Although Allen's interview had caused quite a stir in the wizarding world when he admitted that he had the ability to transform himself into an Animagus, the appearance of his ridiculously huge Five-Headed Dragon Guardian Spirit seemed to have solidified his title as the savior of the wizarding world.
Due to the deterrence of Family Harris, no one in the British wizarding media dared to comment too much on the Animagus matter except for the interview itself.
On the other hand, the foreign media had reported extensively on the interview. Some of them even made a request. If Family Harris had discovered a way to increase the success rate of Animagus transformation, or a way to transform a human into an Animagus, they hoped that Family Harris would release the method to benefit the wizarding world. However, Family Harris did not pay much attention to such unreasonable requests. They only investigated the power behind these newspapers and asked their own media to respond by releasing their family's secret technique to the public.
After the interview, Allen was ready to end his vacation and bring Hermione and Luna back to Hogwarts to spend the last few days of the semester.
Since he was almost done with his work, Allen felt that it was time to meet Dumbledore, who had been waiting for him for a long time. Although the current situation had deepened the conflict between them, Allen felt that as long as he could convince Dumbledore to put down his stubbornness and compromise with him, then there was no need for him to make things as intense as what his father, Owen, had planned. After all, Dumbledore was still worthy of respect when it came to matters of right and wrong.
The efficiency of the British Aura was not what it used to be. As long as they wanted, the Magical Law Enforcement Department had given them access to thousands of ways and means to extract information from the minds of their targets and suspects. The reporter who was invited back to assist in the investigation was obviously not a tough nut to crack, nor was he a powerful wizard. Penello even felt that it was a pity that the reporter confessed too quickly. Penello easily dug out the culprit behind the instigation from the reporter's mouth. The Flint family, one of the twenty-eight Holy Families, had bribed him to do it.
The former ball chaser and captain of the Slythrin Quidditch team who had graduated from Hogwarts, the one with large front teeth, deceitful gray eyes, and messy black hair who had been held back in the previous year, Marcus? Due to the death of Flint's father, as the only male heir, he had become the head of the family. This time, after the other pure-blood families who had tried to extend an olive branch to Harris failed, Marcus, who had a conflict with Allen in school, had obviously forgotten about the threat Allen had posed to him on the train. He just foolishly came to test and try to find some trouble for Allen. Anyway, he thought that even if he was exposed, it would not be a crime that would hurt Flint.
"What an idiot. Under such circumstances, how could Family Harris swallow their anger? If we don't retaliate immediately, there will be a second and third time. Those pure-blood families are trying to use this method to try to make us compromise," Owen Harris said. After receiving Albert's report, Harris immediately gave an order. "Let them see our determination."
The department where the director of the Magical Law Enforcement Department, Lunn, was in directly sent a lawyer's letter to the Flint family. Family Harris directly sued the head of the pure-blood family, Marcus Flint, for defamation. Marcus Flint.
However, that alone wasn't enough to appease the anger of the Harris Family. The crime of bribing someone to commit defamation would at most require the other party to compensate some gold coins, and the amount set by the law for the crime of defamation was insignificant to a pure-blood family. It didn't pose any threat to them at all.
Within an hour after the interview, the Flint family's business was subject to a joint operation by several departments of the Ministry of Magic.
Under the Magical Law Enforcement Department, Allen's second brother, Lunn, the Department for Prohibition of the Misuse of Magic and the Department for Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items under the Magical Law Enforcement Department, as well as the International Magical Trade Standards Association under the International Magical Cooperation Department, which was controlled by Daisy. They carried out a comprehensive inspection of the Flint family's goods to find all kinds of contraband items that were not actually contraband, such as the crucibles used by the family for export that did not meet the standard thickness standards.
Allen's aunt, Josephine? The Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control under Family Harris sent people to the Flint family's magical creature farms.
The Department of Magical Transportation of the Ministry of Magic even directly cut off the connection between the fireplaces of the Flint family's businesses and the Flight Network, citing that the fireplaces of the Flint family's businesses did not meet the safety standards.
In order to prevent Scrimgeour from interfering in this, Family Harris did not even use the armed Aura to assist in the enforcement of the law. They just directly displayed their control over the other departments of the Ministry of Magic, and at least on the surface, they were completely compliant with the law.
These departments used all kinds of irresistible reasons to inspect the Flint family's businesses to check if there were any violations. Even if it was a small matter, as long as it could be explained as a violation of the law, it would definitely be punished by the corresponding laws and regulations.
Regrettably, even the pureblood families that supported the Order of the Phoenix in the first war did not have a completely clean and legal growth in their businesses. Many of the methods used to generate huge profits were not honorable, and the long process of their family's growth had caused too many grey areas to form.
Therefore, as the Flint family had always had a bad reputation, it was easy to imagine what kind of losses they would suffer from their businesses.
Confiscation of goods, payment of fines, and even suspension of business were the three outcomes. Marcus Flint had no way to speak of this. At this moment, Flynn felt that he had no one to complain to. He couldn't even beg for mercy. Furthermore, the Harris Family's method of revenge against them was completely legal on a legal level. This made some people who felt that the Harris Family was making a mountain out of a molehill and taking revenge a little too much, like Amelia Flynn. Even a Magus with a strong sense of justice like Bowens couldn't say anything in terms of logic.
Therefore, many local pureblood families were shocked by the ferocity of Family Harris' vengeance. They, who were well-informed, tried to ease the tension between the two families that very night.
Owen? Harris accepted their intention to reconcile, but rejected their idea of pleading for leniency for the Flint family. The 33rd Chief of the Ministry of Magic openly stated that this legal inspection was also a reform of the Ministry of Magic's previous low efficiency. The goal was to maintain this intensity for the next three years. However, the current goal was to only focus on the Flint family's businesses, and not expand it for the time being.
And it wasn't just Marcus Flint who felt anger and despair today. Flint.
That night, in a remote manor of the Malfoy family in Wales, there was a loud bang, and sparks flew everywhere. The brightly lit hall suddenly turned pitch black, and the warm and pleasant night suddenly became bone-chilling cold. Only a television was still lit in the entire room. Under the influence of the sudden burst of magic, the shattered screen flickered unstably. The light shone on a pale and ferocious face. The two slit-like nostrils on the face twitched in anger.
"Ah!!! Shameless! Shameless Allen? Harris! Is this what a human is saying?! This is simply slander against me! Ahhhh!!! " Lord Voldemort, who originally thought that the Wizard TV was a good thing, completely changed his initial opinion after watching the edited news.
After watching Allen's interview during the day, this was the second television that he had blown up in the past few days. Lord Voldemort even felt that he was suffocating and breathless. At this time, his eyes were bloodshot due to anger. He was roaring and venting his emotions. His trembling hands even tore open the collar of his robe to let his breathing become smoother. "What does my dirty Muggle father's surname have to do with me!!! Salazar's blood flows in my veins? The blood of Slytherin himself!! It was passed to me through his daughter! "
The Death Eaters surrounded him. No one spoke, no one dared to move. They just tried their best not to look at their master.
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