From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 116: Start the Secret Room Investigation
"Idiot. And a complete idiot." Director Nott was certainly not stupid enough to say this like Fudge did. He didn't understand what Fudge was playing. Although he expressed his willingness to fight against Dumbledore, he was like a coward and hesitated in the end. In the end, he just ambiguously allowed the half-blood giant to accept the investigation of the Ministry of Magic.

"Could this have any impact on Dumbledore himself?" Director Nott was a typical pure-blood wizard, but he had always been the most traditional one and would only stand with the winner, so he never took sides easily. This was how he managed to keep his family's position in the wizarding war started by Voldemort, and even went a step further and became the director.

Generally speaking, pure-blood wizard families would control the power departments related to their family businesses. Since the end of the Wizarding War, the Nott family has been trying to intervene in the trade of magical creature materials. Although he became the Director of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, he could only act as a middleman in an awkward way, reselling magical creature materials shipped from America, or controlling the circulation of certain foreign goods to increase their prices, and then making a small profit.

Lucius Malfoy's letter made him see the possibility of truly intervening in the large-scale magical creature trade, so he was so anxious to be the vanguard. The Board of Directors represented Hogwarts, and the Nott family was of course the representative of the Ministry of Magic. They could not only use this opportunity to disrupt the status quo of the magical creature material trade in the British wizarding world and make everything a mess, but also take the opportunity to integrate all the scattered sales channels together.

Although it still takes time to accumulate, it at least gives Director Nott hope. He believes that in the near future, the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures will become a new business card for the Nott family, rather than just being the compiler of the Pure-Blood Directory. Once this department with both financial resources and power fell into Director Nott's hands, he decided to swallow it up completely.

"Malfoy...what does Malfoy think about this?" Director Nott glanced at Lucius, only to find that he was staring at Dumbledore with interest, as if watching him make a fool of himself was a rare pleasure.

"I really don't understand how that arrogant and conceited Malfoy could come up with such a good idea..." Everyone says that the Dark Lord is terrible, but Director Nott thinks that the White Lord is even better.

Not only did he defeat Grindelwald, the leader of the witch party that swept across the European continent, but he also maintained a good reputation over the years and had a great influence in the international wizarding world. He was like a living saint without any personal shortcomings.

Director Nott didn't believe there were living saints in the world, so Dumbledore, who could disguise himself so perfectly, was much scarier than Voldemort. At least Voldemort only used fear to rule others, while Dumbledore used people's respect, as if the contributions made by his followers to him were all from the heart. And according to what Director Nott knew, the so-called Order of the Phoenix was an unpaid wizard association. They did not use each other's connections to expand their influence, seize fame or power, but were willing to dedicate themselves to the wizarding world like a fool.

But it is also thanks to the self-sacrifice of these fools that people like Director Nott can sit in a high position and overlook the world. In this way, maybe it is acceptable for the Minister of Magic to be a fool?

Only with a fool like Fudge in that position can the Nott family remain hidden while making a lot of money. After all, fools will always unconsciously attract other people's attention. As long as everyone looks at the fool, then a smart person like Director Nott can keep a low profile.

"Cornelly," Dumbledore said slowly, "I will not allow that to happen."

Fudge looked extremely embarrassed, and he glanced at Dolores Umbridge, but the latter was obviously in a trance, oblivious to her Minister's predicament.

Fudge looked at Director Nott again. The latter thought for a moment and decided to help him cover up the past. On the one hand, it was to win the trust of this fool, and on the other hand, it was to advance the construction of the magical animal breeding and reproduction base as soon as possible.

"Then you just need to prove that Mr. Hagrid is innocent." Director Nott said politely, "I believe this is not a difficult task for you, and I don't think the eight-eyed giant spider is the monster in the Chamber of Secrets." "I will not allow Hagrid to go to the Ministry of Magic for investigation." Dumbledore stated his position again.

"Then let him be investigated at Hogwarts. The Ministry of Magic can set up a secret room investigation team. It would be best if this unsolved case from fifty years ago could be completely resolved and Mr. Hagrid could be cleared of all charges." Director Nott replied immediately. "It will take some time to establish a breeding and breeding base for magical animals anyway. If he's lucky, Mr. Hagrid might be able to catch up with the base to receive the first batch of magical animals."

"Yes! That's right!" Fudge said quickly, and then looked at Dumbledore expectantly, "The 'Secret Chamber Investigation Team' is a great idea!"

The anger in Dumbledore's eyes disappeared. After thinking for a while, he said, "If the investigation team of the Ministry of Magic fails to prove that there is a necessary connection between Hagrid and the Chamber of Secrets before the magical creature breeding and breeding base is built, then he is innocent."

"When..." Fudge blurted out but was interrupted by Director Nott.

"That depends on the opinions of my colleagues and judges in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." Director Nott looked calm. "You know, after all, I am only an official in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. I am not really familiar with that business."

Hearing the words "Secret Chamber Investigation Team", Ivy immediately looked at Director Nott, but unfortunately his eye spell expertise could only be used twice a day, and he had just used the second suggestion spell on Umbridge. Provoking the relationship between her and Fudge and thus undermining her career was just a prelude, Ivy would soon let her know what real terror was, even if they were thousands of miles apart, Ivy had plenty of ways to kill her without anyone noticing. But that was obviously too easy for her.

Fortunately, the Chamber of Secrets built by Slytherin was a hidden place, so that only Voldemort discovered it over the years. Otherwise, Ivica, who had regarded the Chamber of Secrets as his own, would have taken some extreme actions.

"Now that the Minister has agreed to the project plan for the breeding and cultivation base for magical animals, the Ministry of Magic will begin the project evaluation." Director Nott looked at Dumbledore and Lucius in turn. "The headmaster and the board representative will definitely have no objection, because this project was originally proposed by Hogwarts."

Both of them nodded.

"Everyone's happy! Why not have a drink to celebrate!"

(End of this chapter)