"Rufus, what's going on?"
Fudge placed today's Daily Prophet in front of the Director of the Auror Office with an expressionless face, feeling indescribably depressed and frustrated.
He felt very innocent, as if all the faults were blamed on him, just because he was the Minister of Magic
This is so unfair.
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 adapt well in handling things. This is why this misunderstanding occurred."
"Misunderstanding? It's no use telling me it's a misunderstanding." Fudge took a deep breath, "Everyone has a very bad impression of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic now. Do you know? This morning, I found that the mailbox at home was stuffed with protest letters, at least fifty letters. Can you understand how I felt at the time? Now, can you explain to me why the Aurors who are still in training were sent out to perform the mission?"
"Aurors are searching for Black all the time," Scrimgeour reminded. "We are seriously short of manpower. The Ministry of Magic hasn't had a qualified Auror for several years. The best way is to let the Aurors who are still in training participate in less important patrols and let those experienced members lead them. This will allow them to get some training and make up for the shortage of manpower."
Fudge was silent.
There is indeed a similar tradition.
"Many people have asked us to remove the Dementors from Hogwarts. Many villagers in Hogsmeade have protested to me, believing that the Dementors disturb their normal lives. As for Dumbledore, he has never liked those Dementors. To be honest, I don't like them either."
“Nobody ever liked dealing with those guys,” said Scrimgeour.
"Okay, now I want to hear your advice. Should we return the Dementors to Azkaban Prison? They have caused too much trouble recently."
"All the evidence shows that Black is hiding around Hogwarts, and Dementors are the best way to find him out." Scrimgeour obviously disagreed with letting the Dementors return to Azkaban Prison. "I think the threat from Black is much greater than the trouble caused by Dementors. We'd better arrest him as soon as possible, otherwise God knows what Black will do next."
"If they continue to stay near Hogwarts, we'd better not let them cause any more trouble." Fudge didn't actually want to withdraw 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 time something went wrong it would be his fault, so this time he asked someone else to share the blame.
"The Dementors are just hungry. The Ministry of Magic can't provide them with too many human sacrifices, and hungry Dementors can't resist the temptation of food." Scrimgeour had no way to deal with this matter, because he couldn't provide human sacrifices to the Dementors without permission. That required the signature and approval of the Minister of Magic.
"Haven't we already got about 200 people here?"
Fudge was not satisfied with this answer. This number of human sacrifices was already enough.
"The Dementors have completely drained the happiness out of those people." Scrimgeour was helpless about this: "I think it would be best to provide another batch of human sacrifices and then negotiate with the Dementors."
This difficult task was given to the Minister of Magic, and Scrimgeour was only responsible for bringing Black to justice.
While Fudge was working on the Dementor problem, Rita Skeeter, who was making waves in the Daily Prophet, was also brewing her article.
The huge sales of The Daily Prophet gave Rita Skeeter a glimpse of the wind direction, and a letter from someone gave her some inspiration.
Rita Skeeter plans to write a story about Dementors.
She believed that the dark creatures that had "run out of control" several times would definitely become a good gimmick to arouse the vigilance and attention of students and parents, and the next issue of the Daily Prophet would undoubtedly be a big seller.
It turned out that Rita Skeeter was indeed very talented in this area. She was smart and knew what people wanted to read, and she also knew how to cater to their tastes and sell newspapers.
So, Rita Skeeter's report on Dementors was a huge success.
After reading Rita Skeeter's report, wizarding families with children attending Hogwarts began to pay attention to the issue of Dementors.
Although most wizards have never come into close contact with those evil dark creatures and cannot understand the fear they bring to people, now is their chance.
As long as you go to the Three Broomsticks or the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade for a drink, you will have the chance to come into close contact with Dementors.
Any wizard who has actually come into contact with a Dementor will understand what Rita Skeeter wrote in the newspaper: When a Dementor approaches, all good feelings, all happy memories are sucked out of you. You are left with only the worst memories of your life.
Suddenly, more and more wizards went to Hogsmeade to drink. When people truly felt the horror of Dementors, they became more determined to resist Fudge's absurd behavior.
After seeing the report, Fudge was very angry and tore the newspaper into pieces in anger.
The 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 to prevent those monsters from getting out of control again and causing irreparable consequences.
Even though Fudge repeatedly claimed that Black was hiding around Hogwarts and that the Dementors were allowed to patrol there entirely for the safety of the villagers of Hogsmeade and the students of Hogwarts, and that the Ministry of Magic had strengthened the management of Dementors and would not allow previous cases to happen again, there were still many people who questioned Fudge's decision.
Originally, Fudge wanted to pass the blame to Scrimgeour. It was the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic who dealt with the Dementors, and this matter should be the responsibility of Scrimgeour, the Head of the Auror Office.
However, the attempt to shift the blame failed in the end, as if everyone had identified Fudge as the one who was to blame and would conclude that it was Fudge's problem once something went wrong.
If Albert knew about this, he would definitely give Fudge the title of "King of the Pot".
In the British wizarding world, not many wizards know who the Head of the Auror Office is, but basically everyone knows that their Minister of Magic is Cornelius Fudge. Now that there are big problems in the Ministry of Magic, it is definitely the responsibility of the Minister of Magic.
In fact, they were not wrong. It was indeed Fudge's order to send the Dementors to Hogsmeade. He knew very well that Black's target was Potter, so he naturally needed to protect the safety of the savior. By the way, he could let the Dementors give him a kiss as soon as he caught Black and fulfill his promise with Malfoy.
However, Fudge never thought that this matter would cause him so much trouble.