Hogwarts: I am Harry's Cousin

Chapter 228: 226. Under the Leadership of Minister Fuji

"You mean Sirius was wronged?"

Fudge sat tremblingly in the principal's office and listened to everyone's narration. He was wiping the sweat from his forehead while unconsciously looking at Sirius: "But this is too unbelievable."

"If he was wronged, why didn't he justify himself when he was arrested?"

Facing Fudge's doubts, Dumbledore explained: "Connelly, Sirius was willing to enter Azkaban for atonement."

It's a pity that even if he spoke for Sirius, Fudge slammed back.

"Albus, you haven't been in the position of Minister of Magic, so you don't understand, I can't just think about it for him. It's very complicated to overturn the case. Twelve years of wrongful sentences will damage the credibility of the Ministry of Magic. It's a great challenge and the public will be very disappointed in the Ministry."

Although Fudge didn't expressly refuse, his reluctance was written between the lines.

It's almost like saying clearly - don't care about my business, don't come to me.

Are you kidding me, the recent dealing with the dementors has made him burnt out, and the popular support rate has almost dropped to the lowest level in history. For this reason, he goes to Dumbledore every day to ask for advice, and now he is going to reverse the case of the "heinous criminal" Black? Isn't this looking for trouble for yourself? A position of Minister of Magic who can't handle himself well will be unstable.

More than one senior official of the Ministry of Magic is watching his position, and no one wants to stand at the pinnacle of power.

Compared with fairness and justice, Fudge cares more about the "black hat" on his head. As long as he can keep the position of Minister of Magic, he can turn against anyone, including Dumbledore.

Instead of overturning Sirius' case, he wanted to take Sirius back directly to deal with him, at least he could save some poor approval ratings.

If it weren't for the difficulty, he would have done it long ago.

‘Even without this incident, the public is basically disappointed with the Ministry of Magic. '

How many useful policies has the English Ministry of Magic issued during Fudge's tenure?

The answer is zero.

The three things that most wizards do most often are-eating, sleeping, and cursing the Ministry of Magic.

Fudge's behavior made Dumbledore a little helpless, he wanted to listen to his opinion, and he was on guard against him, so he really didn't know what to ask him to say.

If he insisted on arresting Sirius, it would be a rather troublesome matter.

Due to personal reasons, Dumbledore has been far away from the center of power for too long. Former friends, such as Nicolas, have also passed away one after another in recent years. The only remaining wizards with powerful magic power are those in the tower. the one.

And he might never meet the one in the tower in his life.

Harry felt a little angry. Although he didn't like Sirius very much, he wanted Peter to be punished more. He couldn't understand why the Minister of Magic kept pushing and procrastinating on the obvious. But he had no choice but to look at Dudley.

Sensing Harry's gaze, Dudley, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.

"Mr. Fudge, the order to arrest Sirius should not have come from you."

"Oh, yes, Mr. Dursley." Fudge was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and nodded.

If Fudge was defensive towards Dumbledore, his tone towards Dudley was much better.

The current relationship between the two can barely be regarded as partners.

Dudley strolled up to Fudge, who was a full head taller than the little Fudge.

"Then what are you worrying about?"

Only Dudley said softly: "I think it should be like this."

"The wise and powerful Minister of Magic, Mr. Fudge, not long after he took over as the Minister of Magic, discovered that the case of Sirius was not simple with his intuition that was different from ordinary people. In order to find out the truth and prevent any wizard from being wronged. He alone One person secretly investigated. Finally, with his unremitting efforts, he discovered an astonishing secret."

His story immediately attracted Fudge's attention, and his tone was full of bewitching and inducing. Along with his narration, Fudge began to breathe heavily.

"The heinous criminal Sirius turned out to be innocent."

"Minister Fudge is a professional and kind-hearted wizard. In his eyes, he will never tolerate any unjust, false or wrongly decided cases."

"This is the negligence of the previous Minister of Magic, but Minister Fudge is willing to bear it all, and apologizes to the public on behalf of the Ministry of Magic"

The former Minister of Magic, Millicent Barnold, has retired for a long time. When will someone who has withdrawn from the center of power not give her a hat?

Blame the predecessor, and then step on the other side, this is the quality that every good politician should have.

Fudge's eyes brightened every time he said a word, and Dudley knew it was only the last step.

Leaning down, he whispered in Fudge's ear: "Because of the dementors, your current reputation is already very low. If you don't do something, your position may be unstable. As far as I know, Barty Because Mr. Crouch did not compete with you last time, he has made a deep reflection, and now he has won many supporters."

"This is not good news for your loyal ally."

"We hope that you can continue to serve as Minister of Magic, which is in our interest."

Having said that, if Fudge doesn't react, then I really consider changing someone. People can be stupid, but they can't be too stupid.

"You're a smart man, you should know what to do."

Dudley sat back down again.

Fudge used his underdeveloped brain to think for a while, and found that this plan was perfect. It could not only reverse the current predicament, but also increase the support rate to the peak.

In particular, Dudley's last sentence, "Smart man", greatly benefited Fudge.

Well, he always thought he was excellent, otherwise why would he be the Minister of Magic and not someone else.

"This, this... I deeply regret what happened to Mr. Black, and I deeply hate Peter Pettigrew's bad behavior. Please rest assured that the Ministry of Magic will never wrong a good person, and will never let any bad person go."

As if Fudge had been hit by the Imperius Curse, the topic of conversation changed 180 degrees, changing from the previous way of pushing back and forth and speaking righteously.

"We will definitely give everyone justice."

Fudge's words made the others' jaws almost drop.

Sirius, Lupine, Harry, Hermione and others all looked at him with strange eyes, but Fudge was unmoved, there was not even a little red on his wrinkled face, thick-skinned is the face of every outstanding person. The quality that the Minister of Magic should have.

Dudley sat on the seat with a normal face, as if he didn't know anything, while Dumbledore looked at Dudley with a smile, wondering what he was thinking.

In the original book, Fudge is very short, described as: a stout little man.

In addition to valuing power, this guy is also greedy for money.