Self-Destruction

Back when Dumbledore repaired Hogwarts' Defense Barrier, he had filed the necessary paperwork with the Ministry of Magic.

After all, repairing and improving a barrier of such enormous scale required no small amount of magical materials. Dumbledore was not stupid enough to pay out of his own pocket.

With the Ministry of Magic as such a fat sheep... ahem, such a sucker... uh, weren't they basically the same thing?

In short, Dumbledore had thoroughly fleeced the Ministry of Magic in the name of repairing the barrier. At that time, Fudge had not yet grown as bold as he would become later. It could be said that whenever Dumbledore made a reasonable request, Fudge fulfilled it without fail.

Even unreasonable requests could be made reasonable!

That was why the older, more experienced people in the Ministry of Magic all knew about this matter.

Some might doubt Dumbledore's character, but absolutely no one doubted his strength. Besides, after paying so much, the Ministry of Magic had naturally inspected the goods.

So whether others believed it or not, the Ministry of Magic certainly did not believe that a mere three attackers could break Hogwarts' Defense Barrier.

Thus, it was only natural that Snape, as Hogwarts' headmaster, would come under suspicion from the Ministry of Magic.

But Bell alone knew that there had not been three attackers, but ten.

With ten Wizards working together, secretly sending three people inside was perfectly normal.

Since he did not want to listen to lectures from his parents, Bell had told no one about the other seven attackers. Not even Shanna.

The result was that Snape took the blame for Bell...

Ahem, back to the point.

Hearing Bell's words, Snape barely restrained himself from drawing his Wand.

Listen to that—pay him a visit?

Who paid a visit empty-handed?!