114. Blame-Shifting Meeting

"Shame! This is a disgrace to the British Ministry of Magic! It reflects poorly on all Aurors!"

In the French Ministry of Magic, Travers, who had been defeated along with his remaining soldiers, roared angrily.

Theseus lowered his head and leaned against the wall in silence. Despite being the head of the Auror office, he acted as if he had no authority. The title of 'war hero' sounds nice, but it pertains to a Muggle war hero. He earned this title for protecting many Muggles. Therefore, his "war hero" status is highly regarded by wizards who are supportive of Muggles, but it is seen as more of an ironic title among wizards who ignore or even hate Muggles. Furthermore, he found it difficult to find good colleagues.

Many, including Theseus himself, acknowledged that Travers was a highly capable commander. However, Theseus also felt disheartened. As a commander, Travers was overly controlling and acted too tough. Although Theseus was Auror's direct superior, Travers often overstepped his authority.

Theseus did not agree with the decision to attack Aurelius. Although he chose to side with the Ministry of Magic, his kind-hearted nature prevented him from sacrificing an innocent person due to the conflict between the Ministry of Magic and Grindelwald. Now that the operation had failed, more than one-third of the Auror team had died, and another third had suffered varying degrees of trauma. It was a tragic end for the elite Aurors of the British Ministry of Magic. Travers's anger was understandable, but Theseus disagreed.

Seeing his fiancée's confused eyes, Theseus could only offer a bitter smile and gently shake his head. It wasn't the right time or place for the young couple to discuss this matter.

The sight of Newt, who shouldn't have been in France, at Aurelius' residence was highly detrimental to Theseus. Although he was upright and kind, he was not naive. He didn't want to be used as a punching bag or take the blame.

Unfortunately, his fears were realized. Travers's malicious gaze made Theseus look up instinctively.

"Theseus, I need an explanation. Why was Newt Scamander, a banned individual, present in Paris, France?" Travers demanded.

Theseus furrowed his brow and responded, "Sir, although we are brothers, Newt is an adult after all. I can't know everything he plans to do."

"You don't know?" Travers laughed angrily.

"No one does. He may have discovered valuable magical creatures or found out about the illegal trade of magical animals, much like he did in New York last year..."

"So he showed up in Paris? At our target's home? He not only failed to help us but actually aided the target in attacking the Aurors?!" Travers's voice grew louder and louder, almost reaching a point of questioning.

Theseus frowned, his tone not as friendly as before. "Please watch your tone, Chief Travers. I am not your prisoner."

"You will be soon! Capture Theseus!"

"What?!" Leta exclaimed, standing in front of Theseus. "Why?! Even if Newt violates the ban and hinders the action, what does it have to do with Theseus?"

"Why? Because he was passive during the operation! As the director of the Auror Office and the leader of this operation, he was afraid of death and never entered the scene. I have reason to suspect that all of this is a trap targeting our Auror operation. A trap! Theseus is suspected of leaking secrets and betraying us. Is this reason enough? Miss Lestrange," Travers looked at the two of them coldly.

"Not enough! You don't have the right to arrest the director of the Auror Office! This requires the personal approval of the minister!" Leta was unmoved.

As the only daughter of the Lestrange family, Leta was by no means ordinary and she had full confidence in confronting a director of magical law enforcement.

"You!" Travers looked at her sinisterly, but Leta didn't back down. The other Aurors looked at each other, but no one came forward.

As Ltaa said, wanting to arrest the director of the Auror Office is a decision that only the Minister of Magic is qualified to make.

Even though Travers is now the most powerful person in the Ministry of Magic, it is not a problem to say that he is half the Minister of Magic. But ultimately, he is only half and not the Minister of Magic yet.

"Very well, then I hope you can be careful and don't let me catch you, Miss Lestrange. You should know that as the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, I have the right to arrest anyone in an emergency. All it would cost is a hearing," Travers walked away.

As Travers left, the tense atmosphere slowly dissipated.

"Leta, thank you." Theseus sat in the chair, feeling depressed.

"I am your fiancée," Leta shook her head, saying there was no need to thank her, but she couldn't help but ask: "Theseus, what happened? Why don't I know anything?"

The British Ministry of Magic sent many people, but not everyone participated in last night's action.

This operation is extremely important to Travers, as killing Aurelius could severely damage Grindelwald's plan.

Travers was well aware of Grindelwald's immense power and believed that there must be an undercover agent on his side. Therefore, the level of confidentiality was extremely high.

On the surface, they are here to help the French Ministry of Magic provide clues and analyze the Grindelwald Alliance Party. This is also the purpose that Leta knows.

Out of professional ethics as an Auror, Theseus perfectly implemented the confidentiality regulations and didn't even tell his fiancée.

But who would have thought that Aurelius's strength exceeded their imagination? Originally, the large number of manpower was used to hinder the support of the Alliance Party, but in the end, it was disabled by Aurelius alone.

Leta was extremely surprised. "He...is he that strong?" she asked. There were dozens of well-trained Aurors!

"He often resorted to killing curses, and he killed more than five people," said Theseus, feeling terrible just thinking about it.

Theseus had participated in a real war, so he knew what it was like to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

But in the magical world, Aurelius' behavior was too outrageous. Not only did Newt find it hard to accept, but Theseus also found it incredible.

Ultimately, it can only be attributed to Aurelius being a dabbler and not understanding the consequences of his actions.

"This is not our plan at all..." Theseus said angrily.

"Before the action, I emphasized several times that we should not change the plan at will. But he still felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After learning that Grindelwald also found Aurelius and seeing that Travers was afraid of potential changes, we didn't have time to formulate a better action plan or gather more information!"