Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

"I don't think now is the time to discuss this."

Amelia spoke up and the others realized that the recently disappeared Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement had returned.

Fudge is not here, all members of his family died in the First Courtroom.

"Minister Fudge has been seriously injured. Director Bones will now temporarily take over the duties of Minister of Magic."

Amelia looked at Percy meaningfully, then she quickly took on the responsibility of being in charge and began to arrange the work.

"We all saw it, Mr. Potter, stop that monster."

Someone among the Aurors suddenly whispered, and the other Aurors echoed after hearing it.

Soon, the rumor that 'Harry Potter will become Dumbledore's successor to fight against the mysterious man' spread by word of mouth.

The name Harry Potter itself is legendary. He had 'defeated' Voldemort when he was a baby, and now he has defeated the devil again.

Chapter 409: Change Fudge

After Amelia took on the task of temporarily leading the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore, Dudley, Percy and other trustworthy people took the elevator to the tenth underground floor of the Ministry of Magic.

"What about Fudge? Is he actually hurt?"

Mr. Weasley asked. He came with the main group. As a elder of the Order of the Phoenix, he was one of the few wizards Dumbledore trusted.

He knew very little about the operation.

"Dead, dead as hell. Killed by Voldemort."

The person who answered him was even more unexpected. It was Scrimgeour who had just attacked Dumbledore. The Director of the Auror Office, who had been arguing with Dumbledore for a long time, was actually with them.

At this moment, he had changed from his previous dejection and fear, but there was still some solemnity between his brows.

Mr. Weasley, who was confused about why Scrimgeour followed them, was even more confused after hearing this: "Percy, didn't you say Fudge is not dead?"

Percy did not answer Mr. Weasley directly, but said, "You will find out when you come with us, father."

Mr. Weasley was even more confused after hearing this. Seeing that Percy had no intention of explaining, he could only suppress his doubts in his heart.

"Scrimgeour, you were being a little too deliberate just now."

Dumbledore said kindly, "Of course, you too, Dudley."

Scrimgeour had been one of them from the beginning, he was just putting on an act just now.

Scrimgeour just glanced at him without saying anything, and Dudley explained for Scrimgeour: "You should be more deliberate at times like this. If you cover it up too well, no one will know what happened."

"Amelia will become suspicious," Dumbledore continued. At this time, the elevator had reached the tenth floor underground. He walked out first and then said, "I don't want the next Minister of Magic to continue to be suspicious of me. You know, I really don't want to sit in that position."

"Ms. Bones has already seen through it, Professor. Believe me, she won't mind." Dudley said as he pushed open the door of the First Courtroom. "Besides, it will be a long time before she becomes the Minister of Magic. At least, it will have to be after the matter with Senior Tom is over."

Dumbledore called Voldemort Tom in public more than once, so Mr. Weasley was not surprised to know that Voldemort's name was Tom.

In the courtroom, the wizards of Fudge's faction were lying on the ground in all directions. Without exception, all of them had been killed by the Killing Curse.

Voldemort was very good at this as he left no one alive.

Percy walked slowly and accidentally stepped on a wizard in red. He looked at the old leader lying on the ground with his eyes completely out of focus and his body gradually getting cold. He said without any emotion, "He can't be deader."

"Merlin's beard, what's going on? Why didn't anyone tell me before?" Among the others present, only Mr. Weasley exclaimed, while the others looked as if they had expected it.

"Percy, did you just lie? How could Fudge die? He..."

From his slightly panicked tone, it can be heard that Mr. Weasley is very confused at the moment.

"No." Dudley interrupted Mr. Weasley and said firmly, "Fudge is still alive."

Mr. Weasley's eyes widened, his face full of confusion, and he pointed at Fudge's body: "Look, he's dead, right in front of us!"

Dudley shook his head. "I'm not talking about this Fudge."

"Fudge has several more?"

Mr. Weasley was even more puzzled because he had never heard that Fudge had any brothers or sisters.

There was only one Fudge among the people he knew.

Dudley didn't rush to explain to him, but took out a bottle of potion and handed it to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore took the bottle, unscrewed the lid, and drank it all without hesitation. After swallowing the potion, the originally black arm gradually turned back to normal.

Then he took off the ring on his index finger, handed it back to Dudley, and said with great emotion: "Honestly, this thing is exactly the same as that one."

"If we put them together, I'm afraid it would be hard for me to tell them apart. I almost want to use it."

"Your attainments in alchemy are probably only matched by Nicolael."

This is a fake, a replica made by Dudley using alchemy based on the aura of the real thing. As Dumbledore just described, it is a top-notch imitation.

Unless Voldemort was observing closely, he would not be able to detect it with his almost weak connection with other Horcruxes.

Fake, fake, fake, all fake.

The ring is fake, the injury is fake.

It was applied when Dudley lifted his sleeves just now, so it looks scary, but it's actually nothing.

Voldemort and Dumbledore were not fighting in close combat, and the other party couldn't see clearly from such a distance.

"This..." Mr. Weasley's eyes almost popped out after seeing this scene, and his doubts grew more and more. Seeing that Dudley had no intention of telling him, he could no longer help but turned to look at his son: "Percy, tell me."

Being named by his father, Percy looked at Dudley with some embarrassment.

"Mr. Weasley, before I tell you the truth, please answer a question for me."

"How do you feel about meeting Senior Tom this time?"

"He has become stronger again." When mentioning Voldemort, Dumbledore's expression became solemn again.

"I can't defeat him." Scrimgeour's answer was very blunt. He was not acting when he faced Voldemort just now. He really tried his best. He and a group of Aurors couldn't stop Voldemort's spell at all.

"I'm no match for him," Percy said very bluntly.

"More powerful than any wizard I have ever seen." Mr. Weasley thought for a moment and answered. Voldemort's strength was obvious to all and it was beyond human power to resist.

Dudley nodded, agreeing with their descriptions. "Yes, he is very strong, and is still getting stronger. Even now, Dumbledore is beginning to feel overwhelmed when facing him one-on-one."

The duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort seemed to be a 50-50 match, but in fact Dumbledore lost.

"What if I'm included in the mix?"

"We are now able to fight back." Percy said subconsciously.

In a one-on-one fight, Dumbledore, relying on the power of the Elder Wand, was evenly matched with Voldemort. But with the help of Dudley, Voldemort gradually fell into a disadvantage. The pieces of clothing on his body were the best evidence of this.

If Dudley had used other powerful spells instead of the Saviour's Curse, Voldemort's injuries would definitely not be as severe as they are now.

"So there is only one Professor Dumbledore who is his nemesis. Don't you think that's too little? He is just a madman with empty power. In fact, there are ways to deal with him. Don't you think everyone is a little too afraid of him?"

"Then what do you mean?"

"How about we change to a stronger and more powerful Minister of Magic, and replace him with 'Fudge' as our leader?"

Chapter 410 What if the prison was bombed?

Mr. Weasley still didn't understand, so he quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

"Mr. Weasley, please answer me a question. If our Minister of Magic is as powerful as Professor Dumbledore, and his mind is equal to another Dumbledore, and he stands firmly on Professor Dumbledore's side, do you think everyone will feel at ease? Will the Death Eaters dare to invade the Ministry of Magic? If he and Professor Dumbledore join forces, can they defeat Senior Tom?"

"That is inevitable, but Fudge is dead. Even if he wasn't dead, he couldn't have joined forces with Albus. Even if they did, he has done his best by not being a drag."

It's not that Mr. Weasley looked down on Fudge. Fudge's ability was obvious to everyone in the Ministry of Magic - 'he's not good at anything and is the best at doing bad things.'

"It's 'this' cowardly Fudge who's dead."

Dudley corrected, the hint couldn't be more obvious.

"You mean," said Mr. Weasley, finally realizing, "but where can we find such a person?"

The topic returned to the most critical point.

Percy was silent, Scrimgeour seemed thoughtful, and Dumbledore hesitated to speak.

The three people had different expressions, but it was certain that they knew who Dudley was talking about.

"Isn't there just one in Austria? And he's our fifth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

"As long as our Professor Dumbledore agrees."

Austria. The only wizard with a strength close to Dumbledore that Mr. Weasley remembered was the one in Nurmengard Prison.

"How is that possible? Wait, how could he be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" Mr. Weasley obviously thought of who it was, and quickly turned to look at Dumbledore, wanting to get an answer from him: "Albus, is this true?!"

What he got was Dumbledore's silence.

That is

it is true.

"Albus, how could you let him be a professor?!"

"That is a very dangerous Dark wizard," warned Mr. Weasley.

Although he had never seen Grindelwald in person, he knew that he was an extremely dangerous wizard.

Dudley asked back, "How dangerous is it as dangerous as that senior Tom?"

"Aren't you worried that he'll team up with the Dark Lord?"

Mr. Weasley asked again, "They all aim to dominate others."

Facing Mr. Weasley's question, Dudley answered quite straightforwardly: "Don't worry, their philosophies are different. Pure-blood Professor Gellert does not reject half-blood wizards, while half-blood senior Tom only supports the pure-blood theory."

The probability of Grindelwald joining forces with Voldemort is not much greater than that of Dumbledore betraying him. Even without Dumbledore, there would be a fierce battle between the two.

"How can you guarantee that?" Mr. Weasley was determined to get to the bottom of it.

Dudley put the question directly to Dumbledore: "You can ask Professor Dumbledore about this."

"He is a man of his word and promised me that he would stay in that prison for the rest of his life."

Dumbledore, who had been silent for a while, spoke. He neither confirmed Mr. Weasley nor agreed with Dudley, but at the end he emphasized, "He will not come out."

In a sense, I am already on Mr. Weasley's side.

"Yes, Professor Gellert will definitely keep his promise"

Dudley agreed with what Dumbledore said, and then changed the subject: "But what if the prison is bombed? What if the place of restraint disappears?"

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"Bombed? How is that possible?"

Mr. Weasley shook his head in denial, then thought of Dudley's current abilities and continued, "Do you want to..."

"Not me, that's against the law."

"It's Senior Tom."

Dudley said righteously, though it was not convincing at all.

"It's impossible that the Dark Lord would never go to that place." Mr. Weasley shook his head like a rattle.

"No, he will go. If he wants to understand the secrets of the Elder Wand, he will go to Professor Gellert."

With Voldemort's ability, it would be easy for him to find out that the previous user of the Elder Wand was Grindelwald.

In order to learn the secret of the Elder Wand, he must go to Nurmengard Prison.

"Professor Gellert would never tell Senior Tom, who has killed so many people, that it is reasonable for him to blow up a prison out of anger, right?"

If it was Voldemort's character, he would really do such a thing.

That thing is a vandal.

"How can you guarantee that he won't tell the secret of the Elder Wand?"

"Gellert wouldn't do that."

It was not Dudley who answered him, but Dumbledore: "He can walk out of that prison anytime he wants."