Barty Crouch?

Kyle felt like he hadn't heard this name in more than half a year.

Ever since Sirius was acquitted shortly after the start of the school year, Barty Crouch has been criticized by the public for not trying Sirius and directly putting him in Azkaban.

Actually, there was nothing wrong with this at the time, and even Sirius himself thought so... Kyle remembered that he even had a good opinion of Crouch.

Before Voldemort fell, Crouch advocated some tough measures to give the Aurors some new rights.

They were no longer able to only arrest, but had the power to kill, and were allowed to use the Unforgivable Curses against Death Eaters...Sirius wasn't the first person to be handed over directly to the Dementors without a trial.

This method of responding to violence with violence made Aurors as cruel and ruthless as many Death Eaters. Although it doesn't sound that way now, it actually allowed many people to survive in that chaotic era.

And it is precisely because of this that the Ministry of Magic has been able to fight the Death Eaters on equal terms for several years.

In the end, if his son, Barty Crouch Jr. had not been confirmed to be a Death Eater, Fudge would not be the current Minister of Magic.

So, Sirius actually didn't hate Crouch that much. He just wanted to regain his freedom so that he could take care of Harry, instead of blaming anyone.

But even so, Crouch was investigated for this mistake on suspicion that he intentionally helped Peter Pettigrew cover up the crime and damaged the reputation of the Ministry of Magic.

And this investigation lasted for half a year.

Kyle looked at the photo in the newspaper.

In just half a year, Barty Crouch seemed like a different person. His neatly trimmed beard became messy and he looked extremely listless.

In stark contrast to him, Fudge in the photo looked very proud.

"He must be very happy that no one can compete with him for the position of minister..." Kyle thought to himself.

But Kyle didn't care.

He continued to read the newspaper.

The investigation into Crouch did not yield any substantive evidence that he had any connection to the Death Eaters.

So after the investigation was over, he could still continue to work in the Ministry of Magic and retain his position as Director.

The only difference was that he was transferred from the Department of International Magical Cooperation to the Department of Magical Transportation.

This is probably the most marginal department in the Ministry of Magic, only slightly better than the Department of Sport and Physical Education. Of course, it's not that the Department of Magical Transportation is not important, it just depends on who you compare it with.

If people were asked to choose between the Department of International Magical Cooperation and the Department of Magical Transportation for the same position, no one would choose the latter.

In addition to Crouch, all other people under investigation were removed from their original positions and reassigned to more marginal departments, such as the Department of Magical Games and Sports.

Ludo Bagman should be very happy, after all, this is the first time that so many people have been assigned to his department.

However, the Ministry of Magic did not seem to want to publicize this matter. Logically speaking, such important news should be placed on the front page, but this time it only appeared on the back of the newspaper, in an inconspicuous corner, and the content was mostly glossed over, with only one result.

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"It must have been Fudge."

Sirius spoke in a low voice while standing next to Kyle during the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the morning.

He asked the students to review the Armor Spell they had learned before, and he ran over to Kyle and talked about the contents of the newspaper.

"It must be Fudge, I guarantee it." Sirius continued, "He is a person who is extremely obsessed with power, and he just took this opportunity to transfer those who support Crouch from important positions in one fell swoop.

"I don't know if you've noticed, but almost all of those being investigated this time are from the Department of International Magical Cooperation and the Department of Law Enforcement.

Although there were many people in other parts who were involved in this matter and firmly supported Crouch, nothing happened to them. "

"Need I say that?" Kyle said, "Except for the Minister of Magic, no one else can mobilize so many people at once even if they have a suitable reason."

"I don't like Fudge." Sirius looked around and lowered his voice again, "Even though I regained my freedom because of him, I just don't like him. He is a little too obsessed with power.

"Moreover, he has hinted more than once that he wants me to accept more interviews with the Daily Prophet and to emphasize how I was acquitted."

"Obviously, he wants to establish himself as fair and serious," Kyle said. "Fudge was the interrogator of the retrial. If you bring up the retrial, you can't get around him anyway."

"Yes, that's it."

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Sirius said irritably, "I've already accepted three interviews, but he keeps sending owls to me... It's as if he wants me to cry about my experience in the Daily Prophet every day."

"You were portrayed as a tragic hero at the time," Kyle said with a smile. "Of course he wanted to use this opportunity to promote himself more."

"Who said it wasn't?" Sirius shook his head, "I really didn't want to continue saying those words that I had repeated countless times, so I just wanted to find a random excuse to hide, and then I came to Hogwarts.

"I never thought that Dumbledore would agree to let me be a professor at Hogwarts... To be honest, I have to thank Fudge again. It's because of his annoying behavior that I have the opportunity to teach Harry personally."

Kyle looked at the cheerful Sirius and suddenly didn't know what to say. How should I put it? He felt that Dumbledore was the person who wanted to thank Fudge the most.

Dumbledore's biggest worry every year was how to find a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. When someone offered to teach him the job, he certainly couldn't refuse.

But judging from Sirius's expression, he didn't seem to care about it.

In order not to attract too much attention, Sirius quickly went to other places to instruct those who had not yet completed the Shield Charm.

After not practicing for a few months, some people have almost forgotten this spell.

Sirius walked around until the end of the get out of class when he came to Kyle again.

"I really don't know what the Ministry of Magic will become in the future." Sirius looked out the window and said, "Fudge's methods are very clever, but his character... Never mind, I won't say anything. After all, it's because of him that I regained my freedom."

He suddenly sighed, "Anyway, without Crouch's constraints, Fudge will no longer have to worry about anyone threatening his position as Minister. To be honest, this is not a good thing for the Ministry of Magic."

"Isn't there still a headmaster?" Connor said, "People say that he trusts Professor Dumbledore very much, and every year when he encounters a problem, he comes to Hogwarts to ask for the headmaster's advice."

"Yeah... and Dumbledore is here," said Sirius, but his tone was a little reluctant.

He didn't know what happened in the past few years, but this year, since he became a professor, Fudge had never come to see Dumbledore once.

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(End of this chapter)