A few minutes later, they had arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

The office is crowded with people.

Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge sat behind his desk, rocking back and forth with excitement.

Behind him stood two tall strange wizard guards.

Dumbledore was currently sitting on a funny pink chair opposite Fudge.

This was obviously arranged deliberately by Fudge in order to humiliate Dumbledore, otherwise they could have met in the principal's office.

However, the faces of Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall who were standing aside did not show any signs of annoyance.

On the contrary, it felt a little peaceful.

However, when Michelle, Harry and others were escorted in.

Their expressions instantly became serious.

Because they also saw the bright red slap marks on Michelle's face.

Since some time had passed, half of Michelle's face was even a little swollen.

"Did you hit her?"

Dumbledore frowned and said seriously.

The two Aurors who were locked with his gaze seemed to be frightened.

Their bodies instantly tensed up, and then quietly turned their eyes to Umbridge.

As a result, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall naturally turned their unkind glances away.

"She was the one who spat at me first." Umbridge said subconsciously, and then she reacted, feeling a little embarrassed, and said with a pinched neck, "But that's obviously not important!"

Fudge also took the opportunity to take the lead and said:

"Yes, our focus today is to deal with this serious illegal act! Michelle Shafiq, I think you should know why you are here, right?"

Michelle raised her head stubbornly and said:

"have no idea!"

"You don't know why you are here?"

"Yes, I don't know."

"So, this is the first time you've heard," Fudge's tone began to fill with anger, "that an illegal student organization has been discovered in this school?"

"That's right!"

Michelle continued.

When she spoke, Harry and others also reacted, and they all looked innocent.

"Minister, I think," Umbridge said softly next to Michelle, "if I bring the whistleblower, maybe we can make faster progress."

"Yes, yes, go ahead."

Fudge nodded and said, then looked at Dumbledore and said, "Nothing can make a good witness, right, Dumbledore?"

Dumbledore's eyes still fell on the slap mark on Michelle's face, and he said in a low voice:

"That's right, Fudge."

Hearing this, Fudge was stunned for a moment.

This was the first time Dumbledore called him by his last name instead of his first name.

Obviously, this represents a change in Dumbledore's attitude towards him.

But Fudge recovered quickly and had a smile on his face.

Because this is considered normal.

After all, Dumbledore seemed to him to be at the end of his rope.

It is also appropriate for a dog to jump over the wall in a hurry.

Just when Fudge was secretly proud.

Umbridge walked into the office with a girl.

Michelle, Harry and others were surprised to find that the girl turned out to be Marietta!

"Don't panic, dear, don't be afraid." Umbridge patted Marietta's back gently and said softly, "You did it right. The minister is very satisfied with you. He will tell your mother that you

She is a good girl."

She looked at Fudge and continued, "Mr. Minister, Marietta's mother is Mrs. Acmore from the Floo Network Office of the Department of Magical Transportation - you know, she is helping us monitor the fireplace in Hogwarts."

"That's great! That's great!"

Fudge said excitedly, "Like mother, like daughter! You are all equally good, and I will reward you! Now, let's talk about it, what is going on?"

The promise given by the Minister of Magic himself seemed to give Marietta courage.

She raised her head with difficulty and said:

"That's right, Mr. Minister... I told Professor Umbridge that there is a magical room on the eighth floor called the Room of Requirement... Michelle and Harry organize us to meet there every week..."

"Shut up! You snitch!"

Hermione couldn't bear it any longer and roared, "I really regret that I listened to Michelle's advice and didn't let you sign the magical contract! Otherwise, you, the informer, would have had ugly scars on your face by now.

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Marietta was frightened and hid behind a large cupboard, refusing to come out no matter how hard Umbridge pulled.

Umbridge was a little annoyed, but she still forced a soft smile and said:

"Let me speak on her behalf next. In fact, Miss Shafik, Mr. Potter and others organized an illegal student organization and continued to teach members of the organization in the Room of Requirement to learn things that have been deemed unsuitable by the Ministry of Magic.

Too dangerous magic and curses for students!

The most important thing in this matter is that Miss Marietta also provided me with a list of members of the organization.

Mr. Minister, please take a good look at it and pay attention to the names they gave to their organizations on the list."

Umbridge handed a piece of parchment to Fudge's hand.

Fudge politely thanked Umbridge at first, but after seeing the words on the parchment clearly, he almost jumped up from his chair.

"Oh my God! Look what they named themselves? Dumbledore's Army!"

Fudge trembled and gritted his teeth and said, "So... Dumbledore, you organized all of this!"

"I organized it."

Dumbledore said very happily.

"You recruit these students to join... your army?" Fudge continued to ask.

Michelle became anxious when she saw this and said loudly:

"No! This matter has nothing to do with Professor Dumbledore, it is ourselves..."

"Michelle, thank you very much for your willingness to take the blame for me at this time!" Dumbledore interrupted with a smile, "But the fact is that I am organizing people to plot to overthrow Cornelius Fudge, because said

To be honest, I have disliked him for a long time."

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Fudge was so frightened that he took several steps back and didn't stop until his back hit the wall.

"I've known for a long time...I've known for a long time that you have evil intentions!"

Fudge shouted, "Dolores, I want to thank you! If you hadn't found out all this, maybe Dumbledore's conspiracy would have succeeded!

I would also like to thank you for summoning so many Aurors in advance!

Otherwise, we may not have the confidence to face criminals like Dumbledore today!"

"Thank you for your praise, Mr. Minister." Umbridge smiled and saluted, "All of this will be the result of your leadership next time!"

Fudge's whole body seemed to be radiant, he nodded vigorously and said:

"You are finished, Dumbledore! Your conspiracies will be written into articles and published in the Daily Prophet, and you will be scolded by wizards all over the country and even the world!

In addition to this, you will now be escorted to the Ministry of Magic, where you will be formally charged and then sent to Azkaban to await trial!"

"Ah," Dumbledore said softly, "yes. However, I think we may have encountered a small difficulty."

"Difficulty?" said Fudge, his voice still shaking with joy. "I don't see any difficulty, Dumbledore!"

"Voldemort. Fudge, you know, Voldemort has returned."

Dumbledore said apologetically, "He and his followers are hiding in the dark, constantly accumulating power, and trying to sweep the entire wizarding world like they did more than ten years ago.

I and many other like-minded people have been working hard to combat it, including the previous Gringotts attack, and we've managed to do some thwarting.

It is precisely because of our efforts that Voldemort has not launched a large-scale attack.

And now, you want to imprison me in Azkaban.
To be continued...