And this was just Nietzsche throwing out an olive branch. After all, if Fudge wanted to uncover the recent attack on the Ministry of Magic, he would definitely need to join forces with him, as it involved Muggles, which meant the intervention of the British government.

"If you graduate, you will definitely be able to take on many positions in the Ministry of Magic," Fudge praised gratefully.

To win over? To flatter?

Whatever it was, it boded well for him.

"I still don't want to take Lucius' job..." Nietzsche said implicitly.

The other person stood up and looked around for a while. He felt relieved when he found that he and Hermione were the only ones around him.

"Lucius is not fit to give advice... In fact, I stopped him from being an advisor long ago after he was suspected of attacking a student," Fudge said nervously.

Gryffindor won because Harry Potter caught the Golden Snitch.

As people began to scramble over the fence in the stands and onto the field to celebrate, they began to walk along the edge of the Quidditch field towards the gate, ready for Fudge to take over from Black and Peter.

When they walked along the cobblestone path to the castle wall, Umbridge, wearing a pink coat, trotted up from behind.

"What are you doing?" She screamed in a shrill voice, "The Minister has a lot of things to deal with. And you, little girl, you actually took the seat on the podium. It seems that Mag's teaching is not up to standard."

Hermione looked her over and said sarcastically, "It seems the high heels are of good quality."

Umbridge paused for a moment, then looked down at the pair of shiny high heels on her feet. It took her a few seconds to realize that she was being humiliated.

Unreasonable!

A student... a student had the audacity to insult the Deputy Minister for Magic...

"That's enough, Dolores, watch your manners." Fudge put away the smile on his face and scolded with a stern face.

"Mr. Minister..." Umbridge looked aggrieved.

"These two are the best students in Hogwarts, and they are also the students who captured Peter Pettigrew. If you are not interested in this, you should have heard about the things in Diagon Alley..."

Nietzsche glanced at the minister without saying a word.

So is Fudge really stupid?

It's hard to say. After all, he was someone who had experienced the First Wizarding War, and he climbed up step by step from the Executive Department.

As the Minister of Magic, he was naturally well aware of the waves that Nietzsche and Hermione had created in Diagon Alley - best-selling novels and a large number of wizards entering and working in the Muggle world.

Fudge waved his hand impatiently and led the two men to continue walking towards the castle.

But what could Umbridge do? The minister had spoken, and no matter how much she hated the unruly Nietzsche and Hermione, she had to hold it in.

Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Bryce were imprisoned separately, guarded by four deans and the headmaster himself. When Fudge pushed open the door of the dungeon, he still felt nervous even though he had prepared himself mentally.

"Albus, he...what's wrong with him?" Fudge pointed at Pettigrew who was slumped in a wooden chair.

He didn't want the prisoner to die on the way to Azkaban.

"He's not dead, it's just that Severus used too much force when extracting his memory," said the headmaster.

Minister Fudge straightened his clothes, then pretended to walk around Peter a few times, looking like a victorious rooster. Finally, he stopped in front of Headmaster Dumbledore with his head held high.

Because the height difference between the two was about a head, Fudge could only raise his head slightly, which looked very funny.

"This is your fault, Albus." Fudge became unusually confident after Nietzsche's reminder. "You promised that Black was the Potters' secret keeper. These things should not have happened."

"That's right," Dumbledore admitted readily.

But he admitted it too quickly, causing Fudge, who had wanted to celebrate a little longer, to stare at him in shock.

Then, Umbridge came in with several Aurors. They lifted up Peter Pettigrew, whose eyes were lifeless, and took the box containing two memory test tubes from Snape and left.

"So you will be attending the hearing?"

"Connelly, I need to remind you - even if you put all the blame on me, it won't change anything."

"No, don't get me wrong." Fudge turned around and pushed Nietzsche out. "I just want to award them the Order of Merlin, Second Class Medal, and announce the truth of twelve years ago to the wizarding world."

Dumbledore's blue eyes turned to Nietzsche, who quickly glanced away, avoiding eye contact.

Just as the two were in a stalemate, Snape stood up and said, "Thank you very much, Minister, you have given Slytherin and...Gryffindor an honor."

This was indeed an honor for Gryffindor. If Fudge insisted on basing the second-class medal on Dumbledore's "failure of responsibility", then McGonagall would rather not have it. However, this idea was unfair to the students.

Professor McGonagall, who was pulled into the water and trapped in the middle, was unable to speak and could only smile at Hermione.

"They are all good children, Snape..."

"Yes, unlike some people who enjoy many special treatments but do stupid things, but we are fortunate that there are fewer and fewer such people...because McGonagall and I always try to treat students equally."

Snape always spoke with a hint of sarcasm, which made Black's face turn blue with anger.

Nietzsche also saw Fudge off when he left. Even though Dumbledore didn't invite him to dinner this time, he was very satisfied with his trip to Hogwarts...

Except for Umbridge, she was scolded very unfairly today.

Before leaving, Fudge said to Nietzsche hesitantly: "The relationship between the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government has always been...right? You know, so the recent matter about the 'Purifiers' is not easy for me to handle."

"I haven't graduated yet..." Nietzsche laughed.

"Ah yes, what a pity." But Fudge still refused to give up. "Have you been to the Leaky Cauldron recently?"

"no, what happened?"

"You should go sit there for a while. Tom has renovated the place... When you finish this semester, I can buy you a drink."

The two men shook hands hurriedly.

Nietzsche was already beaming with joy as he watched the car carrying the Ministry of Magic drive away.

It seems that Fudge is in safe hands with him, as the Minister needs a middleman to maintain stability between the two worlds.

And what about Nietzsche?

He is not pro-Dumbledore, but he has a say in the Muggle world, which makes him perfect for dealing with Fudge.

Volume 1: Chapter 201: Slugs, Wolves, and Dogs

The truth was revealed, and Black only had to wait quietly for the Ministry of Magic's hearing to end. So the next day, there was a black dog on campus who liked to run to the Quidditch field to watch the game.

The sky became exceptionally clear because of the departure of the Dementors, allowing the students who were fed up with the cloudy days to stroll along the Black Lake.

All the professors were happy, except Snape, who was the only one who felt regretful.

Because the supply of wolfsbane potion had been stopped, Professor Lupin's health became as bad as before, and he always walked very carefully. If he was bumped by someone, he would let out a dull cold snort.

Therefore, he could only go out alone and avoid crowded places.

McGonagall, who saw everything, was dissatisfied with Snape's behavior, but she could not find a reason to ask him to continue to provide potions. She could only take care of Lupin in other areas. In fact, there was another person who was even more dissatisfied:

That was Sirius Black.

Nietzsche and Hermione were about to go to the library to prepare for the June exam week when they were stopped by a large black dog with bared teeth.

"Black?" Hermione ventured.

The dog blinked, turned around and ran towards the basement, stopping from time to time to bark at the two men.

When they followed to the Potions classroom in the basement, they found Black sitting on his chair and playing. He waved to Hermione enthusiastically.

"Just a reminder, your current criminal file has not been destroyed immediately." Nietzsche stopped in front of Hermione and said in a cold voice, "Dumbledore has allowed you to come out for some fresh air, so don't push your luck any further."

Blake smacked his lips and ignored him.

"I heard that you were the only Gryffindor who could give Snape extra points, so I thought... you should be pretty good at Potions."

"I won't help you with anything." Hermione refused without thinking.

"Yes, you will, and Professor Dumbledore will support you... In other words, I'm not asking you to help me, but I want you to help Remus, and you see what he is like now."

Sirius struggled to move the cauldron to the table and scratched his head, unsure of what to do next.

At first glance, he looks like a guy who often sleepwalks in class.

"You mean the wolfsbane potion?" Hermione pursed her lips, already having an answer in her mind.

"It seems that you know... Yes, Remus is a werewolf, but he has never hurt anyone. The wounds on his body were all caused by himself after he transformed into a werewolf." Black's tone was sincere.

A werewolf without wolfsbane potion will lose his human sanity during a full moon.

But if there is nothing to destroy, some werewolves will vent their instinctive desires by hurting themselves, and this process is extremely painful.

In other words, it is impossible that Snape didn't know what would happen to Lupin after losing the wolfsbane potion.

Seeing that Hermione was wavering, Black continued, "I know you are the smartest student, and I don't believe that only that slug in the whole school can do this."

Nietzsche gave him a cold look.

It is true that Snape is always biased as a teacher, but this is just a verbal insult between students, which does not mean that he would allow a stranger to insult...

Of course, there was also a small reason, which was because he was not the 'smartest' one.

"I suggest you not to get involved between Dean Snape and them." Nietzsche turned his head and advised softly, "This is different from before, and it will make the relationship between you and Snape, which has just eased, fall into an irreversible situation."

Although he didn't know what happened that year, judging from Snape's changes, it was definitely not an ordinary thing.

This is not like what we usually do when we hear students swearing and we just deduct points from them.

"Listen, I'm a Gryffindor too..." Black said unconvinced.

"Petiger is also a Gryffindor," Nietzsche said lightly.

"But Remus did nothing wrong!" Black stood up suddenly and said angrily, "Only Snape is still like a child, because he is very resentful of the joke that happened that year. How come he doesn't remember that James saved him?"

Nietzsche gently raised his left hand, and the huge pressure pressed Blake back onto the chair.

This is very interesting, considering that when Snape first saw James Potter's son, he wanted to bite off a bone.

"That's impossible. If Potter saved Professor Snape, how could he hate you so much?" Hermione also discovered this.

Faced with the two people's questioning, Blake's expression gradually stiffened. It seemed that this was a past event that was not worth mentioning.

"Remus has been a werewolf since he was very young. Dumbledore knew about this when he was still a student, so we found a secret passage in the Whomping Willow so that he could hide there every full moon night."

"And Snape and we had a very bad relationship at the time. We couldn't stand each other, and he always hoped that we would be expelled..."

In Black's story, Snape was curious about the secret of Remus's monthly absence from school and wanted to find evidence of him, so Black told Snape the location of the secret passage and how to avoid the Whomping Willow.

Just as the out-of-control Lupin was about to attack Snape, James rescued him.

Nietzsche found the word "rescue" ironic.

"Deserved it."

"what?"

"I say you deserve to be hated." Hermione stepped back, ready to draw her wand and hit him at any time.

Black, who attempted to kill his classmates, has not been expelled from school yet, and Snape, who almost lost his life, was asked by Dumbledore not to tell the truth... She actually began to understand Snape.

I understand why he is so disrespectful to Headmaster Dumbledore. If it were her, she would transfer to another school directly.

"Don't be silly. Everyone did stupid things when they were young." Black blushed and stammered, "He is a Slytherin. All Slytherins back then were dark wizards."

"But I don't think this is a joke." Hermione pulled Nietzsche and turned to leave.

Blake wanted to stand up to stop them, but he couldn't move his body. He could only watch the two people leave step by step.

"But Remus is innocent!" He took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "I admit that I went too far at that time. Dumbledore also taught me a lesson, but Remus knew nothing!"

"Isn't Professor Lupin your friend?" Nietzsche sneered.

If Potter had not been able to save Snape in time, regardless of whether Black and Potter would be in trouble, it is certain that Lupin would be the first to be expelled.

The identity of a werewolf is already very sensitive in the wizarding world. If a student is killed during a sensitive period of time, even if Gryffindor were alive, he would not be able to stop it... and he might even kill the out-of-control werewolf with his own hands.

In fact, Black's 'joke' also put Lupin in danger.

Snape's assessment of him was correct - Peter's greatest failure was that he was friends with Black.

Volume 1: Chapter 202 So Lupin chose to give in

(2-in-1)

'The warrant for Sirius Black's arrest has been cancelled, Minister Fudge has made amends.'

At the end of May, when exam week was approaching, the truth about what happened twelve years ago was made public, including Peter Pettigrew's betrayal, but Fudge did not mention the fact that he had hidden in the Weasley house.

This saved Weasley's face and also reduced the shadow on Ron.

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