The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

This is the problem caused by a massive bureaucracy.

To exonerate Sirius Black, and to reclassify Peter Pettigrew, whose name is already explicitly written in the application, as a Death Eater, involves far too many people.

Even the Minister of Magic, Fudge, is involved. How can this case possibly be investigated?

It wasn't until Sirius died that Voldemort fell from power once again.

Given Harry's immense influence, the Ministry of Magic finally vindicated Sirius Black, demonstrating just how difficult it is for the Ministry to correct its own mistakes.

If the conditions in the original story were already like this, then under the current circumstances, the possibility of Sirius Black being exonerated is almost zero.

So let's wait until Dumbledore has secured Peter Pettigrew, and then let him deal with the Ministry of Magic.

He's the only one who can go toe-to-toe with the entire Ministry of Magic.

Even if we can't restore Sirius's reputation, we can at least restore his freedom.

Dolly didn't actually like Sirius very much, even though he was Harry's favorite godfather in the original books and would die for Harry.

But he has too many personality weaknesses and problems, even mental problems.

It's fair to say that anyone who doesn't have a close enough relationship with Sirius Black would consider him a dangerous individual.

Dolly didn't think that just because he was Harry's cousin, she would have a good relationship with Sirius.

In fact, considering Sirius's behavior, Dolly should be thankful that he didn't treat her as someone trying to steal Harry.

Nevertheless, Dolly still wanted Sirius to regain his freedom.

On the one hand, it would provide an additional fighting force to deal with Voldemort's henchmen; on the other hand, it would bring Harry happiness, which Dolly naturally couldn't ignore.

Harry and Hermione stared intently at Dolly, waiting for her to continue.

Dolly snapped out of her reverie and said, "And finding this diary, it's so wonderful, it must be a good thing."

Hermione nodded, then shook her head and said, "How about leaving everything to Dumbledore and the professors? After all, you've told him everything you needed to know."

Dolly shook her head and said, "Hermione, the professors and Dumbledore aren't omnipotent."

"Otherwise, how could I have been sent to France, and how many days would it have taken to find me?"

"So don't think that if we don't provoke them, they won't provoke us."

"Of course, we are not the main force in this matter; we can just assist from the side."

Hermione hugged Dolly's arm tightly and nodded seriously.

At the same time, flames were burning in her eyes.

Once is one thing, but now someone is trying to harm Dolly in secret.

Hermione is no longer as helpless as she was in her first year; now she is at least on par with older students in terms of spellcasting.

Hermione secretly vowed to protect Dolly from now on and never let her face such desperate danger again.

The thought of Dolly walking barefoot alone in the freezing snow made Hermione feel suffocated.

"What about me?"

Harry was somewhat bewildered. He had initially thought that revealing Dobby's information would significantly change the situation.

In reality, after he revealed this information, it had almost no effect other than making everyone aware of the opponent.

This is actually not difficult to understand.

By now, everyone is practically playing their cards with their backs to the table.

Aside from Peter Pettigrew, who is still lurking in the shadows, the key to this confrontation is whether the Chamber of Secrets will cause panic at Hogwarts.

As for the part in the original book where Harry needed to get Voldemort's diary to open the Chamber of Secrets, that's no longer important.

This naturally reduced Harry's opportunities to participate, leaving him with nowhere to vent his anger.

“It’s simple, Harry.”

Hermione gave Harry an idea, saying, "When the new school term starts, let's show Malfoy what suffering is!"

Harry gritted his teeth and nodded; it seemed that this was the only way.

Just in time for Christmas, his sister gave him a pair of boxing gloves, which he could now use on Malfoy.

Using a wand to cast spells and harm classmates at Hogwarts is a very serious offense and could result in expulsion.

But punching someone doesn't have much impact.

Because it can be completely healed with a single spell, and at worst, a little potion can be added, and this minor injury will disappear without a trace the next day.

Adding to Harry's inherent privilege of reduced punishment, Dolly could only mourn for Malfoy's future.

Harry then left, not even intending to eat, and went straight to his room to practice his boxing.

Hermione didn't mention leaving at all, but instead kept Dolly listening to the details of Dolly's journey over the past few days, her red eyes remaining until sunset.

Dolly's throat was dry from talking, so Hermione brought her some black tea.

After finishing a cup of black tea, Dolly finally found an opportunity to change the subject.

"By the way, how about staying for dinner later?"

Hermione wiped her eyes and gave an awkward smile.

Just as Dolly was wondering what was going on with that smile, Hermione said, "Actually, I've been staying here for many days, sleeping in the guest room."

“I was worried about your parents’ health problems, and I was also worried that wizards might try to sabotage things, so I decided to take turns keeping watch with Harry.”

"However, it turns out we were overthinking it, because the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic have already reinforced your house's magical defenses."

"The defense level here is now comparable to that of a forbidden book zone."

Hermione stuck out her tongue, looking shy and somewhat adorable.

As if lamenting that she had done so much for nothing these past few days, Dolly just wanted to bite that fleeting pink tongue tip and tell Hermione how grateful she was to Hermione.

Hermione's behavior was indeed beyond Dolly's expectations.

During the New Year's holiday, she left her own family behind to help take care of and protect Dolly's parents. Dolly could only thank her good friend with the strongest hug and the gentlest words.

"Then stay here tonight too. Don't sleep in the guest room, just sleep with me."

"How about we talk all night?"

"I want you to hear me say thank you a thousand times."

Hermione chuckled and said, "Are you planning to keep chanting 'thank you' in my ear like a spell?"

"...Okay, okay, I'll stay. Don't look at me like that, I don't want to leave either."

"But I definitely need to go home tomorrow to see my parents and prepare for the start of school."

"Anyway, when we go back to Hogwarts, we can still sleep in the same bed every day."

Hermione said this as if to appear nonchalant.

But in reality, she hugged Dolly back and couldn't bear to let go.

Although there is no scenery in a familiar place, Hermione's sense of security, which she has always taken for granted, is greatly threatened when that familiar scenery is about to be torn apart.

At this moment, Hermione naturally felt a strong protective instinct, which even overwhelmed the slight shyness in her heart.

Not to mention sleeping in Dolly's bed tonight, Hermione wouldn't be able to refuse even if Dolly invited her to take a bath together.

However, Dolly asked a question that made Hermione less happy.

"Um... Hermione, has Cho Chang been here?"

Dolly knew it was inappropriate to ask this question now; this was Hermione's time.

However, she really wanted to know where Qiu Zhang was and what he was doing.

This was indeed a less-than-honorable emotional drive, and Dolly wanted to see how much of a place she held in Cho Chang's heart.

Hermione glared at Dolly, but instead of getting angry, she sat up and seriously told Dolly what was going on.

"Actually, she initially wanted to live here like me, but she quickly came up with her own ideas."

"She should have arrived in France by now, on a Muggle plane."

197 Help me take it off

Dolly was dumbfounded.

Then he asked Hermione, "You mean I missed my chance with her?"

Hermione nodded, a hint of regret in her voice, and said, "She can't wait any longer and wants to try to find you using her own power."

"If no one apparites her, she probably won't be back until tomorrow night or the day after."

"After all, flights have been very tight lately."

Dolly patted her forehead; she really had caused her friends trouble.

Although Dolly was also a victim in this incident, she made sure to make it up to her friends since they didn't have a good Christmas and New Year's holiday.

However, I definitely can't do that during this holiday. I should think about what to do when school starts or during the next holiday.

"By the way, let's write to her and contact her, otherwise she might not know that I'm back."

Dolly did what she thought of.

Writing international letters to other wizards, especially to someone like Cho Chang whose address is uncertain, remains a very troublesome task.

However, Dolly could ask Fleur to help spread the word, and then rely on the owl's own ability to find people in the French magical world to locate Cho Chang.

Of course, Dolly felt it wouldn't matter if she didn't do it.

Anyway, Cho Chang has found the French Ministry of Magic, so he'll probably be back when school starts.

It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to share a bed with Qiu Zhang this winter break.

Fortunately, I can get closer to Hermione.

Well, it's worth it.

After Hermione calmed down, Dolly tidied her clothes, picked up her wand, and went downstairs.

Dumbledore has clearly not left yet.