Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 266 Some Things Don't Need to Be Thought About
When the Dementors rolled on the ground and wailed in agony, the Ministry of Magic staff were surprised but managed to remain calm; however, when the Dementors completely turned into ashes in the flames, leaving only a pile of black ashes on the ground, the expressions of all the witnesses changed from surprise to horror.

This was the first time since the discovery of the Dementors that someone had successfully killed this dark creature; from a magical academic perspective, this was an event worthy of being recorded in the history of magic.

However, the people at the scene obviously did not realize this exciting fact; in addition to surprise and horror, they felt more frustrated.

Dementors are the property of the Ministry of Magic - most of the Ministry's employees have a consensus on this; although almost all wizards dislike these "jailers" of Azkaban, it does not prevent the Ministry of Magic from making full use of and valuing their value.

Now, someone lynched three Dementors and burned them alive in front of many employees of the Ministry of Magic. Everyone looked at Thicknesse, the highest-ranking official present, waiting for his decision; but for some reason, as the focus of everyone's attention, Thicknesse did not react.

It is true that the Dementors were burned to death, but what specific crime can be charged against the perpetrators?

Thicknesse was in a dilemma, because as the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, as soon as he opened his mouth, he would be defining the nature of the matter. And the most difficult part of this matter was defining the nature of the matter.

Murder? Dementors aren't human!
As far as the attitude of the magical community towards non-human intelligent creatures is concerned, even the centaurs, a species whose physical features are half similar to those of humans and whose intelligence level and way of thinking are extremely similar, have not yet been given an accurate identity and rights by the Ministry of Magic; can Dementors enjoy human rights first?
If Dementors are not considered human, or even intelligent creatures, then Lin You's behavior would not be considered murder or injury.

What if we regard Dementors as some kind of magical creatures tamed by the Ministry of Magic and serving the Ministry of Magic? Can Lin You be classified as destroying public property?

Perhaps. The problem is… if you damage property, you have to pay compensation; the standard of compensation has not been determined. Moreover, according to the current laws of the Ministry of Magic, as long as the compensation is paid, the punishment for damaging property can be greatly reduced, or even cancelled directly.

But with the Forresters' wealth, no matter how high the compensation standard is, it is a drop in the bucket for them. Last year, a rumor began to circulate in Diagon Alley that the Forresters had cooperated with Gringotts and sold gold worth 30 million gold galleons to the goblins...

If Thicknesse classifies Dementors as property and demands compensation from Count Goff, he might be pelted with money and then have to reluctantly cancel the punishment...

Of course, there are other ways. Given the sloppiness of the Ministry of Magic's current laws and the chaos in its law enforcement procedures, Thicknesse has full autonomy to conduct "free conviction" law enforcement actions.

Anyway, the fact that the Dementors were burned to death exists, so let's arrest the man first and then think about the specific charges later.

But this method can be used against anyone, except the head of the Forrest family, who is capable of starving the entire British wizarding world when he gets angry and doesn't care about anything else.

After thinking it over and over again, he couldn't come up with a safe solution, and he was so anxious that he wanted to pull his hair out.

Lin Youke didn't care what others thought. Instead, he squatted on the ground and observed with interest the ashes left after the Dementors' "death".

Although both were burned to ashes by the "Sphere of Helios", Dementors and Lemurs are different. After being burned, Lemurs will show wisps of black smoke, just like water vapor sublimated under high temperature, which disappears in a very short time without leaving any trace. Dementors, on the other hand, leave behind a piece of black ash, just like ashes burned at high temperature; but the amount of ash is very small, and after each Dementor is burned, there is only a small handful of ash.

Judging from this, although Dementors look like rotten corpses and are described as demons by wizards, they are actually members of the material world and are fundamentally different from creatures of hell.

Lin You stretched out his dark wood wand and scratched the "ashes", and keenly sensed a slight magical reaction from the tip of the wand; so he had an idea and waved the wand, seemingly performing a "whirlwind sweep", but in fact he quietly swept the "ashes" into the dimensional space.

After "cleaning" the crime scene, Lin Youcai slowly stood up, turned around and looked at the Ministry of Magic staff - especially Thicknesse, and asked: "How is it, have you thought about what to say?"

Thicknesse was both ashamed and angry, and his facial muscles twitched uncontrollably; Lin You made him realize with just one sentence that the complicated and confusing thoughts in his mind could not be hidden from others. The shame of being easily seen through his thoughts instantly occupied the high ground of his mind, driving away the little rationality he had.

"Mr. Forrester, you have killed an employee of the Ministry of Magic." He remembered to add the polite title of "Mr.", which should be the last bit of rationality left in Thicknesse; "I demand that you come back with me to the Ministry of Magic for investigation..."

Lin You looked at Thicknesse, then at the Ministry of Magic staff behind him, and did not hide his contempt: "I don't want to go, and I don't want to see you in the warehouse again - especially the Dementors."

Earl Goff did not argue, but calmly ordered the guests to leave.

"It's not a question of whether you want to go or not." When Ophiuchus's telepathic ability was taken back, Thicknesse and the others regained their courage. It was ridiculous that these Ministry of Magic employees were completely unaware of the cause and effect of the change. "You must come with me - I insist."

Lin You noticed that all the employees of the Ministry of Magic had drawn their wands and were holding them in their hands. However, he was not afraid at all. Instead, he laughed unexpectedly: "Mr. Thicknesse, I have to remind you that once you wave your wands to attack me, the nature of the whole thing will change."

Thicknesse's face changed slightly, but he immediately calmed down. "I insist. When you get to the Ministry of Magic, you will have the right and opportunity to defend yourself, Mr. Forrester."

"Hehe..." Lin You smiled softly, and seemed to be thinking carefully about what the other party said. At the same time, he waved his hand to signal the three employees of the Forrest family to put away their wands. This move seemed to be interpreted by the employees of the Ministry of Magic as a sign of compromise, and it also eased the tense atmosphere.

But in fact, no one knew what Lin You was thinking when he was hesitating.

Count Goff's hesitation was not due to the conflict with the Ministry of Magic; what he was thinking in his mind was: since Constantine had already changed the plot of Harry Potter's third year, should he get involved and make the plot change a little more drastically?
How about taking advantage of the death of the Dementors to fall out with the Ministry of Magic and tear down the gate of the Ministry of Magic?

Some things become more interesting the more you think about them; Lin You was eager to do something.

(End of this chapter)