competition?"

Harry was very curious why the two of them were so interested in a dog, but he really didn't know why.

Angelina asked curiously:

"Is there anything special about this dog?"

George and Fred shook their heads quickly.

Then he dragged Harry and ran quickly towards the castle, leaving Angelina looking at the backs of the three people in confusion.

Chapter 223 A Piece of Old Parchment

The Weasley twins took Harry to a corner of the castle.

Harry looked at the two nervous people and asked doubtfully:

"So what happened?"

George said seriously:

"Don't ask, we'll ask you to answer."

Fred asked quietly:

"Does Professor Holmes have any pets named Prongs, Moony, or Wormtail?"

Looking at the two people's expectant eyes, Harry shook his head:

"What are these?"

George and Fred looked at each other and were about to say something.

Suddenly they heard a voice that disgusted them:

"What are you doing! There are footprints and mud spots everywhere..."

The three of them broke into a run when they heard that. Harry followed George and Fred through many twists and turns until they finally reached the Gryffindor common room, where he could no longer hear Mr. Filch's scolding.

After returning to the common room, George and Fred calmed down and said to Harry:

"Don't move around here."

"We'll go back as soon as we go."

After saying that, the two of them ran towards the dormitory.

Harry opened his mouth and thought to himself, that was a boys' dormitory, not a girls' dormitory, why were they making him wait here?

George and Fred came to the dormitory and took out the Marauder's Map.

"Oh, it seems like it's time to send it out."

"Fortunately, we memorized all those secret passages."

George sighed and said:

"During the game, I asked why the professor suddenly touched the head of the dog next to him."

Fred said doubtfully:

"Um, are you patting the dog's head? He was patting the dog's head when I flew over."

At first, the two didn't think there was anything wrong, but when they heard Harry say that the dog's name was Padfoot.

A light bulb suddenly lit up in the two of their minds, and they thought that this was Douglas's reminder to them to hand over the Marauder's Map to Harry.

Because after they got the Marauder's Map, they found that it was not that they did not see Douglas, but that Douglas Holmes's name was not shown on the Marauder's Map at all. At that time, they began to doubt whether the Marauder's Map was made by Douglas.

Then they discovered that the Defense Against the Dark Arts office had also disappeared, and no matter who entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, they would not show up on the Marauder's Map.

Before that, they could see the Defense Against the Dark Arts office on the Marauder's Map.

After Harry said that Douglas's pet dog was called Padfoot, they could basically confirm that the Marauder's Map was definitely made by Douglas.

Now they have decided to give the map to someone they believe is closest to its creator.

But the process might not be that easy...

After some preparation, George and Fred called Harry, who was reading alone outside, to their dormitory.