Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"Is there any problem with this?" Umbridge smiled.

"Only the Minister of Magic has the right to command the dementors, and everyone else must have a note signed by the minister to drive the dementors... according to what you said at the time, you are just a deputy minister..."

"'It's just a deputy minister'? Heck, funny little guy, what you said is very interesting, but what I want to say is that no one has done anything in violation of the statutes. We are shouldering power and responsibility for the public Civil servants who live a stable life and work hard..."

"No, yes, ma'am." Zoe interrupted her. Umbridge's behavior at the time made her very uneasy. "What did you ask the dementors to do? I didn't see anything in writing. prove……"

"Well, since Miss Siegel is dedicated to discovering the truth that does not exist, I will answer you seriously: First of all, the officials of the Ministry of Magic do not need to report to the people one by one, let alone you are just a Suspects about to go to jail; secondly, how can you confirm that the number of dementors has decreased? Is it possible that you can distinguish each of them? What you think is just a wrong excuse, because you have a prejudice against the Ministry... "Umbridge looked at Zoe with a smile.

"No, I can tell." Zoe said directly.

"What?" Umbridge didn't even disguise the smirk on her face for a moment.

"I said I can recognize them, there are still some differences, each one is."

Umbridge’s face showed a pitying smirk again: "Poor, so pathetic, you can no longer control your words and deeds now. These dementors must have given you some false fantasies, but you think they are. It is true……"

"Really, it's just that you don't want to tell me, so why pretend that you care about me?" Zoe said, "Anyway, the truth can't be hidden for long. Sooner or later we will know what happened."

"Did anyone say you are beautiful, Miss Siegel?" Umbridge asked suddenly, "or very good."

"You see, young people are always aggressive, because they have lofty ambitions and think that the whole world will become something in their hands...especially those who have talents and are good enough, even if they appear humble on the surface, And they don’t really appreciate those who are inferior to them...so they can easily offend others in words and deeds, and conflict with others, but they don’t know how to reflect on their own mistakes..."

"When you explain your position, you always appear arrogant and arrogant. Perhaps many people will be fascinated by this arrogant face. Presumably you also think that being honest is a virtue to be proud of? Confronting the Ministry of Magic will make you Is your mood even higher?"

Umbridge looked at her and murmured: "I see a little dust on your face." Then before Zoe recovered, Umbridge raised his hand high and directly gave it to Zoe. Remember the loud slap.The sea was silent, and the sound spread far, far away. Just as the flames of humiliation burned from Zoe's chest, Umbridge slapped her on the other face with his backhand.

"He who knows how to be humble has a future, Miss Siegel." The old toad-like woman gasped and said coldly, "I am not a school here. I will teach you how to behave in a gentle way."

Chapter 13 Welcome to the Ministry of Magic (Part 1)

Zoe glanced at the punting wizard, who could not rely on him, not to mention that he himself was an employee of the Ministry of Magic, and said that he now completely ignored the atrocities before him, and continued to face himself as if nothing happened. He and Umbridge's attitude, as long as it is not a matter of life-threatening incident, he will definitely not actively intervene.

"Oh... or this kind of resolute look, I really like people who insist on self." Umbridge said hypocritically, "Why, can you endure such humiliation? I can find out that you always show up in school. She looked arrogant...Don't want to teach me viciously?" She deliberately opened her mouth exaggeratedly, "I forgot that you don't have a magic wand in your hand. Come, use my kindness."

Having said that, she pointed at Zoe's nose with the stick between her staff and dangled it very slightly. In the eyes of the wizards, it was not entirely a provocative behavior, and it was considered a straightforward threat. .Zoe was silent for a long time, then raised his hand and pushed Umbridge's wand away."Want to provoke me to grab some conclusive'evidence'? So you haven't found much useful stuff."

Umbridge’s big smiling face couldn’t see any flaws: "I don’t have a good grasp of curses for healing, so I just ask about the mosquito bites on your face, lest you make this one pity. There were some unrecoverable wounds on her face, and in the end we had to blame the poor civil servants..." She patted Zoe on the shoulder, and saw that the latter brushed the place she touched with disgust. , It seemed that when something dirty was stuck, the smile suddenly deepened, "With your dexterity, it will definitely not make it difficult for us to do it, right? Especially when some false news spread among the people, I think we will Do something to abuse prisoners?"

"Vicious dogs don't cut off the idea of ​​biting just because they are chained." Zoe sneered, "not to mention that this chain is a virtual reality, you are just afraid of people you can't afford, even if I really say something , Those remarks will surely be dealt with quickly by you."

It is certainly impossible to say that the report in the Daily Prophet is not true.However, the prerequisites for the execution of justice by ordinary people are often to leave a way for themselves.Contributors like Rita Skeeter, even though she is talking about exaggerated remarks, are very unpleasant, but there are very few people like her who dare to criticize the Ministry of Magic freely. less.But even she didn't dare to say anything and confront power directly.

When your life is squeezed by the heavy pressure you have to face; the consequence of being a voice for justice is at least a cold dismissal letter, and there are many follow-ups from the Ministry of Magic to find fault; when your colleagues one by one Silence, so you have to passively extinguish the confusion and pride in your chest... Zoe dare to say that even if she exposes Umbridge to insult her dignity and beat her, the Daily Prophet will be under pressure. , Dare not publish such news casually.Now the initiative of public opinion is in the hands of the Ministry of Magic, and no one is willing to jump straight into the quagmire that cannot escape.

Maybe Rita can do this. After all, she likes to find bad information from the Ministry of Magic, and she will test the endurance limit of the Ministry of Magic, knowing how to express what you want readers to see, but not Facing prosecution by the Ministry of Magic... But even if Rita is willing to do this, there is not enough influential media to publish it. Even the "Daily Prophet" is not owned by the Wizarding World, let alone. Other newspapers.

Besides, there is the most important thing, the woman in front of him."I'm a little disappointed, Zoe. I thought you were proud. After all, you belong to an ancient family, but now you are like a coward. You don't even have the courage to fight back... I was responsible for checking your Officials have heard that you still chose to retaliate because of dissatisfaction. Would you like to recall the joy of complete release at that time?"

"Forget it, how can there be a fool who knows that he will be caught by the handle and fall into the trap without looking back?" Zoe's cheek hurts fiercely, and she feels pain even when she moves her lips, but she stares at Umbridge desperately Once you show weakness in front of such a person, you will be taken advantage of, and finally defeated. "You are really cunning. You can only show your tyranny if you can escape punishment, but you will be hypocritical. Fan. You acted on me, I cannot prove that even if someone believes it, you have 10,000 excuses to escape; but as long as I attack you, we can go back by boat in the next second."

"This is the power of power, Zoe. Do you feel the charm of it?" Umbridge smiled. "You are a girl with a fast brain, and self-control enough. I can understand why the minister thinks you are dangerous. ...But remember what I said, don’t be so young, you have to learn to be humble, boy. This is a very useful piece of advice for your future, because your position is dangerous. You didn’t fangs like you do now. Reach out, look back on the past, and learn to respect the authority of adults."

"What you said, but I refused." Zoe glared at her. "I have no obligation to smile to those who have torn their faces. Humility? It is based on mutual respect. I hate you, old witch, You can’t understand me as a child of the devil. Then don’t pretend to have a good relationship-I should have done this long ago, to you rascals who think I can manipulate my life, each of you! Whether you live It’s still dead. I should have declared war on you long ago to let you know that it’s not a cloth doll to be manipulated! Anyway, my important family members are also regarded as thorny by you. If I show weakness now, it will be for him who chooses to stand up. , Is the biggest betrayal."

Umbridge's face remained unchanged, still full of hypocritical smiles.She suddenly raised her hand and waved it down again."Pop!" This time the palm failed to reach its final destination.Zoe had prepared this volatile guy a long time ago, raising his arm to block Umbridge, but his arm was faintly aching.Zoe's face was ugly, Umbridge was completely trying to slap her hard, this one was much heavier than the unexpected two strikes before.

"You are mistaken, there is no gray on my face, and there are no mosquitoes. This is on the sea." She deliberately used the excuse Umbridge had made before to retaliate to her, her face also squeezed out of Umbridge. Similar smirk.

During the next voyage, Umbridge did not do any extra movements, but she always observed and looked at her with those cold eyes from time to time. Zoe was as if being stared at by a reptile, and her heart was very sick. , But she still hugged her arms in the corner of the boat, deliberately not looking at the direction of Umbridge, but looking at the sea passing by at high speed, feeling the long-lost freshness of the strong wind hitting her body (of course, The cloak must be tightly wrapped), even the pain on his face has subsided a lot, because Umbridge asked the boatman to increase her speed a bit to make up for the time difference of her late arrival.

Under the proficient operation of the wizard, the land appeared in front of his eyes again, and Zoe felt that the time had not even passed twenty minutes.The Ministry of Magic has a special disembarkation place. In fact, there are no Muggles in and out of this place. They disembarked in front of an abandoned beach. Umbridge didn’t even look at the boatman who smiled at her flatly, and grabbed it. Zoe dragged forward without breathing a few breaths of fresh air. Zoe felt that her nails would be pinched into the robe or even pierced the skin.

"Next, let's go directly to the minister's office to report, and then go directly to the waiting room to stay." She didn't use that disgusting shrill voice to speak this time, and the tone immediately matched her eyes. Emotionless coldness.

"How are we going? Where is the court time?" Zoe looked around. There was no broom, no stove, no door key or other movement methods she knew. She thought of something, her face changed greatly, "Do you want to use Apparition directly? ?"

"Don't talk too much. You'd better protect yourself not to lose something while moving." As soon as Umbridge finished speaking, Zoe grabbed her arm."I haven't passed the study and test of Apparition, I may be injured!" Wizards under the age of seventeen cannot use Apparition, because they can easily cause themselves to have insufficient magic power or other special situations. In many cases, Saint Mungo would specially receive some wizards, because they left some of their parts (such as hands and feet, and people who lost their eyes) in place when the Apparition.

"That has nothing to do with me." Umbridge said coldly.Ignore Zoe at all. When Phantom Shift is triggered, it feels a bit similar to the door key. You will be a little dizzy, but what follows is not the distortion of dizziness, but more like your body is suddenly squeezed. Squeezed and folded, completely breathless, you will feel black in front of your eyes, and you will be squeezed and fainted in the next second.

After a moment of suffocation, Zoe opened her eyes, her head was still a little swollen, and she was finally taken out of the can to stretch her hands and feet.She took a few breaths, and quickly lowered her head to check whether there was any accident on her body. From dress to position, she finally counted her ten fingers and touched her face again, and then she was relieved.

Umbridge stood aside. She found herself in an office with stacks of papers on the desk. There were several bookshelves and cabinets standing upright in the office. A sturdy man was sitting behind the table. He always The top hat was quietly placed where it should be.

"Long time no see, Mr. Fudge."

The latter looked at her with complicated eyes and stood up from behind the table, but did not intend to answer her words: "Let's go, Dolores."

Chapter 14 Welcome to the Ministry of Magic (Part 2)

"Yes, Minister." Umbridge changed to a different, but somewhat similar, sleek tone when she spoke to Zoe. She put on her smiling mask again and spoke in a young girl's tone awkwardly.

Fudge took the top hat she helped him with, but did not put it on after taking it, but pinched the brim.He straightened out his neat bow tie, and didn't even look at Zoe. Quan regards her as a group of air, and his expression is serious.

"This is a solemn trial, Dolores. Do you make sure that every member of the trial on our list has arrived?" Fudge moved quickly, and he didn't say much to those who greeted him. Just nodded.Umbridge walked almost silently, but her chunky figure could easily keep up with Fudge's pace, which surprised Zoe who was walking at the end.

"There are witnesses to confirm? Make sure that you have handed over to the people at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries? Who is Batty's guardian now, and a doctor inside?" Waiting for the previous question to be confirmed by Umbridge , Fudge asked again quickly.

"Yes, Minister, except for the one who did not give us the final answer, but I can be sure that he will testify in court in the end. I have warned him again... nominally by Batty Crow Qi’s attending physician is in charge, and you also know that there is no one to talk to in their family... But in her opinion, we have to bring the elf who takes care of Batty, who is their servant, she Tell us that if we fail to comply with this condition, the elf will refuse to let its owner attend."

"What? Why should we bother with a little elf's opinion?" Fudge was annoyed.At this moment they walked to the elevator, and there were no people waiting for the elevator, only those elevators that were blocked by the fence doors had changed numbers.

"Those slaves actually want to resist our will?"

"No one cares about house elves, Minister." Umbridge's mouth raised a smile, "but it has firmly grasped the heart of its lunatic owner. I went to visit once, but Batty is not the same. I just called the little elf'mother' because it took care of him in every possible way. Barty didn't listen to anyone, but as long as the little thing asked him to do anything, he would do it without saying anything. The doctor is also very good. Embarrassed, you know, they won’t stop such a request."

"But don't worry, Minister. I promised it in my name. I told the elf that we would take it, and I promised to arrange its owner properly... The elf has no brain at all, you know Yes, Minister." Umbridge said, "Don't worry, I will take care of this too."

"Good job, Dolores." Fudge breathed a sigh of relief.After the ding ding dong dong, an elevator fell down, they walked in, and Fudge pressed the button on nine.The elevator rises slowly."Siegel's defender is still Dumbledore?" After such a long time, when suddenly hearing the name from someone else's mouth, Zoe's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, and she pricked her ears to listen to their conversation.

"Yes, but what we know is that both Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter are willing to testify, which is not good for us, because only the three of them know what happened."

"Has that matter not been mentioned to him yet?" Fudge hinted, and Umbridge shook his head."Since the Ministry sent him the notice of interrogation, he has been protected." Fudge was anxious."He will know the importance, and I will have a separate conversation with him when the time comes."

"I know, Minister. So we advanced the time for him to come to the Ministry of Magic." Umbridge said.

"Thank you, Dolores." Fudge sighed.At this time, a cold female voice came from the elevator."The second layer, the Magic Law Enforcement Department, including the Department of Prohibition of Abuse of Magic, Department of Prohibition of Abuse of Muggle Items, Auror Headquarters, and Wisengama Management Agency." With this voice, a lanky man walked in, Fuji Guang When I saw the fiery red hair, I couldn't help but snorted.

"Good afternoon, Arthur." But there were no flaws on his face, and he greeted the other party plainly.Umbridge also greeted with a smile.Arthur Weasley didn't expect to meet Fudge here, his face stiffened for a moment.But he quickly greeted the two of them, and noticed Zoe (not very noticeable) behind the two fat guys.

"It's been a long time, Miss Siegel." He greeted the girl gently.

"Long time no see, Mr. Weasley, please call my name directly." Zoe also returned to the polite state of the past, "It's okay, I really appreciate your past care, not like Some faceless people, others have not yet expressed their opinions, thinking how familiar we are." After speaking, I was afraid that Umbridge would not think of himself, and glanced at the sight that only the two of them could detect. Gave her a glance.

The corners of Umbridge's mouth froze, and Fudge's face was also very bad.Arthur blinked and said nothing."Minister, what do you want to..." he asked tentatively."Send her to the waiting room." Fudge said.

"Oh, Arthur. Will you pick up Potter afterwards?" Umbridge changed his target and asked with a smile.