#174 - Lobbyist (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

Umbridge's face changed rapidly, initially beaming with smiles, then instantly turning stern and sharp, staring directly at Anduin, as if trying to find some nervousness and fear on his face.

But Anduin clearly didn't give her the chance, still appearing indifferent, gently placing the glass in his hand down, and lightly responding.

"Oh?"

"Not bad!" Umbridge walked to the sofa opposite Anduin and sat down directly, raising her chin and saying pretentiously, "Early this morning, two hours ago, you were involved in a械斗 (xiè dòu,械斗 is translated as 'brawl' later in the text, maintaining consistency) with someone in Regent's Park, two miles away from Diagon Alley, I'm not wrong, am I."

"So?" Anduin was curious what Umbridge would say.

"There is no 'so what'? Don't you know you've gotten yourself into big trouble? You have seriously violated the Statute of Secrecy. The 'Reasonable Restriction on Juvenile Wizards Act' has strict regulations prohibiting underage wizards from using magic outside of school," Umbridge threatened Anduin condescendingly.

Anduin raised his eyebrows, did this idiot really think of him as a child, or was she bullying him for not understanding the Statute of Secrecy, using such a low-level method to scare people? Was she going to say next that if he wanted to settle things, he would have to cooperate with her?

Umbridge didn't know what Anduin was thinking and said to herself, "Do you know that the law strictly stipulates that deliberately and knowingly using magic in Muggle residential areas is a crime? You are no longer simply casting spells outside of school without reason, you are suspected of deliberately using dangerous spells, this is a serious crime!"

She deleted the phrase 'casting spells in front of Muggles', what clumsy acting, how could they send such a person to be a lobbyist, Anduin's thoughts gradually drifted away.

At this time, Umbridge stared sharply at Anduin, performing a half-threatening, half-comforting act, "Your situation is not easy to handle, if the Wizengamot finds you guilty, you will have to be locked up in Azkaban, but you are lucky to have met me, with my help you will definitely be able to get through this difficult time smoothly, as long as you don't admit that those people were attacking you, I can plead with them for you, and say that you weren't actually among the spellcasters that day, so you don't have to..."

"Pfft..." Anduin endured for a long time, but couldn't help but laugh, mainly because this old woman's performance was too hilarious.

When Umbridge saw Anduin laughing so unscrupulously, she couldn't help but feel angry, stood up angrily, her expression twisted, looking like a尖酸刻薄 (jiān suān kè bó, 'acrimonious and mean') shrew, and shouted in a shrill voice, "Mr. Wilson, I came here with good intentions to help you solve your troubles, but I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful!"

"Heh." Anduin sneered, then brushed aside his coat, revealing the Medal of Valor pinned to his chest, "I think you are the one who is ungrateful, actually running here to try to coax someone who once assisted the Ministry of Magic in capturing Death Eaters and won the Silver Medal of Valor. Casting spells outside of school? Believe it or not, I will cast a spell in front of you right now and beat you up, and Minister Bagnold will still give me an award?"

Then Anduin stood up with a bang, staring at Umbridge with a ferocious look, his whole body surging with magic, squeezing the furniture in the room, making it creak.

Umbridge only felt enveloped by a huge force, making it difficult for her to breathe, and suddenly felt nervous, why didn't this kid play by the rules, starting to attack without saying a word.

But she still shouted stubbornly, "How dare you... how dare you attack a Ministry of Magic official!"

Anduin completely ignored the other party's clamor, his powerful magic gently lifted Umbridge, who was trying to struggle, and brought her in front of him.

Then he smiled and said, "Ms. Umbridge, I don't want to waste any more time, tell Yulia, 100,000 Galleons, and I can stop pursuing the impolite behavior of their Travers family, and I can also help her settle this matter."

When Umbridge heard Anduin's words, her face changed drastically, sometimes surprised, sometimes annoyed, how did he know that this was related to the Travers family? How could he be so sure that Yulia sent her? And he dared to ask for 100,000 Galleons.

Anduin ignored Umbridge's rich facial expressions and continued, "Or you can let her try other methods, such as secretly killing Torkil to silence him, oh, maybe she has already tried it, presumably you should have discovered that you can't get past Moody's guard, so you came to me."

After saying that, he threw Umbridge forward, throwing her heavily to the ground, then slowly sat down and continued to leisurely taste the drink in his cup.

"Oh, by the way." Anduin took a sip of the refreshing drink and sneered, "Remember to remind her, the 'key' is with me!"

Umbridge struggled to get up from the ground, glared at Anduin with a resentful expression, and then fled the room in a panic.

After dismissing Umbridge, Anduin sat back on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest, but this time he didn't have to wait too long, and soon there was another knock on the door.

Then an elegant woman walked in, with long, light golden hair, well-maintained, and you couldn't tell that she was a mother.

When Yulia heard the message Umbridge gave her, she was greatly shocked, the key? What key was he referring to, could it be? Impossible, that key was hidden so secretly, and it didn't match the location of the incident.

Originally, she thought that her little brother-in-law had really run to attack Anduin, and as a result, he had screwed himself over. Now, it was basically impossible to help him get rid of the crime. He was arrested on the spot, and even a slight mishandling would shake the status of the entire family.

In fact, after discovering that Torkil had been caught, Yulia, who felt overwhelmed, was thinking about how to resolve this crisis. Torkil knew many of the family's core secrets, but fortunately, she had cast a mental protection spell on him before, so there should be no problem.

However, the fact that the Travers family had been secretly supporting the Dark Lord had not been sealed, so the most urgent thing at the moment was to contact Torkil and put pressure on the Aurors to prevent them from using Veritaserum, or if it was really impossible, find a way to kill him and then push all the blame onto Torkil alone.

But after many attempts, she found that Torkil was being protected too tightly. That Moody, who wouldn't listen to reason, was actually personally responsible for guarding him, and now she couldn't even figure out the situation.

Since there was no way to break through on Torkil's side, Yulia had no choice but to send someone to try to contact Anduin.