Not long after Arthur dealt with Bernhard, the surrounding area was sealed off by Aurors dispatched by the British Ministry of Magic.
The Minister for Magic of the British Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, even came to the scene personally.
Looking at the broken glass and cracked wall bricks around, he angrily asked the Head of the Auror Office, who had arrived earlier, "What's the situation here? Fuck! I don't know how many Muggles we'll have to deal with now."
"It's probably Wizards practicing powerful magic or Wizards fighting here."
Cornelius Fudge impatiently tugged at his collar, spraying spittle at the Head of the Auror Office, "Then why haven't you gone and caught them for me! This kind of situation should at least land them in Azkabanfor a few days."
The Head of the Auror Office didn't answer him immediately, but instead pulled him aside and whispered, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the mansion of the House of Black."
Cornelius Fudge glanced at the surrounding Aurors and also whispered, "Black? *That* Black?"
"Exactly, the House of Black that supports at least one-fifth of the Ministry of Magic's Wizards."
Cornelius Fudge took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his fat face, completely devoid of his previous anger, "Well, then it seems this incident was a misunderstanding. Mr. Black must have his reasons. Come, let's go inside and see if Mr. Black needs any help."
Cornelius Fudge dared not underestimate Arthur Black in the slightest. Just the Wizards working under Black were enough to give him a headache.
Not to mention that the House of Black is almost tied to the House of Malfoy now; while the two families united wouldn't immediately unseat him the next day, they could certainly make him unable to do anything for a month, and then unseat him.
For Cornelius Fudge, who only became Minister for Magic by sheer luck, Arthur Black, this young child, made him even more afraid than Dumbledore.
He was already drifting apart from Dumbledore, and if he were to provoke the House of Black and the House of Malfoy as well, his future days would be difficult.
After Cornelius Fudge knocked on the door of the House of Black, Arthur, who knew it was the Ministry of Magic, quickly opened the door.
Upon seeing the scene inside, every Ministry of Magicpersonnel who entered broke out in a cold sweat.
The front yard and the main building of the house were almost completely in ruins, which was even more astonishing than the destruction caused when Sirius blew up 12 Muggles on an entire street.
If that incident had involved this level of destructive power, hundreds of Muggles on that street might truly have died.
The few people who had just entered the door, still reeling and sweating, saw a group of Fudibats circling them, as if discussing how to kill them.
Frightened, Cornelius Fudge shouted, "Mr. Black, we are here to inquire about what happened here. The Muggles in this vicinity have all had their memories erased by the Ministry of Magic."
Arthur waved his hand, signaling the Fudibats to retreat, and then apologized to Cornelius Fudge, saying, "I'm sorry, Minister Fudge, I've only recently tamed these Fudibats, and they still have a lot of their wild nature."
"Ah, it's alright, it's alright." Cornelius Fudge wiped the sweat from his face, quickly stepped forward to shake his hand, and said, "We came this time just to understand what happened earlier. If it was a mistake by the Ministry of Magic, we will certainly correct it when we return."
As he walked forward, he stepped on an eyeball, which immediately burst. Cornelius Fudge looked down, feeling as if his heart had stopped.
Without the Fudibats obstructing his view, the ground around where he stood was covered in bone fragments and minced flesh.
He looked up again at Arthur's calm face, suddenly feeling an endless fear. This feeling was like the first time he met Dumbledore.
As an adult Wizard, he had also served as an Auror in his youth, yet even so, he felt like throwing up upon seeing this scene.
But Arthur Black, as a Little Wizard who hadn't even entered his third year, appeared incredibly composed.
Sirius also looked calm after blowing up 12 Muggles.
Are all Wizards of the House of Black insane?
The more Cornelius Fudge thought about it, the more he feared.
But in reality, after dealing with Bernhard, as soon as Arthur relaxed and saw Lockhart's body, which had exploded from the inside out, he couldn't hold it in and threw up directly.
Bernhard, who had been half-dead, also died while Arthur was rinsing his mouth.
The scale was truly too great; the last time he saw something like this was in a film in his previous life, and even then, it was just a fleeting glimpse.
And Lockhart's body was something he had witnessed with his own eyes.
Before Cornelius Fudge and the other Ministry of Magic personnel could continue to imagine things, Arthur briefly explained the situation here.
For example, what Cornelius Fudge had stepped on and burst were Lockhart's eyes, which had charmed countless women, and the person slumped in the corner was the History of Magic Professor from Hogwarts, the Vampire — Walter Bernhard.
As for the surrounding destruction, Arthur's explanation was that it was caused by magic items left behind by the House of Black in the past.
After listening to Arthur's account, Cornelius Fudgealso said somewhat gravely, "Mr. Black, a HogwartsProfessor attacking a student is a very serious matter. Perhaps I need the Vampire's body."
Arthur retorted, "He's a Vampire, and he's as dead as he can be. Can you extract his memories?"
This matter concerned his Lightning Magic, and he didn't want to expose his magic so quickly.
Ordinary Lightning Magic was fine, but the Thunder Giant Patronus magic, which consumed a fragment of the Philosopher's Stone, was different. If it were exposed, Dark Wizards seeking money might be constantly lurking outside his house.
Moreover, Wizards already have some limitations when extracting memories from non-Wizard magical creatures like Vampires, let alone a corpse that has been dead for a while, with a large part of its brain destroyed by Arthur's Yin Lightning.
Cornelius Fudge was stunned for a moment. His first thought was that Arthur had lied earlier and was destroying evidence.
However, he quickly dismissed this idea. It wouldn't benefit Arthur in any way, and besides, the surrounding destruction couldn't have been caused by a single Vampire. He was more inclined to believe that this destruction was caused by some magic item passed down from the House of Black in the past.
After a long while, he said, "Perhaps, only Professor Dumbledore can handle this. The impact of this matter is simply too great, and perhaps only he can resolve this problem."