Chapter 415 Proposal

"In a brief statement on Friday evening, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has returned to the country and is active again.

'It is with deep regret that I must confirm that the wizard who calls himself the Lord... Phew... You know who I am talking about. He - he has risen from the dead and is back among us,' said Fudge, who looked exhausted as he faced the reporters. 'It is with almost equal regret that we report that the Dementors in Azkaban have collectively revolted and have indicated that they are no longer willing to continue to be employed by the Ministry of Magic. We have reason to believe that the Dementors are currently working for the Lord. We strongly urge the magical community to remain vigilant. The Ministry of Magic is publishing a basic guide to home and personal defense, It will be sent free of charge to all wizarding families next month. '

The minister's statement has caused annoyance and panic in the wizarding community. Three weeks ago, they received assurances from the Ministry of Magic that the rumors that the You-Know-Who was active among us were pure nonsense.

Now it seems that what our minister said before was the real nonsense.

I believe everyone must be very curious about why the Ministry of Magic has changed its attitude so suddenly. For this question, our Minister of Magic, Mr. Fudge, refused to answer, but we still got the answer from Mr. Scrimgeour, the current head of the Auror Office.

'Just last Tuesday night, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and a large number of elite Death Eaters broke into the Ministry of Magic, Their purpose is very clear, that is, a powerful magic item hidden in the Department of Mysteries. 'Scrimgeour said so, with a very tough attitude, 'But we knew about their action in advance and sent out Aurors. After a fierce battle, we successfully repelled He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and won. Yes, victory, this is a complete victory. In fact, except for He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named himself and a very few lucky ones, the entire Death Eater Corps was almost completely annihilated by us. So please rest assured that our Aurors and strikers have strong power to protect the safety of our people. Next, we...'

The above is Director Scrimgeour's speech. We agree with Director Scrimgeour's suggestion, because no matter from which aspect, he is more suitable to be the leader of the Ministry of Magic than Connery Fudge.

In addition, not long ago, the Ministry of Magic officially withdrew all charges against Albus Dumbledore. He also restored his positions and reputations, including the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the member of the International Confederation of Wizards, and the familiar wizard

of the Wizengamot. In the past year, he insisted that the You-Know-Who was not dead as people generally hoped and believed, but was recruiting followers again, preparing to usurp power again. We have reason to believe that in the coming days, the Ministry of Magic will once again defeat the You-Know-Who with his cooperation, just like..."

"What nonsense!"

Black's shout interrupted Hermione's reading, and shocked everyone in the ward, including the injured Lupin who was lying on the bed.

At this time, they were in a ward of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic. As the newspaper said, Dumbledore was restored to all his official positions and positions. Dumbledore, who had regained power, was not idle. He almost immediately transferred Lupin to St. Mungo's as Black's neighbor for better treatment. Then he returned to Hogwarts before the students went to bed and congratulated the students who had finished the exam.

This move certainly caused a sensation among all the students of Hogwarts, and even the professors who were originally serious had smiles on their faces.

Mike and others immediately asked Dumbledore to visit Lupin, and Dumbledore naturally agreed. However,

due to a lot of work to be done, Dumbledore himself did not attend the visit today.

This did not affect Lupin's good mood. Lupin also missed Harry, the son of his old friend.

There was no way, Harry and his father were too similar when they were young. Every time they saw Harry, they had the illusion that James was still alive.

Let's look back at the ward. Lupin was startled by Black's sudden shouting, and the whole person shook violently.

Then he showed a look of pain on his face. There was no doubt that the action just now must have touched his wound.

All of a sudden, the rest of the people in the ward became nervous, except Mike.

At this moment, Mike was thinking with his head down.

According to common sense, this report should have been released the day after the Ministry of Magic was hacked, but it was delayed for so long.

However, this is not surprising. After this incident, there will definitely be a huge storm inside the Ministry of Magic, and this time it just happened to coincide with the important event of the Hogwarts exam season.

So in order to allow the candidates to take the exam with peace of mind, and to free up time to deal with internal struggles, the Ministry of Magic is likely to deliberately suppress public opinion.

At this time, Tonks asked about Lupin's condition with a nervous look on her face. After confirming that nothing serious happened, she rolled her eyes at Black and complained:

"The patient needs to rest! Black!"

"Sorry! Sorry! Hehe!" Black, who was wearing the same hospital gown as Lupin, laughed twice before continuing to complain in a low voice, "I'm just too angry. Those worms in the Ministry of Magic actually took all the credit for themselves! You know, we are the real heroes!"

"Yes! You are really a great hero!" Tonks sneered, "If it weren't for you being kidnapped, Remus's hand wouldn't have..."

"Enough, Tonks." Lupin suddenly interrupted Tonks and said, "This is not Black's fault!"

Hearing this, Tonks' eyes instantly turned red. She lowered her head and remained silent, but her eyes were always looking at Lupin's sleeves that were obviously empty.

The atmosphere in the ward instantly became a little depressing. Harry, Hermione and the other two were silent, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

Black, who was standing aside, also lowered his head and looked very lost.

After a long while, Black raised his head and looked at Lupin guiltily and said:

"Remus, Nymphadora said..."

"Don't call me that name! (The strange combination of words in Nymphadora has unfriendly meanings towards women, so Tonks doesn't like this name)"

Tonks' hysterical scream interrupted Black's words. The latter's breathing became a little rapid, but he did not get angry after all, and continued:

"Well, she is actually right, it's all my fault. If I hadn't been kidnapped..."

"Don't say that!" Lupin said seriously, "The reason I lost my arm was entirely because of my own actions. But I don't regret it at all, because I killed that damn Fenrir, and that's enough!"

As soon as Black heard this, he took a breath of cold air. As a good friend of Lupin, he naturally knew the grudge between Lupin and Fenrir.

Mike on the side secretly sneered, thinking that if he hadn't arrived in time, Lupin, the weak chicken, would have been tortured and killed by Fenrir. But

Mike was not a fool with low emotional intelligence. In this environment, he did not expose Lupin's boasting in front of his friends and girlfriend, but smiled and agreed:

"This is something to celebrate."

Mike's words obviously made Lupin relieved, and Black and Tonks also smiled at the same time.

But Mike hadn't finished his words, he continued:

"But I don't think this is the best news. The best news should be that you have retired and are about to marry the beautiful lady in front of you!"

As soon as this was said, Lupin and Tonks' faces rose with a touch of red, and Tonks's hair instantly turned pink.

"You are getting married!"

Black looked at Lupin in disbelief. He didn't know the result of Mike's negotiation with Dumbledore.

"Actually, it's because I was injured this time that Dumbledore wants me to retire early and go back to my hometown to spend the rest of my life." Lupin said, "But I think I can still continue to work, so I don't really want to retire. As for marriage, um..."

Lupin hesitated for a long time and didn't say anything. Tonks' expression began to become lost, and the pink on her hair was slowly fading.

Seeing this, Mac felt something was wrong. Knowing that this matter must not be delayed, Mac made a prompt decision and said bluntly:

"Don't you like Tonks?"

"No! No!"

Lupin answered eagerly, which made Mac's mouth curl up.

"Then why don't you want to marry Tonks?"

Hearing this, Black, Harry and others all showed confused expressions on their faces. Among them, Harry and Hermione thought that Tonks and Lupin were simply a match made in heaven.

As for Black, he simply thought that with Lupin's status, it was good enough for a woman to be willing to marry him, so why would he be so picky?

Under the gaze of everyone, Lupin slowly lowered his head, and after a while he said in an inaudible voice:

"I... I'm too old."

"I don't care!"

Before Mike could continue to ask, Tonks at the side couldn't wait to give the answer first, which made Hermione's eyes shine.

"You don't understand, you are still young." Lupin still lowered his head and said, "You deserve better, understand?"

"No, in my opinion you are the best!"

Facing Tonks's hysterical scream, Lupin raised his head suddenly, his expression looked very complicated, as if he was shocked that Tonks was so stubborn, and seemed to be moved.

Finally, Lupin couldn't bear it any longer. He glared at Tonks with red eyes and roared at her:

"Don't you understand? I'm a werewolf! You won't be happy with me! Think about it, if we get married, I will most likely pass the virus to you, and the child we have in the future will also be a werewolf! This is unfair to the child, I absolutely..."

"I don't care!"

Tonks interrupted Lupin again, looking at the stunned Lupin, slightly raised her chin, although the tears in her eyes kept rolling, but her expression was proud like a general who had dealt a fatal blow to the enemy.

Her expression seemed to be questioning Lupin, "What else do you have to say?"

"Ha!" As if irritated by Tonks' stubbornness, Lupin laughed and spread out his only remaining hand and laughed, "I'm a poor guy, you will regret marrying me! You stupid..."

"I have money!"

Lupin's words were interrupted again, but this time it was not Tonks who spoke, but Mike who had been watching from the side.

He walked slowly to the bedside, looked down at Lupin and smiled:

"I have money! Your wedding will be arranged by Los Santos Group. I can guarantee that it will be a grand wedding!"

Lupin and Tonks were stunned when he said this, and Black beside him finally reacted and quickly stood up and said:

"I have money too! There are many properties under the name of the Black family. I can choose one as your wedding gift!"

The tears in Tonks' eyes finally flowed down. She cried and said words of thanks, then turned around and knelt on one knee towards Lupin on the bed and said sincerely:

"Remus, I love you, will you marry me?"

Tonks's action scared Lupin. He looked at Tonks in surprise and was speechless for a while.

Hermione and others on the side looked at him with their eyes wide open, especially Hermione, who looked like she was about to cry with emotion.

Mike and Black covered their mouths with their hands.

Don't get me wrong, it's not because they were so moved that they were about to cry.

It's because they wanted to use this method to hide the smiles on their faces that they couldn't hold back. That

's right, they were both almost laughing silly.

A woman proposing to a man, this would be enough to be on the local tabloids even in the future, let alone now.

Lupin quickly reacted from his shock. He looked at Tonks with red eyes and said slowly:

"I should be the one to propose to you."

"You agree?"

Tonks stood up and looked at Lupin in disbelief.

The latter wanted to argue about who should propose to whom, but before he could say anything, Tonks threw herself into his arms.

This huge movement instantly made Lupin scream in pain.

"Oh! Oh, sorry! Sorry!"

Tonks bounced out of Lupin's arms faster than before, and apologized again and again with her head down.

But when she raised her head again, her eyes collided with Lupin's.

A blush quietly floated on the cheeks of the two people. They instinctively looked away, but after a while they couldn't help but look at each other again.

Seeing the two people's embarrassed look, Mike and others all showed relieved smiles on their faces.

Black on the side even let out a long breath.

But at this moment, loud applause came from the door of the ward.

Everyone instinctively looked at the sound and saw a group of nurses and patients next door had already gathered at the door. They all had red eyes and smiled at Lupin and Tonks while clapping.

Seeing Mike and others looking at them, a middle-aged nurse in the lead explained:

"Sorry, your voice was too loud before, so we came to check the situation. But now it seems... we can only congratulate you!"

After that, the others on the side also spoke up to congratulate Lupin.

Lupin and Tonks on the bed were already shy and at a loss.