Chapter 665: Ministry of Magic in Action

Umbridge acted quickly, and two nights later, Cornelius Fudge visited Hogwarts.

And he was accompanied by a team of Aurors, and the leader of the team was Kingsley Shacklebolt, who had been beaten up by Fish with a group of cats and dogs.

"Could it be that the Ministry of Magic has issued some new education order? Do you, the minister, need to tell me personally, Connelly?" Dumbledore poured him a cup of black tea with a smile, and then looked at the five people behind Fudge. Auror, "I think you finally believed what I said, that's why you brought so many bodyguards with you."

The expression on Fudge's face suddenly froze, and then he explained with a dark face: "I'm very busy, Dumbledore, they just finished something with me, and then they followed me here."

Of course, no wizard with normal intelligence would believe this explanation, and Floo Network and Apparition were not fake.

But Dumbledore did not expose Fudge's lies, but instead made an exaggerated expression of realization.

"Oh..." he drawled and raised his head slightly, "Then, what's the reason why you came to me, Connelly?"

Then he looked at the five Aurors behind Fudge and asked, "What would you like to drink?"

"No need, Dumbledore." Fudge interrupted him forcefully, "Let them go out and wait. I have something I want to talk to you about alone."

"Okay, then I'll arrange for a house elf... Dobby!" Dumbledore called an elf, "You take these guys..."

"That's unnecessary!" Fudge interrupted again.

Dumbledore frowned, but in the end he said nothing and let Fudge do his thing.

"They all graduated from Hogwarts and don't need any guides," Fudge said.

"Well, it seems that I don't need to trouble you here for the time being, so you can go back first." Dumbledore winked at Dobby.

"Dobby is always at your service! Mr. Dumbledore!" The elf bowed deeply and disappeared.

Kingsley and others also said goodbye to Dumbledore and left the principal's office.

Outside the principal's room, Umbridge had been waiting beside the statue of the gargoyle.

As soon as she saw Kingsley and the others coming out, she immediately said excitedly: "Quick! Come with me! While the minister is pestering Dumbledore now, let's dig out the secrets he hides!"

Kingsley followed Umbridge worriedly and walked out of the castle.

He and the other four Aurors were called over temporarily by Fudge and had no idea what was going on. Fudge just told them to cooperate with Umbridge to investigate Dumbledore's secrets.

And just now in the principal's office, Dumbledore didn't give him any hints, so he couldn't figure out whether the Ministry of Magic really caught Dumbledore or not.

"Where are we going?" Fortunately, at this time, his colleague Williamson asked.

This is a wizard wearing a scarlet robe and a ponytail. He is usually very curious and talks a lot. He is the opposite extreme of the short gray haired and taciturn Delis.

Umbridge, probably for the purpose of claiming credit and showing off, quickly told them what she had discovered two days ago.

Then Kingsley immediately felt relieved...Dumbledore wouldn't be that stupid, and with his level of magic, there was no need to wear an invisibility cloak.

So... Umbridge was tricked by Dumbledore?

Kingsley thought gloatingly.

Umbridge is indeed very popular among the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, but in the eyes of practical personnel like Aurors, her image is not very good, especially after what she has done in the past is exposed. No Auror thought highly of her.

Therefore, although the other four Aurors also sensed that something was not right, they did not even open their mouths to remind Umbridge. They just glanced at each other and tacitly agreed to proceed with caution later.

Soon, the Aurors, led by Umbridge, arrived near the Whomping Willow.

"Speaking of which, this tree seems to have been transplanted when I was in school." Williamson, who talked a lot, said again: "It is said that a Slytherin student accidentally broke into this place and was almost beaten. die."

Kingsley, who knew the truth of the matter, raised his eyelids and said it was nothing serious.

But Umbridge was frightened by Williamson's words. She took a few steps back in fear and ordered loudly: "Then you guys should think of a solution quickly!"

"Let's use defensive spells together and rush over?" A young Auror named Savage suggested.

But Umbridge was still a little dissatisfied: "Can't we just get rid of this damn tree?"

"Of course you can just destroy the tree," Kingsley glanced at her lightly, and then changed the topic: "But if we don't find anything later and Dumbledore accuses us, what should we do? Can you bear it? Is this responsibility?”

If it was to take the credit, of course Umbridge would do her part, but if it was to take the scapegoat, that would be a different matter.

What's more, she can't make any more mistakes in her current situation. If she makes any more mistakes, she will probably be thrown into Azkaban by the angry Minister Fudge before the end of this semester.

"Then..." Umbridge swallowed and changed her words: "Let's do what you said."

So the five Aurors jointly released the Universal Protection Spell, and then ran under the defensive magic to the Whomping Willow, and Umbridge followed closely behind them with her short and thick legs.

The Whomping Willow, which sensed someone approaching, swung its branches and hit them head-on, but they were all blocked by the protective spells cast by the Aurors.

Just as they were about to reach the bottom of the tree, Umbridge, who was running, suddenly felt that her legs seemed to be tripped by something, and then her body fell to the ground involuntarily.

The Aurors running in front did not notice that she was lagging behind, and continued to run forward.

Then, the branches of the Whomping Willow suddenly accelerated the frequency of attack and whipped Umbridge who fell to the ground.

The branches crackled and hit Umbridge's back, making her scream.

"Ah--!!!" Umbridge screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

She raised her wand and tried to fight back, but the Whomping Willow seemed to have wisdom. First, a branch hit the back of her hand, causing Umbridge to let go of her hand in pain, and then another branch swung over, knocking her wand away.

Umbridge, who had lost her wand, could only use her arms to protect her head and rolled on the ground in vain.

"Help! Help me!!!" She rolled on the ground to avoid the Whomping Willow's attack, while asking the Aurors for help.

Kingsley and the others seemed to have only realized that she had fallen at this time, and hurriedly ran back to help Umbridge up from the ground, and then dragged her under the tree.

"Why don't we take you to the infirmary first?" Kingsley looked at Umbridge, who was covered in mud and fallen leaves and in a miserable state, and kindly suggested.

"No... Don't worry about me," Umbridge gasped in pain, and gritted her teeth and ordered: "Look for anything unusual around here!"

"Okay..." Kingsley nodded and said to the other four: "Go search around here, I'll protect her here."

The entrance to the secret passage under the Whomping Willow was not difficult to find, so the Aurors found it quickly.

"There's a tunnel here!" Williamson shouted.

Umbridge immediately ignored her own pain and limped to his side with the help of Kingsley.

"That's right! It's here! There must be evidence of Dumbledore's conspiracy against Minister Fudge!" She shouted excitedly, and then got in first.

The five Aurors looked at each other and followed into the tunnel...

After all, it was still very stressful to be under the endless attack of the Whomping Willow.

However, when the Aurors got into the tunnel, they found that Umbridge, who had just led the way, was now standing honestly in the corner, not moving forward a step.

Above the tunnel, the Whomping Willow also stopped attacking, but it dropped a branch and gently touched a small fur cat that had just tripped Umbridge and had disappeared.

"Meow~"

(=ω=)

Fish, who had put on Harry's Invisibility Cloak and turned into an invisible cat, called out softly, then rubbed the trunk of the Whomping Willow, and then followed Umbridge and the others into the tunnel.

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Recommendation ticket monthly ticket

Dawlish, Williamson, Savage, and another one I didn't mention, Prout, are all characters in the original book.

Savage and Prout were only mentioned by Tonks, Williamson appeared once and had a line, while Dawlish had the most scenes but no lines... It seems that there is one line, but I'm not sure if it was said by him.

So I added some secondary settings according to their performance in the original book, such as Williamson's talkativeness and Dawlish's taciturnity.

In addition, the strength of the others is unclear, but Dawlish's strength is really a bit weak...

According to Dumbledore, he is an excellent Auror, and he has achieved excellent results in the N.E.W.T. exams... Then he was defeated by Dumbledore in a one-on-four situation.

After that, he was defeated in a six-on-one situation against Hagrid, and he was also defeated in a slap.

At the beginning of the seventh part, he was controlled by the Death Eaters with the Imperius Curse, and then was beaten into St. Mungo's by Neville's grandmother who failed the Charms class (Professor McGonagall said)...

Dumbledore said he was an excellent Auror... Well... You can judge for yourself.