The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Hagrid, what's wrong with you?" Hermione looked concerned about Hagrid. On Christmas Day, Hagrid didn't go to the banquet and hid alone in the library crying. No matter how you looked at it, something big had happened.

Hagrid cried even harder when he heard what she said. Just now he could suppress his voice and cry muffledly, but now he cried directly.

Tom looked at Hagrid carefully and found that he was in really bad condition today: his hair was disheveled, his beard was unkempt—even worse than usual, his eyes were red and swollen, and he smelled of alcohol.

Hagrid took out a handkerchief from his arms, blew his nose, and made a trumpet-like sound. After blowing his nose, he cried and threw himself at Tom.

How dare Tom take it? With Hagrid's tonnage, the difference between being hit by him and being hit by a car is really not that big. So he turned slightly sideways and watched Hagrid throw himself on the bookshelf with a muffled sound. The huge bookshelf filled with books creaked and groaned, shaking violently, and the books on it also swayed. Fortunately, it was heavy enough and was not knocked over by Hagrid.

Hagrid cried on his desk for a long time. During this period, Mrs. Pince heard the sound and came over. When she saw that it was Hagrid who was out of control, she silently put away the feather duster in her hand, turned around and left. She is a reasonable person, and the most reasonable person in the library right now is the tall and mighty Hagrid.

If you have emotions in your heart, you will feel better if you cry. As the tears flowed out, Hagrid's mood gradually became stable. He took out an envelope with the seal of the Ministry of Magic from his arms and handed it to Tom.

Tom opened it and saw a notification letter inside.

[Dear Mr. Hagrid: Regarding the Hippogriff attack on students in your class, after further investigation, we have accepted Professor Dumbledore’s guarantee that you were not involved in this regrettable incident. any liability.

But we have to worry about the hippogriff. It has been decided to uphold Mr. Lucius Malfoy's formal complaint and refer the case to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. The court date is scheduled for April 24. At that time, please bring your hippogriff to report to the committee's London office. During this period, the hippogriff should be properly tethered and isolated.

My heartfelt greetings...]

After reading the notice, both Tom and Hermione understood why Hagrid was in so much pain.

"Calm down, Hagrid. Things haven't reached the point of no return yet. What you have to prepare for now is the lawsuit on April 24th." Hermione said. She walked over to Hagrid and put her hand on Hagrid's hand. "You must prepare a strong defense, Hagrid. I'm sure you can prove that Buckbeak will not hurt anyone."

Hagrid shook his head and sobbed twice, "You don't understand those weirdos on the Dangerous Creatures Committee! They won't let these interesting animals go!"

Tom and Hermione:…

Hagrid's definition of animals is still so strange. Most of the animals that Hagrid is close to are what others call "monsters". In Hagrid's eyes, these extremely dangerous animals are nothing more than small pets.

The current Hagrid is a bit like a child who doesn't want to give away his pet, but unlike the child, Hagrid is more sensible. At least he wasn't so willful as to release Buckbeak directly - because this would cause trouble for his guarantor Dumbledore.

Tom's focus was very unique. What he was thinking was, under such chaotic circumstances, the Ministry of Magic still had time to try this small case?

He underestimated the offensive launched by Bones and overestimated Fudge's determination to resist. In fact, Fudge did not take any measures of resistance and simply decided to step down.

Fudge was still very good at sizing up the situation, and his timely exit gave Bones the feeling of punching the air. According to the unspoken rules of the Ministry of Magic, Fudge has surrendered, and Bones should stop here and stop liquidating Fudge - which is what she did.

In the original world line, Fudge caused more trouble than now: during his tenure, Voldemort came back, but he did not take any measures, and instead suppressed Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. As a result, nothing happened after he stepped down, and he actually had the nerve to appear at Dumbledore's funeral.

Thanks to the unspoken rules of the Ministry of Magic, Fudge can live such a prosperous life. Not only Fudge, but also his followers were not implicated, just marginalized.

Bones' compromise resulted in the rapid stability and restoration of order in the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic only fell into brief chaos during the half-day when the Howling Letter arrived, and then returned to normal.

Now Ms. Bones was just one speech and one announcement away from becoming Minister for Magic.

Thanks to this, the Ministry of Magic's handling of Hagrid's case was carried out according to normal progress. Tom wanted to complain that in Hagrid's case, the case was launched in September, the verdict was only reached in December, and the final trial will not be held until April of the next year. This speed is really ridiculous.

However, Ms. Bones seems a little ignorant... Tom thought about it again and was a little dissatisfied with Bones. Who is Hagrid? There was no doubt that he was Dumbledore's man. Who is Lucius? Definitely not Dumbledore's man. He is not Fudge's person, he is the person behind Fudge.

Hagrid's case was not so pure after Lucius got involved and Dumbledore served as a guarantor. It became a wrestling match between Dumbledore and the pureblood nobles.

Obviously, according to the normal world line, Dumbledore failed miserably: he came out to vouch for Hagrid's innocence, but Hagrid and his Hippogriff were still sent to trial. Dumbledore found Newt and hoped that he could save Buckbeak, but he also failed - if Dumbledore hadn't cleverly used the time turner, Buckbeak's head would have been made into a souvenir.

Maybe Dumbledore didn't think so much, but in the eyes of other wizards, Dumbledore failed in the duel with Lucius Malfoy, and in the end he could only rely on cleverness to save his respect. This greatly damaged his reputation and made the neutrals feel that Dumbledore was too old to protect his loyal little brother.

Fudge took office in 1990. Why did Fudge's attitude towards him change from writing letters to inquire about every detail just six years later to daring to openly smear him in newspapers?

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Today, we are going to tell the story of Faris Spavin, the 20th Minister of the Ministry of Magic. To correct you, he is the longest-serving Minister of Magic. And his presence has changed my perspective on life expectancy in the wizarding world. The minister was 147 years old when he took a back seat! It has exceeded human limits.

After reading his life experience, I was also surprised that such a trouble-making minister was not impeached and removed from office...

Faris Spavin is a wizard, also known as the Spout-Hole. He served as Minister for Magic between 1865 and 1903.

Farris Spavin was born in 1756. In 1865, at the age of 109, he became Minister of Magic (a late bloomer). Faris is the longest-serving Minister of Magic in history, and also the longest-serving Minister of all time. He once survived an assassination attempt (flying kick) by a centaur who was killed because of a joke by Spavin (which began with "A centaur, a ghost and a dwarf walked into the same tavern") Feeling offended, he stabbed him (flying kick), but Spavin survived.

Spavin passed an important law in 1875: the Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards Act. This law made it illegal for underage wizards to use magic outside of school. The Ministry of Magic uses traces to detect minors using magic and breaking the law.

Spavin passed an important law in 1875: the Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards Act. This law made it illegal for underage wizards to use magic outside of school. The Ministry of Magic uses traces to detect minors using magic and breaking the law.

See you at the end of the next chapter~