Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 251 The Wise Man Fudge

As soon as Mike got up, he felt a strong sense of dizziness. At the same time, he felt that his limbs seemed to have been soaked in ice water at this moment, so cold that he almost lost consciousness.

Mike knew that his face must be extremely pale now, so he reached out his hand to Snape.

Although Mike is still unable to speak at all in the state of locking his throat, the meaning is already obvious.

Snape curled his lips, seeing that Mike might fall down at any time, he reluctantly took out a bottle of black and purple potion and handed it to Mike.

The taste of this bottle of potion was very special. As soon as he took it, Mike felt a stench explode in his mouth.

If you insist on describing it, this smell is similar to that of Icelandic shark jerky. It is the smell of toilets in slums, which makes people want to vomit instinctively.

Mike strongly suspected that Snape was deliberately retaliating against him!
However, the effect of this bottle of potion is really useless. When Mike swallowed it while suppressing the stench, it quickly turned into a wave of warmth and spread throughout his body, making Mike weak due to excessive blood loss. body regained its vitality.

Black and Lupine, who were still hanging in the distance, were relieved when they saw this. They didn't really care too much about their next fate. For them, Mike, the child implicated by them, was the most important thing.

Snape came to Black and Lupine's side again after refilling a restraining spell on Mike.

And the first thing he did next was to wave his wand and use the magic power to tear down their pants!
Black's little trousers looked extravagant, they were all made of silk, although Snape didn't recognize the brand printed on them, but judging from the appearance and material, this should be a luxury.

This made Snape very angry, he recalled Black's identity, the eldest son of the Black family is also the only heir now!
At the same time, he also remembered the all-round bullying that Potter and Black, who were rich second generations, had done to him since he was a teenager!
This made Snape very unhappy, so, with an imperceptible flick of his wand, Black's only remaining trousers disappeared.

Black obviously couldn't bear to be humiliated in front of Mike, a junior. He struggled hard, with angry roars constantly coming out of his mouth.

However, to Snape's ears, this roar seemed to be the most moving music in the world. He rubbed his palms excitedly and came to Lupine's side.

Lupine was obviously a more frugal person than Black, as evidenced by his gray patched beige striped trousers.

Seeing that Snape couldn't control himself anymore, he clutched his stomach and laughed loudly. After a little relief, Snape raised his flushed laughing face and asked:
"How poor are you! Lupine! Even...even this needs to be patched...hahaha!"

In the middle of speaking, Snape suddenly laughed again.

This time he laughed even more exaggeratedly, and saw that he lay down on the ground regardless of the dirt and gravel on the ground, covering his stomach with his hand all the time, and hammering the ground frantically with his other hand.

Amidst the continuous laughter, Lupine's face was so gloomy that water dripped out, but since he had absolutely nothing to do with Snape at the moment, he could only lower his head and try not to look at Snape's picture. hateful face.

After an unknown amount of time, Snape seemed to have finally remembered the existence of Mike.

Perhaps in order to restore his majestic impression in front of Mike, Snape quickly stood up, patted off the dirty things on his body, wiped away the tears from laughing, and then changed into his usual arrogant and indifferent expression .

And at this moment, the Aurors who had heard the news of the battle here arrived.

"Merlin! Professor Snape, you actually caught him! I really should award you a first-class Merlin Medal!" The fat Fudge squeezed out from the Auror, when he saw that he was hanging When he saw Black, a trace of surprise flashed across his face, "Mr. Black, it's really hard to find you! But it doesn't matter, we finally met thanks to my unremitting efforts!"

After that, he glanced quickly over Black's vital parts, and then teased at Snape: "Wow! It's much smaller than I imagined!"

This one-liner managed to amuse many of the Aurors present, and just when Fudge was proud of his sense of humor, he suddenly noticed Mike and Lupine next to him.

"Professor Snape, can you explain to me what happened to these two people?"

"I'm happy to be of service to you, Mr. Minister." Snape bowed slightly and explained, "The name here is Remus Lupin, and he is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. I don’t know, he and Black’s murderer were very good friends when they were students, and this time he wanted to prevent me from arresting Black, so I think he should be Black’s accomplice!
As for the little wizard here, I don't think I need to introduce him anymore, the famous dueling champion (Snape's tone suddenly became frivolous when he said this)!Although he also attacked me with Lupine, I think he was bewitched given his age. "

Listening to Snape's explanation, Fudge kept nodding.

In his opinion, Snape's explanation was logical and well-reasoned, and almost all of them could be used as testimony in court.

"Very well, then leave Black and this Mr. Lupine to us first, as for the ones over there..."

"Wait!"

Fudge, who was suddenly interrupted in the middle of the speech, looked angrily at the source of the voice, and saw that Mike had broken free from Snape's shackles at some point, and was walking towards this side at the moment.

Snape frowned looking at the wand in Mike's hand, he remembered that the black wand had already been knocked flying by him.

But after seeing Shu Ke behind Mike, he fully understood.

"Mr. Minister, Black is innocent, Peter Pettigrew is still alive!" Mike adjusted his collar, and looked at Fudge, "It was not Black who betrayed the Potters, but Peter!"

Fudge and Snape stared blankly at Mike's opening, and after a while Fudge broke out into an astonishing burst of laughter.

"Hahaha! Mike, Mike, it seems that you have been brainwashed a lot, why are you talking nonsense?"

"Peterina is now locked up in Hogwarts by me."

Fudge's smile stopped abruptly, he stared into Mike's eyes, trying to find some evidence that Mike was lying, and at the same time, his brain began to think about various pros and cons.

After a long time, Fudge came to Mike and asked with a serious face:

"Mike, can you guarantee that what you said is the truth? If you were lying just now, I advise you to admit it now, because the consequences of playing me will be very serious."

"I can swear on my wand."

After getting an affirmative answer, Fudge put a smile on his face again.

"I believe you."

As soon as Snape made this remark, he immediately became unwilling. He thought that everything Mike did was delaying time. If he really delayed Dumbledore's return, his plan to avenge Black and send Black to hell would be lost. There will be new incidents.

However, Fudge didn't intend to listen to his opinion, he didn't even have the desire to appease Snape, and directly ordered the Aurors to bring Black and others back to Hogwarts.

Seeing this, Mike whistled at Snape, and then followed Fudge back to Hogwarts in Snape's eyes about to eat people.

He had expected Fudge to react like this.

Fudge was not the Minister of Magic when Black was sentenced, and the person who dealt with Black was Barty Crouch, head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

This Mr. Crouch, who came from Ravenclaw College and belongs to the Raven's Nest with Mike, perfectly fits people's inherent impression of Ravenclaw:

Knowledgeable, powerful, slightly eccentric, and capable.

Although Mr. Crouch also has some minor shortcomings, this does not prevent him from being successful in the upper echelons of the Ministry of Magic.

He even became a big favorite in the original ministerial election.

It's a pity that he has a cheating son.

His son Barty Crouch Jr. is a fanatical admirer of Voldemort. After this incident was discovered, not only he himself was thrown into Azkaban, but even his father, Mr. Crouch, was also lost. The right to run for minister.

As for the matter about Black, Mr. Crouch cannot be entirely blamed.

At the time when Voldemort was losing power, a large number of Death Eaters were arrested, and after being arrested, these people began to bite each other, hoping to make meritorious deeds in this way.

Ever since, the Ministry of Magic's temporary detention center was overcrowded for a while.

The Department of Legal Enforcement simply doesn't have enough manpower to conduct a comprehensive review of everyone, so although Mr. Crouch knew that there must be many innocent people here, he still chose to deal with it quickly and bypassed it. Many trial processes have thrown a large number of suspects directly into prison.

This is true for ordinary people who are not seriously suspected, let alone people who seem to have solid evidence like Black.

Ever since, the Ministry of Magic showed extraordinary efficiency in dealing with Black, and within a few days, Black was stuffed into Azkaban.

Although this kind of action was really helpless at the time, it is different now. In the peaceful days after Voldemort disappeared, the people became more and more dissatisfied with the Ministry of Magic, the organization that protected them in the past. If a slight mistake is exposed, it will be condemned by huge public opinion.

Fudge knew this well. The dementors he sent to Hogwarts just sucked a little happiness from the students, and he was sprayed like a dog without even hurting a single person.

So he can almost imagine how much criticism Mr. Crouch will receive if Black's case is really an unjust case.

At least in the next round of ministerial elections, he is absolutely out of luck!
Crouch has always been his biggest competitor in the election for minister, and now if he can take this opportunity to completely remove Crouch's threat, then he will make a lot of money!

Thinking of this, the smile on Fudge's face became brighter, and his steps became lighter.

Seeing this, Mike was also very determined, Fudge is actually not stupid at all, just kidding!Can someone who has been Minister for Magic for so many years be an idiot?
The reason why some of Fudge's behaviors and orders in the original book seem so stupid is that the ass decides the head. Sometimes his behavior is incomprehensible to outsiders, but it is in his best interest.

When the group returned to Hogwarts, everyone in Hogwarts had already gathered in the auditorium, but the number of people in Hogwarts was much smaller than usual. It seemed that Fudge It was premeditated, and conducting such quasi-fun activities during the Christmas holidays can undoubtedly minimize the impact.

Fudge was already in a hurry, he didn't even ask where Black and Lupine were being held, and followed Mike directly to the Response Room.

When Mike opened the door of the Response Room, Fudge and the two elite Aurors behind him didn't show even a hint of surprise on their faces, which didn't surprise Mike.

To be honest, whether it was Fudge or those elite Aurors, they should have been influential figures at Hogwarts at that time. Such figures should still know about places like the Room of Requirement, which are similar to secret treasures.

And when a group of people filed in and came to the small cell where Peter Pettigrew was imprisoned, Peter was holding a piece of dry bread and gnawing.

Mike clearly saw that when the Aurors in uniform came to the cell, Peter in the form of a mouse gnawed the bread suddenly stagnated, and then returned to normal, and the gnawing speed seemed to be faster some.

Fudge looked at Mike with puzzled eyes, and Mike saw that Pettigrew Peter was still planning to get away with it even now, so he said with a smile:
"This is Peter Pettigrew, an outlaw Animagus."

Fudge nodded when he heard the words, and then an Auror stepped forward, stretched out his hand and grabbed Peter out of the cell.

It wasn't until this moment that Peter began to struggle hard. He twisted his body crazily, his big front teeth biting the Auror's fingers, hoping that he would let go in the pain.

It's a pity that these Aurors are all wearing dragon leather gloves on their hands, and the mouse's front teeth can't bite through the skin of this powerful creature.

The Auror kept moving his hand, quickly took out his wand, and pointed at the mouse he was holding in the other hand.

Powerful magic power spewed out, Peter Pettigrew's struggle became more and more crazy, but the Auror's hand was like a pair of iron clamps to firmly fix his body.

Gradually Peter's body began to swell, turning from a little mouse into a short, fat middle-aged man in just a few seconds.

Perhaps because of maintaining the form of a mouse all year round, Peter is very similar to a mouse in both appearance and movement.

Appearing in front of people in human form again obviously made Peter extremely uncomfortable. He shrank instinctively, his chubby hands curled up in front of his chest and kept twisting.

Seeing everyone on the scene looking at him vigilantly with their wands raised, his eyes rolled around like a cunning mouse, and he opened his mouth after a while, revealing the pair of big yellow bucks. Ya said to Mike kindly:
"Mike! Good Mike! I'm Scabbers! I'm your friend Ron's pet!"

(End of this chapter)