Chapter 987 Who is behind the scenes?
Compared with the warmth of Rose Manor, the atmosphere at 12 Grimmauld Place is a bit heavy and depressing.
After receiving the news that Harry was attacked, Dumbledore hurried to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters to understand the situation. He really couldn't understand why Harry was attacked by dementors when someone was standing guard to protect Harry. ?
"Sirius, write a letter to Harry and ask him not to leave, let alone hand over his wand." Dumbledore quickly made arrangements, then turned to look at Mrs. Weasley, "Molly, ask Hermione and Ron to Harry wrote a letter to appease Harry's mood. I have asked Minerva to go to Mrs. Figg to understand the situation first, and if anyone is free later, I will ask him to take Minerva's place first."
“Also, who is responsible for standing guard tonight?”
"it's me."
Mundungus said weakly, shrinking his neck.
"Mundungus, what's going on?" Dumbledore walked into the restaurant quickly and stared at the guilty little old man in front of him and asked, "Don't try to hide it."
"I…"
Mundungus hesitated to tell the story about taking time off to do a big deal. He knew that he could not hide it from Dumbledore.
"That is to say, you left without authorization before the changing of the guard, and as a result, a dementor attacked Harry and his cousin?" Dumbledore's face became even more gloomy.
"That's what Figg said. She saw it with her own eyes." Mundungus said, shrinking his neck. "I really didn't expect this."
"You really disappoint me. I remember Sirius gave you a subsidy." Dumbledore's eyes flashed sharply. He took out his wand, summoned parchment and quill out of thin air, and began to write a letter.
This incident affects Harry's cousin Dudley, who must write to Harry's Aunt Petunia to prevent them from kicking Harry out of the house.
After writing the letter, Dumbledore took out his wand and cast a spell on the letter, turning it into a howling letter. Even if the other party did not open it, it would ensure that they would know the contents of the letter and let Harry stay.
“I have to go to the Ministry of Magic to stop Fudge from firing Harry.”
Before Dumbledore walked out of the hall, he handed the howling letter to Mrs. Weasley and warned, "Help me send this letter as quickly as possible. Please tell the owl to deliver this letter."
"OK."
Mrs. Weasley looked at the roaring letter in her hand, opened her mouth, and after giving instructions to others, hurried to the Diagon Alley post office to help Dumbledore mail the roaring letter.
There is no way, who made all the owls in the house go out to send letters to Harry.
"It really scared me to death. Dumbledore's expression just now was so scary. I have never seen him so angry." Mundungus reached out and patted his chest, looking frightened.
"Mundungus, why did Harry encounter the dementor attack?" Fred and George appeared out of nowhere, holding Mundungus' arms on the left and right, Hermione, Ron and Ginny also walked this way one after another.
"How would I know, and even if I were there at the time, it wouldn't help." Mundungus said irritably. He didn't expect that something would happen just after leaving the group. Moreover, even if he was there at the time, there was nothing he could do. Mundungus could not summon the physical guardian spirit at all, let alone drive away the dementors.
"This is weird." Hermione frowned and asked, "Besides Azkaban, are there any other places where there are dementors?"
"Probably not, at least not in the UK." Sirius shook his head and said, "No one likes those dangerous dark creatures. Most dementors are concentrated in Azkaban by wizards to prevent them from wandering around and causing chaos."
"If this is really the case, the only ones who would attack Harry would be the mysterious man and his..." Before Hermione could finish her words, she was interrupted by George next to her.
"The Ministry of Magic is also possible. I dare say Fudge would like to find an opportunity to fire Harry." Fred corrected, "Don't underestimate the power of politicians. Is there anything those guys wouldn't dare to do in order to achieve their own goals? "
"It should be... unlikely." Hermione looked at Fred in surprise. It was hard to imagine that the Ministry of Magic would do such a thing.
"Don't have any illusions about the Ministry of Magic." George sneered. "Haven't you seen the nature of the Ministry of Magic clearly yet? What can those guys do for their own power and interests?"
“Look what they did to discredit Dumbledore, just because Dumbledore told the truth?”
"I think Fred and George are right." Ron agreed, "The Ministry of Magic has indeed done a lot of bad things recently, and I wouldn't be surprised if they did this."
"Hermione, don't be too naive, otherwise you will suffer a big loss sooner or later." Sirius reminded him kindly, looking at Mundungus, "Where were you at that time?"
"I'm going to make a big deal." Mundungus's voice trailed off, and when he met Sirius's gaze, he couldn't help but shrink his head.
There is nothing I can do, I feel guilty.
Mundungus received Sirius's Galleons allowance.
Although it was only a few dozen galleons, and was used as a subsidy to buy things for the members of the Order of the Phoenix who were on guard duty, it was actually enough as a reward for their help on guard duty.
In fact, every member of the Order of the Phoenix who served as Harry's sentry received this money. Since dealing with Albert, Sirius has become more mature and better at using Galleons to serve himself.
Although everyone is contributing to a great cause, we can't go hungry, and those galleons are all earned in vain. The galleons are given to everyone just to help everyone take care of Harry.
“I’m sorry, I promise…never again.”
Mundungus put his hand into his pocket and seemed to be hesitating, but in the end he did not take out the money bag from his pocket and returned Sirius's subsidy.
"There won't be a next time." Sirius stared at Mundungus for a while, and suddenly showed a weird smile: "Also, your so-called big deal is not worth mentioning at all. You see, I just went to Spain. , I made tens of thousands of galleons, this is a big deal."
"Really?" Mundungus asked, his eyes widening.
"Otherwise, where do you think I got the galleons to give you subsidies?" Sirius said calmly, "Complete your mission, and if there is a chance to make a fortune in the future, I will call you, at least make more money than your so-called big deal , is it true, how much money do you make from a big deal?"
“I’m sorry.” Mundungus also heard that Sirius made a fortune by betting, “I will complete my task well in the future, and don’t forget me when you make big deals.”
“It seems that you have solved the problem.”
"Learned from that guy Anderson, Mundungus just wants some Galleons, I just want to give him a chance to make a fortune." Sirius pointed this out directly, "When did you come here."
"Just now, I have roughly figured out what is going on now." Kingsley asked with a strange expression: "Are you really planning to take him to make a fortune together?"
"Who knows?" Sirius shrugged: "Maybe the opportunity will come in a few days, maybe it will have to wait for a while, maybe he will fail to seize the opportunity like you."
Speaking of this incident, Kingsley felt a little depressed.
No one would complain that the money was small, who knew that Sirius would really become rich.
"What's the situation at the Ministry of Magic?" Sirius brought the topic back on track, "Has Dumbledore solved this problem?"
"No, Dumbledore failed to convince Fudge. You know, Fudge wanted to expel Harry, but he agreed to wait until Harry was tried before deciding whether to destroy the wand and let Hogwarts expel Harry." Kingsley When talking about this matter, the expression on his face was a little gloomy, "Also, Fudge did not admit that there were dementors outside the control of the Ministry of Magic, and directly stated that there were no dementors without the consent of the Ministry of Magic. Please leave Azkaban privately."
"This is probably done by a member of the Ministry of Magic, and the person's position is not low." George came out of nowhere and interjected, "If they were Death Eaters, they wouldn't use this method, at least. Not just sending two dementors to attack Harry."
"Besides, I don't think Harry's cousin will survive." Fred added, "It looks more like it was done deliberately by the Ministry of Magic to give them an excuse to fire Harry."
"The Death Eaters' conspiracy is really not that good. Remember the last time in Spain..." Dedalo Digo took a bite of his sandwich and complained vaguely.
“It was different in Spain. With Albert’s character, he would definitely not put himself in danger, so the Death Eaters had no time to make a strict plan.”
Having been roommates with Albert for several years, Fred and George understood Albert's character and style far better than anyone else.
Do you really think that Albert risked his life to participate in the International Wizarding Duel Competition?
No!
It turns out that Albert doesn't need help at all. He can fool the Death Eaters on his own and easily deal with the dark wizards who are trying to cause trouble. As for Peter Pettigrew and the other Death Eaters, they looked like gifts deliberately left for Sirius.
"Fred, George, what are you doing..." Mrs. Weasley didn't like the Weasley twins getting involved in these things. Most of their family were members of the Order of the Phoenix.
"I'm just giving them a warning to avoid going into misunderstandings." The twins looked at each other and said in unison.
"This matter is definitely related to the Ministry of Magic, maybe Fudge, or someone close to Fudge." George looked at Kingsley.
"Don't look at me like that." Kingsley said helplessly, "I spend most of my time protecting the Muggle minister. Maybe you should ask Arthur. And why do you think so?"
"Albert always said that people who play politics are very dirty and will do anything to achieve their goals." Fred reminded, "Don't you think it's very similar to what Fudge would do? It's like he doesn't hesitate to smear people. Dumbledore, now it’s just a different target.”
"You asked him." Mad-Eye Moody seemed to have thought of something and looked up at the Weasley brothers. "If this is the case, the situation will be better. At least the advance guards who went to **** Harry will not encounter too many Big trouble."
"But why did they do this?" Kingsley thought this statement was ridiculous. "To get Harry expelled?"
"Just look at Snotlout's information." Sirius sneered. "If it is really Voldemort's conspiracy, Snotlout will come to the next Order of the Phoenix gathering with a long and smelly report to tell us about the attack on Harry. The Dementors were Voldemort's plot to get Harry fired from the Ministry of Magic."
“If it’s not Voldemort’s conspiracy, it must be someone from the Ministry of Magic.”
This statement was quickly recognized by everyone. Voldemort was undoubtedly the most suspect target. If it wasn't Voldemort, then the Ministry of Magic would naturally be left.
In the following time, in addition to discussing the attack, everyone was also listening to Mad-Eye Moody's arrangements for Harry's transfer plan.
“The current situation is not good for us. Harry needs to go to the Ministry of Magic for trial on August 12th.”
In the evening, Mr. Weasley, who finally got off work, brought bad news to everyone, "Fudge really plans to use this opportunity to fire Harry."
"Look, if Fudge was thrown into Azkaban, he wouldn't deserve sympathy at all. I suspect these are all his plots. He just drove Dumbledore away from the Wizengamot and couldn't wait to attack Harry. Sirius said with a dark face and gritted his teeth, "Let him continue to be arrogant for a while now. After Fudge is ousted by everyone, I will definitely add insult to injury and let him go to Azkaban Prison for life."
"Don't worry Sirius, Harry will not be expelled." Kingsley comforted him, "The "Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards Act" stipulates that when life is threatened, magic can be used to save oneself. And we have evidence.”
Kingsley didn’t know whether he said this to Sirius or someone else.
"No, Kingsley, the situation is not as good as you think. I have not forgotten about Hagrid." Hermione said sullenly, "If the Ministry of Magic insists on expelling Harry, the so-called trial will be useless. They just wanted to use this opportunity to insult Harry."
“What about Hagrid?” Everyone looked confused.
“Hagrid’s Hippogriff was sentenced to death by the Ministry of Magic.” Ron explained for Hermione.
“How will this matter be resolved in the end?” Kingsley asked curiously.
“It seems that Albert let the hippogriff go under the eyes of those executioners.” Ron guessed, “Anyway, the hippogriff disappeared.”
“What did Albert say?” Hermione asked.
“He said that with Dumbledore here, Harry would be fine.” George admitted that he had contacted Albert.
"I dare say that the Prophet Newspaper will never mention the dementor attack, or at least conceal it." Fred suddenly said.
“Because this matter simply doesn’t stand up to investigation?” Ginny asked curiously.
"Yes, that's it." George seemed to have seen through everything and pointed out directly, "Some things cannot be investigated at all, but as long as they are not investigated, there will be no problem. Maybe we should mention this matter on the radio to let everyone know about Dementors It's out of control. I feel like they have a right to know and not be treated like fools by the Ministry."
"You are right, this is a sensational subject. If they are not willing to report it, let us report it for them." Sirius agreed with the twins' proposal, thought for a while and then said: "Before that, we need to report it Mrs. Figg protected him from this despicable attack. If Fudge really fires Harry, we can hide him in headquarters and wait until next year when Fudge steps down to settle the accounts with him."
Sirius had already prepared for the worst, and if Harry was unfortunately expelled, he would be allowed to live in No. 12 Grimmauld Place temporarily.
However, the situation didn't seem too bad, and even Albert felt that Harry would be fine.
(End of this chapter)