Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 409 Fudge was completely absorbed in his art and couldn't pull himself away.
Then we'll have to find some other reasons.

“It sounds like I don’t need to do anything,” Cohen said.

Kingsley seemed relieved—perhaps Dumbledore's reminders had been too frequent, leading Kingsley to believe that Cohen would be extremely impulsive and want to take revenge on Fudge.

“There’s no need to do anything anyway. Sometimes doing nothing is the best option,” Kingsley said. “Don’t worry, with Dumbledore and us around, they can’t harm you—and with Dumbledore’s support, Barty’s rise to power is almost a certainty.”

This is the sense of responsibility that a righteous character should have.

Cohen was very confident in Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix's actions, and it was clear that Dumbledore genuinely didn't want to be led down a violent path because of that fool Fudge.

Unfortunately, Cohen was already violent enough, and Fudge's reckless actions couldn't change Cohen's decision to bomb the Ministry of Magic.

Without destruction, there can be no construction. Everything is for the Norton family to produce a minister, so the things that need to be blown up still need to be blown up, and the things that need to be done still need to be done.

After Kingsley left, Cohen was immediately pulled over by curious Harry and Ron as soon as he returned to the living room. Hermione didn't seem as eager, but her action of leaning in and pricking up her ears to listen betrayed her.

“Cohen, what did Kingsley tell you? Was it about the Order of the Phoenix?” Ron asked anxiously. “Was it about Mysterio?”

“No.” Cohen shook his head.

“It can’t be about travel, can it? —” Harry was also curious as to why.

“About the fact that I’ll be staying here until the start of the semester,” Cohen said. “The Ministry of Magic wants to pin the blame on me for luring the Dementors out of prison, and Dumbledore told me not to go out so they wouldn’t have a chance to frame me.”

“How could they do this!” Harry exclaimed incredulously. “You didn’t do anything!”

Harry already had a bad impression of the Ministry of Magic because Fudge refused to acknowledge Voldemort's resurrection, and this act of arbitrarily assigning charges only aroused Harry's extreme disgust.

“Because they need someone to share the political pressure from this serious prison break,” Hermione said worriedly. “Dumbledore is right, Cohen, you really need to be careful…”

"The hybrid Dementors are luring the Dementors away from Azkaban..." Ron thought, "It sounds so real..."

“That’s the most terrifying thing about this frame-up that hasn’t even happened yet,” Hermione said. “I can’t imagine how Cohen will clear his name if they succeed…”

"That's not right," Ron said, a sudden thought striking him. "Now that Azkaban is gone—"

“The important thing isn’t the jail time, Ron,” Hermione said helplessly, “it’s Cohen’s identity—the wizarding world will definitely be extremely hostile towards him. Just imagine, if we’ve never known Cohen, and suddenly someone with the blood of Dementors, Basilisks, and a bunch of other dangerous creatures appears around us…”

Ron fell silent.

"So the Ministry of Magic wants everyone to deal with Cohen like they did Voldemort?" Harry said angrily. "What good does it do them to force a good person to become a bad one?"

“Because they know that if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up,” Cohen said succinctly. “If it really comes to that, and I don’t want to be tied up and thrown into a dark room, then it won’t be the Aurors who are going to deal with me, but Dumbledore.”

“Professor Dumbledore wouldn’t!” Harry said eagerly.

“Harry…” Hermione seemed hesitant to speak.

She actually knew that Dumbledore would most likely do that—if Cohen really did go against the wizarding world. Even though she knew nothing about the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, nor about Dumbledore's past obsessions.

“Dumbledore will, and I believe you will too, Harry,” Cohen said very calmly. “Sometimes it’s necessary to sacrifice something for the greater good.”

Dumbledore's point of view makes a lot of sense, but of course, if Cohen himself were the "victim," he wouldn't be willing to be the one to suffer.

Since things have come to this point, Cohen has no choice but to sacrifice these rabble for the greater good...

The more they oppose it, the more it proves I'm right.

“Cohen, we won’t,” Hermione said firmly. “If people have any prejudices, we will help you correct them. If anyone tries to use them to attack you, we will do everything in our power to fight back. If the Ministry of Magic can slander an innocent person like that, then we can do the same to them.”

“Hermione is right, Cohen,” Harry said firmly. “I would rather die than betray a friend.”

“Me too,” Ron nodded in agreement.

It was a bit touching, like something the main characters would say when fighting the final boss.

“That sounds like something a dog would say.” Cohen raised his eyebrows.

“Sirius will react negatively to that word,” Harry said helplessly. “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t mention that nickname?”

“I meant not to mention it to his face,” Cohen said innocently. “But no matter what, as long as things don’t get beyond repair, Dumbledore should still be on our side.”

Besides, Rose and Edward would definitely not agree if he wanted to become the Dark Lord...

So, if we're going to settle for less, we could just take over the Ministry of Magic and build a Dementor Empire.

Life in Place Grimoire wasn't particularly boring, but it was rather dull.

After all, Cohen didn't really find Quidditch fun, especially since it was a monotonous activity involving a few people, like playing ping-pong in the air.

The old Black family books that Hermione dragged Cohen to read weren't very interesting either; most of the books with spells had disappeared (Cohen guessed that Mundungus had secretly taken them), leaving only some history books and books on magical theory.

The only books on dark magic that Cohen was somewhat interested in were locked deep inside the library by Sirius Black with several magical locks, in order to prevent Harry and his friends from sneaking in to read them.

Breaking a lock isn't difficult, but it can cause trouble.

So after staying there for two days, Cohen secretly slipped away.

With a box here, and a puppet left to pretend he's taking care of the newborn dragon inside, Cohen can easily go to Voldemort's appointment.

What a coincidence——

After Cohen Apparated several times, he finally arrived at Malfoy Manor and went inside to discuss his evil plans with the members of the "Black Organization." There, he encountered someone he knew very well, which made things a little awkward.

(End of this chapter)