In the following days, Hermione was no longer so busy. She and other students who had received the news were quietly waiting for the time to go to Hogsmeade.
But on the other hand, Fudge and the Ministry of Magic led by him were not restless at all, and a lot of things happened during this period.
Although Fudge did not continue to promulgate education orders, he has actually tried to intervene in Hogwarts affairs in private many times, and wants to continue to arrange manpower on the campus, and even wants to let dementors station outside the school again
It's just that they were blocked by Dumbledore.
However, as a price, Dumbledore also had to stop his search for the whereabouts of Voldemort's Horcrux outside, and returned to Hogwarts to take charge of the overall situation, so as to prevent Fudge from interfering with the management of the school.
At the same time, Dumbledore was also a little worried that a certain kitten would take the blame for him again. It would be better to keep an eye on it in the school. Voldemort's Horcrux can be taken slowly, and there is still a Horcrux in the school that has not been resolved.
On the other hand, after some hysteria, Umbridge finally accepted the fact that she was turned into a toad man. The main reason was that she got the assurance from St. Mungo's therapist that she knew that she could still recover, so in the After gradually calming down, Umbridge decided to take revenge on the culprit who caused his ugly appearance.
So she no longer resisted interviews, and even allowed Rita Skeeter to take pictures of herself at will, just to cry and pretend to be pitiful in the "Daily Prophet", and according to Minister Fudge's instructions, she pointed all the blame at Dumbledore profitable.
? Dumbledore, whose reputation was gradually discredited by the Ministry of Magic's continuous public opinion offensive, is now in an even worse situation, and many of the previous honors have been withdrawn one by one.
Fortunately, Dumbledore himself didn't care about this, and Hogwarts was still under his control.
In addition to Dumbledore, Umbridge kept hinting to Rita Skeeter during the interview that the person who attacked her was probably Fisher
It's not that Umbridge really has any memories left, she is purely prejudiced against Fish because of her "not all human" biophobia, especially from her colleagues in the Ministry of Magic, there are actually some clues pointing to After seeing Fish, she was even more certain that Fish was the murderer, and suggested to Fudge that Fish should be arrested and interrogated directly.
Umbridge's proposal was naturally ignored by Fudge. Apart from the fact that he didn't want to embarrass Fisch, it was mainly because Snape's cover-up made the suspicion of Maomao much lower.
In fact, Fish was indeed one of the main suspects of the Ministry of Magic at the beginning, but when the Aurors in charge of investigating the case questioned Mao Mao, they immediately ruled him out of suspicion without hesitation. Snape's mopping up, so there's nothing wrong with Fish
In addition to being punished by Professor McGonagall for a lot of homework.
And Umbridge could only choose to keep hinting to Rita Skeeter who interviewed him after finding no trouble with Fisher, hoping that the other party would "talk nonsense" in the newspaper as before.
But it's a pity that Skeeter is also on Maomao's side, so naturally he also ignored Umbridge's little thoughts and wrote a letter to Fisher about it.
It's just that Fish didn't take these things to heart, and he didn't care if he was suspected. Maomao played leisurely in the campus as always. Whether it was the Ministry of Magic or Voldemort, it was not as good as eating at noon for Fish What matters.
In this way, the time came to October. On the first weekend of October, which is actually the first day of October, the school opened the permission to go to Hogsmeade. In the past few days, a small number of people have Become more excited than usual.
The morning we went to Hogsmeade was sunny but windy.
After having breakfast, Fish came to the hall with Hermione and Harry. At this time, many students had already lined up in front of Filch, and he was checking the students against the long list. Names of students whose parents or guardians have allowed them to visit Hogsmeade village are on the list.
Although Fish could skip the others and jump in line to leave directly as long as he greeted Filch, he didn't do that. Instead, he honestly walked to the end of the line with Hermione and the others.
However, after seeing Fish appear, Filch immediately accelerated the speed of checking, the long line shortened rapidly, and it was Fish's turn after a while.
"Have a good time, Fish."
An ugly smile appeared on Filch's gloomy face. He didn't bother to look at the list at all, and greeted Fish at the same timeA bag of small fish baked by himself was stuffed in his hand and dried.
"Fish will bring back delicious food for you and Loris, meow!"
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Mao Mao waved to Filch, then quickly walked through the hall and came outside.
"Just as I said before, you guys should go and inform the other people on the list to go to Fish's house in batches. Comey is already waiting there, be careful not to be fooled by other people, especially the Slytherin students. Let's find out."
After leaving the school gate, Hermione carefully looked around, and then lowered her voice and said to Harry and the others.
"Got it," Ron waved his hand impatiently, "You've said it a dozen times, we're not idiots!"
After arriving at Hogsmeade Village, Harry and the others quickly dispersed to find students from other colleges on the list, while Fish and Hermione wandered around the village.
Mao Mao is usually too eye-catching. If he doesn't show his face in the village, it is easy for the Ministry of Magic to notice the anomaly.
Just walking around, Fish suddenly turned his head to look at the street beside him, with a very serious expression on his face.
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"What's the matter, Fish?" Hermione asked curiously.
"That person has been following us, it's an unfamiliar smell meow!"
Fish pointed to a wizard in a gray robe not far away with bandages all over his face and said loudly.
Now, the students around Mao Mao, as well as the villagers in Hogsmeade village, all focused their eyes on the bandaged wizard.
"Miss, misunderstanding" The man waved his hands in a panic, and stammered to explain: "I, I just came to Hogsmeade for a stroll, and I only saw Fish in the newspaper before, so some Just curious!"
"Liar Meow!" Fisch yelled aggressively, "Your smell appeared when you were outside Hogwarts! Tell me! Who are you?! Why did Meow follow Fish?!"
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While Mao Mao was questioning, she jumped in front of the man, and before he could react, she tore off the bandage on the man's face.
Soon, someone recognized the wizard's identity
"You're Willie Wiedersing! Didn't you get arrested by the Ministry of Magic for causing multiple flushing incidents of toilet sewage in areas where Muggles are active?!"
"You have identified the wrong person!"
Willie Wiedersing covered his head with his arms in a panic, and then rushed out of the crowd with his head covered.
As a result, Fish just stretched out his leg and hooked it lightly, and he tripped and fell to the ground, followed by the people around him, slammed him tightly, and confiscated his wand.
After watching the enthusiastic onlookers escort Willie Weedsing away, Hermione wandered around the village for a while holding Fish on her arm. After making sure that no one was following them, she went back to her home