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After discussing the speech, Tonks left excitedly to prepare.

The medical room finally quieted, and Ethan had more time to think about the stakes of the matter.

The time he had been waiting for it had finally come. Now that Fudge was cornered from all sides, even those originally on Fudge's side had begun looking for opportunities to leave him.

If nothing goes wrong, Fudge will have to step down.

Presumably, at this time, Fudge is already desperate. If a lifeline appears now, Fudge will grab it without hesitation. This is also part of his plan.

Ethan's most significant advantage is that he has mastered many clues yet to be revealed, such as the fact that little Barty was hidden in Barty Crouch's house.

But adding his mistrial of Sirius Black during the trial of Lord Voldemort's remnants makes the whole situation more intriguing.

After drinking the potion from Pomfrey, his broken bones were healed.

Ethan got up from the bed and stretched lazily, his joints making a crisp sound, and he sighed comfortably.

When Ethan returned to his office, he found that, in just one night, his desk had already been full of letters from the Ministry of Magic.

Pippi, the house-elf, helped Ethan fetch the letters, and his windowsill was already full of owls from the Ministry of Magic delivering more letters.

Due to the noise and the windowsill covered in bird droppings, the exasperated house elf, Pippi, asked Ethan to take all the letters and send the owls away.

Ethan turned over the letters on his desk. Most were thank-you notes from various parents who were grateful for his saving their children in times of crisis.

The rest of the letters were from the Ministry of Magic, sternly asking Ethan to go to the Ministry as soon as possible to invite the Dementorrection.

Several letters from Fudge were also found, and the handwriting was messy, indicating that Fudge was already quite flustered when he wrote them.

All the letters conveyed one message: they wanted Ethan to visit him quickly.

Ethan even found a "Daily Prophet" at the bottom of the pile.

It read "Hogwarts Professor Saves His Students" in bold letters, with a picture below of Ethan protecting Hermione and Luna, holding his wand high and fighting the Dementors.

The photo could be more explicit; it looks like it was taken by Colin Creevey, the second-year Gryffindor. It must have been difficult for him to take pictures in such a chaotic environment.

The newspapers praised Ethan's heroic actions, and according to the Daily Prophet, the whole incident seemed to have turned into Ethan saving all the Hogwarts students by himself.

After reading the article, Ethan sighed helplessly. The Daily Prophet's exaggerated style seemed unchangeable.

After putting down the newspaper, Ethan decided to go to Dumbledore's office.

He intended to study the abnormal behavior of the Dementors mentioned by Dumbledore and was also very curious about what had caused them to become so crazy.

As soon as he arrived at the door of Dumbledore's office, the gargoyle guarding the entrance automatically slid aside.

Ever since Ethan had brought Salazar Slytherin's Ouroboros ring, he had found himself inexplicably gaining some control over Hogwarts Castle.

Ethan walked up the spiral staircase to the headmaster's office.

At this time, Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk, wearing half-moon glasses and carefully studying a book.

Dumbledore heard the noise outside, raised his head curiously, and saw Ethan, who had just climbed the stairs.

"Here you are, Ethan," Dumbledore said with a smile.

"I came to see that Dementor," Ethan said seriously.

"No problem," Dumbledore replied, standing up and walking towards a large area in the office that was curtained off, tightly isolating the space inside from the outside.

Dumbledore pulled back the thick curtain and motioned for Ethan to enter.

Upon entering the space behind the curtain, Ethan was taken aback.

There was ample open space behind the curtain, and all the tables, chairs, and cabinets were cleared.

In this space was a strange metal cage with a Dementor locked inside.

Purple Yrden Signs surrounded the outside of the cage.

"I must say, the signs used in your world are very effective," Dumbledore praised.

Ethan pouted. He had already guessed that Dumbledore had mastered the sign. After all, Dumbledore was also the most powerful white wizard, so it was normal for him to master the application of the sign.

"This is the Dementor," Dumbledore said, walking to the cage and staring at the Dementor inside.

When the Dementor saw Dumbledore approaching, it let out an angry, sharp roar. It slammed into the iron cage angrily as if it wanted to rush out and attack Dumbledore.

Dumbledore seemed unfazed by the angry Dementor and continued explaining things about it to Ethan.

"Ethan, I found many strange things about this group of Dementors," Dumbledore said.

"Petrificus Totalus," Dumbledore commanded, taking out his wand and casting a Petrification Spell on the screaming Dementor.

Then it swayed twice and fell like a plank, still in the same attacking position.

Dumbledore tapped the cage lightly with his wand, and the iron bars, which had just withstood the Dementor's violent hits, opened quickly.

The stiff body of the Dementor floated up, hovering in front of Ethan and Dumbledore.

Anyone who could see this scene would find it very strange.

Dumbledore and Ethan stood under the eerie purple light, facing each other with a motionless Dementor between them. The scene resembled a mysterious ritual.

The Dementor, which had terrified countless criminals, was now like a puppet, floating stiffly in front of the two of them.

"That thing is right here, Ethan," Dumbledore said, tapping the Dementor's chest with his wand.

The Dementor's chest cracked open instantly, and Ethan looked inside curiously. This was the first time he had seen the internal structure of a Dementor.

There were no internal organs inside the Dementor. Instead, where the organs should have been, there was a mass of gray filaments writhing slightly with a certain rhythm.