"Ah, this... It's dead!"
George looked at the soul-sucking creature reduced to ashes, blinked, and showed a somewhat surprised expression.
He just wanted to try whether the light magic of Fairy Tail had any effect on the soul-sucking creatures, and if there was any effect, whether it could drive them away like the Guardian Charm or cause some damage.
But he hadn't imagined that it would be so effective, with a single blow that instantly killed it.
"How am I going to explain this to the Mages?"
George scratched his head and couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.
To know that these soul-sucking creatures, although belonging to the dark creatures, are currently still part of the Azkaban guards under the Ministry of Magic.
Moreover, they didn't actively attack them like they did to Harry, and they were on the train performing official duties. To kill them like that seems a bit unjustifiable.
But on the other hand, it was not entirely unjustified.
Because he suddenly remembered that the surprise inspection by the Ministry of Magic had not been notified to Hogwarts, nor had it been communicated to the students on the train.
So, according to common sense, it was quite normal for him to react instinctively when he saw a soul-sucking creature appear at the door and stick its head in.
The key point is that who can say with certainty that the soul-sucking creatures did not attack them, since it was the third-year carriage where the soul-sucking creature attacked Harry, which is a fact that cannot be denied.
It seemed that they had heard the wailing cries of the soul-sucking creature from this side, and the creatures searching in the other carriages all left their respective compartments and hurried over.
Soul-sucking creatures are intelligent dark beings that can communicate with wizards and willingly cooperate with the Ministry of Magic to become guards at Azkaban, obtaining a stable "food source".
And later, they even negotiated and collaborated with Voldemort, helping him attack Hogwarts.
Therefore, when they heard their companion's terrified scream just before death, they naturally couldn't turn a blind eye to it.
As soon as they entered the second-year carriage and saw the ashes of the soul-sucking creature outside George's room, their round mouths opened in anger and they were about to directly suck George and the others to death.
"I advise you to be more rational."
Seeing this, George helplessly cast his light magic again:
"Sphere of Light!"
The brilliant light spread out from George towards the surroundings, the soul-sucking creatures felt the threat of sacred light to their lives, scattering in all directions in fear.
And this scene also fell into the eyes of other young wizards in the second-year carriage.
How could the other young wizards in the same carriage not be curious about such a big commotion from George's side?
On the other side, the Aurors controlling the driver at the front of the train were also alarmed by the abnormal situation in carriage two.
Auror Office Chief Rufus Scrimgeour commanded several Aurors:
"Go and see what's going on!"
Several Aurors immediately apparated at the entrance of carriage two.
"Minister, you are truly wise! Little Remus is indeed hiding on the Hogwarts Express!"
A middle-aged plump witch with a pink hairpin, pink bow tie, pink frilly skirt, and a pink umbrella standing next to Scrimgeour, seeing the commotion in carriage two, immediately had a twinkle in her eyes.
Scrimgeour said in a grim face:
"Utterson, from the look of the soul-sucking creature, it seems they haven't caught Little Remus."
"I think the Minister's actions of allowing the soul-sucking creatures to search on the Hogwarts Express against the opposition of Dumbledore, the headmaster, are not appropriate."
He had never been in favor of this operation from the beginning, but unfortunately, the Minister and Deputy Minister paid no attention to his views and stubbornly believed that Little Remus would hide on the Hogwarts Express. They issued a direct order for him to lead the search.
Utterson's face changed slightly as he spoke in a sarcastic tone:
"Scrimgeour, please remember your position. You are the head of the Auror Office, not the headmaster of Hogwarts. All you need to do is follow our orders."
"In the British magical world, the Minister has the most authority, not a headmaster of a single school. You need to understand this!"
"Dumbledore is the greatest wizard of this century, and his wisdom guides the wizarding world. I hope that the Minister and Deputy Minister will sometimes listen to his opinions."
Scrimgeour replied sternly.
Utterson was so angry that his stomach hurt, but he didn't know how to argue back. Finally, he could only huff angrily and give up.
At this moment, a young Auror who had gone to investigate also apparated back.
"It's not that we found Little Remus. It's that... "
"Just say it quickly! What is it? You stuttering like that!"
Utterson became even more angry upon hearing that it was not Little Remus. Seeing the young Auror speak with stammering, he couldn't help but want to dismiss the man from the Ministry of Magic right then and there.
"It was a second-year wizard who killed a soul-sucking creature and scared off the others."
The young Auror quickly relayed the results of his investigation.
Scrimgeour and Utterson both widened their eyes simultaneously:
"Say that again, a second-year wizard killed a soul-sucking creature. Are you sure your brain isn't broken?"
The soul-sucking creatures that even half of the adult wizards feared and could only be driven away by the Guardian Charm were actually killed.
And it was killed by a second-year young wizard. This is sheer fairy tale stuff, impossible!
Scrimgeour and Utterson both strongly suspected that the young Auror had been deceived.
"Many young wizards witnessed it, and it was also confirmed by the returned soul-sucking creatures."
The young Auror himself didn't believe it, but the investigation results were as such, and it wasn't just him who was investigating; other Aurors had the same findings.
"Let us go and see."
Scrimgeour and Utterson still didn't believe it, and quickly followed the young Auror to the second-year carriage.
They saw the remains of the soul-sucking creature on the ground and George being questioned by an Auror.
"Hello, Mr. Scrimgeour."
Seeing Scrimgeour, George first reached out to greet him.
After looking at George for a moment, Scrimgeour seemed to recall something and pointed at George, saying:
"You are. You're the little Dela."
A year had passed, and George's appearance had changed significantly, but he still recognized him.
After all, Tonks often mentioned George to him, and he had also heard about George being selected for the International Quidditch Team and receiving the French Knightly Medal.
"Now you should be George, what's going on? Did you kill the soul-sucking creature?"
"Mr. Scrimgeour, I really didn't mean to."
George quickly recounted his invented story again.
The gist is that he didn't know the soul-sucking creature was searching for Little Remus, thinking it was going to attack them, and therefore used his own invented magic to defend himself reflexively.
He also didn't expect that the soul-sucking creature was so easily defeated and killed by him.
"That's not possible. At your young age, how could you possibly create magic, let alone magic that can kill a soul-sucking creature? Are you working with Little Remus? He was just hiding in your carriage, killed the soul-sucking creature, and jumped off the train to escape!"
Utterson pushed Scrimgeour aside and turned to George, asking him angrily.
