Chapter 187: Ministry of Magic Personnel Arrive

"John!"

Hermione leaned out of the window and shouted at John anxiously.

However, John shouted without looking back.

"Hermione, you take care of Uncle and Aunt first."

"I'm going to trap this Dementor."

Hearing John's words, Hermione was stunned for a moment, then continued to shout.

"Just drive it away, John. Using magic again will attract people from the Ministry of Magic."

But John still shook his head.

"What I want is for the Ministry of Magic people to come over right now."

"I violated the regulations on the use of magic outside of school, and the Ministry of Magic might come to trouble me afterwards. I want to prove that my behavior belongs to emergency avoidance."

Ever since the anomaly in the sky appeared, John had already thought of this step.

If he really encountered an attack by a dark magic creature, using magic would be unavoidable.

And after seeing that it was a Dementor, he was even more certain of this idea.

This wasn't because he had much foresight, it was just that he simply felt that this matter was tricky.

Because Dementors shouldn't appear here, let alone attack them for no reason.

There must be some reason behind this.

But he didn't know what the reason was, so what he could do was to avoid extra trouble as much as possible.

Although he could also prove that he was in emergency avoidance through various means afterwards, it would definitely lead to certain trouble.

So it was better to keep the scene simple and clear.

Hearing John's words, Hermione also understood John's meaning.

It just so happened that the Ministry of Magic's attitude toward them had been extremely sensitive during this period, and any slight mistake could be misinterpreted as provocation or rebellion.

Plus there were no eyewitnesses nearby, and the Dementor attack wouldn't leave any traces.

If he really let the Dementor run away, then he might really be picked on by the Ministry of Magic.

Hermione then turned to check on her parents' situation, confirming that they were just a bit dazed and had no major problems.

She learned from the experience of Professor Lupin distributing chocolate to them when Dementors attacked the train years ago, and rummaged through the snacks from today's picnic to feed them.

Afterwards, she comforted her parents, let them stay in the car obediently, and she took the umbrella in the car and ran out.

Although one Dementor ran away, it was still raining, and the air was equally cold.

Hermione came to John's side and opened the umbrella, and by the way, waved her wand, and a translucent magic barrier rose slowly.

Isolating the scene here from the outside world, so that the anomaly here would not be discovered by Muggles.

This behavior, although also violating the regulations on the use of magic, also belongs to emergency avoidance, avoiding magic being seen by Muggles, which is excusable.

Raindrops tapped on the umbrella surface, like fragmented whispers.

Hermione took out the handkerchief she carried and wiped the rain stains on John's face, as well as the raindrops on his hair.

Fortunately, the rain was not heavy, and only the shoulders of his clothes were wet.

After doing all this, she looked at the trapped Dementor, her eyes a bit worried.

"Why would a Dementor appear here..."

"I don't know, but do you remember the morning news yesterday? It said that there was a sudden temperature drop in the northern suburbs, which might be caused by Dementors passing by."

Hearing John say this, Hermione also remembered and frowned in thought.

"From the north... Azkaban is in the North Sea..."

"Dementors shouldn't actively leave Azkaban, unless.... someone orders them."

This analysis of Hermione made her heart tighten.

Voldemort had resurrected for almost two months, and finally made a move.

In the rain, John's breathing condensed into white mist. He stared at the silently hissing Dementor and continued to speak.

"Not only that, if it only relied on two Dementors, there wouldn't be a large-scale temperature drop that could be observed by Muggles."

"I suspect that there is more than one Dementor heading south."

Hearing this, Hermione looked at John in astonishment.

If this is really the case, then I am afraid there will be more Dementor attack incidents.

Or, it is happening.

About ten minutes later.

Several explosions that tore the air sounded from not far away.

Before long, three people from the Ministry of Magic arrived at the scene.

They walked toward John and Hermione, one in front and two behind.

"Here, that's it. I didn't expect that there are still such crazy little guys in this day and age. It's one thing to violate the rules, but they dare to stay in place and cast spells non-stop."

Before the person reached the front, he heard a middle-aged man with blond hair behind the team chatting with his companion amusingly.

The Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects had just received an alarm about an underage wizard using magic.

They detected that there were two little wizards at the scene, and two Muggles, and the magic alarm was ringing non-stop, obviously casting spells continuously, provoking the Ministry of Magic, simply crazy to the extreme.

So the Ministry sent an Auror to deal with it, and their Disaster Department was to deal with the two Muggles.

"That... Mr. David, why don't you look at what that is first?"

At this time, his companion seemed to have discovered something and pointed in one direction.

"Hmm? That is... Dementor??"

The man named David also noticed the Dementor, and was stunned for a moment. Why would a Dementor appear in this ghost place?

And it was trapped by the power of a Patronus.

No wonder that magical fluctuation had been continuing.

"Mike, you go help watch that Dementor first, I'll go ask about the situation with that Auror."

David walked quickly to catch up with the Auror walking in the front and walked toward John and Hermione.

Soon they walked to the front.

"I am an Auror of the Ministry of Magic, call me Jielier."

"It's you who violated..."

Aurors are equivalent to the police in the Muggle world—except they don't manage traffic violations, but all kinds of magical cases.

The leading Auror looked a bit cold. As soon as he arrived in front of the two, he started with a standard official self-introduction.

Just as he wanted to start asking questions, the official named David saw John and immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"Eh? You are John!"

John originally wanted to wait for their opening remarks to finish before explaining the situation.

As a result, the David exclaimed after seeing John at close range, and John looked at him strangely.

Then the more he looked, the more familiar he became.

"You are... Mr. David?"

John looked for a while, then suddenly remembered, and responded with slight surprise.

"Yes, yes, you still remember me. Two years ago, I went to your house to deal with the flying car incident."

"You were in the limelight in the *Daily Prophet* this year. I didn't expect to see you here."

David said to John excitedly.

This was the official who came to his house to deal with the magic leakage incident after John witnessed the flying car.

In a sense, he could be considered the guide who introduced him to the magical world.

"I didn't expect it either, very happy to see you again."

John also responded with a smile.

Originally, he was worried about whether the people from the Ministry of Magic would be unreasonable guys.

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, he felt inexplicably relaxed.

"By the way, how did you..."

"David, clarify your main work now."

David, who originally wanted to ask what happened, was suddenly interrupted by Jielier with a frown.

"..... Uh, okay, okay, Mr. Auror."

David's expression choked, and then he shrugged indifferently. It seemed that their relationship was not good, or they were not familiar.

After all, they were not from the same department, just temporarily teamed up to deal with this incident.

Soon Jielier put his eyes on John again.

"John Merrick, and Hermione Granger, you are summoned for violating Article 13 of the *Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery*, suspected of abusing magic in front of Muggles."

"Come with us."

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