Chapter 190 Everyone is in their place (page 12)
Mrs. Zabini is smart and knows how to seize the moment. But sometimes, people who are smart and know their timing do stupid things.
The reason is simple: I can’t help it.
Once you notice a little "clue", you can think of the "benefits"; but as soon as you think of the "benefits", you can easily forget the "dangers".
Such was the case with Madame Zabini.
She yelled at her old hags: "Catch this boy, don't hurt him, I will be of great use if you keep him."
The reason why she didn't do it herself was because her wand was still stuck in the ceiling of the Dursley's house.
What's more, she still has to find time to write a letter now - as a smart person, even if she wants to be reckless, she has to find a way to drag someone into trouble.
And just after several old hags cast spells to control the young wizard Harry Potter and the Dursleys (plus the Masons), Mrs. Zabini started writing directly in the living room of his house. I wrote a secret letter that was worded well after some deliberation.
"Dear Secretary Fudge: ..."
After writing the letter, she simply used a confusion spell to confuse the owl Hedwig and let it send the letter.
Although many people know that Cornelius Fudge was able to successfully run because he received the support of Dumbledore, this does not mean that the Minister of Magic will always be willing to be controlled by others.
For example, in the history of a large Eastern country, the sons of some emperors shouted: "How can there be a thirty-year-old prince in this world?"
Fudge has become the Minister of Magic, so naturally he doesn't want to be someone else's puppet all the time.
What's more, wizards and Muggles are different.
Putting aside whether Fudge can be a minister for more than 50 years like the veteran Faris Spavin, although Fudge is nearly years younger than Dumbledore, if there is no accident, he probably won't survive it. Dumbledore's.
The more powerful a wizard is, the longer his lifespan is generally.
And for a great magician like Dumbledore, whose natural lifespan is over 200 years old, that is as easy as eating and drinking.
Mrs. Zabini asked herself that if she became the Minister of Magic like Fudge, she would definitely try to get rid of the shackles brought by Dumbledore, the Supreme Minister.
"Isn't this a coincidence?"
Looking at the owl flying further and further away, a smile couldn't help but form on her lips.
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"What are you all laughing at?"
Looking at his Auror colleagues who were laughing, Kingsley Shacklebolt stopped them with a stern look on his face.
Being tough on Umbridge is not something to be proud of, but it exposed some problems in the Ministry of Magic.
"I have to find time to talk to Dumbledore." As a member of the Order of the Phoenix, Shacklebolt thought to himself.
However, the suppressed atmosphere in the Auror office was soon broken with the arrival of a letter.
"Walter?"
He couldn't believe his eyes.
He didn't expect that the old woman who had just been kicked out of the Auror office by him would think of a way to fight back so quickly.
"Moreover, in the name of upholding the Statute of Secrecy, this bastard asked us Aurors to go out and arrest a young Muggle wizard who lived on Privet Drive and was 'illegally using magic spells' at home..."
Shacklebolt really regrets it.
He regretted why he hadn't used an "Alaho Hole" on Umbridge's head just now so he could see what was inside.
"Let me see which little wizard is so unlucky that he has to write a review at home during the summer vacation."
Shacklebolt muttered under his breath.
It is not that they have never encountered similar things before - some young wizards were exposed to the existence of magic in front of Muggles because they were too naughty or because of some accidents.
The solution for these young wizards is to first give them a warning from the Ministry of Magic, and then ask the dean of his college to issue some symbolic punishment. Usually it means writing a review.
At most, the Ministry of Magic will urgently dispatch some professionals to process the memories of Muggles who saw young wizards using magic.
Like that old woman Umbridge making such a fuss and wanting to send Aurors to arrest the little wizard and then expel her from Hogwarts...
It cannot be said that it is unique, but it can probably be regarded as unprecedented.
However, no matter how angry he was, he still had to follow the correct procedures to handle the official letter sent by Umbridge from the Secretariat.
After all, the Ministry of Magic must adhere to procedural justice.
So he waved his wand in a special gesture. Immediately afterwards, the special official letter from the Ministry of Magic turned into a magic hat in front of his eyes, and when he put his hand in and took it out, he had an extra card in his hand.
Although the two letters previously sent from the Secretariat of the Ministry of Magic had the name "Harry Potter" written on them, Umbridge, who decided to send these two letters, did not actually know that they were intended to be sent to who.
Just like the names of the papers after certain exams are obscured, the wizard who originally designed the "Tracing Thread Early Warning System" took into account the wizard's layer-by-layer network of connections like matryoshka dolls, so in order to avoid mutual protection among acquaintances, Or make false accusations at will, he has encrypted the system.
Although the trace will correspond to the corresponding little wizard, the person who sends the warning and punishes the little wizard will not know who the little wizard is.
When an Auror really needs to be sent out to the field, the Auror in the Auror office can use another set of "decoding" spells to find out who the little wizard the trace belongs to and the specific location where it is located.
"The place where the spell was cast was at No. 4 Privet Drive, on the stairs between the first and second floors of the Dursley's house. The owner of the wand is... hmm?"
Shakur saw an extremely familiar name, and his eyes suddenly widened.
"Harry Potter!"
(He called out the name directly)
Everyone in the Auror office looked at him.
"Would one of you hurry up and notify Deng... no, it's Director Scrimgeour. Something is going to happen."
Kingsley Shacklebolt felt a little bad.
In fact, Zongsi's test report can only detect the magic spells released within a certain period of time near Zongsi, and cannot tell who specifically released them.
As a senior Auror, Shacklebolt was naturally no stranger to some "formulaic" spell combinations in spell confrontations. He saw some clues from the spells in the report.
"The levitating spell is okay, but what happened to the Open Sesame spell later? I remember that Hogwarts should no longer teach this kind of unlocking spell with the nature of breaking doors.
There are also all petrified, fainted on the ground, Expelliarmus, well, there is also an inexplicable hole.
When these spells are combined...
If we exclude the possibility that Harry was practicing randomly on his own, the remaining scenario is that his residence was invaded. Someone... and there may be more than one, invaded his aunt and uncle's house, and then Harry started a magical war with those people. Curse showdown. "
Quickly analyzing the worst case scenario, Shacklebolt asked someone to notify Director Scrimgeour, who was taking a break at home. Then he immediately ordered Delis and Tonks and rushed out with them. Exited the door of the Auror's office.