The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Of course, fried-ended snails are extremely delicious food!" Under Rita Skeeter's skeptical gaze, Tom swore that no reptile food could be more delicious than fried-ended snail meat.

This is of course nonsense. Blast-tailed snails are indeed very fragrant when they are in their larvae stage, but this is not necessarily true for these mature snails. The bigger the animal, the more delicious it is. For fish like mackerel, being too large may result in less tender meat.

The same goes for Blast-Ended Skrewts.

Seeing Rita's doubtful look, Tom added: "Look, they look like lobsters!"

Rita stared at the snails for a long time, unable to make the connection between them and lobsters, even though both had thick carapace.

"Well, it might be some kind of food similar to lobster." Rita's eyes wandered around the surrounding students, and the students she saw stood up to prove that the snails were indeed delicious.

Rita Skeeter:…

Hagrid:? ? ?

He is the most confused person. How come he doesn't know that the snails he raises are very delicious?

With so many people testifying, Rita believed Tom's lies.

But no matter how delicious the squid is, it means nothing to Rita Skeeter. She wants to make big news! But something as small as the discovery of a new ingredient certainly doesn't make headlines, especially at this special moment.

So she waved her hands and left with regret. Before leaving, she asked Tom several times if she wanted to be interviewed by him, but Tom refused.

The reason why Rita is under great pressure is that the front page of the Daily Prophet has been completely occupied by the attempted robbery of Azkaban Prison for the past two days. It was impossible to suppress the fact that Voldemort almost broke into Azkaban - Dumbledore would not suppress the news, not to mention the death of officials from the Ministry of Magic.

So the Ministry of Magic learned the full story shortly after the incident. It's just that the Ministry of Magic doesn't seem to want to reveal the news that the mysterious person is involved. According to them, they need more concrete evidence. Even if the witness is Dumbledore, they cannot conclude that Voldemort has been resurrected based on one word.

The negative attitude of the Ministry of Magic made Dumbledore a little disappointed. He thought he could get more support from the Ministry of Magic, but now it seems that the biggest help is that they do not cause trouble. Dumbledore was disappointed, but Tom knew this was a pretty good outcome. At least the Ministry of Magic didn't launch the Daily Prophet to describe Dumbledore as an senile man who couldn't keep his mouth shut. Tom could also sympathize with Bones' difficulty. The people below did not all listen to her, and she also had great constraints within the Ministry of Magic. But it is conceivable that if Tom and Dumbledore win a few more times, these constraints will be reduced a lot.

Now that Tom and Dumbledore have the upper hand, they only need to add chips to their balances little by little to achieve the final victory.

However, although the Ministry of Magic did not want to mention the mysterious man, it made extensive reports on the attempted prison robbery, held a grand funeral for Umbridge, and invited dignitaries from the wizarding world from all over the world to express their condolences. This is not because the Ministry of Magic holds Umbridge in high esteem, but because funerals are a good time to finalize various agreements.

After Rita left, Hagrid looked at Tom and asked, "Are you serious about the delicious food you just said?"

Tom nodded, and at this moment he discovered that a squid was already dying - it struggled too fiercely, and was thrown to the ground by Hagrid, and was deformed due to the pressure.

"Don't you know if you try it? The squid is injured. I don't think it can survive..." Tom kept leading in Hagrid's ear.

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At the same time, the halls of the Ministry of Magic were deserted.

"We are gathered here today to commemorate the passing of our good colleague, Senior Undersecretary of Magic and Commissioner to Azkaban, Dolores Jane Umbridge. Her sacrifice was so important to all British magic. For the world, it is worth a full day's suspension of work to commemorate." Thicknesse, Director of the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic, stood on the podium with a solemn expression.

On the table behind him was a black coffin, with Umbridge's body resting inside, surrounded by flowers. Her coffin was also filled with flowers sent by various parties who came to express their condolences.

"The crazed dark wizard attacked Azkaban. Fortunately, Umbridge and all the dementors rose up to resist, and they were able to support the arrival of Mr. Albus Dumbledore, successfully defending the dignity and justice of magic... Umbridge's fall in that barren land is almost unimaginable to us wizards living under the sun..."

"It's ridiculous. Even I know that woman is just an insignificant role." A director from the French Ministry of Magic curled his lips, "If she really has a high status, how could she be sent to Azkaban? "

"The biggest achievement of her life was her death. At her funeral, the agreements we reached exceeded the total of the previous ten years." His colleague looked calm and even a little happy. He grabbed the waiter beside him and got two glasses of champagne.

"What a good death!" He concluded Umbridge's departure, "It would be great if we could have more funerals like this!"

"The departure of Dolores will not stop us from moving forward. The Ministry of Magic will continue to fight against dark wizards thoroughly, resolutely and forcefully under the leadership of Minister Bones. Officials at all levels must learn from Understand it deeply and work hard..."

After Thicknesse's condolences ended, the wizards in the audience stopped pretending. Everyone showed off their cards and entered work mode completely.

Representatives from the Ministry of Magic of various countries quickly reached cooperation one after another, talking about everything from the thickness of the crucible to the list of contraband items, from mission visits to the naming of magical animals.

Old Barty Crouch, as the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, was stopped by two members of the Japanese Ministry of Magic.

"Visit?" Old Crouch frowned and pulled Percy over.

"It's like this. The General hopes to lead the delegation to visit England for an expected three days." An executive officer from the Japanese Ministry of Magic said respectfully, "If possible, the General hopes to visit the legend together." The Triwizard Tournament."

Percy's eyes lit up and he thought this was really a good suggestion, and his boss Mr. Crouch thought so too. So he nodded, indicating that he had no reason to refuse.

"If Minister Bones has no objection, we can discuss the details of the visit..." Crouch assured.

The executive officer of the Japanese Ministry of Magic also showed a bright smile: "Of course! We are very much looking forward to it!"

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