Hogwarts Reading Days

Ministry of Magic, Auror Office.

Scrimgeour stood at the door, looking at the empty office, walked towards his seat with a blank expression on his face, pulled out his chair and sat down, and began to read the newspaper in his hand.

Scrimgeour had a simple comment on the front-page headline in today's Daily Prophet: "Death Struggle."

Although Fudge tried his best to clear himself through the "Daily Prophet", he was still no match for other newspapers and the strong evidence presented in newspapers.

Now the voices in the magic world calling for Fudge to step down are getting louder and louder. Scrimgeour is very clear that part of it comes from the targeting of Fudge's political opponents, but Fudge has indeed done a bad job this year, not only making the Ministry of Magic a laughing stock, but also making other The wizard had lost faith in him.

Putting down the Daily Prophet, he moved on to the other papers.

Most of the papers had their own highlights, one of which featured Albert taking on the Ministry of Magic Aurors and portraying him as the next Dumbledore.

"The next Dumbledore?"

Scrimgeour put down the newspaper, looked at the empty Auror office, and fell into a brief silence.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded outside, and someone knocked on the office door.

"Come in," said Scrimgeour.

"Director, St. Mungo's Hospital for Witches and Wounds has informed us that the professors at Hogwarts have just sent the Aurors to the hospital." The witch secretly observed the expression on Scrimgeour's face, and continued in a low voice: "Aurors We're in rehab, we're just a little weak and we'll be back in about two days."

"I see."

Scrimgeour stood up and walked outside. He was going to visit those unfortunates at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries himself.

Upon arriving at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, Scrimgeour was surrounded by reporters waiting in the lobby.

"Director Scrimgeour, everyone is suspicious of the Aurors now..."

Before the reporter could ask a question, Scrimgeour raised his hand to interrupt.

"I know what you want to ask!"

Scrimgeour guessed that he might be blocked by reporters, so he had already planned his speech: "An Auror trained by the Ministry of Magic actually lost to a school student?"

"Aurors are also human, but they are well-trained and better at fighting." Scrimgeour signaled everyone to wait for him to finish speaking before asking questions, "The ones they lost to were the best in the magic world for hundreds or even thousands of years. A genius wizard. Although I hate to admit it, I think Mr. Anderson may be the most powerful dueling champion in history."

"If what I mean is not clear enough, let me just say it. Maybe Anderson hasn't reached the height of Dumbledore. It's just because of his age. Do you understand what I mean?"

Now that the Aurors were all defeated by Anderson, they could only increase the height of the person who defeated them infinitely. As long as Anderson was strong enough, it would not be a shame to be defeated by him.

Just as Death Eaters are afraid of Dumbledore, what shame is there for Aurors to lose to a wizard as powerful as Dumbledore?

Scrimgeour, is this considered to be killing people?

Actually not.

Albert, who has countless halos on his head, can fully withstand such flattery.

No, not flattery, but reality.

"Director, do you think Mr. Anderson..."

"I think Anderson's future achievements will definitely be higher than Dumbledore." Scrimgeour interrupted again: "This is predictable, and I am not surprised at all, but the Ministry of Magic unfortunately bumped into him and became him." stepping stone."

"People always instinctively ignore the countless auras on Anderson's head, and only remember that he is still studying at Hogwarts School, just a child who has just grown up and has not yet graduated." Scrimgeour said calmly: "This is considered adulthood." People's arrogance, so they suffer. Sometimes admitting this is not a shameful thing. Not wanting to admit it, that is the most shameful thing."

"Of course, that's not really a duel. Both sides kept their hands. I can only say that it's fortunate that things didn't get out of hand." Scrimgeour is starting to build his own image, if he plans to fight for the position of Minister of Magic in the future .

Part of the reason is being hit by harsh reality.

"What do you think of the Fudge matter?"

"I don't have any opinion, the Aurors are just performing tasks according to the order." Scrimgeour raised his hand to stop the reporters from asking questions: "Okay, please step aside, I'm going to visit the hospitalized Aurors."

The reporters looked at each other in blank dismay, but still got out of the way. What Scrimgeour said just now was very topical.

Scrimgeour walked to the Department of Spell Injuries on the fifth floor. The regular beds for Aurors at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries were already full.

In fact, the spare beds on the fifth floor were filled by Aurors, and the therapists in the Spell Injury Department were not very satisfied with this, as there might be an emergency after all.

"How are they?" Scrimgeour asked.

"The situation is not too bad. It's just that I have been hungry for two days and my body is a little weak. I can leave the hospital tomorrow at the latest and go home to recuperate by myself." Mrs. McDougal took the medical record and told Scrimgeour about the situation of the Aurors. , "If you want to go in, you can, but you can't stay in it for too long, they need to rest now."

To be honest, when Mrs. McDougall heard that Albert had brought down all the Aurors and hung them on the wall for two days, she felt extremely complicated, especially after seeing this group of unlucky bastards. thicker.

When Scrimgeour went in, he found that the Aurors were in low spirits, bowing their heads in shame when they saw him.

"I am very clear that this is not all your fault. No one thought that Umbridge woman would be so stupid, so you don't have to be ashamed of it." Scrimgeour looked at the Aurors who bowed their heads, calmly He comforted, "I also need to take part of the responsibility."

Scrimgeour took the initiative to take responsibility, which is good for winning people's hearts. If he wants to compete for the Minister of Magic, he must do something.

These Aurors are his foundation.

"But one thing, you made a big mistake. You shouldn't underestimate your opponent. I know you underestimate Anderson because he is young, but you don't know that you are facing a wizard who is second only to Dumbledore. I hope This kind of thing should not happen again.”

In fact, Scrimgeour didn't take Dumbledore very seriously at first. After all, no matter how powerful a person is, he can't be an opponent of a group of people. But Albert told him in the cruelest way that the most elite members of the Ministry of Magic So are the Aurors.

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In the middle of the night, Eve walked expressionlessly in the long-abandoned Muggle village, and finally stopped in front of a half-collapsed house. He looked up and looked around to make sure that no one was there before walking in, and finally bent down into the dark and dilapidated building. In the fireplace, there is actually a secret passage in the fireplace, and at the end is an old wooden door.

Avery raised his hand and tapped on it a few times, a gap opened on the door, a pair of eyes peeked out from the darkness, as if peeking at the outside world, and the wooden door creaked open only after seeing someone coming from outside.

"You're late!" Lucius said, frowning.

"Sorry, I've been in some trouble recently and wasted a lot of my time." Avery muttered, he looked a little tired, as if he had really encountered some serious trouble.

"Come in, the meeting has already begun."

Lucius Malfoy took a step back, put Avery from the outside inside, and looked outside again before closing the wooden door again.

Inside the door is a spacious hall, a round table is full of people, and everyone is whispering.

"Where is the discussion now?"

Avery found an empty seat and sat down, and asked a casual question.

"Discussing how to kill that Mudblood!"

"Mudblood?" Avery's eyes were confused, as if wondering if the Death Eaters gathered here to deal with a Mudblood?

"Did you pay attention to the newspapers a while ago?" Lucius Malfoy raised his eyebrows slightly.

"What, newspapers, no, I've been very busy recently, so I don't have time to read newspapers, and... what big news can there be in newspapers?" Avery was even more confused.

Lucius Malfoy put several newspapers in front of Avery, and after reading the headlines on them, the latter couldn't help staring at Malfoy with wide eyes, "So, you want to tell me, is this true? I think you should be very clear about how watery newspaper news is."

"Maybe there's water, but most of what's inside is true. That Mudblood did defeat dozens of Aurors." Lucius Malfoy said this with a particularly gloomy expression on his face. Also tried to murder that Mudblood named Anderson. "Of course, the Aurors just wanted to catch him, so they didn't use any dangerous magic."

"It's ridiculous, you actually believe it?"

From Bella's point of view, Scrimgeour's bragging was just trying to find a way for those useless Aurors. How could that Mudblood have Dumbledore's level.

Maybe, that Mudblood does have some abilities, but he is completely vulnerable to black magic, a matter that Avada Kedavra can solve.

"It's very difficult to get rid of him head-on. It is said that the other party's spells are very fast, and they use all silent spells. All the Aurors who hit him directly are caught off guard." Lucius Malfoy said the information his son gave him, gloomy Looking around at everyone with a straight face, he continued: "His spells are also very strange. Two Slytherin students suffered fractures from just being hit by the Obstructing Curse. They are still in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries. It is almost impossible to defeat him in such a way."

There were some things that Lucius Malfoy didn't dare to say. He suspected that even if the Dark Lord took action himself, he might not be able to kill him smoothly.

The rise of Albert made all the pure-blood wizards present feel threatened.

"Can we use other methods?" Antonin Dolokhov suggested, "Starting with friends around him, just like how we dealt with Potter back then."

"The probability is not high. It is said that the Mudblood can predict the future, maybe he will be aware of what we plan to do." Avery reminded, "If it cannot be kept secret enough, the plan may not be successful."

"Try after this is over!" Malfoy interrupted the conversation, they were not here to discuss dealing with the Mudblood.

"Now that the Ministry of Magic is in turmoil, the Dark Lord thinks the time has come, and the specific time is this Friday."

Lucius Malfoy brought the topic back. They gathered here to help the Dark Lord capture the prophecy ball and capture the famous Harry Potter, and all the wizards sitting here will participate in this conspiracy.

"Actually, I've always had a doubt." Avery said suddenly.

"What doubt?"

Everyone looked at Avery in unison.

"The main goal of this mission is to predict the ball, right?" Avery asked.

"Yes." Malfoy said.

"Then why doesn't the Dark Lord go get it himself?"

"He's going to get it himself?" Bellatrix laughed maniacally, glaring at Avery and said, "You idiot, people completely ignore the return of the Dark Lord, why would he walk in at this time?" Ministry of Magic, exposing yourself to the Aurors?"

Avery didn't pay attention to Bella's words, but looked at Lucius, and continued: "The Dark Lord's plan for so long is to get the prophecy ball and confirm the contents of the prophecy ball, which is more important than all tasks, right? ?”

"What do you want to say?" Lucius asked, frowning.

"Why didn't the Dark Lord go to the Department of Mysteries to get the Prophecy Orb by himself, and then leave? It didn't take a few minutes at all." Avery reminded: "No one knows that the Dark Lord took the Prophecy Orb, even if they are worried about being If others discover the disappearance of the prophecy ball, they can also destroy some of the nearby prophecy balls as cover, and no one will know that a prophecy ball has been lost."

"It would be superfluous to lure Harry Potter to steal the prophecy ball and then let us get it back." Avery continued, ignoring the gazes of other people around him, "There are more processes in the whole plan, which means A mistake in any link may lead to the failure of the entire plan."

"You're scared."

"I just don't want the plan to fail again, I've had enough of Cruciatus," Avery muttered.

"The plan cannot fail." Lucius Malfoy glared at Avery and said in an affirmative tone.

"I don't think the members of the Order of the Phoenix will be indifferent to Harry Potter rushing to the Ministry of Magic. They will definitely rush for reinforcements at the first time. At that time, we will need to fight those members of the Order of the Phoenix in the Ministry of Magic. To be honest, it's not really a pleasant thing, because we may also have to face reinforcements from Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic Aurors."

Without a doubt, Avery points to the biggest problem with the whole thing, which is instability.

Harry Potter itself is an uncertain variable, let alone handing the prophecy ball to Potter, God knows what will happen.

"You're right Avery."

Lucius Malfoy was silent for a moment, then nodded in acknowledgment.

"But there is one thing that you haven't considered. Just like what Bella said just now, the Dark Lord doesn't want to expose himself too early. It will unite the entire magic world and it will not help us control the Ministry of Magic. I think you haven't forgotten In the last experience, we are not as strong as we were then, so it is necessary to hide ourselves well, especially since we can still use Fudge to attack Dumbledore."

"Inducing Harry Potter to do this, we can not only get the crystal ball, but also capture Harry Potter and bring him to the Dark Lord, even if we can't catch Potter, That was also when Harry Potter broke into the Ministry of Magic to steal the Prophecy Orb. I believe Fudge would be happy to trouble him, and then Potter would lose his asylum. Compared with other methods, I think the Ministry of Magic should be used to deal with him. "

Lucius knew that some words were not tenable, but there were some things he didn't dare to say, that is, the whole thing was actually the Dark Lord's punishment for causing the diary to be destroyed, and if he completed the task, he would get away with it If you fail, you will be punished more severely.

The Dark Lord had cornered him and would not allow him to fail.

The most important thing is that the success probability of the whole plan is not low. As long as you get the prophecy ball and leave the Ministry of Magic, there will be no other problems at all.

Avery took a deep look at Lucius and said nothing.

Of course, Lucius didn't say something, that is, since Harry Potter unexpectedly escaped from Voldemort last year, many people are doubting the prophecy, thinking that Harry Potter is the one who defeats the Dark Lord.

This is actually the reason why Voldemort made up his mind to hear all the contents of the prophecy. Voldemort believed that he could find a way to get rid of Harry Potter in the prophecy.

After the meeting started, Lucius Malfoy began to talk about his entire planning process, and accepted inquiries from others, so as to improve the plan, formulate more countermeasures, and avoid mistakes during the period, just like Avery said , the longer the process, the more prone to problems.

As for convincing the Dark Lord, Lucius never thought he could do it, let alone be foolish enough to try, and if the Dark Lord needed to do everything himself, what would they do?