Chapter 605 Look at This Pot, It Is Big and Round
When Dumbledore received the letter from the Ministry of Magic's owl, he was completely confused.
Of course he would not be surprised that Fish would attack Umbridge, and Dumbledore had even made plans for it early to exonerate the cat.
In Dumbledore's expectation, Fudge may indeed regard this matter as his own instructions, or make things difficult for himself in the name of poor management. He has already been mentally prepared and dealt with this, and even if necessary, He was planning to take the initiative to take the blame for Fei Xu.
But he never expected that Fei Xu would throw the blame directly on his head without having to take the blame himself!
Dumbledore's current mood was more dumbfounded than shocked.
In fact, he wasn't too worried about being blamed for this, because most of the time, Dumbledore was under the surveillance of the Ministry of Magic. Even if it was to reassure Fudge, it would also involve the Ministry of Magic's energy and make the Order of the Phoenix others can carry out the task more smoothly.
So as long as he doesn't take the initiative to plead guilty, the Ministry of Magic will at best give him a reputation for poor management.
And even if Fudge wants to pin the blame on Dumbledore even if he knows he is innocent, it is not that easy, because Dumbledore has been running around recently, chatting and drinking tea with some old friends. Yesterday There is no one who can prove that he is not at Hogwarts.
Of course, Dumbledore did not just do this to chat and attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic. He also took the opportunity to find clues about Voldemort's other Horcruxes, but he was very careful to hide his true purpose in those chat topics. .
"It looks like I have to leave, Tiberus." Dumbledore shook the parchment in his hand and said, "Something happened in the school."
"Need any help?" Tiberus Ogden asked.
He was once one of the elders of the Wizengamot. Just because he expressed support for Dumbledore in the Ministry of Magic, Fudge kept making excuses to make things difficult for him. In the end, he simply quit his job at the Wizengamot out of anger.
"Thank you for your trust, my friend." Dumbledore shook his head with a smile and said, "But no need, it's just a small matter, I can handle it myself."
Dumbledore stood up, bowed slightly to Mr. Ogden, and then disapparated and left Ogden's home.
Just as Dumbledore went to the Ministry of Magic to deal with Fudge, Fish and Hermione were called into Professor McGonagall's office, and faced with Snape her storm of scolding.
"Didn't you promise me that you won't mess around this semester?!" Professor McGonagall first targeted Fish, the culprit, and she yelled angrily: "I just praised you for being sensible a few days ago! What's wrong with you? The prefect is very competent, but this is how you responded to me!"
Fei Xu lowered his head without saying a word and chose to play dead.
"And you, Hermione!" Professor McGonagall changed her target again and said with a disappointed look on her face: "Didn't I tell you to look at Fish? Why are you messing around with him?!"
Hermione also lowered her head and murmured like a mosquito: "I'm sorry..."
Finally, she looked at Snape again: "Is this how you become a professor? When students want to cause trouble, not only do you not stop them, but you also provide them with potions, and then help deal with the scene!"
"Meow?"
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Fish raised his head in surprise and glanced at Snape.
Only then did he know where those battle traces came from...learned!
And Snape had already been scolded by Professor McGonagall before Fish and Hermione arrived. He didn't take it to heart at all as before, and still had that dead face.
After Professor McGonagall scolded all three of them, she still didn't calm down. She picked up the tea cup on the table and took a deep sip of tea. Then she put her hands on her hips and her chest heaved violently.
"Minerva, don't be angry, meow~"
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Seeing that Professor McGonagall had finally calmed down, Fish quickly drooped his cat ears, made a pitiful look, and leaned in front of her to comfort her softly: "Fish, be careful last night, Um." Richie couldn't remember what happened, and Severus helped to fake the scene, so they couldn't find the one on Fish's head!"
"What's the use of being careful!" Professor McGonagall pulled Fish's cheek angrily and said worriedly: "The Ministry of Magic will definitely make things difficult for Dumbledore because of this matter, and they will also have more excuses to interfere with Hogg Watts’ job!”
"Meow..."
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This matter was something that Fish and Hermione failed to consider. To be precise, Hermione did not consider it. After all, Fish wanted Dumbledore to take the blame from the beginning, but he did not think that this would affect To Hogwarts…
So Maomao lowered his head consciously, and Hermione also asked anxiously: "Ah! What should I do?"
"I don't think so, Minerva." Snape, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: "Fudge's intention to interfere with the management of Hogwarts will not change, so even without Fish's behavior, he would not change it. Will definitely look for other excuses.”
"Yes, meow, yes meow." Fish nodded quickly in agreement, and then was hit hard on the head by Professor McGonagall.
After teaching Fish a lesson, Professor McGonagall glared at Snape fiercely and angrily said, "This is not the reason why you helped or even encouraged Fish to attack Umbridge!"
Snape shook his head calmly and said, "Rather than letting Fish do it secretly and leaving loopholes, it would be better for us to check and fill in the loopholes for him from the beginning. Moreover, doing so is not completely correct. bad thing……"
Then he stated his theory of using this matter to claim credit from Voldemort.
"Dumbledore is not so easily manipulated," Snape said. "We can also take this opportunity to see what kind of reaction the Ministry of Magic will have. This will be helpful for our subsequent actions."
Professor McGonagall fell silent. This did not mean that she was really convinced by Snape's strong words. Of course, she knew that Snape was just making excuses for her and Fish's behavior, even if it was true. There is some truth to it, but the essence remains the same.
The reason for her silence is...
Things have already happened, what else can she do? We can't really fire Fish and Hermione, right?
Professor McGonagall looked at Fish beside him, who was grinning and rubbing his face.
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The cat met Professor McGonagall's gaze, blinked, and then said indignantly: "Fish didn't even want to cause trouble for her, meow! Who told her to make things difficult for Minerva the past few days? Fish just now I can’t hold it back, meow!”
Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes. Fish said that he was venting his anger on her behalf... She believed it, but she said that he had never thought of trouble Umbridge... How could she believe it!
But no matter what, part of the reason why Fish attacked Umbridge was for himself. Although Professor McGonagall was still very angry, she was somewhat secretly happy.
She stretched out her hand to ruffle Fish's silver hair, and said angrily: "Even if Umbridge doesn't make things difficult for me, will you, little bastard, really let her go?" She knocked Fish on the head again, " Don’t think I’ll let you go just by saying that!”
Although he said this, Fish knew that he was fine for the time being, because Professor McGonagall's attack just now was obviously much lighter than before.
"Hey hehe~"
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Fei Xu touched the back of his head, stuck out his tongue and smiled innocently.
"snort!"
Professor McGonagall knocked the little fur cat on the head again angrily, but this time the blow was gentler.
"Besides attacking Umbridge, you haven't caused any other trouble recently, have you?" Professor McGonagall said casually, just in case.
"It should be...no more Meow?"
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The little fur cat replied with a somewhat erratic look in his eyes.
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