Chapter 241: Agus's Provocation
"Professor McGonagall, Hagrid? And... Minister Fudge!"
"How come they are here!"
Harry was not wearing the invisibility cloak at this time, and was walking with Ron openly.
He panicked when he saw Professor McGonagall.
He hurriedly put on the invisibility cloak, fearing that Professor McGonagall would see him.
Fortunately, Professor McGonagall was greeting Minister Fudge and had no time to deal with the surroundings.
"Professor McGonagall!"
"Cornelly! And... Mr. Mitchell!"
Hagrid stopped the car that Alan and Fudge were sitting in, patted the snow off himself, and motioned them to get out.
"Thank you for leading the way, Mr. Hagrid!"
Alan took off his hat and made Hagrid at a loss.
"Oh, Rosmerta! Honey, business is good!"
After getting out of the car, Fudge greeted the owner of the Three Broomsticks Bar enthusiastically.
Unfortunately, Rosmerta didn't buy his trick at all: "If you, Minister, don't let the Dementors come to check every other day, my business will be much better!"
"We...we have a murderer on the run!"
"Oh. Yes! A murderer is on the run! You searched Hogsmeade for more than a month and didn't find any trace of him! Right!"
"Are you so sure that he must be hiding in Hogsmeade Village!"
Rosmerta was furious and shouted at the top of her voice.
She didn't care that Fudge was the Minister of Magic at all.
"Harry Potter!"
Fudge leaned close to Rosmerta's ear and said quickly.
"Harry Potter?"
As soon as Rosmerta's doubtful words came out, she was stopped by Allen, Fudge, and Professor McGonagall.
They pushed and pulled her into the bar.
"It's you...Harry!"
Ron, who was hiding behind the house not far away, was about to remind Harry, but when he turned around, he found that there was no one beside him.
He looked down again and saw a row of footprints rushing into the bar.
Ron hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and followed.
"Underage wizards are not allowed to enter today!"
"Close the door!"
The skull hanging at the door suddenly spoke, and Ron hurriedly closed the door and left.
Harry was the only one wearing an invisibility cloak and lurking in the bar.
There were very few people inside, and only a few tables were occupied.
Harry searched all the way until he came to a room upstairs, where he saw Professor McGonagall and others.
"Now, should you tell me what happened?"
"What exactly are Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic going to do!"
After closing the door, Rosmerta asked Professor McGonagall.
"Wait a minute, Albus will be here soon."
As soon as Professor McGonagall finished speaking, Dumbledore knocked on the door and walked in.
Dumbledore's appearance made Harry nervous instantly.
He had only heard his name, and remembered the instructions Arthur Weasley had given him before.
So he wanted to listen to see if there was any specific information.
Unexpectedly, Dumbledore and the Minister of Magic would be attracted at the same time!
While he was in a daze, Dumbledore had already greeted Fudge.
"You can talk now!" Rosmerta showed a bit of impatience on her face.
Professor McGonagall was about to speak, but was interrupted by Allen.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Rosmerta, please wait a moment."
"The Ministry of Magic has another invited guest who hasn't arrived yet."
Professor McGonagall looked puzzled, and Harry, hiding in the corner, was also confused.
He couldn't figure out who else in the magic world would be qualified to make the Minister of Magic and Dumbledore wait for him at the same time.
Creak!
A figure that Harry was very familiar with appeared in the room.
Argus smiled apologetically into the room.
"I'm sorry, I wasted a little time to avoid others."
"Mr. Grindelwald? I should have guessed it was you!"
Professor McGonagall shook her head and smiled.
Only saints are qualified to make Fudge wait obediently and provide help to the Ministry of Magic.
Dumbledore smiled at Argus as if he had expected it.
The scene of Fudge and Argus greeting each other warmly made Harry feel uncomfortable again.
They were both in the third grade, so why could he talk freely with the headmaster and the Minister of Magic?
He even participated in something related to me, but I had to hide it from him!
Argus's eyes quietly scanned the surroundings the moment he entered the room.
He knew that in the original book, Harry was hiding here wearing an invisibility cloak.
When he left the school for Hogsmeade, he also paid special attention to Harry's movements in the school.
After confirming that Harry was taken away by the Weasley twins, he rushed to Hogsmeade.
"I just don't know if Dumbledore noticed it."
"But it seems that the effect of Harry's invisibility cloak is indeed different from that of ordinary invisibility cloaks."
"At least Snape and Professor McGonagall didn't notice it."
Argus thought to himself, and Professor McGonagall had already begun to introduce the details to Rosmerta.
"Many years ago, Harry Potter's parents knew they were being hunted... You should have an impression, right?"
Rosmerta nodded: "Oh, I remember this, it seems that there are only a few people who know where they are hiding."
"Yes, Sirius Black is one of the few! But he, told that person."
"That night, Black took that person to Harry's house and killed their friend, Peter Pettigrew."
"Peter Pettigrew?" Rosmerta seemed to have a hard time remembering who this person was.
"It's the chubby boy who often follows Black and James."
"Oh, I remember! The four of them were always together, and the other one was... who was it..."
When they were talking, they didn't realize that Harry was shaking with excitement and anger inside the invisibility cloak.
He clenched his fists to prevent himself from making any sound.
"Lupin! The last person was Professor Lupin. If I remember correctly, Sirius Black was also Harry's godfather." Argus added, but Harry couldn't bear it anymore.
His eyes were red!
His fists were almost bleeding!
His hatred for Sirius was almost extreme!
If Sirius was just Voldemort's subordinate, or an ordinary friend of his father, he might not be like this.
But the other party was the person his parents trusted the most! Even... his godfather!
This made Harry completely unacceptable.
"I have always been a little confused about what happened back then." Argus looked at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.
"Shouldn't Sirius Black, Harry's father James, Peter Pettigrew, and Professor Lupin be together?"
"When Harry's parents had such a big accident, where was Professor Lupin, who was their good friend?"
When Harry heard this, he looked eagerly at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.
Yes, Lupin was a good friend of his parents, so where was he when his father was in trouble?
Why didn't he show up from beginning to end.
Professor McGonagall shook her head, indicating that she didn't know about this matter.
Everyone looked at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore was silent for a moment: "This matter is a bit complicated, so don't waste time now."
"Let's discuss how to deal with Sirius as soon as possible."
Aggs smiled.
It doesn't matter whether you know the answer or not, as long as Harry plants the seeds of doubt about Dumbledore and Lupin in his heart.
