Chapter 546: Mundungus Fletcher (Edited)

For the rest of the day, Fish still went to talk to Kreacher and Mrs. Black from time to time.

Only he had largely given up trying to convince them to reconcile with Sirius, and would just seek them out for stories....

As the oldest pureblood family, Mrs. Black and Kreacher had stories about the Holy Twenty-Eight that Professor McGonagall could never have known, and the style of the stories they told was very different from what Professor McGonagall usually told Fish.

Fish didn't like the pureblood stories, but he was interested in them until the novelty wore off.

Besides, the stories reminded Fish of the great storyteller of the time, Lockhart, who all told stories about how great he was, or about the supremacy of purebloods.

In addition to chatting with Lady Black and Kreacher, making out with Hermione and trying out the twins' new products, Fish had met many more members of the Order of the Phoenix over time.

Today, for example, there was a short, fat man named Mundungus Fletcher, but Fish didn't like him very much because he smelled like smoke, mixed with a smell of alcohol that Fish avoided.

He didn't stink like a troll, but he definitely didn't want to be near him, so while Mundungus excitedly greeted Fish, Fish hid behind Professor McGonagall.

"You smell like something Fish doesn't like!"

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Fish poked half his head out from behind Professor McGonagall, holding his breath, and said loudly.

Mundungus paused awkwardly, then put his arm to his nose and sniffed....

"Oh... well... I seem to smell a bit strong..."

He smiled, he seemed to smell himself, but forced himself to defend himself, "But it's not my fault, Dumbledore's got me guarding Harry Potter's safety, I don't have time to shower or anything."

"Come on, Mundungus." Sirius, who had been in a bad mood lately because Fish was speaking for Regulus, said decisively, "You've been like this for over a decade."

"Actually, it was like this over twenty years ago." Mr. Weasley added in the margin, "I should say it was worse then than it is now."

Despite being a member of the Order of the Phoenix, Mr. Weasley did not have a good impression of Mundungus, who had tried to escape three years ago when he raided the wizards' cache of dark magic items as part of his work for the Ministry of Magic and, failing to escape, tried to hex him and his companions.

The Weasley twins got on well with him, as Mundungus had a lot of business experience, which was unusual for the two brothers who wanted to open a store.

Sirius was even less impressed with him, as he had been here once and had stolen some silverware to sell.

While he didn't care much for anything in the house, Sirius giving it to him and Mundungus stealing it himself were two very different concepts.

Other than the two of them, most of the Order of the Phoenix members didn't have a good impression of Mundungus either, so instead of speaking well of him when they saw that he disliked Fish, they would give him a look of satisfaction....

Fish is such a good boy, he'd better not hang out with a slippery one like Mundungus!

But, Fish's attention wasn't on that at the moment....

"Are you protecting Harry? Why? Is Harry in danger?"

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Fish darted out from behind Professor McGonagall, ignoring the pungent smell of alcohol and tobacco from Mundungus, and ran up to him with a serious question.

The Weasley twins were also concerned, and Ron, who had remained silent, ran up to him.

"What's wrong with Harry? Have the Death Eaters tried to kill him? You're here now, is anyone else protecting him?!"

Ron asked urgently, grabbing Mundungus by the arm.

The twins and Ginny said nothing, but both looked on nervously as well.

"Uh... this..."

Mundungus turned his head to look at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was very happy to see Fish and Ron who cared about their friends, and stroked his beard cheerfully before saying unhurriedly, "We're only doing this as a precaution, as long as Harry stays at his aunt's house, no one can hurt him, and there are other people besides Mundungus watching Harry, so when our meeting is over, it won't be too late for him to come back."

He winked playfully at Mundungus and teased, "Of course, you could take a shower before you go, I don't think we'll be too late, will we?"

Mundungus smiled and stroked his long unruly red hair. "No," he said waving his smelly sleeve, "I'm better off in Muggle land, they won't be interested in a smelly tramp."

Ron and the others were relieved to see Dumbledore reassuring them, while Fish took the floor, "Fish can also come and protect Harry nya? I'm familiar with the dogs and cats around the area."

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After spending so many days at the Black's house, Fish was getting a little bored, so he wanted to go out and have some fun.

Unfortunately, Professor McGonagall unceremoniously refused his offer.

"Stay here and don't go anywhere!". Professor McGonagall smacked Fish upside the head and barked, "Mum I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't cause us any trouble, you don't need to help!".

"Not to mention Mundungus, even Voldemort couldn't beat Fish, and even if he had gone after Harry himself, Fish would have repelled him, so I'm the best person for the job nya!".

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Fish argued unconvinced.

"That won't do either!"

Professor McGonagall refused once again.

If Dumbledore hadn't fallen out with the Ministry, he would have been the best person to protect Harry, just as Fish had said, but the Ministry was watching out for Dumbledore and Hogwarts' mistakes, so Professor McGonagall wouldn't have allowed Fish to come in and mess it up.

So he gave Fish a long speech, but Professor McGonagall did not mention any problems with the Ministry, only that it would be against Ministry rules for him to do so.

"As long as we don't get caught, right? Fish is so good at hiding and turning himself into a little black-legged cat that no one will ever find out!"

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Fish continued to argue, still unconvinced.

Just then, Hermione sent Professor McGonagall an assist....

"Have you forgotten? You're still using the mandrake leaf, so you can't turn into a cat." She leaned into Fish's ear and whispered a reminder.

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Fish then remembered that there was something else.

Damn it, was Fish being tricked by that mean old Dumbledore again?

With that in mind, Fish immediately shot Dumbledore a sinister look.

Dumbledore: ???