"Minister, it's already this hour. Do you want to wake up Professor William and talk?"

"It's indeed not good," Fudge said with a polite corporal expression, "But after all, Harry will be living here for a while, so he will have to work hard for Professor William."

"Okay then, I'll try to wake him up."

Old Tom hesitated, and finally prepared to call William, but was stopped by Fudge.

"I'll go there myself. It's too rude to disturb a professor in the middle of the night," Fudge smiled and walked towards the stairs.

The Leaky Cauldron is a very famous place in the wizarding world. When it was almost demolished at the end of the 19th century, a group of wizards united to cast various spells on the land, successfully removing it from the Muggle map.

disappeared.

For this matter, he was very willing to give enough respect to the boss in front of him.

"It's better not to," Old Tom said a little anxiously - the Minister of Magic had already done his best to catch Harry safely in the middle of the night. He couldn't let him be attacked in his bar, right?

"William," Old Tom thought carefully about his choice of words, "he is more vigilant. Last time someone visited rashly, and after the two of them got into a fight, my bar was almost demolished."

"Tear down the bar?" Fudge responded half-jokingly and half-seriously, "And there is such a reckless wizard? Do you need a striker to send him a warning letter? It is not legal to use magic in this place in Diagon Alley.

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"However, in order to prevent the bar from being demolished again, I have to work hard for you," Fudge changed the subject humorously, "Please wake up Professor William, Old Tom, the time will be very tight next."

"Okay, Minister," Old Tom walked upstairs, "I will explain the importance of the matter to Professor William."

Walking to the corridor, Old Tom for the first time did not knock on the door. He shouted towards William's room from a distance, "William! William! Someone is looking for you!"

The shouting was so loud that it woke up the people drinking downstairs before even waking up William.

"Old Tom! It's so late at night, don't you want it at the bar?"

The disturbed man joked drunkenly, "Professor Dumbledore is not here now, but there are no such professional maintenance personnel - ah, Minister! Hello, Minister"

The joking man saw Fudge and hurriedly said hello.

"Hello, don't worry about me," Fudge showed his signature smile, "I'm just here to handle some official business. It's off work time now, so don't be so nervous."

"Well, Minister, okay, Minister, no, I mean, I understand, Minister."

The half-drunk man stuttered in response.

"Go back to the bar and have fun after get off work." He comforted the half-drunk man and asked as if he had inadvertently asked, "Albus, I mean Professor Dumbledore. How many days have you been here?"

"Yes," the man poured beans out of a bamboo tube, "On that day, Professor William was a little drunk. After being woken up, he cast a spell on Dumbledore, and then directly demolished a large piece of the bar. It was Dumbledore who

Bledo helped fix the bar."

"So that's it," Fudge's smile didn't change at all, and his tone remained quite normal, "Okay, let's enjoy a peaceful off-duty time. Isn't that what we strive to create peace for?"

"Yes, Minister."

The man went back a little excited.

Upstairs, William, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up - there were many drunkards in the bar, and there was soundproofing magic on his door. Unless someone planned to do something to the door, it would not surprise visitors.

He used magic to open the door with some vigilance, and used his peripheral vision to confirm that no one was ambushing the door before responding, "What's the matter, Old Tom?"

"The minister is here," Old Tom looked at William, "Harry Potter ran away from home and came to me. The minister wants to talk to you."

"Run away from home?"

William didn't wake up and didn't understand, so naturally he didn't hear clearly - he ran away from home and asked the Minister of Magic to come and deal with it?

Was Dumbledore forced to run away from Hogwarts by Professor McGonagall?

Seeing that William had no reaction, Old Tom had to repeat his original words, which shocked William.

"No, why did he run away from home and no one cared about him?"

"It is said that he blew up his aunt into a balloon and then slipped out - well, don't worry about this. The minister is still downstairs and he doesn't have much time. William, you have to hurry up."

"Okay, okay."

William was half helpless, half answered perfunctorily, and then cast a spell on his pajamas, transforming into a more or less formal suit, "That's almost it, can you meet people now?"

"That's the Minister of Magic..."

Old Tom shook his head and said, "Let's go, let's go."

"That's right. When I was in Azkaban, I saw this minister wearing prison uniform. This outfit is much more formal."

William joked in a low voice and followed Old Tom closely.

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"Professor William, I'm sorry for waking you up so late."

When William met the Minister of Magic, the Minister looked apologetic and seemed sincere.

This was not because he got up because he was angry, but when William saw the minister's expression, he knew that the minister had never paid attention to him.

Anyone who has read some information should understand how he got into Azkaban...

But after all, he is the Minister of Magic, and William still has to give others some face. This is not a case of stealing from the country, and he cannot learn advanced experience for the time being.

"It doesn't matter. The students have something to do. I should have been there. It's just that during the holidays, our message delivery was very slow."

"Thank you for your hard work, Professor William," Fudge said sincerely, "Speaking of the holidays, the Ministry of Magic is always very busy - and now that Sirius has happened, everyone is really busy.

"

"Sirius?"

William was stunned for a moment—this name was too familiar to him.

The most terrifying prisoner in Azkaban, the Dark Lord's number one accomplice, the man imprisoned in the deepest part of the prison - in Azkaban, this is recognized as the most terrifying prisoner.

"What's wrong with him?"

"You don't know yet, Professor?"

Fudge looked at him the way he looked at a primitive man.

"I'm not sure. I've been busy studying Russian during this period. I've been very busy, but no one in the bar said anything about it..."

During this time, William not only had to prepare courses for the new semester, but also made plans for Hagrid, a friend who knew nothing, so that he would not harm the students - of course, this could not be discussed with Fudge.

As for the people in the bar not mentioning Sirius - just kidding, Azkaban was no secret after William and Dumbledore demolished the bar.

Who would mention this to a professor from Azkaban?

Especially since this professor really knows how to tear down a house!
Chapter completed!