Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Since the beginning of July, although the mood of wizards in the wizarding world has gradually stabilized, and many people are no longer panicking about the resurrection of the mysterious man, the internal public opinion in the British wizarding community still revolves around the Death Eaters.

The day after Sherlock visited Mrs. Matthew, the Ministry of Magic held a trial on the captured Death Eaters.

The subjects being interrogated include Ludo Bagman, the former Director of the Department of Magical Sports, Igor Karkaroff, the former Headmaster of Durmstrang, and a dozen others who were involved in Sherlock's battle with Voldemort after the incident. At the scene, the Death Eaters captured by Aurors.

Sherlock, who is an important witness, and Dumbledore, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, the wizarding court, naturally attended all the trials today.

Scrimgeour is a tough wizard who hates evil, and of course he will not cover up these Death Eaters whose crimes have been established with conclusive evidence.

Because of their extremely evil nature, Karkaroff and Bagman were sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban on the spot. The other Death Eaters were also taken away by dementors after the trial, and were sentenced to varying degrees. of sentence.

But except for Scrimgeour and other senior officials in the Ministry of Magic, who felt that everything was fine, Sherlock and Dumbledore frowned.

They knew very well that after Harry was attacked by dementors a few days ago, the jailers in Azkaban were most likely untrustworthy. The safest way now was to first remove senior prisoners like Bagman. He was imprisoned in a secret prison specially guarded by wizards to prevent the dementors from revolting and causing the complete fall of Azkaban.

But Scrimgeour obviously did not listen to Dumbledore's advice. Everyone at the top of the Ministry of Magic knew that Dumbledore did not trust those dementors, and he had always advocated that the magical government should not have anything to do with such monsters.

So of course, they also regarded his advice this time as a very routine method to oppose the dementors.

Dumbledore was helpless. After the trial, he seemed to have other important matters. He didn't talk to Sherlock. He just said that he would attend Sherlock's investiture ceremony tomorrow, and then left in a hurry. 's left.

When Sherlock came out of the Inquisition, he happened to meet Mr. Weasley, chatted with him for a few words, and was about to leave without intending to stay in the Ministry of Magic, when an emotionless voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Mr. Forrest."

Sherlock and Mr. Weasley turned back together.

The person who stopped him was Percy. Instead of calling Sherlock professor as usual, he used the title sir.

After seeing his third son, Mr. Weasley's smile when he was talking to Sherlock faded away. He turned a blind eye to Percy and nodded to Sherlock.

"Then I'll get busy first. If I have time, I'll come and try your Aunt Molly's craftsmanship."

"I'll be there."

Mr. Weasley turned around and left without hesitation, and Percy seemed to have never seen his father at all. The father and son were strangers.

After Mr. Weasley left, Percy said calmly to Sherlock.

"Minister Scrimgeour has something to ask you and would like to ask you to come to his office."

Sherlock thought for a moment, but did not refuse Scrimgeour's invitation. He nodded and walked side by side towards the minister's office with Percy.

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The two of them didn't talk much along the way. Percy obviously didn't want to talk, and Sherlock had no intention of persuading him to turn around.

Even Mrs. Weasley could mercilessly refuse and shut the door. Sherlock didn't think that just a few words of his own could change the mind of the third son of the Weasley family, whose ambition had overtaken family ties.

Taking Sherlock to the door of the minister's office, Percy knocked lightly. When there was a sound from inside, he opened the door and asked Sherlock to come in, while he stood outside the door.

Sherlock walked into the minister's office. There was only Scrimgeour sitting at his desk. His desk was piled with documents from various departments. This wizard, who looked like a lion in both personality and appearance, didn't look like an ordinary wizard. Not easy.

But he didn't show any signs of tiredness in front of outsiders.

As a leader with a tough hand and firm beliefs, Scrimgeour's personal character is unquestionable.

After seeing Sherlock come in, he didn't mean to show off at all, and a chair jumped out from the wall.

"Please take a seat, Professor Forrest."

As he spoke, he waved a political order he had just written in his hand into the air, and the piece of paper turned into a paper airplane, and then passed through the door of the minister's office lightly and headed to the department it was supposed to go to.

Putting down his work temporarily, Scrimgeour looked at Sherlock who had already sat down. His expression had always been so unsmiling.

"This should be our first formal meeting and conversation, Professor Forrest. I am still deeply impressed by your performance that night. I cut out the photo from the Daily Prophet and posted it on the door of my house. on the wall. Every time I go home, I can see that the so-called dark devil is not invincible."

He didn't mean to condemn or get angry at the fact that Sherlock ignored the Ministry of Magic's decree a few days ago and forcibly brought Harry to Dumbledore. Instead, he made no secret of his admiration for Sherlock in his tone.

"That time, I was just lucky. You've praised me too much, Mr. Minister." Sherlock said neither humbly nor arrogantly. He was not a child, so he could tell that Scrimgeour was not simply praising him. Scrimgeour's expression became serious. "Then let's stop talking nonsense today. I don't like beating around the bush. I want to hire you to the Ministry of Magic as the Minister's Advisor." Sherlock frowned. "I think I've said what I think before, Mr. Minister. I have no intention of working in the Ministry of Magic, nor do I intend to resign from my position as a professor at Hogwarts." Hearing his face-to-face refusal, Scrimgeour's face did not change, but waved his hand and said. "I know you don't want to leave Hogwarts, so I just want you to come to the Ministry of Magic as the Minister's Advisor. This position has no actual work, it's just a simple identity, and it has no effect on your being a professor at Hogwarts." Sherlock immediately understood Scrimgeour's thoughts. After knowing that neither Sherlock nor Harry could win the Ministry of Magic, he chose to step back. If he can have an identity that can represent the Ministry of Magic, he can also do more with this.