"No one doesn't care about the Ministry of Magic. All magical creatures are under the control of the Ministry of Magic," Foggy said loudly in dissatisfaction, his blood pressure rising and his face turning red. "I've told you many times, Dumbledore, that everyone and every organization must obey the orders of the Ministry of Magic, including the Hogwarts."
"Obviously, the Hogwarts obey the management of the Ministry of Magic," Dumbledore said humbly.
"But these kids don't. They've violated too many school rules and the decrees of the Ministry of Magic." Foggy turned around and waved his right hand forcefully at Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, and Elaine. "For the past few months, I've been listening to Dolores …"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, please allow me to interrupt." Elwyn said, not bothering to listen to Foggy's reprimand. "I'm not sure what you mean when you say we violated the school rules and the decrees of the Ministry of Magic."
"Hmph, think about how you lost your position as the president of the Boy Student Union!"
"Oh, it was just an accident. I didn't control my magic. Professor Umrich has already punished me. In addition to removing me from my position as the president of the Boy Student Union, she also confiscated my wand," Elwyn said.
"Yes, Mason has already been punished," Professor Meg said impartially. "We can't keep harping on one person's small mistake. You have to know that everyone has made mistakes, and that incident was just an accident."
"An accident?!" Foggy said in a sarcastic tone. "He did more than that."
"Cornelius, I have to remind you that we've discussed what Harry and Elwyn did many times!" Dumbledore said. "I don't see the need to discuss it again."
"I'm not talking about those things, Dumbledore. It's not those things. These kids have set up an illegal fighting organization in school." Foggy said angrily. "I heard from Dolores about this and she's been investigating it for the past few months."
"What we need now is evidence, Mr. Minister!" Professor Meg reminded. "Otherwise, it will just be a waste of time."
"Evidence?!"
"Of course. Is there any testimony against the members of this group?" Professor Meg said impatiently, "Or any other evidence that proves the existence of this organization. Anything is fine, as long as it is not an illusory rumor."
Foggy was stumped. Umrich had always been in charge of this matter, and he really couldn't produce any evidence.
"Minister, we have the testimony of Willy Widdershins. He happened to be in the Hogsmeade's Pig's Head Bar the first time they were active," Percy said, finding a piece of parchment and handing it to Foggy. "There are detailed records on it."
"Good job, Weasley. This is the evidence you need!" Foggy waved the parchment in his hand proudly.
Beside Elwyn, Hermione looked at Percy in disbelief. She couldn't believe that he would do this, and Harry was filled with anger.
Although he had said it many times, he had to say it again. Percy's betrayal was really thorough.
He was now completely a lackey, Foggy's lackey.
"Oh, so it was because of this that he was exempted from the punishment for using magic on Muggle's dustbin and toilet to trick the Muggle," Professor Meg said, raising his eyebrows. "Our judicial system is really an eye-opener!"
"Shameless depravity!" On the wall behind Dumbledore's desk, a portrait of a red-nosed fat wizard roared. "In my time, the Ministry of Magic never made deals with despicable criminals. Never, never!"
"Thank you, Fosco. That's enough," Dumbledore said calmly.
"But this evidence is completely valid. It proves that they did set up such an organization," Foggy said, slightly embarrassed.
"I think you'll find that you're going in the wrong direction on this point, Cornelius," Dumbledore said softly.
The half-moon glasses drooped over his crooked nose, and he was staring at Foggy over the top of them.
"Aha!" Foggy said, hopping on his toes again. "Well, you've come up with a new story to help them out. Please let us hear it! Then go on, Dumbledore, go on. Was Willy Widdershins lying? Or was it a twin identical to Mason and Potter in the Pig's Head that day? Or was it the usual simple explanation that time was reversed, that a dead man was resurrected, and that there were two invisible Dementors? "
"Well said, Minister, well said!" Percy laughed out loud, playing the role of a lackey very well.
"Cornelius, I neither denied nor confirmed whether Elwyn and Harry were in the Pig's Head that day, or whether they wanted to recruit students to join the Defense Against Dark Magic. I just want to point out that your evidence suggests that such a group was illegal at the time, which is completely unreasonable. If you remember, it wasn't until after they went to Hogsmeade that the Ministry of Magic's ban on all student societies came into effect, so he didn't break any rules when he was in the Pig's Head. "
Percy looked like he had been hit in the face by a very heavy object, and Foggy stopped jumping with his mouth wide open.
"Yes, just two hours ago, I specifically explained this matter to Professor Umrich." Elwyn continued, "I have the same view as Professor Dumbledore, and I told her everything. At the beginning of this semester, in order to deal with the current situation, we did plan to set up this organization, but it wasn't illegal at the time. Later, the Ministry of Magic issued an education order, and we haven't been active since. Professor Umrich believed my story. Well, I think she used a truth-telling potion on me in her tea, because I really said a lot of things I didn't want to say … "
"Nonsense!" Foggy muttered angrily. He didn't believe this kind of thing.
Or more accurately, he chose to ignore it, and didn't want to ask about it. All he needed was the result.
"Dirty, obscene!" Fosco roared again. "The depravity of the Ministry of Magic, only a dark wizard would do this!"
This time, even the portraits of the other old headmasters echoed. It was illegal to use truth-telling potions on students.
Foggy's expression became more and more ugly. Elwyn felt like he had seen this scene somewhere before.
This was very similar to the scene of Harry's trial. Foggy had been led astray by Dumbledore, and if there was no other favorable evidence, he would be finished this time.
To be honest, Elwyn didn't want this to happen. He wanted to leave the Hogwarts.
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