Chapter 61: Rage
When Sherry returned to the office, Harry had already gone back. He didn't know what Sirius said, but he didn't want to get involved in this trouble. Things like infatuated men and resentful women are the most difficult to explain.
Days passed, and Harry caught up with the Quidditch selection this year. He was successfully selected and squeezed out Cho Chang, who was originally a seeker, to become the current seeker of Ravenclaw. Sherry kept switching back and forth between teaching, learning, and analyzing spells, and was very busy.
It rained heavily that day, but the Quidditch field was in full swing. The commentator's voice echoed under the effect of the amplification magic, and cheers and boos were heard from the stands from time to time. This game was between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, and it was also Harry's first game. Therefore, although Sherry didn't like this event, which he thought was both barbaric and violent, he still pinched his nose and sat in the teacher's stand, watching a group of people playing stupidly or being hit by the ball.
The heavy rain was pouring down, and everyone's vision was extremely blurred. They couldn't see the figures clearly at all, and could only judge the situation on the field based on the commentary. The rain had no effect on Sherry's vision. He could clearly see everyone's movements. For example, now, one of the twins was hitting the Bludger hard at Harry. Fortunately, Harry reacted quickly, otherwise he would have been hit in the nose. With a flexible roll, he made the Bludger rush out a long distance, and the Ravenclaw hitter immediately returned the favor. He flew a distance and hit the Bludger with a stick, causing it to change direction quickly and rush towards Angelina Johnson, who was responsible for scoring goals and points, and knocked her off the broom. Sherry's eyelids twitched as he watched, wondering how badly the girl was injured. May Merlin bless her, bah, bah, may the magic net bless her.
A very dim golden color flew through the air, and Harry was startled and hurriedly chased after the Golden Snitch. This golden thing was so fast that it disappeared in a flash. Harry kept shuttling in the air, searching for the Golden Snitch, but for a while, he found nothing.
"Hiss!" A Gryffindor student who kept cheering poked the person next to him with his arm, "Do you feel a little cold?"
"Gryffindor will win!" The person who was poked was impatient, "If it's cold, go back to the dormitory and put on more clothes. Hey, why does it seem really cold?"
Sherry immediately found something wrong. After a closer look, he was furious. The Dementors who were originally blocked outside the campus were coming together in a mighty group, aiming directly at the Quidditch stadium. No wonder, so many people cheering and frustrated together, the colorful emotional fluctuations are the feast in the eyes of these Dementors, which have a fatal attraction to them.
The Dementors are very fast, but in the blink of an eye, they came to the vicinity of the Quidditch stadium. At this time, the cold has become visible to the naked eye, and the breath exhaled by everyone has turned into white mist visible to the naked eye. The rain also became icy cold, falling on people, making them feel cold from head to heels.
"How dare they!" Dumbledore and all the professors looked livid, looking at the group of rotten black cloaks in the distance, flying towards this side without any disguise. Wherever these Dementors passed, you could clearly see the rain freezing, and the various plants under them seemed to have been drained of vitality, becoming withered and cold.
Seeing the students screaming and in chaos, Sherry flew up all of a sudden. In the air, Sherry, who was originally in human form, kept changing his body, stretching, and turned into a golden horse, with a single horn growing out of nothing on his forehead.
"Expecto Patronus!" "Expecto Patronus!" The professors cast the Patronus spell one after another, summoning all kinds of Patronuses and rushing towards the Dementors. Dumbledore's Patronus was a huge silver phoenix, rushing in the front, and flying over the Quidditch field with all the Patronuses. Seeing this, some senior students also took out their wands and summoned their own Patronuses. Even if it was a shapeless silver light, it could bring great effect.
Sherry turned into a unicorn, running in the air. At first, he was a little uncomfortable, but he soon got used to using all four limbs and ran through the air like a gust of wind. It might be an illusion, the students suddenly found that after Sherry passed by, the surroundings became not so cold.
Sherry was really angry this time. If he didn't react in time and really let the Dementors rush into the field, it would cause large-scale damage to the students, and even cause riots and various accidents. The consequence might be that the whole magic world would have to tremble. As he ran, he constantly extracted energy from the magic net, converted it into positive energy, and filled it into the body of the unicorn. Soon, Sherry became extremely huge, twice as big as Dumbledore's Phoenix Patronus, and then collided head-on with the Dementors.
The scene was like a burning coal meeting broken ice, and the reaction was very intense. The positive energy on Sherry's body, when it came into contact with the Dementors, immediately burned a piece of black smoke on their bodies, causing them to scream like insects. The huge team of Patronuses following Sherry also came, constantly emitting waves of white energy, pushing the Dementors far away, but unable to cause them any harm. Sherry was different. He ran forward, inserted the sharp horn on his forehead into the body of a Dementor, and lifted it up with all his strength.
"Hiss!" A piercing cry sounded, and the Dementor that Sherry stabbed suddenly turned into a fireball, burning in the rain, and then silently turned into black smoke. As the Dementors kept running away, Sherry killed more than a dozen of them. He didn't stop until he chased them over the Black Lake and outside the school.
The unicorn stood up in the air, and its front hooves shrank and changed into two hands. The head changed and turned back into a human form, and the horn with spiral patterns was retracted into the brain. Sherry looked at the Dementors who fled in panic and smiled coldly, waiting to see how Fudge would end this time.
After such an incident, the Quidditch game naturally could not go on. After discussing with the two captains, Madam Hooch decided to change to a clearer weather to play again. All the students were properly accommodated, including those who were accidentally injured during the chaos and those who were knocked off their brooms by the bludgers.
The next morning, the Daily Prophet reported this incident and pointed out that it was a very reckless and wrong decision to station Dementors in Hogwarts. Although this newspaper has an official background, it has always spoken for Fudge and even hit Dumbledore's reputation. But if it dares to whitewash such a thing, then it will be closed down! Angry parents wrote letters to question, Peter Pettigrew left Azkaban guarded by many Dementors, can he still rely on these evil creatures in cloaks to catch him back now, don't make such a joke!
One after another, the screaming letters were sent to the Ministry of Magic by various messengers. For a time, the entire Ministry of Magic was filled with angry questions and curses from parents. Last time, Hogwarts had an accident, because the cause was unknown (Sherry's fault), so everyone was angry with Dumbledore, thinking that he, as the headmaster, did not protect the students well. But this time, it was completely a man-made disaster! The reputation of the Ministry of Magic plummeted, forcing Fudge to have no choice but to recall the Dementors immediately and hold a press conference to explain that his original intention was to catch the Death Eaters for the safety of all the teachers and students of Hogwarts. At the same time, the Daily Prophet reported that Britain would host the Quidditch World Cup next year. Anyway, various magazines and newspapers have used their own tricks to try to muddy the waters and cover up the matter.
On a gossip magazine called "The Quibbler", an inconspicuous article was published. This article is about Sherry, a new professor at Hogwarts and a teacher of Care of Magical Creatures. In the article, the evil and horror of Dementors were first introduced in detail, and then it was pointed out that in the current magic world, there is no known magic that can completely kill Dementors, but now someone can actually do this, which is too bizarre! It's just that the audience of this publication is too small, so it didn't attract much attention.
"Alas!" Dumbledore put down the "The Quibbler" in his hand, took off his glasses, and leaned his hand on his forehead. He couldn't understand Sherry more and more. The unprecedented magic and the unknown identity were all a thorn in Dumbledore's heart. Although Sherry seemed to be in the same camp with him now, he was afraid that he would meet the tiger just after eliminating the wolf. Although the Dark Lord was terrible, there were still traces to follow. If Sherry made trouble, I'm afraid...
Of course, Sherry didn't know what Dumbledore was thinking, and even if he knew, he wouldn't take it seriously. This is the result of people who calculate too much. Dumbledore fought with the Ministry of Magic, the Dark Lord, and Grindelwald. Now he can no longer look at things as simply as ordinary people (although Sherry's purpose is indeed not simple). As long as the remaining three relics are obtained, Sherry can stay in this world normally after swallowing them. At that time, there is no need to worry about Dumbledore. When the time comes, take Harry and hide anywhere, Dumbledore can be outlasted.
Once Dumbledore and the Dark Lord die, I am afraid that there will be no powerful people in this world, so Sherry can naturally arrange it calmly.
Various high-profile news are constantly thrown out, and finally the public's attention is diverted from the Ministry of Magic, which really makes the Ministry of Magic breathe a sigh of relief. These days are simply not a life for human beings. Some shrews have sent dozens of screaming letters in a row, screaming to the point that people are shaky and see double vision. Now, the strategy of diverting attention has worked. Although there are still protest letters sent, compared with the overwhelming roaring letters a day ago, it is a world of difference. (To be continued)