Chapter 69 Cornelius Fudge
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At night, Harry and Ron went to bed as usual, and waited until Neville, Dean and Seamus stopped discussing the Chamber of Secrets and finally fell asleep, then they got up from the bed, put on their clothes again, and put the invisibility cloak on the two of them.
When they walked to the common room, they found Ginny already sitting on the sofa waiting for them.
"Let's go, let's go to the Slytherin common room first. I have contacted Mr. Riddle in a way, and he will wait for us at the door." Ginny said immediately.
It was not a pleasant journey through the gloomy corridor.
Harry had wandered around the castle in the middle of the night several times before, but he had never seen so many people after the sun went down. Teachers, prefects and ghosts patrolled the corridors in pairs, checking everywhere for any abnormalities.
Although the invisibility cloak is easy to use, it does not work every time. Once he and Ron were almost discovered by Snape. He always felt that Snape seemed to be very sensitive to the invisibility cloak.
Finally, they arrived at the Slytherin common room, but there was no one outside the door.
"Where's Riddle? He won't be caught, will he?" Ron lowered his voice and said a little worriedly. There were too many teachers patrolling tonight.
"Here!"
Cyrus heard their conversation and suddenly revealed his true form in the air.
"I used a Disillusionment Charm, otherwise I couldn't hide from the professors' observation." Cyrus followed the voice and reached out to lift Harry's Invisibility Cloak, then frowned, "Isn't it a little small for the four of us?"
"Don't you know the Disillusionment Charm?" Ron asked curiously.
"But I can only guarantee that I won't be discovered when I'm still. If I move, the professors will notice something is wrong." Cyrus said deliberately. Now, Malfoy's body is no longer useful.
What he wants is - Ginny!
"Ginny, let me possess you. If we have one less person to go, there will be less danger of being exposed." He said, "And in this situation, if I keep possessing Malfoy, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you normally at the end of the term."
Ginny didn't seem to resist at all, but showed a shy expression. But Harry was a little doubtful: "What about Malfoy?"
"I'll let him have a good sleep, and when he wakes up, he won't remember anything."
Ron didn't seem to be very willing to have someone possess his sister, but Ginny answered first: "That's it, Mr. Riddle is also more powerful. He can protect you."
Cyrus quickly transferred from Malfoy's body to Ginny's, and then stuffed the unconscious Malfoy back to the common room and left him alone.
Then, the three of them left the castle with invisibility cloaks.
Harry and Ron both felt awkward. They finally got used to Cyrus being Malfoy, and now he has become Ginny. This feeling is too strange. But there is no time to tangle with this now.
It was a starry night, and they hurried to the lighted window of Hagrid's house, and only took off their invisibility cloak when they reached his door.
A few seconds after they knocked, Hagrid flung it open. They saw Hagrid pointing a crossbow at them, and Fang, the hound, barking loudly behind him. This startled them all, and it was the first time Harry had seen Hagrid in this attitude.
"Oh, it's you," Hagrid said with obvious relief, putting down his weapons and staring at them, "What are you three doing here?"
"What's that for?" Harry said as they walked into the house, pointing at the crossbow. And Cyrus tried to make his presence less noticeable.
"Nothing... nothing," Hagrid said vaguely, "I thought... it's okay... sit down... I'll make tea..."
He seemed a little uneasy, and the water in the kettle spilled out, almost extinguishing the fire, and then his thick hands shook violently and knocked over the teapot.
"Are you okay, Hagrid? Have you heard about Hermione?"
"Oh, yes, I heard about it." Hagrid said, his voice choking. It can be seen that he is indeed sad about Hermione's situation, but he keeps looking at the window nervously, as if something more terrible is waiting for him.
"I think you don't have to worry too much, she will be fine, she will..."
He poured a few cups of tea for Harry and the others, but forgot to put the tea leaves. He was about to put a thick fruit cake on a plate when there was a loud knock on the door.
Hagrid was frightened and dropped the fruit cake in his hand immediately. He looked panicked.
Harry and Ron were as panicked as him, and even Cyrus was a little panicked.
Because he knew who was knocking on the door.
"Hide quickly, it will be bad if we are found to have sneaked out." Cyrus hurriedly pulled Harry's invisibility cloak and put it on them all. The three of them huddled tightly behind the sofa, and Cyrus's panting was heavier than ever.
Dumbledore was coming in.
Hagrid saw that they were all hidden, so he grabbed his crossbow and yanked the door open again.
"Good evening, Hagrid."
Dumbledore walked in first, looking very serious, followed by a very strange-looking man.
The stranger was short, stocky, with messy gray hair and an anxious look on his face. His clothes were a strange hodgepodge: a pinstriped suit, a bright red tie, a long black cape, purple pointy-toed boots. He held a dark green top hat under his arm.
"That's my dad's boss!" Ron gasped. "Cornelly Fudge, Minister for Magic!"
"Stop talking!" Cyrus nudged Ron hard with his elbow to shut him up.
This move obviously attracted Dumbledore's attention. His blue eyes looked at where Cyrus was hiding, and the expression on his face became playful. But soon, he looked away as if he didn't notice them.
This made Cyrus wonder if Dumbledore had seen him through the Invisibility Cloak.
But he soon decided otherwise. This was not an ordinary invisibility cloak. He believed that Dumbledore might have just noticed the existence of the invisibility cloak. After all, he had studied this piece of clothing for a long time.
But he probably didn't know exactly how many people were under the clothes.
Hagrid suddenly turned pale and began to sweat on his forehead. He slumped into a chair and looked from Dumbledore to Cornelius Fudge.
"It's too bad, Hagrid," Fudge said in a crisp, fast tone. "It's too bad that it had to come. Four attacks on Muggles have gone too far, and the Ministry of Magic must take action."
"I didn't, you know I didn't, Professor Dumbledore, sir..."
"I hope you understand, Cornelius, I completely trust Hagrid." Dumbledore frowned.
"But you see, Albus," Fudge said uncomfortably, "Hagrid's criminal record is not good for him. The Ministry of Magic has to take some measures - the school board has been contacted."
"But Connelly, I have to tell you that taking Hagrid away will not help at all."
"Look at it from my point of view," said Fudge, playing with his top hat. "I'm under a lot of pressure. Something has to be done. If it turns out it's not Hagrid, he'll come back. , others have nothing to say. But I have to take him away, shouldn’t I fulfill my duty?”
"Take me away?" Hagrid said, trembling all over. "Take me where?"
"The time is very short, it is not a punishment, it is just a preventive measure. If another person is caught, you will be released and fully apologized..." Fudge said to himself, although he and Dumbledore Lido came here to look for Hagrid, but he never looked at Hagrid from the beginning to the end.
Of course, he may also feel a little ashamed. After all, his current behavior is tantamount to asking Hagrid to take the blame.
But this is very unreasonable.
There was a case where even a person with a criminal record should not be directly convicted without evidence. This is unreasonable and illegal. You know, even after Voldemort was resurrected, none of the Death Eaters who had been exonerated were punished without evidence.
As the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, couldn't Dumbledore stop Fudge from such ridiculous behavior?
impossible!
But although Dumbledore protested, he did not substantially stop Fudge.
Cyrus could understand Dumbledore's horror even more.
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