Chapter 401

Burnt out – that's how Fudge feels right now.

From the beginning of Sirius's escape from prison - well, along with Peter, who later also disappeared from Azkaban, these things have been dealt with, and the pages have been turned, as long as the people no longer pay attention to this matter, Fudge thinks that it has been dealt with, and he doesn't care if Sirius was wronged or not, and he doesn't care if Peter is the real murderer, as long as no one bothers him for this.

But then at the Quidditch World Cup in the same year, there was another big mess - the Dark Mark. Fudge hadn't seen the damn mark in more than a decade, but now that he saw it again, it was at that time that Fudge understood that something was out of his control—in fact, he couldn't control anything. He couldn't even control his colleagues in the Ministry of Magic, let alone the others.

The matter of the Dark Devil Mark is still being investigated, and before the results come out, another thing is spread out in front of Fudge: Crouch is missing, in fact, not only Crouch is missing, but there is also a witch missing, but Fudge doesn't remember her name, and Fudge doesn't care about this witch's matter, because the people don't care about it. But Crouch's affairs are different, as the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Crouch's every move will attract a lot of attention, which is completely impossible to hide, Fudge can only ask the Aurors to send people to find Crouch - although Fudge can't wait for Crouch to die in which corner. But Crouch appears at Hogwarts, where the Triwizard Tournament is taking place, and with it comes the huge, unbearable news that Fudge can't bear: he has escaped from Voldemort.

When Fudge learned the news, the Triwizard Tournament was already in the final event, and just as Fudge was in the stands, ready to have a good chat with Dumbledore when it was over, another worse news came: Voldemort had been resurrected......

Fudge understood...... He knew very well in his heart that Voldemort was not dead, but he never thought that Voldemort's return would be during his tenure. He could tolerate the "small gestures" of the Dark Mark, and he could turn a blind eye to the Death Eaters who were still at large, because Fudge understood, and anyone knew: as long as Voldemort didn't come back, nothing could happen to them.

But now it's different, Voldemort is really back.

Fudge was very resistant to acknowledging the fact that after Voldemort's return, it was clear to everyone what would happen to the wizarding world. Fudge admits that the so-called "truths" that Dumbledore has shown him may be true, but it is precisely this that makes him want to flee - admit that the consequences of Voldemort's return are so serious that Fudge can imagine that if he loses control of the situation, he will soon be ousted.

Can you control the situation?" Fudge laughed to himself, he couldn't even control the heads of several departments within the Ministry of Magic, what else could he talk about controlling the situation. Before Crouch had an accident, he was doing some small things openly and secretly. Although the woman in the Bones family usually looked businesslike, Fudge knew that it was Dumbledore's man.

Who can you use?

Scrimgeour has always been at odds with himself, and although he won't stumble on himself as an Auror at work, don't think that guy with a tendon in his brain can stand with him. No one in the powerful department within the Ministry of Magic is of the same mind as themselves, and Fudge, the minister of the Ministry of Magic, is very tired.

And now—Fudge doesn't even bother to look at the pile of reports on his desk. Something happened to Harry Potter again, he was attacked by Dementors!

Fudge didn't bother to think about why the Dementors were there, and Dumbledore and the Selwyn kid had already made it clear: Voldemort had returned, and his next move was to rescue the men imprisoned in Azkaban. If the attack on Harry Potter is true, then it means that the Dementors guarding Azkaban are out of control - this is absolutely unacceptable to Fudge, and once the news of the Dementors guarding Azkaban is out of control is revealed, then Fudge can imagine what will greet him - the overwhelming roaring letters will drown him in the office.

Fudge tried to hide the attack on Harry, but the people in the Office of Misuse of Magic were too fast, and when Fudge received the news, they had already sent the letter, the same letter that said they were going to fire Harry.

Harry Potter is a big celebrity in the wizarding world, if he is expelled, just because of such a trivial matter as casting spells outside the school that does not cause serious impact, Fudge can be scolded to death by the people. The matter could no longer be suppressed, and many people in the Ministry of Magic were concerned about it, and it was too late for Fudge to suppress it.

Fudge didn't want to waste his energy thinking about the hearing anymore, and his mind was now full of one person, one woman—Dolores Umbridge.

It's not that there's anything more about Fudge and Umbridge than friendship. Fudge thinks she knows this woman: she has no background, she has just entered the Ministry of Magic, the claim that she has Selwyn blood is considered nonsense by everyone, she has no outstanding personal strength, and the only thing she can make Fudge look at is her obedience to those in high positions. This is also an important reason why Fudge promoted Umbridge, when the wizarding world was relatively peaceful, Umbridge was a very useful person, and a very obedient person, but recently she has begun to change.

Fudge can feel that Umbridge is gradually no longer looking at her as a minister, she is beginning to have her own ideas, Fudge is not sure if someone has contacted her, gave her some kind of commitment, recently Senior Deputy Minister Ms. Umbridge has begun to contact some people frequently, this Harry Potter matter is also a decision made by this woman without authorization, Fudge feels that his position as minister may not be done for long......

Sometimes when you think about it, Fudge himself finds it ridiculous. He is a minister of magic, and there are few people under him who can be used - Umbridge, the woman he has single-handedly promoted, has been out of his control, and Kingsley Shackle, who he has always been optimistic about and is his right-hand man, only recently learned that he was Dumbledore's man......

Fudge now understands that Dumbledore really has no other thoughts, but the woman he pulls out with his own hands, her problem is very big, but Fudge also understands that there is nothing to do now, and it is unknown how many days he can stay in this position as a minister.