Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 191 What does the escape from Azkaban have to do with me?
"What a coward," Cohen commented. "Were you afraid your mother would reject you if you expressed your love?"

"What are you—no, we're talking about Sirius!" Edward reacted, "And at least I'm successful in love."

"Sirius escaped from prison, why are you looking for...oh~"

Cohen raised his eyebrows.

Fudge might be worried that the jailbreak was orchestrated by Coin - after all, Coin has some Dementor elements in him.

But Fudge was overthinking it this time. If Cohen really wanted to cause trouble, it would not be as simple as escaping from prison.

"Fudge has always been stupid," Edward said. "He didn't think about how to investigate how Sirius escaped from prison, nor did he think about how to hunt him down. Instead, he tried to control the news everywhere..."

"He's busy looking for scapegoats." Rose sneered at Fudge's actions. "Several Ministry employees who were responsible for delivering meals to Azkaban have been locked up. He wants to treat those employees as criminals to attract public attention, but no one believes him."

"If there's a murderer out there, you and your son should be on guard," Rose warned. "Especially since we live next to Harry Potter. I heard Sirius escaped this time in order to kill Harry."

"My name is Cohen," Cohen said.

"He's gone mad," Rose explained. "You can't expect a madman to tell the difference between Harry and anyone else. He might think everyone is Harry—he went on a rampage and killed an entire street of people before he went to jail."

"Okay, I will protect Cohen--"

"I will protect Edward." Cohen promised before Edward could speak. "No murderous lunatic will hurt him..."

"That's what I should say!" Edward stood up, pulled Cohen up from the sofa, and helped Cohen turn around. "Go upstairs, take a shower, and prepare dinner. Don't run around these days."

"I don't feel like running around anymore. I need to do my homework," Cohen said.

But in fact, Cohen wanted to practice the Apparition, which he had decided to practice last year but had not tried until now.

Now that there are unicorns guarding nearby, even if it is separated, it should be quickly repaired by the unicorns' healing magic, thus reducing the risk of blood filled with liquid curse spurting out.

After going upstairs and taking a shower, Cohen went to the box with his homework.

"Count~Count~"

Cohen called out to the Count from the cabin.

“Don’t be too British.”

The Count appeared in his study,

"What do you want to do?"

"Homework." Cohen placed a pile of textbooks and a stack of empty parchment in front of the count. "You know what to do..."

"You--" The count caught a glimpse of Sissoko peeking in from outside the house.

"All right..." the Count agreed dryly.

"What an active bird!" Cohen praised.

The Count glared at Cohen fiercely.

"If you don't understand, you can ask the goat. It's quite smart," Cohen said. "It's just that it can't write, so..."

"Forget it," the Earl refused immediately. "That stupid lion has tried to pounce on me more than once. I won't do anything to get myself killed."

After finishing his homework, Cohen went to find the unicorns. Fortunately, a few of them were still drunk, so Cohen could practice Disapparation under their supervision. The spell was not difficult, and the 3D principle was not difficult to understand. Cohen's pessimistic assumption of separation did not occur.

After trying for half an afternoon, Cohen was able to move out almost every time - this showed that his talent was still working. Most wizards couldn't even blink after learning for half an afternoon, and could only be unconsciously dragged by the spell in an awkward way to walk or run to their destination.

While eating dinner, Cohen glanced at the calendar and suddenly realized something.

“It’s Harry’s birthday today?” Cohen recalled asking.

What will happen on Harry's birthday this year...

Blow up aunt?

"Have you prepared a birthday present?" Edward asked. "You can give it to him after dinner. Didn't he also give you a Magical Beast First Aid Kit on your birthday?"

"I don't think werewolf nail polish and Cornish pixie calming bells will have any practical use..." Cohen said, covering his face. "Since his gifts this year were useless, I plan to give him a Niffler piggy bank this year."

When a gift becomes useless to a certain extent, it can be considered something 'useful'...

The Niffler piggy bank dances when you put Galleons in it - it's a cute little charm.

"But I don't think I need to go to the Dursleys' house to find him." Cohen looked out the window.

"Why?" Edward was a little confused and looked in the direction Cohen was staring. "Merlin's beard, why does that floating woman look so familiar?"

"Is she a relative of the Dursleys?" Rose frowned, stood up and walked to the window, peering out at Maggie, who was drifting further and further away. "I saw her when I came back today."

"Harry, it's going to be hard for the Ministry of Magic to catch you..." Edward said, "We can pretend we used the Levitation Charm, but we can't brag about our aunt and let the Ministry think we did it... Attacking Muggles is already a crime."

"The Ministry of Magic is already busy protecting him, so they can't possibly cause him any trouble - look, here comes Arnold, he's on duty today." Rose saw the memory cancellation agent Arnold suddenly apparated on the street.

"This guy feels like a slave..." Cohen also leaned on the window and looked outside. Now the whole family was watching the show at the window.

"I'm sorry, I know he's a friend, but it's a little too funny—" Edward couldn't hold it in, "The way he chased that fat woman…"

"Money is hard to earn." Cohen shook his head in a stern voice. "I don't know what's going on at the Ministry of Magic, but I know Harry is going to be kicked out tonight."

And that's exactly what happened - not long after, an angry Harry burst out from the next door.

"Go call Harry over. We can't let him sleep on the street..." Rose said sympathetically, nudging Cohen. "Cohen, you're his good friend. He might feel embarrassed if we go."

"Okay." Cohen left the window. Harry dragged the box and stopped on the street near Norton's house for a long time, as if he was struggling internally.

Cohen pushed open the door and gestured to Harry to come over.

Harry wanted to take a step closer - but as if he had thought of something, he turned around and walked away resolutely.

???

What does that mean? The hand gesture I made should mean "come here" instead of "get out of here"?

"Stop!" Cohen shouted at Harry.

But Harry quickened his pace, and Cohen gave chase.

The scene suddenly changed from "Cohen inviting Harry into his home" to "horrible Dementors chasing the thirteen-year-old wizard."

(End of this chapter)