On the third day after Fudge's departure, Link and Harry were announced by Madam Pomfrey that they had recovered and returned to their respective college lounges.

At the welcome party to welcome the two people discharged from the hospital, everyone was very happy.

Emily and Hermione and the others will not talk about it. George and Fred brothers also risked being confined by Professor McGonagall to get some magic fireworks that they had improved, and they were in the auditorium in front of everyone. Li ignites, making Filch furious again, but it is not easy to prevent Link's face.

Even Ms. Maxim and Old Batty, who had been stranded at Hogwarts because of the attack, came to join in the fun.

Harry was the only person on the scene who didn't look good.

He had been educated by Muggles since he was a child, and he couldn't ignore the fact that they had parted ways with Fudge. After all, Fudge's Minister of Magic's identity was converted to Muggle society, and that was the highest leader of a country.

He really couldn't imagine what a terrible scene would be if he offended the Prime Minister in person like this.

The other party will definitely retaliate!

Of course, because of the young people's arrogance and stubbornness, Harry didn't tell the true thoughts in his heart to reveal.

On the contrary, he is still telling people everywhere that even without the help of the Ministry of Magic, they can still defeat Voldemort!

This was completely stiffened, because Harry had hardly any substantive actions other than studying the speech that Link confessed to him.

Dumbledore and Link are completely different from him on this point.

The two of them quickly accepted the fact that the Ministry of Magic would not give them any help after the quarrel ended that day, and even dragged their feet, and actively began to prepare for the upcoming struggle.

Dumbledore's specific approach was to re-assemble his Order of the Phoenix, preparing to fight the Death Eaters in the old guerrilla form.

At the same time, he and Link's planned Horcrux hunting plan was simultaneously followed up.

But Link's approach is much more straightforward. He directly asked Old Kled to adjust the entire Foley family to a quasi-war state, and while transferring some assets, he recruited troops on a large scale to expand the hunter team.

Of course he did not give up the idea of ​​continuing to grab resources from the Ministry of Magic.

For some things Fudge was unwilling to give, then Link planned to get it himself.

"Mr. Crouch, would you please come with me?"

After the welcome party, Link spoke softly to Old Barty, and then retreated Emily, Cedric and others who wanted to accompany him back to the Hufflepuff Lounge, and went directly to the responsive room.

After the two of them formally entered the responsive room that had been turned into a living room mode, the polite smirk that had been hanging on his face finally disappeared.

He said with a gloomy expression:

"It seems that your plan with Dumbledore has failed. The man who can't even mention his name has been resurrected, and judging from the intensity of the attack that day, his power seems to have risen to a higher level than it was thirteen years ago. What about my son? Did you not kill that little beast? This is an agreement between me and you, and I made an'unbreakable oath'!"

"Yeah, that's right. Voldemort has been resurrected, and another mysterious organization has appeared behind him. Whether it is an individual combat force or a force, it is not inferior to Voldemort and the old Death Eaters. To a certain extent, they It's also considered a strong alliance." Link said to himself while pouring coffee to himself, "Your great filial son is indeed not dead. In fact, he is very appreciated by Voldemort. This time he is very good at resurrecting Voldemort. The status of the Death Eaters is estimated to be even higher.

Of course, these are not important. The most important thing now is that the real Minister of Magic that day still had beautiful illusions about Voldemort's resurrection. He ran over to have a big fight with Dumbledore and me the other day, and now he has completely torn his face. "

Hearing that the old Batty nodded, his face did not show any unexpected expression.

In fact, even if they didn't witness the quarrel with their own eyes, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the relationship between Fudge and Hogwarts was very bad recently.

The most notable point is reflected in the Daily Prophet.

A few days earlier, the Daily Prophet had a very high evaluation of Hogwarts’ response measures this time. In particular, Link’s own experience that night was even more hyped, and he was directly hailed as the best young wizard of the century. , Crowned with countless honors, can't wait to win the altar directly.

In the past two days, the words of the Daily Prophet suddenly reversed without any warning.

They began to criticize Dumbledore's shortcomings in this incident, began to report parents' grievances towards Hogwarts, and never mentioned Link's name again.

This is actually a very smart move, because it can not only retaliate against Dumbledore and Link, but also transfer the firepower that should have been on the Ministry of Magic to Dumbledore and Hogwarts.

After all, Dumbledore's name was much bigger than Fudge.

This used to make Fudge restless, but at this time, it was a great thing.

If the old fritters like Old Batty still don't see anything, then he doesn't need to mix it up.

Closing his eyes and rubbing his temples a little, Old Barty asked a little tired:

"Then what are you going to do next? I believe that since you called me here, you must have already figured out a countermeasure, right?"

Link didn't answer the old Barty right away.

He laid down on the sofa in a very leisurely manner, shook his teacup and then smiled mysteriously at Old Barty:

"Mr. Crouch, do you want to be Minister of Magic?"

"Ok?!"

Old Barty's pupils suddenly shrank when he heard the words, and looked at Link in astonishment.

...

It took a full half an hour for the old Barty to leave the responsive room alone.

Not many people knew exactly what Link had talked about with him.

But compared with the lifeless and weak person before, the old Barty at this moment seems to be more than ten years younger, and the whole person is exuding a kind of self-confidence and passion.

This is easy to understand, after all, power is a man's medicine!

That's the Minister of Magic!

As early as more than ten years ago, the old Batty had launched a charge to this position, but unfortunately because of the little fault of the little Batty, he was driven into the quagmire by his competitors.

Until now, he has nothing.

Every night in the past, he wondered whether things would be different if he had become Minister of Magic.

After so long gestation, the position of Minister of Magic can be said to have become an obsession, a dream of Old Barty.

Now, Link personally put this opportunity to realize his dream to the old Barty.

As long as there is the support of the Foley family, his old Batty dare to go up and fight again!

How can you call the old Barty not excited?

With high strides, the old Batty gradually left Hogwarts Castle in the sunset.

But Link in the responsive room was still shaking the teacup gently, observing the swirling tea inside with great interest.

Emily suddenly came out from behind the wall. She stood behind Link and rubbed Link's earlobe with her hand, and asked while looking at the direction where Old Barty was leaving:

"Do you really think he can be Minister of Magic?"

"How can it be?"

Link said with a sneer, which also confused Emily, frowning:

"Then you still said you want to invest in him?"

"The so-called Minister of Magic is just an excuse, so that he can take the lead in the charge and try to bite us as much fat as possible from the Ministry of Magic." Link explained, "As for the Minister of Magic, in this situation. , It’s impossible for him. Even if he has a chance to become one, I will not allow it!"

Emily is not the kind of girl like Hermione who doesn't hear things outside the window and only reads the sages' books. Just listening to Link's explanation, she instantly understood Link's general thoughts.

It's just that this doesn't make her completely relieved, she frowned and continued:

"Are you sure?"

"This is not too difficult to operate, just wait for an opportunity..." Link said slowly, but reached out and grabbed Emily's hand in the middle of the talk, "Of course, for me now. Said that there is one more important thing to do."

"What is it?"

Emily seemed to have guessed something, her voice became a little twisted, and a flush of blush appeared on her face.

"Of course it was our engagement ceremony! After this holiday, the contract between my mother and your father expired!"

As Link spoke, he smirked and pulled Emily into his arms.

The blush on Emily's face has spread to the roots of her ears, and she screamed for a moment when she was pulled like this, but she did not show any substantial resistance.

For a time, the whole responsive room was filled with laughter.

...

It wasn't until it was completely dark that Link and Emily walked out of the responsive room together and went directly to the auditorium.

Today is the school leaving dinner, Dumbledore repeatedly emphasized that he will announce a very important thing, all students must be present.

When the two of them walked into the auditorium, they noticed at a glance that all the usual decorations were gone, and it was not replaced by the flag of the Academy Cup winners of previous years, but a large black curtain.

If this is usual, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction with the Victory Academy, but this year, no one jumped out against it.

Because everyone knows that this is the memory of the casualties in the previous attack.

Link and Emily were still late for a while because of the delay in the responsive room for too long.

Professor Sprout was very anxious in the crowded auditorium. He hesitated to find Link, but when Link and Emily appeared in front of her hand in hand, she found that there was still a little blush on Emily’s face. Later, the anger on her face was instantly replaced by a meaningful smile.

She greeted him with a gesture of great enthusiasm of ‘the pigs raised at home finally reached the cabbage’, and even invited Emily and Link to sit at Hufflepuff’s long table.

This scared Emily away directly, and the red cloud on her face was even more lost, with a tendency to spread further to her neck.

But in fact, because of the existence of the contract, she and Link didn't actually do too much anything out of the ordinary.

Of course Link won't explain more about this.

With his head held up high, he naturally walked into the laughing team under the leadership of Professor Sprout, and even thought about laughing and cursing with Cedric, John and others.

At this moment, Dumbledore suddenly stood up from the faculty seat.

This instantly made the auditorium, which was much quieter than the school leaving banquet in previous years, become quieter.

"It's another year," Dumbledore said quietly, "it's over."

Dumbledore stopped talking and set his sights on Ravenclaw's long table.

In the previous attack, Ravenclaw College suffered the most serious damage. Among them, a 6th-grade boy was hit by a blow arrow while assisting the professor to guide the retreat of the lower-grade students. He was finally injured three days ago He died and unfortunately passed away.

This also makes the faces at the Ravenclaw table tonight look extraordinarily pale and sad.

The sentimental Professor Flivy even sobbed early.

"I have a lot to say to everyone tonight," Dumbledore finally continued to speak, and at the same time an indescribable magical power radiated from his body, slowly spreading to the entire auditorium." But first I have to declare with great pain that we have lost a good friend. He should have been sitting here and enjoying this dinner with us. I hope everyone will stand up and raise their glasses to pay tribute to Michael Thomley! "

In the sound of a piece of stool moving, everyone stood up and raised their goblet in a deep and thick voice:

"To Michael Tony!"

The sound of toasting was mixed with a sob.

To be honest, many people present had not even heard of this name before today, but under the current atmosphere, everyone still couldn't help but empathize for his death.

Link in Hufflepuff's team was also a little bit emotional. He sighed and lightly hammered Cedric, whose eyes were flushed in front of him, and said:

"You should really thank me!"

Cedric, who was still immersed in the sad atmosphere specially created by Dumbledore, looked a little dazed, and asked in a daze:

"Huh? Why?"

why? If it weren't for me, you should be the object of silence now!

Today’s school leaving dinner will also become your memorial service!

Link murmured ~lightnovelpub.net~ but he didn't say anything. He just glanced at Cedric for nothing, making Cedric even more inexplicable.

Dumbledore on the stage obviously did not notice Link's little movement. He waited for a while and continued:

"The people who made sacrifices because of this attack are not only Michael Tonley, but also our warriors Link and Harry, as well as everyone in the room! We all felt this attack. Bone pain!

I think that you, as victims, have the right to know what this is all about. "

Dumbledore's tone was extremely calm, but the students in the audience were agitated to fry the pot when they heard the words, chattering and roaring to know the truth.

In this almost hot atmosphere, Dumbledore declared with a serious expression:

"The one who actually planned and carried out this attack was Voldemort."