"A... Amelia?" Fudge was so frightened that he almost jumped up and stammered, "Why are you here?"
"I am carrying out the few good administrative directions of the previous minister," Amelia Bones said calmly.
"Given the good relationship between Count Dracula and the teachers and students of Hogwarts in the past, the decision-making group of the Ministry of Magic believes that he is a powerful force that can be won over; and Count Dracula's identity determines that I must come here in person to negotiate..."
“However, I didn’t expect that during our discussion, a familiar name would come to visit.”
Amelia stared at Fudge and said seriously, "Cornelly, have you not reflected on why you stepped down? The exposure of your vampire identity was just a trigger. The wizarding public has been dissatisfied with your inaction for a long time!"
"I was... I concealed the news about the You-Know-Who just to suppress the panic in the wizarding world!" Fudge argued stubbornly, "Who knows what those ignorant wizard families would do after suddenly learning such shocking news? Maybe the Death Eaters haven't caused any chaos yet, but they've caused chaos themselves..."
"Don't make excuses, Cornelius. You're just afraid that you can't control the situation and don't want to lose your power." Amelia said, "You don't consider the people in the wizarding world at all. This is why Rufus and I must make you step down."
"You're a liar!" Fudge shouted. "Don't think I don't know that you're just after my position! You became Minister of Magic, and Rufus Scrimgeour replaced you as Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. You two are the biggest beneficiaries!"
"Not everyone cares about power as much as you do, Cornelius." Amelia shook her head slightly.
"I remember that you were not like this before. Old Barty was supposed to be the Minister of Magic, but you happened to catch up with his son's accident and took over the position of Minister in his place... When you first took office, you were very unpopular, and it was only by writing letters to Headmaster Dumbledore every day for consultation that you managed to stabilize your position."
"But I don't know since when, you have become obsessed with this position. Is it because power has brought you too many temptations?"
Amelia's eyes were filled with confusion, disappointment, contempt, and even disgust, which directly broke Fudge's psychological defenses.
"Why do you look at me like that!" Fudge shouted indignantly, "Are you sure that if you stay in this position for a few years, you won't become like me?"
"No matter what kind of person I become in the future, at least I am working hard for the stability of the magic world in this war!" Amelia said calmly, "I will personally handle the negotiations with the vampires, you can just go home and enjoy your retirement with peace of mind."
"No... I won't give up..." Fudge murmured in a daze, "I'm sure there will be a chance for me to become Minister of Magic again... There must be..."
He suddenly looked at Dracula and said hopefully, "Count Dracula... My Lord Count! I am your subordinate now. It will be good for you if I become the Minister of Magic of the British Ministry, right?"
"Even if you don't care about those benefits, it's very prestigious to have a Minister of Magic as your younger brother!"
"Amelia happens to be here. You can easily kill her or imprison her, and then announce to the public that you have reached a personal cooperation with me. Then I will definitely have a better chance of becoming the Minister than Rufus Scrimgeour..."
The series of blows during this period almost made Fudge lose his mind, and the position of Minister of Magic became a complete obsession for him - if he died on the spot now, he would most likely become a ghost who was obsessed with becoming the Minister.
Looking at Fudge's ridiculous behavior of trying all kinds of medical treatments in desperation, Dracula's mouth curled up into a smile of interest.
Amelia Bones gave Dracula a worried look and secretly took a defensive stance.
She was not sure whether the moody vampire lord would agree to Fudge's request for a little benefit or a little face... Unfortunately, the Auror who followed her was stopped outside the castle by the vampire guards, otherwise she might have been more confident.
Just when Amelia was feeling uneasy, the smile on Dracula's face suddenly turned cold.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you call yourself my subordinate?" He said lightly, "Besides, this proposal is really boring... Do you really think I don't have subordinates under the Minister of Magic?"
Fudge and Amelia's eyes widened at the same time.
"I suggest you use your brains to think about why the living conditions of vampires in Romania are so much better than those in other countries?" Dracula asked with a chuckle, "Is it simply because the wizards here have voluntarily lost their prejudice against vampires?"
Amelia Bones suddenly remembered some details - when ministers from multiple countries met, no matter which Romanian Minister of Magic it was, they always liked to enter the room with a black parasol, all arrangements for outdoor meetings would be rejected, and they rarely attended banquets.
She originally thought that this was some special traditional custom in Romania, but now combined with Dracula's tone, she can easily draw a conclusion -
Romania's Minister of Magic has always been controlled by a vampire!
Amelia gasped, gaining a new understanding of the power of Dracula's Castle.
This realization also made her more eager to hope that the British Ministry of Magic could reach a cooperation with Dracula... at least to prevent this group belonging to the dark forces from being won over by Voldemort.
Fudge's eyes also became somewhat desperate.
"But... but the British Ministry of Magic is different from Romania. Isn't it better for your Minister to have more subordinates?" he finally struggled.
"Sorry, I'm not interested." Dracula waved his hand casually. "Two people, send Mr. Fudge back to his own country, and then add his name to the blacklist of Dracula Castle."
"I think he needs to experience how vampires can survive in the wizarding world without the protection of Dracula's castle!"
Seeing the two vampires guarding the door coming in, Fudge shouted in panic: "No... No, no, Lord Earl, I have other uses..."
However, Dracula had completely lost interest in him and allowed his subordinates to throw Fudge out of the castle. He then turned his attention directly to the current Minister of Magic, Amelia Bones.
"Then we can finally talk quietly, Ms. Bones, how did you come up with the idea of cooperating with me?" Dracula's smile returned to his face. "From your perspective, shouldn't I be the criminal who forcibly transformed wizards into vampires in public?"
Amelia Bones also showed a reserved smile on her face and sat down gently on the chair opposite Dracula.
"To be honest, some people in the ministry are dissatisfied with your behavior," she said softly. "Rufus doesn't really appreciate your style of doing things."
"However, Rufus is not only dissatisfied with you, he also has a lot of opinions about Headmaster Dumbledore. Because establishing a force independently and confronting the You-Know-Who without the Ministry of Magic is actually a way to undermine the authority of the Ministry of Magic."
"Oh?" Dracula raised his eyebrows. "If he has a problem with someone like Dumbledore, then he must hate me. He didn't even stop you from coming to me to discuss cooperation?"
"In fact, there may be many members of the Ministry of Magic who are dissatisfied with you like Rufus, but there are still many members who are optimistic about cooperating with you." Amelia said, "Perhaps you know Percy Weiss?"
"Of course." Dracula nodded. "I remember that he was originally Barty Crouch's personal assistant."
"That's right. After the Ministry confirmed that old Barty was murdered, I didn't want to waste Percy's talent, so I made him the secretary of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." Amelia said, "In addition to Percy, there are many young people who have just joined the Ministry of Magic who admire you very much."
"There is not a small proportion of such young people in the Ministry of Magic. Because of their efforts, the Ministry voted and passed a plan to unite with the vampire clan... Rufus was quite angry at the time."
"Tsk, it's hard for those little guys to be willing to speak for a vampire." Dracula chuckled.
"To them, your first identity is their professor, and your second identity is the leader of the vampire clan." Amelia also smiled and said, "It seems that Count Dracula is very popular in Hogwarts."
"A bunch of blind little guys actually like to listen to the lectures given by the vampire professor." Dracula shook his head seemingly helplessly, but the smile on his face was difficult to hide easily.
"So..." Amelia pursed her lips and asked, "For the sake of your students, is Count Dracula willing to join forces with the British Ministry of Magic to deal with the upcoming war?"
Dracula looked at Amelia's serious expression, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.
"my pleasure."
He stood up from his tall chair and walked to the door of the reception room.
"Let me think... Well, Tesla, it's you!" He pointed to a high-level vampire with a goatee who was on duty outside, "You represent Dracula Castle. Take some low- and mid-level vampires to England and cooperate with Ms. Bones at any time."
"By the way, how is Cedric's vampire talent learning going? If there is no problem, take him with you and let him go home to visit his parents and old friends..."
"Selina, help me pass a message to Lupin of the werewolf tribe next door—"
"Let's say... let him go to England with those ambitious werewolves to fight Voldemort. Whether we can change the inherent impression of werewolves and vampires in the wizarding world in one fell swoop depends on this time!"
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War seemed imminent.
No one expected the Death Eaters to act so quickly.
Shortly after Amelia Bones left Romania and returned to British territory via a portkey, she was stopped by several Death Eaters before she could return to the Ministry of Magic.
"Yaxley, you are indeed a Death Eater!" Amelia looked at the man in front of her with blond hair and wearing a gorgeous robe with an ugly expression.
"Didn't you already know this?" Yaxley stared at Amelia fiercely, the anger in his eyes completely unable to be concealed, "Didn't that traitor Lucius Malfoy tell you my identity?"
"If I didn't have a few well-informed friends in the Ministry, I might have been caught by Scrimgeour by now..."
"Damn it! The war is about to begin, how come there are still people in the ministry who can't see the seriousness of the situation?" Amelia stamped her feet and said through gritted teeth, "My itinerary was also told to you by those people, right?"
"Of course, you arranged the arrest secretly." Yaxley said coldly, "Other people don't know that I'm a Death Eater. As long as they give me a few more Galleons, they can easily find out your itinerary."
"It seems that you have been planning this for a long time and are ready to find an opportunity to kill me, the new Minister of Magic, right?" Amelia asked.
"Of course, we can't let the Ministry of Magic and Dracula form an alliance." Yaxley sneered, "As long as we kill all of you here, no one will know how you died... Then we can completely frame your death on Dracula and completely destroy your alliance."
"Once we have removed you as an obstacle, we will use the Imperius Curse to control an official from the Ministry of Magic and support him to take over your position as Minister of Magic."
"Through this method, we can kill two birds with one stone and allow the Dark Lord to easily control the entire Ministry of Magic!"
"You've said too much, Corban!" Avery, another Death Eater next to Yaxley, warned, "Let's get started before it gets too late."
Amelia took out her wand and winked at the Aurors who were acting as bodyguards around her.
The Aurors raised their wands and stood around Amelia to prevent her from being hit by sudden spells.
"It's a good idea, but do you think you can hurt me with just a few of you?" Amelia's voice came from behind the many Aurors.
In fact, in addition to being a politician, she is also an extremely talented wizard with excellent spellcasting ability.
It was obvious that this kind of Death Eater could not easily deal with her.
"We know you're strong, Amelia." At this moment, Yaxley's voice sounded again, "So there's another great gift waiting for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large group of Yin corpses with stiff movements, ulcerated skin, and evil spirits wrapped around their bodies appeared behind him and surrounded him from all directions.
At the same time, many werewolves subdued by Voldemort rushed up with their teeth bared; in the distance, there were Dementors floating in the air...
It seemed as if in the blink of an eye, the place had turned into a huge army of dark creatures, drowning Amelia and the surrounding Aurors.
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