Hogwarts: Who made her a professor?

Chapter 447 A Dilemma

The situation where the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light is very unfavorable to the Ministry of Magic.

The Ministry of Magic was established to implement and enforce the International Secrecy Act and to manage and protect the British magical community.

Compared to protecting and managing a magical society, disrupting social stability is much simpler; a high-profile murder or a bloody massacre would suffice.

The Ministry of Magic is neither capable of protecting everyone from harm, nor does it have the resources to keep up with Voldemort. That's why Belvina has been causing all sorts of trouble.

However, Voldemort was like a stubborn turtle trying to eat a heavy weight; he was determined to exhaust the Ministry of Magic's resources. No matter what tricks Belvina used, the seventy-year-old, noseless Voldemort just stayed put, determined to wear down the Ministry of Magic.

After all, Voldemort has gone further on the path to immortality than anyone else.

"We can't keep playing defensively; we have to take the initiative," Scrinker said. "If we keep going like this, we'll be worn down."

After his long talk with Belvina in the director's office, Rufus Scrimgeour gradually realized the importance of striking first, and he began to understand Belvina's radicalism.

"But here's the problem: we don't know where he and his servants are hiding," Belvina said. "Yet he can keep wearing us down, like tonight."

"Is Yaxley still not backing down?" Amelia asked. "We can promise to protect his family."

"Yaxley's stubborn as hell," Scrimgeour shook his head. "Interrogating him is a waste of time; let's just send him to Azkaban as soon as possible!"

When Coban Yaxley was mentioned, Belvina sighed helplessly.

Belvina's original plan was to use Yaxley's "confession" to arrest Lucius Malfoy and others on charges of being Death Eaters.

As a result, the arrest of Yaxley triggered a series of chain reactions, with Lucius Malfoy and others who refused to be summoned by the Ministry of Magic escaping, rendering Yaxley's confession useless.

Now, Yaxley is like vegetables on a plating table—it just looks nice.

“Azkaban is not safe, Rufus.” Amelia shook her head. “The most loyal Death Eaters are imprisoned there.”

Bellatrix, Dolohoff, and the Lestrange brothers, among others, were all imprisoned in Azkaban. They were Voldemort's most loyal servants and the most formidable fighters under his command.

"Whether for the sake of his servants or the servants who are imprisoned, the Mystic will attack Azkaban sooner or later," Amelia continued.

"Seriously!" Scrimgeour angrily clenched his fist.

Frustrated, Scrimgeour felt extremely frustrated, and the feeling of having no outlet for his power made him very anxious.

At this moment, Belvina looked at Scrimgeour, pondering whether Rufus Scrimgeour's size and length were suitable to take the blame.

If the Auror's Chief of Staff doesn't mind being stigmatized, could he secretly arrest the Death Eaters' family members to coerce them into submission?

Wait a minute, Belvina thought of Pierce Sinkness again. The deputy director who had failed to interrogate Yaxley seemed like a suitable candidate, a good scapegoat.

Thinking of this, Belvina turned to look at Amelia.

The Minister of Magic is the biggest obstacle to the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement's despicable plans.

Amelia seemed to sense Belvina's intense gaze, and she turned to look at Belvina.

After a while, Amelia spoke again, saying, "Compared to the attack by the Mystic, the defenses of Azkaban are the biggest problem."

Saul Crocker, who had been relegated to the background, wanted to cover his eyes and ears. How could he possibly listen to what the minister was saying?

The biggest problem is the defense of Azkaban. Is the minister preparing to deal with the Dementors? No one in the ministry has dared to do that for centuries.

"I completely agree with you, Amelia, but there's a lot of resistance to this," Belvina said. "Even more resistance than establishing a special investigation team."

Amelia Bornes led a special investigation team to re-examine the charges against the Death Eaters, but this only affected the interests of the Death Eaters and some pure-blood wizards. Taking action against the Dementors, on the other hand, would be going against everyone.

Although former minister Cornelius Fudge was power-hungry and cowardly, he understood one thing very well: if he proposed abolishing the Dementors, the angry people would immediately kick him out of the minister's office.

Wizards feared Dementors and were terrified of Azkaban, but it was precisely because of the existence of Dementors that wizards believed Azkaban was impregnable and were able to sleep soundly at night.

In the 277 years that Azkaban served as a wizarding prison, only one Minister of Magic, Edridge Diggory, considered abolishing Dementors.

Amelia Borns wants to complete Edridge Diggory's unfinished work, either by providing an unstoppable reason or by being unstoppable herself.

"Let's not talk about Azkaban for now." Amelia shook her head. After she became Minister, she realized that the Ministry of Magic had a terrifying number of problems, and it was practically terminally ill.

She glanced at Belvina and Scrimgeour in turn, then said, "I'm going to St. Mungo's later to check on Eric Munch. Would you two like to come along?"

"I'll go with you," Scrimgeour said.

"I'm not going," Belvina shook her head. "I have to get up early tomorrow to go to King's Cross Station."

The Hogwarts Express is far more important than Eric Munch; the students on board are the future of wizarding society.

At this point, Saul Crocker, who had been pretending not to exist, stopped pretending and took the initiative to lead Belvina and the other two away from the Department of Mysteries.

In the corridor outside the Black Gate, Amelia and Scrimgeour left first, heading to St. Mungo's Asylum of Magical Injuries, wanting to begin their investigation into Eric Munch as soon as possible.

When only Belvina and Sol Krock remained in the corridor, the Silent One finally broke his silence.

"The minister wants to lay off the Dementors, and you want to replace them too. That's impossible," Kroc said in a low voice.

"Professor Dumbledore also wants to get rid of the Dementors, Thor," Belvina said. "You're from the Department of Mysteries, how could the word 'impossible' come out of your mouth?"

"Don't make fun of me," Saul Crocker waved his hand dismissively. "Even if the proposal to abolish the Dementors passes, how will we deal with them?"

When wizards first discovered Azkaban, people considered destroying this evil castle, but they were afraid of retaliation from the Dementors who lived there, and ultimately abandoned the idea of ​​destroying Azkaban.

After that, the small island in the middle of the North Sea and Azkaban were abandoned for many years. Until 1718, when the then Minister of Magic, Damocles Roll, insisted on using Azkaban as a wizarding prison, and Dementors became the guards of Azkaban.

To free Azkaban from the Dementors' control and to eliminate the Dementors, the first thing to consider is how to deal with their retaliation, and only then can the proposal be passed.

"The reason the Dementors have stayed put in Azkaban all these years is because they have plenty of food there," Thor Crocker said seriously. "Belvina, you know very well that the Dementors are not real beings; they cannot be destroyed."

Once the Dementors are driven out of Azkaban, they will surely attack innocent people or collectively side with Voldemort, having lost their stable food source.

Removing the Dementors would invite their retaliation and force them into rebellion; if the Dementors were not removed, Azkaban's safety could not be guaranteed, and they could rebel en masse at any time.

Worst of all, Dementors cannot be destroyed; they can only be driven away.

The Ministry of Magic currently lacks the resources to drive away Dementors and confine them to a certain area.

"Thor, I'll make a bet with you," Belvina said. "I bet the Dementors will betray us; they're the Dark Lord's natural allies."

Saul Krock shook his head and said, "I'm not betting with you. You always win when you bet with someone, so I'm not betting with you."

With that, Crocker shook his head and turned back to the Department of Mysteries.

Instead of making a bet with Belvina that you're bound to lose, and instead of worrying about Amelia's desire to eliminate the Dementors, you should think about how to strengthen the Department of Mysteries' defenses.

Now that he knew Voldemort wanted to steal the prophecy orb from fifteen years ago, Thor Crocker naturally wouldn't let him succeed.

As the dark door opened and closed, Belvina was left alone in the long corridor.

Belvina shook her head, temporarily setting aside the problem of the Dementors, and then slowly walked towards the elevator, taking it back to the main hall.

As Belvina stepped out of the elevator, the wizard in the small hall immediately approached her and whispered the results of the search.

No suspicious persons or signs of intrusion were found on any floor of the Ministry of Magic, including the interrogation rooms.

In other words, Eric Munch is most likely the only person who illegally broke into the Department of Mysteries tonight.