So, it's impossible to continue investigating through the Mirror of Erised?"
"That's not the case. Please help me with the most complete book."
Dumbledore frowned and thought for a while, "Give me a few days, I will go find an old friend, he may be able to tell me something."
"Okay~"
...
It was more than an hour later when Edward saw Audrey.
After the Battle of Hogwarts, Audrey joined the rescue operation again, mainly responsible for comforting those whose happiness had been sucked away by Dementors and who had fallen into decadence and despair.
Lilith and Susie stood on either side of her, still performing security duties conscientiously.
Seeing Edward coming, Lilith's eyes lit up, and she quickly ran over and jumped into his arms: "Edward, Miss Lilith has always been protecting Audrey well~ She has never left for a moment."
"Lilith is awesome~ Susie is awesome too!"
Edward took out a small dried fish to feed her, and gave Susie a dried chicken, trying to be impartial.
Susie held the dried chicken in her mouth and glanced at Edward curiously.
"How's it going over there? Have you caught Voldemort?"
Edward shook his head: "The situation is quite complicated, I will explain it in detail later."
"good."
Audrey comforted the wizard leaning against the wall several times, and the wizard's face gradually recovered. Then he breathed a sigh of relief: "The last one, let's go."
The two walked back to the castle side by side, and Edward told her what had just happened along the way - of course, except for the part that he had returned via a time converter.
As for going back to the past, the fewer people who know about it, the better.
"So, Voldemort has most likely reached the abode of the gods that Slytherin mentioned?"
Audrey was stunned. "So when he appears next time, will he really become a god?"
"have no idea."
He had just discussed this issue with Dumbledore and Grindelwald, but unfortunately they could not come to a useful conclusion. After all, there is too little real information about gods in this world.
But at least nothing had changed since I came back from there. On the contrary, I couldn't remember anything.
"All we can do now is to improve the sequence as quickly as possible and become stronger, so that even if Voldemort comes back one day, we will not be helpless."
"Um."
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Hogwarts returned to peace. Thanks to the repair spell, everything seemed as if nothing had happened.
The children, who had been held captive for two days, did not show their usual liveliness and happiness after regaining their freedom. After all, they had just been kidnapped by Death Eaters not long ago. Although most of them were not hurt, they still had some psychological trauma.
To this end, Dumbledore announced at dinner that the restrictions on Hogsmeade would be temporarily lifted - anyone could go there at any time in the next week.
This finally brought smiles back to the children's faces.
...
Hogwarts Hospital Wing.
Harry lay back on the familiar hospital bed. Ron was beside him, talking excitedly about his plan to go to Hogsmeade for a good time tomorrow. "Hey, wait until George and Fred come back. I'll see how they'll brag to me later."
Hermione then said faintly, "But I heard that all the fun in Hogsmeade is based on spending money. Ron, are you sure you have money?"
Ron glared at him immediately: "Hey, Hermione! Do you have to be such a spoiler?"
"I'm just worried that the greater your hopes, the greater your disappointment."
"Thank you for your concern!" Ron muttered, "My parents are at Hogwarts. At worst... I can ask them for some."
"hehe."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Harry hurriedly persuaded them, "No matter what, it's better than me lying here, right? Hey, I told Madam Pomfret that I'm fine after having diarrhea, but she insisted that I lie here and wait for observation."
"Of course Harry, you swallowed the Philosopher's Stone, a dangerous alchemical item!"
Ron immediately said: "The Philosopher's Stone is not dangerous. Maybe Harry can gain a long life from it, or even turn stones into gold..咸`鱼￠墈￠书,王- *追-嶵\欣/璋+洁?"
Edward and Audrey walked in at this time, followed by a large black dog.
"Good evening, Harry, Hermione, and Ron."
"Good evening."
The three little ones also hurriedly greeted them, and then cast their curious eyes towards the big black dog.
"Is it your new pet?"
Edward shook his head and smiled, "Oh, of course not."
He did not keep the audience in suspense, but took a step back and introduced:
"Harry, he's my Christmas present to you, Sirius."
In fact, Edward originally planned to wait until Christmas to bring Sirius to meet Harry, but now the situation has been decided, Sirius is no longer willing to wait patiently. Even if Edward does not bring him here, he will definitely sneak over quietly.
"Why?"
The three little ones were also surprised. Harry's eyes widened with confusion: "Give me... a dog? But I already have Hedwig..."
He immediately reacted and said in shock: "No, didn't you say last time... that he was my godfather? So, my godfather is a dog?!"
Hermione was the first to react, "Animagus! It's Animagus, right?"
"What is that?"
The two poor students looked confused.
Hermione almost answered quickly, "It's an advanced application of Transfiguration, which allows wizards to freely transform between human and animal forms. Have you forgotten? Professor McGonagall can turn into a tabby cat, so this black dog must also be a human, right? Oh! Godfather, Harry, you actually have a godfather?"
"One point for Gryffindor."
Edward gave Hermione a thumbs up, "Sirius, are you not going to change back?"
The big black dog's body quickly twisted and grew larger, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a man with disheveled hair and untidy beard. Compared to the last time they met, Sirius had not changed much overall except for changing into new clothes.
He looked at Harry a little uneasy: "Good evening, Harry... I'm Sirius. You, you should have heard Edward mention me."
"I'm one of your dad's best friends and your godfather."
"Oh, you look... so much like your father."
Harry was a little confused for a moment, not knowing how to deal with this sudden godfather.
Audrey said at this time: "Okay Hermione Ron, I think we should spend some time with this father and son who finally met each other."
Hermione and Ron reacted immediately, "Then we'll go back first. Good night, Harry."
The four of them walked out of the ward. Ron and Hermione said good night and were about to leave when Edward shouted:
"Ron."
"What's wrong, Edward...Professor."
Compared to Hermione and Harry, Ron's relationship with the two is obviously much more ordinary.
Edward took out a brand new wand and handed it to Ron: "Ron Weasley, this is given to you as a reward for your bravery and wisdom during the day."
Ron was surprised: "A new wand?" But he quickly realized, "No, I can't..."
"Don't worry, this is my reward to you on behalf of Hogwarts. It's also your Christmas present. Please accept it! In addition, you and Hermione have added 50 points to Gryffindor!"
His eyes suddenly lit up.
…
On the other hand, when Dumbledore came to the Ministry of Magic the next day with evidence of Fudge's collusion with goblins, he also officially announced Fudge's downfall.
In fact, he had anticipated this scene yesterday.
Because Dumbledore did not show up at the election site on time, according to the regulations he would be regarded as having given up the election. If no one else runs for the election, the position of minister will return to Fudge.
But after voting on the spot, more than 70% of the people agreed to suspend the campaign and wait for Dumbledore to arrive.
Fudge was furious on the spot, but it was of no use. Even Umbridge, who usually stood firmly by his side, was surprisingly quiet.
At that moment, Fudge finally realized that Dumbledore had long been the "uncrowned king" and that he was only one dispensable vote away from becoming the Minister of Magic.
Dumbledore values the election process in order to respect the rules.
And Fudge attached importance to the election process because he had developed illusions after gaining the support of the pure-blood family.
"Mr. Cornelius Fudge, I regret to announce that from now on you will no longer be the Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom. At the same time, you will be accused of colluding with goblins and Death Eaters to launch an unforgivable war. Your trial will be held in the first week after Christmas."
Scrimgeour announced the news to Fudge with a blank expression.
"etc!"
Fudge protested with a pale face: "I...I didn't collude with the Death Eaters, and I didn't start a war. I, I just helped the goblins and gained their support."
"But the fact is that at 10am yesterday, goblins and Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts."
Fudge collapsed in his chair in fear and powerlessness, and then watched the Aurors take down the sign on the door of the office that read "Minister of Magic: Cornelius Fudge".
He knew that he would most likely spend the next few days in Azkaban.
"No! Scrimgeour, Dumbledore, you can't do this to me!"
"I really don't know what the goblin is planning."
"I swear, I swear!"
Scrimgeour waved his hand. "Take Mr. Fudge away."
Soon, Fudge was dragged away by two Aurors, and Scrimgeour quickly walked into the Minister's office and began to rummage through the drawers.
...
At 7 o'clock in the evening, Edward came to the principal's office alone.
Dumbledore was sitting at his desk sorting through a thick pile of documents, while Grindelwald was sitting in a rocking chair by the fireplace, swaying as he studied a broken horn - the same one that the one-eyed old goblin had blown at that time.
Tsk, you two are not hiding anything from others now, right?
Look how angry all those principals on the wall are!
"Professor, do you have something to ask me?"