Daily Life at Hogwarts

Chapter 986: Wrong judgment

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After leaving the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore hurried to Mrs. Figg's house to ask her about the specific situation at that time.

From Mrs. Figg's memory, Dumbledore saw the scene of two Dementors attacking Harry and his cousin Dudley, which made him feel relieved, but at the same time, he began to worry.

Could it be that the Ministry of Magic is gradually losing control of the Dementors

This is not a good sign.

Once the Dementors side with Voldemort, all the prisoners in Azkaban will be released and the entire wizarding world will be in chaos.

However, Fudge was unwilling to face these problems.

After chatting with Mrs. Figg for a while and saying that new arrangements would be made for her safety, Professor McGonagall was asked to continue waiting for the member of the Order of the Phoenix to take over her post.

Although this would cause some inconvenience to Mrs. Figg, it would protect her life while continuing to monitor Harry to prevent him from leaving his uncle's house and doing something irrational.

It is now imperative to transfer Harry to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

Dumbledore handed the matter over to Alastor, saying that it was not appropriate for him to contact Harry in person at this time, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to Harry.

He was well aware that there was a special connection between Harry and Voldemort.

And this special connection most likely comes from the fragments of Voldemort's Horcrux.

Although Dumbledore had no proof yet, he was well aware that the connection existed, and that it was strengthened by Voldemort's resurrection.

Once Voldemort becomes aware of the existence of this connection, he will enter Harry's mind and control and mislead Harry's thoughts.

And his relationship with Harry will make Voldemort's desire even stronger.

Dumbledore knew very well that Voldemort was more interested in dealing with him than with Harry.

He believed that Voldemort would seize the opportunity, use Harry to spy on him, and even try to control Harry against him.

Dumbledore couldn't think of any better solution for the time being. The series of events that had happened recently made him mentally exhausted.

People cannot help but accept aging.

Hopefully Severus can bring him back some useful information.

Judging from the incident in Spain, Voldemort would not rashly attack Harry and expose himself to everyone.

Moreover, if he hadn't done this, the reaction speed over there would definitely not have been that fast, and Voldemort didn't have enough manpower.

Assuming it wasn't Voldemort who did it this time, then...

"I'm afraid Harry's trial will be ..."

Dumbledore paced back and forth in the headmaster's office. Although he now had evidence to turn the tables and the Ministry of Magic was unlikely to distort the facts, if Fudge really wanted to expel Harry, he would definitely use other conspiracy methods.

"politician!"

There was a flash of disgust in Dumbledore's eyes. He certainly knew what Fudge was planning.

But, does that really work

Dumbledore still remembered Albert's prediction that Fudge would be driven out of power before next summer.

Although Dumbledore himself was not very willing to believe in the prophecy, given that Albert's predictions had come true many times, he was still willing to believe it a little. What if it came true

At least, Dumbledore actually hoped that Fudge would step down and let Amelia Bones take over to reverse the current situation.

As long as the Ministry of Magic maintains a tough stance against Voldemort, the situation will improve significantly, and he won't have to put too much thought into these things.

Is he wrong

We should agree to Mr. Anderson and help push Amelia Bones to the position of Minister of Magic.

To be honest, Dumbledore really didn't want to interfere in politics, especially such sensitive issues.

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the headmaster's office and Professor McGonagall hurried into the headmaster's office.

"Albus, are they really going to expel Harry?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"The situation is not as bad as you think." Dumbledore comforted. "We have found evidence to prove that Harry used the Patronus Charm purely for self-protection."

"You know, that's not what I'm talking about..."

“Ahem.”

Suddenly, a slight cough was heard in the principal's office, and both of them looked in the direction where the sound came from.

"Here's news for you. My great-great-grandson asked me to tell you that the Dementors that attacked Harry were most likely sent by the Ministry of Magic." Phineas told Dumbledore what Sirius asked him to relay.

"Ministry of Magic?" Professor McGonagall frowned and asked, "Does Sirius have any evidence?"

"Don't ask me, because I don't know either. If you have any questions, I suggest you ask Sirius yourself. However, I suspect that guy himself doesn't know." After Phineas finished speaking, he fell completely silent.

Dumbledore vaguely guessed why Sirius said this.

"Where's Snape? Any news from him?" Professor McGonagall remembered that they had an undercover agent.

"Not yet, but I think it will be soon." Dumbledore is now waiting for news from Snape.

There are actually only a few possibilities for this matter. The biggest possibility is that Voldemort's men sent people to attack Harry. The other possibility is that someone from the Ministry of Magic did it.

Apart from this, the other probabilities are not high.

At this moment, a ball of light penetrated the window glass and broke directly into the principal's office.

Snape's voice came from the ball of light:

Not the Dark Lord, but it does not rule out the possibility that someone else could have taken the initiative.

Professor McGonagall looked at the vanishing Patronus, then looked back at Dumbledore.

"What do you think?"

"If it was done by Voldemort or his Death Eaters, I think Severus would investigate it thoroughly." Dumbledore stared at the place where the Patronus disappeared thoughtfully.

"What if not?" Professor McGonagall felt that this matter did not seem like an attempt to kill Harry, but rather more like an attempt to get Harry expelled.

At least that's how the Ministry of Magic felt to her. Cornelius Fudge was now resorting to any despicable means possible to defeat Dumbledore.

As for Sirius's speculation, it is very likely that it came from Albert, otherwise Sirius would definitely have brought it up at the Order of the Phoenix meeting instead of letting the portrait convey the message to Dumbledore privately.

Professor McGonagall, who was reluctant to believe in divination, had to admit Albert's attainments in divination. All signs showed that Albert could indeed predict the future to a large extent.

"Do you suspect Fudge did this?" Dumbledore turned to look at Professor McGonagall.

"Yes, it's either Fudge or someone around him," Professor McGonagall said simply.

"Probably not. I talked to Fudge and he doesn't know about this. To be honest, Fudge is not a high-level master of the brain. I don't think he can fool me."

This is also what confused Dumbledore.