The Alchemist of Harry Potter

Chapter 740 It's All Fudge's Pot
"Rufus, what's going on?"

Fudge put today's "Daily Prophet" in front of the director of the Auror office with a blank face, feeling unspeakably depressed and aggrieved.

He felt so innocent, as if all the faults were blamed on him, just because he was the Minister of Magic?

It's not fair.

Scrimgeour glanced at the headlines of the "Daily Prophet", then looked up at the expressionless Fudge, and said, "Robards is still receiving Auror training, he is young and energetic, and cannot handle things very well. This is why there is such a misunderstanding.”

"Misunderstanding? It's no use telling me about the misunderstanding." Fudge took a deep breath, "Everyone's sense of the Ministry of Magic Aurors is very bad now. Do you know? This morning, I found that my mailbox at home was full of protest letters There are at least fifty letters, can you understand my mood at that time? Now, can you explain to me why Aurors who are still in training are sent out to perform missions."

"Aurors are searching for Black's whereabouts all the time." Scrimgeour reminded, "We are severely understaffed, and the Ministry of Magic has not had a qualified Auror for several years. Trained Aurors participate in less important patrol work, and let those experienced members take them, which can give them a certain amount of exercise and make up for the shortage of manpower."

Fudge was silent.

There are indeed similar traditions.

"Many people asked us to remove the dementors from Hogwarts. Many villagers in Hogsmeade protested to me that the dementors disturbed their normal life. As for Dumbledore, he never liked it. Swarms of dementors. Honestly, I don't like either."

"Nobody ever liked dealing with those guys," Scrimgeour said.

"Okay, I'd like to hear your advice now, do we need to return the Dementors to Azkaban Prison, they've been causing so much trouble lately."

"All kinds of evidence show that Black is hiding around Hogwarts, and dementors are the best way to get him out." Scrimgeour obviously disagrees with letting dementors return to Azkaban Prison, "I think Black's threat is much bigger than the troubles brought by the dementors, we'd better arrest him as soon as possible, otherwise God knows what Black will do."

"If they continue to stay near Hogwarts, we'd better not let them cause trouble." Fudge actually didn't want to remove the dementors. Dementors were obviously more suitable for hunting down the vicious Black than Aurors.

However, Fudge really didn't want to take the blame, lest every accident was his fault, so this time he brought someone to take the blame.

"The dementors are just hungry, the Ministry of Magic can't provide them with too many human victims, and the hungry dementors can't stand the temptation of food." Scrimgeour can't do anything about it, because he can't To provide human victims to dementors without authorization requires the signature and approval of the Minister of Magic.

"Didn't we already get over two hundred people here?"

Fudge was not satisfied with this answer, the number of human victims was more than enough.

"The dementors have completely sucked up the happiness of those people." Scrimgeour was also very helpless about this: "I think it's best to provide another batch of human victims before negotiating with the dementors."

This tricky job was handed over to the Minister of Magic, and Scrimgeour was only responsible for arresting Black.

While Fudge was grappling with the dementor problem, Rita Skeeter, who was making waves at the Daily Prophet, was figuring out her article.

The big sale of the "Daily Prophet" gave Rita Skeeter some wind direction, and a letter from someone gave her some inspiration.

Rita Skeeter is going to write a story on dementors.

She believes that those dark creatures that have "out of control" several times will definitely become a good gimmick, arousing the vigilance and attention of students' parents, and the next issue of "Daily Prophet" will undoubtedly be a big hit.

It turns out that Rita Skeeter is really talented in this area. She is smart and knows what people want to read and how to cater to people's tastes and sell newspapers.

So, Rita Skeeter's story about dementors was a big hit.

Wizarding families with children studying at Hogwarts began to pay attention to the issue of dementors after reading Rita Skeeter's report.

Although most wizards have never had a close encounter with those evil dark creatures, nor can they understand the fear they bring to people, but now is their chance.

As long as you drink at the Three Broomsticks or the Pig's Head in Hogsmeade, you will have a chance to get close to the dementors.

Any wizard who has actually been in contact with a dementor will understand what Rita Skeeter wrote in the newspaper: When a dementor is near, all good feelings, all happy memories are sucked out of you.Your mind is left with only the worst memories of your life.

For a while, more wizards went to Hogsmeade to drink. When people really felt the horror of the dementors, they became more determined to resist Fudge's absurd approach.

After seeing the report there, Fudge was very annoyed, and angrily tore the newspaper to pieces.

On the second day after that report, many wizards who had personally experienced the evil of dementors wrote to Fudge, asking him to remove the dementors around Hogwarts, so as to prevent those monsters from getting out of control again and causing irreparable damage. Evil consequences.

Even if Fudge repeatedly claimed that Black was hiding around Hogwarts, and letting the dementors stay there to patrol was entirely for the safety of Hogsmeade villagers and Hogwarts students, and repeatedly emphasized that the Ministry of Magic has strengthened The management of the dementors will not allow the previous case to happen again, but there are still many people who question Fudge's decision.

Originally, Fudge wanted to blame Scrimgeour. The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic were dealing with the dementors. Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror office, should be responsible for this matter.

However, throwing the blame was still unsuccessful after all, as if everyone looked for Fudge, and if something happened, it was Fudge's problem.

If Albert knew about this, he would definitely give Fudge the title of "King of the Pot".

Not many wizards in the British magical world know who the head of the Auror Office is, but basically everyone knows that their Minister of Magic is called Cornelius Fudge. Now that there is a big problem with the Ministry of Magic, it must be the responsibility of the Minister of Magic. .

In fact, they were not wrong. It was indeed Fudge's order to let the dementors station in Hogsmeade. He knew that Black's goal was Potter, so he naturally needed to protect the safety of the savior. By the way, he was able to capture Black. The first time, let the dementor give him a kiss to complete the agreement with Malfoy.

However, Fudge never thought that this matter would cause him so much trouble.

(End of this chapter)