In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 130: Proliferating Desire

"There was nothing else I could do." Madame Maxime shook her head and said, "If she is allowed to be captured by the Aurors, then she will only end up more miserable with her Veela blood, and who knows what those people will do nowadays."

Dumbledore remained silent for a moment and then said with a heavy face.

"It looks like the French Ministry of Magic is preparing to align themselves with the Dark Lord."

Madame Maxime froze.

She froze for four or five seconds before regaining her composure and kept shaking her head.

"Impossible! If they are planning to do that, then more than 60 percent of the wizards will rebel! Those Muggle wizards are absolutely unwilling to be slaves, they will stop at nothing to kill anyone who has this idea!"

Dumbledore looked up at her.

"I don't want that to be the reason either, but by all indications from the French Ministry of Magic at this point, they are indeed weeding out families that are pro-Muggle and not interested in pureblood supremacy theory. As you said, they are now at the point of doing whatever they can, even going to the extent of trying to wipe out the Delacour family."

"And you, the real reason they kicked you out of Beauxbatons was not that you twisted the students' minds, but because you have never openly supported purebloods, and they felt you won't be obedient, so they are finding a reason to replace you."

Madame Maxime's mouth dropped open, Dumbledore's analysis had a point, but she didn't want to believe for a second that the French Ministry of Magic would pull such a crazy move.

What good would that do to those people?

To seize the benefits that originally belonged to Muggle wizards?

France is different from Britain, here Muggle wizards are more developed in both social and economic status, especially those old wizards who have lived from the last century to the present, and the Ministry of Magic does not have an unrivalled wizard like Voldemort to be in charge.

Are they not afraid that once the blood hierarchy is announced to be enforced, those muggles who are angry to the extreme will rush into the halls of the Ministry of Magic and gnaw the system's designees all to the bones?

"Who is the current most high-ranking person in the pro-Muggle faction of the French Ministry of Magic?" Dumbledore asked in a deep voice.

Madame Maxime looked ghastly as she said, "The Chief Wizard Chancellor - Adele Roland, she is a benevolent witch of half-blood origin."

"Has she shown signs of being unstable in her current position lately?" Dumbledore asked next.

Madame Maxime shook her head decisively.

"No, not only is her position stable, but she has been confronting those people, and I recently heard that she is thoroughly investigating the charges against the Delacour family, trying to find a way to clear their name."

Dumbledore showed a thoughtful expression.

"Roland. I have had several exchanges with her at the International Confederation of Wizards before, and she is indeed fair and just. I will find a way to get in touch with her, and hopefully, there is still a chance to stabilize the situation on the French side."

Just as Dumbledore was speaking, a blue-headed tit suddenly flew in through the window, the bird flew in without making a sound, just standing quietly by the window looking at Madame Maxime

And at the sight of this bird, Madame Maxime's body immediately trembled.

"They've found this place!"

Jon never thought that her huge body could actually make such a swift movement, she dashed quickly to the wall and lifted a suitcase that is big enough for half of Jon's size from there.

"Excuse me! I have to leave France, Albus!" Madame Maxime said in a sharp tone, "I can't imagine what they will do to me if I continue to stay here!"

She turned her head to the phantom girl who was looking at her timidly with a look of helplessness on her face.

"Gabrielle, I'm going to be in a dangerous situation, later on, there's no way to take care of you anymore, you're going to follow this Professor Dumbledore, he'll take you to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where you can get the best protection and teaching. After I leave France, I will look for your mother, father and sister, and I will let them pick you up from Hogwarts!"

The girl's eyes were brimming with tears, and she looked like she was trying hard not to cry, and then adding further mess to the situation.

"Mama, Papa, Sis and you, Madame, you're all going to be okay, right?"

"It's going to be all right." Madame Maxime's eyes reddened, and she gave the girl named Gabrielle a false hug, "The future will be better, and you have to live a good life, I will find a way to help you find the antidote to the Draught of Living Ghost so that you can return to your original body!"

Finally, she turned her head to look at Dumbledore, with a pleading expression.

"Please, Albus, her body was hidden by me in a secret room in Beauxbatons, which only I know, no one can discover it, so please help me take good care of her for sure!"

Dumbledore said with a serious nod.

"I will."

After getting his promise, Madame Maxime did not continue to stay, the blue-headed tit that announced the news jumped into her suitcase, and then she used the Apparition to leave the cabin.

Dumbledore took Jon, and Gabrielle who was left behind by Madame Maxime, and together they left the place by using Apparition too.

Of course, it is not a big problem for him to deal with a few Aurors, but this is after all the French magical world, even if his identity is concealed, Dumbledore does not want to start a fight here.

By using the Apparition now, he could also help Madame Maxime by confusing the Aurors who came after her.

Sure enough, three or four minutes after Madame Maxime and Dumbledore left the place, the four-meter-high door was blasted open from the outside with a spell!

Three or four Aurors in dark blue robes raised their wands and rushed in, but no one was seen inside.

Soon a professional quickly detected two Apparition traces from here along with the landing point of the two Apparitions. They did not hesitate to divide into two teams at once to follow the trail.

The team that tracked Dumbledore's Apparition trail came to the landing point and roamed the sky on their flying broomsticks for a long while, but failed to find any sign of the wizard's presence, and eventually returned without success.

And 10 minutes after they left, two ordinary stones by the roadside suddenly turned into human form.

Dumbledore and Jon patted the dust on their bodies, while the ghost girl Gabrielle's hairpin was in Jon's pocket.

Dumbledore did not immediately use the Apparition again but led Jon along the path all the way towards a Muggle town not far away.

"The Dark Lord and the French Ministry of Magic side must have made some kind of deal." Dumbledore said in a deep voice, "Horace after joining under him, the first message he sent back to me was that his attention was not on the British side these days, but paid great attention to the intel from the French magical community side, that's why our operation at Hogwarts Castle went so well."

He looked deeply at the edge of the wheat field in front of him, and the slowly turning windmill.

"His desire is no longer limited to the British territory, he wants to spread his influence and rule to the whole of Europe."

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