Hogwarts Homecoming

Dumbledore explicitly refused to legislate tip-offs.

Hearing these sensitive words, the three people in front of Umbridge's office were immediately shocked, but Arthur immediately came back to his senses. He glared at Lucius warily and cleared his throat forcefully.

"Minister, are you in there? I heard Isaac said you were here!"

The heated discussion in the office immediately disappeared, and Fudge's alert voice sounded.

"who is it?"

"Arthur Weasley——"

Mr. Weasley said loudly,

"I have something I want to talk to you about, Minister, and Lucius Malfoy is here to see you too."

The office was quiet for a while, and then the sound of tapping footsteps gradually became clearer from behind the door, and Umbridge's toad-like swollen face appeared in front of several people.

Umbridge raised her chin and glanced coldly at Arthur and the somewhat submissive big boy behind him, but when it was Lucius Malfoy's turn, Umbridge was much more cheerful and she said in a sharp voice

"You go first, Lucius--"

Mr. Weasley's face immediately darkened, but he had no choice but to take Percy aside and wait.

It was obviously not the first time Lucius visited Umbridge's office, so he was familiar with the poor aesthetics of this office. He saw Cornelius Fudge standing next to Umbridge's desk, holding a tight hand in his hand. Clutching a piece of parchment tightly, and when Fudge realized that Lucius's eyes were peeking at the parchment, he gasped and balled up the letter and stuffed it into his pocket.

"What do you want, Malfoy?"

Fudge's tone of voice was not at all as kind as when he gave him sponsorships, he said impatiently.

"The Minister and I are discussing something important, Lucius--"

Umbridge let out a few hair-raising giggles, and her attitude was affectionate.

"So, if you have something important to seek support from the ministry, hurry up, Lucius-"

"Oh, thank you very much for taking the time to entertain me, Minister, Ms. Umbridge--"

Lucius showed a grateful smile smoothly,

"Actually, oh, that's the case. I noticed that there are some false reports in the Daily Prophet about the current security situation in the magical world. Rita Skeeter even made wild claims, claiming that people are losing confidence in the Ministry of Magic."

"That's nonsense!"

Fudge said angrily, his face turned blue.

"Oh, of course, Minister—"

Lucius showed a flattering smile just right,

"Those people are completely unable to understand how difficult it is to manage a country and ensure the lives of most people. The Malfoy family - as an ancient family with a long history in the British wizarding world, we have witnessed how this country has improved compared to before. How much.

After seeing those reports, Narcissa and I unanimously decided that we need to provide some support to the Ministry of Magic at this critical moment. We plan to donate a sum of money to St. Mungo's to improve the medical care of ordinary residents. Of course, This money should be handled by the Ministry of Magic and decide how to use it-"

Umbridge's fat face filled with a business smile suddenly brightened up. Of course, she did not forget who should come forward to accept the donation. She looked at Cornelius Fudge with blinking eyelashes.

"Yeah."

Hearing Lucius's words, Connelly's frown relaxed. He exhaled softly. Although his face was still ugly, he patted Lucius's arm and reluctantly smiled at him.

"Thank you, Lucius. You are right, the Ministry of Magic does need more support now."

As he spoke, he sighed again,

"If there were more sensible people like the Malfoy family, the Ministry of Magic wouldn't be facing such a difficult situation. Don't worry, Lucius, I did hear some bad comments about you, but that's all It’s a slanderous statement without any evidence. The Ministry of Magic will never change its view on the Malfoy family because of this.”

"Oh, thanks, Minister, and Ms. Umbridge!"

Lucius immediately said with fear and fear,

"That's what I'm worried about!"

"As for the donation, Lucius, you and Dolores can handle it. I'm afraid I won't have time to deal with this matter in the near future."

"Of course, Ms. Umbridge is your right-hand woman and I have my full trust in her."

Lucius politely bowed to Dolores.

"So, is there anything else, Lucius?" Fudge said pleasantly.

"I'm afraid I have to hear what Arthur wants from me. After sending him away, I still have to discuss the current trouble with Dolores?"

"Oh, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just happened to hear one or two words."

Lucius said carefully,

"The trouble you mentioned is legislation, Dumbledore and Blaine, so it's related to Hogwarts, right?"

Fudge and Umbridge looked at each other, and then Fudge's expression darkened again.

"you know--"

Dolores said in a coy voice,

"Recently, someone in Hogwarts has been spreading ridiculous and ridiculous falsehoods, hoping to disrupt the order that the Ministry of Magic has worked hard to maintain. This is absolutely intolerable to the Ministry of Magic, so we plan to-"

"Planning to send personnel to Hogwarts to supervise the daily teaching activities of Hogwarts--"

Lucius answered quickly,

"Oh, it is said that that person is you--"

Under the surprised and wary looks of Fudge and Umbridge, Lucius explained,

"Oh, don't get me wrong, Minister, Ms. Umbridge. I'm not prying into the top secrets of the Ministry of Magic. It's just that I happened to go to Hogwarts to visit Draco and accidentally heard about it from Severus. about this.”

"That's right."

Fudge seemed to feel a little ugly, he frowned and said softly, and the fake smile on Umbridge's face disappeared, and her expression became quite gloomy.

"If I'm not wrong-"

Lucius took in the expressions of the two people, his gray eyes rolled in his sockets, and he said worriedly,

"Normally speaking, the Ministry of Magic has no right or reason to forcefully station personnel at Hogwarts and interfere with the daily teaching of Hogwarts, unless...unless a new law is established to ensure the legality of this matter."

Before Umbridge could speak, Fudge said dullly,

"That's exactly what we plan to do now."

"But this will lead to public opinion. People will discuss the purpose of the Ministry of Magic's move. In view of the ridiculous remarks that Dumbledore has publicly promoted before, people will wonder whether the Ministry of Magic is deliberately suppressing Dumbledore and suppressing Hogwarts. This may, perhaps, damage the image of the Ministry of Magic--"

Fudge's eyes were sinister and he kept silent. Apparently, he had already thought of the things Lucius mentioned.

"But we have to, Lucius—"

However, Umbridge, who was pushed to the shelf, said in a sharp voice,

"We have every reason to believe that Hogwarts has deviated from the purpose of education and is deliberately trying to gain more rights. If it is not curbed, terrible things may happen!"

"Of course, of course -"

Lucius nodded in approval,

"I fully understand your decision. Speaking of which, Minister, Ms. Umbridge, have you discussed this matter with the Hogwarts School Board?"

"School Board?!"

The small eyes on Fudge's round face suddenly widened and he screamed.

"certainly--"

Lucius, who was walking steadily, was secretly happy, and finally brought the topic to this, but there was a look of surprise on his face.

"Didn't the Ministry of Magic consult the school board for its opinion? Maybe you have forgotten, minister, the Malfoy family was a member of the school board. We took the blame for the basilisk incident and were kicked out. School Board.

But the school board has the right to interfere with the teaching activities and personnel appointments of Hogwarts. You know, Blaine was the investigator appointed by the school board to enter Hogwarts to investigate the Slytherin Chamber. The school board even has the right to remove him. Headmaster of Hogwarts…”