"I'm sorry, Albus, I didn't expect them to do something so rude."
In the headmaster's office of Hogwarts, Fudge played with his top hat in his hand. "I have warned them before, but you know, because of the matter of the curled-winged demon, the striker has been busy for several months, so sometimes it is inevitable that he will be impulsive."
"I understand what you mean, Cornelius," Dumbledore said calmly, "but I trust Hagrid. He definitely doesn't have a curled-winged demon."
"Yes, I personally believe in Hagrid."
Fudge turned his head away, not looking into Dumbledore's eyes. "But you have to understand me, he has a criminal record, and we have received another report, so the Ministry of Magic must investigate - this is also for the safety of the students."
"So I didn't stop you from investigating Hagrid, and even Minerva only showed up when you were planning to take Hagrid away by force."
Dumbledore crossed his hands, put his fingers on his chin, and said slowly: "I can assure you that you can bring witnesses to Hogwarts to identify Hagrid at any time, whether now or in the future. We have an excellent Potions professor here who can easily determine whether he is lying.
If you are tied up, you can write me a letter and I will personally take Hagrid to the Ministry to confront him."
"That's not necessary, Albus." Fudge said unnaturally, "I trust you completely, and the investigation into Hagrid has been completed.
There was no trace of any Winged Devil in his room, of that there was no doubt."
"Thank you for your trust, Cornelius." Dumbledore said gently, "I didn't expect you to come to Hogwarts in person for this matter."
"Oh, it's nothing, Albus." Fudge took a sip of black tea and said, "This was originally our mistake. It's my duty to come here. I just hope Minerva won't be too angry.
But speaking of the Winged Demon, I suddenly remembered something."
"Oh?" Dumbledore raised his eyelids slightly, looking very interested.
"That's right."
Fudge adjusted his collar unconsciously and said, "Recently, some people in the Ministry of Magic have been using the matter of the Winged Demon to discredit me, saying that I am too inefficient.
They also thought that my decision to return the magical creatures was a mistake and that I shouldn't have transferred Newt and Chris away for so long.
Even the Ministries of Magic in other countries wrote to me saying that I shouldn’t let Newt go to their countries.”
"But Albus, I just want to express my importance on this matter. My original intention is good."
"I completely understand how you feel." Dumbledore nodded and said, "Sometimes, not being understood is a very distressing thing."
"I knew you would understand me." Fudge took another sip of black tea. "What I hear most every day is all kinds of accusations, which makes it impossible for me to carry out my normal work. If it were not for this, I would definitely write to you in advance when the striker comes to Hogwarts to inform you."
Dumbledore's eyes flickered, and he stared at Fudge in silence.
"If it were you," Fudge asked casually, "how would you solve this problem..."
…
No one knew what Fudge and Dumbledore talked about in the headmaster's office, but many people saw him leaving Hogwarts with a sullen face.
It was obvious that he didn't seem very satisfied with the conversation.
After Fudge left, Hagrid found Professor Oren carrying a large barrel of single malt whiskey, had a good drink with him, and gave him a large bag of rock cookies as a thank you gift for his righteous words.
This also led to the fact that during the Defense Against the Dark Arts class the next day, Kyle always felt that there was something wrong with Professor Oren's words.
"I'm trying a new spell."
Professor Oren explained: "It was just that something went wrong during the process and I suffered some minor injuries. It's nothing serious."
The Lunch Curse? Also, during the Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall's behavior was a bit confusing.
She first inexplicably tapped Kyle with her wand while checking his homework, and then asked a very simple question.
After Kyle answered correctly, she gave Hufflepuff a full 20 points for the first time.
This made the other young wizards very excited. They thought that Professor McGonagall was inspired by something and wanted to support a house to compete with Slytherin for the house cup.
But they soon realized that they were overthinking.
Professor McGonagall is still Professor McGonagall, serious and fair, with no preference for any college.
This kind of large bonus only happened once, and in the third year during the Transfiguration class, she was deducted ten points from Hufflepuff because of homework problems.
I guess only Kyle knows the reason behind this.
When he was mingling with the young wizards and shouting, he noticed that Professor McGonagall had glanced at him several times, intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Kyle deliberately changed his voice, it only deceived the people in the Ministry of Magic and the little wizards around him.
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Professor McGonagall is not that easy to fool.
However, judging from her actions, Professor McGonagall did not seem to intend to pursue the matter.
In addition, the roots of the Devil's Snare were also planted by Kyle in the Room of Requirement, right next to the Moon Beast's cave, a place that was completely out of reach of sunlight.
After two weeks of careful care, the original small root has turned into a new devil's snare, and even grew tendrils as thick as fingers.
Kyle simply poked the tendrils and they immediately wrapped around Kyle's wrists.
Since the tendrils are still too young and not very strong, being wrapped around them feels like a massage and is quite comfortable.
Kyle played with the Devil's Snare as a toy for a while before letting it go.
The moon-crazy beasts next to them have completely gotten used to the environment here and are sleeping very peacefully in their respective caves.
The growth of Dietary Supplement and Rue is also quite good. If they are only used as food, they are basically enough for the Moon Beast to eat for several months.
But recently Kyle has been thinking about improving their diet and is preparing to get some Babo tubers.
A whole root of the Babo tuber, mixed with leaves of plants such as Dictamni and Rue, mashed and then rolled into small balls, is the favorite food of the Moon Beast.
However, there was no place to buy Babo tubers in Hogsmeade, and there was no opportunity to start in the school greenhouse. Kyle could only wait until the holiday to go to Diagon Alley... and go to Newt's place.
The biting cabbage is almost ripe, and its row of teeth are as sharp as razors.
Kyle found a stone and threw it over.
The hard bluestone tasted like chickpeas in Kale's mouth, making a crunching sound when chewed.
Kyle is already looking forward to the Devil's Snare growing up. When that happens, it and the Biting Cabbage will be one for control and one for output. That scene...
Hehehehe.
(End of this chapter)