Chapter 335 Self-exposure
After Fudge clearly expressed his refusal to acknowledge Voldemort's return, he glanced at the people in the infirmary and said slowly:
"Dumbledore, I have to go back to the Ministry of Magic first. Let's make an appointment to talk tomorrow!"
After saying this, he turned and walked away, but stopped at the door.
As if he had thought of something, he strode to Wright's side and said to Harry:
"This is the prize money for the Triwizard Tournament. You guys decide how to divide it up!"
As Fudge spoke, he took out a bag of gold coins from his pocket and threw it on the bed where Harry was lying:
"There should have been an award ceremony for one thousand gold galleons, but under the current circumstances..."
After saying this, he glanced once more at the people who were clearly on the opposing side, then turned and walked out of the room.
When everyone was silent, Old Barty suddenly asked Sirius:
"Black, I once again invite you and Lupin to come work for me at the Ministry of Magic!"
"As long as it can strike a blow against Voldemort and the Death Eaters, I don't mind you both serving the Order of the Phoenix at the same time."
"We need to concentrate all our efforts to deal with the upcoming changes."
Old Barty's voice was extremely loud, as if he was speaking not only to Sirius.
Seeing that Sirius was obviously a little moved, but his eyes kept looking over at him, Dumbledore said directly:
"Promise him! Sirius, we need to unite all the forces we can now."
"As for Remus, I also hope you can go and convince him."
"After all, the Order of the Phoenix is only the final plan now."
After getting Dumbledore's consent, Sirius almost immediately agreed to old Barty's invitation.
After seeing the two of them finalize the agreement to come and go freely, Wright, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:
"Sirius, since you have decided to join both the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic, I will give this to you in advance."
As soon as he finished speaking, three silver cylinders appeared out of thin air in front of Sirius.
"Is this a 'Spirit Bird'?! Or three of them!?"
Sirius asked doubtfully as he put all the spirit birds into his pocket.
"Of course. There are also portions for Regulus and Lupin. Please give them to them!"
"no problem!"
Sirius grinned, looking like he had me covered.
At this time, Old Barty suddenly asked Sirius:
"Is this the thing that Regulus used when he was on a mission?"
"Almost. His is the basic version! And this one is the enhanced version."
After getting Wright's consent, Sirius began to introduce it like a salesman.
Old Batty, who got the 'Spirit Bird' earlier than Sirius, asked Wright in a gentle tone after listening to the introduction:
"Can you provide us with this alchemical tool?"
"In order to cope with the upcoming changes, we also need to increase our combat effectiveness."
"Of course, we will go through the Ministry of Magic and purchase at the 'most reasonable' price."
"That's fine, of course!"
With the two of them singing in unison, the "Flying Bird" and "Spirit Bird" that Wright had previously handed over to old Batty were cleaned up.
Afterwards, Old Barty and Dumbledore whispered a few words to each other, reached some secret agreements, and then said goodbye and left.
After bidding farewell to Old Barty, Dumbledore turned to look at Snape, who had a look on his face:
"Severus, help me get Hagrid and Madame Maxime to the office now."
"I have some things that I need to ask them to handle for me."
Snape didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly to show that he understood.
After seeing his agreement, Dumbledore turned to look at Sirius who was happily playing with the 'Spirit Bird':
"Sirius, when you leave school, I want you to take a letter for me to Arthur and my old friends."
"I still have some things that I need their help with!"
Sirius, who was getting familiar with the 'spiritual bird', heard Dumbledore's call and responded quickly:
"Of course no problem, I will do whatever you expect."
"Humph!!"
Snape snorted coldly when he heard this, as if he was very dissatisfied that his job was easier than Sirius's.
Sirius, who had originally happily agreed to Dumbledore's request, immediately changed his expression after hearing Snape's voice:
"What do you mean, Snotlout!"
"If you're not happy that Dumbledore values me more, you should work harder!"
"What I'm going to do requires a lot of technical skills!"
"It's totally unlike someone who can only run errands and do unskilled work."
Snape looked at Sirius with a cold face, who also had a look of disgust on his face, and his voice was also full of disgust and contempt.
Looking at the two people competing against each other, Wright was complaining madly in his heart:
"Are you two some kind of office slaves? There's nothing to fight about when it comes to work!"
Dumbledore walked between the two people who were confronting each other and said slowly:
"Sirius, Severus!"
"Both of you are my good partners. I hope you can cooperate sincerely."
When Wright saw this scene, he wanted to eat some watermelon or melon seeds.
Sirius and Snape both looked away with disgust, looking as if they were forced to do so.
Dumbledore looked at the two naughty kids who were already in their thirties or forties, and there was a rare hint of impatience in his tone:
"Voldemort has returned, and is hiding in the shadows to regain his strength, while the main force at the Ministry of Magic is in denial."
"We are now at a disadvantage, and I hope you can recognize this reality."
"If we can't unite, we will all die in despair."
Under Dumbledore's constant persuasion, the two reluctantly walked together and shook hands, but quickly let go.
The disgust and hatred hidden in the eyes of both sides did not diminish in the slightest, but were simply forcibly suppressed.
"That's it for now!"
Dumbledore forcibly separated the two middle-aged men who were hostile to each other, and said helplessly:
"Severus, go and help me invite Hagrid and Maxime to my office now."
"Ok!"
Snape looked at Sirius again with hatred, then turned to Wright who was happily eating melon and said:
"Ragus, come out with me for a moment. I have something to ask you."
Dumbledore forced Sirius to duel with Snape.
Although Light was puzzled as to why Snape suddenly called him.
But after calming down the nervous Harry and the angry Sirius, he followed Snape out of the infirmary.
Snape was walking in the corridor of the castle, and without turning his head, he asked Wright who was rushing over:
"Wright, what role do you play in the plan to resurrect the Dark Lord?"
Wright did not panic after hearing this. He followed Snape and said vaguely:
"In a sense, I was the mastermind behind all this!"
