Daily Life at Hogwarts

Chapter 1131
"The Jedi fought back, and the Ministry of Magic won a big victory."

"Scrimgeour - Fighting fire with fire."

"Temporary policy adjustment of the Ministry of Magic during the war - there will be no tolerance for dark wizards."

"Albert Anderson—the youngest master prophecy in history."

"The bloody wedding, who is behind the scenes."

"Veritaserum will be used to interrogate prisoners."

"The most ruthless Minister of Magic ever."

"Another Dumbledore, the wizard who can't even mention his name."

On that day, the news that Scrimgeour led the Aurors to defeat the Death Eaters was quickly spread through the major newspapers, causing an uproar in the entire wizarding world, and Fudge, who was helping Scrimgeour handle the election, was even more shocked from ear to ear.

Fudge suddenly understood why Scrimgeour was dragging his feet. It turned out that it was for this reason. He ascended to the position of Minister of Magic with the prestige of defeating the Death Eaters, which would save him a lot of trouble in the future.

All of this was Scrimgeour's plan. That guy had already discussed with that Anderson, and used the other party's wedding to set up traps to lure the Death Eaters into the bait.

Considering that the guests at the wedding were all pretending to be Aurors, how... no wonder the Death Eaters would fall straight down.

Eight were killed and three were captured alive.

Fudge also heard that the three Death Eaters survived because Scrimgeour planned to fine them.

To be honest, upon hearing this news, Fudge was stunned, and imposed a heavy fine on the Death Eaters.

Fine, are you sure it's not extortion?
Fudge never imagined that he would one day blackmail Death Eaters.

And the reason Fudge was able to know the big news was that Scrimgeour hoped that he could persuade the three hapless people to pay.Because the three Death Eaters are his old friends: Malfoy, Crabbe and Carlo.

According to Scrimgeour, the Ministry of Magic is in urgent need of a sum of money to buy defense against the dark arts props for all employees of the Ministry of Magic.

Since the Death Eaters started the mess, they should be paying for it.

The bandit's logic baffled Fudge.

Defense against the Dark Arts props?
Fudge learned about it from Percy a while ago. It is said that the products are sold in a store opened by Albert and three friends, and the response from Auror is very good.

This... wait, Fudge suddenly understood.

This was obviously a cooperation between the two parties. He originally thought that Auror had a bad relationship with that Anderson, but now it seemed that was not the case.

Scrimgeour is obviously in collusion with Anderson, and Scrimgeour's hand is very beautiful. He directly secured the position of Minister of Magic and won a reliable ally. It is said that Scrimgeour is still wooing Dumbledore and Phoenix Society, also intends to let Kingsley and Arthur to persuade Harry Potter to stand for himself and support his course of action against Death Eaters and dark wizards.

As for the use of Veritaserum to torture prisoners, Fudge didn't think it was a thing at all.

The problem is that Scrimgeour seems to intend to use this to kill a group of vicious dark wizards.

If Harry Potter and Dumbledore can support him, after a wave of interrogation with Veritaserum, it is really hard to imagine how many of the captured dark wizards will survive in the end.

Fudge heard that Scrimgeour hid his family, and he was the only one left in the family, ready to face Voldemort and Death Eaters head-on.

Really ruthless.

Moreover, it is not only ruthless to others, but also ruthless to yourself.

However, Scrimgeour might really be able to change the dire situation in the wizarding world.

At this time, the door was knocked.

"Come in."

"minister……"

As soon as Percy opened his mouth, Fudge interrupted him.

"Weasley, I have recommended you to Scrimgeour, and he is very satisfied with your ability." Fudge said to Percy, "Next, you have a task, that is to talk to Kingsley and Arthur Weasley went to find Harry Potter."

"Looking for Harry Potter?"

Percy was a little dazed. He was not surprised that he became the assistant of the new minister, because Albert had already made a prophecy for him.

Percy was very clear about his next task, which was to be the bridge between Scrimgeour and Albert.

Sometimes, Percy felt incredible. He never thought that Scrimgeour would cooperate with Albert. The two parties had obviously had a bad relationship before, but Scrimgeour was willing to let go of his figure, which surprised him.

However, seeing this wave of miraculous operations, he suddenly understood why.

"Yes, Scrimgeour hopes that Harry Potter will support his follow-up policy against Death Eaters and dark wizards." Fudge handed a piece of parchment to Percy, "This is the process, as long as Harry Potter reveals Next time, just say a word."

"I very much agree with the Ministry of Magic's tough measures against dark wizards. When facing these evil guys, you must not be soft-hearted or merciless, because that is irresponsible to yourself, your family, and everyone's life." Percy read softly. Even he felt that the passage on the parchment made sense.

Is this to make Harry Potter support the Ministry of Magic to directly kill those evil wizards?

Percy knew Scrimgeour's policies after he took office.

Scrimgeour obviously intends to let the savior and Dumbledore endorse together to share his pressure.

Otherwise, kill a large number of people, what will others think.

It's too ruthless, and it's also scary.

But otherwise, it would be very difficult to suppress the arrogance of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

Percy felt that the Mysterious Man and the Death Eaters probably went to the wedding to make trouble, which completely annoyed Albert, so he told Scrimgeour.

"What about the reporter?" Percy asked suddenly.

"Let the reporters come back tomorrow to interview the new minister." Fudge said impatiently, he still had things to do.

After a while, Fudge went to the courtroom alone, where ten Aurors were guarding the three Death Eaters. The three of them looked a little dazed, as if they had just been force-fed with Veritaserum. Scrimgeour's assistant They were writing something on the parchment, and when they saw Fudge coming in, everyone nodded slightly at him.

"What's up?" Fudge asked.

"All the crimes have been clearly explained."

The assistant said and handed a few pieces of parchment and notes to Fudge, and then followed the Auror to leave the courtroom temporarily, leaving room for them to communicate.

Fudge glanced at the incriminating evidence on the parchment, and then at the contents of the note, and couldn't help but thump, but quickly regained his composure, and looked at the old acquaintances who were locked in the iron cage.

After a long silence, Fudge said suddenly, "Scremgeour asked me to convince you."

Lucius was silent for a moment, then asked, "Convince us?"

"He asked me to ask you whether you want to die or go to Azkaban Prison alive." Fudge glanced at the content on the note, and continued: "Actually, you are very lucky, at least you have a chance to choose. A Death Eater was shot dead on the spot."

"What do we need to pay?" Lucius Malfoy tried to calm himself down.

"Garon." Fudge flipped through the parchment in his hand, and introduced calmly: "Pay the fine according to your crime. Mr. Malfoy needs to pay [-], Mr. Crabbe is [-], and Mr. Carlo is [-]. "

"You guys are outright robbery," growled Crabbe angrily.

"Actually, I think so too." Fudge showed a helpless expression, and shrugged his shoulders at the three of them, "But this is what Scrimgeour meant. Several Aurors died in battle. He was very angry and didn't let you directly You died in battle because you are pure-blood wizards and your crimes are not serious. Fudge put away the parchment and reminded: "Don't look at me like that, I'm actually just a messenger, you only have 5 minutes to consider. "

"What if we disagree?" Lucius Malfoy asked.

"The Aurors outside will come in and help you die." Fudge took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. "This is not a threat. Scrimgeour actually wants to kill you all. By the way, he asked me to pass a message to you." Only then can there be hope in life.”

"Don't think about it, I promise to pay the fine." Lucius Malfoy said without waiting for Fudge to leave, "Are we going to be sentenced to life imprisonment?"

"Correct."

"This new minister is really extraordinary!" Lucius said with emotion.

"You..." Crabbe turned to stare at Malfoy.

"Promise, there is hope if you live." Malfoy didn't look at the two colleagues around him, but asked Fudge directly, "What should we do next?"

"Write a letter to the family and ask them to pay the fine." Fudge was satisfied with Malfoy's understanding of the times, at least the task Scrimgeour gave him was successfully completed.

After convincing the three, Fudge called in the Aurors outside, who would temporarily detain him in the Ministry of Magic and wait for the trial in two days.

In the meantime, if the Ministry of Magic failed to get the money, the three would not even be eligible for trial.

After completing his mission, Fudge went straight to Scrimgeour's office.

Although Scrimgeour had been overwhelmingly elected as the new minister, the term was tomorrow morning, so Scrimgeour was not using the ministerial office.

"What's the matter?" Scrimgeour asked.

"They've agreed to a fine," said Fudge, nodding.

"fine."

Piers Thicknesse looked suspiciously at Scrimgeour, who was Scrimgeour's next appointed Director of Magical Law Enforcement.

"Give those three lucky ones a chance to survive." Scrimgeour explained calmly: "You know, the employees of the Ministry of Magic are uneasy about the current situation, and we need to give them some protection, and this requires a Pen Galleons to make it happen."

"Guarantee? What guarantee?"

"The black magic defense props used by the Aurors are very effective, and our employees also need some, which requires a lot of Galleons, and they happen to be very rich, so I gave them the opportunity to use Galleons to buy life imprisonment. "

Thinknes' face twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything more.

Who told Scrimgeour to blackmail the Death Eaters?

Moreover, he was planning to use the extorted Garen to benefit the employees of the Ministry of Magic. Although this kind of thing was unprecedented, it was a time of war, and the enemy did not deserve sympathy.

"You have two tasks now." Scrimgeour said grimly, "Hurry up and use Veritaserum to interrogate the group of captured dark wizards and determine whether they are controlled by the Imperius Curse."

Thinknes could clearly feel the killing intent emanating from the new minister, and asked bluntly, "What if it is controlled by the Imperius Curse?"

"Wizards under the Imperius Curse will spend the next long period of time in the St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. We will set up a prison there to detain these patients under the Imperius Curse until They will be released only after they fully recover." Scrimgeour said without hesitation, "Don't worry about using Veritaserum, at least we'll give them a chance to reduce the innocent deaths of wizards."

"In addition, you need to reduce the number of black wizards as much as possible. Those who commit the most heinous crimes must be sentenced to death instead of being imprisoned in Azkaban prison." Scrimgeour reminded again, "It's best to pull them out and kill them on the spot, and don't leave them alone." take any chance."

"But, will this..."

"Too cruel? No, if anyone has any objections, we can arrange for them to have a good chat with the families who were killed by dark wizards." Scrimgeour looked into Thicknesses' eyes and said, "Remember, forgive them for never It's not our job, we are only responsible for sending them to meet the people they innocently killed, understand?"

"Understood?" Thickness couldn't help swallowing.

"Well, the most important thing is that our prison is not safe, there have been several prison escapes in Azkaban." Scrimgeour said without hesitation, "Therefore, it is very necessary for us to reduce the number of dark wizards , lest someone rob the prison and let them out to harm others."

"Where are the Death Eaters?" Thickness couldn't help asking.

"Those bastards of the Death Eaters, I don't think they will end up well even if they escape. The Mysterious Man is not a benevolent guy." Scrimgeour sneered, "And, if they escape again, I will order Let the Aurors kill them the next time they meet."

Pierce Thicknesse nodded stiffly in agreement.

"By the way, there is one more thing you need to pay attention to." Scrimgeour said suddenly.

"what's up?"

"Your security question."

"My security question?"

"Yes, if the mysterious people want to dismantle the Ministry of Magic, they must murder or control the high-level officials within the Ministry of Magic. We need to make sure that the high-level people are not controlled by the Imperius Curse." Scrimgeour continued: "Next, we need to introduce a strategy Timing."

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the office.

Arthur Weasley opened the door and walked in, looking at the Ministry of Magic executives in the office in surprise.

"Arthur, you will be transferred to the Office of Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Equipment as the director, and this appointment will come into effect tomorrow." Scrimgeour said straight to the point: "Recently, the mysterious man has made everyone People are in a state of panic, there are people everywhere in Diagon Alley making some strange things to sell for money, I don't want to see those things, and the Ministry of Magic will order a batch of Defense Against the Dark Arts items, I need you to communicate with the store , get a favorable internal price for the Ministry of Magic, and cooperate with the Aurors to check the finished products. Of course, we will order in large quantities, and it would be even better if they can develop something specifically for our needs."

Arthur Weasley was a little confused, and after receiving the transfer document handed over by Scrimgeour, he froze immediately.

Because the Defense Against the Dark Arts props are actually made by Fred and George's shop.

"Next, you have an urgent task. Find Harry Potter with Kingsley and Assistant Minister Weasley, and persuade him to support the Ministry of Magic's follow-up policy against Death Eaters and dark wizards. Dumbledore's side I will go and discuss it with him myself."

　(revised)
　　Actually, I originally wanted to write about the wedding, and I thought I could write it in two days, but I deleted it because I felt it was not well written.

　　Scrimgeour was completely cheated by Fudge. He was actually not suitable to be a minister, and he couldn't change the situation at that time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)