Chapter 798： beneficiary

Chapter 798 beneficiaries

In the past few days, a lot of things have happened, which left the students dumbfounded.

First, the Minister of Magic, Fudge, suddenly announced Sirius Black’s innocence in the Daily Prophet. He also claimed that the Ministry of Magic had arrested Peter Pettigrew, the murderer who betrayed the Potter family, and had withdrawn the award issued to Peter Pettigrew. Order of Merlin, First Class.

It wasn't long before they heard that Snape had revealed to the Slytherins that Lupine was a werewolf.

It was only when the Slytherin students spread the news that "Lupine is a werewolf" throughout the school and wrote to their families that they learned from Dumbledore that Professor Lupine had resigned.

However, the next morning, a group of owls still filled Dumbledore's dining table with protest letters, and there were even a few roaring letters mixed in, which shocked everyone to cover their ears.

Whether it is the "Daily Prophet" or the various rumors at Hogwarts, no one has ever linked these things to Albert.

Obviously the culprit who caused this incident, but it seems that it has never existed, except that there are a few more special contribution medals in the prize showroom.

Isobel and Albert were walking on the campus, inadvertently talking about what happened a while ago, and simply commented, "You are still as energetic as ever."

Although Isobel didn't know exactly how Albert did it, it was not an easy task to catch Pettigrew Peter and restore Black's reputation, let alone bring the whole thing to a perfect conclusion.

"I just pushed at the critical moment." Albert said.

"Actually, I'm more curious, what the Ministry of Magic will use to block your mouth." Isobel knows Albert too well. This guy has a strong purpose in doing things, and he will definitely not intervene in this matter if it is not beneficial.

"this…"

Albert took out a wooden box from the deformed lizard skin bag, opened it to let Isobel see what was inside.

Isobel looked at the Time Converter in the wooden box, his eyes widened in shock, and he asked in disbelief, "The Ministry of Magic would actually agree to give you this thing?"

"It wasn't the Ministry of Magic that agreed, but Fudge." Albert corrected with a smile. He closed the box and stuffed it back into the deformed lizard skin bag.

Actually, Albert already knew that after Peter was handed over, the Ministry of Magic would no longer be able to give him Black's bounty.

No one wants to be taken advantage of.

Even if the Ministry of Magic knew that the bounty had to be paid, it could still follow the procedure and delay it first, just like the title of the Wizengamot British youth representative.

As for when to complete the procedure and when to give money.

Of course, Fudge also realized that Albert was not easy to mess with, otherwise the title of Wizengamot's British youth representative would not have been forcibly passed.

Now that it can be delayed, it is because the other party doesn't care at all. If Albert really wants to cause him trouble, he probably won't be able to afford it.

There is absolutely no need for the two sides to become deadlocked.

Therefore, according to the suggestion in Albert's letter, the bounty of 10,000 Galleons was secretly exchanged for a time converter, following the internal procedures of the Ministry of Magic, and the whole thing was kept secret. , Things other than research.

Of course, what made Fudge finally compromise was not that Albert gave up the 10,000 Galleon reward, but that he agreed to remain silent on the whole matter and supported both parties to receive the Order of Merlin.

Fudge has seen the effect of the Restore Human Form Curse with his own eyes. The effect of restoring the transformed werewolf to a human form will definitely allow Albert to obtain the Order of Merlin, but it is very difficult for Fudge to obtain the Order of Merlin, especially The Wizengamot voted him out of the question.

The compromise between the two parties undoubtedly brought Fudge a lot of benefits.

After all, Albert only needs the Order of Merlin, Third Class, and he hardly needs to do anything to get the Order of Merlin, First Class, as he wished.

As for who made the money, it's really hard to say.

For Albert, Black’s bounty is definitely out of reach. It’s more practical to change something useful, and the time converter is very important. If this thing is used well, it is almost equivalent to a “regret medicine”, which can let him operate constantly.

Unless Albert plans to follow Harry into the Ministry of Magic to "steal" the Time Converter in the seventh grade, or make a fake Time Converter to replace the real one on hand, otherwise this is the best way, And now is not the time to fall out with the Ministry of Magic. Anyway, Fudge will definitely fall from the position of Minister of Magic in the end. At that time, I will quietly go up and kick his ass, making Fudge fall even worse.

Keeping this matter a secret, and even erasing his traces, Albert didn't even care. He didn't want to be the object of attention at all, and he wasn't a monkey in a zoo.

The credit for capturing Peter was originally intended to be given to Snape, but the Potions Professor simply refused. He made it clear that he didn't want the credit, let alone the Order of Merlin Third Class. In Snape's words, it was this thing that made him sick just looking at it.

So the credit for catching Peter Pettigrew ended up on Black’s head, which is why Black was so confused when he was reading the Daily Prophet.

The report of the whole thing is not at all the same as the truth he knows, but does the truth matter?

Sometimes it really doesn't matter.

"What did Black give you?" Isobel asked curiously. According to Albert's style, Black, who has nothing to do with him, must give something.

"This number is Galleon." Albert spread his fingers and said, "However, I only took half of it, and the rest will be distributed to other participants."

"It's simply stealing money." Isobel couldn't help but sigh with emotion. She was sure that those students who were looking for jobs after graduation might not be able to earn such a large amount of Galleons after working for many years.

"Yeah, I'm just stealing money!" Albert said without hesitation, "The Black family is quite rich anyway, if Sirius Black is killed by the Ministry of Magic, all of Black's immediate family will die , the wealth in the Gringotts vault is not cheap for other people. In that case, it is better for me. I use money to do things, and the price is absolutely fair. You don’t know, before Sirius Black left school, he came to Thank you and plan to invite me to watch the Quidditch World Cup during the summer vacation."

"I found that your skin is getting thicker and thicker!" Isobel stretched out his hand to pinch Albert's cheek, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"I don't have a thick skin, how to make money and get rich, how to find a girlfriend."

"Stop making trouble, let's talk about something serious!" Isobel picked a flower from the flower bed, "I talked to Professor Bathsheda Bablin, and she is willing to help with the runes."

"Are you going to start with ancient runes? I thought..." Albert was a little surprised by Isobel's choice.

"You didn't leave a lot of drafts, I plan to sort them out, and then we can publish a book together, just like you and Uncle Mogg did."

Speaking of Mogg's "Comprehensive Explanation of Basic Runic Text", it is simply a big pit.

"That's a good idea." Albert supported Isobel's choice, and he also knew that the other party would do the same, and there were a lot of reasons related to him.

While the two were talking and laughing and whispering, two guys with no eyesight walked towards this side.

"Is there something wrong, Mr. Potter?"

Albert didn't look good at Potter and Weasley who interrupted his date. What's going on with these two guys, didn't you see that he was dating someone else?

"We've been trying to talk to you about what happened the other night," Harry said in a low voice.

Not far away, Hermione looked at the few people here, and covered her forehead with her hand.

She actually wanted to prevent Harry and Ron from coming to interrupt Albert's date, but Harry hadn't been able to find a chance to talk to Albert about that night recently, so he didn't listen to her advice and came directly.

"I thought Black had told you all about it!" Albert said calmly, looking at Harry.

"He himself can't figure out what's going on."

Harry learned some things from Hermione, for example, Albert gave Ron's mouse to Dumbledore.

Although Albert said that Professor Lupine provided Peter with information, there are still many doubts about the matter, especially the report in the "Daily Prophet", which is completely different from the truth he knows.

"Is the truth really that important?" Albert asked back.

"I just want to know..." Harry was a little speechless.

"If you want to know the truth, just ask Hagrid and Hermione, I think they know enough for you to spell out the truth of the matter." Albert reminded: "If you have nothing else, don't bother us On a date."

"Sorry, and thank you for saving us last time."

After expressing his thanks to Albert, Harry Potter had no choice but to turn around and walk away. He felt that Albert didn't want to say more, probably because the two interrupted his date and made him unhappy.

"I thought you would tell him." Isobel asked Albert with a smile.

"Maybe, maybe not, but definitely not now, my temper is not so good that I can patiently explain to the other party when I am interrupted." Albert pretended to be angry.

"Let's go, let's walk over there."

Isobel reached out and pressed Albert's swollen cheeks to calm him down, and then pulled him towards the shade of a tree not far away.

When Hermione saw Harry coming back, she immediately asked, "How is it?"

"Anderson asked me to ask you and Hagrid." Harry said dryly.

"You went to disturb others when they were dating." Hermione was a little helpless with Harry's approach, "Anyone would be angry otherwise."

"Hermione, don't you want to know what happened that night?" Ron couldn't help asking.

"So what if we know?" Hermione asked back, "Did you expect him to tell us everything?"

"But the "Daily Prophet", don't you think the reports on it are strange?" Ron continued: "They didn't even mention Albert, and Pettigrew Peter was actually captured by Sirius, He himself didn't know about it. Fred and George told me that the Ministry of Magic would certainly not pay the bounty for Blake's capture."

"Even his friends don't know, do you think Albert will tell you in private?" Hermione found Ron's thoughts a little funny. Since being educated by Albert, her thoughts have matured a lot. At least I am no longer as naive as before, and I take everything for granted.

"Sirius gave Albert five thousand Galleons, and I dare say he knows this better than anyone else." Harry

said suddenly.

Hermione was silent, of course she knew that Albert helped Black because of money.

But even the person involved, Sirius, doesn't care, and he is grateful to Albert, so what qualifications do other people have to make irresponsible remarks?

"That's five thousand Galleons." Ron had never seen that much money in his life.

It is said that Albert divided the 5,000 Galleons he got from Blake among Fred and George, which made Ron crazy with jealousy.

"Let's go to Hagrid, I think he must know what happened that day." Harry felt that as long as he connected Hagrid and Hermione's words, he should be able to figure out what happened that night.

However, when they arrived at Hagrid's hunting lodge, they didn't find Hagrid.

"Hagrid?"

There was the sound of Fangya scratching the door, and the three looked at each other. Finally, Harry used the unlocking spell to open the door of Hagrid's cabin.

Ya Ya rushed forward immediately.

"Hagrid?" Harry reached out and touched Fang Fang's head, looked up and looked around the room, there was no one there, Hagrid didn't know where he went, but there was a suitcase on his bed.

"What's this?" Harry noticed the box on the bed, and was about to walk over to check the suspicious-looking box.

"Harry, don't mess with Hagrid's things." Hermione stopped him loudly.

At this moment, the box suddenly opened, revealing a tunnel. Hagrid walked out of the box, and was startled when he saw someone outside. After seeing clearly that it was Harry, Ron and Hermione, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you here?"

"Is this the Untraceable Stretching Curse?" Hermione looked at the stairs in the box, very surprised.

"Hagrid, what's this?"

Hermione vaguely guessed the answer, but still couldn't help asking, "What's hidden in the box?"

"Hush!" Hagrid made a silence gesture, closed the door and said, "Buckbeak is hiding inside. Albert gave Buckbeak to me a few days ago, and he said he would let him go during the summer vacation." , to avoid being targeted by the Ministry of Magic."

"Sure enough, Albert took Buckbeak away, but how did he do it at the time." Hermione felt that Albert was hiding secrets all over him.

"I don't know either." Hagrid shook his head.

"By the way, Hagrid, can you tell me what happened that night?" Harry didn't forget his purpose of coming here.

"I thought you would ask Albert. He should be the one who knows the most. I think the whole thing has something to do with him." Ever since Hagrid knew that someone had used five thousand Galleons to clear Blake's charges, he felt that The matter was arranged by Albert. Although he didn't know how Albert did it, the matter was resolved perfectly and smoothly.

Albert's mind is really good.

(end of this chapter)