"It's Transfiguration!"
The female Auror suddenly spoke, her tone resolute, "He's bluffing. Don't be intimidated."
Three skeleton soldiers clattered closer, simultaneously swinging their giant blades at them, creating a whooshing sound.
" Protego!"
The two Auror immediately used the Shield Charm.
The giant blade slammed into the barrier, producing a piercing scraping sound and sending sparks flying, but it did not break through the defenses.
The Shield Charm has always been effective against this type of physical attack.
" Diffindo!"
The male Auror seized the opportunity to retaliate, his spell striking the sternum of the left-hand skull.
The skull shattered with a crack, its fragments scattering across the ground.
"It's fragile! The attack was effective—" The male Auror's expression brightened, and he was about to remind his partner to concentrate fire on the remaining targets, but he stopped abruptly.
A red ray of light struck his chest.
The male Auror closed his eyes, immediately collapsed forward, and fainted.
"What!?"
The female Auror was utterly astonished and abruptly turned to look at Morris.
Morris calmly held his wand horizontally, a faint red glow lingering at the tip.
"I'm not just a simple summoner." He chuckled softly. "Don't worry, it's just a regular Stunning Spell."
The female Auror wanted to say something more, but the remaining skeleton soldiers suddenly accelerated their movements, instantly closing in on her and swinging their weapons, causing her pupils to contract sharply.
She had initially thought these summoned creatures were slow-moving, but now it seemed she was completely wrong.
" Impedimenta!"
An invisible force pushed the skeleton aside, buying her half a second to catch her breath.
Unfortunately, this was a justified brawl.
Another Stunning Spell came from a tricky angle.
She only managed a muffled groan before collapsing limply.
Silence returned to the alley.
Morris put away his wand, leisurely took a hard candy from his pocket, and popped it into his mouth.
He didn't know what level these two guys were among the Auror, but judging from their performance just now...
Yeah, not very good.
They clearly lacked experience, and their teamwork was even more rudimentary.
He exerted almost no effort.
As the sweetness spread in his mouth, Morris stepped forward and raised his wand. " Lumos."
Soft white light illuminated the two of them.
They were two relatively young faces, both looking to be only in their twenties.
A newbie, huh?
Morris nodded.
That makes perfect sense.
He looked around, his gaze settling on a few tattered sacks by the wall.
Morris walked over, picked out a relatively clean one, and shook off the dust.
"I'm sorry, you two."
He waved his wand, and the sack opened automatically. The unconscious Auror, under the effect of the Levitation Charm, slowly rose and slid into it.
This place is not suitable for sleeping.
Meanwhile, in room eleven of the Leaky Cauldron.
Harry sat awkwardly on the edge of the bed, while across from him, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge fiddled with his top hat.
"Did you understand what I said, Harry?" Fudge asked kindly. "Don't make a fuss in the time to come."
"Go away! I'll safely return you to Hogwarts when school starts. Trust me, the escapee will be caught soon, and you'll be able to return to a normal life."
Harry had no choice but to nod.
Fudge had just explained to him the purpose of the fugitive Sirius Black, and used a string of horrifying words to describe the man's brutality.
Voldemort's most loyal servant, a murderer with more than a dozen lives on his hands, the first escapee in Azkaban's history... and so on.
"I'll cooperate," Harry replied softly.
"Very good, very good," Fudge nodded in satisfaction, but his eyes remained fixed on Harry. "So, where have you been all day? Can you tell me? Normally, I wouldn't restrict your freedom, but the situation is special..."
Harry swallowed hard. "I understand, sir, as for today..."
He suddenly got stuck.
He was picked up by a friend of the same age using some kind of teleportation magic, boarded a magical ship placed in a bottle, and then flew to the Weasley family as a guest.
Uh... I wonder if the other party will believe this explanation.
Even he himself found it like a fantasy.
"I just strolled Diagon Alley," Harry finally chose the safest explanation.
"Really?" Fudge didn't expose him, but just touched his chin. "But I asked many shop owners, and they all said they hadn't seen you all day. The patrolling Auror also said you suddenly disappeared."
Ah, perhaps I should arrange for more people to stay in the vicinity and keep a closer eye on you.
Harry forced a smile.
"Knock knock!"
There was a knock on the door.
"I'll go open the door." Harry walked over quickly and turned the doorknob twice before opening it.
The person standing outside wasn't the Tom he had imagined.
It was Morris.
"Good evening," Morris said casually. "I heard from the boss that the Minister for Magic is in your room..."
"Ah, just as I thought."
His gaze passed over Harry's shoulder and he nodded to Fudge inside the room.
What is that?
Harry was staring at the enormous sack behind Morris. It almost filled the entire aisle, bulging and with suspicious bulges on its surface.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Morris waved his wand, and the sack floated up, following the two men inside.
The already cramped space suddenly felt even more crowded.
Fudge looked at Morris and asked curiously, "Good evening, Morris. What brings you here?"
Morris put the sack on the ground and said frankly, "Minister, two men posing as Auror chased me just now, so I came to ask you about it."
"Impersonating Auror?" Fudge narrowed his eyes, a bad feeling creeping over him.
"Yes, they are very suspicious," Morris said.
The sack on the ground suddenly moved, making a whirring sound.
Fudge's face darkened, and he stepped forward to tear open the bag.
Two faces with strips of cloth stuffed in their mouths were visible inside.
It was those two young Auror he had arranged at the Leaky Cauldron.
"He seems to be awake," Morris said innocently. "They were chasing me so fast that I had to use Stunning Spell to protect myself. Minister, they can't really be Auror, can they?"
Fudge frowned and untied the two Auror.
They struggled to sit up, their faces flushed, their expressions a mixture of anger and shame.
"Explain what happened," Fudge's voice was low.
The two Auror clearly dared not disobey orders and truthfully reported what had just happened.
"This child returned to the Leaky Cauldron with Harry Potter, so we planned to investigate, but the other party suddenly started running away, forcing us to..."
After listening, Fudge didn't say anything, but judging from his expression, he was extremely angry.
To be honest, the Auror ' actions were not wrong—tracking suspicious individuals and pursuing them while they were fleeing were all within their duties.
His anger stemmed from the fact that two Auror couldn't even handle a single student, and were instead stuffed into a sack and dragged back by the student.
This is utterly disgraceful!
If someone sees this, what will become of the Ministry of Magic's reputation?