"So, you whipped that old hag Umbridge within an inch of her life, hung all the Aurors who came to arrest you on the corridor walls, and then ran away?"
Isabelle tilted her head as she looked at Albert yawning beside her. She could not help raising a hand to her forehead, her expression practically saying she had completely lost to him.
"If I didn't run, was I supposed to stay and take on the entire Ministry of Magic by myself?" Albert buried his head deep in the pillow and yawned again, looking exhausted.
"It's rare to see you angry."
In Isabelle's eyes, Albert had definitely been furious. Otherwise, the ever-calm Albert would never have acted so rashly.
Hanging the Aurors on the walls and whipping the Ministry of Magic's Senior Undersecretary half to death was practically declaring war on the Ministry of Magic.
If Albert had truly wanted to, he surely had other ways to resolve the matter, perhaps even nip the entire thing in the bud.
"I wasn't angry. It's just that sometimes, you can't back down. Otherwise, people will think you're easygoing and easy to bully." Albert spoke vaguely. "Sometimes people are just asking for it. They need a good, hard lesson before they'll feel satisfied."
Of course, that was only one reason for doing it.
The main reason was to complete the panel quest and claim the rewards. Besides, he got to give that toad a vicious whipping and vent some of his frustration. He had also intended to use the Ministry of Magic as a stepping stone to establish his authority, while winning over a batch of Hogwarts students and gaining their recognition.
As for the consequences, they were not actually serious.
After all, the news of Voldemort's return would soon be officially revealed.
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