The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

Fudge almost laughed at Dumbledore.

He pointed at Dumbledore, whimpered for a while before saying:

"It seems that our principal is still determined! But it doesn't matter, Dolores, I believe you must have more conclusive evidence, don't you?"

"Of course, Mr. Minister."

Umbridge smiled and took out a stack of parchments, each of which was stamped with a bright red seal, "In fact, I asked the full-time Aurors in the Auror Office to help these children find out when they lost their way. The recording was made.

What you're looking at right now is a copy of the transcript stamped with the stamp of the Auror Office Interrogation Team.

Experienced Aurors can testify that what these children say is true.

Link Foley indeed joined forces with Harry Potter to set up an illegal student organization called the D.A. Army a few months ago, and taught students inappropriate and highly dangerous spells in class! "

"Great!" said Fudge, taking the file, with a big smile on his face. "This is really exciting, Dolores. Let me see... oh! It's amazing, they He even taught the students the Patronus Charm and Occlumency..."

Dumbledore reached out and snatched the entire file from Fudge.

He carefully looked at the words on it, and the originally gloomy expression on his face gradually became active.

Finally, he put down the file and looked at Link and Harry with a smile.

Those eyes were full of satisfaction and admiration.

It seems that they are very satisfied with the courses arranged by Link and Harry.

Harry lowered his head in shame, he felt that he might inevitably be fired tonight.

The thought of living up to Dumbledore's and so many people's expectations, and the fact that I might have to go back to living in the cupboard of the Dursleys' house, made me almost die of sadness.

Link, on the other hand, just stared at Dumbledore expressionlessly.

His eyes were so deep that they seemed to have no focus.

This is a sign that Occlumency is in full swing.

"It seems that everything is over." Fudge said happily, "It is not always possible to fool the past with a 'I don't know' or a denial in this world.

Faced with such conclusive evidence, I think those children who participated in the assembly need to be punished by confinement. As for the two main criminals, Link Foley and Harry Potter, they are no longer suitable to stay in Hogwarts up. them……"

"Ahem!"

Umbridge interrupted Fudge with a sudden cough.

When Fudge turned around in confusion, she reminded in a low voice:

"Mr. Minister, the name of their illegal student organization is the D.A. Army!"

As soon as this remark came out, Harry could clearly feel that Professor McGonagall was breathing a little more heavily, and his face was full of anxiety.

He didn't understand what was going on, and apparently neither did Fudge.

"Yeah, D.A. Army, Dumbledore's Army, Connelly." Dumbledore said with a smile, "It's not Foley's Army, and it's not Potter's Army. It's Dumbledore's Army."

A look of realization flashed across Fudge's face.

He took a big step back in horror, and he didn't even notice that the robe was squeezed into the fireplace, and shouted in surprise:

"You? You organized this?"

"That's right," Dumbledore replied happily, "All of this is under my control. Link and Harry are just following the orders of my headmaster."

"You recruited those students to form your own army?"

"Tonight was supposed to be the first time I met them in person, so that I could see if they were willing to follow me." Dumbledore nodded, "Of course, I understand now that not everyone can be noble Ideals are dedicated."

Fudge suddenly turned his head to look at the team of inspectors covering their faces, and then shouted:

"Then you are indeed plotting against me!"

"That's right, that's it!"

"No! It's not like that."

Link suddenly spoke.

Although his face was expressionless, he said in a serious tone, "Professor Dumbledore, you don't have to fight for us, it's meaningless."

Hearing that Dumbledore just looked at Link quietly, there was an indescribable complex meaning in his eyes.

Fudge on the side roared angrily:

"Shut up! Link Foley! You have no place to speak here!"

As soon as the words fell, Link's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.

Fudge instantly felt a strong sense of crisis coming over him.

Not only Link, but also Percy, who had been standing beside him as if he was watching a play, had a grim expression at the moment.

His appearance reminded Harry, for no apparent reason, of a bully dog ​​his cousin had had.

Whenever someone spoke loudly at his cousin, the dog would grin at the person.

Fudge's original arrogance instantly dissipated.

He opened his mouth wide, first looked at Link, then at Percy, and finally said loudly to Dumbledore:

"Very good, very good - I came here tonight to expel Link Foley and Harry Potter, but I didn't expect to catch such a big fish. You really surprised me! "

"Mr. Minister, I have already completed the statement about Dumbledore. It not only includes his entanglement with the students to form a wizard army, but also his evil intention to overthrow the Ministry of Magic."

Percy said with a smirk, "I'll copy the record later and send a copy to the Daily Prophet. If I'm fast enough, I might catch the headlines tomorrow morning."

Professor McGonagall looked at Percy in disbelief.

It seems that he can't believe that the student he was once optimistic about has turned into this appearance now.

It's a pity that Percy turned a deaf ear to this, and just quietly started copying the parchment in his hand again.

"Ah, that's it." Fudge said with a long sigh, "Dumbledore, you will now be escorted to the Ministry of Magic, where you will be formally prosecuted, and then sent to Azkaban to await trial."

"The procedure is indeed as you said," Dumbledore said softly, "but, I think we may have encountered a small difficulty."

"Difficult?" Fudge looked a little tired, and said hoarsely, "I don't see any difficulty."

"No, there are difficulties. That is, I'm afraid I won't be as you expected, er, sit still, Connelly."

Dumbledore said with great pity, "I don't want to go to Azkaban at all. Although I can escape easily even if I go there, it will take a lot of time.

And frankly, I think I have a lot of other things to attend to, and I don't have time to play this kind of game with you. "

Fudge's face was getting redder and redder, and it looked as if someone had just filled it with boiling water.

And the two Aurors who had been standing by Fudge's side as guards looked at each other, and one of the Aurors stood firmly in front of Fudge, and stretched out his hand to draw out his wand.

"Don't be a fool, Dawlish," said Dumbledore kindly, "I'm sure you're a good Arrow. I even remember you passing your NEWT exam with straight honors. But if you want to use Violence, then I have no choice but to be rude to you."

It was said that the Auror called Dawlish glanced at Fudge and Percy, as if he wanted to get the next order.

"Dumbledore, you don't really want to take on so many of us alone, do you?"

With his eyes begging, Fudge finally spoke.

But this is obviously not the answer Dawlish wants.

Hearing that Dawlish blinked his eyes a few times at a loss, looking extremely stupid.

Percy, who was a little further away, moved his footsteps away quietly, probably because he didn't want to be classified by Dumbledore into the "us" that Fudge said.

And at this moment, Professor McGonagall also stood up with a wand in his hand:

"Who said Dumbledore was alone?"

Hearing that Fudge and the others were shocked, Umbridge even drew out his wand.

"Minerva, don't mess around!" Dumbledore said in an unprecedentedly stern tone, "Your duty is to educate the students, not to fight with the headmaster!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Fudge roared, drawing out his wand. "Quick! Get him!"

boom--

The moment Fudge finished speaking, a bright silver light exploded with Dumbledore as the center.

The powerful shock wave shook the entire principal's office, and a large amount of dust quickly filled the entire office. Even the portrait of the principal on the wall fell off a lot.

And immediately after that, there was the second explosion of silver light!

Harry felt that his eyes had become blurred, and his ears were constantly buzzing.

Shouts, screams, and phoenix hooting all blended together into one uncomfortable noise.

Link pulled Harry behind him with all his strength, and then waved his wand. While sweeping away all the dust, it also formed a shield to completely protect him and Harry in it.

"Are you all right?"

Dumbledore's calm voice came quietly.

At this time, the principal's office has become a complete mess.

Office chairs, closets, benches...

Almost all the furniture with slender legs had been knocked over to the ground and damaged to varying degrees.

The silverware on the table and even the bottles and jars in the corner that looked like they were used in alchemy and potions were all smashed to pieces.

As for Fudge and the others, they all lost consciousness and lay in the ruins one by one.

Facing Dumbledore's question, Link nodded silently first, and then said after a pause:

"Professor Dumbledore, where are you going?"

This was obviously the question Harry wanted to ask, and just after listening to it for a while, Harry got out from behind Link regardless of his still buzzing head.

"Hmm! Don't worry about me, old man, Link. Well, of course, don't worry about Hogwarts."

Dumbledore said with a smile, "I won't stay too far away from you, after all I still have to keep an eye on Hogwarts lest Fudge mess it up.

To be honest, it felt like another vacation to me.

It just so happens that I also have some very urgent personal matters to attend to. "

"Professor Dumbledore..."

Harry spoke weakly.

Guilt was written all over his face.

Before tonight, he hadn't expected that they would bring Dumbledore such a big trouble when they got the name of the organization as a joke.

"We are running out of time, and they will wake up soon. So, listen to me, Harry." Dumbledore interrupted urgently, "You must learn Occlumency as soon as possible, especially for you. important!"

Seeing Harry nodded, Dumbledore turned his gaze to Link.

This time, his gaze softened a lot.

"And you, Link." Dumbledore said softly, "You did a good job. Since this is what you want and you have worked hard for it, then go ahead. I believe you will not let People are disappointed, and I also believe that you make the world a better place, which is what I expect from you.

But in this process, there is one thing you must keep in mind!

Don't be obsessed with the pursuit of power, let alone love.

The power of love is greater than you think!

It may not be able to split mountains and rocks, or it may not be able to help you kill enemies.

But it can do things that pure destructive power will never be able to do! "

After the words fell, Fox had already landed on Dumbledore's shoulders.

Dumbledore smiled and winked at Link, then grabbed Fox's golden tail feathers.

boom--

Flames spewed out, and Dumbledore disappeared into the office.

Link looked at the place where Dumbledore was before with complicated eyes.

He didn't quite understand what Dumbledore had said to him earlier.

Because from what Dumbledore told him to remember the meaning of 'love', Dumbledore seemed to have decided to follow Trelawney's prophecy.

Just...why?

Although this prophecy is also what Link is eager to realize, what good does it do for Dumbledore?

Why did Dumbledore help him?

"what--"

A faint groan woke Link up from his thoughts.

He turned his head to look at the source of the sound, only to realize that perhaps because he was disturbed by the flames earlier, Fudge and the others who were lying on the ground all woke up.

Fudge struggled to get up from the ruins, staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes and searching the office:

"Dumbledore... where is he?"

"he's gone."

Link replied slowly in a sleepy voice.

"Gone?" Fudge obviously hadn't reacted yet, "Where can he go? The Floo network throughout Hogwarts has been blocked, and he can't Apparate at Hogwarts, he... ..."

Fudge's voice was cut off by Percy's wild laughter.

He laughed so wildly, with such glee, that his whole face contorted.

Harry and McGonagall glared at him dissatisfied, and just about to reprimand him, Umbridge beside him also laughed.

Finally, there's Fudge.

The three fell down among the ruins, laughing nonstop.

Their wild laughter became harsher than the other, and Harry covered his ears in pain.

But for some reason, Harry always felt that Fudge's laugh seemed weird compared to the others.

It feels like laughing, rather than crying——