Umbridge was furious for a moment, but then she giggled coquettishly, making Kirk and the others shudder with revulsion.
She turned to the man behind her. "Minister, who was it just now who said I was past my prime? These men's greedy eyes on my breasts disgust me, but it proves I still have what it takes to attract men!"
The man she was speaking to was Sicinius, the new Minister for Magic. He was a gloomy-looking, middle-aged man wearing a wizard's robe embroidered with gold thread.
"Ugh! Ugh!" Lynn and Sulexi couldn't stand the haughty old woman. They both crouched down and threw up.
What had captured the Contractors' attention wasn't Umbridge's breasts, which had shriveled so badly that even magic couldn't plump them up. It was the golden necklace swaying on her chest!
Slytherin's Locket!
Voldemort's Horcrux!
The Horcrux had a complicated history. Sirius Black's younger brother, Regulus Arcturus Black, had tried to obtain it and hidden it with his House-elf, Kreacher. Later, Mundungus Fletcher stole the locket from him and eventually used it to bribe Dolores Umbridge. By the time it had passed into her hands, the Ministry's Deputy Minister and Voldemort's loyal servant had no idea it was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. She thought it was an antique magical heirloom, and used it to lend credibility to the ancient family history she'd fabricated and pass herself off as pure-blood.
Everyone's eyes immediately burned with anticipation.
Their mission was to obtain that very Horcrux!
In an instant, even the hot-tempered Old Qing could barely resist making a move to snatch it.
Fortunately, Old Bai reacted quickly and grabbed him, shaking his head to show that they couldn't.
There were plenty of Aurors—essentially the Ministry of Magic's military police—around Minister for Magic Sicinius and Deputy Minister Umbridge. The