Everyday Players at Hogwarts..

Chapter 315: Minister of Magic - Ms. Bones?

Silence, incomparable silence.

The portraits on the wall of the principal's office were also silent.

Dumbledore looked at the crown and pondered for a long time, while Riddle beside him took a sip of gin, as if he was waiting for something.

"Alas——" A long sigh came out of Dumbledore's mouth.

At this moment, the crown floating in the air also disappeared.

"Oh, it's back on Ms. Grey?"

If it were an ordinary wizard, he would probably mistakenly think that this ghostly crown was time-limited and disappeared.

And Riddle realized that it had returned to its owner's head.

"That's amazing. If I were wearing the Sorting Hat now--" Riddle stopped suddenly.

It's Remus Lupin!

He opened the door directly, as if he had something urgent to do.

"What's the matter, Lupin?" Dumbledore's eyes became sharp.

He knew that Lupin had always been a polite and steady wizard.

For him to be like this, something big must have happened.

Lupin looked at Riddle; he had not expected this man to be here.

"Just say it directly, you can trust Tom as much as you trust me." Dumbledore understood what Lupin meant as soon as he saw his eyes.

"Ms. Bones becomes a minister!"

"But our people haven't received any news about why Fudge stepped down and what happened in the Ministry of Magic!" After hesitating for a moment, Lupin said excitedly.

As a marginal figure who has always been excluded by the magical society, he recognizes the authority of the Ministry of Magic and the importance of the Minister of Magic more than Sirius and even other wizards.

Therefore, he did not understand why Riddle just smiled and Dumbledore was only surprised for a moment.

"This day has finally come. Ever since the Rita Skeeter report came out, I knew what was going to happen - especially since Fudge saw you as my weakness."

"That's you, Tom."

"Perhaps you will think me hypocritical when I say this - Fudge and Umbridge are still alive." Dumbledore looked at Riddle.

"You are worthy of being the great Dumbledore. You even know the name of that little man." Riddle sneered.

"After all, she is the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic and a member of the Wizengamot Court." Hearing Dumbledore say this, Riddle laughed even more exaggeratedly, as if he had heard a joke like Dumbledore was a purist.

Lupin, standing at the dining table, frowned and looked dissatisfied.

"Aren't things like the Minister of Magic something we don't want?"

"Also, I've always thought that it's a joke to judge whether one can join the Wizengamot Court Inquisition based on whether one can summon a patronus with a flesh body." Riddle complained sarcastically.

But when he saw Dumbledore's brows slightly frowned, he suppressed the desire to continue complaining, "Well, I just did a little work."

"They are all still alive." Hearing this, Dumbledore's brow relaxed again.

"Fudge and that little guy, well, both of them actually."

"They were too crude in their work, accepting bribes, abusing public resources, and embezzling funds from other departments to enrich themselves. In short, there are too many small actions like the above that they could have concealed within their power."

"Dumbledore, I really can't understand why you would allow such a thing to go on stage?"

"I just handed over a letter and some evidence on the way to Bones, a powerful woman, becoming a minister."

“I didn’t do anything else.”

"Besides, they probably have done even more disgusting things that I haven't discovered yet." "Because, based on the content of my letter alone, the Ministry of Magic shouldn't have been able to suppress the news." Riddle looked incredulous.

He also couldn't imagine that the two little people in his eyes could do anything big.

"I just think that I should stay away from power..." Even Dumbledore was temporarily speechless, "He, I mean Fudge, he has always been a good boy. Power is something like that, cough -"

"Anyway, I don't regret not joining the Ministry of Magic."

"It would be terrible if it were me who had become corrupt," Dumbledore sighed.

"Do you really think that a ridiculous position like Minister for Magic is going to change you?"

"The person I fear the most?"

"If that's the case, there's only one thing I need to do to defeat you. Kill every wizard who's qualified for the position."

"Then you'll just have to take over this mess."

"If you're that fragile."

"The source that supports you so strongly, the belief in love and justice will also collapse - and I just need to come out and kill you."

"Kill you who have become weak!" Riddle said angrily.

He was angry that Dumbledore thought so little of him.

The wizard whom he feared the most and even regarded as his only enemy should not and could not be such a ridiculous existence!

"Then I should congratulate you for finding a good solution."

"I think if you really do that, I might really fail." Dumbledore said in a relaxed tone.

Riddle and Lupin beside them were speechless.

Especially Lupin, who wanted to reprimand Riddle.

Although he is the Dark Lord, Dumbledore is right next to him.

As a member of the Order of the Phoenix, he was already unhappy with Voldemort.

"This is good news."

"Why are you all so sad?"

"If there is anyone who will not deteriorate, I think it is Ms. Bones."

"Crouch is too cold and Scrimgeour cares too much about the reputation of the Ministry of Magic."

"Well, I'm really confused. Old Crouch is already in Azkaban with his son." Dumbledore tapped his head with his wand, and silver thoughts poured into the surging meditation basin not far away.

Dumbledore looked at the curious Lupin again, "It's called the Pensieve. Sometimes I feel like my head is filled with too many thoughts and memories. I'm sure you understand that feeling."

"At this time, I use the Pensieve," Dumbledore said, pointing to the stone basin. "I draw the superfluous thoughts out of my mind and pour them into this basin. When I have time, I can look at them carefully. You know, it is easier to see their shapes and connections in this state."

"Is this thought?" Lupin asked in surprise.

Although he is a werewolf, in terms of magical level, he is far more powerful than the average Auror as he has always been at the bottom of the Ministry of Magic.

He even dared to touch Mad-Eye Moody.

It was because of this that he understood how high a level of magic and alchemy it was to be able to shape and store invisible thoughts.

"Is that why I'm weird?"

"You are the one who is least likely to degenerate."

"How can a wizard who often examines his own thoughts and reflects be swayed by power?" Riddle couldn't help rolling his eyes.

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